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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2087 By: McCall and O'Donnell
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to the Rules of the Ethics
Commission; amending Rule 2.44 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. Supp. 2020, Ch. 62, App.),
which relates to officeholder expenditures; modifying
allowable expenditures; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Rule 2.44 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. Supp. 2020, Ch. 62, App.), is amended to
read as follows:
Rule 2.44 A. Contributions to a candidate committee of a
candidate who is elected to the office for which the contributions
were accepted may be used to make expenditures for officeholder
expenses until the expiration of the term, resignation or other
vacation of the office. In addition to other officeholder expenses
permitted by these Rules, officeholder expense s may be expended for
contributions or dues for a political caucus fund or the costs
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associated with signage for naming highways and bridges pursuant to
Section 1600 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. When an officeholder dissolves one (1) candidate committee
as provided in these Rules and contemporaneously files a Statement
of Organization for a different candidate committee prior to the
expiration of the term for which he or she has been elected and
transfers funds from the first committee to the s econd committee,
the officeholder may pay officeholder expenses until the expiration
of the term not to exceed the amount transferred.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-7710 LRB 02/23/21