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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3046 By: Lepak
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; creating the Prohibit
the Private Funding of Elections Act; defining terms;
prohibiting acceptance of private funds for
elections; requiring elections be paid for with
public funds; providing for penalty ; providing for
codification; and pro viding an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new secti on of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 7-139 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Prohibit
the Private Funding of Elections Act".
B. As used in this section:
1. "Election" means each election held to nominate or elect a
candidate to any public office ;
2. "Person" means any individual, proprietorship, firm,
partnership, joint venture, syndicate, labor union, busines s trust,
company, association, committee, corporation, whether or not
operated for profit, or any other organization or group of persons
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acting in concert, or any other non governmental third-party entity;
and
3. "Public funds" means funds derived from tax es, fees, and
other sources of public revenue lawfully appropriated by the
Legislature.
C. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no
government official or election official shall solicit, take, or
otherwise accept from any person, any cont ribution, donation, or
anything else of value for purposes of conducting state or local
elections in this state. All costs and expenses relating to
elections shall be paid for with public funds.
D. Any person in violation of this section shall, upon
conviction, be deemed guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment
in the custody of the Department of Correc tions for a term of not
more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-8746 LRB 12/27/21