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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3062 By: Ranson of the House
and
Boren of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to cities and towns; author izing
municipalities to publish certain information on
website maintained by or on b ehalf of the
municipality; providing p ower interruptions or
certain technical failures not basis for invalidation
of actions or proceedin gs; providing for display of
certain information on website of newspape r;
providing power interruptions or certain technical
failures not to be basis for invalidation of actions
or proceedings; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-111 of Title 11, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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In addition to any other requirement of l aw for a city or town
to publish a notice in a newspaper, the city or town shall make the
same information as required to be contained in the newspaper
publication available on a website maintained by or on behalf of the
city or town for a period of time equal to the perio ds of time
during which the information is required to be contained in a
newspaper publication beginning with the first publication date and
ending with the last publica tion date. A city or town may allow the
information to be available on the web site for a longer period of
time and shall maintain records of the information on the website
for a period of one (1) year from the latest date a s of which the
information was required to be displayed on the website. No power
interruption or hardw are or software failure related to the website
or the website information shall be a basis to invalidate the action
or proceeding the notice of which is required to be displayed on the
website. No power interruption or hardware or software failure with
respect to the computer system, cellular phone, tablet, or any other
portable device used to access the information on the municipal
website by any person or legal entity shall be the basis to
invalidate the action or proceeding notice of which is req uired to
be displayed on the municipal website.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-112 of Title 11, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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With respect to any publication requirement imposed by law for a
city or town, if the publication requirement involves a daily
newspaper and the newspaper is published for fewer than five (5)
days in the time period prior to the action or proceeding for which
the publication is requ ired, the newspaper may satisfy the
requirement of publication for the prescribed period by a
combination of hard copy publication and display of the same
information as contained in the hard copy publication on a website
maintained by or on b ehalf of the newspaper. No power interruption
or hardware or software failure related to the website or the
website information shall be a basis to invalidate the action or
proceeding the notice of which is required to be displayed on the
website.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT,
dated 03/02/2022 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.