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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3166 By: Strom, Pae, and Phillips of
the House
and
Pederson of the Senate
[ Southeast Asia Trade Office – responsibilities -
effective date -
emergency ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOP LE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Secti on 5008.10 of Title 74, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created the Southeast Asia Trade Office.
B. The Trade Office shall be an administrative component of the
Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
C. The Trade Office shall:
1. Facilitate economic relationships between Oklahoma
businesses and business entitie s the principal business activity of
which is based in or which occurs in southeast Asia, including but
not limited to, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Brunei, Cambodia,
Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia;
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2. Promote Oklahoma business and establishing business-to-
business trading activity within the southeast Asia region;
3. Use its resources to provide information abou t business
trading opportunities in southeast Asia to Oklahoma businesses;
4. Facilitate positive relationships between the State of
Oklahoma and its political subdivisions with the relevant
governments in the southeast Asia trading region consistent with
United States foreign policy and any applicable trade or travel
restrictions;
5. Coordinate the activities of the Oklahoma Department of
Commerce with respect to business outre ach in southeast Asia;
6. Coordinate, organize, support and , within available fiscal
resources, fund travel from Oklahoma to southeast Asia and return as
part of an ongoing mission to establish and maintain positive
relationships between Oklahoma and coun tries in the region with the
objective of creating trade opportunities for Oklahoma bu siness
enterprises;
7. Coordinate actions taking place a t the federal level,
without interfering with the duties or responsibilities o f any
federal agency or instrumenta lity, which have as their primary
objective the promotion of business -to-business transactions between
entities in southeast Asia and the United States with emphasis on
promoting Oklahoma business activity;
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8. Conduct training programs for Oklahoma business owners to
inform them of potential trading opportunities with entities in
southeast Asia;
9. Produce promotional and educational materials for
distribution by business organ izations, trade associations, or
similar entities consistent with the mission o f the Trade Office;
and
10. Take such other actions or deve lop such programs consistent
with the mission of developing business-to-business opportunities
between entities in southeast Asia and Oklahoma -based business
enterprises.
D. The Southeast Asia Tr ade Office shall maintain a physical
office in Taipei, Ta iwan.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate