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31	29		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33	31		2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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35	33		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
36	34		FOR
37		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 4015 By: Conley ~~of the House~~
	35	+	HOUSE BILL NO. 4015 By: Conley
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47	42		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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49	44		An Act relating to education; permitting certain
50	45		complaints to be filed with the Attorney General's
51	46		Office of Civil Rights Enforcement ; authorizing
52	47		Office to receive, investigate, hear, and issue
53	48		orders on complaints; allowing Office to initiate
54	49		certain periodic compliance reviews; grant ing broad
55	50		discretion to set parameters for reviews; authorizing
56	51		Office to conduct directed investigation in certain
57	52		circumstances; amending 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1501 ,
58	53		which relates to the powers of the Attorney General's
59	54		Office of Civil Rights Enforcement; modifying powers
60	55		of the Office; providing for codification; and
61	56		providing an effective date .
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67	64		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
68	65		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new sec tion of law to be codified
69	66		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9001 of Title 70, unless there
70	67		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
	68	+	A. A complaint of an education civil rights violation or
	69	+	discrimination may be filed with the Attorney General's Office of
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98		-	A. A complaint of an education civil rights violation or
99		-	discrimination may be filed with the Attorney General's Office of
100	97		Civil Rights Enforcement by anyone who believes that a public school
101	98		or institution of higher education in this state has discriminated
102	99		against someone on the basis of race, color , national origin,
103	100		religion, sex, age, genetic information, or disability.
104	101		B. The Office shall be authorized to receive, investigate,
105	102		hear, and issue orders on, complaints of discrimination or other
106	103		education civil rights violations filed pursuant to subsection A of
107	104		this section.
108	105		C. The Office may initiate periodic compliance reviews to
109	106		assess the practices of public schools or institutions of higher
110	107		education to determine whether they comply with the laws and
111	108		regulations enforced by the Office. The Office , under the direction
112	109		of the Attorney General, shall have broad discretion to determine
113	110		the substantive issues for review and the number and frequency of
114	111		the reviews.
115	112		D. In appropriate circumstances, the Office may conduct a
116	113		directed investigation when information indicates a possible failure
117	114		to comply with the laws and regulations enforced by the Office, the
118	115		matter warrants attention , and the compliance concern is not
119	116		otherwise being addressed throu gh the complaint, compliance review,
120	117		or technical assistance activ ities of the Office.
	118	+	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1501, is
	119	+	amended to read as follows:
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148		-	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Se ction 1501, is
149		-	amended to read as follows:
150	147		Section 1501. A. Within the limitations provided by law, the
151	148		Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement has the
152	149		following additional powers:
153	150		1. To promote the creation of local commissions on human
154	151		rights, and to contract with individuals and state, lo cal and other
155	152		agencies, both public and private, including agencies of the federal
156	153		government and of other states;
157	154		2. To accept public grants or p rivate gifts, bequests, or other
158	155		payments;
159	156		3. To receive, investigate, seek to conciliate, hold hearings
160	157		on, and pass upon complaints alleging violations of Section 1101 et
161	158		seq. of this title;
162	159		4. To furnish technical assistance requested by persons subje ct
163	160		to this act to further compliance with Section 1101 et seq. of this
164	161		title or an order issued thereunder;
165	162		5. To make provisions for technical and clerical assistance to
166	163		an advisory committee or committees appointed in accordance with
167	164		paragraph (b) of Section 953 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
168	165		6. To require answers to interrogatories, under the procedur es
169	166		established by Section 3233 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
170	167		compel the attendance of witnesses, examine witnesses under oath or
171	168		affirmation, and require the production of documents in connection
	169	+	with complaints filed under Section 1101 et seq. of this title, said
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199		-	with complaints filed under Section 1101 et seq. of this title, said
200	197		powers to be exercised only in relation to areas directly and
201	198		materially related to the complaint;
202	199		7. To hear, and issue orders o n, complaints involving state
203	200		government agencies and departments , including public schools and
204	201		institutions of higher education in accordance with Section 1 of
205	202		this act, on the same basis as complaints involving private
206	203		employers; and
207	204		8. To provide techn ical assistance and public information to
208	205		assist in preventing and eliminating discriminatory housing
209	206		practices; and
210	207		9. To promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions
211	208		of Section 1101 et seq. of this title.
212	209		B. The Attorney General shall:
213	210		1. At least annually, publish a written report recommending
214	211		legislative or other action to carry out the purpos es of Section
215	212		1101 et seq. of this title as it relates to housing discrimination;
216	213		2. Make studies relating to the nature and extent of
217	214		discriminatory housing practices in this state; and
218	215		3. Cooperate with and, as appropriate, may provide technical
219	216		and other assistance to federal, state, local, and other public or
220	217		private entities that are formulating or operating programs to
221	218		prevent or eliminate di scriminatory housing practices.
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249	246		SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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251		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON STATE POWERS, dated 03/02/2022 -
252		-	DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.
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