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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1680 By: Standridge
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to detachment of municipal territory ;
declaring circumstances under which a territory may
be detached; providing definition; prohibiting
municipalities from annexing territory after
defunding; providing exception; requiring conformance
with state law; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OK LAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section o f law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 21-110a of Title 11, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. A territory may be detached from the corporate limits of a
municipality when the governing municip ality has defunded the pol ice
department at least once within the previous twenty-four (24)
months.
"Defunded" means the municipality has adopted a budget for a
fiscal year that red uces appropriated monies to the municipal police
department by five percent (5%) or greater compared to the previous
fiscal year.
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This provision shall not apply to municipalities that have a
total budget that is at least ten percent (10%) less than the
previous fiscal year
B. A municipality shall not annex an area during a fiscal year
that defunds the munici pal police department unless the budget of
the police department is the same or exceeds what it was before it
was defunded.
C. Any annexed territory that wishes to detach from the
governing municipality shall comply with all procedures in Section
21-110 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes .
SECTION 2. This act shall bec ome effective November 1, 2022.
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