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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1803 By: Murdock
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to initiative and referendum;
amending 34 O.S. 2021, Section 23, which relates to
who may sign petitions and vote; authorizing certain
persons or business entities to donate mon ey for
certain purposes; prohibiting certain persons or
business entities from donating money for certain
purposes; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE S TATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 34 O.S. 2021, Section 23, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 23. Every person who is a qualified elector of the
State of Oklahoma may sign a petition for the referendum or for the
initiative for any measure upon which he is legally entitled to
vote. Any person who is a resident of this state or any business
entity with a principal place of business or other location in this
state may donate money to a group or entity promoting a referendum
or initiative. No person who is not a resident of this s tate or a
business entity with no presence in this state may don ate money to a
group or entity promoting a re ferendum or initiative. Any person
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signing any name other than his own to any petitio n, or knowingly
signing his name more than once for the same measure at one
election, or who is not at the time of signing the same a legal
voter of this state, or whoever falsely makes or willfully destr oys
a petition or any part thereof, or who signs or files any
certificate or petition knowing the same or any part thereof to be
falsely made, or suppresses any certificate or petition or any part
thereof which has been duly filed or who shall violate any provision
of this statute, or who shall aid or abet any other person in doing
any of said acts; and any person violating any provision of this
chapter, shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a felony and
shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Fiv e Hundred Dollars
($500.00) or by imprisonment in th e State Penitentiary not exceeding
two (2) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the court before which such co nviction shall be had.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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