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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1810 By: Jett
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Oklahoma Antitrust Reform Act;
66	66	amending 79 O.S. 2021, Sections 20 5, 207, and 210,
67	67	which relate to actions brought b y injured persons
68	68	and Attorney General, witness subpoenas, and civil
69	69	investigative demand; authorizing district attorney s
70	70	to bring certain actions; providing exception;
71	71	authorizing district at torney to make certain
72	72	application; authorizing district attorney to take
73	73	certain evidence; authorizing district attorney to
74	74	prosecute certain violations; modifying definitions;
75	75	authorizing district attorney to obtain certain
76	76	discovery; modifying procedures for certain
77	77	compliance; updating statutory references; and
78	78	providing an effective date.
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83	83	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
84	84	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 79 O.S. 2021, Section 205, is
85	85	amended to read as follows:
86	86	Section 205. A. 1. Any person who i s injured in his or her
87	87	business or property by a violation of this act Section 201 et seq.
88	88	of this title, may obtain appropriate injunctive or other equitable
89	89	relief and monetary damages and shall recover threefold the damage s
90	90	sustained, and the cost of suit , including a reasonable attorney
91	91	fee. The Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the
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143	143	state, as parens patriae on behalf of natural persons residing in
144	144	the state for appropriate injunctive or other equitable r elief and
145	145	to secure monetary damages for injury su stained by such natural
146	146	persons to their business or property by reason of any violation of
147	147	this act Section 201 et seq. of this title . A district attorney may
148	148	bring an action in the name of the state, as parens patriae on
149	149	behalf of natural persons residi ng in the district of the district
150	150	attorney for appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief and to
151	151	secure monetary damages for injury sustained by such natural persons
152	152	to their business or property by reason of any violation of th e
153	153	Oklahoma Antitrust Reform Act, except to the extent to which the
154	154	Attorney General has brought an action under the same theory of
155	155	relief. The court shall exclude from the amount of the monetary
156	156	damages awarded in such action any amount of monetary damages:
157	157	a. which duplicates amounts which have been awarded for
158	158	the same injury, or
159	159	b. which is properly allocable to:
160	160	(1) natural persons who have excluded their claims,
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162	162	(2) any other persons.
163	163	The court shall award the state as parens patriae threefold the
164	164	total damages sustai ned and the cost of suit , including a reasonable
165	165	attorney fee. Whenever the state is hereafter injured in its
166	166	business or property by anything forbidden in this act Section 201
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218	218	et seq. of this title , it may obtain appropriate injunctive or other
219	219	equitable relief and monetary damages therefor and shall recover
220	220	actual damages by it sustained an d the cost of suit including a
221	221	reasonable attorney fee. The court may award under this section,
222	222	pursuant to a motion by such person or the state, simple interest on
223	223	actual damages for the period beginning on the date of service of
224	224	such person’s or the state’s pleading setting forth a claim under
225	225	this act Section 201 et seq. of this title and ending on the date of
226	226	judgment, or for any shorter period therein, if the cour t finds that
227	227	the award of such interest for such period is just in the
228	228	circumstances. The Attorney General may bring an ac tion on behalf
229	229	of either the state or a political subdivision of the state when
230	230	either is injured in its business or property by anyt hing forbidden
231	231	by the provisions of this act Section 201 et seq. of this title .
232	232	2. In any civil action brought by the Attorney General or
233	233	district attorney as parens patriae, the Attorney General or
234	234	district attorney shall, at such times, in such manner, and with
235	235	such content as the court may direct, cause notice thereof to be
236	236	given by publication. Any person on whose behalf an action is
237	237	brought may elect to exclude from adju dication the portion of the
238	238	claim for monetary damages attributable to him or her by filing
239	239	notice of this election with the court within the time specified in
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292	292	3. In a civil action brought by the Attorney Gener al or
293	293	district attorney as parens patriae, the final judgment shall be res
294	294	judicata as to any claim under this section by any person on behalf
295	295	of whom the action was brought and who fails to give notice within
296	296	the period specified in the notice given pursu ant to paragraph 2 of
297	297	this subsection.
298	298	B. Any person or governmental entity who or which obtains a
299	299	judgment for damages under 15 U.S.C., Section 15 or any other
300	300	provision of federal law comparable to this section may not recover
301	301	damages in a suit under th is section based on substantially the same
302	302	conduct that was the subject of the fe deral suit.
303	303	C. Any action to recover damages under this section is barred
304	304	unless commenced within four (4) years after the claim accrued or
305	305	was discovered, whichever is later .
306	306	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 79 O.S. 2021, Section 207, is
307	307	amended to read as follows:
308	308	Section 207. It shall be the duty of the court before whom any
309	309	proceeding under this act, the Oklahoma Antitrust Reform Act may be
310	310	brought, upon the application of the Attorney G eneral or district
311	311	attorney, to cause to be issued by the clerk of the court subpoenas
312	312	for witnesses as may be named in the application, and cause the same
313	313	to be served by the sherif f of the county where the subpoena is
314	314	issued; and the witnesses shall be c ompelled to appear before the
315	315	court or judge, at t he time and place set forth in the subpoena, and
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367	367	shall be compelled to testify as to any knowledge they may have of
368	368	the violations of any of the provisions of this act Section 201 et
369	369	seq. of this title; and any witness who fails or refuses to attend
370	370	and testify shall be punished as for contempt, as provided by law.
371	371	The evidence of all the witnesse s shall, at the option of the
372	372	Attorney General or district attorney , be taken down and shall be
373	373	transcribed and placed in the hands of the Attorney G eneral or
374	374	district attorney, and the Attorney General or district attorney
375	375	shall be authorized to prosecute a violator or violators of this act
376	376	Section 201 et seq. of this title. Witnesses subpoenaed as provided
377	377	in this section shall be compelled to attend proceedings from any
378	378	county in the state.
379	379	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 79 O.S. 2021, Section 210, is
380	380	amended to read as follows:
381	381	Section 210. A. As used in this section:
382	382	1. “Antitrust investigati on” and “investigation” mean any
383	383	inquiry conducted by the Attorney Gene ral or district attorney for
384	384	the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been
385	385	engaged in or is actively preparing to engage in activities which
386	386	may constitute an antitrust violation;
387	387	2. “Antitrust violation” means any act or omission in violation
388	388	of any of the prohibitions contained in this act Section 201 et seq.
389	389	of this title or in violation of any of the antitrust laws set forth
390	390	in 15 U.S.C., Section 12(a);
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442	442	3. “Civil investigative demand” and “demand” mean any demand
443	443	issued by the Attorney Ge neral or district attorney under subsection
444	444	B of this section and consistent with the discovery methods set
445	445	forth in subsection A of Section 3226 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma
446	446	Statutes; and
447	447	4. “Person” means a natural person, proprie torship,
448	448	partnership, corporation, limited liability co mpany, municipal
449	449	corporation, public trust, association, or any other public or
450	450	private entity, however organized, and includes any person acting
451	451	under color or authority of state law.
452	452	B. Whenever the Attorney General or district attorney has
453	453	reason to believe that any person may be in possess ion, custody, or
454	454	control of any information, documentary material, or physical
455	455	evidence relevant to a civil anti trust investigation, the Attorney
456	456	General or district attorney may, prior to the institution of a
457	457	civil proceeding, obtain discovery by issuing in writing and servin g
458	458	upon the person a civil investigative demand requiring the person to
459	459	produce the informat ion, documentary material, or physical evidence
460	460	for inspection and copying , to permit entry upon land or other
461	461	property, to answer in writing written interrogatories , to give oral
462	462	testimony, or to provide any combination of the above.
463	463	1. Each demand shall describe the nature of the activities that
464	464	are the subject of the investi gation and shall set forth each
465	465	statute and section of that statute that may have been or m ay be
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517	517	violated as a result of the activities. Each demand shall advise
518	518	the person upon whom the demand is to be served that the person has
519	519	the right to object to th e demand as provided for in thi s section;
520	520	2. Each demand for production of documentary mat erial and for
521	521	answers to written interrogatories shall prescribe a reasonable
522	522	return date or dates by which the material shall be produced an d the
523	523	answers to interrogatories shall be submitted; and
524	524	3. Each demand for the giving of oral testimony shall prescri be
525	525	a reasonable date, time, and place at which the testimony shall
526	526	begin.
527	527	C. 1. A demand issued under subsection B of this section may
528	528	require compliance only if t he material or information sought would
529	529	be discoverable under the Oklahoma Discovery Code, and only in the
530	530	manner prescribed in the applicable provisions therein.
531	531	2. A demand under subsection B of this section may not be
532	532	issued upon the Oklahoma Tax Commi ssion for records or files which
533	533	are considered confidential and privileged under Section 2 05 of
534	534	Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
535	535	D. At any time before the return date specifi ed in a demand or
536	536	within twenty (20) days after th e demand has been served, wh ichever
537	537	period is shorter, the person who has been served and, in the case
538	538	of a demand for a product of discovery, the person from whom the
539	539	discovery is sought, may file a petiti on for an order modifying or
540	540	setting aside the dem and in the district court in the county of the
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592	592	person’s residence or principal office or place of business. Any
593	593	such petition shall specify each ground upon which the petitioner
594	594	relies in seeking the relie f sought. The petition may be based upon
595	595	any failure of such demand to comply with the provisions of thi s
596	596	section or upon any constitutional or other legal right or pri vilege
597	597	of the petitioner. The petitioner shall serve a copy of the
598	598	petition upon the Attorney General or district attorney . The
599	599	Attorney General or district attorney may submit an answer to the
600	600	petition. In ruling on the petition, the court shall presume absent
601	601	evidence to the contrary that the Attorney General or district
602	602	attorney issued the demand in good faith and within the scope of his
603	603	or her authority. The t ime for compliance with the demand in whole
604	604	or in part shall not run during the pendency of any petition filed
605	605	under this subsection; provided, however, t hat the petitioner shall
606	606	comply, with any portions of the demand not sough t to be modified or
607	607	set aside.
608	608	E. A person on whom a d emand is served shall comply with the
609	609	terms of the demand unless otherwise provided by court order.
610	610	F. 1. Whenever any person fails to comply with an y demand duly
611	611	served on that person under this sec tion, the Attorney General or
612	612	district attorney may file in the district court in the county in
613	613	which the person resides, is found, or transacts business and serve
614	614	on the person a petition for an order o f the court for enforcement
615	615	of this section. If the person transacts business in more than one
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667	667	county, the petition shall be filed in the county of the person ’s
668	668	principal office or place of business in the state or in any other
669	669	county as may be agreed upo n by the person and the Attorney General
670	670	or district attorney.
671	671	2. Any person, who, with intent to avoid, ev ade, or prevent
672	672	compliance in whole or part with a demand issued under this section,
673	673	removes from any place, conceals, withholds, destroys, mutilates,
674	674	alters, or by any other means falsifies any docume ntary material or
675	675	otherwise provides inaccurate informa tion is guilty of a misdemeanor
676	676	and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
677	677	Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by confinement in the county
678	678	jail for not more than one (1) year or by both such fine and
679	679	imprisonment.
680	680	G. 1. Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to disclosing
681	681	under this subsection any documentary material or answers to written
682	682	interrogatories designated as contain ing trade secrets or
683	683	confidential information, the Attorney General or district attorney
684	684	shall notify the person who produced the material of the Attorney
685	685	General’s or district attorney ’s intent to make the disclosure.
686	686	After providing such notification, t he Attorney General or district
687	687	attorney may petition a district court in any county of this state
688	688	in which the person resides, does business, or maintains its
689	689	principal office for an order authorizing disclosure of the trade
690	690	secrets or confidential inform ation. After notice and hearing, if
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742	742	so ordered, the Attorney General or district attorney may disclose
743	743	the trade secrets or confidential information.
744	744	2. Upon written request, the Attorney General or district
745	745	attorney shall return documentary material pro duced under this
746	746	section in connection with an ant itrust investigation to the person
747	747	who produced it when ever:
748	748	a. any case or proceeding before any court arising out of
749	749	the investigation has been completed, or
750	750	b. the Attorney General or district attorney has decided
751	751	after completing an examination and ana lysis of the
752	752	material not to institute any case or proc eeding
753	753	before a court in connection with the investigation.
754	754	H. Whenever any petition is filed in the district court as
755	755	provided for in this section, t he court shall have jurisdiction to
756	756	hear and determine the matter presented an d to enter any order or
757	757	orders required to implement the provisions of this section. Any
758	758	final order shall be subject to appeal. Failure to comply with any
759	759	final order entered by a court under this section is punishable by
760	760	the court as contempt.
761	761	SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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