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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 4, 2021
SENATE BILL NO. 285 By: Simpson
An Act relating to soldiers and sailors; requiring
the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate the
Union Soldiers Home; requiring dete rmination of
measures and funds necessary to meet United States
Department of Veterans Affairs standards; requiring
submission of findings to the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate and Speaker of the Hou se; authorizing
the Department to seek assistance fr om the Adjutant
General and state agencies; providing for
codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE O F THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 118 of Title 44, unless there is
created a duplicatio n in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Oklahoma Department of Veteran s Affairs shall evaluate
the condition of the land and property known as the Union Soldiers
Home and determine the measures and the amount of funds necessary to
meet all standards required by the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs including those required to designate the property
as a State Veterans Cemetery. The Department shall submit a report
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to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives by November 1, 202 1.
B. The Department is authorized to seek assistance from the
Adjutant General and any state agency as necessary to f ulfill the
requirements of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 202 1.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for th e preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
February 4, 2021 - DO PASS