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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 337 By: Pederson
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to capitol buildings; providing for
display of the national motto in the visitor center
area of the State Capitol Build ing; authorizing
certain entities to provide legal defense; providing
certain construction; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 65 of Title 73, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. In keeping with the tradition establi shed by the display of
the national motto in the To urist Information Cente r of the United
States Capitol Building, the administrator of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services shall utilize monies from the
Oklahoma State Capitol Building Repair an d Restoration Fund to
create an inscription of the national motto of the U nited States in
a prominently visible location in the visitor center of the Oklahoma
State Capitol Building. The placement and size of the display shall
be in keeping with the place ment and size of the display of the
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national motto in the Tourist Informat ion Center of the United
States Capitol Building.
B. In the event that the legality or constitutionality of the
inscription is challenged in a court of law, the Oklahoma Attorney
General is hereby authorized to prepare and present a legal defense
of the inscription.
C. The placement of this inscription shall not be construed to
mean that the State of Oklahoma favors any particular religion or
denomination thereof over others.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effecti ve November 1, 2021.
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