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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 4, 2021
SENATE BILL NO. 346 By: Dahm
An Act relating to traffic offense quotas;
prohibiting certain entities from making certain
plans based on certain criteria; prohibiting certain
entities from requiring or s uggesting that there are
certain expectations relating to such citations;
providing that certain provisions do not pro hibit
municipalities from obtaining certain budgetary
information or estimates; stating certain violations
are grounds for removal from of fice or from a
person’s position; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STAT E OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34-109 of Title 11, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A political subdivision or an ag ency of this state may n ot
establish or maintain, formally or informally, a plan to evaluate,
promote, compensate or discipline:
1. A peace officer according to the officer’s issuance of a
predetermined or specified number of any type or combination of
types of traffic citations ;
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2. A peace officer according to the officer’s issuance of a
traffic citation for the purpose of generating revenue; or
3. A justice of the peace or a judge of a county court,
municipal court or municipal court of record accordin g to the amount
of money the justice or judge collects from persons convicted of a
traffic offense.
B. A political subdivision or an agency of this state may not
require or suggest to a peace officer, a ju stice of the peace or a
judge of a county court , municipal court or municipal court of
record:
1. That the peace officer is required or e xpected to issue a
predetermined or specified number of any type or combination of
types of traffic citations within a specified period;
2. That the peace officer is required or expected to i ssue a
traffic citation for the purpose of generating revenue; or
3. That the justice or judge is required or expected to collect
a predetermined amount of money from persons convicted of a traffic
offense within a specified period .
C. This section does not prohibit a municipality from obtaining
budgetary information from a municipal cou rt or a municipal court of
record including an estimate of the amount of money the court
anticipates will be collected in a budget year.
D. A violation of this section by an elected official is
misconduct and a ground for removal from office. A violation of
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this section by a person who is not an elected official is a ground
for removal from the person’s position.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT
February 4, 2021 - DO PASS