Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB395 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/13/2021

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) 
 
SENATE BILL 395 	By: Dossett (J.A.) 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to legislative procedure; requiring 
certain bill, resolution and amendment to be 
accompanied by documentation of fiscal impact; 
requiring Oklahoma Tax Commission to provide ana lysis 
within a requested time provided by certain persons ; 
requiring three-fourths approval of the Senate and 
three-fourths approval of the House of 
Representatives for certain bill, resolution or 
amendment to become law; requiring vote threshold to 
reflect certain constitutional requirement; 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 118.1 of Title 68, unless there 
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows: 
A.  No bill, resolution or amendment by the Legislature that 
reduces revenue to this state by lowering a tax shall be heard by 
the Senate or the House of Representatives or any committee ther eof 
unless the bill, resolution or amendment is accompanied by 
documentation of the negative fiscal impact to the state.  The 
Oklahoma Tax Commission shall provide the fiscal im pact analysis.   
 
 
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The statement shall be provided within the time requested by a 
member or employee of the Legislature. 
B.  No bill, resolution or amendment that reduces rev enue to 
this state by lowering a tax, and as documented by the Oklahoma Tax 
Commission, shall become law without approval of three-fourths (3/4) 
of the membership of the Senate and three-fourths (3/4) of the 
membership of the House of Represent atives. The voting requirements 
provided in this subsection shall reflect any amendment to the 
voting requirements provided in Section 33 of Article 5 of the 
Oklahoma Constitution. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall becom e effective November 1, 2021. 
 
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