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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 523 By: Paxton, Bullard, Bergstrom
and Jett of the Senate
and
Lepak of the House
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2011,
Section 2-106, which relates to duties of the State
Election Board; prohibiting certain entities from
entering into certain legal agreements or
settlements; prohibiting alteration or amendment of
election procedures by certain officers ; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2011, Section 2 -106, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 2-106. A. The State Election Board shall per form such
duties as may be prescribed by law.
B. 1. No political subdivision, agency or officer of this
state including but not limited to the Governor, the Attorney
General, the State Election Board, a district attorney or a county
election board, shall enter into a legal agreement or court
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settlement that prescribes election procedures that conflict with
procedures prescribed by the Legislature in statute.
2. Neither the Governor nor any officer of the executive
branch, by executive order or other exec utive action, shall alter or
amend procedures duly enacted by the Legislature except where
specifically authorized in this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, dated
03/31/2021 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.