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54	54	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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56	56	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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58	58	SENATE BILL 616 By: Dahm
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64	64	AS INTRODUCED
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66	66	An Act relating to local bond elections; amending 11
67	67	O.S. 2011, Section 16 -112, as amended by Section 4,
68	68	Chapter 380, O.S.L. 2015 (11 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
69	69	16-112), which relates to municipal special
70	70	elections; modifying date when certain special
71	71	elections may be conducted; amending 70 O.S. 2011,
72	72	Section 15-102, which relates to educa tion bond
73	73	elections; specifying date on which certain el ections
74	74	may be conducted; updating statutory language;
75	75	providing an effective date ; and declaring an
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82	82	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
83	83	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2011, Section 16 -112, as
84	84	amended by Section 4, Chapter 380, O.S.L. 2015 (11 O.S. Supp. 20 20,
85	85	Section 16-112), is amended to read as follows:
86	86	Section 16-112. When the municipal governing body shall deem it
87	87	advisable, it may, b y resolution or ordinance, authorize the mayor
88	88	to call a special election on a date established in Section 3 -101 of
89	89	Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of submitting to
90	90	the registered voters of the municipality the question of issuing
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143	143	municipal bonds, of granting of any franchise, or for any other
144	144	purpose authorized by law.
145	145	Notwithstanding any other law, f or purposes of submitting to the
146	146	registered voters of the municipality t he question of issuing
147	147	municipal bonds or any tax, the governing bod y may, by resolution
148	148	ordinance, authorize the mayor to call a special election on a state
149	149	or federal election day in November in an odd or even -numbered year.
150	150	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 15 -102, is
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152	152	Section 15-102. The Notwithstanding any other law, the board of
153	153	education shall call an election to be held on a state or federal
154	154	election day in November in an odd or even -numbered year, and to be
155	155	conducted by the county election board in all respects as other
156	156	elections, for the purpose of t aking the sense of the district upon
157	157	the question of issuing such bonds, naming in the proclamation of
158	158	such election the amount of bonds to be voted on and the purpose for
159	159	which they are to be issued; and i t shall cause to be published in a
160	160	newspaper of general circulation in said the district the time and
161	161	place of such election, such notices to be given at least ten (10)
162	162	days before such election. In all instances where proclamations for
163	163	elections for boards of education are required by statute of the
164	164	mayor of a city, and in all instances where elections for boards of
165	165	education are provided for by statute wherein the mayor and city
166	166	clerk are denominated, the president of the board of education shall
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219	219	be substituted for the mayor and the clerk of the board of education
220	220	shall be substituted for the city clerk. Boards of education are
221	221	hereby declared to be free and independent of cities in all matters
222	222	relating to school elections legally called upon all school matters,
223	223	and presidents of boards of education shal l have full power to issue
224	224	proclamations calling school elections; provided, that no election
225	225	shall be called on the same proposition within four (4) months after
226	226	such proposition has been defeated at an e lection by the school
227	227	district electors. The provi sions of this act section as to the
228	228	waiting period shall not apply where the school facilities have been
229	229	destroyed by an act of God. The cost of such elections, together
230	230	with the cost of such proclamation s, publication, notices or other
231	231	expenses required, shall be legal costs of boards of education.
232	232	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 202 1.
233	233	SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
234	234	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is h ereby
235	235	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
236	236	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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