An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 728 By: Paxton of the Senate
and
Martinez of the House
An Act relating to county districts; amending 1 9 O.S.
2011, Section 321, as amended by Section 1, Chapter
190, O.S.L. 2012 (19 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 321),
which relates to county commissioner districts;
modifying date of specific reapportionment
completion; updating statutory language; and
declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Reapportionment of county commissioner districts
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 321, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 190, O.S.L. 2012 (19 O.S. Supp. 2020,
Section 321), is amended to read as follows:
Section 321. A. Each county shall be divided by the board of
county commissioners into three (3) compact districts, as equal in
population as practicable and numbered respe ctively one, two, and
three. One commissioner shall be elected from each of said the
districts by the voters of the district, as provided for by law.
B. 1. Each county shall be reapportioned by the board of
county commissioners on or before October 1 follow ing the final
official publication of the Federal Decennial Census to the State of
Oklahoma this state for the purposes of legislative redistricting.
Provided, for purposes of the 2021 reapportionment of counties, each
county shall be reapportioned by the board of county commissioners
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on or before November 30, 2021, following the final official
publication of the Federal Decennial Census to this state for the
purposes of legislative redistricting. The reapportionment shall be
recorded in a resolution adopted by the commissioners. The
resolution shall include an effective date for the reapportioned
county commissioner districts. The effective date sh all be January
1 of the following year.
2. Beginning with the reapportionment following the 1990
Federal Decennial Census, all boundaries of county commissioner
districts shall follow clearly visible, definable a nd observable
physical boundaries which are based upon criteria established and
recognized by the Bureau of the Census of the United States
Department of Commerce for purposes of defining census blocks for
its decennial census.
3. If the commissioners fai l to reapportion the county as
required by this subsection, the commissioners shall be subject to
the provisions of Sections 91 through 105 of Title 51 of the
Oklahoma Statutes and it shall be the duty of the county excise
board to perform the reapportionm ent.
C. There is hereby established a depo sitory for county
commissioner district boundary maps and reapportionment resolutions
within the Office of Geographic Information within the Oklahoma
Conservation Commission.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
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Passed the Senate the 4th day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 22nd day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: ___________________________ ______