Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB961 Amended / Bill

Filed 03/25/2021

                     
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION 
 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) 
 
ENGROSSED SENATE 
BILL NO. 961 	By: Daniels of the Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Lepak of the House 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Solicitation of 
Charitable Contributions Act; prohibiting imposition 
of certain filing or reporting requirements; 
clarifying applicability of provisions; 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 552.23 of Title 18, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  Except as required or authorized by federal law, no state 
agency or official shall impose any annual filing or reporting 
requirement on an organization regulated or specifically exempted 
from regulation under the Oklahoma Solicitation of Charitable 
Contributions Act that is more stringent, restrictive or expansiv e 
than the requirements authorized b y the laws of this state .   
 
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B.  Requirements of subsection A of this section shall not apply 
to state grants, state contracts or fraud investigations, and shall 
not restrict enforcement actions against specific nonprofit 
organizations. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 
 
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT, dated 
03/24/2021 - DO PASS.