An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1445 By: Provenzano, Crosswhite
Hader, and Deck of the
House
and
Garvin of the Senate
An Act relating to schools; requiring school district
to post information about issuing bonds prior to an
election on its website; providing timeline for
posting; listing information to be included;
requiring information to remai n posted if approved by
electors; directing posting of certain updated
information regarding bond projects; providing timing
for posting update; exem pting certain bond projects
from act requirements; providing for codification;
and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Schools
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new sec tion of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 15-110 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. When a school district board of education call s an election
for the purpose of issuing bonds pursuant to Section 15-102 of Title
70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the school district s hall, at least
thirty (30) days prior to th e election, post on its website a copy
of the bond proposal, including each project to be funded by the
bond proceeds, a description of each project, and the estimated cost
for each project.
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B. If electors approve the issuing of bonds at an election, the
school district shall continue to post on its website the bond
information required by subsection A of this section for the
duration of the bond and one year after completion of all bond
projects. The information posted on the school district website
shall also include updates when there is a material change in the
scope of the projects and their purpose as stated at the time the
board of education calls the bond election. The updated information
shall be posted online within thirty (30) days following approval of
the project changes by the board of education.
C. This act shall not apply to any bond projects approved by
electors prior to the effective date of this act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 20th day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 26th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
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: _________________________________