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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2530 By: Humphrey
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to crimes and punishment s;
authorizing county option to reduce violati ons for
cockfighting offenses to misdemeanors; requiring
calling election upon filing of certain petition with
county election board or vote of county
commissioners; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE O F THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1692.10 of Title 21, unless
there is created a duplication in num bering, reads as follows:
The majority of the voters of a county, voting at an election to
be held for such purpose, may approve reducing violations of
Sections 1692.2, 1692.3, 1692.4, and 1692.5 of Title 2 1 of the
Oklahoma Statutes to misdemeanor offenses. An election shall be
called upon the filing of a petition with the county election board
containing not less than five percent (5%) of the number of voters
that voted in the most recent gubernatorial election in that county,
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or by a simple majori ty vote of the county commissioners in that
county.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-7684 GRS 02/22/23