Req. No. 81 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) SENATE BILL 1006 By: Paxton AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to crimes and punishments ; 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 OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOM A: 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 numb ering, 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, or by a simple majori ty vote of the county commissioners in that county. Req. No. 81 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SECTION 2. This act shall be come effective November 1, 2023. 59-1-81 TEK 1/19/2023 12:19:36 PM