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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 495 By: McCortney
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to unfunded mandates; defining term;
prohibiting certain mandates; stating standards for
what are considered unfunded mandates; providing for
unenforceability without adequate funding; 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 l aw to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13001 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section, “unfunded mandate” means any act,
law, order, decision, policy, or official action implemented by the
Legislature, state agency, department, or commis sion that mandates a
political subdivision, by action or inaction, to expend funds to
implement or eliminate any policy, ordinance, programs, or
activities without being fully appropriated.
B. The Legislature, state agency, department, or commission
shall not implement any mandate to any political subdivision of this
state, unless a specific appropriation is made to fully fund the
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political subdivision for all costs related to the mandate. If no
appropriation is made to the politi cal subdivisions, the mandate
shall be considered an unfunded mandate and unenforceable. Any
financial impact of any size determined to exist by the political
subdivision shall be sufficient to deem an unfunded mandate.
Financial increases related to clerical work, office supplies, and
creating and submitting reports shall be exempted from this act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effecti ve November 1, 2023.
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