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	30	+	ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 612 By: Howard of the Senate
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15	40		An Act relating to the Oklahoma Lottery ; amending 3A
	41	+	O.S. 2021, Sections 712, 713, as amended by Section
	42	+	1, Chapter 359, O.S.L. 2022, 724, and 733 (3A O.S.
	43	+	Supp. 2022, Section 713), which relate to the
	44	+	Oklahoma Lottery Commission, prize claims, and the
	45	+	board of trustees; expanding required background
	46	+	checks for certain applicants; requiring annual
	47	+	background checks for Commission employees; deleting
	48	+	Commission requirement to pay for certain
	49	+	investigations and contract with the Oklahoma State
	50	+	Bureau of Investigation; deleting r equirement to
	51	+	submit certain report; deleting requirement to
	52	+	display certain certificate; modifying certain
	53	+	information required for submission; modifying
	54	+	required date for submission of certain information;
	55	+	modifying threshold for certain information required
	56	+	to claim prize; modifying information required to
	57	+	claim certain prize; amending 51 O.S. 2021, Section
	58	+	24A.5, which relates to the Ok lahoma Open Records
	59	+	Act; providing excepti on; repealing 3A O.S. 2021,
	60	+	Sections 706 and 734, which relate to Lottery
	61	+	Retailer Advisory Board and Oklahoma Lottery
	62	+	Commission Legislative Oversight Committee; updating
	63	+	statutory reference; and providing an effective date.
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	100	+	"An Act relating to the Oklahoma Lottery; amending 3A
16	101		O.S. 2021, Sections 712, 713, as amended by Section
17	102		1, Chapter 359, O.S.L. 2022, 724, and 733 (3A O.S.
18	103		Supp. 2022, Section 713), which relate to the
19	104		Oklahoma Lottery Commission; expanding required
20	105		background checks for certain applicants; requiring
21	106		annual background checks for Commission employees;
22	107		deleting Commission requirement to pay for certain
23	108		investigations and contract with the Oklahoma State
24	109		Bureau of Investigation; deleting requirement to
25	110		display certain certificate; modifying certain
26	111		information required for submission; modifying
27	112		required date for submission of certain info rmation;
28	113		modifying threshold for certain information required
29	114		to claim prize; modifying information required to
30	115		claim certain prize; amending 51 O.S. 2021, Section
31	116		24A.5, which relates to the Oklahoma Open Records
32	117		Act; providing exception; repealing 3A O.S. 2021,
33	118		Section 706, which relates to Lottery Retailer
34	119		Advisory Board and Oklahoma Lottery Commission
35	120		Legislative Oversight Committee; updating statutory
36	121		reference; and providing an effective date.
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40		-	SUBJECT: Oklahoma Lottery
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42	126		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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44	127		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 3A O.S. 2021, Section 712, is
45	128		amended to read as follows:
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49	129		Section 712. A. The executive director of the Oklahoma Lottery
50	130		Commission, with the approval of the board of trustees, shall employ
51	131		such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provi sions of
52	132		this act and shall set the comp ensation and terms of comp ensation of
53	133		such employees. All offices, positions, and personnel of the
54	134		Oklahoma Lottery Commission shall be in the unclassified service.
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56	161		B. No employee of the Commission shall have a financial
57	162		interest in any vendor doing busi ness or proposing to do bu siness
58	163		with the Commission.
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60	164		C. No employee of the Commission shall participate in any
61	165		decision involving a retailer with whom the employee has a fin ancial
62	166		interest.
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64	167		D. No employee of the Commission who leaves the employment of
65	168		the Commission may represent any vendor or lottery retaile r before
66	169		the Commission for a period of two (2) years following termination
67	170		of employment with the Commission.
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69	171		E. A background investigation shall be conducte d on each
70	172		applicant who has reached the final selection process pr ior to
71	173		employment by the Commission at the level of division director and
72	174		above and at any level within any division of security and as
73	175		otherwise required by the board of trustees of the Oklahoma Lottery
74	176		Commission. The Commission shall pay for the actual cost of the
75	177		investigations and shall contract with the Oklahoma State Bureau of
76	178		Investigation for the performance of the investigations and on every
77	179		employee of the Commission for each calendar year . The results of a
78	180		background investigation shall not be considered a record open to
79	181		the public pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
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81	182		F. No person who has been convicted of any felony or a
82	183		misdemeanor involving illegal gambling or involving moral turpitude
83	184		shall be employed by t he Commission, nor shall the Commission employ
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85	212		contendere to such a felony or misdemeanor .
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88	214		to Commission funds or lottery revenue in an amount specified b y the
89	215		board and may bond other emp loyees as deemed necessary.
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93	216		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 3A O.S. 2021, Section 713, as
94	217		amended by Section 1, Chapter 359, O.S.L. 2022 (3A O.S. Supp. 2022,
95	218		Section 713), is amended to read as follows:
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97	219		Section 713. A. All gross proceeds shall be the property of
98	220		the Oklahoma Lottery Commission. From its gross proceeds, the
99	221		Commission shall pay the operating expenses of the Commission. At
100	222		least forty-five percent (45%) of gross proceeds shall be made
101	223		available as prize money. However, the provisions of this
102	224		subsection shall be deemed not to create any lien, entitlement,
103	225		cause of action, or other private right, and any rights of holders
104	226		of tickets or shares shall be d etermined by the Commission in
105	227		setting the terms of its lottery or lotter ies.
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107	228		B. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission shall submit a written
108	229		report of its findings and any recommendations regarding the impact
109	230		of removing the requirement that net proceeds shall equal at least
110	231		thirty-five percent (35%) of the gross proceeds. The report shall
111	232		be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
112	233		Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
113	234		Senate not later than October 1, 2020, and annually thereafter.
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115	261		C. There is hereby created in the State Treasu ry a fund to be
116	262		designated the “Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund”. Except as
117	263		otherwise provided in subsections H G and I H of this section, on or
118	264		before the fifteenth day of each ca lendar quarter, the Commission
119	265		shall transfer to the State Treasurer, for credit to the Oklahoma
120	266		Education Lottery Trust Fund, the amount of all net proceeds
121	267		accruing during the preceding calendar quarter. Expenditures from
122	268		the fund shall be made upon war rants issued by the State Treasurer
123	269		against claims filed as prescribe d by law with the Director of the
124	270		Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and
125	271		payment.
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127	272		D. C. Upon their deposit into the State Treasury, any monies
128	273		representing a deposit of net proceeds shall then become the
129	274		unencumbered property of this state, and neither the Commission nor
130	275		the board of trustees shall have the power to agree or undertake
131	276		otherwise. The monies shall be invested by the State Treasurer in
132	277		accordance with state investment practices. All earnings
133	278		attributable to such investments shall likewise be the unencumbered
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136	279		property of the state and shall acc rue to the credit of the fund
137	280		provided for in subsection C B of this section.
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140	282		monies contributed annually to the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust
141	283		Fund shall only be appropriated as follows:
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145	311		(1) kindergarten through twelfth grade public
146	312		education, including but not limi ted to
147	313		compensation and benefits for public school
148	314		teachers and support employees, and
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150	315		(2) early childhood development programs, which shall
151	316		include but not be limited to costs associated
152	317		with prekindergarten and full -day kindergarten
153	318		programs,
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157	320		(1) tuition grants, loans and scholarships to
158	321		citizens of this state to enable such citizens to
159	322		attend colleges and universities located within
160	323		this state, regardless of whether such colleges
161	324		and universities are owned o r operated by the
162	325		Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, or
163	326		to attend institutions operated under the
164	327		authority of the Oklahoma Department of Career
165	328		and Technology Education; provided, such tuition
166	329		grants, loans and scholarships shall not be made
167	330		to a citizen of this state to attend a college or
168	331		university which is not accredited by the
169	332		Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education,
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171	333		(2) construction of educational facilities for
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173	361		districts, The Oklahoma Sta te System of Higher
174	362		Education, and career and technology education,
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181	366		career and technology education,
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183	367		(4) technology for public elementary school district,
184	368		independent school district, state higher
185	369		education, and career and technology education
186	370		facilities, which shall include but not be
187	371		limited to costs of providing to teachers at
188	372		accredited public institutions who tea ch levels
189	373		kindergarten through twelfth grade, personnel at
190	374		technology centers under the authority of the
191	375		Oklahoma State Department of Career and
192	376		Technology Education, and professors and
193	377		instructors within The Oklahoma State System of
194	378		Higher Education, the necessary training in the
195	379		use and application of computers and advanced
196	380		electronic instructional technology to implement
197	381		interactive learning environments in the
198	382		classroom and to access the statewide distance
199	383		learning network and costs associated with
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200	410		repairing and maintaining advanced electronic
201	411		instructional technology,
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203	412		(5) endowed chairs for professors at institutions of
204	413		higher education operated by The Oklahoma State
205	414		System of Higher Education, and
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207	415		(6) programs and personnel of the Oklahoma School for
208	416		the Deaf and the Oklahoma School for the Blind,
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210	417		c. five percent (5%) to the School Consolidation and
211	418		Assistance Fund. When the total amount in the School
212	419		Consolidation and Assistance Fund from all sources
213	420		equals Five Million Dollars ($5,000,0 00.00), all
214	421		monies appropriated pursuant to this subparagraph
215	422		which would otherwise be deposited in the School
216	423		Consolidation and Assistance Fund in excess of Five
217	424		Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) shall be allocated by
218	425		the State Department of Educa tion to public schools
219	426		based on the audited end-of-year average daily
220	427		membership in grades 8 through 12 during the preceding
221	428		school year for the purpose of purchasing technology
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224	429		equipment. If at any time the total amount in the
225	430		School Consolidation and As sistance Fund drops below
226	431		Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), the monies
227	432		appropriated pursuant to this subparagraph shall be
228	433		deposited in the School Consolidation and Assistance
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232	462		d. five percent (5%) to the Teachers’ Retirement System
233	463		Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund.
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236	465		administrative costs, not including marketing and advertising costs,
237	466		funds set aside for prizes, commissions paid to retailers, contract
238	467		fees paid to gaming system vendors and instant ticket providers or
239	468		emergency-related capital expenses, exceed three percent (3%) of
240	469		sales.
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243	471		deposited to the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund that exceeds
244	472		Sixty-five Million Dollars ($65,000,000.00) shall be deposited to
245	473		the credit of the Teacher Empowerment Revolving Fund created in
246	474		Section 2 of this act.
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248	475		E. D. The Legislature shall appropriate funds from the Oklahoma
249	476		Education Lottery Trust Fund only for the purposes spe cified in
250	477		subsection D C of this section. Even when funds from the trust fund
251	478		are used for these purposes, the Legislature shall not use funds
252	479		from the trust fund to supplant or replace other state fun ds
253	480		supporting common education, higher education, or c areer and
254	481		technology education.
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257	483		used to enhance and not supplant funding for education, the State
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259	511		from the trust fund each y ear. At the meeting of the State Board of
260	512		Equalization held within five (5) days after the monthly
261	513		apportionment in February of each year, the State Board of
262	514		Equalization shall issue a finding and repo rt which shall state
263	515		whether appropriations from the t rust fund were used to enhance or
264	516		supplant education funding. If the State Board of Equalization
265	517		finds that education funding was supplanted by funds from the trust
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268	518		fund, the Board shall specify the am ount by which education funding
269	519		was supplanted. In this event, the Legislature shall not make any
270	520		appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year until an appropriation in
271	521		that amount is made to replenish the trust fund.
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274	523		deficiency in the Oklahoma Educati on Lottery Trust Fund shall be
275	524		replenished by reducing any nonlottery funds including, specifically
276	525		but without limitation, the General Revenue Fund, the Constitutional
277	526		Reserve Fund, or the Education Ref orm Revolving Fund of the State
278	527		Department of Educati on. No program or project started specifically
279	528		from lottery proceeds shall be continued from the General Revenue
280	529		Fund, the Constitutional Reserve Fund, or the Education Reform
281	530		Revolving Fund of the State Department of Education. Such programs
282	531		must be adjusted or discontinued according to available lottery
283	532		proceeds unless the Legislature by general law establishes
284	533		eligibility requirements and appropriates specific funds therefor.
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286	561		reduced or transferred to correct any nonlottery deficiencies in
287	562		sums available for general appropriations. The provisions of this
288	563		subsection shall not apply to bonds or other obligations issued
289	564		pursuant to or to the repayment of bonds or other obligations issued
290	565		pursuant to the Oklahoma Higher Education Promise of Excellence Act
291	566		of 2005.
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293	567		H. G. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
294	568		fund to be designated the “Oklahoma Education Lottery Revolving
295	569		Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not sub ject to fiscal
296	570		year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the
297	571		Commission. The Commission shall make payments of net proceeds from
298	572		the fund to the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund on or before
299	573		the fifteenth day of each calendar quar ter as provided in subsection
300	574		C B of this section. All monies accruing to the credit of the
301	575		Oklahoma Education Lottery Revolving Fund are hereby appropriated
302	576		and may be budgeted and expended for the paymen t of net proceeds,
303	577		prizes, commissions to retailers, administrative expenses and all
304	578		other expenses arising out of the operation of the education
305	579		lottery, subject to the limitations provided in the Oklahoma
306	580		Education Lottery Act. Expenditures from the fun d shall be made
307	581		upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
308	582		prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
309	583		Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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313	610		The monies in the fund shall be invested by the State Trea surer
314	611		in accordance with state investment practices. All earnings
315	612		attributable to such investments shall likewise accrue to the credit
316	613		of the fund.
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318	614		I. H. When appropriations from the Oklahoma Education Lottery
319	615		Trust Fund are made to common education purs uant to the provisions
320	616		of subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection D C of this section,
321	617		the appropriations shall be made available on a monthly basis. In
322	618		addition to the provisions of subsections C B and D C of this
323	619		section, the following process shall be used to ensure that the
324	620		appropriations are made available to common education in a timely
325	621		manner:
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327	622		1. Beginning in July of the fiscal year in which appropriations
328	623		are made to common education from the Oklahoma Education Lottery
329	624		Trust Fund, the Commissio n, on or before the ninth day of each
330	625		month, shall transfer to the State Treasurer, for credit to the
331	626		Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund, the amount of net proceed s
332	627		accruing during the preceding month equal to the amount of total
333	628		monthly collections due to common education as required by
334	629		subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection D C of this section;
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337	631		Services shall allocate the transfers provided for in paragraph 1 of
338	632		this subsection to the State Department of Education on a monthly
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340	660		for the fiscal year; and
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343	662		Lottery Trust Fund of net lottery proceeds made pursuant to this
344	663		subsection shall not exceed the total appropriations made to common
345	664		education from the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund for the
346	665		specific fiscal year.
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348	666		J. I. When appropriations from the Oklahoma Education Lottery
349	667		Trust Fund are made to The Oklahoma Sta te System of Higher
350	668		Education, the appropriations shall be made available to the System
351	669		on a monthly basis. In addition to the provisions of subsections C
352	670		B and D C of this section, the following process shall be used to
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355	671		ensure that the appropriations are mad e available to The Oklahoma
356	672		State System of Higher Education i n a timely manner:
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358	673		1. Beginning in July of the fiscal year in which appropriations
359	674		are made to The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from the
360	675		Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund, the Commission, on or before
361	676		the ninth day of each month, shall tr ansfer to the State Treasurer,
362	677		for credit to the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund, the amount
363	678		of net proceeds accruing during the preceding month equal to the
364	679		amount of total monthly collec tions due to the Oklahoma State
365	680		Regents for Higher Education a s required by subparagraph b of
366	681		paragraph 1 of subsection D C of this section;
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369	709		Services shall allocate the transfers provided for in paragraph 1 of
370	710		this subsection to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
371	711		on a monthly basis, not to exceed one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual
372	712		apportionment for the fiscal year; and
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375	714		Lottery Trust Fund of net lottery proceeds made pursuant to this
376	715		subsection shall not exceed the total appropriations made to The
377	716		Oklahoma State System for Higher Education from the Oklahoma
378	717		Education Lottery Trust Fund for the specific fiscal year.
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380	718		SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 3A O.S. 2021, Section 724, is
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383	720		Section 724. A. Proceeds of any lottery prize shall be subject
384	721		to the Oklahoma state income tax.
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386	722		B. Attachments, garnishment s, or executions authorized and
387	723		issued pursuant to law shall be withheld if timely served upon the
388	724		Oklahoma Lottery Commission. This subsection shall not apply to
389	725		payment of prizes by a retailer.
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392	727		establish a system of verifying the validity of tick ets or shares
393	728		claimed to win prizes and to effect payment of the prizes, except
394	729		that:
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	730	+	1. No prize, any portion of a prize, or any right of any person
	731	+	to a prize awarded shall be assignable. Any prize or any portion of
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	758	+	a prize remaining unpaid at the deat h of a prize winner shall be
	759	+	paid to the estate of the deceas ed prize winner or to the trustee of
	760	+	a trust established by the deceased prize winner as settlor if a
	761	+	copy of the trust document or instrument h as been filed with the
	762	+	Commission along with a nota rized letter of direction from the
	763	+	settlor and no written not ice of revocation has been received by the
	764	+	Commission prior to the death of the settlor. Following the death
	765	+	of a settlor and prior to any paym ent to a successor trustee, the
	766	+	Commission shall obtain from the trustee a written agreement to
	767	+	indemnify and hold the Commission harmless with respect to any
	768	+	claims that may be asserted against the Commission arising from
	769	+	payment to or through the trust. Notwithstanding any other
	770	+	provisions of this secti on, any person, pursuant to an appropriate
	771	+	judicial order, shall be paid the prize to which a winner is
	772	+	entitled;
	773	+	2. No prize shall be paid arising from claimed tickets that
	774	+	are:
	775	+	a. stolen, counterfeit, a ltered, fraudulent, unissued,
	776	+	produced or issued in error, unreadable, not received,
	777	+	or not recorded by the Comm ission within applicable
	778	+	deadlines,
	779	+	b. lacking in captions that conform and agree with the
	780	+	play symbols as appropriate to the particular lottery
	781	+	game involved, or
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	809	+	confidential validation and security test s of the
	810	+	Commission appropriate to the particular lottery game
	811	+	involved;
	812	+	3. No particular prize in any lottery game s hall be paid more
	813	+	than once, and in the event of a determination that more th an one
	814	+	claimant is entitled to a particular prize, the sole r emedy of the
	815	+	claimants is the award to each of them of an equal share in the
	816	+	prize;
	817	+	4. A holder of a winning cash tic ket or share from a lotter y
	818	+	game shall claim a cash prize within one hundred eighty (180) days,
	819	+	or for a multistate or multisovereign lott ery game within one
	820	+	hundred eighty (180) days, after the drawing in which the cash prize
	821	+	was won. In any Oklahoma lot tery game in which the pla yer may
	822	+	determine instantly if the player has won o r lost, the player shall
	823	+	claim a cash prize within ninety (90 ) days, or for a multistate
	824	+	lottery game within one hundred eighty (180) days, after the end of
	825	+	the lottery game. If a valid claim is not made for a cash prize
	826	+	within the applicable period, the cash prize shall constitute an
	827	+	unclaimed prize for purposes o f the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act;
	828	+	5. Any person or persons claiming a lottery prize exceeding Six
	829	+	Hundred Dollars ($600.00) shall provide t he Commission with their
	830	+	name, address, social security number or tax identification number,
	831	+	and sufficient valid identification as proof of the same prior to
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	858	+	payment of the prize by the Commission. This information shall be
	859	+	confidential for purposes of the Oklahoma Open Records Act , except
	860	+	for the person’s first name, city of residence, and prize amount;
	861	+	and
	862	+	6. Any person or persons claiming a lottery prize exceeding
	863	+	Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) shall provide the Commission with
	864	+	their name, address, social security numb er or tax identification
	865	+	number, proof of social security n umber or tax identification
	866	+	number, and sufficient valid identification prior to payment of the
	867	+	prize by the Commission. This information shall be co nfidential for
	868	+	purposes of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, e xcept for the person ’s
	869	+	first name, city of residence, and prize amount; and
	870	+	7. Any person or persons claiming a lottery prize exceeding Six
	871	+	Hundred Dollars ($600.00) as a trust shall provide for e ach person
	872	+	entitled to any portion of the prize their name, address, social
	873	+	security number or tax identification number, proof of social
	874	+	security number or tax identification number, and sufficient valid
	875	+	identification as proof of the same and trust certifications prior
	876	+	to payment of the prize by the Commission except that such
	877	+	information specified in this paragraph shall be conf idential and
	878	+	not subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
	879	+	D. No prize shall be paid upon a ticket or sh are purchased or
	880	+	sold in violation of the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act. Any such
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	908	+	Oklahoma Education Lottery Act.
	909	+	E. The Commission is discharged of all liability upon payment
	910	+	of a prize.
	911	+	F. No ticket or share shall be purchased by and no prize shall
	912	+	be paid to any member of the boar d of trustees of the Oklahoma
	913	+	Lottery Commission, any officer or employee of the Commission, or to
	914	+	any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a mem ber
	915	+	of the same household in the principal place of residence of any
	916	+	such person. No ticket o r share shall be purchased by and no pr ize
	917	+	shall be paid to any officer, employee, agent, or subcontractor of
	918	+	any vendor or to any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent
	919	+	residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of
	920	+	residence of any such person if the officer, employee , agent, or
	921	+	subcontractor has access to confidential information which may
	922	+	compromise the integrity of the lottery.
	923	+	G. Unclaimed prize money shall not constitute net lottery
	924	+	proceeds. The first Seven Hundred Fifty T housand Dollars
	925	+	($750,000.00) of unclai med prize money accruing annually shall be
	926	+	transferred to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
	927	+	Services for the treatment of compulsive gambling disorder and
	928	+	educational programs related to such disorde r. All other unclaimed
	929	+	prize money shall be added to the pool from which future prizes are
	930	+	to be awarded or used for special prize promotions.
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	958	+	amended to read as follows:
	959	+	Section 733. To ensure the financial integrity of the lottery,
	960	+	the Oklahoma Lottery Commission through its board of trustees shall:
	961	+	1. Submit quarterly and annual reports to the Governor, State
	962	+	Auditor and Inspector, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation,
	963	+	Attorney General, and the oversight committee create d by Section 734
	964	+	of this title, disclosing the total lottery revenues, prize
	965	+	disbursements, operating expens es, and administrative expenses of
	966	+	the Commission during the reporting period . The annual report shall
	967	+	additionally describe the organizational str ucture of the Commission
	968	+	and summarize the functions performed by each organizational
	969	+	division within the Co mmission;
	970	+	2. Adopt a system of internal audits;
	971	+	3. Maintain weekly or more frequent records o f lottery
	972	+	transactions, including the distribution of tickets or shares to
	973	+	retailers, revenues received, claims for prizes, prizes paid, prizes
	974	+	forfeited, and other financial transactions of the Commission;
	975	+	4. Contract with a certified public accountant or firm for an
	976	+	annual financial audit of the Commissio n. The certified public
	977	+	accountant or firm shall have no financial interest in any vendor
	978	+	with whom the Commission is under contract. The certified public
	979	+	accountant or firm shall present an audit rep ort not later than
	980	+	seven (7) months after the end of t he fiscal year. The certified
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	1007	+	public accountant or firm shall evaluate the internal auditing
	1008	+	controls in effect during the audit period. The cost of this annual
	1009	+	financial audit shall be an operating e xpense of the Commission.
	1010	+	The State Auditor and Inspe ctor may at any time conduct an audit of
	1011	+	any phase of the operations of the Commission at the expense of th e
	1012	+	Commission and shall receive a copy of the annual independent
	1013	+	financial audit. A copy of any audit performed by the certified
	1014	+	public accountant or firm or the State Auditor and Inspector shall
	1015	+	be transmitted to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the
	1016	+	Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the State
	1017	+	Auditor and Inspector, and the cochairs of the oversight committee
	1018	+	created in Section 734 of this title;
	1019	+	5. Submit to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
	1020	+	and the State Auditor and Inspector by June 30 of each year a copy
	1021	+	of the annual operating budget for the C ommission for the next
	1022	+	fiscal year. This annual operatin g budget shall be approved by the
	1023	+	board and be on such forms as prescribed by the Office of Management
	1024	+	and Enterprise Services; and
	1025	+	6. For informational purposes only, submit Submit to the Office
	1026	+	of Management and Enterprise Services on September 1 by October 1 of
	1027	+	each year a proposed operating budget for the Commission for the
	1028	+	succeeding fiscal year. The budget proposal shall also be
	1029	+	accompanied by an estimate of the net proceeds to be deposited in to
	1030	+	the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund during the s ucceeding
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	1058	+	prescribed by the Office of Manage ment and Enterprise Services.
	1059	+	SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Sec tion 24A.5, is
	1060	+	amended to read as follows:
	1061	+	Section 24A.5 All records of public bodies and public officials
	1062	+	shall be open to any person for inspection, copying, or mechanic al
	1063	+	reproduction during regular business hours; provid ed:
	1064	+	1. The Oklahoma Open Reco rds Act, Sections 24A.1 through 24A.30
	1065	+	of this title, does not apply to records specifically required by
	1066	+	law to be kept confidential including:
	1067	+	a. records protected by a sta te evidentiary privilege
	1068	+	such as the attorney -client privilege, the work
	1069	+	product immunity from discovery and the identity of
	1070	+	informer privileges,
	1071	+	b. records of what transpired during meetings of a public
	1072	+	body lawfully closed to the public such as executive
	1073	+	sessions authorized under the Oklahoma Open Meeting
	1074	+	Act,
	1075	+	c. personal information w ithin driver records as defined
	1076	+	by the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, 18 United
	1077	+	States Code, Sections 2721 through 2725,
	1078	+	d. information in the files of the Board of Medico legal
	1079	+	Investigations obtained pursuant to Sections 94 0 and
	1080	+	941 of Title 63 of the O klahoma Statutes that may be
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	1108	+	related findings, or confidential medical information,
	1109	+	or
	1110	+	e. any test forms, question banks a nd answer keys
	1111	+	developed for state licensure examinat ions, but
	1112	+	specifically excludi ng test preparation materials or
	1113	+	study guides, or
	1114	+	f. last names, addresses, social security numbers or tax
	1115	+	identification numbers , and proof of identification
	1116	+	submitted to the Oklahoma Lottery Commission by
	1117	+	persons claiming a lotter y prize;
	1118	+	2. All Social Security numbers i ncluded in a record may be
	1119	+	confidential regardless of the person’s status as a public employee
	1120	+	or private individual and may be redacted or delete d prior to
	1121	+	release of the record by the public body;
	1122	+	3. Any reasonably segregable portion of a record contain ing
	1123	+	exempt material shall be provided a fter deletion of the exempt
	1124	+	portions; provided however, the Department of Public Safety shall
	1125	+	not be required to assemble for the requesting perso n specific
	1126	+	information, in any format, from driving records relating to any
	1127	+	person whose name and date of birt h or whose driver license number
	1128	+	is not furnished by the requesting person.
	1129	+	The Oklahoma State Bureau of In vestigation shall not be required
	1130	+	to assemble for the requesting person any criminal history records
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	1158	+	identifying information required by the Oklahoma State Bureau of
	1159	+	Investigation pursuant to admin istrative rule are not furnished by
	1160	+	the requesting person;
	1161	+	4. Any request for a record which contains individ ual records
	1162	+	of persons, and the cost of copying, reproducing or certifying each
	1163	+	individual record is otherwise prescribed by state law, the cost m ay
	1164	+	be assessed for each individual reco rd, or portion thereof requested
	1165	+	as prescribed by state law. Otherwise , a public body may charge a
	1166	+	fee only for recovery of the reasonable, direct costs of record
	1167	+	copying, or mechanical reproduction. Notwithstanding any state or
	1168	+	local provision to the co ntrary, in no instance shall the record
	1169	+	copying fee exceed twenty -five cents ($0.25) per page for records
	1170	+	having the dimensions of eight and one-half (8 1/2) by fourteen (14)
	1171	+	inches or smaller, or a maximum of One Dol lar ($1.00) per copied
	1172	+	page for a certified copy. However, if the request:
	1173	+	a. is solely for commercial purpos e, or
	1174	+	b. would clearly cause excessive disruption of the
	1175	+	essential functions of the public body,
	1176	+	then the public body may charge a reasonable fee to recover the
	1177	+	direct cost of record se arch and copying; however, publication in a
	1178	+	newspaper or broadcast by n ews media for news purposes shall not
	1179	+	constitute a resale or use of a record for trade or commercial
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	1208	+	making the copy. The fee charged by the Department of Public Safety
	1209	+	for a copy in a computerized format of a record of the Department
	1210	+	shall not exceed the direct cost of making the copy unless the fee
	1211	+	for the record is otherwise set by law.
	1212	+	Any public body establishing fees un der this act shall post a
	1213	+	written schedule of the fees at its principal office and with the
	1214	+	county clerk.
	1215	+	In no case shall a search fee be charged when the release of
	1216	+	records is in the public interest, including, but not limited to,
	1217	+	release to the news med ia, scholars, authors and taxpayers see king
	1218	+	to determine whether those entrusted with the affairs of the
	1219	+	government are honestly, faithfully, and competently performing
	1220	+	their duties as public servants.
	1221	+	The fees shall not be used for the purpose of discoura ging
	1222	+	requests for information or as obs tacles to disclosure of requested
	1223	+	information;
	1224	+	5. The land description tract index of all recorded instrum ents
	1225	+	concerning real property required to be kept by the county clerk of
	1226	+	any county shall be available for ins pection or copying in
	1227	+	accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
	1228	+	provided, however, the index shall not be copied or mechani cally
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	1258	+	integrity and organization of its records and to prevent excessiv e
	1259	+	disruptions of its essential function s. A delay in providing access
	1260	+	to records shall be limited solely to t he time required for
	1261	+	preparing the requested documents and the avoidance of excessive
	1262	+	disruptions of the public body’s essential functions. In no event
	1263	+	may production of a current requ est for records be unreasonably
	1264	+	delayed until after completion of a pri or records request that will
	1265	+	take substantially longer than the current request. Any public body
	1266	+	which makes the requested records available on t he Internet shall
	1267	+	meet the obligation o f providing prompt, reasonable access to its
	1268	+	records as required by thi s paragraph; and
	1269	+	7. A public body shal l designate certain persons who are
	1270	+	authorized to release records of the public body for inspection,
	1271	+	copying, or mechanical reproduction. At leas t one person shall be
	1272	+	available at all times to release records during the regular
	1273	+	business hours of the publi c body.
	1274	+	SECTION 6. REPEALER 3A O.S. 2021, Section 706, is hereby
	1275	+	repealed.
	1276	+	SECTION 7. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023."
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	1350	+	BILL NO. 612 By: Howard of the Senate
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	1354	+	Osburn of the House
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	1359	+	An Act relating to the Oklahoma Lottery ; amending 3A
	1360	+	O.S. 2021, Sections 712, 713, as amended by Section
	1361	+	1, Chapter 359, O.S.L. 2022, 724, and 733 (3A O.S.
	1362	+	Supp. 2022, Section 713), which relate to the
	1363	+	Oklahoma Lottery Commission, prize claims, and the
	1364	+	board of trustees; expanding required background
	1365	+	checks for certain applicants; requiring annual
	1366	+	background checks for Commission employees; deleting
	1367	+	Commission requirement to pay for certain
	1368	+	investigations and contract with the Oklahoma State
	1369	+	Bureau of Investigation; deleting r equirement to
	1370	+	submit certain report; deleting requirement to
	1371	+	display certain certificate; modifying certain
	1372	+	information required for submission; modifying
	1373	+	required date for submission of certain information;
	1374	+	modifying threshold for certain information required
	1375	+	to claim prize; modifying information required to
	1376	+	claim certain prize; amending 51 O.S. 2021, Section
	1377	+	24A.5, which relates to the Oklahoma Open Records
	1378	+	Act; providing exception; repealing 3A O.S. 2021,
	1379	+	Sections 706 and 734, which relate to Lottery
	1380	+	Retailer Advisory Board and Oklahoma Lottery
	1381	+	Commission Legislative Oversight Committee; updating
	1382	+	statutory reference; and providing an effective date.
	1383	+
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	1387	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
	1388	+	SECTION 8. AMENDATORY 3A O.S. 2021, Section 712, is
	1389	+	amended to read as follows:
	1390	+	Section 712. A. The executive director of the Oklahoma Lott ery
	1391	+	Commission, with the approval of the board of trustees, shall employ
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	1418	+	such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provi sions of
	1419	+	this act and shall set the comp ensation and terms of comp ensation of
	1420	+	such employees. All office s, positions, and per sonnel of the
	1421	+	Oklahoma Lottery Commission shall be in the unclassified service.
	1422	+	B. No employee of the Commission shall have a financial
	1423	+	interest in any vendor doing busi ness or proposing to do bu siness
	1424	+	with the Commission.
	1425	+	C. No employee of the Commission shall participate in any
	1426	+	decision involving a retailer with whom the employee has a financial
	1427	+	interest.
	1428	+	D. No employee of the Commission who leaves the employment of
	1429	+	the Commission may represent any vendor or lottery retailer before
	1430	+	the Commission for a period of two (2) years following termination
	1431	+	of employment with the Commission.
	1432	+	E. A background investig ation shall be conducte d on each
	1433	+	applicant who has reached the final selection process pr ior to
	1434	+	employment by the Commission at the level of division director and
	1435	+	above and at any level within any division of security and as
	1436	+	otherwise required by the board of trustees of the Oklahoma Lottery
	1437	+	Commission. The Commission shall pay for the actual cost of the
	1438	+	investigations and shall c ontract with the Okla homa State Bureau of
	1439	+	Investigation for the performance of the investigations and on every
	1440	+	employee of the Commission for each calendar year . The results of
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	1467	+	a background investigation shall not be considered a record open to
	1468	+	the public pursuant to the Okl ahoma Open Records Act.
	1469	+	F. No person who has been convicted of any felony or a
	1470	+	misdemeanor involving illeg al gambling or involving moral turpitude
	1471	+	shall be employed by t he Commission, nor shall the Commission employ
	1472	+	a person who is awaiting sentencing on a plea of guilt or nolo
	1473	+	contendere to such a felony or misdemeanor .
	1474	+	G. The Commission shall bond Commission employees with access
	1475	+	to Commission funds or lottery revenue in an amount specified b y the
	1476	+	board and may bond other employees as deemed necessary.
	1477	+	SECTION 9. AMENDATORY 3A O.S. 2021, Section 713, as
	1478	+	amended by Section 1, Chapter 359, O.S.L. 2022 (3A O.S. Supp. 2022,
	1479	+	Section 713), is amended to read as follows:
	1480	+	Section 713. A. All gross proceeds shall b e the property of
	1481	+	the Oklahoma Lottery Commission. From its gross proceeds, the
	1482	+	Commission shall pay the operating expenses of the Commission. At
	1483	+	least forty-five percent (45%) of gross proceeds shall be made
	1484	+	available as prize money. However, the provisions of this
	1485	+	subsection shall be deemed not to create any lien, entitlement,
	1486	+	cause of action, or other private right, and any rights of holders
	1487	+	of tickets or shares shall be d etermined by the Commission in
	1488	+	setting the terms of its lottery or lotteries.
	1489	+	B. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission shall submit a written
	1490	+	report of its findings and any recommendations regarding the impact
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	1517	+	of removing the requirement that net proceeds shall equal at least
	1518	+	thirty-five percent (35%) of the gross proceeds. The report shall
	1519	+	be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
	1520	+	Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
	1521	+	Senate not later than October 1, 2020, and annually thereafter.
	1522	+	C. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fu nd to be
	1523	+	designated the “Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund”. Except as
	1524	+	otherwise provided in subsections H G and I H of this section, on or
	1525	+	before the fifteenth day of each ca lendar quarter, the Commission
	1526	+	shall transfer to the State Treasurer, for cr edit to the Oklahoma
	1527	+	Education Lottery Trust Fund, the amount of all net proceeds
	1528	+	accruing during the preceding calendar quarter. Expenditures from
	1529	+	the fund shall be made upon war rants issued by the State Treasurer
	1530	+	against claims filed as prescribed by la w with the Director of the
	1531	+	Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and
	1532	+	payment.
	1533	+	D. C. Upon their deposit into the State Treasury, any monies
	1534	+	representing a deposit of net proceeds shall then become the
	1535	+	unencumbered property of this state , and neither the Commission nor
	1536	+	the board of trustees shall have the power to agree or undertake
	1537	+	otherwise. The monies shall be invested by the State Treasurer in
	1538	+	accordance with state investment practices. All earnings
	1539	+	attributable to such investments shall likewise be the unencumbered
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	1566	+	property of the state and shall acc rue to the credit of the fund
	1567	+	provided for in subsection C B of this section.
	1568	+	1. The first Sixty-five Million Dollars ($65,000,000.00) of
	1569	+	monies contributed annually to the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust
	1570	+	Fund shall only be appropriated as follows:
	1571	+	a. forty-five percent (45%) for the following:
	1572	+	(1) kindergarten through twelfth grade public
	1573	+	education, including but not limi ted to
	1574	+	compensation and benefits for public school
	1575	+	teachers and support employees, and
	1576	+	(2) early childhood development programs, which shall
	1577	+	include but not be limited to costs associated
	1578	+	with prekindergarten and full -day kindergarten
	1579	+	programs,
	1580	+	b. forty-five percent (45%) for the following:
	1581	+	(1) tuition grants, loans and scholarships to
	1582	+	citizens of this state to enable such citizens to
	1583	+	attend colleges and universities located within
	1584	+	this state, regardless of whether such colleges
	1585	+	and universities are owned o r operated by the
	1586	+	Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, or
	1587	+	to attend institutions operated under the
	1588	+	authority of the Oklahoma Department of Career
	1589	+	and Technology Education; provided, such tuition
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	1616	+	grants, loans and scholarships shall not be made
	1617	+	to a citizen of this state to attend a college or
	1618	+	university which is not accredited by the
	1619	+	Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education,
	1620	+	(2) construction of educational facilities for
	1621	+	elementary school districts, independent school
	1622	+	districts, The Oklahoma Sta te System of Higher
	1623	+	Education, and career and technology educatio n,
	1624	+	(3) capital outlay projects for elementary school
	1625	+	districts, independent school districts, The
	1626	+	Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, and
	1627	+	career and technology education,
	1628	+	(4) technology for public elementary school district,
	1629	+	independent school district, state higher
	1630	+	education, and career and technology education
	1631	+	facilities, which shall include but not be
	1632	+	limited to costs of providing to teachers at
	1633	+	accredited public institutions who tea ch levels
	1634	+	kindergarten through twelfth grade, personnel at
	1635	+	technology centers under the authority of the
	1636	+	Oklahoma State Department of Career and
	1637	+	Technology Education, and professors and
	1638	+	instructors within The Oklahoma State System of
	1639	+	Higher Education, the necessary training in the
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	1667	+	electronic instructional technology to implement
	1668	+	interactive learning environments in the
	1669	+	classroom and to access the sta tewide distance
	1670	+	learning network and costs associated with
	1671	+	repairing and maintaining advanced electronic
	1672	+	instructional technology,
	1673	+	(5) endowed chairs for professors at institutions of
	1674	+	higher education operated by The Oklahoma State
	1675	+	System of Higher Educati on, and
	1676	+	(6) programs and personnel of the Oklahoma School for
	1677	+	the Deaf and the Oklahoma School for the Blind,
	1678	+	c. five percent (5%) to the School Consolidation and
	1679	+	Assistance Fund. When the total amount in the School
	1680	+	Consolidation and Assistance Fund from all sources
	1681	+	equals Five Million Dollars ($5,000,0 00.00), all
	1682	+	monies appropriated pursuant to this subparagraph
	1683	+	which would otherwise be deposited in the School
	1684	+	Consolidation and Assistance Fund in excess of Five
	1685	+	Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) shall be all ocated by
	1686	+	the State Department of Educa tion to public schools
	1687	+	based on the audited end-of-year average daily
	1688	+	membership in grades 8 through 12 during the preceding
	1689	+	school year for the purpose of purchasing technology
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	1716	+	equipment. If at any time the total am ount in the
	1717	+	School Consolidation and As sistance Fund drops below
	1718	+	Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), the monies
	1719	+	appropriated pursuant to this subparagraph shall be
	1720	+	deposited in the School Consolidation and Assistance
	1721	+	Fund until the Fund again reaches Fiv e Million Dollars
	1722	+	($5,000,000.00), and
	1723	+	d. five percent (5%) to the Teachers’ Retirement System
	1724	+	Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund.
	1725	+	In no instance shall the annual maximum percentage for
	1726	+	administrative costs, not including marketing and advertising costs,
	1727	+	funds set aside for prizes, commissions paid to retailers, contract
	1728	+	fees paid to gaming system vendors and instant ticket providers or
	1729	+	emergency-related capital expenses, exceed three percent (3%) of
	1730	+	sales.
	1731	+	2. The remaining portion of lottery annual net proc eeds
	1732	+	deposited to the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund that exceeds
	1733	+	Sixty-five Million Dollars ($65,000,000.00) shall be deposited to
	1734	+	the credit of the Teacher Empowerment Revolving Fund created in
	1735	+	Section 2 of this act.
	1736	+	E. D. The Legislature shall appropriate funds from the Oklahoma
	1737	+	Education Lottery Trust Fund only for the purposes spe cified in
	1738	+	subsection D C of this section. Even when funds from the trust fund
	1739	+	are used for these purposes, the Legislature shall not use funds
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	1767	+	supporting common education, higher education, or c areer and
	1768	+	technology education.
	1769	+	F. E. In order to ensure that the funds from the trust fund are
	1770	+	used to enhance and not supplant funding for education, the State
	1771	+	Board of Equalization shall examine and investigate appropriations
	1772	+	from the trust fund each y ear. At the meeting of the State Board of
	1773	+	Equalization held within five (5) days after the monthly
	1774	+	apportionment in February of each year, the State Board of
	1775	+	Equalization shall issue a finding and repo rt which shall state
	1776	+	whether appropriations from the t rust fund were used to enhance or
	1777	+	supplant education funding. If the State Board of Equalization
	1778	+	finds that education funding was supplanted by funds from the trust
	1779	+	fund, the Board shall specify the am ount by which education funding
	1780	+	was supplanted. In this event, the Legislature shall not make any
	1781	+	appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year until an appropriation in
	1782	+	that amount is made to replenish the trust fund.
	1783	+	G. F. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, no
	1784	+	deficiency in the Oklahoma Educati on Lottery Trust Fund shall be
	1785	+	replenished by reducing any nonlottery funds including, specifically
	1786	+	but without limitation, the General Revenue Fund, the Constitutiona l
	1787	+	Reserve Fund, or the Education Ref orm Revolving Fund of the State
	1788	+	Department of Educati on. No program or project started specifically
	1789	+	from lottery proceeds shall be continued from the General Revenue
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	1816	+	Fund, the Constitutional Reserve Fund, or the Education Reform
	1817	+	Revolving Fund of the State Department of Education. Such programs
	1818	+	must be adjusted or discontinued according to available lottery
	1819	+	proceeds unless the Legislature by general law establishes
	1820	+	eligibility requirements and appropriates specific fund s therefor.
	1821	+	No surplus in the Oklaho ma Education Lottery Trust Fund shall be
	1822	+	reduced or transferred to correct any nonlottery deficiencies in
	1823	+	sums available for general appropriations. The provisions of this
	1824	+	subsection shall not apply to bonds or other o bligations issued
	1825	+	pursuant to or to the repayment of bonds or other obligations issued
	1826	+	pursuant to the Oklahoma Higher Education Promise of Excellence Act
	1827	+	of 2005.
	1828	+	H. G. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
	1829	+	fund to be designated the “Oklahoma Education Lottery Revolving
	1830	+	Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not sub ject to fiscal
	1831	+	year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the
	1832	+	Commission. The Commission shall make payments of net proceeds from
	1833	+	the fund to the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund on or before
	1834	+	the fifteenth day of each calendar quar ter as provided in subsection
	1835	+	C B of this section. All monies accruing to the credit of the
	1836	+	Oklahoma Education Lottery Revolving Fund are hereby appropriated
	1837	+	and may be budgeted and expended for the paymen t of net proceeds,
	1838	+	prizes, commissions to retailers, administrative expenses and all
	1839	+	other expenses arising out of the operation of the education
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	1866	+	lottery, subject to the limitations provided in the Oklahoma
	1867	+	Education Lottery Act. Expenditures from the fun d shall be made
	1868	+	upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
	1869	+	prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
	1870	+	Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
	1871	+	The monies in the fund shall be invested by the State Trea surer
	1872	+	in accordance with state investment practices. All earnings
	1873	+	attributable to such investments shall likewise accrue to the credit
	1874	+	of the fund.
	1875	+	I. H. When appropriations from the Oklahoma Education Lottery
	1876	+	Trust Fund are made to common education purs uant to the provisions
	1877	+	of subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection D C of this section,
	1878	+	the appropriations shall be made available on a monthly basis. In
	1879	+	addition to the provisions of subsections C B and D C of this
	1880	+	section, the following process shall be used to ensure that the
	1881	+	appropriations are made available to common education in a timely
	1882	+	manner:
	1883	+	1. Beginning in July of the fiscal year in which appropriations
	1884	+	are made to common education from the Oklahoma Education Lottery
	1885	+	Trust Fund, the Commissio n, on or before the ninth day of each
	1886	+	month, shall transfer to the State Treasurer, for credit to the
	1887	+	Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund, the amount of net proceed s
	1888	+	accruing during the preceding month equal to the amount of total
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	1916	+	subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection D C of this section;
	1917	+	2. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
	1918	+	Services shall allocate the transfers provided for in paragraph 1 of
	1919	+	this subsection to the State Department of Education on a monthly
	1920	+	basis, not to exceed one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual apportionment
	1921	+	for the fiscal year; and
	1922	+	3. The total amount of transfers to the Oklahoma Education
	1923	+	Lottery Trust Fund of net lottery proceeds made pursuant to this
	1924	+	subsection shall not exceed the total appropriations made to common
	1925	+	education from the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund for the
	1926	+	specific fiscal year.
	1927	+	J. I. When appropriations from the Oklahoma Education Lottery
	1928	+	Trust Fund are made to The Oklahoma Sta te System of Higher
	1929	+	Education, the appropriations shall be made available to the System
	1930	+	on a monthly basis. In addition to the provisions of subsections C
	1931	+	B and D C of this section, the following process shall be used to
	1932	+	ensure that the appropriations are mad e available to The Oklahoma
	1933	+	State System of Higher Education i n a timely manner:
	1934	+	1. Beginning in July of the fiscal year in which appropriations
	1935	+	are made to The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from the
	1936	+	Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund, the Commission, on or before
	1937	+	the ninth day of each month, shall tr ansfer to the State Treasurer,
	1938	+	for credit to the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund, the amount
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	1966	+	amount of total monthly collec tions due to the Oklahoma State
	1967	+	Regents for Higher Education a s required by subparagraph b of
	1968	+	paragraph 1 of subsection D C of this section;
	1969	+	2. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
	1970	+	Services shall allocate the transfers provided for in paragraph 1 of
	1971	+	this subsection to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
	1972	+	on a monthly basis, not to exceed one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual
	1973	+	apportionment for the fiscal year; and
	1974	+	3. The total amount of transfers to the Oklahoma Education
	1975	+	Lottery Trust Fund of net lottery proceeds made pursuant to this
	1976	+	subsection shall not exceed the total appropriations made to The
	1977	+	Oklahoma State System for Higher Education from the Oklahoma
	1978	+	Education Lottery Trust Fund for the specific fiscal year.
	1979	+	SECTION 10. AMENDATORY 3A O.S. 2021, Section 724, is
	1980	+	amended to read as follows:
	1981	+	Section 724. A. Proceeds of any lottery prize shall be subject
	1982	+	to the Oklahoma state income tax.
	1983	+	B. Attachments, garnishment s, or executions authorized and
	1984	+	issued pursuant to law shall be withheld if timely served upon the
	1985	+	Oklahoma Lottery Com mission. This subsection sha ll not apply to
	1986	+	payment of prizes by a retailer.
	1987	+	C. The Commission shall adopt policies and procedures to
	1988	+	establish a system of verifying the validity of tick ets or shares
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398	2017		1. No prize, any portion of a prize, or any right of any person
399	2018		to a prize awarded shall be assignable. Any prize or any portion of
400	2019		a prize remaining unpaid at the deat h of a prize winner shall be
401	2020		paid to the estate of the deceased priz e winner or to the trustee of
402	2021		a trust established by the deceased prize winner as settlor if a
403	2022		copy of the trust document or instrument h as been filed with the
404	2023		Commission along with a nota rized letter of direction from the
405	2024		settlor and no written notice of revocation has been received by the
406	2025		Commission prior to the death of the settlor. Following the death
407	2026		of a settlor and prior to any paym ent to a successor trustee, the
408	2027		Commission shall obtain from the trustee a written agreement to
409	2028		indemnify and hold the Commission harmless with resp ect to any
410	2029		claims that may be asserted against the Commission arising from
411	2030		payment to or through the trust. Notwithstanding any other
412	2031		provisions of this secti on, any person, pursuant to an appropriate
413	2032		judicial order, shall be paid the prize to which a win ner is
414	2033		entitled;
415		-
416	2034		2. No prize shall be paid arising from claimed tickets that
417	2035		are:
418		-
419	2036		a. stolen, counterfeit, a ltered, fraudulent, unissued,
420	2037		produced or issued in error, unreadable, not received,
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422	2065		deadlines,
423		-
424	2066		b. lacking in captions that conform and agree with the
425	2067		play symbols as appropriate to the particular lottery
426	2068		game involved, or
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428	2069		c. not in compliance with such a dditional public or
429	2070		confidential validation and security tests of th e
430	2071		Commission appropriate to t he particular lottery game
431	2072		involved;
432		-
433	2073		3. No particular prize in any lottery game shall be paid more
434	2074		than once, and in the event of a determination that more th an one
435	2075		claimant is entitled to a particular prize, the sole remedy o f the
436	2076		claimants is the award to each of them of an equal share in the
437	2077		prize;
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441	2078		4. A holder of a winning cash ticket or share from a lotter y
442	2079		game shall claim a cash prize within one hundred eighty (180) days,
443	2080		or for a multistate or multisovereign lottery gam e within one
444	2081		hundred eighty (180) days, after the drawing in which the cash prize
445	2082		was won. In any Oklahoma lottery game in which the pla yer may
446	2083		determine instantly if the player has won o r lost, the player shall
447	2084		claim a cash prize within ninety (90) days, or for a multistate
448	2085		lottery game within one hundred eighty (180) days, after the end of
449	2086		the lottery game. If a valid claim is not made for a cash prize
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450	2113		within the applicable period, the cash prize shall constitute an
451	2114		unclaimed prize for purposes of the O klahoma Education Lottery Act ;
452		-
453	2115		5. Any person or persons claiming a lottery prize exceeding Six
454	2116		Hundred Dollars ($600.00) shall provide t he Commission with their
455	2117		name, address, social security number or tax identification number,
456	2118		and sufficient valid ident ification as proof of the same prior to
457	2119		payment of the prize by the Commission. This information shall be
458	2120		confidential for purposes of the Oklahoma Open Records Act , except
459	2121		for the person’s first name, city of residence, and prize amount;
460	2122		and
461		-
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463	2124		Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) shall provide the Commission with
464	2125		their name, address, social security numb er or tax identification
465	2126		number, proof of social security n umber or tax identification
466	2127		number, and sufficient valid identification prior to payment of the
467	2128		prize by the Commission. This information shall be confiden tial for
468	2129		purposes of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, e xcept for the person ’s
469	2130		first name, city of residence, and prize amount; and
470		-
471	2131		7. Any person or persons claimin g a lottery prize exceeding Six
472	2132		Hundred Dollars ($600.00) as a trust shall provide for each pe rson
473	2133		entitled to any portion of the prize their name, address, social
474	2134		security number or tax identification number, proof of social
475	2135		security number or tax identificatio n number, and sufficient valid
476	2136		identification as proof of the same and trust certifications prior
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477	2163		to payment of the prize by the Commission except that such
478	2164		information specified in this paragraph shall be conf idential and
479	2165		not subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
480		-
481	2166		D. No prize shall be paid upon a ticket or sh are purchased or
482	2167		sold in violation of the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act. Any such
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485	2168		prize shall constitute an unclaimed prize for pur poses of the
486	2169		Oklahoma Education Lottery Act.
487		-
488	2170		E. The Commission is discharged of all liability upon payment
489	2171		of a prize.
490		-
491	2172		F. No ticket or share shall be purchased by and no prize shall
492	2173		be paid to any member of the boar d of trustees of the Oklahoma
493	2174		Lottery Commission, any officer or employee of the Comm ission, or to
494	2175		any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a mem ber
495	2176		of the same household in the principal place of residence of any
496	2177		such person. No ticket o r share shall be purchased by and no pr ize
497	2178		shall be paid to any officer, employee, ag ent, or subcontractor of
498	2179		any vendor or to any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent
499	2180		residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of
500	2181		residence of any such person if the officer, employee , agent, or
501	2182		subcontractor has access to confid ential information which may
502	2183		compromise the integrity of the lottery.
503		-
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505	2185		proceeds. The first Seven Hundred Fifty T housand Dollars
506	2186		($750,000.00) of unclai med prize money accruing annually shall be
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507	2213		transferred to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
508	2214		Services for the treatment of compulsive gambling disorder and
509	2215		educational programs related to such disorde r. All other unclaimed
510	2216		prize money shall be added to the pool from which future priz es are
511	2217		to be awarded or used for special prize promotions.
512		-
513		-	SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 3A O.S. 2021, Section 733, is
	2218	+	SECTION 11. AMENDATORY 3A O.S. 2021, Section 733, is
514	2219		amended to read as follows:
515		-
516	2220		Section 733. To ensure the financial integrity of the lottery ,
517	2221		the Oklahoma Lottery Commis sion through its board of trustees shall:
518		-
519	2222		1. Submit quarterly and annual reports to the Governor, State
520		-	Auditor and Inspector, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation,
	2223	+	Auditor and Inspector, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and
521	2224		Attorney General, and the oversight committee created b y Section 734
522	2225		of this title, disclosing the total lottery revenues, prize
523	2226		disbursements, operating expens es, and administrative expenses of
524	2227		the Commission during the reporting period . The annual report shall
525	2228		additionally describe the organizational struct ure of the Commission
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528	2229		and summarize the functions performed by each organizational
529	2230		division within the Co mmission;
530		-
531	2231		2. Adopt a system of internal audits;
532		-
533	2232		3. Maintain weekly or more frequent records o f lottery
534	2233		transactions, including the distribution of ti ckets or shares to
535	2234		retailers, revenues received, claims for prizes, prizes paid, prizes
536	2235		forfeited, and other financial transactions of the Commission;
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538	2262		4. Contract with a certified public accountant or firm for an
539	2263		annual financial audit of the Commission. The certified public
540	2264		accountant or firm shall have no financial interest in any vendor
541	2265		with whom the Commission is under contract. The certified public
542	2266		accountant or firm shall present an audit rep ort not later than
543	2267		seven (7) months after the end of the fiscal year. The certified
544	2268		public accountant or firm shall evaluate the internal auditing
545	2269		controls in effect during the audit period. The cost of this annual
546	2270		financial audit shall be an operating e xpense of the Commission.
547	2271		The State Auditor and Inspecto r may at any time conduct an audit of
548	2272		any phase of the operations of the Commission at the expense of th e
549	2273		Commission and shall receive a copy of the annual independent
550	2274		financial audit. A copy of any audit performed by the certified
551	2275		public accountant or fi rm or the State Auditor and I nspector shall
552	2276		be transmitted to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the
553		-	Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the State
554		-	Auditor and Inspector, and the cochairs of the oversight committee
555		-	created in Section 734 of this title;
556		-
	2277	+	Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
	2278	+	State Auditor and Inspect or, and the cochairs of the oversight
	2279	+	committee created in Section 734 of this title ;
557	2280		5. Submit to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
558	2281		and the State Auditor and Inspector by June 30 of each year a copy
559	2282		of the annual operating budget for the C ommission for the next
560	2283		fiscal year. This annual operatin g budget shall be approved by the
561	2284		board and be on such forms as prescribed by the Office of Management
562	2285		and Enterprise Services; and
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565	2313		of Management and Enterprise Services on September 1 by October 1 of
566	2314		each year a proposed operating budget for the Commission for the
567	2315		succeeding fiscal year. The budget proposal shall also be
568	2316		accompanied by an estimate of the net proceeds to be deposited in to
569	2317		the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund during the s ucceeding
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572	2318		fiscal year. The budget estimate shall be on such forms as
573	2319		prescribed by the Office of Manage ment and Enterprise Services.
574		-
575		-	SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Sec tion 24A.5, is
	2320	+	SECTION 12. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Sec tion 24A.5, is
576	2321		amended to read as follows:
577		-
578	2322		Section 24A.5. All records of public bodie s and public
579	2323		officials shall be open to any person for inspection, copying, or
580	2324		mechanical reproduction during regular business hours; provid ed:
581		-
582	2325		1. The Oklahoma Open Reco rds Act, Sections 24A.1 through 24A.30
583	2326		of this title, does not apply to records specif ically required by
584	2327		law to be kept confidential including:
585		-
586	2328		a. records protected by a sta te evidentiary privilege
587	2329		such as the attorney -client privilege, the work
588	2330		product immunity from discovery and the identity of
589	2331		informer privileges,
590		-
591	2332		b. records of what tran spired during meetings of a public
592	2333		body lawfully closed to the public such as executive
593	2334		sessions authorized under the Oklahoma Open Meeting
594	2335		Act,
595	2336
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596	2362		c. personal information w ithin driver records as defined
597	2363		by the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, 18 United
598	2364		States Code, Sections 2721 through 2725,
599		-
600	2365		d. information in the files of the Board of Medico legal
601	2366		Investigations obtained pursuant to Sections 94 0 and
602	2367		941 of Title 63 of the O klahoma Statutes that may be
603	2368		hearsay, preliminary unsubstantiated investigation -
604	2369		related findings, or confidential medical information,
605	2370		or
606		-
607	2371		e. any test forms, question banks a nd answer keys
608	2372		developed for state licensure examinat ions, but
609	2373		specifically excludi ng test preparation materials or
610	2374		study guides, or
611		-
612	2375		f. last names, addresses, social sec urity numbers or tax
613	2376		identification numbers , and proof of identification
614		-
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616	2377		submitted to the Oklahoma Lottery Commission by
617	2378		persons claiming a lotter y prize;
618		-
619	2379		2. All Social Security numbers i ncluded in a record may be
620	2380		confidential regardless of the person ’s status as a public employee
621	2381		or private individual and may be redacted or delete d prior to
622	2382		release of the record by the public body;
623		-
624	2383		3. Any reasonably segregable portion of a record contain ing
625	2384		exempt material shall be provided a fter deletion of the exempt
626	2385		portions; provided however, the Department of Public Safety shall
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627	2412		not be required to assemble for the requesting perso n specific
628	2413		information, in any format, from driving records relating to any
629	2414		person whose name and date of birt h or whose driver license num ber
630	2415		is not furnished by the requesting person.
631		-
632	2416		The Oklahoma State Bureau of In vestigation shall not be required
633	2417		to assemble for the requesting person any criminal history records
634	2418		relating to persons whose names, dates of birth, and other
635	2419		identifying information required by the Oklahoma State Bureau of
636	2420		Investigation pursuant to admin istrative rule are not furnished by
637	2421		the requesting person;
638		-
639	2422		4. Any request for a record which contains individ ual records
640	2423		of persons, and the cost of copying, reproducing or cert ifying each
641	2424		individual record is otherwise prescribed by state law, the cost m ay
642	2425		be assessed for each individual reco rd, or portion thereof requested
643	2426		as prescribed by state law. Otherwise , a public body may charge a
644	2427		fee only for recovery of the reasonable , direct costs of record
645	2428		copying, or mechanical reproduction. Notwithstanding any state or
646	2429		local provision to the co ntrary, in no instance shall the record
647	2430		copying fee exceed twenty -five cents ($0.25) per page for records
648	2431		having the dimensions of eight an d one-half (8 1/2) by fourteen (14)
649	2432		inches or smaller, or a maximum of One Dol lar ($1.00) per copied
650	2433		page for a certified copy. However, if the request:
651		-
652	2434		a. is solely for commercial purpos e, or
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654	2461		b. would clearly cause excessive disruption of the
655	2462		essential functions of the public body,
656		-
657		-
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659	2463		then the public body may charge a reasonable fee to recover the
660	2464		direct cost of record se arch and copying; however, publication in a
661	2465		newspaper or broadcast by n ews media for news purposes shall not
662	2466		constitute a resale or use of a record for trade or commercial
663	2467		purpose and charges for providing copies of e lectronic data to the
664	2468		news media for a news purpose shall not exceed the direct cost of
665	2469		making the copy. The fee charged by the Department of Public Safety
666	2470		for a copy in a compu terized format of a record of the Department
667	2471		shall not exceed the direct cost of making the copy unless the fee
668	2472		for the record is otherwise set by law.
669		-
670	2473		Any public body establishing fees un der this act shall post a
671	2474		written schedule of the fees at its princi pal office and with the
672	2475		county clerk.
673		-
674	2476		In no case shall a search fee be charged when the release of
675	2477		records is in the public interest, including, but not limited to,
676	2478		release to the news med ia, scholars, authors and taxpayers see king
677	2479		to determine whether tho se entrusted with the affairs of the
678	2480		government are honestly, faithfully, and competently performing
679	2481		their duties as public servants.
680		-
681	2482		The fees shall not be used for the purpose of discoura ging
682	2483		requests for information or as obs tacles to disclosure of reque sted
683	2484		information;
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684	2510
685	2511		5. The land description tract index of all recorded instrum ents
686	2512		concerning real property required to be kept by the county clerk of
687	2513		any county shall be available for ins pection or copying in
688	2514		accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
689	2515		provided, however, the index shall not be copied or mechani cally
690	2516		reproduced for the purpose of sal e of the information;
691		-
692	2517		6. A public body must provide prompt, reasonable access to its
693	2518		records but may establis h reasonable procedures which protect the
694	2519		integrity and organization of its records and to prevent excessiv e
695	2520		disruptions of its essential function s. A delay in providing access
696	2521		to records shall be limited solely to t he time required for
697	2522		preparing the requested documents and the avoid ance of excessive
698	2523		disruptions of the public body’s essential functions. In no event
699	2524		may production of a current requ est for records be unreasonably
700	2525		delayed until after completion of a pri or records request that will
701		-
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703	2526		take substantially longer than the curr ent request. Any public body
704	2527		which makes the requested records available on t he Internet shall
705	2528		meet the obligation o f providing prompt, reasonable access to its
706	2529		records as required by thi s paragraph; and
707		-
708	2530		7. A public body shal l designate certain persons w ho are
709	2531		authorized to release records of the public body for inspection,
710	2532		copying, or mechanical reproduction. At leas t one person shall be
711	2533		available at all times to release records during the regular
712	2534		business hours of the publi c body.
713	2535
714		-	SECTION 6. REPEALER 3A O.S. 2021, Section 706, is hereby
715		-	repealed.
716		-
717		-	SECTION 7. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
718		-
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721		-	Passed the Senate the 24th day of May, 2023.
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	2562	+	are hereby repealed.
	2563	+	SECTION 14. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
	2564	+	Passed the Senate the 7th day of March, 2023.
722	2565
723	2566
724	2567
725	2568		Presiding Officer of the Senate
726	2569
727	2570
728		-	Passed the House of Representat ives the 26th day of April, 2023.
	2571	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
	2572	+	2023.
729	2573
730	2574
731	2575
732	2576		Presiding Officer of the House
733	2577		of Representatives
734	2578
735		-	OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
736		-	Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
737		-	day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
738		-	By: _________________________________
739		-	Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
740		-	day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
741		-
742		-	_________________________________
743		-	Governor of the State of Oklahoma
744		-
745		-
746		-	OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
747		-	Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
748		-	day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
749		-	By: _______________________________ __
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