Req. No. 5429 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 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) HOUSE BILL 1378 By: Gann AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to public finance; prohibiting state or local government entities from entering into certain agreements; providing for codi fication; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 10001 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as f ollows: No state governmental entity and no county, city, town, public trust having the state or any cou nty, city or town as its beneficiary or beneficiaries, whet her one or more beneficia ry entities of any combination, may enter into any agreement with a person, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liabili ty company, trust or other legal entity that would prohibit the governmental entity from making full disclosure of the terms of any agreement with such entity to Req. No. 5429 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 make payment to or confer value upon the entity using an incentive, tax credit, direct or indirect payment, grant, or similar benefit offered to such entity if the benefit is provided through the use of state or local taxes . SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. 59-1-5429 MAH 01/08/23