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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 1908 By: Fugate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to state government; requiring
certain reports to be publ ished on website of the
Oklahoma Secretary of State; prescribing procedures
with respect to omitted or redact ed information;
prescribing procedures for providing exceptions;
requiring official designation of website or link ;
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 law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 664.101 of Title 74, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Except as otherwise provided b y this section, any report
required or authorized by law to be filed with the Governor, the
Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives or the President
Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, separately or in any
combination, shall be published, in full, on the website maintained
by or on behalf of the Secretary of State.
B. Any information contained in reports as described by
subsection A of this section required to be kept confidential shall
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be excluded or redacted from the version of the report published on
the website. The entity transmitting a report which has information
that needs to be excluded or redacted shall include in the
transmittal document or email an ide ntification of such material,
such as an appendix, an exhibit or other information . The Secretary
of State shall be responsible for identification of omitted or
redacted information and for establishing a consistent and rel iable
method for modifying repor ts to avoid prohibited disclosure. The
Secretary of State shall clearly id entify such reports on it s
website as containing information omitted or redacted . The website
maintained by the Secretary of State or the link to the repo rts
shall be officially de signated as the "Oklahoma Reporting
Transparency Portal".
C. The Governor, the Sp eaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate shall transmit any report received by any of their respective
offices, or a copy of such report, not later than thirty (30) days
after its receipt.
D. For reports required to be filed with any combination of the
Governor, the Speaker and the President Pro Tempore, the respective
officers shall coordinate the transmission of a report so that only
one copy of the report is transmitted to the Secretar y of State.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-7835 LRB 02/28/23