Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2726 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2726 By: Menz
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to civil procedure; requiring court
41	41	to appoint an attorney for indigent tenant s in
42	42	forcible entry and detainer actions; providing that
43	43	the Oklahoma Indigent Defense Syste m is responsible
44	44	for implementation; providing state shall pay for
45	45	indigent representation; providing for priority of
46	46	assigning representation ; defining indigent;
47	47	providing for codification; and providing an
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52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
53	53	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
54	54	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1148.17 of Title 12, unless
55	55	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follow s:
56	56	A. Courts shall appoint an attorney for an indigent tenant in
57	57	forcible entry and detainer actions. The Oklahoma Indigent Defense
58	58	System shall be responsible for the implementation of this section
59	59	and the state shall pay the c osts of legal services provided by an
60	60	attorney appointed pursuant to this section. In implementing this
61	61	section, the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System shall assign priority
62	62	to providing legal representation to indigent tenants in those
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89	89	counties in which th e most evictions occur and to indigent tenants
90	90	who are disproportionately at risk of eviction.
91	91	B. For purposes of this section, "indigent" means any person
92	92	who, at any stage of a court proceeding, is:
93	93	1. Receiving one of the following types of public ass istance:
94	94	temporary assistance for needy families, aged, blind, or disabled
95	95	assistance benefits, SoonerCare, pregnant women assistance benefits,
96	96	poverty-related veterans' benefits, food stamps or food stamp
97	97	benefits transferred electronically, refugee resettlement benefits,
98	98	Medicaid, or supplemental security income; or
99	99	2. Receiving an annual income, after taxes, of two-hundred
100	100	percent (200%) or less of the current federally established poverty
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102	102	SECTION 2. This act shall become effecti ve November 1, 2023.
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104	104	59-1-6862 JL 01/16/23