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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Leg islature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3071 By: Hays
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public finance; restricting use of
state revenues for benefit of persons present in
state or United States illegally ; restricting use of
state revenues by political subdivisions or other
entities; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE O F THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2501 of Title 62, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No state revenues, whether derived from taxes, fees,
assessments or any other source or means shall be used to provide
benefits of any kind to a person who is not authorized pursuant to
federal immigration law to be present in a state or in the United
States.
B. The provisions of this section and the restrictions on the
use of state revenues shall also be applicable to a minor born in
any state of the United States if either the mother or the father of
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the minor was not lawfully authorized to be present in a state or in
the United States at the time the child was born.
C. The provisions of this section and the restrictions on the
use of state revenues shall also be applicable to the use of state
revenues by any political subdivision of the state or by any other
legal entity that provides state funds, state funded assistance,
state funded support or state funded sanctuary status to a person or
persons not lawfully present in the state or not lawfull y present in
the United States pursuant to the provisions of federal immigration
law.
SECTION 2. This act shall becom e effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force fro m and after its passage and approval.
59-2-8567 MAH 01/16/24