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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3071 By: Hays
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to public finance; restricting use of
state revenues for benefit of persons present in
state or United States illegally ; providing
exceptions; restricting use of state revenues by
political subdivisions or other entities; providing
for codification; providing an effective da te; and
declaring an emergency.
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 Statu tes as Section 2501 of Title 62, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, no state
revenues, whether derived from taxes, fees, assessments or any other
source or means shall be used knowingly 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 .
As used in this section, "benefits" shall not be deemed to include
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any costs incurred for incarceration of a person or transportation
of a person to an out-of-state destination.
B. 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 knowingly 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
lawfully present in the United States pursuant to the provisions of
federal immigration law.
C. The provisions of this section shall not restrict the
ability of a person or entity to provide emergency medical services
to a person if the se rvices are required to be provi ded pursuant to
federal 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 this act shall take effect and
be in full force fro m and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT, dated
02/27/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended.