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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legi slature (2023)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1002 By: Talley
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the S ecretary of State
to refer to the people f or their approval or
rejection a proposed amen dment to Section 23 of
Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution; allowing a
member of the Legislature to be employed as a
certified teacher with a public school district in
this state after completion of certain term; making
language gender neutral; providing ballot title; and
directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Section 23 of Article V of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
Section 23. No A. Except as provided for in subsection B of
this section, no member of the Legislature shall, during the term
for which he or she was elected, be appointed or elected to any
office or commission in the State, which shall have been created, or
the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during his or her
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term of office, nor shall any member receive any appointment from
the Governor, the Governor and Senate, or from the Legislature,
during the term for which he or she shall have been elected, nor
shall any member, dur ing the term for which he or she shall have
been elected, or within two years thereafter, be interested,
directly or indirectly, in any contract with the State, or any
county or other subdivision thereof, authorized by law passed during
the term for which he or she shall have been elected.
B. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a member
of the Legislature from being employed as a certified teacher by a
public school district in this state after completing the term to
which he or she was elected.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends Section 23 of Article 5 of the Oklahoma
Constitution. It allows a member of the Legislature to be
employed as a certified teacher with a public school district in
this state after he or she completes his or her term in office.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
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AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including t he Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
59-1-5100 LRB 01/04/23