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31		-	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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36	29		BILL NO. 1697 By: Dahm and Bullard of the
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45		-	[ Administrative Director of the Courts - annual
46		-	reports - electronic submission - Legislature -
47		-	submission of copies of written and electronic
48		-	communications - certification requirements –
49		-	emergency ]
	38	+	An Act relating to the Administrative Director of the
	39	+	Courts; amending 20 O.S. 20 21, Section 16.11, which
	40	+	relates to annual reports; requiring electronic
	41	+	submission of annual report to Legislature;
	42	+	specifying information required for inclusion in
	43	+	certain reports; requiring submission of copies of
	44	+	certain written and electronic communications;
	45	+	establishing certification requirements for certain
	46	+	reports; updating statutory language; and declaring
	47	+	an emergency.
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54	52		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
55	53		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 20 O.S. 2021, Section 16.11, is
56	54		amended to read as follows:
57	55		Section 16.11. A. The Administrative D irector of the Courts is
58	56		requested to shall submit a report electronically to the Legislature
59	57		by January 15 of each year commencing in January, 1970 (and in each
60	58		January thereafter), on the following subjects:
61	59		(a) 1. Whether or not the boundaries of the d istrict court
62	60		judicial districts should be change d. If a change is recommended,
	61	+	the report should indicate the counties that should be included in
	62	+	each district.;
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90		-	the report should indicate the counties that should be included in
91		-	each district.;
92	89		(b) 2. The number of district judges and associate district
93	90		judges that should be authorize d for each judicial district .;
94	91		(c) 3. If the formula for the number of special judges to be
95	92		allowed to each judicial administrative district should be changed .;
96	93		(d) 4. The case load pending in each district court judicial
97	94		district.;
98	95		(e) 5. The number of cases heard on their merits by each judge
99	96		of the district court during the preceding year .; and
100	97		(f) 6. In making the above report, said the Administrative
101	98		Director shall, along with whatever other criteria he uses used in
102	99		making the report, consider the area involved in the judicial
103	100		district and the distances involved between the places where court
104	101		is held in said the district.
105	102		B. In addition to the report required by subsection A of this
106	103		section, the Administrative Director of the Courts shall submit a
107	104		report electronically to the Legislature by Octob er 15 of each year
108	105		that contains the following information from the prior year:
109	106		1. A list of each case in which the Supreme Court or the Court
110	107		of Civil Appeals considered a challenge to the constitutionalit y of
111	108		or invalidated a statute passed by the Legislature. For each such
112	109		case, the report shall include the case name, case number, statute
	110	+	challenged or invalidated , and a concise statement of the holding of
	111	+	the Court;
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142	138		2. A detailed accounting of the case load of the Supreme Court,
143	139		the Court of Civil Appeals, and the Court of Criminal Appeals,
144	140		including the total number of cases appealed to each Court, the
145	141		number of opinions issued, the number of cases pending before each
146	142		Court as of the date of the report , and the number of opinions
147	143		authored by each justice or judge;
148	144		3. A list of each case decided by the Supreme Court in which a
149	145		special justice took part in the decision. For each such case, the
150	146		report shall include the case name, case number, special justice,
151	147		and a concise statement of the holding of th e Court;
152	148		4. A report detailing the management of the Judicial Nominating
153	149		Commission including expenses incurred supporting the Commission,
154	150		all meetings of the Commission and the matters considered at each
155	151		meeting, judicial vacancies for which the Commission submitted
156	152		nominees to the Governor, and copies of all written or electronic
157	153		communications between employees of the Administrative Office of the
158	154		Courts and Justices of the Supreme Court regarding the Judi cial
159	155		Nominating Commission;
160	156		5. A list of each in stance in which a member of the Judicial
161	157		Nominating Commission recused or was disqualified from participating
162	158		in the nomination process to fill a judicial vacancy. For each such
163	159		instance, the report shall i nclude the name of the Commissioner, the
	160	+	vacancy for which the Commissioner recused or was disqualified, and
	161	+	the reason for the recusal or disqualification; and
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191		-	vacancy for which the Commissioner recused or was disqualified, and
192		-	the reason for the recusal or disqualificati on; and
193	188		6. Any other information the Administrative Director of the
194	189		Courts believes would assist the L egislature in conducting oversight
195	190		of the Administrative Office of the Courts and the courts of this
196	191		state.
197	192		C. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall certify
198	193		under oath that the report described in subsection B of this section
199	194		is true to the best of his or her knowledge and information, that
200	195		the report contains no material misrepresentations or omissions, and
201	196		that the report was prepared after the exercise of reasonable
202	197		diligence to obtain the information required by this section.
203	198		SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for th e preservation
204	199		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
205	200		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
206	201		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
	202	+	Passed the Senate the 7th day of March, 2024.
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208		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
209		-	04/18/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended.
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	209	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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