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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1942 By: Murdock
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to counties; defining term; limiting
federal and state ownership of county land; requiring
state agencies to sell land if over the established
limit; providing for negotiations between state
agencies and counties; providing for co dification;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STA TE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sectio n 945 of Title 19, unless there is
created a duplication in number ing, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section , “military reservations ” means a
military installation, armo ry, air base, or other facility owned or
controlled by this state or the federal government for military
purposes.
B. No more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total land area
within a county of this state shall be owned by an agency or entity
of this state or the federal government. Military reservations and
Indian lands shall not be used to determine the p ercentage of the
total land area within a county of this state .
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C. If an agency or entity of this state or the federal
government, or a combination thereof, owns more than fifteen percent
(15%) of the total land area within a county of this state at the
time of the effective date of this section, the agency or entity of
this state shall have ten (10) years from the effective date of this
section to sell, transfer, trade, or otherwise dispose of land in
order to reach the fifteen-percent limit established in this
section.
D. If more than one agency or entity of this state owns land
that in total, alongside land owned by an agency or entity of the
federal government, is more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total
land area within a county of this state, the affected agencies or
entities of this state shall enter into negotiations with the other
affected agencies or e ntities, as well as the county commissioners
of such county, to determine how to sell, transfer, trade, or
otherwise dispose of owned land in order to achieve the fifteen-
percent limit established in this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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