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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1953 By: Burns
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to agricultural land; prohibiting
leasing of agricultural land by certain persons;
providing exception; r equiring certain affidavit as
an attachment to lease; requiring promulgation of
certain form by Attorney General; requiring reversion
of leased land under certain circumstances; providing
exception to certain requirements; defining term;
providing for codification; and pr oviding an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STAT E OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-101 of Title 2, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No alien or any person who is not a citizen of the United
States shall lease agricultural land in this state either directly
or indirectly through a business en tity or trust, except as
hereinafter provided . Provided, however, the requirements of this
subsection shall not apply to a busin ess entity that is engaged in
regulated interstate commerce in accordance with federal law.
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B. On or after the effective date of this act, any lease for
agricultural land shall include as an exhibit to the lease an
affidavit executed by the person or entity leasing the land
attesting that the person, business entity, or trust is leasing the
land in compliance with the requirement s of this section and that no
funding source is be ing used in violation of this section or any
other state or federal law. The Attorney General shall promulgate a
separate affidavit form for individuals and for business entities or
trusts to comply with the requirements of this section, with the
exception of those leases which the Attorney Gener al deems necessary
when promulgating the affidavit form.
C. Any lease found to be in violation of this section shall
immediately be null and void and all rights to the leased
agricultural land shall immediately re vert back to the lessor.
D. This section shall not apply to leases of agricult ural land
to aliens who are or shall take up bona fide residence in this
state, and any alien who is or shall become a bona fide resident of
this state shall have the right to l ease agricultural lands in this
state upon the same terms as citizens of the United States who
reside in this state during the continuance of such bona fide
residence of such alien in this state. Provided, that if such
resident alien shall cease to be a b ona fide inhabitant of th is
state, such lease for agricultural land shall be im mediately null
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and void and all rights to the leased agricultural land shall
immediately revert back to the lessor.
E. For the purposes of this section, “agricultural land” means
any real property that is used in the production of plants, fruits,
wood, or farm or ranch animals to be sold off the premises.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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