An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 674 By: Treat of the Senate
and
McCall of the House
An Act relating to crime and punishment; creating the
Oklahoma Organized Retail Crime Task Force; providing
sunset date; providing purpose ; providing for
membership; stating quorum; allowing election of
chairperson and vice chairperson; requiring
appointments and first meeting within certain
timeframe; disallowing compensation; providing staff;
authorizing certain consultations; requiring ce rtain
report; providing report requirements; providing for
codification; and declaring an e mergency.
SUBJECT: Oklahoma Organized Retail Crime Task Force
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOP LE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHO MA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2200 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplicati on in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Organize d Retail Crime
Task Force until December 31, 2024. The purpose of the task force
shall be to provide the Legislature and the Governor with
information on organized retail crime and the advantages and
drawbacks of instituting various countermeasures to cou nter losses
from retail theft in the state.
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B. The task force shall consist of fifteen (15) members as
follows:
1. Three members, appointed by the Governor, one of who m shall
be an individual who represents state or local law enf orcement;
2. Two members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate;
3. Two members appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House
of Representatives;
4. One member appointed by the District Attorneys Council;
5. One member appointed by the Oklahoma Retail Merchants
Association;
6. One member appointed by the State Chamber;
7. One member appointed by the Oklahoma Sheriffs’ Association;
8. One member appointed by the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs
of Police;
9. One member appointed by the Attorney General;
10. One member from the Convenience Distributors of Oklahoma;
and
11. One member from the Oklahoma Grocers Association.
C. Quorum for official business of the task force shall be
eight members. A chairperson and a vice chairperson shall be
elected by a majority vote of the members of the task force.
D. Appointments to the task force shall be made by the
appointing authority no later than sixty (60) days after the
effective date of this act. Appointed members shall, to the
greatest extent practicable, have by education or experience,
knowledge of organized retail theft. The chair shall hold the first
meeting of the task force no later than ninety (90) days after the
effective date of this act. Any vacancies in the membership of th e
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task force shall be filled in the same manner provided for in the
initial appointment.
E. The members of the t ask force shall receive no compensation
but shall receive travel reimbursement for n ecessary travel expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with the
State Travel Reimbursement Act. The task force shall be staffed by
the Senate.
F. The task force ma y consult with any organization, government
entity, or person in the development of its report required pursuant
to the provisions of subsection G of this section.
G. On or before December 15, 2024, the task force shall
electronically submit to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of
the Oklahoma State Senate, the Oklahoma Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and the chairs of the House and Senate committees
that oversee public safety, a report containing, but not limited to,
the following information based on available da ta:
1. A review of laws and regulations on orga nized retail crime
used by other states, the federal government, and foreign countries
to regulate the marketplace;
2. The use of organized retail theft’s impact on state and
local tax receipts;
3. The need for interagency coordination of public education
and outreach and preventi on programs for business owners; and
4. Legislative and regulatory recommendations, if any, to
increase transparency and security, enhance consumer protections,
prevent organized retail theft, and to address the long-term
economic impact relate d to the prevalence of organized retail crime.
SECTION 2. 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 from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the Senate the 23rd day of May, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senat e
Passed the House of Representatives the 26th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: ___________________________ ______