Req. No. 923 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) SENATE BILL 683 By: Young AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to rental assistance; creating the Oklahoma Rental Assistance Grant Program; providing for certain appropriations; directing rule promulgation; stating purpose of program; providing for codification; and provid ing an effective date . BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2901.5 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: There is hereby created the Oklahoma Rental Assistance Grant Program to be administered by the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency. The grant program shall be funded by legislative appropriations , federal funds, and private donations. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency shall be authorized to promulgate rules to administer the program. The purpose of the fund is to assist people of this state who suffered evictions due to COVID-19 with rental subsidies. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Nove mber 1, 2023. 59-1-923 BG 1/18/2023 12:27:43 PM