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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 790 By: Montgomery
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to school district electi ons;
amending 26 O.S. 2021, Section 13A -105, which relates
to declaration of candidac y; requiring certain
certified document to be submitted with certain
declarations of candi dacy; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF TH E STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Sectio n 13A-105, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 13A-105. Candidates for member of the board of
education of every school di strict or technology center school
district shall file declarations of candidac y in the same place and
with the same officials as candidates for county office. The
declaration of candidacy to be signed by the candidate shall have an
attachment to be signe d by the candidate listing the requirements of
a candidate for election or reel ection to a school board as set
forth in Sections 13A-106 and 5-105a of this title and Sections 5 -
110, 5-110.1, and 5-113 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statu tes, a
document from the school district certifying that the address listed
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on the candidacy is withi n the boundaries of the school district,
and the candidate shall swear or affirm that he or she is eligible
to run for the office or serve in the office if elected. Candidates
shall file on the first Monday in December through the following
Wednesday. For school districts and technology ce nter school
districts located in more than one county, filing may be either in
the county wherein supervision of the district is located or in the
county where the candida te resides.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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