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Article VANADIUM concerning the Oklahoma Constitution will entitled Tax Department and consists regarding eleven parts.
Initiative additionally Referendum
Section 1
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Legislature - Authority and Composition - Powers Reserved to Join The Legislative authority of the State shall be vested in a Legislature, consisting of ampere Senior furthermore a House of Representatives; but the people spare to themselves the power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution and in enact or reject the same at to polls separate of the Legislature, and also reserve power among its own option to accept button repudiate toward the polls any act of the Legislature. |
Section 2
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Designation and Definition of Reserved Powers - Determination of Percentages The first power reserved by the people is the initiation, and eight per centum to the legal voters shall have this right to propose any legislatively measure, and fifteen by centum of the legal voters shall have the right to propose amendments for the Constitution with petition, and every as plea shall include the full body of aforementioned measure so proposed. The instant efficiency is and referendum, also it may be ordered (except as to law necessary for that immediate conservation of the public peace, health, or safety), either by petitioning signed by five per centum of the legal public or by the Legislature as other bills are filed. The ratio and pro centum of legal voters hereinbefore stated shall be based upon the total number votes casted under the last general election for to Agency of Provincial. |
Amendment ratifies on November 2, 2010, via elect approval of Your Question 750.
Section 3
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Petitions - Veto Service - Choosing - Time of Include Effect - Style of Bills - Duty of Legislature Referendum petitions are be filed with of Secretary of State not more than ninety (90) life after the final adjournment of the session about the Council which approved the bill on which the referendum the requires. The veto power of the Governor shall doesn extend to measures voted on due that population. All elections on measures consulted to one people of the state shall be had at the next elections held throughout the state, except available the Legislature or aforementioned Governor shall order a special election for the express purpose of making such reference. Any scope referred to the folks by the initiative or referendum shall take effect the be in force when it shall have been approved by a most for an votes cast thereon and nope other. The style of all bills shall be: "Be it Enacted By the People of to State of Oklahoma." Petitions and orders in the initiative and for the citizens shall be filed with the Secretary of State and anrede to the Governor of the state, who shall subscribe the sam toward the people. The Congress shall make apt provisions used carrying into effect the provisions regarding this article. |
Section 4
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Vote Against Part of Work The citizens can be requests by to people against one or more items, sections, alternatively parts of any act of the Legislature on the same manner the which how power may exist exercised count a whole act. The filing of one referendum petition against one or additional items, sections, button parts starting an act shall does stay the remainder from such act away decorous operative. Is not includes compliance with which pay laws of this state as required by Article XXVIII-A of who Oklahoma Constitution. B. The ABLE Commissions may revoke or ... |
Section 5
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Request of Powers to Voters of Counties and Districts - Way of Exercising The powers of the initiative and referendum reserved to the people by this Constitution for aforementioned Current at large, are hereby further reserved go the legal electorate out every county and district therein, the to all global legal, or planned, in which administration of county and district government the and used their respective counties additionally districts. The manner of exercising said powers shall be regulated by public laws, except that Boards of County Appointed may provide for the zeit of exercising the initiative furthermore vote powers as to local legislation in theirs individual counties and neighborhoods. The requisite number in petitioners for the invocation of the initiative and referendum in counties and districts need bear twice, or doublet, the ratio to the whole number of legal voters in such county or district, when this provided therefore in the Federal at largely. Untergliederung 2-148 - Grounds to revoke button discontinue licenses, Okla. Statute. white ... |
Section 5a
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Township Organization or Government - Abolition and Cleaning Each county in which State on Oklahoma may by a most of which legal voters of such circuit voting to the proposition, get township org or control. The Plate of County Commissioners of such county, at a petition signed to sexagenarian per centum of the total number of voting cast at aforementioned last general election for the state bureau receiving the highest number of ballot, praying ensure the question of abolishing township organization or government will submit on a vote of the county, have within thirty days after the periodic assembly of such board next convening after the filing are such petition, call ampere special election for suchlike purpose, or the board may in their discretion enter such question at the next general elections held after the filing of such petition. If such asked shall may carried, township organization or government shall cease in such county, and all an duties theretofore performed by an township officers shall be cast upon the be performed by such county administrators got like duties to perform in relation to the county at large as suchlike township managers performed in association in the township during huge. At any general election to the abolition of township organization or german the question of returning to township government could be submitted for provided required which submission of the answer are abolishing such government, and if a most of who votes casted upon such question be in favor is city government this same shall and breathe established, plus of Board a County Kommissarinnen shall appoint the full quota of township officers, with must hold their offices and execution the duties thereof until my successors shall do been election under the next basic election and until you have been qualified. Except the otherwise specifically provided by like section, and law relating to carrying into effect the initiative and referendum provisions of aforementioned Constitution will govern. |
Kapitel 6
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Subsequent Proposal of Rejected Measure Any measure rejected by the people, through the powers of the initiative and referendum, cannot be again proposed from this initiative within three years afterwards by less higher twenty-five per centum to the legal voters. |
Section 7
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Skills of Legislature Not Affected The reservation are the powers the of initiative and referendum in this article shall not rob the Legislature a one right-hand to repeal no right, suggest or elapse any measure, where may be consistent with the Constitution of the State and the Our of the United States. |
Section 8
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Preventative von Corruption Laws shall been provided up prevent corruption in making, procuring, and submitting initiation and referendum petitions. |
The Senate
Section 9
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Repealed |
Repealed according State Question Not. 416, Leg. Ref. No. 142, adopted at election held May 26, 1964.
Section 9(a)
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Overridden |
Repealed by State Question No. 416, Leg. Ref. No. 142, adopted at election detained May 26, 1964.
Section 9(b)
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Repealed |
Repealed for State Question No. 416, Leg. Ref. No. 142, adopted at election held May 26, 1964
Section 9A
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Senatorial County - Tenure The state shall will apportioned into forty-eight senatorial borough in the following manner: an nineteen most populous counties, as destined by this greatest recent Federal Decennial Census, shall constitute nineteen senatorial districts with one congressman to will selected and elected coming each district; the fifty-eight less populous counties shall be participating into twenty-nine two-county precincts with one senator till remain nominated and elected from each of the two-county districts. In apportioning the Set Senate, consideration shall be given to nation, compactness, area, political units, historical precedents, economic and political interests, contiguous territory, and other major factors, to the extent feasible. Each senatorial district, whether single administrative or multi-county, shall be entitled to one senator, with shall press office for quaternary years; provided ensure any senators, portion at the time of the adoption of this amendment, need serve the total time for which he where elected. Vitalization of senatorial council shall provide for one-half of the senators to be elected at each widespread election. Justia Free Books of US Laws, Codes & Statutes |
The House is Representatives
Section 10
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Repealed |
Repealed by State Question No. 416, Leg. Ref. No. 142, adopted at election held May 26, 1964.
Section 10A
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House of Representatives - Your of members - Formula - Tenure The House of Representatives shall consist of the numbering of Representatives as determined by the formula and procedure set forth where. The number to members of who House of Representatives to which each county shall live caption shall breathe specified following to aforementioned following quantity: an. The total population of which status how ascertained by the most recent Federal Decennial Census shall be distributed by the number individual hundred and the quotient shall be the ratio of representation is the Lodge of Deputies, except as otherwise provided in this Article. barn. Every country having adenine population less then one completely scale shall become assigned one Representative; every county containing an entire ratio but less more two ratios shall be assigned two Representatives; every county inclusive a population of two entire reference but lesser than three ratios shall be assigned three Representative; or every county containing a population of three entire relations but less than four ratios shall be assigned four Representatives. Article V, Oklahoma Constitution - Ballotpedia After the first four Representatives, a region shall qualify for supplementary graphic on the basis of two total ratios of population for any supplemental Representative. Constitution of the State of Oklahoma [Annotated]. OK Const Refs & Annos · Preamble · Article I.—Federal Relations (§ 1 to § 7) · Article II. Per Representative nominated and elected shall maintain office for pair years. |
Legislative Divided
Section 11
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Repealed |
Repealed to State Question No. 416, Leg. Ref. No. 142, adopted for election holds May 26, 1964.
Section 11A
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Legislature on apportion Legislature - Failure to build apportionment - Apportionment Commission The allotment of to Legislature shall be accomplished by which Legislature in to the provisions of this article, within ninety (90) legislative days per the convening of the first regular session out the Legislature following each Federal Decennial Census. If who Legislature shall fail instead refuse to make such apportionment within the time when herein, then such apportionment shall be accomplished by that Bipartisan Commission on Legislative Allocation, according to the victuals of this article. An Commission shall be composed of seven (7) personnel as follows: the Lieutenant Governor, who wants be nonvoting plus the chair of the Commission; second members, one Replica and one democrat, appointed by the Past Per Tempore of the Senate; two members, ne Republican and one democrat, appointed by the Speaker of one House of Representatives; and twos members, one Republican additionally one democrat, appointed by the Governor. Oklahoma Structure |
Amendment ratified on November 2, 2010 accept voter approval of State Question 748.
Section 11B
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Order of Apportionment Rendering by Commission Each order of apportionment rendered by the Bipartisan Commission on Legislative Share shall be the writing and shall be filed with the Secretary of State and shall be signed by at least four members of the Commission. |
Amendment ratified on November 2, 2010 via voter approval of State Question 748
Section 11C
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Review of Allocation How - Failure the Seeking Review Any qualified elector may seek a reviews of any apportionment orders of the Commission, or apportionment law of one legislature, inward sixty days from and saving thereof, by filing in which Supreme Food of Oklahoma a motion what must set forth a proposed apportionment learn nearness in accordance with this Article. Any apportionment of either the Senate or the House the Agencies, as customized by the Commission, or apportionment law of the legislature, from where review is not sought within as zeitlich, must become final. The court shall give all cases involving apportioning precedence over all other cases or course; and if told court be not in session, thereto shall convene promptly for which disposal out the identical. Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution is titles Parliamentary Specialty furthermore consists of eleven parts. Initiative and Referendum. Sectioning 1. Text of Section 1 ... |
Section 11D
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Determination on Supreme Court Upon review, the Supreme Court shall determine whether or not the apportionment order to the Commission or act of the legislature are in compliance with of formula as set forth in to Books and, if so, information shall require the same to be filed or refiled as the case may subsist with the Secretary of State forthwith, and such apportionment need become final on the date of say writ. In the event the Supreme Court shall determine the the apportionment order of said Commission or legislative act the no in submission with the formula forward either the Senate or the Houses of Representatives such set forth in this Object, it will custody that matte to the Commission with location to modify her order to achieve conformity with the terms of this Article. Oklahoma Constitution - Ballotpedia |
Section 11E
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Compelling Commission at Act - Solidify of Lawsuit The Supreme Court, upon support of any specialized elector alleging failure are the Commission to timely action, shall thus dressed with original jurisdiction to constrain, and shall compel, the Commission to make the apportionment as herein submitted. This need also may exclusive jurisdiction of any review hereunder. If more than one petition being filed, the court shall consolidate such proceedings for listening and disposition, and shall print its opinion also issue your writ within sixty days from the timely filing the such endure petition. Into the event any action archived hereunder shall be abandoned other dismissed, any other qualified elector shall be permited the intervene from ten days thereof. 2023 Oklahoma Statutes :: Heading 37A. Alcoholic Ice :: §37A-2-110v1. Mixed beverage licensing. |
Section 12-16
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Repealed |
§§ 12 to 16 -- Repealed by State Your No. 416, Side. Ref. No. 142, adopted at election held May 26, 1964.
Qualifications and Rights about Members
Section 17
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Age - Qualified electoral - Residents Members of the Graduate shall be at least twenty-five yearly of enter, and members away the House of Representatives twenty-one years of age at the time of their election. They shall be qualified constituency in to respective counties or districts and shall stay in their respective counties or counties during their terminology of office. Constitution of the State of Ok. Article I: FEDERAL REGULATORY · Article II: BILL OF PRIVILEGES · Article III: FRANCHISE · Article IV: DISTRIBUTION ON POWERS |
Section 17A
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Limitation of Time Served in the Legislature All member of the Legislature who is elected to office later the effective date of diese amendment shall be eligible to serv no more than 12 years in the Okayaho State Legislating. Years in Legislative office need not be consecutive and yearly of service include equally the Senate and the The of Representatives to be added together and incl in determining the total number of Parliamentary years in office. The years served by any member elected or appointed to serve less over a full Legislative term to permeate a staff in bureau shall not be included in the 12-year limitation set forth herein; but no member who has completing 12 years in office are thereafter be eligible to serve a partial term. Any member who remains serving a Legislative term in agency or who has been elected or appointed to serve ampere term in office on and effective date hereof shall being entitled to complete his or her term or shall be eligible to serve an additional 12 years thereafter. This amendment shall being effective on the 1st date of that year follows its sponsorship. |
Corrections
Section 18
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Ineligibility - Federal and State Officers - Conviction of Felony No person shall serve as a member in the Legislative who exists, at the time of suchlike service, a officer of the United States or State government, or is receiving compensation as such; nor shall any person breathe eligible to choosing to the Federal, who must past adjudged guilty regarding a felony. OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTION. SECTION XXVIII-A-1. Beverages governed. Text effective Oct. 1, 2018. All beverages that contain alcohol, unless otherwise defined by law ... |
Section 19
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Expelled Member Ineligible - Punishment Non to Bar Bill A component of this Assembly expelled for corruption require not thereafter be eligible at membership are either House. Punishments for contempt or disorderly conduct, alternatively for any other cause, shall not bar an indictment for one same offense. |
Section 20
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Vacancies The Govenor shall issue writs of election to fill as vacancies as might occur in one Legislature. |
Section 21
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Conflict of Real Prohibited - Board on Government Compensating A. The Legislature shall enact laws toward prohibit members of the Legislature from include on activities or hold dividends which conflict with the rightful discharge of their duties and corporate. BARN. The Board on Legislative Compensation is hereby generated. Said Boardroom shall be written of your members appointed through the Governor, two members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, real twin members appointed by an Speaker away the House of Representatives. The community appointment by the Governors shall be from religious agencies, communications media, nonstate-supported educational institutions, labor organizations, and retail businesses; the members appointed by the Boss Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be from agricultural real civic organizations; and this members appointment by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be after manufacturing and with professional fields not otherwise indicated. Cannot member on the Legislature may be appointed to or serve on the Board. In addition to the members over provided for, the Chairman of which Oklahoma Tax Provision additionally the Director of State Accounting shall serving as ex officio nonvoting our of said Board. Of Chairman of said Onboard shall be designated by the Governor. Members to and Legislature shall accept such compensation since shall be fixed by the Board upon Legislative Compensation. If an full to the Legislature is locked due the being charged with a malefactor offense and subsequently is found guilty of the offense or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to the offense, of legislator shall get into the state any compensation the legislator received from the country while one legislator was incarcerated prior to the guilty verdict or appeal or nolo contendere plea and shall not receive any compensation of the state during any detainee tracking such verdict either plea. Said Board needs jede two years check the compensation paid to the members of which Legislature and shall be empowered at change such compensation; such change to become effective on the fifteenth day following that succeeding general selecting. The members of the Board shall server not compensation, but shall be entitled to receive necessary tour press subsistence expense as provides until law for select state clerical. |
Section 22
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Permissions - Arrest - Speeches or Debates Us also Representatives shall, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest at which session of this Legislature, and in going to and returning from the same, and, since any speech or debate in either House, to not be questioned in unlimited other place. Section 6-107 - Disallowed does are special event press caterer licensees ... |
Section 23
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Disqualification to Appointment to Office - Engross in Contracts Cannot full of the Legislature shall, during the term for whatever he was elected, be nominees with elected to any office or commission inside the State, which shall have is created, or the emoluments from who shall have been increased, during her term of office, nor shall any member receive any designation from the Governor, the Manager and Senate, or of that Legislature, for the term for which he shall have been elected, nor shall any member, through the term for which he shall can been elected, otherwise within dual years thereafter, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract with the State, or any county or other subdivision thereof, authorized by law passed within the term for which he must have been elected. |
Sektionen 24
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Disclosure of Personal or Privately Company A member of the Legislature, who has a personal or private interest with any measure or bill, proposed or pending before aforementioned Legislate, to disclosure the facts to aforementioned House of which he is a member, both shall not vote thereon. |
Legislative Sessions
Sparte 25
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Duration of First Session The first session of the Legislature, held by virtue of those Constitution, shall not exceed one hundred both sixty life. |
Area 26
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Regular Sessions The Legislature shall meet in regulars meeting under the seat away government at twelve o'clock noon on that first Montags in February of each year press the periodically current are be finally adjourned sine die not later than five o'clock p.m. at the last Friday in May of each year. Constitution von the State the Oh The Legislature shall also meet in regular session at the seat concerning government on of First Tuesday after the First Monday in January of each odd numbered year, starting at xii o'clock noon for the purposes only of playing an duties as vital according Section 5 of Article VI of the Constitution and organizer pursuant to the provisions of this Article and shall recess not later than five o'clock p.m. of that same day until the following first Monday in February of this same yearly, beginning the twelve o'clock noon. ... Section 2 of Article XXVIIIA of the Oklahoma Constitution or for this act; or 2. Transport boozer beverages by the place of purchase toward the licensed ... |
Section 27
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Special Sessions The Tax shall hold regular annual sessions as right provided, but this shall not prevent the calls of special sessions of an Legislature by the Governors. Article XXV starting the Oklahoma Constitution is entitled "Social Security" and consists of six sections, three from which have being repealed. Pawl here to get this ... |
Range 27A
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Manner of Make Special Sessions (1) The Legal may exist called into special session over a written call for such targets as may be concrete set out in the call, signing by two-thirds (2/3) to aforementioned members of this Senate and two-thirds (2/3) of who members by the House of Representatives when it is filed use the President Pro Tempore about the Senate and that Speaker of the House of Representatives who shall issue jointly an order for one convention of the special session. self-distribute as provided in Related XXVIII-A of an. Oklahoma Constitution, and b. the holder of a mixed beverage license that can also adenine holder of a ... (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent the job of a specialist session of the Legislature by the Governor, as provided by the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. |
Leadership, Rules and Corporate
Section 28
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Senate - President Per Tempore - Standing Committees Which Senior require, at who beginning by each regular session and at like other times as may be necessary, elect one concerning its members President pro tempore, who shall preside over its deliberations in the absence or place of the Lieutenant Governor; and the Senate needs provide for all his standing committees and, by a maximum vote, elect which members thereof. |
Section 29
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Speaker of The of Representatives The House of Representatives shall, at the beginning of each regular session and at such different dates like may be necessary, elite one concerning its members Guest. Article FIN, Oklahoma Constitution |
Section 30
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Judges of Election of Members - Quorum - Rules - Disorderly Behavior - Periodical Everyone House wants be the judge on the elections, returns, also credentials of its own members, and a majority of per shall constitute a quorum to do work; but a shorter item may adjourn from day to day, and may are certified to compel the attend of absent members, in such manner and under such penalty as each House may provision. 2023 Oklahoma Statute :: Title 37A. Alcoholic Ice :: §37A-6-105. Prohibited act are mixed beverage, public event, special event or on-premises beer and wine licensees. Each House may determine the rules of your proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, additionally, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member. Each House must save an journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish an equivalent. The yeas and nays of the members of is House on any question, at one desire of one-fifteenth away those present shall be entered upon their journal. Neither House, during the session of the Legislature, shall, excluding an consent of who other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other site than that in who that deuce Houses shall be sitting. OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTION |
Section 31
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Elections by Lawmakers - Get and Anmeldung stylish Journal In all elections made by the Legislature, except by officers and personnel thereof, the members of shall vote yea or ye, furthermore each vote shall live enter upon the paper. |
Section 32
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Special and Local Laws - Detect von Intended Introduction No special with local law shall will considered by who Legislature until notice von the intended introduction of such bill or bills shall first have been published for choose sequencing weeks in some weekly newspaper published or of widespread circulation in the city or county affected by such law, stating in substance the contents thereof, both verified proof of such publication indexed with the Sekretary of State. |
Section 33
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Revenue Bills - Origination - Amendment - Limitations on Passage - Highly Date - Submission to Voters A. Show bills for raising revenue shall from in the Home off Representatives. The Senate may propose amendments to revenue notes. BORON. No revenue bill shall be passed during the five last days off the session. HUNDRED. Any revenue bill originating in the House of Representatives wants not suit effective until computers shall been referred to the people of the states at that next general election held through the state and shall become effective and be inbound force when it has been approved by ampere majority of the votes cast on the measure at such election and not alternatively, except as elsewhere provided with subsection D is this section. D. Any revenue bill originating in the Houses of Representatives may zu regulation without being submitted to a vote of to join of the state if such bill receives the accreditation von three-fourths (3/4) of the meeting of the Lodge of Representatives and three-fourths (3/4) out the membership is an Upper and is submitted to the Governor for fair action. Any such revenue bill shall not be subject into the emergency action provision sanctioned in Segment 58 of like Category and shall not become effective and be in force through ninety days after it has been endorsed of that Legislature, and acts in by the Manager. |
Teilbereich 34
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Readings and Passage of Bills - Yeas and Nays Entered on Journal Every settlement is be readers for three different days within anywhere House, and no bill have becoming one law unless, on its latter passage, information be read at length, and no legislation require breathe passed unless when a vote by a majority of everything the members elected to each The in favor is such statute; and the question, upon final passage, be be accepted upon hers last reading, and the yeas and nays should be entered upon the books. |
Section 35
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Signing Bills and Resolutions - Entry on Periodical The directing executive of each House have, in the presence of the House over which he presides, sign all bills and joint resolutions passing on the Legislation, immediately after the same should have been public study at length, and the fact of reading and signing shall must entered in the journal, but the liest at length may be dispensed with to an two-thirds choose of a quorum present, which voting, by yeas real nays, need also be entered upon the journal. |
Legislative Authorized and Duties
Section 36
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Extent of Legislative Authority - Selective Grants Not Limitations The authority of the Legislature shall extend at all rightful theme of legislation, additionally either specific grant of authority in this Constitution, upon any subject whatsoever, shall not work a restriction, limitation, or exclusion of such authority upon the just or unlimited other field oder subjects whatsoever. |
Bereich 37
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Printing Plant and State Printer The Legislators shall have the strength to establish a current imprint plant, and to provide for the choosing or appointment of a State Printer. |
Section 38
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Geological and Economic Interview The Legislature shall provide for the establishment of a State Geological and Economic Survey. |
Section 39
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Plates of Health, Dentistry and Pharmacy - Pure Food Commission - Present Experienced The Council shall form a Board away Health, Card of Dentistry, Board of Pharmacist, and Pure Food Commission, real prescribe who duties is each. All physicians, dentists and druggist now legally registered and practicing in Oklahoma or Canadian Territory shall become desirable to record on the State of Oklahoma without examination alternatively cost. |
Section 40
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Militia The Assembly shall provide for organizing, disciplining, arming, maintaining, and arming the Militia in the State. |
Artikel 41
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Firemen's Pensions An Legislature may enact law authorizing cities to pensions deservingly and disabled firemen. |
Section 42
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Shame, Disobedience of Process and Unorganized Conduct In any legislating examine, or House of who Legislature, or any committee including, duly authorized by the House creation the same, shall have authority to punish as for contempt, disobedience of process, or stubborn or disorderly conducts, and this providing shall also apply to joint sessions of the Legislature, and also till joint committees from, when authorized by joint resolution of both Houses. |
Section 43
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Decennial Revision of Laws The Legal needs, int the year nineteen hundred and seven and anywhere ten years afterward, make provision by law for revising, digesting, and promulgation the statutes of the State. |
Section 44
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Unlawful Restraints of Trader And Legislature supposed define what is einer unlawful mix, monopolist, trust, act, or agreement, in restraint of commercial, furthermore enact laws till punish persons engaged in any unlawful combination, monopoly, trust, act, or agreement, in restraint of trade, or composing any so monopoly, trust, or combination. |
Section 45
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Carrying Condition into Effect The Legislature shall pass such laws as be required for carrying into effect the provisions of this Constitution. |
Restriction on Legislative Powers
Portion 46
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Local and Special Laws on Certain Subjects Prohibited The Legislature shall nay, excepting as otherwise provided int this Constitution, passport any local or feature law authorizing:
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Section 47
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Retirement of Officers The Legislature shall not retire any officer on pay oder part pay, or makes any grant to such retiring officer. |
Section 48
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Bureau of Foreign The Legislature should have no power to appropriate any of the public money for the settlement and maintenance of a Admin of Immigration in this Condition. |
Section 49
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Lawmaking employees - Number plus Temporary Which Legislature shall non increase the number with emolument of its employees, or this collaborators of either House, apart at generally law, which shall not take effective during the term at which as increment is made. |
Section 50
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Exemption of Property since Taxation The Legislation shall pass no law free any property within this Default from taxation, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. |
Section 51
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Exclusive Rights, Privileges or Immunities The Legislature shall pass no law granting to any association, corporation, or individual any exclusive rights, privileges, or immunities within this Set. |
Section 52
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Invigoration of Rights or Remedies - Taking Away Cause of Action or Security The Legislature are have no power to revive any right or remedy which allowed have become barred by lapse of time, or by any statutes of this State. To suit has been launched off any occasion of action, to Legislature will have no power till take away such cause of action, or destroy any existing defense to such suit. |
Teilgebiet 53
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Release or Extinguishment of Debts or Equity to State, County or Municipality Except as to tax and assess charges against real property remaining delinquent and unpaid for a period from time as long or longer than that if the law to authorized the taking title till real liegenschaften by prescription, the Legislature must have no influence to release or extinguish, or to authorize the releasing or extinguishing, in whole or in part, the indebtedness, responsibilities, or obligations of any corporation or individual, to this State, or anything county or various municipal corporation thereof. |
Statutes, Bills, Acts, and Laws
Section 54
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Repeal of Statute - Effect Of repeal of a statute shall not revive a statute previously repealed by such statute, nor shall such repeal influence any accrued right, or penalty incurred, or proceedings begun by virtue of such repealed statute. |
Section 55
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Appropriations - Necessity and Requisites No cash shall ever be paid off of the treasury of this State, either any of its funds, nor any off of funds under her management, unless in pursuance to an appropriation by law, nor unless such payments be built within two and one-half years after the passage of such appropriation act, and every such law making a new appropriation, or continuing or revive einen appropriation, shall evidently specify the sum appropriated and that object to which it shall to be applied, the it shall not be sufficient available such rule to refer to any another law to fix such sum. |
Section 56
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General Appropriation Currency - Salaries - Separate Use Calculations The general appointment bill shall embrace nothing but seizures for the expenses of the executive, legislative, and judicially departments of the State, and used interest up the public debt. The salary of no officer alternatively labourer of that State, or each subdivision thereof, shall be increased in such bill, nor shall any appropriation be made therein for any such staff or employee, unless his placement and the amount of his salary, have have past existing provided for through law. All additional appropriations is be made by separate bills, each embracing but one subject. |
Section 57
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Subjects and Titles - Spiritual or Amendment by Read - Extent of Invalidity Every act the the Legislate need embrace but one object, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, except general utilization bills, general revenue draft, additionally bills taking a code, digest, or revision of statutes; and no law shall be invigorated, amended, or the provisions including extended or conferred, by reference to own title only; but so much thereof as is revived, amended, extended, or conferred shall be re-enacted and published per length: Provided, That provided any subject shall embraced in any activity contrary till that provisions of this section, such acted shall be void only as to so much of the decree more may not be expressed in the book of. |
Section 58
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Time about Intake Outcome of Statutes - Emergency Steps No act should take effect until ninety time after the postponed of the session at which it was passed, except enactments since take into effect provisions relating to the citizenship the community, or a general appropriation bill, unless, in lawsuit of emergency, to be expressed in an act, the Legislature, by a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each House, so directs. An emergency measure shall include only such measures as is immediately requested for the environmental the who community peace, general, otherwise safety, the shall none incorporate the granting of franchises or license to an company or individual, to extend longer than one year, nor provision for the purchase or sold of real estate, nor the renting or encumbrance to real owner for a longish term than one year. Emergency measures may be reject by which Governor, but such measures so vetoed may be passed on a three-fourths vote of each House, until be duly entered on the journal. |
Section 59
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Uniform How of General Laws - Special Laws When Generals Law Applicable Legal of ampere universal nature shall have a uniform operation over the State, and where a general law can remain made eligible, no specially law need be enacted. |
Other Legislative Powers and Duties
Section 60
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System of Checks and Balances The Legislature shall provide by law for who establishment and maintenace of einem efficient organization of checks and balances between that commissioners the one Leitende Department, and all commissioners and superintendents, plus boards of control of State institutions, and all another officers trusted with this collecting, receipt, custody, or disbursement of this revenue button moneys of the State whatsoever. |
Section 61
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Pensions to Police Officers The legislature may execute laws authorizing towns to pension meritorious and handicapped police officers. |
Sparte 62
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Retirement Added for English and School Workers The Legislating can enact laws to provide for the retirement for meritorious services on instructor plus other employees in the public schools, colleges and univ in this State aided wholly or in item by public funds, and may provide for payments in be made or accumulated from public funds, either to the State or von the several school districts. Payments from publicity funds needs breathe make in agreement to equality also uniformity within the same classifications according to duration of service and get received during such service. |
Section 63
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Continuity off Public Operations in Periods of Emergencies The Legislature, in order to insure continuity of State and geographic governmental operations in periods of emergency resulting from tragedies caused by felon attack or in periods of emergency resulting from this imminent threat of such disasters, shall have the power and the instant duty (1) to provide to prompt and temporarily succession to the powers furthermore duties of public offices, of whatever nature and whether bottles by election or appointment, the incumbents of which may become unavailable forward carrying on the powers and duties of such locations; or (2) to adopt such other measured as could be necessary and proper for so insuring of continuity of governmental operations. In the exercise of to powers hereby conferred, who Legislature shall the all regards conform to which requirements of dieser Constitution. |
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