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Bill Status Report
02-03-2012 - 17:17:46

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Track: Davidson/McDonald   

HB 1278   By Watson. Creates "Oklahoma Public Finance Act of 2011"; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 03-04-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

HB 1368   By Peters. Requires certain final paperwork to be filed with the Oklahoma State Bond Advisor by any public trust.
Bill History: 03-04-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

HB 1544   By Cockroft. Changes election dates for members of the board of education; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 03-04-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

HB 1565   By Jordan. Creates the "Oklahoma School Bonds Expenditure Clarification Act of 2011"; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 03-04-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

HB 1856   By Shumate. Adds the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as a charter school sponsor in relation to the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act; creates the Charter School Sponsoring Commission to sponsor any charter school as well; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 03-18-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

HB 2509   By Stiles. Creates the Unauthorized Practices Act; Prohibits a person from practicing a profession for which a license is required from practicing said profession without a license; allows for lawsuit fillings and sets penalties.
Bill History: 02-06-12 H Referred to House Committee on House Econ. Dev., Tourism & Financial Svcs.

HJR1019   By Martin. Sends to a vote of the people a measure that will allow school districts to create additional tax levy.
Bill History: 03-04-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 105   By Justice. Requires the State Board of Equalization to set or schedule fees for the search, production, and copying of County Assessor information.
Bill History: 05-26-11 G Signed by the Governor (Chap: 0)

SB 130   By Reynolds. Gives the State Auditor a choice between performing a performance or financial audit for counties; Sets regulations for submission of financial statements in lieu of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 04-06-11 G Signed by the Governor (Chap: 0)

SB 139   By Laster. Mandates elections for county offices be conducted on a nonpartisan basis; provides procedures for elections or if elected office becomes vacant due to death or any other reason.
Bill History: 03-04-11 S Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 158   By Ivester. Allows school districts to propose and pass a school bond which may exceed ten percent of the valuation of the taxable property therein.
Bill History: 03-04-11 S Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 159   By Holt. Allows cities with a population greater than 300,000 to sponsor a charter school only when the charter school is located in a school district that has a minimum average daily membership of 5,000; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 03-04-11 S Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 171   By Fields. Removes certification for improvement projects less than $150,000 on school districts owned buildings not involving structural changes; requires certification of final estimates; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 04-15-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 184   By Coates. Removes provision which does not require political subdivisions to get inter-agency approval for use of "design-build" or "at-risk" construction management; removes requirement of State Construction Administrator to file an annual report.
Bill History: 03-16-11 S Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 204   By Anderson. Includes exception to awarding public construction contracts; requires notice of proposals to be given if the contract will exceed $50,000; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 04-15-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 256   By Ford. Charter schools who choose to lease property are eligible to receive current government lease rates; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 05-09-11 G Signed by the Governor (Chap: 0)

SB 259   By Coates. Raises the amount of negotiable bonds the Tourism Commission can issue to $10,000,000.
Bill History: 04-28-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 260   By Ford. Delays the requirement for the start of fully-day kindergarten until the 2013-2014 school year.
Bill History: 05-25-11 G Signed by the Governor (Chap: 0)

SB 279   By Stanislawski. Allows schools to issue bonds for the maintenance of equipment; adds electronic and tablet reading devices to the definition of equipment; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 04-28-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 288   By Holt. Allows for online schools to be established as charter schools; a description of the technological platform must be included in the application; the online school is within the boundaries of the sponsoring school; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 03-07-11 S Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 445   By Ford. Adds section 8-104 to the sections of law charter schools are to be in accordance with; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 05-09-11 G Signed by the Governor (Chap: 0)

SB 533   By Russell. Establishes the "Administrative Reform Act"; allows school districts with under two thousand (2,000) students to jointly form an administrative district in order to hire a superintendent; EMERGENCY
Bill History: 03-07-11 S Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 605   By Ford. Creates Charter School Sponsoring Commission; outlines membership and duties of the Commission; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 04-15-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 929   By Newberry. Creates a task to study the potential for consolidation of licensing functions for professional and trade occupations.
Remarks:

Evaluate the potential costs and benefits of transferring the authority, powers and duties of the

various boards and commissions that provide oversight and regulation of professions and trades considered

for review by the task force

Bill History: 05-27-11 H Dormant pursuant to the rules

SB 1039   By Justice. Requires that examination fees paid to the Attorney General for proceedings leading to the issuance and sale of revenue bonds not be less than Five-Hundred Dollars ($500); EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 02-07-12 S Meeting set for 10:30 a.m., Room 511A, Stat...Senate Finance

SB 1108   By Anderson. Creates Council of Bond Oversight; outlines membership and duties; Defines 'State Governmental Entity Financing'; Repeals sections of law relating to bonds.
Bill History: 02-07-12 S Meeting set for 10:30 a.m., Room 511A, Stat...Senate Finance

SB 1159   By Adelson. Adds Oklahoma Capital Formation Act where needed. Requires a list for all dollars obtained by sale of tax credits from investee companies and from venture funds be made available to the financial community.
Bill History: 02-07-12 S Meeting set for 10:30 a.m., Room 511A, Stat...Senate Finance

SB 1161   By Stanislawski. Provides for the addition of program integrity auditor for every $100 million in expenditures of state and federal funds; provides definitions; removes duplicative language.
Bill History: 02-06-12 S Meeting set for After Adjournment, Room 511...Senate Health & Human Services

SB 1169   By Holt. Public trusts to be required to adhere to bidding requirements set forth in the Public Competitive Bidding Act; changes some statutory language; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 02-06-12 S Referred to Senate Committee Senate General Government

SB 1182   By Anderson. Allows technology center school districts to use funds for additional uses; permits purchase and provision of computer systems, student transportation, grounds maintenance, and other projects; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 02-06-12 S Referred to Senate Committee Senate Education

SB 1233   By Mazzei. Removes requirement that official statement, prospectus, or other document(s) relating to the issuance of public bonds be filed with the Secretary of State five days before issuance; removes punishments for violations.
Bill History: 02-06-12 S Referred to Senate Committee Senate Finance

SB 1264   By Newberry. Creates the "Oklahoma Debt Reduction Fund"; sets a revolving fund and specifies transfers to fund and purposes; requires fund to be used only for unfunded liability in the state pension systems and bond indebtedness; EMERGENCY.
Bill History: 02-06-12 S Referred to Senate Committee Senate Appropriations

SJR 6   By Ivester. Sends to a vote of the people a provision that would allow cities and schools to propose a bond which may exceed the current ten percent limit based on the valuation of the taxable property within the district.
Bill History: 03-04-11 S Dormant pursuant to the rules


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