ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2903	By:	Grau of the House

			and

		Jolley of the Senate

An Act relating to statutes and reports; restricting certain provisions related to Section 46 of Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution; defining terms; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Local and special laws

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 11c of Title 75, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

For purposes of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes the constitutional provision found in Section 46 of Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution dealing with the prohibition of local and special laws on certain subjects is restricted to the following definition and all case law to the contrary is hereby null and void:

1.  "Local laws" shall mean those laws confined in their application to a geographic subunit of the State of Oklahoma; and

2.  "Special laws" are those that favor a particular person or corporation without reference to location.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2014.

Passed the House of Representatives the 11th day of March, 2014.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 23rd day of April, 2014.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

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: _________________________________