STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 53rd Legislature (2012)

SENATE BILL 1867	By:	Newberry

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to real property; prohibiting registration of certain property or assessment of certain fees; declaring certain laws unenforceable; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

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 351 of Title 60, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  For purposes of promoting commerce and the equitable treatment of the citizens of this state, the registration of real property owners by any municipality is declared to be a statewide concern and shall be prohibited pursuant to subsection B of this section.
B.  In no event shall any political subdivision of this state enact any ordinance, rule or regulation to require the registration of residential real property.  All municipalities in this state are prohibited from assessing or charging any fee to own residential real property or for the lease, rental, occupancy or non-occupancy, lease purchase, transfer, assignment, bequest or devise of any part or parcel of the residential real property located within the municipality.  Any ordinance, rule or regulation contrary to the provisions of this section, whether enacted prior to or after the effective date of this section, is declared null and void and unenforceable against every owner, purchaser, assignee, lessee, mortgagee or beneficiary of any interest in the residential real property.
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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