STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1057	By:	Key

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2001, Section 20-101, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 174, O.S.L. 2003 (26 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 20-101), which relates to dates for primaries; requiring certain party to pay for presidential primary; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     26 O.S. 2001, Section 20-101, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 174, O.S.L. 2003 (26 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 20-101), is amended to read as follows:
Section 20-101.  A.  A Presidential Preferential Primary for recognized political parties shall be held on the first Tuesday in February in each of the years in which the President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected.  Any party requesting to be on the ballot for a Presidential Preferential Primary shall be responsible for all fees and costs associated with the Presidential Preferential Primary.  If more than one party requests to be on the ballot for a Presidential Preferential Primary, the fees and costs shall be divided equally among the parties. 
B.  If one or more states having a mutual boundary with this state establish a single date for a regional primary, the State Election Board is authorized to change the date of the Oklahoma primary to the date established for the regional primary.
C.  No county, municipality, school district or other entity authorized by law to call elections shall schedule an election on any date during the twenty (20) days immediately preceding the date of any such Primary Election.  However, this subsection shall not apply to home rule municipalities.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

53-1-5172	LRB	12/20/10