ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1614	By:	Banz of the House

			  and

		Holt of the Senate

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 the Presidential Preference Primary; modifying dates; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Presidential Preference Primary

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 March in each of the years in which the President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected.

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, as long as the date is not before the first Tuesday in March.

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.

Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of March, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 25th day of April, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate