STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1643	By:	Ritze

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2001, Section 3-101, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 224, O.S.L. 2005 (26 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 3-101), which relates to the election code; modifying election dates; requiring elections to be held on a certain date; providing for exceptions; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     26 O.S. 2001, Section 3-101, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 224, O.S.L. 2005 (26 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 3-101), is amended to read as follows:
Section 3-101.  A.  No Except for primary and runoff elections, no election required to be conducted by any county election board shall be scheduled for a day other than the first Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November.
B.  Except as otherwise provided by law, no special election shall be held by any county, school district, technology center school district, municipality or other entity authorized to call elections except on the second first Tuesday of January, February, May, June, July, August, September, October, succeeding the first Monday in November and December and the first Tuesday in March and April in odd-numbered years and the second Tuesday of January, February, May, and December, the first Tuesday in March and April, the last Tuesday in July, the fourth Tuesday in August, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of any even-numbered year; except in any year when a Presidential Preferential Primary Election is held in February, the date for the special elections shall be the same date as the Presidential Preferential Primary Election.
C.  In the event that a regular or special election date occurs on an official state holiday, the election shall be scheduled for the next following Tuesday.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2011.
SECTION 3.  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.

53-1-5210	LRB	11/29/10