ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2329	By:	Lockhart and Dorman of the House

				and

		Ellis and Sparks of the Senate

An Act relating to crimes and punishments; prohibiting convicted arsonist from working or volunteering as a firefighter; defining terms; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Prohibiting arsonists from being firefighters

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 1406 of Title 21, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of Section 1401, 1402, 1403 or 1404 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be prohibited from working or volunteering as a firefighter in this state.

B.  For the purposes of this section:

1.  “Convicted” includes a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or the imposition of deferred adjudication; and

2.  “Firefighter” includes any person serving with or without compensation as a firefighter as provided for in Titles 11, 18 and 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2012.
Passed the House of Representatives the 12th day of March, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 23rd day of April, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate