STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 54th Legislature (2014)

HOUSE BILL 2529	By:	Floyd

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to state government; requiring analysis of legislative measures; requiring determination of possible fiscal impact; prescribing required content of analysis; prescribing procedures related to availability of analysis during legislative process; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

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 471 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Each measure introduced by any member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and any member of the Oklahoma State Senate shall be analyzed by the respective staff of each chamber in order to determine possible fiscal impact resulting from challenges to the constitutionality of the measure pursuant to any provision of the Constitution of the United States or the Oklahoma Constitution.
B.  The analysis shall indicate whether the measure appears to create risk of possible litigation but shall not be required to contain a specific estimate of the costs for such litigation.
C.  The analysis shall be in writing and shall be attached to the measure after its introduction or shall be made part of the electronic version of the measure in the official records of the applicable chamber of the Legislature or both.
D.  The analysis shall be made available for review on the respective Internet website of the applicable chamber of the Legislature no later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time as of which the measure is scheduled for consideration in any standing or special committee of the applicable chamber.
E.  The analysis shall be made available for review on the respective Internet website of the applicable chamber of the Legislature not later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time as of which the measure is scheduled for consideration on either Third Reading or Fourth Reading in the applicable chamber.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2014.

54-2-8281	MAH	01/08/14