STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 117	By:	Ballenger

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to county commissioner candidacy; amending 19 O.S. 2001, Section 131.1, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 53, O.S.L. 2004 (19 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 131.1), which relates to qualifications for county office; imposing certain requirements to file as candidate for office of county commissioner; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     19 O.S. 2001, Section 131.1, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 53, O.S.L. 2004 (19 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 131.1), is amended to read as follows:
Section 131.1  To file as a candidate for any county office, a person must have been a registered voter within the county for the six‑month period immediately preceding the first day of the filing period prescribed by law.  Except, however, to file as a candidate for any county officer in 2004, a person must have been a registered voter within the county no later than December 21, 2003 Provided, to file as a candidate for the office of county commissioner, a person must have been a registered voter within the county commissioner district and a resident residing within such district for the six-month period immediately preceding the first day of the filing period prescribed by law. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

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