STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)

SENATE BILL 1221	By:	Lamb

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to workers’ compensation; amending 85 O.S. 2001, Section 3.11, which relates to computation of time; updating reference; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     85 O.S. 2001, Section 3.11, is amended to read as follows:
Section 3.11  The time within which an act is to be done, as provided for in Title 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Workers’ Compensation Act, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day.  If the last day is a legal holiday as defined by Section 82.1 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, it shall be excluded.  The provisions of this section are hereby declared to be a clarification of the law as it existed prior to the effective date of this act and shall not be considered or construed to be a change of the law as it existed prior to the effective date of this act.  Any action or proceeding arising under Title 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes prior to the effective date of this act for which a determination of the period of time prescribed by this section is in question or has been in question due to the enactment of Section 20, Chapter 293, O.S.L. 1999, 2006 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be governed by the method for computation of time as prescribed by this section.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.

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