STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

SENATE BILL 310	By:	Holt

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the Spring Cleaning Commission; creating Commission; providing for duties, membership, organization, travel reimbursement and staffing; requiring review of state governmental areas; 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 4 of Title 75, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  There is hereby created the Spring Cleaning Commission, within the legislative branch of state government.  The Commission shall have the duty to:
1.  Identify outdated, redundant, unnecessary or obsolete state laws;
2.  Identify titles of law that are poorly organized due to repeated amendment or other reason;
3.  Identify sections of law that are written in archaic language;
4.  Identify programs that have outlived their usefulness or are redundant;
5.  Identify regulations that impact the ability to do business in this state, but whose original purpose is no longer justifiable;
6.  Identify bureaucratic procedures or structures in state law that could be streamlined; and
7.  Develop recommendations to implement its suggested changes, including but not limited to repeal of or amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution, statutes, administrative rules and agency policies.
B.  The Commission shall be composed of eight (8) former members of the Legislature, four each appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
C.  The Commission shall be constituted by December 1, 2013, and initial appointments shall be made by that date.
D.  By mutual agreement of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Commission may be directed at any time to focus its efforts on certain titles of law, or any other purpose in keeping with the spirit of this section.   The Commission may also choose, with agreement from a majority of five members, to explore areas of law not directed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
E.  The Commission shall deliver reports to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as requested or as deemed appropriate by the Chair of the Commission.   A majority of five members of the Commission must give its approval to any formal recommendation of the Commission, but the Chair may deliver to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives any findings the Chair deems appropriate.
F.  The members of the Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed.  No member of the Commission shall serve more than eight (8) years.
G.  The chair and vice-chair of the Commission shall be selected by the Commission from among the members.
H.  A quorum of the Commission shall consist of five (5) members and shall be required for any final action by the Commission.
I.  Members of the Commission shall receive travel reimbursement as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act, which shall be paid by the appointing authority.
J.  Staff support for the Commission shall be provided by the Senate and the House of Representatives.
K.  The Commission shall set its own meeting schedule and be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

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