STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 413	By:	Eason McIntyre

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce; directing the Department to conduct a study; specifying the scope and purpose of the study; providing for a report; providing for noncodification; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
A.  The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall conduct a study concerning ways to revitalize the rural communities of this state that lack the resources to implement infrastructure improvements, broadband technology, and health care needs.  The study shall be for the benefit of those rural communities with a population of not more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) persons.
B.  In addition to other items deemed appropriate by the Department, the study shall include the feasibility of revitalizing these types of communities by combining resources of the public and private sectors to assist in the repairing, rebuilding, and restoring of the social, economic, and governmental fabric of the communities.  The Department shall work with ancillary groups whose main purpose is to assist in the revitalization of these underserved and underdeveloped communities.
C.  The Department shall provide a written report of its findings to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives prior to January 1, 2012.
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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