STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)

SENATE BILL 802	By:	Corn

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to higher education; requesting the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma to establish a center for poverty research; stating purpose; providing for recommendations; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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 3315 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Oklahoma State Legislature requests the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma to establish a center for poverty research with operations at the University of Oklahoma.  The center should provide research on the causes of poverty, review existing programs designed to address poverty to determine effectiveness of such programs, and make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature on necessary reforms and best practices for public policy to address poverty.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2009.
SECTION 3.  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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