ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 944	By:	Nichols of the Senate

			and

		Trebilcock of the House

[ criminal procedure - neglect of officer - effective date ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     22 O.S. 2001, Section 104, is amended to read as follows:
Section 104.  If a magistrate or officer having notice of an unlawful or riotous assembly mentioned in Section 5585 101 of this title neglect neglects to proceed to the place of the assembly, or as near thereto as he or she can with safety, and to exercise the authority with which he or she is invested for suppressing the same and arresting the offenders, he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by both imprisonment and fine.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.
Passed the Senate the 15th day of March, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives