Judiciary (H)-01/20/2009 Judiciary (H)-02/12/2009 Agriculture and Rural Development (S)-03/12/2009
Dormant
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HB1045, by Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs and Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, removes the population restriction on language allowing boards of county commissioners to regulate or prohibit dogs running at large within the unincorporated area of that county. (Amended by House, Dormant)
HB1293, by Rep. John A. Wright, R-Broken Arrow, directs one-half of the total amount of any fine issued by a county size and weights deputy be deposited in a county highway fund and apportioned to the county in which the violation occurred. It allows the county to use such funds for construction or maintenance of any county road or bridge. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)
Comments
1/2 of the fines of overweight vehicles on county roads issued by the county go to the county's highway fund. See SB 350
HB1372, by Rep. Purcy D. Walker, D-Elk City, requires engineering plans and specifications to be prepared by county engineers on culvert and bridge construction or reconstruction projects estimated at $150,000 or more and grade-and-drainage projects estimated at $300,000 or more. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)
Comments
Raises the project cost before an engineer is required. Bridge projects raise from $75,000 to $150,000 and road project from $150,000 to $300,000. In HB1759
HB1373, by Rep. Purcy D. Walker, D-Elk City, authorizes the Department of Transportation to reimburse force account county bridge or road projects up to $400,000. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)
Comments
Raises the ceiling of reimbursement for Force Account projects from $200,000 to $400,000. See HB 1759
HB1385, by Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle and Sen. Mike Schulz, R-Altus, requires elected or appointed state, county and municipal officers or employees convicted of a felony to forfeit all benefits, regardless of whether the offense violated an oath of office and regardless of whether the conviction, guilty plea or plea of nolo contendere occurs during or after the term of office, including after retirement. (Amended by House, Dormant, Committee Substitute)
Comments
Committing a felony at any time would forfeit an elected official's retirement passed in SB899
HB1472, by Rep. Mike Sanders, R-Kingfisher and Sen. Mike Schulz, R-Altus, increases from $200,000 to $400,000 the maximum amount of reimbursement the Department of Transportation can provide for force account county bridge projects. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Comments
Raises the ceiling of reimbursement for Force Account projects from $200,000 to $400,000.
HB1485, by Rep. Dale DeWitt, R-Braman, modifies apportionment of the revenue collected under the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act to the General Revenue Fund and makes a 17.24 percent apportionment to counties for constructing and maintaining county highways. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)
Comments
Moves 10% (59 million) from motor vehicle collection tax to the counties highway fund. See SB 890
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Dormant
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HB1644, by Rep. Wade Rousselot, D-Wagoner and Sen. Earl Garrison, D-Muskogee, modifies the Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act and requires 48-hour reporting of damage to a one-call notification call center. It sets a $1,000 maximum fine for first time unintentional violation of the act and a $5,000 maximum fine for intentional violation and directs the Corporation Commission to oversee such actions. The bill also creates the Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Training Revolving Fund under the control of the Corporation Commission for training uses. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure, Dormant, Committee Substitute)
Comments
Removes counties exemptions status for being liable for damaging underground utilities.
HB1786, by Rep. T.W. Shannon, R-Lawton and Sen. Don Barrington, R-Lawton, creates the Local Government Infrastructure Cost Recovery Payment Act. It authorizes a local government entity to receive an infrastructure cost recovery payment for eligible infrastructure costs and directs entities to apply to the Oklahoma Tax Commission for such payments. It directs the commission to evaluate the application to determine whether the entity is entitled to such payments. The measure creates the Local Government Infrastructure Cost Recovery Revolving Fund within the State Treasury to consist of state sales tax collections from growth revenue from targeted vendors. It directs the Tax Commission to identify any and all targeted vendors remitting growth revenues and directs the commission to transfer to the revolving fund monthly the amount of growth revenue remitted by all targeted vendors that are required to make infrastructure cost recovery payments. In the Senate, the bill was amended to further define "eligible infrastructure costs" as $500,000 expended by a local government entity. It also directs the Department of Commerce to certify that a vendor qualifies as a targeted vendor only if it has expended at least $500,000 for tangible assets. The definition of "growth revenue" was also modified to exclude revenue derived from the relocation or expansion of a vendor serving the same service area within a 50-mile radius. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure)
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Dormant
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HB1888, by Rep. Phil Richardson, R-Minco and Sen. John Sparks, D-Norman, replaces reference to the Rural Ambulance Service Districts Act to the Ambulance Service Districts Act, removing reference to "rural resident" and "rural area." It states that when a public ambulance service district is totally within the municipal limits of a city, the board of directors of the district is to be the governing body of the city or town. The bill states that any county, incorporated town or city shall have the authority to raise revenue in any manner allowed by federal and state law including billing for charges for owned ambulance services, sales of ambulance subscriptions, a levy of utility fees or assessments on gross proceeds or gross receipts derived from all sales or services which are not tax exempt in the county to cover the cost of the district. It also states that counties shall not be subject to the 2 percent limitation set for consumer tax levied for the purpose of funding emergency medical services. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
HB1943, by Rep. Mike Jackson, R-Enid, removes language requiring the approval of a district attorney for a board of county commissioners to contract with a private attorney in a civil case in which the county or a county officer or employee is a party. (Dormant)
Comments
Allows the Board of County Commissioners to hire an outside attorney without consent of the DA. See HB1998/SB 588
HB1997, by Rep. Mike Jackson, R-Enid, increases from $200,000 to $400,000 the maximum amount of reimbursement the Department of Transportation can provide for force account county bridge projects. (Dormant)
Comments
Raises the ceiling of reimbursement for Force Account projects from $200,000 to $400,000. See HB 1759
HB1998, by Rep. Mike Jackson, R-Enid, removes language requiring the approval of a district attorney for a board of county commissioners to contract with a private attorney in a civil case in which the county or a county officer or employee is a party. (Dormant)
Comments
Allows the Board of County Commissioners to hire an outside attorney without the consent of the DA. See HB 1943/SB 588
HB2175, by Rep. Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City and Sen. Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City, modifies language related to conditions under which elected or appointed state, county or municipal officers or employees must forfeit retirement benefits. It removes language related to violations of oaths of office. It qualifies language related to convictions or pleas of guilty or nolo contendere to felonies for bribery, corruption, forgery, perjury or any other crime related to the duties of his/her office or employment or related campaign contributions or campaign financing for that office. It requires an attorney responsible for prosecuting elected or appointed state or county officers or employees to notify a retirement system within three days of the conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere. The bill requires the retirement system, upon receipt of notice of forfeiture, to immediately suspend all benefits of the officer or employee and notify the individual of his/her right to a hearing to review the conviction or plea. If the conviction or plea occurs in federal court, the bill allows a retirement system to investigate and gather court documents to review the conviction or plea. (Amended by House, Dormant, Committee Substitute)
General Government (S)-02/02/2009 General Government (S)-02/09/2009 General Government (S)-02/09/2009 General Government (H)-03/11/2009 General Government (H)-03/24/2009 General Government (H)-03/24/2009
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SB0288, by Sen. Charles Wyrick, D-Fairland and Rep. Larry Glenn, D-Miami, authorizes county purchasing agents to make purchases and rental or lease-purchase agreements outside the bidding process for asphalt if the agent obtains telephone quotes from at least three vendors prior to the purchase and the lowest and best quote is selected. In the Senate, the bill was amended to change purchases of asphalt to purchases of petroleum-based products in the inclusion of such agreements. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Dormant, Committee Substitute)
SB0350, by Sen. Roger Ballenger, D-Okmulgee, requires one-half of the money allocated to a court fund as a result of a citation issued by a county size and weighs deputy for violating size, weight and load requirements to be deposited in the county highway fund. The bill allows such funds to be used for construction or maintenance of any county road or bridge. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)
Comments
1/2 fines of overweight vehicles on county roads issued by the county goes to the county highway fund. See HB1293
SB0391, by Sen. Susan Paddack, D-Ada and Rep. Daniel Sullivan, R-Tulsa, establishes penalties for persons who operate vehicles that are 700 pounds or more above the gross weight limits. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Dormant)
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Failed Deadline
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SB0588, by Sen. John Ford, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Steve Martin, R-Bartlesville, removes the district attorney from the approval process of counties for contracting with private attorneys in civil cases. The bill also authorizes the board of county commissioners to employ a general counsel, either in-house or through an outside law firm. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Stricken enacting clause)
Comments
Allows the Board of County Commissioners to hire an outside attorney without the consent of the DA.
SB0736, by Sen. Roger Ballenger, D-Okmulgee and Rep. Mike Jackson, R-Enid, authorizes circuit engineering districts to administer the Emergency and Transportation Revolving Fund. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure, Dormant)
Comments
Allows the Oklahoma Cooperative Circuit Engineering Districts Board (OCCEDB) to administer the ETR fund.
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Dormant
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SB0853, by Sen. Mike Schulz, R-Altus and Rep. Steve Martin, R-Bartlesville, increases the minimum construction costs of culverts, bridges and grade-and-drainage projects that are to be developed, reconstruction, or major repairs to be accomplished by a board of commissioners that require engineering plans and specifications to be prepared by the county engineer. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)
Comments
Raises the project cost before an engineer is required. Bridge projects raise from $75,000 to $150,000 and road project from $150,000 to $300,000. See HB 1372
SB0854, by Sen. Mike Schulz, R-Altus and Rep. Mike Sanders, R-Kingfisher, increases the maximum value of force account county bridge projects and county road projects to $400,000 for reimbursement under the County Road and Bridge Improvement Act. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Comments
Raises the ceiling of reimbursement for Force Account projects from $200,000 to $400,000. See HB 1472/HB 1759
SB0890, by Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso, modifies the apportionment of fees, taxes and penalties collected under the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)
Comments
Moves 10% of the motor vehicle collection tax to counties' highway fund. See also HB1485
SJR0018, by Sen. Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, proposes a constitutional amendment allowing the credit of the state to be given, pledged or loaned to a county for the issuance of bonds for construction, maintenance and repair of county roads and bridges, upon authorization of the Legislature. (Dormant, Constitutional Amendment)
Comments
Allows a vote to amend the constitution to include counties in future State road bonds.
