1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
3 HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1002 By: Talley
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AS INTRODUCED
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A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
8 to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendment to Section 23 of
9 Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution; allowing a
member of the Legislature to be employed as a
10 certified teacher with a public school district in
this state after completion of certain term; making
11 language gender neutral; providing ballot title; and
directing filing.
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14 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
15 1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
16 SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
17 their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
18 the following proposed amendment to Section 23 of Article V of the
19 Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
20 Section 23. No A. Except as provided for in subsection B of
21 this section, no member of the Legislature shall, during the term
22 for which he or she was elected, be appointed or elected to any
23 office or commission in the State, which shall have been created, or
24 the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during his or her
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1 term of office, nor shall any member receive any appointment from
2 the Governor, the Governor and Senate, or from the Legislature,
3 during the term for which he or she shall have been elected, nor
4 shall any member, during the term for which he or she shall have
5 been elected, or within two years thereafter, be interested,
6 directly or indirectly, in any contract with the State, or any
7 county or other subdivision thereof, authorized by law passed during
8 the term for which he or she shall have been elected.
9 B. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a member
10 of the Legislature from being employed as a certified teacher by a
11 public school district in this state after completing the term to
12 which he or she was elected.
13 SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
14 amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
15 the following form:
16 BALLOT TITLE
17 Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
18 THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
19 This measure amends Section 23 of Article 5 of the Oklahoma
20 Constitution. It allows a member of the Legislature to be
21 employed as a certified teacher with a public school district in
22 this state after he or she completes his or her term in office.
23 SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
24 FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
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1 AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
2 SECTION 3. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall,
3 immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
4 one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
5 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
6 General.
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