1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1953 By: Burns
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to agricultural land; prohibiting
7 leasing of agricultural land by certain persons;
8 providing exception; requiring certain affidavit as
8 an attachment to lease; requiring promulgation of
9 certain form by Attorney General; requiring reversion
9 of leased land under certain circumstances; providing
10 exception to certain requirements; defining term;
10 providing for codification; and providing an
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-101 of Title 2, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. No alien or any person who is not a citizen of the United
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19 States shall lease agricultural land in this state either directly
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20 or indirectly through a business entity or trust, except as
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21 hereinafter provided. Provided, however, the requirements of this
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22 subsection shall not apply to a business entity that is engaged in
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23 regulated interstate commerce in accordance with federal law.
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 1 B. On or after the effective date of this act, any lease for
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2 agricultural land shall include as an exhibit to the lease an
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3 affidavit executed by the person or entity leasing the land
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4 attesting that the person, business entity, or trust is leasing the
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5 land in compliance with the requirements of this section and that no
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6 funding source is being used in violation of this section or any
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7 other state or federal law. The Attorney General shall promulgate a
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8 separate affidavit form for individuals and for business entities or
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9 trusts to comply with the requirements of this section, with the
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10 exception of those leases which the Attorney General deems necessary
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11 when promulgating the affidavit form.
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12 C. Any lease found to be in violation of this section shall
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13 immediately be null and void and all rights to the leased
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14 agricultural land shall immediately revert back to the lessor.
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15 D. This section shall not apply to leases of agricultural land
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16 to aliens who are or shall take up bona fide residence in this
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17 state, and any alien who is or shall become a bona fide resident of
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18 this state shall have the right to lease agricultural lands in this
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19 state upon the same terms as citizens of the United States who
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20 reside in this state during the continuance of such bona fide
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21 residence of such alien in this state. Provided, that if such
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22 resident alien shall cease to be a bona fide inhabitant of this
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23 state, such lease for agricultural land shall be immediately null
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 1 and void and all rights to the leased agricultural land shall
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2 immediately revert back to the lessor.
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3 E. For the purposes of this section, “agricultural land” means
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4 any real property that is used in the production of plants, fruits,
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5 wood, or farm or ranch animals to be sold off the premises.
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6 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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