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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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SENATE BILL 484 By: Standridge
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to municipalities; defining terms;
7 prohibiting certain municipalities from maintaining
8 certain services; requiring the termination of
8 certain services on certain date; providing for
9 codification; and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 22-140 of Title 11, unless there
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15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. As used in this section:
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17 1. “Homeless person” or “homeless persons” means any person or
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18 persons who:
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19 a. lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime
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20 residence,
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21 b. has as a primary nighttime residence a publicly or
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22 privately operated shelter designed to provide
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23 temporary living accommodations, or
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c. has as a primary nighttime residence a public or
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private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as,
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a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
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The term includes those persons and families who do not have
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access to normal accommodations as a result of violence or the
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threat of violence from a cohabitant; and
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2. “Homeless shelter” means a facility providing temporary
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8 housing and services for homeless persons.
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9 B. No municipality of this state with a population less than
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10 three hundred thousand (300,000) according to the most recent
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11 Federal Decennial Census shall provide programs or services to
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12 homeless persons including, but not limited to, owning or leasing
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13 land for the purpose of building or maintaining a homeless shelter.
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14 C. Any municipality that meets the population requirement set
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15 forth in subsection B of this section that is providing programs or
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16 services to homeless persons on the effective date of this act shall
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17 immediately terminate such services and, if the municipality
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18 currently owns or leases land for the purpose of building or
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19 maintaining a homeless shelter, cease using the land for such
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20 purpose.
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21 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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