1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 1021 By: Jett
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Universal Service
7 Fund; creating Oklahoma Universal Service Fund
8 Advisory Board under Corporation Commission;
8 establishing Board purpose; establishing Board
9 membership; directing Board to annually review
9 certain criteria; requiring certain report be
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 139.111 of Title 17, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. There is hereby established the Oklahoma Universal Service
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18 Fund Advisory Board to be administered by the Corporation Commission
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19 to ensure that the Fund is maintaining current reimbursement
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20 eligibility criteria based on newly developed and available
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21 technologies.
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22 B. The Board shall consist of seven (7) members. Of the seven
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 1 1. One shall be the Director of the Public Utility Division of
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2 the Commission or his or her designee; and
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3 2. The remaining six members shall be nongovernmental
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4 information technology professionals. Of the remaining six members:
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5 a. two shall be appointed by the Governor,
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6 b. two shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of
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7 the Senate, and
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8 c. two shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
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9 Representatives.
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10 C. The Board shall, on no less than an annual basis, evaluate
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11 and review the eligible projects and technology for reimbursement
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12 from the Fund. The Board shall submit the findings and any
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13 recommendations for statutory and regulatory updates to the
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14 Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of
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15 the House of Representatives no later than July 1st of a given
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16 calendar year.
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17 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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Statutes affected:
Senate Committee Substitute: 17-139.202, 17-229, 17-2022
Floor (Senate): 17-139.202, 17-229, 17-2022