Oklahoma § 62-3106 - Nonfiscal retirement bills - Procedure - Amendments

§ 62-3106. Nonfiscal retirement bills - Procedure - Amendments

A. A nonfiscal retirement bill may be introduced at any time

according to the applicable deadlines established by the House of

Representatives or Senate in any regular session of the Legislature.

After its introduction into the Legislature, a nonfiscal retirement

bill may not be amended in any manner to cause the bill to become a

retirement bill having a fiscal impact. Except as otherwise

provided by this section, any amendment to such a bill shall be

submitted to the Legislative Actuary by the chair of the committee,

if a committee amendment, or by the presiding officer of the Senate

or House of Representatives if the amendment was made by the Senate

or the House of Representatives or by the author of such bill when

the bill is assigned to a conference committee. An amendment with

the sole purpose to strike or restore the title or the enacting

clause shall not be submitted to the Legislative Actuary. If the

Legislative Actuary certifies in writing that the amendment does not

cause the bill to become a retirement bill having a fiscal impact,

the bill, as amended, may continue in the legislative process as any

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other bill. If the Legislative Actuary will not issue such a

certification for the amendment, the progress of the bill in the

legislative process will end, and the bill shall not be considered

further by either the House of Representatives or the Senate.

B. An amendment to a nonfiscal retirement bill which is

prohibited by subsection A of this section may be withdrawn by the

committee which made the amendment, if a committee amendment, or by

the Senate, if that body made the amendment, or by the House of

Representatives, if that body made the amendment or by the author,

if the amendment is made in conference. If the amendment is

withdrawn, the bill may continue in the legislative process as any

other bill, unless it is subsequently amended, and, in that event,

the provisions of this section shall apply to the subsequent

amendment.

C. A nonfiscal retirement bill which is not amended during the

legislative process may be considered as any other bill.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 292, § 6, eff. July 1, 2006. Amended by Laws

2007, c. 367, § 6, eff. July 1, 2007.