LEGISLATIVE
UPDATE
48th Oklahoma Legislature
Second Session - 2002
OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION
From: Lesa Borin & Carolyn
McCoy
Friday, February 8, 2002
Highlights this Week:
State of the State Address
On Monday, February 4, 2002, Governor Frank Keating gave
his eighth and final State of the State Address before a joint session of the
Legislature. He stressed the need for
dramatic tax reform and stronger standards in education. For a full text version of the Governor’s
address, click on: http://www.governor.state.ok.us/sos02release.htm
Governor Unveils FY-03 Budget Details
Also on Monday, the Governor released details of the FY2003 Budget. Education, public safety, veterans programs and mental
health were among those agencies exempt from budget cuts. The cuts are a result of a projected decline
in state revenues. The budget also includes reductions in expenditures for
other areas of state government. For a direct link to the FY2003 budget, click
on: http://www.osf.state.ok.us/bud03hp.html
The Governor’s budget recommendations for higher education
include:
- FY2002 supplemental appropriation: The Governor recommends a supplemental
appropriation of $12.5 million to ensure that higher education’s cut for
the current fiscal year is 1.057% ($9.0 million), the same as all other
agencies. Without the supplemental
appropriation, higher education faces a 2.5% cut of $21.6 million due to
projected revenue shortfalls in the Tuition Scholarship Revolving Fund and
the Higher Education Capital Revolving Fund. Despite their names, these funds are appropriated for
general higher education expenses and receive revenue only from the
volatile gross production tax on oil.
- FY2003 Operating Budget: The Governor recommends restoration of the 1.057% cut for
the FY2003 appropriation. There are only two recommended funding
adjustments from higher education’s current appropriation level: (1) the removal of $5.2 million in
one-time Rainy Day Fund appropriations from the 2002 session ($2.7 million
for OU Weather Center and $2.5 million for OSU-Tulsa; also see the FY2003
capital funding recommendations below); and (2) an increase of $2.4
million to fund student scholarship awards in the Oklahoma Higher Learning
Access Program (OHLAP) in 2002-03.
The recommended FY2003 appropriation of $857.7 million is a reduction
of $2.8 million or 0.3% from the original FY2002 appropriation.
- FY2003 Capital Appropriations: The Governor recommends three capital
appropriations for higher education in FY2003 from the Constitutional
Reserve Fund (Rainy Day Fund), totaling $14.3 million— $5.3 million for
OSU-Tulsa; $2.5 million for NSU-Broken Arrow; and $6.5 million for the OU
Weather Center
The Joint Task
Force on Homeland Security Report may be viewed at: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/senate/Issuepapers.dir/homeland_security_final_report.pdf
Upcoming Meetings:
Monday, February 11
9:30 a.m.
Joint Meeting
of Senate Education Committee & Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Meeting notice at: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/senate/Cmte_Meeting_Notices/jt_app-education.html
Bills of interest on the agenda
include:
·
SB 1328 (Cain/Greenwood) - education qualifications for
interpreters for the deaf. (70 §§ 13-115/13-115.4) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1328_int.rtf
·
SB 1506 (Wilcoxson) - subject test requirements for
school teachers; http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1506_int.rtf
·
SB 1595 (Williams) – teacher certification; requiring
successful completion of the competency examination for licensure as a teacher;
providing an exception for Alternative Placement Program candidates. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1595_int.rtf
3:30 p.m. (or after
Adjournment II)
House Common Education
Committee
Meeting notice at: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/meet_cec.htm
Bills of interest on the agenda
include:
·
HB 2915 (Winchester) - TEACHER
CERTIFICATION/ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT.
Requiring that candidates for alternative placement teaching certificates
be at least 25 years of age. (70 §
6-122.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2915_int.rtf
·
HB 2706 (Wells) - HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM. Adding Applied Mathematics I and II and
Applied Biology and Chemistry to core curricula for high school graduation
purposes. (70 O.S. 2001, §
11-1-3.6) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2706_int.rtf
Tuesday, February 12
3:30 p.m. (or after Adjournment II)
House Higher Education Committee
Meeting Notice at: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/meet_he.htm
Bills of interest on the agenda
include:
·
HB 2138 (Roach) - OSU/TULSA TECHNOLOGY INTERN
PROGRAM. Stating legislative intent for
OSU/Tulsa to develop a Technology Intern Partner Program to provide internships
for eligible stu-dents with technology-based companies; requiring that funding
be split equally between the university and the participating companies. (70 O.S. 2001, § 4674) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2138_int.rtf
·
HB 2141 (Toure) - FACULTY EMPLOYMENT. Requiring written notification of reasons
for adverse faculty employment actions; requiring an appeal process. (70 § 3205.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2141_int.rtf
·
HB 2738 (Deutschendorf) - Expanding eligibility for the
Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Program.
Authorizing students who have graduated from private schools not
accredited by the State Board of Education to participate in the Oklahoma
Tuition Scholarship Program and qualify for scholarships by meeting eligibility
criteria. (70 O.S. 2001, § 2612) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2738_int.rtf
·
HB 2742 (Nations) -
This is a shell bill relating to nonresident teaching assistants. (70 § 3218.13) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2742_int.rtf
·
HB 2908 (Blackburn) - COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN. Amendments to the Oklahoma College Savings
Plan. (68 O.S. 2001, § 2358; 70 O.S.
2001, §§ 3970.3, 3970.6 3970.7; 3970.8)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2908_int.rtf
·
Committee Substitute for HB 1440 - Repeal of the
Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Program (text unavailable electronically at this
time).
Tuesday,
February 19
Higher
Education Day at the Capitol
Registration
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. 2nd Floor
General
Session 9:30 a.m.
Upcoming Legislative Deadlines:
February 21, Thursday.............................................................. Bills
from Committee of House of Origin
March 14, Thursday.......................................................................... Bills
from Floor of House of Origin
April 4, Thursday...................................................................... Bills
from Committee of Opposite House
April 25, Thursday............................................................................. Bills
from Floor of Opposite House
May 31, Friday.................................................................................................... Sine
Die Adjournment
SB 1486 –
Education appropriations; master lease
SB 1487 –
Appropriations - University Hospitals Authority
Bills Passed in Senate
Committee
SB 1676 –
Mammography screening
Bills Failed in Senate
Committee
None
None
Bills Passed in House
Committee
HB 2030 –
Asbestos abatement
HB 2058 –
Purchase of life insurance by dependents
HB 2078 –
Medical licensing
HB 2099 –
Employee recognition
HB 2249 –
Services to individuals with disabilities
HB 2264 – Pay
for employees on National Guard duty
HB 2271 –
Performance evaluation of parent education programs
HB 2352 –
Social Security number confidentiality
HB 2412 –
Legislative review of state audits
HB 2608 –
Vision insurance
HB 2701 -
Workers’ Compensation
HB 2714 –
Injury prevention month
HB 2852 –
Capitol communications center
HB 2895 –
Water resources data
HB 2921 –
Address confidentiality
Bills Failed in House
Committee
None
If you are unable to print
copies of the bills in this report, please contact Carolyn McCoy at (405)
225-9165 or e-mail her at “cmccoy@osrhe.edu”.
INDEX
BILLS OF INTEREST TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Long
range plans, State Regents, HB 1208
Tax
Credit
for educational expenses, HB 2413
Credit
for gifts to charitable organizations, SB 875, HB 2291
Credit
for gifts to schools, HB 2236
Credit
for teacher’s materials, HB 2220
Deduction
for College savings plans, SB 1274
Deduction
for investors in emerging technology or biotechnology company, SB 929
Exemption
for donations to libraries, HB 2289
Exemption
for retirement benefits, HB 2082, HB 2851
Exemption
for sales to hospitals, HB 1974
Exemption
for sales to technology or biotechnology company, SB 929
Exemption
for ticket sales, SB 893
Revenues
for University Hospitals Authority, SJR 38
Teacher
Adjunct,
HB 2332
Alternative
certification, SB 1595, HB 2915
Certification,
SB 1595, SB 1637, HB 2915, HB 2332
BILL SUMMARIES
Status
Reported as of February 7, 2002
SENATE BILLS
SB
836 (Ford) – SCIENCE & MATH COURSES. Establishing a weighted pupil category for laboratory science and
upper-level mathematics course enrollment; Authorizing the Education Department
to determine courses eligible for category weight. (70 O.S. 2001, § 18-201.1)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB836_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
875 (Pruitt) – INCOME TAX
CREDIT/GIFTS TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. Establishing an income tax credit for voluntary contributions to a
qualifying charitable organization; limiting tax credit. (68 § 2357.66) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB875_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
SB
893 (Morgan) – SALES TAX
EXEMPTION/EVENT TICKETS. Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of
admission tickets to recreational events or activities that are located at and
operated by a State System institution; requiring that an amount equivalent to
the amount that otherwise would be required to be collected must be separately
stated on the admission ticket and used for funding policies, practices, programs
and services to promote gender equity.
(68 O.S. 2001, § 1356) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB893_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
SB
899 (Pruitt) – PRIVATE ATTORNEY. Creating the Private Attorney Retention
Sunshine Act; requiring competitive bidding on state agency contracts with
private attorneys exceeding $5,000; prohibiting state agencies from entering
into legal services contracts exceeding $1 million without at least one legislative
hearing. (74 §§ 85.7d/85.7g) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB899_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
901 (Crutchfield) – SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGISTS/SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS/AUDIOLOGISTS/SALARY BONUS. Requiring the State Board of Education,
subject to availability of funds, to provide an annual salary bonus of $5,000
to school psychologists and speech-language pathologists or audiologists. (70 § 6-205) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB901_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
903 (Williams) – FACULTY EMPLOYMENT. Requiring
that full-time higher education faculty be given reasons for certain employment
decisions within seven days of decision.
(70 § 3231) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB903_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
SB
912 (Crutchfield) – TEACHERS’
SALARY. Providing for step
increases in the minimum salary schedule for public school teachers; repealing
a duplicate section relating to the minimum salary schedule. (70 O.S. 2001, § 18-114.7) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB912_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
929 (Morgan) – SALES TAX
DEDUCTION/TECHNOLOGY/BIOTECHNOLOGY. Creating the “Oklahoma Emerging Technology and Biotechnology
Financial Assistance Act”; stating legislative intent to provide financial
assistance to emerging technology or biotechnology companies; stating importance
of supporting pharmaceutical industry, related university biotechnology
research programs and the sizable investment of state funds in higher
education. (68 O.S. 2001, § 2358) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB929_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
SB
934 (Herbert) – COMMISSIONERS OF
LAND OFFICE. Authorizing the
Commissioners of the Land Office to hold meetings by teleconference;
authorizing the Commissioners to invest the permanent school fund and the other
educational funds in timber and timberland and in real estate, improved real
estate and real estate investment trusts; authorizing the Commissioners to buy,
sell, harvest and manage timber produced on the state’s school lands; modifying
publication requirements for the sale of oil, gas and mineral leases on school
lands; requiring the Commissioners to pay real estate appraiser license fees
for employees required to obtain such license to perform required job
duties. (25 O.S. 2001, § 307.1; 64 O.S.
2001, §§ 51, 92, 281) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB934_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
936 (Shurden) – GOLF CART USE IN
STATE PARK. Authorizing a
physically disabled person to operate a golf cart within the boundaries of a
state park during daylight hours, so long as the golf cart does not exceed the
speed limit in the area as determined by the Department of Tourism and
Recreation. (47 § 31151.2) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB936_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Tourism Committee
SB
940 (Wilcoxson) – SCHOOL
TESTING/EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS.
Relating to the School Testing Program; deleting third-grade
norm-referenced test requirement; deleting redundant language; requiring
development, field-testing, and implementation of certain tests by certain
deadlines; requiring remediation of certain students; modifying date by which
test results are to be returned to certain entities; amending section relating
to Educational Indicators Program; modifying date of publication for certain
report. (70 O.S. 2001, §§ 1210.508,
1210.531) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB940_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
SB
948 (Maddux/Plunk) – Administrative
RuleS. Changing from 20 days
to 30 days the amount of time required for a comment period after publication
of notice of intended rulemaking action; requiring agencies to submit to the
Small Business Regulatory Review Committee proposed rules adversely affecting
small businesses. (75 O.S. 2001, §§
303) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB948_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Small Business Committee
SB
950 (Leftwich) – TELEMARKETING. “Telemarketer Restriction Act”; requiring
the attorney general to establish a no-telemarketing-sales-call registry;
providing an exception from restrictions for the solicitation of funds or other
support for a charitable or religious activity, political candidate, cause or
organization and any activity of a charitable not-for-profit entity; providing
an exception in cases in which a business relationship has been established;
authorizing the attorney general to promulgate rules establishing a schedule of
increasing fines to be assessed for multiple and repeated violations. (15 §§ 775B.1/775B.7) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB950_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Business & Labor Committee
SB
962 (Milacek) – CREDIT CARDS/HIGHER
EDUCATION. Stating legislative intent that the State Regents and any organization
associated with state-supported higher education institutions cease entering
into contracts with credit card issuers and cease allowing credit card issuers
to use institution space or facilities.
(70 § 3242) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB962_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
SB 969 (Herbert) –
Workers’
Compensation. Establishing an income tax credit for charges
paid by an employer for participation in a certified workplace medical plan;
requiring that any state agency experiencing losses greater than premiums paid
in one policy year or which has had two consecutive policy years of increased
losses to adopt and implement a certified workplace medical plan of their
insurer’s choice; requiring continuance of CWMP for no less than five years;
deleting requirement that an employee apply to the court for a change of
physician; deleting requirement for hearing within seven days of application;
requiring court to present to the employer a list of three physicians chosen by
the employee; limiting the court’s authority to modify treatment of employees
in CWMPs; deleting references to employee’s option to elect to participate in a
CWMP. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB969_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 978 (Morgan) – Dental
hygienists. Authorizing dental hygienists to apply
sealants to teeth; authorizing hygienists to operate in a school where a
licensed dentist is under a Medicaid contract with the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB978_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
SB 989 (Shurden )
- LOTTERY. Expanding
activities deemed not to be violations of state lottery or gambling laws to
include funding raising by qualified organizations issuing numbered tickets in
conjunction with voluntary contributions, with the corresponding stub or stubs
of one or more of the tickets to be drawn by lot under the supervision of an
official of the qualified organization, the stub or stubs so drawn entitling
the ticket holder to a prize; defining “qualified organization” as a church, a
public or private school accredited by the Department of Education or
registered by the State Board of Education for purposes of participating in
federal programs, a student group or organization affiliated with a public or
private school, a parent-teacher association or organization affiliated with a
public or private school, or a religious, charitable, labor, fraternal,
veteran, firefighter, law enforcement, educational or other such entity. (21 O.S. 2001, § 1051) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB989_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
990 (Rozell) – HEALTH CARE CONSUMER
PROTECTION. Enacting the “Health Care Consumer Protection and Fraud Prevention Act”;
making certain acts related to health care claims, goods and services, payment
collections and certain billing practices unlawful. (36 §§ 3650.1/3650.6) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB990_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
SB
995 (Morgan) – CONNORS STATE
COLLEGE. Changing the name of Connors State College of Agriculture and Applied
Science to Connors State College.
(70 §§ 3201, 3405, 3405.1, 3412)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2002-02SB/SB995_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
SB
997 (Herbert) – GOVERNMENTAL TORT
CLAIMS. Limiting government liability for certain acts to $100,000 rather than
$125,000; allowing suit of elected officials with their written permission. (51 O.S. 2001, §§ 154, 163) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB997_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB
1001 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/TEACHER
PREPARATION. Appropriating to various education entities
including funds for the Virtual Internet School in Oklahoma Network (VISION)
Pilot Program, Great Expectations Summer Institutes for Teachers scholarships,
Community Education Grants, Education Leadership Oklahoma, participation in the
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic
Education, and the Teacher Preparation Commission. (70 § 18-103.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1001_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB 1002
(Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/VISION/EDUCATION LEADERSHIP. Appropriating
to common education, including funds for the Virtual Internet School in
Oklahoma Network (VISION) Pilot Program and Education Leadership Oklahoma. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1002_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1010 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/TEACHER
PREPARATION. Setting budgetary limitations for the Teacher
Preparation Commission. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1010_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1011 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/TEACHER
PREPARATION. Setting budgetary limitations for the Teacher
Preparation Commission. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1011_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1024 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/UNIVERSITY
HOSPITALS. Appropriating to various health entities including the Health Department
for contractual services of OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine for the
Area Health Education Centers Campaign, contractual services for the OU Health
Science Center Pediatric Endocrinology Department, contractual services with
the Perinatal Continuing Education Program within OU’s College of Medicine’s
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, for the Children First Program and
University Hospitals Authority. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1024_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1033 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/ UNIVERSITY
HOSPITALS. Setting budgetary limitations for the University Hospitals Authority. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1033_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1034 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/ UNIVERSITY
HOSPITALS. Setting budgetary limitations for the University Hospitals Authority. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1034_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB 1044 (Haney/Mass) APPROPRIATIONS/AGRICULTURE/OSU
PROGRAMS. Appropriating to
the Department of Agriculture, including funds for OSU’s Statewide Intensive
Financial Management Assistance Program and diagnostic laboratories. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1044_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB 1045 (Haney/Mass) APPROPRIATIONS/AGRICULTURE/OSU
PROGRAMS. Setting budgetary
limits for the Department of Agriculture, including funds for OSU’s Statewide
Intensive Financial Management Assistance Program and diagnostic
laboratories. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1045_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB 1046 (Haney/Mass) APPROPRIATIONS/AGRICULTURE/OSU
PROGRAMS. Setting budgetary
limits for the Department of Agriculture, including funds for OSU’s Statewide
Intensive Financial Management Assistance Program and diagnostic laboratories. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1046_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB 1055 (Haney/Mass) –
APPROPRIATIONS/TOURISM. Establishing budgetary limitations for the
Department of Tourism and Recreation, including unspecified funds budgeted for
the Summer Arts Institute and the Jazz Hall of Fame. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1055_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB 1058 (Haney/Mass) –
APPROPRIATIONS/TOURISM. Establishing budgetary limitations for the
Department of Tourism and Recreation, including unspecified funds budgeted for
the Summer Arts Institute and the Jazz Hall of Fame. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1058_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB 1059 (Haney/Mass) –
APPROPRIATIONS/TOURISM. Establishing budgetary limitations for the
Department of Tourism and Recreation, including unspecified funds budgeted for
the Summer Arts Institute and the Jazz Hall of Fame. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1059_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1117 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/OCAST. Appropriating
to Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1117_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1120 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/OCAST. Setting
budgetary limitations for Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
Technology (OCAST). http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1120_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1121 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/OCAST. Setting
budgetary limitations for Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
Technology (OCAST). http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1121_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1168 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/STATE REGENTS/ Physician Manpower Training Commission. Appropriating
to the State Regents and Physician Manpower Training Commission. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1168_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1169 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/STATE REGENTS. Appropriating
to the State Regents. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1169_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1170 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/STATE REGENTS. Appropriating
to the State Regents. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1170_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1171 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/Physician Manpower Training Commission. Setting
budgetary limitations for the Physician Manpower Training Commission. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1171_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1172 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/Physician Manpower Training Commission. Setting
budgetary limitations for the Physician Manpower Training Commission. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1172_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1188 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/GENERAL. Appropriating
to various state entities including the State Regents, Physician Manpower
Training Commission, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
Technology (OCAST), Teacher Preparation Commission, and the University Hospitals
Authority. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1188_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1203 (Haney/Mass) – UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE. Relating
to unclassified service; updating agency references. (74 O.S. 2001, § 840-5.5)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1203_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1204 (Haney/Mass) – DEFERRED SAVINGS. Clarifying
language relating to the Oklahoma State Employees Deferred Savings Incentive
Plan. (74 O.S. 2001, § 1707) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1204_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1206 (Haney/Mass) – STRATEGIC PLANS. This
is a shell bill relating to agency strategic plans. (62 O.S. 2001, § 45.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1206_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB 1208
(Haney/Mass) – STATE REGENTS LONG-RANGE PLANS. Authorizing Central
Services to expend certain funding for the purpose of site location, design and
architectural work for projects of the State Regents as approved by the
Long-Range Capital Planning Commission and the Contingency Review Board. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1208_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB 1209
(Haney/Mass) – Tobacco Settlement Fund.
Clarifying language relating
to the Tobacco Settlement Fund. (62
O.S. 2001, § 50) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1209_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1211 (Haney/Mass) – Higher Education CAPITAL REVOLVING FUND. Changes
the name of the Higher Education Capital Revolving Fund to the Higher Education
Research Revolving Fund. (62 O.S. 2001,
§ 41.29d) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1211_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
SB
1227 (Herbert) – TEACHERS’ Retirement. For
members of the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System, providing that if a spouse
is beneficiary and the marriage ends after the member’s effective date of
retirement, it shall be considered that the spouse died at the time of divorce
or annulment and the member survived, unless the divorce decree provides
otherwise or the member renames the former spouse as beneficiary in writing
within 90 days of date of divorce. (70
O.S. 2001, § 17-105) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1227_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
1231 (Morgan) – TEACHERS’ Retirement. Requiring
that retirement allowances for members of the Teachers Retirement System of
Oklahoma be calculated on the member’s current average salary plus $1,000;
providing for a 3.5-percent benefit increase; providing for indexed benefit
increases. (70 §§ 17-116.17,
17-116.18) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1231_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
1235 (Wilcoxson) – TEACHERS’ Retirement. Requiring
the Board of Trustees of the Teacher’s Retirement System of Oklahoma and the
Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to establish a defined contribution
retirement plan in addition to the existing defined benefit retirement plan;
establishing contribution rates. (70 §§
17-106.5, 17-106.6, 17-108.3, 17-122; 70 O.S. 2001, § 17-108.2; 74 §§909.3,
915.3, 920B, 934) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1235_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
1237 (Capps) – VEHICLE REIMBURSEMENT. Requiring
state agencies to reimburse employees for use of their privately owned vehicle
in lieu of a state vehicle if the employee is determined by the State
Department of Rehabilitation Services to be severely disabled and such
disability would be accommodated by allowing the employee to use his or her own
vehicle. (74 O.S. 2001, § 500.4) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1237_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Govt Ops & Agency Oversight Committee
SB
1239 (Maddox) – TELEPHONE ANSWERING. Requiring
that primary state agency telephone numbers be answered by an employee during
normal business hours. (74 § 3306) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1239_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
1240 (Wilcoxson) – EQUIPMENT INVENTORY. Deleting
exemptions from inventory of state equipment by the Department of Central
Services; requiring agency to make periodic checks of inventory items and
report missing items to law enforcement.
(74 O.S. 2001, § 110.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1240_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Govt Ops & Agency Oversight Committee
SB
1241 (Smith) – Governmental Tort Claims. Modifying
settlement amount pursuant to the Governmental Tort Claims Act from $10,000 to
$25,000. (51 O.S. 2001, § 158) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1241_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB
1243 (Morgan) – Health insurance/TEACHERS’
Retirement. Deleting language regarding the State and
Education Employees Group Insurance Board contracting with the Oklahoma Medical
Center and George Nigh Rehabilitation Institute; deleting authorization for
retired members of the Teacher’s Retirement System whose education entity is
not a participant in the State and Education Group Insurance Act to begin
health and dental insurance coverage.
(74 O.S. 2001, §§ 1304, 1305.1, 1306, 1316.3, 1365) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1243_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
1244 (Morgan) – TEACHERS’ Retirement/Health insurance. Increasing by $75 the maximum benefit payable
by the Teacher’s Retirement System on behalf of a retired person toward a
monthly premium for health insurance; increasing amount each year thereafter by
the lesser of $75 or the member’s share of the monthly premium. (74 O.S. 2001, § 1316.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1244_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
1251 (Shurden) – GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS. Requiring the State Board of Education to issue a certificate of
high school equivalency to students educated by other means who achieve a composite
score on the American College Test (ACT) equivalent to or higher than the most
recent state average composite score; requiring the student’s parent or legal
guardian to sign an affidavit that the student met the curricular requirements
necessary for high school graduation.
(70 O.S. 2001, § 1212.516) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1251_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
SB
1274 (Coffee) – College Savings
Plan. Modifying college
savings plans for which contributions may be deducted for state income tax
purposes. (68 O.S. 2001, § 2358) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1274_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
SB
1287 (Ford) – Tulsa Community
College TECHNOLOGY CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT. Modifying the name of the Tulsa County Technology Center
School District to be the Tulsa Technology Center School District; increasing
the limit on ad valorem levies from three mills to five mills; requiring the
requirement that funds expended for operations or capital improvements be
subject to approval by the State Board of Career and Technology Education;
removing authority of State Board of Career and Technology Education to approve
Tulsa Community College budget. (70
O.S. 2001, §§ 4419, 4420) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1287_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1292 (Crutchfield) – PARKING/PUBLIC DISRUPTIONS. Prohibiting parking on all state properties
contrary to regulations; removing reference to the Cowboy Hall of Fame Park;
increasing parking violation fine from $5 to $15 if paid within 10 days, and
from $20 to $24 if paid after 10 days; authorizing booting of autos with
outstanding fines; making it a misdemeanor to disrupt the business or operation
of a state agency by certain behavior.
(47 O.S. 2001, § 11-1009; 21, § 280)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1292_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Govt Ops & Agency Oversight Committee
SB 1296 (Coffee) – Health insurance. Authorizing participants of plans offered by
the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council to elect to participate in an
alternative basic plan, which would include only health and disability benefits;
requiring that participants in the alternative basic plan provide proof of
other life and dental insurance coverage.
(74 O.S. 2001, §§ 1363, 1370, 1271)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1296_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1299 (Rozell) – Health insurance. Allowing a network provider facility
contract to be amended at any time during the term of the contract but, if it
is amended, it may be amended only by mutual written consent of duly authorized
representatives of the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board and
the network provider. (74 §
1306.5) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1299_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1317 (Laughlin) – NorthWEstern OKLAHOMA State
University. Authorizing
Northwestern Oklahoma State University to establish tuition and fees for
students who are not U.S. citizens, at an amount not less than is charged for
nonresident tuition. (70 §
3218.15) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1317_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1321 (Easley) – FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONS TO
NON-CITIZENS. Making it a
felony to instruct non-U.S. citizens in airplane flight skills and procedures,
including ground school courses; outlining sanctions against schools which
violate this prohibition. (70 §
3250) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1321_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1327 (Pruitt) – COMMISSIONERS OF LAND OFFICE. Directing the Commissioners of the Land
Office to sell all lands under their control on or before July 1, 2003. (64 O.S. 2001, §§ 94, 99) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1327_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1328 (Cain/Greenwood) – EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETER FOR DEAF.
“Oklahoma Educational Interpreter for the Deaf Act”; establishing
qualifications for educational interpreters in the public schools. (70 §§ 13-115/13-115.4) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1328_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
SB 1335 (Wilcoxson)
– SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REVIEW. Authorizing the Office of Accountability,
under the director of the Education Oversight Board, to research, develop,
implement and administer a school performance review program. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1335_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1344 (Horner) – TULSA RECONCILIATION SCHOLARSHIP. Limiting the scope of the Tulsa
Reconciliation Education and Scholarship Program to residents of the greater
Greenwood area of Tulsa. (70 O.S. 2001,
§§ 2621, 2622) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1344_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1353 (Williams) –
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY/TULSA. Modifying language relating to transfer of
certain assets to Oklahoma State University/Tulsa. (70 O.S. 2001, § 4670) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1353_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1354 (Williams) –
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY/TULSA. Clarifying language relating to transfer of
certain assets to Oklahoma State University/Tulsa. (70 O.S. 2001, § 4663) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1354_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 1358 (Morgan) –
INVENTORY. Increasing from $500 to
$5,000 the limit on inventory of State System institutions and the University
Hospitals consisting of machinery, implements, tools, furniture, livestock,
vehicles and other apparatus that may be used repeatedly without material
impairment of its physical condition.
(74 O.S. 2001, § 110.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1358_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Govt Ops & Agency Oversight Committee
SB 1362 (Monson) – State and Education Employees Group Insurance
Board. Clarifying language
relating to the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board. (74 O.S. 2001, § 1304) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1362_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 1364 (Monson) – DONATED
LEAVE. Removing authority for chief
administrative officers to deny the donation of leave solely because it
originates from different agencies. (74
O.S. 2001, § 840-2.23) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1364_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1365 (Dickerson) –
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT.
Providing that, if an evaluation by a state agency of the performance of
a professional services contract indicates deficiencies with the supplier's
work, the agency must send a copy of the evaluation to the State purchasing
director. (74 O.S. 2001, § 85.41) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1365_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1376 (Morgan) – TEACHERS'
RETIREMENT/APPORTIONMENT. Modifying
apportionment of sales and use tax and income tax revenues; increasing to 5
percent the amount to be deposited into the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma
fund. (68 O.S. 2001, §§ 1353, 1403,
2352) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1376_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1378 (Morgan) – ALTERNATE
RETIREMENT PLAN. "Alternate
Retirement Plan for Eligible Employees of Participating State Institutions of
Higher Education Act"; authorizing alternate retirement plans for eligible
employees and electing employees at participating entities that comprise a
comprehensive university in lieu of the plan offered by the Teachers' Retirement
System of Oklahoma; authorizing boards of regents to establish such plan. (70 O.S. 2001, § 17-103) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1378_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1381 (Dickerson) –
AUDITS/STATE PURCHASE CARDS.
Authorizing the director of the Department of Central Services to
promulgate rules relating to audits of state agency acquisitions and use of a
state purchase card to make acquisitions; limiting cards to not exceed $2,500;
authorizing the Purchasing Director to authorize state agencies to use reverse
auctions to acquire acquisitions. (74
O.S. 2001, § 85.5) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1381_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1382 (Dickerson) – REPORTS
TO LEGISLATURE. Requiring state
agencies to supply reports and other documents only to recipients named in the
appropriate legislation. (74 §
3118) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1382_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1384 (Dickerson) – STATE
PERSONNEL/LEAVE SHARING/CARL ALBERT PUBLIC INTERNSHIP. Modifying numerous provisions relating to
state personnel, including leave sharing and the Carl Albert Public Internship
Program. (74 O.S. 2001, §§ 840-2.23,
840-3.4, 840-3.5) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1384_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1391 (Fisher) – TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE. Clarifying language relating to the Oklahoma
Institute of Technology. (74 O.S. 2001,
§ 5060.42) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1391_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Economic Development Committee
SB 1392 (Pruitt) – GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. Relating to high school graduation requirements;
modifying number of units required for high school graduation; deleting
physical education classes from certain requirement. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1392_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1408 (Easley) – GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. Removing authorization to award credit for
certain mathematics and science courses taught at technology center schools;
clarifying certain accreditation requirement; authorizing credit for core
curriculum courses at technology centers upon district board approval. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1408_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
1415 (Monson/Clay Pope) - SALES TAX EXEMPTION/TEACHER TRAINING/ROBOTICS. Providing a sales tax exemption on tangible
personal property for 501(c)(3) organizations affiliated with a State System
comprehensive university for teacher training and events related to
robotics. (68 § 1356) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1415_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
SB 1420 (Maddox) – SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Requiring certain sex offenders to register
with higher education campus police or security. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1420_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1422 (Leftwich) – GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. Modifying social studies requirements;
encouraging districts to include certain youth community service programs in
course offerings; modifying character education program components. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1422_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1443 (Monson) – HEALTH INSURANCE. Requiring health insurance carriers to
furnish specified data to certain employers.
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1443_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
SB 1447 (Taylor) – CAMERON UNIVERSITY/TAX COMMISSION. Authorizing the Tax Commission to enter into
certain contract with Cameron University for certain purpose. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1447_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
SB 1456 (Williams) – TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT. Amending section relating to the Teachers’ Retirement
System. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1456_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 1460 (Leftwich) – MEDICAL RECORDS. Increasing allowable copy costs for medical
records from 25 cents per page to $1 for the first page, 50 cents for each
subsequent page. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1460_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 1461 (Dickerson) – UNPAID LEAVE/FAMILIES OF CRIME VICTIMS. Requiring the employer of an employee who is
the immediate family member of a victim of violent crime to provide unpaid
leave to the employee to attend judicial or other proceedings; designating
violation as a misdemeanor. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1461_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Business & Labor Committee
SB 1465 (Hobson) – READING SUFFICIENCY. Amending section relating to the Reading
Sufficiency Act. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1465_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 1469 (Leftwich) – PRIVATIZATION. Amending section relating to the
Privatization of State Functions Act; requiring agencies to make cost
determination; requiring certain report.
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1469_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1484 (Shurden) – HEALTH INSURANCE/CLAIM LITIGATION. Deleting language providing for recovery of
attorney fees by prevailing party in the event of litigation regarding a claim
made to the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1484_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 1485 (Hobson) – PRIVATE SCHOOL ACCREDITATION. Updating statutory reference relating to accreditation
of private educational institutions. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1485_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 1486 (Haney/Mass) – APPROPRIATIONS/MASTER LEASE. Appropriating to the State Board of
Education; designating $405,870 to be expended on a competitive application
basis to a State System institution for implementing telecommunications
curriculum; setting budgetary
limitations for the Teacher Preparation Commission; making appropriations to
the State Regents; stating legislative intent that $500,000 be allocated for
the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma; stating
legislative intent that $100,000 be allocated for a Native American Language
Curator for the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History at the University of
Oklahoma; creating a new section of law permitting the State Regents to
establish a master lease program; appropriating to the Oklahoma Center for the
Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST); repealing sections relating to
higher education leasing, higher education funding and OCAST. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1486_int.rtf
2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar
2/6/02 Bill
and Emergency Passed - Senate
(41-0) http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb1486_engr.rtf
SB 1487 (Haney/Mass) – APPROPRIATIONS. Making
appropriations to various health entities, including the University Hospitals
Authority; authorizing the referral of correctional inmate patients to the
University Hospitals. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1487_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/6/02 Bill
and Emergency Passed - Senate (39-2) -
http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb1487_engr.rtf
SB 1506 (Wilcoxson) – TEACHER TESTING. Requiring
that teachers in core subject areas complete the Oklahoma Subject Area Test for
all subjects taught by the teacher.
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1506_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
SB 1509 (Pruitt) – Workers’ Compensation. Amending
section relating to the determination of disability; modifying selection of
certain physician. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1509_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 1513 (Hobson) – EPSCOR. Modifying language
relating to the Oklahoma EPSCoR Advisory Committee. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1513_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 1518 (Morgan) – HEALTH
INSURANCE/FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
Clarifying language relating to the limitation on deductibles and
co-payment provisions in the Health Care Freedom of Choice Act. (36 O.S. 2001, § 6055) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1518_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB
1523 (Wilcoxson) - Oklahoma
Tuition SCHOLARSHIP/OHLAP. Authorizing students in the 11th and 12th
grades during the 2002-03 school year, for the purpose of providing an award to
students in lieu of the Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Program, to enter into
participation in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP), upon
meeting certain eligibility requirements; prohibiting such students from being
found to be in financial need for purposes of the program if the income from
taxable and nontaxable sources of the student’s parents exceed $70,000 per
year; providing for adjustment of award amounts based on income levels;
requiring the State Regents to include such provisions in the public awareness
program used for the 2002-03 school year; repealing a section relating to the
Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Act. (70
§§ 2610/2613) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1523_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
1552 (Reynolds) - HUMAN CLONING. "Human Cloning Prohibition Act";
making it unlawful to perform or attempt to perform human cloning, to participate
in an attempt to perform human cloning or to ship or receive the product of
human cloning for any purpose within the state; setting penalties; making
violations of the act constitute unprofessional conduct for medical doctors,
surgeons and osteopathic doctors resulting in permanent revocation of the
violator's license to practice medicine.
(63 § 2390) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1552_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
SB
1553 (Robinson) - Smoking in
Public Places. Modifying the
list of locations in which the possession of lighted tobacco in any form is a
public nuisance and dangerous to public health to include indoor workplaces,
all indoor areas of any place used by the general public, to which the public
is invited or in which the public is permitted, any indoor area in a health
care facility, nursing home or assisted living facility, any nursery or place
of education, any indoor area in any place providing child care or adult day
services and in any senior citizen center, homeless shelter, food bank,
adoption agency or other social service establishment, and within 25 feet of
any entrance to, or fresh air intake for, any of the specified places; removing
the requirement to post signs. (21 O.S.
2001, § 1247) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1553_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
SB
1575 (Crutchfield) - HEALTH
INSURANCE. Requiring
licensed insurance companies that provide health insurance or health
reinsurance to employers with more than 50 employees to provide policyholders
or their representatives loss experience and loss data that includes premium
rates and total claims at least 30 days prior to any rate adjustment
action. (36 § 6530) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1575_int.rtf
2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
SB
1576 (Pruitt) - Workers’
Compensation. Requiring
mediation for any worker