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34 OK Stat § 34-17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 34. Initiative and Referendum|§34-17. Publication of measures.

|It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, not less than five (5) business days before any election held throughout the state at which any proposed law, part of an act, or amendment to the constitution is to be submitted to the people of the state for their approval or rejection, to cause to be published once in two different newspapers of general statewide circulation and in a newspaper of general circulation in each county, a copy of all ballots on initiated and referred questions, measures, and constitutional amendments, and an explanation of how to vote for or against propositions. The Secretary of State shall designate the newspapers in which the publication shall be made. The publication shall be paid for at the legal rate for other publications, out of any funds of the state appropriated therefor. |R.L. 1910, § 3384. Amended by Laws 1916, c. 32, p. 87, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1916; Laws 1917, c. 173, p. 306, § 1; Laws 1921, c. 98, p. 124, § 1; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 12, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1992, c. 92, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2015, c. 193, § 8, emerg. eff. April 28, 2015.
34 OK Stat § 34-18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 34. Initiative and Referendum|§34-18. Mandamus to compel performance of duty.

|In the event any official of this state shall fail or neglect to prepare or have published the argument and other matter as provided by law, or to perform any other duty required in connection therewith, any elector may petition the district court, without cost to him, where any such officer has his official residence, for a writ of mandamus to require such officer to perform such duty, and the district courts of this state are hereby given jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus and require performance of such duty as provided by law. |Laws 1916, c. 32, p. 89, § 3; Laws 1917, c. 173, p. 307, § 2.
34 OK Stat § 34-19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 34. Initiative and Referendum|§34-19. Failure to publish not to invalidate election.

|The failure to prepare and have published the argument and other matter as provided by law shall not invalidate the election held on any initiative or referendum or Constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature, and no election on any such measure shall be declared or held invalid on the grounds that such publication was not so prepared or published. |Laws 1916, c. 32, p. 89, § 4; Laws 1917, c. 173, p. 307, § 3.
34 OK Stat § 34-21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 34. Initiative and Referendum|§34-21. Resubmission, when.

|Where there are competing measures and neither receives a majority of the votes cast for and against the one receiving the greatest number of votes shall, if it has received more than one-third (1/3) of the votes cast for and against both bills, be submitted by itself at the next general election. If two or more conflicting laws shall be approved by the people at the same election, the law receiving the greatest number of affirmative votes shall be paramount in all particulars as to which there is a conflict, even though such law may not have received the greatest majority of affirmative votes. If two or more conflicting amendments to the constitution shall be approved by the people at the same election, the amendment which receives the greatest number of affirmative votes shall be paramount in all particulars as to which there is a conflict even though such amendment may not have received the greatest majority of affirmative votes. |R.L.1910, § 3386.
34 OK Stat § 34-22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 34. Initiative and Referendum|§34-22. Canvass of returns.

|Whenever any measure or proposition is submitted to a vote by the initiative or referendum, it shall be the duty of the precinct election board of the precinct to make and transmit to the county election board the returns thereof in the same manner that they make their returns in the case of an election of public officers, transmitting to such county election board a certificate of the total number of electors voting in such elections; and the county election board shall keep a record showing such total number of votes cast in each of such precincts as shown by such returns. Should the proposition be one covering the state at large, or any district therein, or be of such other nature as to require it the county election board shall certify the result of such election to the State Election Board in the same manner as it certifies the result of election for public officers, and such county election board shall transmit to the State Election Board a certificate showing the total number of votes cast at any such election. It shall be the duty of the State Election Board to keep a record of all such election returns made to it under the provisions of this section. |R.L.1910, § 3387; Laws 1974, c. 153, § 17-110, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
34 OK Stat § 34-23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 34. Initiative and Referendum|§34-23. Who may sign petitions and vote - Penalties.

|Every person who is a qualified elector of the State of Oklahoma may sign a petition for the referendum or for the initiative for any measure upon which he is legally entitled to vote. Any person signing any name other than his own to any petition, or knowingly signing his name more than once for the same measure at one election, or who is not at the time of signing the same a legal voter of this state, or whoever falsely makes or willfully destroys a petition or any part thereof, or who signs or files any certificate or petition knowing the same or any part thereof to be falsely made, or suppresses any certificate or petition or any part thereof which has been duly filed or who shall violate any provision of this statute, or who shall aid or abet any other person in doing any of said acts; and any person violating any provision of this chapter, shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding two (2) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court before which such conviction shall be had. |R.L. 1910, § 3392. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 443, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 327, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 443 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
34 OK Stat § 34-24 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 34. Initiative and Referendum|§34-24. Only substantial compliance required.

|The procedure herein prescribed is not mandatory, but if substantially followed will be sufficient. If the end aimed at can be attained and procedure shall be sustained, clerical and mere technical errors shall be disregarded. |R.L.1910, § 3393.
34 OK Stat § 34-25 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 34. Initiative and Referendum|§34-25. Time for submission of initiated and referred measures.

|Whenever any measure shall be initiated by the people in the manner provided by law, or whenever the referendum shall be demanded against any measure passed by the Legislature, same shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular election; provided, the Governor shall have power, in his discretion, to call a special election to vote upon such questions, or to designate the mandatory primary election as a special election for such purpose. |R.L.1910, § 3394; Laws 1916, c. 32, p. 89, § 2.
34 OK Stat § 34-27 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 34. Initiative and Referendum|§34-27. Distribution of information on initiative and referendum process.

|The Secretary of State may prepare and distribute information to the public on the initiative and referendum process. The information shall include, but not be limited to relevant statutes and constitutional provisions related to the initiative and referendum process. The information should also outline the initiative and referendum process in a chronological order. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 92, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
36 OK Stat § 36-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-101. Short title.

|Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be known and may be cited as the Oklahoma Insurance Code. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 68, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983.
36 OK Stat § 36-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-102. "Insurance" defined.

|"Insurance" is a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another or to pay a specified amount upon determinable contingencies. |Laws 1957, p. 215, § 102.
36 OK Stat § 36-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-103. "Insurer" defined.

|A. "Insurer" includes every person engaged in the business of making contracts of insurance or indemnity. |B. A nonprofit hospital service and medical indemnity corporation is an insurer within the meaning of this Code.C. Burial associations shall be deemed not to be insurers.Laws 1957, p. 215, § 103.
36 OK Stat § 36-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-104. "Person" defined.

|"Person" includes an individual, company, insurer, association, organization, society, reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange, partnership, syndicate, business trust, corporation, Lloyd's association, and entity, and association, group or department of underwriters and any farmer’s educational and cooperative union. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 216, § 104, operative July 1, 1957. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 16, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
36 OK Stat § 36-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-105. "Transacting" insurance.

|"Transact" with respect to insurance includes any of the following: |1. Solicitation and inducement.2. Preliminary negotiations.3. Effectuation of a contract of insurance.4. Transaction of matters subsequent to effectuation of the contract and arising out of it.Laws 1957, p. 216, § 105.
36 OK Stat § 36-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-106. "Insurance Commissioner" defined.

|A. When used with reference to administration of this Code, "Insurance Commissioner" or "Commissioner" means the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oklahoma. |Laws 1957, p. 216, § 106.
36 OK Stat § 36-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-107. "Board" defined.

|When used with reference to the administration of the Oklahoma Insurance Code, "State Insurance Board", "Insurance Board" or "Board" means the State Board for Property and Casualty Rates established by Section 331, Article 3, of this Code. For purposes of the laws of this state and the Oklahoma Insurance Code, the term “Board” or “any predecessor to the Board” shall have the same meaning as the term “Insurance Commissioner”. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 216, § 107, operative July 1, 1957. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 60, § 1, eff. July 1, 1965; Laws 2006, c. 264, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006.
36 OK Stat § 36-107.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-107.3. Pharmacy Choice Commission defined.

|When used with reference to the administration of the Oklahoma Insurance Code, "Pharmacy Choice Commission" means the Patient's Right to Pharmacy Choice Commission established by Section 10 of this act. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 472, § 1, emerg. eff. May 11, 2021.
36 OK Stat § 36-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-108. "Insurance Department" defined.

|Unless the context otherwise requires, "Insurance Department" or "Department" means the Insurance Department established by Section 301, Article 3 of this Code. |Laws 1957, p. 216, § 108.
36 OK Stat § 36-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-109. Compliance required.

|No person shall transact a business of insurance in Oklahoma without complying with the applicable provisions of this Code. |Laws 1957, p. 216, § 109.
36 OK Stat § 36-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-114. Existing actions, violations.

|Repeal by this act of any law shall not affect or abate any right heretofore accrued, action or proceeding heretofore commenced, or any unlawful act heretofore committed under such laws and punishment or deprivation of license or authority as a consequence thereof as provided by such law, but all proceedings hereafter taken with respect thereto shall conform to the applicable provisions of this Code insofar as possible. All such laws shall be deemed to continue in force to the extent made necessary by this provision. |Laws 1957, p. 217, § 114.
36 OK Stat § 36-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-115. Particular provisions prevail.

|Provisions of this Code relative to a particular kind of insurance or a particular type of insurer or to a particular matter shall prevail over provisions relating to insurance in general or insurers in general or to such matter in general. |Laws 1957, p. 217, § 115.
36 OK Stat § 36-117 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-117. General penalty.

|In addition to any other penalty which may be applicable thereto, either under this Code or otherwise, violation of any provision of this Code shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as such where no greater penalty is provided therefor. |Laws 1957, p. 217, § 117.
36 OK Stat § 36-121 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-121. Computation of time periods.

|In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this title, by the rules of the Insurance Commissioner, or by any applicable statute, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday as defined by the Oklahoma Statutes or any day when the office of the Commissioner does not remain open for public business until 4:00 p.m., in which event the period runs until the end of the next day when the office of the Commissioner is open until 4:00 p.m. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than seven (7) days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 418, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 264, § 2, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2021, c. 472, § 2, emerg. eff. May 11, 2021.
36 OK Stat § 36-122 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-122. Electronic filing of documents.

|A. The Commissioner shall have the authority to require any entity obligated to submit or file documents with the Insurance Department to file the documents electronically. |B. The documents referred to in subsection A of this section include, but are not limited to, forms for compliance, rate filings, or annual, quarterly, or other financial statements.C. The Commissioner may promulgate reasonable and necessary rules concerning the implementation of this section.Added by Laws 2010, c. 222, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
36 OK Stat § 36-301 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-301. Insurance Department.

|The Insurance Department of the State of Oklahoma is hereby created. The Insurance Commissioner shall be the chief executive officer of the Insurance Department. The powers and duties of the Insurance Commissioner shall be those created by the Oklahoma Insurance Code. The Insurance Department shall be situated in one area in the State Capitol or some other location conveniently accessible to the general public subject to the provisions of Sections 63 and 94 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and Section 580:20-13-5 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 217, § 301, operative July 1, 1957. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 60, § 2, eff. July 1, 1965; Laws 1980, c. 322, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 1986, c. 207, § 76, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1987, c. 210, § 1, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 1996, c. 10, § 1, emerg. eff. March 26, 1996; Laws 2006, c. 264, § 3, eff. July 1, 2006.
36 OK Stat § 36-302 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-302. Insurance Commissioner.

|The Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oklahoma shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age and a resident of the State of Oklahoma for at least five (5) years, and have had at least five (5) years' experience in the insurance industry in administration, sales, servicing or regulation. The Insurance Commissioner shall not be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any insurer, agency or insurance transaction except as a policyholder or claimant under a policy. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 68, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1983.
36 OK Stat § 36-302.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-302.1. Insurance Department Oklahoma City office location.

|A. The Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oklahoma, in addition to the other powers and duties vested in the Commissioner, shall be authorized to relocate the Oklahoma Insurance Department's Oklahoma City offices to a single site in Oklahoma County, including but not limited to a tract of land located along the Lincoln Boulevard Corridor owned by the Commissioners of the Land Office of the State of Oklahoma, as Trustees of the Land Office Trust. |B. The new office location shall be occupied by the Oklahoma Insurance Department and shall consist of sufficient square footage to accommodate staff offices, program areas, staff conference areas, records and computer areas, general storage areas, security equipment storage areas, main room, reception area and other necessary areas for operation of the Insurance Department.C. The Insurance Commissioner is authorized to purchase a building, for no more than the appraised value, to serve as the new office location, or in the alternative, the Insurance Commissioner is authorized to enter into a lease-purchase agreement for the acquisition of such building with the person or entity that will develop or build the building. For the purposes of the purchase or build-out of the new office location, the Insurance Department is hereby exempted from the requirements under the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 provided in Sections 101 through 139 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided that no funds used for such purchase or build-out come from the General Revenue Fund, and the expenditure of all funds is overseen and approved by both the Oklahoma Insurance Department and the Commissioners of the Land Office.Added by Laws 2018, c. 162, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
36 OK Stat § 36-303 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-303. Official seal of Insurance Commissioner.

|The Insurance Commissioner shall have an official seal, the center of which shall be the same as that of the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma, and which shall be distinguished by the words "Insurance Commissioner - State of Oklahoma" inscribed in the circular band surrounding the remainder of the device. This seal shall be the official seal of the office. Every certificate and other document or paper duly executed by the Insurance Commissioner, authorized employees of the Insurance Department, or independent hearing examiners and all copies or photographic copies of papers certified by authority of the Commissioner and authenticated by the seal shall have the same force and effect as the original would in any suit or proceedings in any court of this state. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 218, § 303. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 418, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
36 OK Stat § 36-304 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-304. Funds to be deposited weekly - Collection by nongovernmental entities.

|A. The Insurance Commissioner shall deposit weekly with the State Treasurer all funds in the Commissioner’s hands collected for the use of the state. |B. The Insurance Commissioner may contract with nongovernmental entities to collect fees and taxes on behalf of the Insurance Department.Laws 1957, p. 218, § 304; Laws 1980, c. 159, § 4, emerg. eff. April 2, 1980; Laws 2007, c. 338, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007.
36 OK Stat § 36-305 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-305. Commissioner may appoint assistants; legal counsel.

|A. The Insurance Commissioner may appoint such deputies, assistants, examiners, actuaries, attorneys, clerks and employees, at compensation to be fixed by the Insurance Commissioner, as may be necessary properly to discharge the duties imposed upon the Insurance Commissioner under this Code. The Insurance Commissioner shall appoint all examiners for the office. The attorneys appointed by the Insurance Commissioner shall be the legal advisors for the office of Insurance Commissioner and are authorized to appear for and represent the Insurance Commissioner in any and all litigation that may arise in the discharge of his or her duties except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Code. Provided, the Insurance Commissioner, whenever the Insurance Commissioner deems it necessary, may call upon the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma for legal counsel, and such assistance as may be required to enforce provisions of this Code. |B. No deputy, assistant or employee of the Commissioner shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any insurer, agency or insurance transaction except as a policyholder or claimant under a policy; except, that as to such matters wherein a conflict of interests does not exist on the part of any such individual, the Commissioner may employ from time to time insurance actuaries or other technicians who are independently practicing their professions even though similarly employed by insurers and others. This section shall not be deemed to prohibit employment by the Commissioner of retired or pensioned personnel of insurers or insurance organizations.Added by Laws 1957, p. 218, § 305. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 287, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
36 OK Stat § 36-305.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-305.1. Delinquency proceedings; appointment of personnel; exemptions.

|In any proceeding commenced against an insurer pursuant to Article 18 or 19 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of liquidating, rehabilitating, reorganizing or conserving such insurer: |1. No former employee of the Insurance Department shall be employed or appointed to serve in any capacity by the court to assist the Insurance Department for a period of one (1) year following such employee's former employment;2. No former member of the State Legislature shall be employed to assist the Insurance Department for a period of two (2) years following the expiration of such member's service in office; and3. If any former officer or employee of any other company has been employed to assist the Insurance Department with the said proceeding against the insurer, such other company may not purchase the assets of or acquire any other interest in said insurer for a period of one (1) year following the expiration or termination of such officer's or employee's term of office or employment.Amended by Laws 1987, c. 210, § 3, eff. July 1, 1987.