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	Oklahoma State Senate - Publications
		Oklahoma's bicameral Legislature is composed of 48 members of the State Senate and 101 members of the House of Representatives.
		For example, the 1996 session was designated as the Second Session, 45th Legislature; the 1997 session as the First Session, 46th Legislature; and the 1998 session as the Second Session, 46th Legislature.
		The Legislature occupies the third, fourth, and fifth floors of the State Capitol.
	www.oksenate.gov /about/oklegislature.html (400 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		OKLAHOMA, one of the West South Central states of the U.S., bounded on the N by Colorado and Kansas, on the E by Missouri and Arkansas, on the S by Texas, and on the W by Texas and New Mexico.
		Oklahoma, with an area of 181,049 sq km (69,903 sq mi), is the 20th largest state in the U.S.; 2% of the land area is owned by the federal government.
		The climate of Oklahoma is diverse, changing from a humid subtropical regime in the SE to a semiarid continental climate in the W. Daily and seasonal extremes of temperature are characteristic.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/oklahoma.html (3154 words)

	OSCN Found Document:Edmondson v. Oklahoma Corporation Commission
		If the Legislature lacked authority under Article 9 Section 35 to amend § 18a to raise Corporation [971 P.2d 871] Commissioners' salaries during their terms of office, then it is not "otherwise provided" in the Oklahoma Constitution that their salaries can be increased during the current term of office.
		Williams, 415 P.2d 597, 600 (Okla. 1966) that the state Constitution is a limitation upon the power of the Legislature and not a grant of power, and that the authority of the Legislature extends to all rightful subjects of legislation not withdrawn by constitution or in conflict therewith.
		The Commission's argument that the Legislature intentionally tied the salary of the Corporation Commissioners to that of an associate district judge as evidence that the Corporation Commission is a court of record is not persuasive.
	www.oscn.net /applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?citeid=60648 (2666 words)

	Chronicles of Oklahoma
		The first bill introduced in Oklahoma legislature was Council Bill No. 1, entitled "An Act to make provisions for the care and custody of persons convicted of crime under the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma." This bill was introduced by Councilman Foster, of Guthrie and passed the Council as an emergency bill.
		Under the provisions of this bill the governor of the territory of Oklahoma was authorized to contract in the name of the territory with the proper authorities of some other state or territory for the care and custody of criminals convicted by the courts of Oklahoma.
		Oklahoma City was always represented after they were out of the capital fight and before the season was half over the Guthrie boosters would meet with them and all would mix and mingle in these social amenities.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /chronicles/v008/v008p094.html (11433 words)

	Oklahoma Legislature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The flag of the Governor of the State of Oklahoma shall be forest green, bearing on each side the following: the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma, centered, surrounded by five equidistant white stars with one of the stars placed directly above the Great Seal; and the flag to be edged with golden fringe.
		The official song and anthem of the State of Oklahoma is hereby declared to be the words and music of the song "Oklahoma," composed and written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
		Because of the extraordinarily rich paleontological heritage of the State of Oklahoma, the Legislature hereby declares Saurophaganax Maximus to be the State Fossil of Oklahoma.
	www.stateanimals.com /okleg.html (870 words)

	Oklahoma Legislature Tackles Tort Reform, Workers' Comp Issues
		The Oklahoma Legislature, in session from February through May, is working on a number of bills that would affect the state's insurance industry.
		Oklahoma lawmakers have buried proposals this session to change the state insurance commissioner position from an elected office to one that is appointed by the governor, according to Associated Press reports.
		Oklahoma is one of 11 states with an elected insurance commissioner.
	www.insurancejournal.com /magazines/southcentral/2004/03/22/features/40633.htm?print=1 (1102 words)

	Welcome to the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. The Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature has recently announced a “full boycott against the USSC including any and all of its related tributaries”.
		In Fall of 2004, the OIL ratified the USSC constitution, and granted the office of the Lt. Governor the responsibilities to be the “official liaison” between OIL and the USSC.
		The Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature is still considered to be the “oldest and wisest” organization of its kind in the United States.
	www.ok-oil.org (313 words)

	Public Interest Guide to Redistricting
		Oklahoma's five Republican congressmen sent a letter to every Oklahoma legislator Tuesday, asking each of them to reject the plan that is scheduled for a vote today in the state House of Representatives.
		Oklahoma County recently equalized its county commissioner districts to reflect population shifts over the past decade, although the action has brought the threat of a legal challenge.
		Oklahoma City attorney Aletia Timmons, who represents Darrell, said she will file a federal lawsuit alleging "racial gerrymandering." The NAACP is considering the lawsuit, Timmons said.
	www.fairvote.org /redistricting/reports/remanual/oknews2.htm (9774 words)

	Welcome to Oklahoma's Official Web Site
		Oklahoma City -- An autumn tradition for many Oklahoma families is visiting the Governor’s Mansion for Septemberfest, one of the state’s premier family events.
		Oklahoma City — With “American Idol” sensation Carrie Underwood returning to her home state for a Wednesday night concert, Gov. Brad Henry presented the singer this afternoon with a replica of one of several new highway signs that honor the Checotah native.
		Today the Oklahoma Department of Transportation is setting up...
	www.ok.gov (346 words)

	Welcome to the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		OKLAHOMA CITY – There are two paths to the future of Oklahoma, and Congressman Brad Carson said he wants to help lead Oklahoma down the right one.
		Speaking to a capacity crowd in the Oklahoma House Chambers, Carson (D-Claremore) said that Oklahoma's future can become a rich one, with businesses and job growth to keep college students in Oklahoma.
		That change, however, cannot be done without the help of the youth, he said to the members of the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature.
	www.ok-oil.org /carson.html (293 words)

	About the Oklahoma Legislature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		(V) Oklahoma's bicameral Legislature is composed of 48 members of the State Senate and 101 members of the House of Representatives.
		The Legislature meets annually at noon on the first Monday in February.
		For example, the 1995 session as the First Session, 45th Legislature; the 1997 session as the First Session, 46th Legislature; and the 1999 session as the First Session, 47th Legislature.
	www.odl.state.ok.us /sginfo/oksg/ok_leg.htm (585 words)

	OSRHE : Overview of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education : Part Two: History of the State System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The first Oklahoma Legislature, meeting shortly after statehood, created two collegiate-level schools: the Industrial Institute and College for Girls at Chickasha (now the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma) and the School of Mines and Metallurgy at Wilburton (now Eastern Oklahoma State College).
		The legislature passed a bill providing for a board to consist of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, two members to be appointed by the governor, and the presidents of five state institutions.
		Another state institution, the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (now Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences), was authorized in 1972 by the Oklahoma Legislature and began its first classes in the fall of 1974.
	www.okhighered.org /gold-book/part2.shtml (1618 words)

	Oklahoma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This proposition that state legislatures cannot alter or change a proposed constitutional amendment is derived from an establish legal principle which requires that legislative bodies, when considering any given legislative act, must agree to the exact same wording and punctuation of that proposed law.
		On February 10, 1910, the Governor of Oklahoma transmitted to the legislature the Congressional resolution proposing the 16th Amendment.
		Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives and Senate of the State of Oklahoma in extraordinary session assembled, such subject having been recommended by the Governor for consideration, that said proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States of America is hereby ratified.
	www.truthinlaw.org /articles/oklahoma16th.htm (1234 words)

	Rogers State University - About RSU - History of Rogers State University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As a condition established by the Oklahoma Legislature, the citizens of Claremore -- led by A.L. Kates, editor of the Claremore Progress -- raised $3,000 to purchase land for the new institution.
		In 1996, the Oklahoma Legislature approved the merger of Rogers State College and the University Center at Tulsa (UCAT), a consortium of four Oklahoma universities — the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Northeastern State University, and Langston University.
		In 1998, the Oklahoma Legislature separated the institutions, creating a branch of Oklahoma State University in Tulsa and Rogers State University, a new regional university with a main campus in Claremore.
	www.rsu.edu /about/history (1433 words)

	Oklahoma Legislature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After the Oklahoma Legislature concluded its 2003 session, the Oklahoma City bureau of The Associated Press was ready with a package of six stories on what the legislature accomplished.
		Another introduces us to a state employee who is fleeing the state after losing her job because of budget cutbacks.
		A third story took us to a horse paddock to discuss the Legislature's inaction on a bill seen as key to the future of the state's third-largest industry _ horse breeding and ring.
	www.ap.org /oklahoma/ap_summer03/oklahoma_legislature.htm (179 words)

	Oklahoma State Flag - About the Oklahoma State Flag, its adoption and history - The United States of America
		he first Oklahoma State Flag adopted in 1911 was a simple affair, its color pallette modeled after the red, white and blue of the Stars and Stripes.
		Inside the star, the number "46" was shown; reference to Oklahoma as the 46th state to enter the union in 1907.
		WHEREAS, Oklahoma is entering into its 100th year and the cultural and historic integrity of the Oklahoma state flag as designed by Mrs.
	www.netstate.com /states/symb/flags/ok_flag.htm (560 words)

	Senator Frank Shurden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Oklahoma Senator Frank Shurden, Democrat, from Henryetta, Oklahoma is in the opinion of this writer the consummate Okie Thinker.
		Fortunately for the male population of Oklahoma, sanity prevailed in the Oklahoma House and his "de-nutting" bill was relegated to die in a House committee.
		Evidently the members of the Oklahoma Legislature decided to entrust their nuts to Senator Shurden or perhaps they simply grew tired of discussing the issues of testicles.
	www.bubbaworld.com /shurden.html (1395 words)

	Historic pro-life bill passes Oklahoma legislature - (BP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		OKLAHOMA CITY (BP)--The final step to passage of the most significant pro-life legislation in Oklahoma in 30 years was passed by the state House of Representatives in a 95-3 vote May 12.
		The bipartisan measure, House Bill 1686, includes parental notification, informed consent and penalties for injury or death of a child in a mother’s womb when the woman is attacked or killed.
		Anthony L. Jordan, executive director-treasure of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, said after the bill’s passage: “Today is one of the finest days in Oklahoma history.
	www.bpnews.net /bpnews.asp?ID=20796 (738 words)

	PaLC: AFLP Oklahoma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Oklahoma residents can also support the Oklahoma Pet Overpopulation Fund by designating all or part of an Oklahoma Income Tax Refund to be donated.
		D. All monies accruing to the credit of the Oklahoma Pet Overpopulation Fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry through the State Veterinarian for the purpose of implementing and maintaining pet sterilization efforts in the State of Oklahoma.
		E. Expenditures from the Oklahoma Pet Overpopulation Fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of State Finance for approval and payment.
	www.palc.org /petprojects/aflpstates/aflpok.html (2085 words)

	Oklahoma Legislature Approves Abortion Info and Notification Legislation
		Oklahoma City, OK (LifeNews.com) -- Two kinds of laws that have significantly reduced abortions in other states received approval from an Oklahoma state House committee.
		The Oklahoma state Senate rejected a similar bill last year because it contained provisions pro-life lawmakers opposed.
		According to current Oklahoma law, the killing of an unborn child after viability is homicide.
	www.lifenews.com /state911.html (322 words)

	IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At the same time, OHCA’s Board voted to cut the eligibility for seniors and the disabled covered by Medicaid from 100% of the FPL, as provided by the Legislature, down to the state supplemental income standard (SSI). This change in eligibility is estimated by the OHCA to affect approximately 9,800 persons annually.
		The Oklahoma Supreme Court has recognized two basic requirements which must be met before publici juris original jurisdiction will lie: (1) that the matter is “affected with the public interest”; and (2) that there is a “pressing need for an early determination of the matter.” Keating v.
		Petitioners easily meet Oklahoma’s four temporary injunction factors: (1) whether plaintiff is likely to prevail on the merits; (2) whether plaintiff will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of injunctive relief; (3) relative effect on other interested parties; and (4) the public interest.
	www.kotv.com /brief.htm (2233 words)

	KOTV - The News on 6 - Oklahoma Legislature Has Five Black Lawmakers
		OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)_ Roll call doesn't take long at meetings of the Oklahoma Legislative Black Caucus.
		Lack of representation means that issues that heavily affect minority communities such as health care, unemployment and education often take longer to get addressed, she said.
		In Oklahoma, more than 20 percent of the state's 3.5 million residents don't have health insurance.
	www.kotv.com /main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=79907 (257 words)

	Oklahoma Legislature Ready To Approve Aerial Spraying Of Controversial Anti-Marijuana Herbicide - NORML
		The bill was overwhelmingly passed by the House and Senate Agriculture Committee despite testimony and heavy campaigning from Oklahoma NORML activists who introduced evidence indicating several potential health and environmental hazards posed by the chemical.
		The marijuana is left over from government-subsidized plots grown during World War II when low-THC strains of the plant were harvested for their fiber content.
		Danny Hilliard may be reached at (405) 521-2711 or by writing to the Oklahoma House of Representatives at: 2300 North Lincoln St., Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4885.
	www.norml.org /index.cfm?Group_ID=3701&wtm_format=print (664 words)

	Up On My Soapbox: What's Up With the Oklahoma Legislature? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Now, don't take this wrong; I have a family connection to the Oklahoma House of Representatives (my grandfather, A. "Lute" Murrow, was the representative from Woods County and, later, Woods and Woodward Counties in the late 1950s and the 1960s).
		This is not a "bash the legislature" statement so much as it is an expression of deep concern on the part of a taxpayer, a property owner, a parent, and a professional educator.
		Early in the legislative session just ended, the legislature voted itself a hefty salary increase, moving it from tenth place to ninth in a comparison of legislative salaries in the fifty states.
	www.pldi.net /~murrows/soap1.html (384 words)

	ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: Oklahoma Legislature Moves to Circumscribe AG's Authority (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After three years of negotiations failed, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson prepared to litigate with poultry companies that are polluting his state's waterways.
		Even the seven attorneys general who are appointed by a governor, a legislature, or a state supreme court have independent authority to file lawsuits.
		The bill's author stated, "State policy is the responsibility of the Oklahoma Legislature and we shouldn't do it through the courtroom." Edmondson says the proposed legislation betrays "a fundamental lack of understanding" of what an attorney general does.
	www.acsblog.org /separation-of-powers-960-oklahoma-legislature-moves-to-circumscribe-ags-authority.html (620 words)

	NanoInvestorNews - State Legislature Establishes Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		(OKLAHOMA CITY) The House and Senate of the Oklahoma Legislature have passed a concurrent resolution (SCR-23) for the establishment of the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative (ONI).
		In March, the NBMI team met with the Senate Committee on Aerospace and Technology, and, after several discussions, the foundation for a Senate Concurrent Resolution creating the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative was drafted.
		The resolution establishes the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative for the purpose of creating statewide awareness of the emerging nanotechnology industry and its potential impact on Oklahoma, to promote Oklahoma and its resources as a valuable site for industry location, and to serve as a clearinghouse for information to Oklahoma academic, financial, industrial and business communities.
	www.nanoinvestornews.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1459 (547 words)

	Oklahoma + The State of Oklahoma
		The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department is an agency of the State of Oklahoma...
		From the time the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation was created as a one-man agency in 1909, Department personnel have been working to provide quality hunting, fishing and a variety of other outdoor recreational opportunities for state sportsmen.
		We are located only a three hour drive from Dallas, Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
	www.enhancedweb.com /states/ok.htm (279 words)

	Shawnee News-Star: Central Oklahoma's #1 news source! Oklahoma Legislature faces top issues in 2002 02/05/02
		A Republican-sponsored lawsuit has been filed in Oklahoma County district court seeking to speed up the process.
		Oklahoma is losing one of its six Congress members because the state's population did not grow as fast as other states.
		GOP Gov. Frank Keating has threatened to use his veto power if two incumbents are thrown together in the same district.
	www.news-star.com /stories/020502/gov_2.shtml (430 words)

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