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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1740 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state government; creating the
Anti-Perverse Incentive Act; providing short title;
defining term; directing the deposit of all fines or
fees assessed by state agencies in the General
Revenue Fund; requiring certain appeals process for
fines and fees assessed by state agencies; stating
penalty for certain violation; providing for
codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3318 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Anti-
Perverse Incentive Act”.
B. As used in this section, “state agency” means any board,
commission, department, authority, bureau, office, or other entity
of this state created with the authority to make rules or formulate
orders as defined in the Administrative Procedures Act.
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C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any fine or fee
for any statutory violation assessed against an individual or
business that is collected by a state agency shall be deposited in
the General Revenue Fund. Monies from fines or fees deposited in
the General Revenue Fund shall be distributed in the usual manner by
which monies from such fund are distributed, without regard to the
amount of such monies a state agency deposits.
D. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fine or
fee for a statutory violation assessed against an individual or
business shall be assessed by a state agency without an appeals
process, whereby an individual or business may appeal the assessment
of such fine or fee if the individual or business has a reasonable
belief that the issuance of such fine or fee was:
a. a punitive assessment that does not align with the
mission of the state agency issuing the fine or fee,
b. assessed for a personal motivation by an employee or
official of a state agency, or
c. assessed for a political motivation by an employee or
official of a state agency.
2. An employee or official of a state agency that, as
determined by the appeals process provided for in paragraph 1 of
this subsection, abuses the authority to assess a fine or fee shall
be subject to a fine in the amount of One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) or the amount of the fine or fee assessed by such
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employee or official that was appealed, whichever is greater. Any
fine collected pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be
deposited in the General Revenue Fund.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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