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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 431 By: Frix
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to landlord and tenant; defining
terms; prohibiting utilities from applying liability
to landlord for certain accrued utility bills;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
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 301 of Title 41, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. For the purposes of this section:
1. “Landlord” means the owner, lessor, or sublessor of a
residential or nonresidential property including, but not limited
to, the dwelling unit or the building of which it is a part,
manufactured or mobile home site, space, or lot; provided, it also
means a manager of the premises who fails to comply with the
disclosure provisions of Section 116 of Title 41 of the Oklahoma
Statutes;
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2. “Tenant” means any person entitled under a rental agreement
to occupy a residential or nonresidential property; and
3. “Utility” means any corporation, association, company, or
individuals, or their trustees, lessees, or receivers, successors or
assigns, including cities, towns, or other bodies politic, that own,
operate, or manage any plant or equipment, or any part thereof,
directly or indirectly, for public use, or may supply or furnish gas
by pipeline, heat or light with gas, electric current for light,
heat, or power, or water for power or domestic purposes.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no utility
operating in this state shall hold a landlord liable for bills,
fees, or charges for services accrued by a tenant occupying a
residential or nonresidential property otherwise owned or maintained
by the landlord.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-1258 RD 1/14/2025 3:51:21 PM