2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 34. Initiative and Referendum
§34-1. Referendum petition - Form - Time for filing.

The referendum petition shall be substantially as follows:

PETITION FOR REFERENDUM

To the Honorable ____________, Governor of Oklahoma (or To the Honorable ____________, Mayor, Chairman of County Commissioners, or other chief executive officer, as the case may be, of the city, county or other municipal corporation of ____________):

We, the undersigned legal voters of the State of Oklahoma (or district of __________, county of ____________, or city of ____________, as the case may be), respectfully order that Senate (or House) Bill No. __________ (or ordinance No. ____________), entitled (title of Act, and if the petition is against less than the whole Act, then set forth here the part or parts on which the referendum is sought), passed by the ____________ Legislature of the State of Oklahoma, at the regular (or special) session of said legislature, shall be referred to the people of the State (district of ____________, county of ____________, or city of ____________, as the case may be) for their approval or rejection at the regular (or special) election to be held on the ________ day of ____________, 20__, and each for himself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a legal voter of the State of Oklahoma (and district of __________, county of ____________, or city of ____________, as the case may be); my residence or post office are correctly written after my name.

Referendum petitions shall be filed with the Secretary of State not more than ninety (90) days after the final adjournment of the session of the legislature which passed the bill on which the referendum is demanded. (For county, city or other municipality the length of time shall be thirty (30) days.)

The question we herewith submit to our fellow voters is: Shall the following bill of the legislature (or ordinance or resolution--local legislation) be approved? (Insert here an exact copy of the text of the measure.)

Name and Address of Proponents (not to exceed three)

Name ____________ Residence _____________ Post Office _________ If in city, street and number.

(Here follow twenty numbered lines for signatures.)

R.L. 1910, § 3368. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 263, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1961; Laws 1992, c. 92, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 147, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1994; Laws 2015, c. 193, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2015.