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Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma [Annotated] (Refs & Annos)
Article V. .--Legislative Department
Initiative and Referendum (Refs & Annos)
OK Const. Art. 5, § 3
§ 3. Petitions--Veto power--Elections--Time of taking effect--Style of bills--Duty of legislature
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. The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to measures voted on by the people. All elections on measures referred to the people of the state shall be had at the next election held throughout the state, except when the Legislature or the Governor shall order a special election for the express purpose of making such reference. Any measure referred to the people by the initiative or referendum shall take effect and be in force when it shall have been approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon and not otherwise.
The style of all bills shall be: “Be it Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma.”
Petitions and orders for the initiative and for the referendum shall be filed with the Secretary of State and addressed to the Governor of the state, who shall submit the same to the people. The Legislature shall make suitable provisions for carrying into effect the provisions of this article.

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Amended by State Question No. 495, Legislative Referendum No. 198, adopted at election held Aug. 27, 1974.
OK Const. Art. 5, § 3, OK CONST Art. 5, § 3
Current with amendments approved through June 30, 2020.
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