Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB3980: District Attorneys Council; Rural District Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program; Rural District Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program Revolving Fund; codification; effective date.
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to district attorneys; creating the Rural District Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program; providing short title; defining terms; authorizing the District Attorneys Council to direct certain payments under certain conditions; providing for exceptions; providing for selection committee for jurisdiction participation; providing eligibility requirements; construing provisions; creating the Rural District Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program Revolving Fund; specifying source of fund; providing for expenditures; providing purpose of fund; providing for codification…
From the enrolled text, May 6, 2026:
An Act relating to district attorneys; creating the Rural District Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program; providing short title; defining terms; authorizing the District Attorneys Council to direct certain payments under certain conditions; providing for exceptions; providing for selection committee for jurisdiction participation; providing eligibility requirements; construing provisions; creating the Rural District Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program Revolving Fund; specifying source of fund; providing for expenditures; providing purpose of fund; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: District attorneys SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 215.42a of Title 19, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Rural District Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program". SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 215.42b of Title 19, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: As used in the Rural District Attorney Loan Repayment Program: 1. "Eligible employee" means a person who is employed full time as an assistant district attorney in the State of Oklahoma and who has incurred a debt pursuant to the obligations under a qualified education loan; 2. "Qualified education loan" means a debt owed by the …