Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB3981: District Attorneys Council; District Attorney Locality Incentive Program; District Attorney Locality Incentive 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 District Attorney Locality Incentive Program Act; providing short title; defining terms; authorizing the District Attorneys Council to make certain incentive payments under certain circumstances; providing minimum requirements to receive incentive payments; requiring recipients to satisfy certain conditions; providing for selection committee for jurisdiction participation; providing factors for program participation; construing provisions; creating the District Attorney Locality Incentive Program Revolving Fund; specifying source of fund…
From the enrolled text, May 6, 2026:
An Act relating to district attorneys; creating the District Attorney Locality Incentive Program Act; providing short title; defining terms; authorizing the District Attorneys Council to make certain incentive payments under certain circumstances; providing minimum requirements to receive incentive payments; requiring recipients to satisfy certain conditions; providing for selection committee for jurisdiction participation; providing factors for program participation; construing provisions; creating the District Attorney Locality Incentive 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 215.43a 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 "District Attorney Locality Incentive Program Act". SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 215.43b of Title 19, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: As used in the District Attorney Locality Incentive Program: 1. "Eligible employee" means a full-time prosecutor of a district attorney's office serving in a designed high-need locality. 2. "Service obligation" means the period of continuous service required to earn an incentive payment under this act. SECTION 3. …