Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 25-51
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Modification of United States Census Bureau terminology
Official statutory text
A. The Legislature finds that the United States Census Bureau
has initiated a number of reform efforts related to the means by
which information is compiled, analyzed and reported by the Bureau,
including changes in the terminology used by the Bureau to describe
the methods by which data is compiled, analyzed and reported. The
Legislature finds that numerous statutory provisions make direct or
indirect reference to the United States Census or to the United
States Census Bureau and to the information which is compiled and
reported by the Bureau. The Legislature finds that there is a need
to allow for flexible interpretation of statutory provisions based
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions Page 12
upon changes in terminology used by the United States Census Bureau.
Periodic changes in terminology or methodology with respect to
demographic and economic data gathered by the federal government
should not require frequent amendments to state statutory
provisions. The Legislature finds that it is desirable public
policy and in the interest of established principles of statutory
construction to enact the provisions of this section due to the need
for consistent interpretation of statutory provisions which rely for
operative effect upon specific information, such as population.
B. Unless a statutory provision relies for its operative effect
on a population count contained in a Federal Decennial Census or a
population count determined by using data from the United States
Census Bureau, a reference in the Oklahoma Statutes to the “census”,
the “Federal Decennial Census” or other similar reference shall
include any applicable means or method used by the United States
Census Bureau to report demographic or economic information.
C. Statutory provisions which contain a reference to a specific
population count or population range shall not be considered to have
been modified because of a change in terminology by the United
States Census Bureau or as a result of the provisions of this
section.
has initiated a number of reform efforts related to the means by
which information is compiled, analyzed and reported by the Bureau,
including changes in the terminology used by the Bureau to describe
the methods by which data is compiled, analyzed and reported. The
Legislature finds that numerous statutory provisions make direct or
indirect reference to the United States Census or to the United
States Census Bureau and to the information which is compiled and
reported by the Bureau. The Legislature finds that there is a need
to allow for flexible interpretation of statutory provisions based
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions Page 12
upon changes in terminology used by the United States Census Bureau.
Periodic changes in terminology or methodology with respect to
demographic and economic data gathered by the federal government
should not require frequent amendments to state statutory
provisions. The Legislature finds that it is desirable public
policy and in the interest of established principles of statutory
construction to enact the provisions of this section due to the need
for consistent interpretation of statutory provisions which rely for
operative effect upon specific information, such as population.
B. Unless a statutory provision relies for its operative effect
on a population count contained in a Federal Decennial Census or a
population count determined by using data from the United States
Census Bureau, a reference in the Oklahoma Statutes to the “census”,
the “Federal Decennial Census” or other similar reference shall
include any applicable means or method used by the United States
Census Bureau to report demographic or economic information.
C. Statutory provisions which contain a reference to a specific
population count or population range shall not be considered to have
been modified because of a change in terminology by the United
States Census Bureau or as a result of the provisions of this
section.
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