Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-16-119
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All advance or sample copies of textbooks or any edition thereof
furnished to any member of the State Textbook Committee, or to any
individual for the purpose of obtaining a selection of the textbook
by the State Textbook Committee, shall not be sold by the recipient
thereof, but shall be disposed of as may be prescribed by the rules
of the State Board of Education. Any advance or sample textbook or
any edition thereof furnished to a member of a local textbook
committee, or to any school official or individual for the purpose
of obtaining a local adoption of the textbook, may be returned to
the publisher for credit if the cost of such book was charged
against the value of textbooks allowed such school district.
Publishers shall pay the cost of shipment on returned samples. All
publishers having contracts to furnish textbooks to the State of
Oklahoma shall be required to file with the State Board of
Education, not later than the first day of January and the first day
of July of each year following the dates of their respective
contracts, a sworn statement showing the names and addresses of all
persons to whom they have furnished, during the preceding six (6)
months, any advance or sample copies of such textbooks, or any
edition thereof, together with the numbers and titles of such
textbooks furnished to each such recipient, and a failure to do so,
or to give accurate and complete information concerning the same,
shall authorize the State Board of Education to cancel the contract
of such publisher.
furnished to any member of the State Textbook Committee, or to any
individual for the purpose of obtaining a selection of the textbook
by the State Textbook Committee, shall not be sold by the recipient
thereof, but shall be disposed of as may be prescribed by the rules
of the State Board of Education. Any advance or sample textbook or
any edition thereof furnished to a member of a local textbook
committee, or to any school official or individual for the purpose
of obtaining a local adoption of the textbook, may be returned to
the publisher for credit if the cost of such book was charged
against the value of textbooks allowed such school district.
Publishers shall pay the cost of shipment on returned samples. All
publishers having contracts to furnish textbooks to the State of
Oklahoma shall be required to file with the State Board of
Education, not later than the first day of January and the first day
of July of each year following the dates of their respective
contracts, a sworn statement showing the names and addresses of all
persons to whom they have furnished, during the preceding six (6)
months, any advance or sample copies of such textbooks, or any
edition thereof, together with the numbers and titles of such
textbooks furnished to each such recipient, and a failure to do so,
or to give accurate and complete information concerning the same,
shall authorize the State Board of Education to cancel the contract
of such publisher.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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