1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3683 By: Kannady
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Military Department;
7 creating the Defense Workforce Grant Program; placing
8 the program at a certain agency; providing purpose;
8 requiring certain reports; establishing the Defense
9 Workforce Grant Program Revolving Fund; establishing
9 fund nature; authorizing certain budgeting and
10 expenditure of funds for certain purposes; providing
10 for codification; providing an effective date; and
11 declaring an emergency.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 238 of Title 44, unless there is
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17 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Defense
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19 Workforce Grant Program".
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20 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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21 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 239 of Title 44, unless there is
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22 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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23 There is hereby created the Defense Workforce Grant Program
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24 which shall be administered by the Oklahoma Military Department.
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 1 The Program shall increase the workforce in Oklahoma, specifically
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2 the workforce dedicated to federal defense contract work. The
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3 program shall help provide gap financing to companies actively
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4 working with the United States Department of Defense or any United
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5 States Military Branch to expand current contracts or secure new
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6 contracts for new work. The Program shall not be used for renewal
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7 of contracts with the United States Department of Defense or any
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8 United States Military Branch. The location of the work to be
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9 provided shall be in a county of the state with a population of less
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10 than seventy-five thousand (75,000) people per the 2020 Federal
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11 Decennial Census. The applying company shall have available other
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12 sources of funding dedicated to helping finance the new project or
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13 the expansion of an existing project. Beginning July 1, 2025, the
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14 Oklahoma Military Department shall provide an annual report to the
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15 Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the
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16 President Pro Tempore of the State Senate, Appropriations and Budget
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17 Chair of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and the
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18 Appropriations Chair of the State Senate that includes, but is not
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19 limited to, the number of awards that have been granted, what
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20 percentage of those funds that have been expended, and the increased
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21 number of employees that have been hired by awardees.
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22 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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23 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 240 of Title 44, unless there is
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24 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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 1 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
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2 for the Oklahoma Military Department to be designated the "Defense
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3 Workforce Grant Program Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a
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4 continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
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5 consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Military Department
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6 from appropriations, donations, grants, or other sources of funding
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7 specifically designated for deposit to the Defense Workforce Grant
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8 Program Revolving Fund. All monies accruing to the credit of said
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9 fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the
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10 Military Department for the purpose of the Defense Workforce Grant
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11 Program. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants
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12 issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by
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13 law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
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14 Services for approval and payment. The Military Department may
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15 retain one percent (1%) of all funds otherwise deposited to the fund
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16 to cover administrative costs related to the Defense Workforce Grant
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17 Program.
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18 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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19 SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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20 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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21 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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22 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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24 59-2-8578 MKS 01/12/24
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