1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3940 By: Provenzano
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to higher education; creating the
7 DIPG Grant Program Revolving Fund; specifying source
8 of fund; providing for expenditures; providing
8 purpose of fund; directing the Oklahoma State Regents
9 for Higher Education to award grants; establishing
9 permitted use of grants; directing Regents to
10 establish criteria and process for application;
10 directing that grants be considered on statewide
11 basis; directing regents to promulgate rules;
11 providing for codification; and providing an
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3235 of Title 70, unless there
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18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19 A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
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20 fund for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to be
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21 designated the "Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Grant
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22 Program Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not
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23 subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of monies
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24 appropriated by the Legislature and private dollars given to the
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 1 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for the purpose of
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2 supporting the DIPG grant program. All monies accruing to the credit
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3 of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended
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4 by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for the purpose
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5 of running and distributing the DIPG grant program described in
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6 subsection B of this section. Expenditures from the fund shall be
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7 made on warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed
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8 by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education with the Director
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9 of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and
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10 payment.
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11 B. Contingent upon the amount of funds available in the DIPG
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12 Grant Program Revolving Fund, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
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13 Education shall award one or more grants annually to private and
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14 public universities in Oklahoma. The grants shall be used to
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15 research and find a cure for DIPG. The Oklahoma State Regents for
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16 Higher Education shall determine the criteria for and establish a
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17 process for the submission of grant applications. The applications
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18 shall be considered on a statewide competitive basis. The Oklahoma
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19 State Regents for Higher Education shall promulgate rules for the
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20 implementation of the grants issued pursuant to this section.
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21 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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23 59-2-9022 MJ 01/08/24
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