1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3972 By: Echols
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state government; creating the
7 Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department State Park
8 Emergency Maintenance Fund; establishing an Eight
8 Year State Park Emergency Maintenance Plan;
9 specifying sources of revenue for the fund; providing
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10 codification; providing an effective date; and
10 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 2254.3 of Title 74, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
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19 fund for the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to be
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20 designated the "Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department State
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21 Park Emergency Maintenance Fund". The fund shall be a continuing
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22 fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of
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23 all funds received by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
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24 for the purposes of executing the Eight Year State Park Emergency
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 1 Maintenance Plan, as defined in this section, and such other monies
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2 accredited to the fund pursuant to law.
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3 B. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby
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4 appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma
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5 Tourism and Recreation Department for the purpose of executing the
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6 Eight Year State Park Emergency Maintenance Plan, as defined in this
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7 section; provided, no more than twenty percent (20%) of the amount
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8 accruing annually shall be expended for the purpose of funding
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9 operations.
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10 C. No monies from this revolving fund shall be transferred for
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11 any purpose to any other state agency. Expenditures from the fund
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12 shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against
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13 claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
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14 Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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15 D. The Eight Year State Park Emergency Maintenance Plan is
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16 identified in the Appendix of this section and is incorporated by
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17 reference as if fully set out herein.
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18 E. Any monies appropriated to the Oklahoma Tourism and
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19 Recreation Department State Park Emergency Maintenance Fund shall
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20 not result in a decrease in historic and traditional Oklahoma
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21 Tourism and Recreation Department funding levels or be used to
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22 supplant or replace existing state funds used for state park
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23 maintenance purposes.
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 1 F. In order to ensure proper oversight of the funds deposited
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2 in the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department State Park
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3 Emergency Maintenance Fund, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation
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4 Department shall generate a report biannually identifying funds
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5 expended and progress made on each project. The report shall be
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6 promptly submitted to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the
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7 Oklahoma State Senate, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
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8 Representatives, and all members of the Oklahoma Tourism and
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9 Recreation Commission.
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10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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11 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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12 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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13 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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14 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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