1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 4066 By: Wallace
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state government finance; creating
7 the Federal Overreach and Extraordinary Litigation
8 Revolving Fund; placing the Fund under the control of
8 the Office of the Attorney General; establishing fund
9 characteristics and purpose; authorizing and limiting
9 budgeting and expenditure of funds; requiring certain
10 expenditure procedures; defining certain term;
10 providing for codification; providing an effective
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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 18q-1 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 Office of the Attorney General to be designated the
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20 "Federal Overreach and Extraordinary Litigation Revolving Fund".
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21 The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year
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22 limitations, and shall consist of all monies eligible and designated
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23 for deposit by law. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund
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24 are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the
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 1 Office of the Attorney General for the purposes of addressing
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2 federal overreach. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon
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3 warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
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4 prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
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5 Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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6 B. For purposes of this section the term "addressing federal
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7 overreach" includes efforts by the Office of the Attorney General
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8 related to:
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9 1. Duties assigned pursuant to paragraph 24 of subsection A of
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10 Section 18b of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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11 2. The State Reserved Powers Protection Unit created pursuant
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12 to Section 18q of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
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13 3. Extraordinary litigation and other expenses related to any
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14 of the following: foreign threats, interstate crime, terrorist
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15 organizations, gross violations of public trust, and statewide
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16 public safety.
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17 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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18 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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19 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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20 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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21 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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23 59-2-8580 JM 01/17/24
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