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1                                STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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 2                   1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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 3   SENATE BILL 986                         By: Dahm
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 6                                  AS INTRODUCED
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 7            An Act relating to state finance; amending 62 O.S.
 7            2021, Section 34.42, which relates to agency budgets;
 8            requiring certain budgets to include federal funds
 8            information; amending 62 O.S. 2021, Section 34.42.1,
 9            which relates to agency annual disclosures; requiring
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13   BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14       SECTION 1.       AMENDATORY      62 O.S. 2021, Section 34.42, is
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15   amended to read as follows:
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16       Section 34.42.     A.   On or before the first day of June in each
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17   year, or as soon thereafter as possible, all agencies shall file
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18   agency budgets with the Director of the Office of Management and
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19   Enterprise Services.    Copies of all agency budgets shall also be
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20   made available electronically to the staff of the Joint Legislative
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21   Committee on Budget and Program Oversight.
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22       B.   The required instructions, content and format of agency
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23   budgets shall be developed by the staff of the Budget Division of
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 1       C.   1.    The agency budget shall include a description of all
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 2   funds available to the agency for expenditure and set out allotments
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 3   requested by the agency by quarter and the entire fiscal year.        The
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 4   description shall include, but not be limited to, information on
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 5   federal funds which are under the agency’s control and subject to
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 6   the disclosure requirements of Section 34.42.1 of this title.
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 7       2.   The agency budget shall be accompanied by an organizational
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 8   chart of the agency, a statement of agency mission and program
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 9   objectives.
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10       3.   The agency budget shall delineate agency spending by such
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11   categories and with at least as much detail as is specified in the
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12   legislative appropriation and as prescribed by the Director of the
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13   Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
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14       4.   Agency budgets shall be signed by the executive officer of
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15   each agency.
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16       D.   A “request officer” shall be designated by each state agency
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17   for the purpose of making program and allotment requests.
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18       E.   Executive officers of agencies shall cooperate with the
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19   Office of Management and Enterprise Services staff and Joint
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20   Committee staff in developing program budgeting categories.
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21       F.   All funds available or expected to be made available to any
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22   agency, including nonfiscal appropriations, shall not be available
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23   for expenditure until the request officer of the agency has complied
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24   with the applicable provisions of the Oklahoma State Finance Act and
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 1   has received approval of such request for funds from the Director of
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 2   the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
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 3       G.   The provisions of this section shall not apply to CompSource
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 4   Oklahoma if CompSource Oklahoma is operating pursuant to a pilot
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 5   program authorized by Sections 3316 and 3317 of Title 74 of the
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 6   Oklahoma Statutes.
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 7       SECTION 2.       AMENDATORY      62 O.S. 2021, Section 34.42.1, is
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 9       Section 34.42.1.    A.   Except as provided in subsection C of this
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10   section, all agencies and political subdivisions of the state that
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11   maintain a website shall make an annual disclosure pursuant to a
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12   separate written report and information available through a website
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13   maintained by or on behalf of the entity of all federal funds under
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14   the control of the entity and the programs for which the federal
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15   funds are used by distinct expenditure categories and shall identify
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16   the priority or rank of the federal funds in descending order with
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17   the funding source the agency relies or political subdivisions of
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18   the state that maintain a website rely on to the greatest extent
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19   listed first and the funding source the agency relies or political
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20   subdivisions of the state that maintain a website rely on to the
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21   least extent listed last.     The information required by this
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22   subsection shall include, but shall not be limited to:
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23       1.   A description of any action required to be taken by the
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 1   maintain a website as a condition for the receipt or continued
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 3      2.   A description of any action prohibited to be taken by the
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 4   state government entity or political subdivisions of the state that
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 5   maintain a website as a condition for the receipt or continued
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 6   receipt of federal funds;
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 7      3.   A description of any action required to be taken by any
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 8   individual or lawfully recognized business entity or other entity as
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 9   a condition for the benefits purported to be conferred on the
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10   individual or other legal entity as a result of the use of the
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11   federal funds; and
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12      4.   A description of any action prohibited to be taken by any
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13   individual or lawfully recognized business entity or other entity as
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14   a condition for the benefits purported to be conferred on the
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15   individual or other legal entity as a result of the use of the
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16   federal funds.
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17      B.   Every entity subject to the requirements of this section
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18   shall make an annual disclosure, either pursuant to a separate
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19   written report, information available through a website maintained
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20   by or on behalf of the entity or both, of the federal funds for
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21   which the agency or political subdivisions of the state that
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22   maintain a website must incur costs to implement and shall provide
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23   such information in descending order with the most costly federal
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24   funds listed first and the least costly federal funds listed last.
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 1      C.   Any agency or political subdivisions of the state that
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 2   maintain a website receiving and administering federal funds that
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 3   require the receiving agency to maintain any level of security
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 4   clearance in order to administer those funds shall be exempt from
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 6      SECTION 3.   This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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