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3 | 31 | BILL NO. 1058 By: Boles of the House | |
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7 | - | Taylor and Hall of the | |
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40 | + | An Act relating to cities and towns; amending 11 O.S. | |
41 | + | 2011, Sections 17-105, as last amended by Section 1, | |
42 | + | Chapter 82, O.S.L. 2017 and 17 -107 (11 O.S. Supp. | |
43 | + | 2020, Section 17-105), which relate to municipal | |
44 | + | finances; modifying minimum municipal income for | |
45 | + | which certain audits shall be required; making | |
46 | + | certain audits biennial; replacing certain auditing | |
47 | + | procedures with procedures prescribed by the State | |
48 | + | Auditor and Inspector; modifying time certain audit | |
49 | + | report is due; modifying municipal income | |
50 | + | requirements; redirecting certain funds; creating the | |
51 | + | Special Investigative Unit Auditing Revolving Fund; | |
52 | + | providing for revenue and expenditures; provid ing for | |
53 | + | codification; repeali ng 11 O.S. 2011, Section 17 -108, | |
54 | + | which relates to municipal trust exemptions; | |
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14 | - | An Act relating to cities and towns; enacting the | |
15 | - | Municipal Audit Reform Act of 2022 ; amending 11 O.S. | |
16 | - | 2021, Section 17-105, which relates to annual aud its | |
17 | - | of municipalities; increasin g municipal income | |
18 | - | threshold for required annual or biennial audits to | |
19 | - | be conducted; modify ing manner in which threshold is | |
20 | - | calculated; modifying statutory references; defining | |
21 | - | scope of biennial audit; deleting certain required | |
22 | - | procedures; authorizing th e use of alternate auditing | |
23 | - | procedure; directing development of alternate | |
24 | - | auditing procedure in collaboration with certain | |
25 | - | entities; providing time limitation for use of | |
26 | - | alternate auditing procedure; providing that act | |
27 | - | shall sunset by operation of law unless certain | |
28 | - | conditions have been met; requiring alternate | |
29 | - | auditing procedure to meet certain attestation | |
30 | - | standards; extending time for filin g of audit; | |
31 | - | providing for additional extension of time under | |
32 | - | certain conditions; including and excluding income | |
33 | - | from certain trusts in calculating municipal income; | |
34 | - | amending 11 O.S. 2021, Section 17-107, which relates | |
35 | - | to the failure to file an audit; specifying condition | |
36 | - | under which withholding of certain gasoline taxes | |
37 | - | shall cease; requirin g certain withheld funds to be | |
38 | - | deposited in certain revolving fund; creating the | |
39 | - | Special Investigative Unit Auditing Revo lving Fund; | |
40 | - | making fund continuing and nonfiscal ; stating sources | |
41 | - | of revenue; stating purpose of fund; establishing | |
42 | - | procedures of expenditures of monies accruing to the | |
43 | - | credit of the fund; repealing 11 O.S. 20 21, Section | |
44 | - | 17-108, which relates to municipal trust exemptions; | |
45 | - | providing for noncodification; providing for ENR. H. B. NO. 1058 Page 2 | |
46 | - | codification; providing an effective date; and | |
47 | - | declaring an emergency . | |
62 | + | AUTHOR: Remove as principal Senate author Hall and substitute as | |
63 | + | principal Senate autho r Taylor. Retain Hall as Senate | |
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66 | + | AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, strike the title, enacting clause and | |
67 | + | entire bill and insert | |
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69 | + | βAn Act relating to cities and towns; pr oviding short | |
70 | + | title; amending 11 O.S. 2021, Section 17 -105, which | |
71 | + | relates to annual aud its of municipalities; | |
72 | + | increasing municipal income threshold for required | |
73 | + | annual or biennial audits to be conducted; modify ing | |
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101 | + | statutory references; defining scope of biennial | |
102 | + | audit; deleting certain required procedures; | |
103 | + | authorizing the use of alternate auditing procedure; | |
104 | + | directing development of alternate auditing procedure | |
105 | + | in collaboration with certain entities; providing | |
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107 | + | procedure; providing that act shall s unset by | |
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110 | + | certain attestation standards; extending time for | |
111 | + | filing of audit; providing for additional extension | |
112 | + | of time under certain conditions; including and | |
113 | + | excluding income from certain trusts in calculating | |
114 | + | municipal income; amending 11 O.S. 2021, Section 17- | |
115 | + | 107, which relates to the failure to file an audit; | |
116 | + | specifying condition under which withholding of | |
117 | + | certain gasoline taxes shall cease; requirin g certain | |
118 | + | withheld funds to be deposited in certain revolving | |
119 | + | fund; creating the Special Investigative Unit | |
120 | + | Auditing Revolving Fund; making fund continuing and | |
121 | + | nonfiscal; stating sources of revenue; stating | |
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123 | + | expenditures of monies accruing to the credit of the | |
124 | + | fund; repealing 11 O.S. 20 21, Section 17-108, which | |
125 | + | relates to municipal trust exemptions; providing for | |
126 | + | noncodification; providing for codification; | |
127 | + | providing an effective date; and declaring an | |
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54 | 134 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PE OPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | |
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56 | 135 | SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be | |
57 | 136 | codified in the Oklahoma Stat utes reads as follows: | |
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59 | 137 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Municipal Audit | |
60 | 138 | Reform Act of 2022". | |
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62 | 139 | SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 20 21, Section 17-105, is | |
63 | 140 | amended to read as follows: | |
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65 | 167 | Section 17-105. A. The governing bod y of each municipality | |
66 | 168 | with an income of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000. 00) Fifty | |
67 | 169 | Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or more to its general fund in total | |
68 | - | revenue to all funds | |
170 | + | revenue to all funds including component units of which the | |
69 | 171 | municipality is a be neficiary, during a fiscal year shall cause to | |
70 | 172 | be prepared, by an independent licensed public accountant or a | |
71 | 173 | certified public accountant, an annual financial statement audit to | |
72 | 174 | be conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally | |
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75 | 177 | States. Such audit shall be ordered within thirty (30) days of the | |
76 | 178 | close of each fiscal year. Copies shall be filed with the State | |
77 | 179 | Auditor and Inspector within six (6) months after the close of the | |
78 | 180 | fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3022 and | |
79 | - | 3023 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes | |
181 | + | 3023 of this act Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes and with the | |
80 | 182 | governing body of the municipality. | |
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82 | 183 | B. The governing body of each muni cipality with an income of | |
83 | 184 | Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000. 00) Fifty Thousand Dollars | |
84 | 185 | ($50,000.00) or more to its general fund during a fiscal year in | |
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186 | + | total revenue to all funds including component units of which the | |
86 | 187 | municipality is a beneficiary, and with a population of less than | |
87 | 188 | two thousand five hundred (2,50 0) as of the most recent Federal | |
88 | 189 | Decennial Census, and for whom an annual financial statement audit | |
89 | 190 | is not required by another law, regulation or contract, shall cause | |
90 | - | to be prepared, by an i ndependent licensed public accountant or a ENR. H. B. NO. 1058 Page 3 | |
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92 | 219 | statement audit in accordance with auditing standards generally | |
93 | 220 | accepted in the United States and Government Auditing Standards as | |
94 | 221 | issued by the Comptrol ler General of the U nited States, or an | |
95 | 222 | agreed-upon-procedures engagement over certain financial information | |
96 | 223 | and compliance requirements to be performed in accordance with the | |
97 | 224 | applicable attestation standards of The American Institute of | |
98 | 225 | Certified Public Accountants. The spe cific procedures to be | |
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101 | 227 | 1. Prepare a schedule of changes in fund balances for each fund | |
102 | 228 | and determine compliance wit h the statutory prohibition of creating | |
103 | 229 | fund balance deficits; | |
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105 | 230 | 2. Prepare a budget and actual financial schedule for the | |
106 | 231 | General Fund and any other significant funds listing separately eac h | |
107 | 232 | federal fund and determine compliance with the legal level of | |
108 | 233 | appropriations by comparing expenditures and encumbrances to | |
109 | 234 | authorized appropriations; | |
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111 | 235 | 3. Agree material bank account balances to bank statements, and | |
112 | 236 | trace significant reconciling items to subsequent clearance; | |
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114 | 237 | 4. Compare uninsured deposits to fair value of pledged | |
115 | 238 | collateral; | |
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117 | 239 | 5. Compare use of material -restricted revenues and resources to | |
118 | 240 | their restrictions; | |
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123 | 269 | 7. Determine compliance with reserve account and debt service | |
124 | 270 | coverage requirements of bond indentures. Each biennial audit sha ll | |
125 | 271 | cover the two (2) preceding years. | |
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128 | 273 | request a biennial agreed -upon-procedures engagement to be | |
129 | 274 | prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector, developed in | |
130 | 275 | collaboration with a r epresentative from a statewide organization | |
131 | 276 | that has represented municipal governments for at least fifty (50) | |
132 | 277 | years, a representative from an organization that advises or trains | |
133 | 278 | municipal clerks and treasurers, and a certified public accountan t. | |
134 | 279 | Each biennial agreed -upon-procedures engagement shall cover the two | |
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137 | 281 | For engagements performed for the fiscal year ending June 30, | |
138 | 282 | 2023, the prescribed procedures developed under the terms of this | |
139 | 283 | subsection will be utilized on a on e-year basis ending June 30, | |
140 | 284 | 2024. The procedures shall then be submitted to the Legislature for | |
141 | 285 | ratification. If the rules are not ratified by the Legisla ture on | |
142 | 286 | or before December 31, 2023, the Municipal Audit Reform Act of 2022 | |
143 | 287 | shall sunset and be repealed as a matter of law. Agreed-upon | |
144 | 288 | procedures required under this act sha ll be performed in accordance | |
145 | 289 | with the applicable attestation standards of The A merican Institute | |
146 | 290 | of Certified Public Accountants. | |
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150 | - | the audit is due. Copies shall be filed with the State Auditor and | |
151 | - | Inspector within six (6) nine (9) months after the close of the | |
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152 | 321 | fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3022 and | |
153 | 322 | 3023 paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 212 A of Title 68 74 of | |
154 | 323 | the Oklahoma Statutes and with the governing body of the | |
155 | 324 | municipality., with the deadline to order and file the audit or | |
156 | 325 | agreed-upon procedures eligible for extension by the State Auditor | |
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159 | 327 | C. The municipal income requirements in su bsections A and B of | |
160 | 328 | this section shall not include any grant monies provided to a | |
161 | 329 | municipality from any federal, state, or other gover nmental entity. | |
162 | 330 | The municipal income requirements shall not include income of any | |
163 | 331 | public trust established under Section s 176 through 180.4 of Title | |
164 | 332 | 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes with a municipality as the be neficiary | |
165 | 333 | of the trust; provided, income from trusts established principally | |
166 | 334 | for the purpose of operating electric, water, wastewater , and | |
167 | 335 | sanitation utilities shall be i ncluded for purposes of the municipal | |
168 | 336 | income requirements. | |
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170 | 337 | SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 20 21, Section 17-107, is | |
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174 | 340 | audit or agreed-upon-procedures report as provided in Section 17-105 | |
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175 | 367 | of this title, the State Auditor and Inspector shall notify the | |
176 | 368 | Oklahoma Tax Commission which shall withhold from the municipality | |
177 | 369 | its monthly allocations of gasoline taxes un til notified by the | |
178 | 370 | Office of the State Auditor and Inspector that the audit report is | |
179 | 371 | has been filed. If a report is not filed within two (2) years after | |
180 | - | the close of the fisc al year in the case of an annual audit, or the | |
372 | + | the close of the fisc al year in the case of an annual audit, or the | |
181 | 373 | second fiscal year of a biennial audit period, the funds being | |
182 | 374 | withheld shall be remitt ed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the | |
183 | 375 | county in which the incorporated city or town is located and | |
184 | 376 | deposited to the cou nty highway fund of that county to be used as | |
185 | 377 | otherwise provided by law Special Investigative Unit Auditing | |
186 | 378 | Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 4 of this act. | |
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188 | 379 | SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | |
189 | 380 | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 17-107A of Title 11, unless | |
190 | 381 | there is created a duplica tion in numbering, reads as follows: | |
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192 | 382 | There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund | |
193 | - | for the State Auditor and Inspector to be designated the | |
194 | - | Investigative Unit Auditing Revolving Fund | |
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384 | + | Investigative Unit Auditing Revolving Fund β. The fund shall be a | |
195 | 385 | continuing fund, not sub ject to fiscal year limitations, and shall | |
196 | 386 | consist of all monies received by the State Auditor and Inspector | |
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387 | + | from funds withheld from a municipality βs allocations of gasoline | |
198 | 388 | taxes as provided in Section 17-107 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma | |
199 | 389 | Statutes and all monies received from legislative appropriations for | |
200 | 390 | the purpose of conducting investigative municipal audits. All | |
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201 | 417 | monies accruing to the credit of such fund are hereby appropriated | |
202 | 418 | and may be budgeted and expended by the State Auditor an d Inspector | |
203 | 419 | for the purpose of offsetting expenses incurred from speci al | |
204 | 420 | investigative audit activities relating to municipal government. | |
205 | 421 | Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the | |
206 | 422 | State Treasurer against claims filed as prescri bed by law with the | |
207 | 423 | Director of the Office of Management and Enterpris e Services for | |
208 | 424 | approval and payment. | |
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210 | 425 | SECTION 5. REPEALER 11 O.S. 20 21, Section 17-108, is | |
211 | 426 | hereby repealed. | |
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213 | 427 | SECTION 6. This act shall become effec tive July 1, 2022. | |
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216 | 429 | of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | |
217 | 430 | declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | |
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500 | + | BILL NO. 1058 By: Boles of the House | |
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509 | + | An Act relating to cities and towns; amending 11 O.S. | |
510 | + | 2011, Sections 17-105, as last amended by Section 1, | |
511 | + | Chapter 82, O.S.L. 2017 and 17 -107 (11 O.S. Supp. | |
512 | + | 2020, Section 17-105), which relate to municipal | |
513 | + | finances; modifying minimum municipal income for | |
514 | + | which certain audits shall be require d; making | |
515 | + | certain audits biennial; replacing certain auditing | |
516 | + | procedures with procedures prescribed by the State | |
517 | + | Auditor and Inspector; modifying time certain audit | |
518 | + | report is due; modifying municipal income | |
519 | + | requirements; redirecting certain funds; creating the | |
520 | + | Special Investigative Unit Auditing Revolving Fund; | |
521 | + | providing for revenue and expenditures; providing for | |
522 | + | codification; repeali ng 11 O.S. 2011, Section 17 -108, | |
523 | + | which relates to municipal trust exemptions; | |
524 | + | providing an effective date; and declaring an | |
525 | + | emergency. | |
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531 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | |
532 | + | SECTION 8. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2011, Section 17-105, as | |
533 | + | last amended by Section 1, Chapter 82, O.S.L. 2017 (11 O.S. Supp. | |
534 | + | 2020, Section 17-105), is amended to re ad as follows: | |
535 | + | Section 17-105. A. The governing body of each municipality | |
536 | + | with an income of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000. 00) Fifty | |
537 | + | Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or more to its general fund in revenue | |
538 | + | to all funds, including component units of wh ich the municipality is | |
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565 | + | a beneficiary, during a fiscal year shall cause to be prepared, by | |
566 | + | an independent licensed public accountant or a certified public | |
567 | + | accountant, an annual financial statement audit to be conducted in | |
568 | + | accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United | |
569 | + | States of America and "Government Auditing Standards " as issued by | |
570 | + | the Comptroller General of the United States. Such audit shall be | |
571 | + | ordered within thirty (30) days of the close of each fiscal year. | |
572 | + | Copies shall be filed with the State Auditor and Inspector within | |
573 | + | six (6) months after the close of the fiscal year in accordance with | |
574 | + | the provisions of Sections 3022 and 3023 paragraph 2 of subsection A | |
575 | + | of Section 212A of Title 68 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and with the | |
576 | + | governing body of the municipality. | |
577 | + | B. The governing body of each municipality with an income of | |
578 | + | Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000. 00) Fifty Thousand Dollars | |
579 | + | ($50,000.00) or more to its general fund during a fiscal year in | |
580 | + | total revenue to all funds, incl uding component units of which the | |
581 | + | municipality is a beneficiary, and with a population of less than | |
582 | + | two thousand five hundred (2,50 0) as of the most recent Federal | |
583 | + | Decennial Census, and for whom an annual financial statement audit | |
584 | + | is not required by anoth er law, regulation or contract, shall cause | |
585 | + | to be prepared, by an independent licensed public accountant or a | |
586 | + | certified public accou ntant, an annual a biennial financial | |
587 | + | statement audit in accordance with auditing standards generally | |
588 | + | accepted in the United States and Government Auditing Standards as | |
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615 | + | issued by the Comptroller General of the United States , or an. Each | |
616 | + | biennial audit shall cover the two (2) preceding years. The | |
617 | + | governing body of each municipality may alternatively request | |
618 | + | biennial agreed-upon-procedures engagement over certain financial | |
619 | + | information and compliance requirements to be performed in | |
620 | + | accordance with the applic able attestation standards of The American | |
621 | + | Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The specific procedures | |
622 | + | to be performed are as follows for the fiscal year: | |
623 | + | 1. Prepare a schedule of changes in fund balances for each fund | |
624 | + | and determine compliance wit h the statutory prohibition of creating | |
625 | + | fund balance deficits; | |
626 | + | 2. Prepare a budget and actual financial schedule for the | |
627 | + | General Fund and any other significant funds listing separately each | |
628 | + | federal fund and determine compliance with the legal level of | |
629 | + | appropriations by comparing expenditures and encumbrances to | |
630 | + | authorized appropriations; | |
631 | + | 3. Agree material bank account balance s to bank statements, and | |
632 | + | trace significant reconciling items to subsequent clearance; | |
633 | + | 4. Compare uninsured deposits to fair value of pledged | |
634 | + | collateral; | |
635 | + | 5. Compare use of material -restricted revenues and resources to | |
636 | + | their restrictions; | |
637 | + | 6. Determine compliance with requirements for separate funds; | |
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665 | + | 7. Determine compliance with reserve account and debt service | |
666 | + | coverage requirements of bond indentures. | |
667 | + | Such prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector. Each | |
668 | + | biennial agreed-upon-procedures engagement shall cover the two (2) | |
669 | + | preceding years. The audit or agreed-upon-procedures engagement | |
670 | + | shall be ordered within thirty (30) days o f the close of each the | |
671 | + | fiscal year that the audit is due . Copies shall be filed with the | |
672 | + | State Auditor and Inspector withi n six (6) nine (9) months after the | |
673 | + | close of the fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of | |
674 | + | Sections 3022 and 3023 paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 212A | |
675 | + | of Title 68 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and with the governing body | |
676 | + | of the municipality. | |
677 | + | C. The municipal income requirements in subsections A and B of | |
678 | + | this section shall not include any grant monies provided to a | |
679 | + | municipality from any federal, state, or other governmental entity. | |
680 | + | The municipal income requirements shall also not include income of | |
681 | + | any public trust established under Sections 176 through 180.4 of | |
682 | + | Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes with a municipality as the | |
683 | + | beneficiary of the trust; provided, that income from trusts | |
684 | + | established principally for the purpose of operating electric, | |
685 | + | water, wastewater, and sanitation utilities shall be included for | |
686 | + | purposes of the municipal income requirements. | |
687 | + | SECTION 9. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2011, Section 17 -107, is | |
688 | + | amended to read as follows: | |
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715 | + | Section 17-107. If a municipality do es not file a copy of its | |
716 | + | audit or agreed-upon-procedures report as provided in Section 17 -105 | |
717 | + | of this title, the State Auditor and Inspector shall notify the | |
718 | + | Oklahoma Tax Commission which shall withhold from the municipality | |
719 | + | its monthly allocations of gas oline taxes until the audit report is | |
720 | + | filed. If a report is not filed within two (2) years one (1) year | |
721 | + | after the close of the fisc al year in the case of an annual audit, | |
722 | + | or the second fiscal year of a biennial audit period , the funds | |
723 | + | being withheld shall be remitted by the Oklahoma Tax Commission to | |
724 | + | the county in which the incorporated city or town is located and | |
725 | + | deposited to the cou nty highway fund of that county to be used as | |
726 | + | otherwise provided by law Special Investigative Unit Auditing | |
727 | + | Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 3 of this act . | |
728 | + | SECTION 10. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | |
729 | + | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 17 -107A of Title 11, unless | |
730 | + | there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | |
731 | + | There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund | |
732 | + | for the State Auditor and Inspector to be designated the "Special | |
733 | + | Investigative Unit Auditing Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a | |
734 | + | continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall | |
735 | + | consist of all monies received by the State Auditor and Inspector | |
736 | + | from funds withheld from a municipality's allocations of gasoline | |
737 | + | taxes as provided in Section 17 -107 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma | |
738 | + | Statutes and all monies received from legislative appropriatio ns. | |
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765 | + | All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby | |
766 | + | appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State Auditor | |
767 | + | and Inspector for the purpose of offsetting expenses incurred from | |
768 | + | special investigative audit activities relating to municipa l | |
769 | + | government. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants | |
770 | + | issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescri bed by | |
771 | + | law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise | |
772 | + | Services for approval and payment. | |
773 | + | SECTION 11. REPEALER 11 O.S. 2011, Section 17 -108, is | |
774 | + | hereby repealed. | |
775 | + | SECTION 12. This act shall become effec tive July 1, 2021. | |
776 | + | SECTION 13. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | |
777 | + | of the public peace, heal th or safety, an emergency is hereby | |
778 | + | declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | |
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220 | - | Passed the House of Rep resentatives the 11th day of May, 2022. | |
780 | + | Passed the House of Representatives the 1st day of March, 2021. | |
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238 | - | OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR | |
239 | - | Received by the Office of the Governor this _ ___________________ | |
240 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
241 | - | By: _________________________________ | |
242 | - | Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____ | |
243 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock ______ _ M. | |
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247 | - | Governor of the State of Oklahoma | |
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249 | - | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE | |
250 | - | Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ | |
251 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
252 | - | By: _________________________________ |