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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2897 By: Wallace and Hilbert of the
House
and
Thompson and Hall of the
Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to the Ethics Commission; amending 74
O.S. 2011, Section 4258, as last amended by Section
1, Chapter 440, O.S.L. 2019 (74 O.S. Supp. 2020,
Section 4258), which relates to the Ethics Commission
Fund; clarifying language; requiring collections in
excess of certain annual amount be deposited to
certain revolving fund; creating the Ethics
Commission Online Filing Revolving Fund; placing fund
with the Ethics Commission; establishing fund
characteristics; requiring collections in excess of
certain annual amount be deposited to certain fund;
authorizing the budgeting and expenditure of funds
for certain purposes; establishing expenditure
procedures; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2011, Section 4258, as
last amended by Section 1, Chapter 440, O.S.L. 2019 (74 O.S. Supp.
2020, Section 4258), is amended to read as follow s:
Section 4258. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury
a revolving fund for the Ethics Commission to be designated the
"Ethics Commission Fund". The Ethics Commission Fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations , and
deposits to the fund shall consist of the first One Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) of fees received by the Commission
each fiscal year. Fees collected each fiscal year in excess of One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) shall be placed to the
credit of the General Revenue Fund Ethics Commission Online Filing
Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 2 of this act .
B. All monies accruing to the credit of the Ethics Commission
Fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and e xpended by the
Commission for any expenses incurred in the implementation of its
duties as provided by law. Expenditures from the fund shall be made
upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4258.2 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
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A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Ethics Commission to be designated the "Ethics
Commission Online Filing Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year li mitations, and
deposits to the fund shall consist of the first Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($200,000.00) of monies designated for deposit to the fund
pursuant to the provisions of Section 4258 of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes each fiscal year and all monies appropriated to
the fund pursuant to an act of the Legislature.
B. Monies designated for deposit to the fund in excess of Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) each fiscal year shall be
placed to the credit of the General Revenue Fund. All monies
accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may
be budgeted and expended by the Commission for the purpose of:
1. Developing, maintaining and administering the Commission's
online filing system; and
2. The payment of fees and charges to other state agencies for
information technology services.
Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by
the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with
the Director of the Office of Management and Enterpri se Services for
approval and payment.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
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SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JOINT COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
AND BUDGET, dated 05/17/2021 - DO PASS, As Amended.