An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2906 By: Wallace and Hilbert of the
House
and
Thompson and Hall of the
Senate
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; requiring that
portions of certain appropriated funds be used for
certain purposes; providing procedures; providing
lapse dates; and requiring and prohibiting certain
budget procedures.
SUBJECT: Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in Enrolled House Bill
No. 2900 of the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the
sum of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) shall, u nder the
direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, be allocated to the
Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
SECTION 2. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in Enrolled House Bill
No. 2900 of the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the
sum of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) shall, under the
direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, be allocated to the
extension offices that are affiliated with t he Oklahoma State
University Agricultural Extension Service.
SECTION 3. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in Enrolled House Bill
No. 2900 of the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legi slature, the
sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) shall, under the ENR. H. B. NO. 2906 Page 2
direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, be allocated to the
research centers that are affiliated with the Oklahoma State
University Agriculture Experiment Stations.
SECTION 4. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in Enrolled House Bill
No. 2900 of the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the
sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) shal l, under
the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, be allocated for
facility improvements needed for cattle stock shows.
SECTION 5. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in Enrol led House Bill
No. 2900 of the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the
sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) shall, under the
direction of the Commission er of Agriculture, be allocated to hire
additional full-time meat inspectors.
SECTION 6. Appropriations made by Enrolled House Bill No. 2900
of the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, not including
appropriations made for capital outlay purposes, may be budgeted for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 (he reafter FY-22) or may be
budgeted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023 (hereafter FY -23).
Funds budgeted for FY -22 may be encumbered only through June 30,
2022, and must be expended by November 15, 2022. Any funds
remaining after November 15, 2022, a nd not budgeted for FY -23, shall
lapse to the credit of the proper fund for the then current fiscal
year. Funds budgeted for FY -23 may be encumbered only through June
30, 2023. Any funds remaining after November 15, 2023, shall lapse
to the credit of the proper fund for the then current fiscal year.
These appropriations may not be budgeted in both fiscal years
simultaneously. Funds budgeted in FY -22, and not required to pay
obligations for that fiscal year, may be budgeted for FY -23, after
the agency to which the funds have been appropriated has prepared
and submitted a budget work program revision removing these funds
from the FY-22 budget work program and after such revision has been
approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 18th day of May, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 20th day of May, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________