Req. No. 11589 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 4456 By: Wallace and Martinez of the House and Thompson and Hall of the Senate COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to public finance; creating the Progressing Rural Econom ic Prosperity Fund; providing reference for fund; establishing fund characteristics; limiting appropriations and transfer authority; providing for codification; a nd declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 256 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated the "Progressing Rural Economic Prosperity Fund", also known as the "PREP Fund". Said fund shall be subjec t to legislative appropriation or transfer as provid ed by law and shall consist of Req. No. 11589 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 all such monies as the Legislature may direct to be appropriated or transferred to said fund. SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency i s hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage an d approval. 58-2-11589 JM 05/17/22