An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 4471 By: Wallace and Martinez of the
House
and
Thompson and Hall of the
Senate
An Act relating to the Department of Public Safety;
amending 47 O.S. 2021 , Section 2-146, which relates
to the Department of Public Safety Patrol Academy
Revolving Fund; requiring reporting of Oklahoma
Highway Patrol Trooper Academies to the Oklahoma
Legislature; requiring reporting of expenditures from
the Department of Public Safety Patrol Academy
Revolving Fund; requiring reporting of monies
accruing to the credit of the Department of Public
Safety Patrol Academy Revolving Fund; requiring
reporting of certain information relating to Oklahoma
Highway Patrol Trooper Academies; and providing an
effective date.
SUBJECT: Department of Public Safety
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE O F THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 2 -146, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 2-146. A. There is hereby created in the State
Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Public Safety, to be
designated the "Department of Public Safety Patrol Ac ademy Revolving
Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund , not subject to fiscal
year limitations. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund
are hereby appropriated and shall be budgeted and e xpended by the
Department of Public Safety for the exclu sive purpose of Oklahoma ENR. H. B. NO. 4471 Page 2
Highway Patrol Trooper Academies. Expenditures from said fund shall
be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
filed as prescribed by law with the Dir ector of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Service s for approval and paymen t.
B. On or before December 1 of each year, the Department of
Public Safety shall provide a written report on all Oklahoma Highway
Patrol Trooper Academies conducted in the then current and preceding
state fiscal year to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate, the Chair of the Appropriations and Budget Committee of the
Oklahoma House of Representatives , and the Chair of the
Appropriations Committee of the Oklahoma State Senate. Such report
shall include, but not be limited to , the following information for
the then current and preceding state fiscal year :
1. A description of all expenditur es from the Department of
Public Safety Patrol Academy Revolving Fund;
2. A description of the source of all monies accruing to the
credit of the Department of Public Safety Patrol Academy Revolving
Fund;
3. A description of all expenditures, including the source of
funds for said expenditures, used to conduct each academy;
4. The total number of applicants for each academy;
5. The total number of persons admitted for each academy;
6. The total number of persons gr aduating from each academy;
7. The total number of persons graduating from each academy
that do not accept a position within the Oklahoma Highway Patrol ;
8. The total number of persons gr aduating from each acade my
that, upon accepting a position within the Oklahoma Highway Patrol,
do not complete service of an initial probationary period as
determined by the Department of Public Safety ;
9. The net number of troopers added to the Oklahoma Highway
Patrol in a calendar year;
10. A description of any academies planned to be conducted in
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11. A description of any planned academy or academies to be
conducted within the remaining fiscal year that includes, but is not
limited to, the estimated cost of the academy and the proposed
source or sources of funding.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 18th day of May, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 20th day of May, 2022.
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: _________________________________