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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 16, 2022
AS AMENDED
SENATE BILL NO. 1587 By: Simpson of the Senate
and
Hardin (Tommy) of the House
[ veterans - K-I-A Reinterment Fund - codification -
effective date -
emergency ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be co dified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 35 of Title 72, unless there is
created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the
Oklahoma Department of Veterans Aff airs to be designated the “K-I-A
Reinterment Fund”. The fund balance shall not exceed Three Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) and shall consist of:
1. All monies apportioned or allocated to the fund pursuant to
law;
2. Any amounts appropriated by the Legislature to the fund; and
3. Gifts, grants, and other donations received for the fund .
B. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby
appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department of
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Veterans Affairs for the purposes of disinterring those who were
killed in action while in combat with a hostile force and
reinterment in a State Veterans Cemetery . Expenditures from the
fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treas urer
against claims filed a s prescribed by law with the Director of the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and
payment.
C. The Director of the Department of Vetera ns Affairs shall
establish the application procedure and the criteria for awarding
financial assistance.
D. All applications for reinter ment shall be approved by the
Oklahoma Veterans Commission.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. It being immediately neces sary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason wh ereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and appro val.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
February 16, 2022 - DO PASS AS AMENDED