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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 64 By: Weaver
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to legislative testimony; ame nding 62
O.S. 2011, Section 34.96, as las t amended by Section
3, Chapter 168, O.S.L. 2015 (62 O.S. Supp. 2020,
Section 34.96), which relates to the Legislative
Oversight Committee on State Budget Performance;
requiring administration of oath to persons pro viding
testimony before certain legislati ve committees;
creating misdemeanor offense for cert ain acts; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 62 O.S. 2011, Se ction 34.96, as
last amended by Secti on 3, Chapter 168, O.S.L. 2015 (62 O.S. Supp.
2020, Section 34.96), is amended to read as follows:
Section 34.96. A. There is hereby established the Legislative
Oversight Committee on State Budget Performance. The pu rposes of
this committee shall includ e oversight of the implementation of a
system of program performance-based budgeting for implementation by
state agencies.
B. The Committee’s duties shall also include:
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1. Development of agency budget request forms an d instructions
in conjunction with th e Office of Management and Enterprise
Services;
2. Directing studies to aid in the development of legislative
and procedural changes to further improve the budgetary, financial,
accounting, reporting, personnel, and pu rchasing processes and
systems of the state;
3. Direction of program evaluation and mana gement studies;
4. Oversight and reporting on executive branch compliance with
the legislative intent of appropriation measures. Such oversight
and reporting duties may include:
a. agency reorganization actions,
b. executive orders calling for reduction of full-time-
equivalents or hiring freezes, and
c. transfer of funds by the executive branch;
5. The development of revenue and expenditure estimates and
analyses;
6. Study of the management, operations , programs and fiscal
needs of the agencies and inst itutions of Oklahoma state government
pursuant to the Oklahoma Program Performance Budgeting and
Accountability Act;
7. Review of the executive budget, agency strateg ic plans and
the estimate of needs of each state agency and institution. Reports
may be issued by the Committee as it deems appropriate; and
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8. Implementation of an ongoing evaluation review procedure of
existing programs based on performance -informed budgeting techniques
pursuant to the Oklahoma Program Performance Budgeting and
Accountability Act. The committee in cooperation with the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services shall establish a schedule to
review strategic plans and existing programs for each agency a
minimum of once every four (4) years. The committee shall issue an
evaluation report for each agency once every four (4) years which
will include but not be limited to the following information:
a. a review of the agency ’s programs, performance and
management,
b. whether the agency has demonstrated that there is a
need for the services and programs which justifies the
agency’s continued existence, and
c. whether the agency is the most appropriate provider of
the programs and services fur nished by the agency.
C. Any reference in the Oklahoma Statutes to the Joint
Legislative Committee on Budget and Program Oversight shall be a
reference to the Legislative Oversight Committee on State Budget
Performance.
D. The Committee shall be composed of three members appointed
by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, three members app ointed
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two members by the
minority leader of the Senate and two members appointed by the
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minority leader of the House o f Representatives. The Chair and Vic e
Chair of the Committee shall rotate every two (2) years between the
Senate and the House of Representatives beginning with a Senate
member serving as Chair in 2003. The Committee shall meet at least
four (4) times per year and at other times as called b y the Chair.
The Legislative Oversight Committee on State Budget Performance
shall function as a committee of the Legislature when the
Legislature is in session and is not in session. Each member of the
Committee shall serve until a successor is appointe d. The duties of
the Committee may be performed by the Appropriations Committee of
the Senate and the Appropriations and Budget Committee of the House
of Representatives or subcommittees thereof.
E. The Committee shal l be staffed jointly by the staff of the
fiscal divisions of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
F. The Committee may make use of all available teleconferencing
technology to facilitate meetings of the Committee when the
Legislature is not in ses sion. The Committee shall take any
appropriate action to make such teleconferenced meeti ngs comply with
the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq.
of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
G. The Committee shall periodically meet in different
geographical regions of th e state to enhance the Committee ’s
understanding of local conditions and to help educate the public as
to the fiscal condition of the state.
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H. 1. Any person offering testimony before the Legislative
Oversight Committee on State Budget Performance, the A ppropriations
Committee of the Senate or the Appropr iations and Budget Committee
of the House of Representatives , or any subcommittee thereof, shall
have an oath administered that he or she will testify truly, or that
any written testimony provided is true or believed to be true.
2. A person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the person
violates the oath required in paragraph 1 of this subsection by
knowingly and willfully:
a. falsifying or concealing any material fact ,
b. making any materially false, fic titious or fraudulent
statement or representation, or
c. presenting any false writing or document.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, a n emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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