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5353 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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5555 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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5757 SENATE JOINT
5858 RESOLUTION 14 By: Newhouse
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6363 AS INTRODUCED
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6565 A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
6666 to refer to the peopl e for their approval or
6767 rejection a proposed amendment to Section 23 of
6868 Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution; increasing
6969 maximum amount deposited into Constitutional Reserve
7070 Fund; providing ballot title; and directing filing .
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7575 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE S OF THE
7676 1ST SESSION OF THE 5 8TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
7777 SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
7878 their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
7979 the following proposed amendment to Section 23 of Art icle X of the
8080 Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:
8181 Section 23. The state shall never create or authorize the
8282 creation of any debt or obligation, or fund or pay any deficit,
8383 against the state, or any departm ent, institution or agency thereof,
8484 regardless of its form or the source of money from which it is to be
8585 paid, except as may be provided in this section and in Sections 24
8686 and 25 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.
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138138 To ensure a balanced annual budget, pursuant to the limitation s
139139 contained in the foregoing, procedures are herewith established as
140140 follows:
141141 1. Not more than forty -five (45) days or less than thirty -five
142142 (35) days prior to the convening of each regular session of the
143143 Legislature, the State Board of Equalization shall certify the total
144144 amount of revenue which accrued during the last preceding fiscal
145145 year to the General Revenue Fund and to each Special Revenue Fund
146146 appropriated directly by the Legislature, and shall further ce rtify
147147 amounts available for appropriation wh ich shall be based on a
148148 determination, in accordance with the procedure hereinafter
149149 provided, of the revenues to be received by the state under the laws
150150 in effect at the time such determination is made, for the n ext
151151 ensuing fiscal year, showing separately the revenues to accrue to
152152 the credit of each such fund of the state appropriated directly by
153153 the Legislature.
154154 Amounts certified as available for appropriation from each fund,
155155 as hereinbefore provided, shall be ni nety-five percent (95%) of an
156156 itemized estimate made by the State Board of Equalization, which
157157 shall include all sources of revenue to each fund for the next
158158 ensuing fiscal year; provided, however, appropriated federal funds
159159 shall be certified for the full amount of the estimate. Said
160160 estimate shall consider any increase or decline in revenues that
161161 would result from predictable changes in the economy.
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213213 Legislative appropriations for any fiscal year, except for
214214 special appropriations provided for in paragrap h 6, 7 or 8 shall be
215215 limited to a sum not to exceed the total amount appropriated from
216216 all funds in the preceding fiscal year, plus twelve percent (12%),
217217 adjusted for inflation for the previous calendar year. Said limit
218218 shall be adjusted for funds not pre viously appropriated. The limit
219219 on the growth of appropriations shall be certified to by the State
220220 Board of Equalization.
221221 2. Such certification shall be filed with the Governor, the
222222 President and President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker
223223 of the House of Representatives. The Legislature shall not pass or
224224 enact any bill, act or measure making an appropriation of money for
225225 any purpose until such certification is made and filed, unless the
226226 State Board of Equalization has failed to file said certif ication at
227227 the time of convening of said Leg islature. In such event, it shall
228228 be the duty of the Legislature to make such certification pursuant
229229 to the provisions of this section. All appropriations made in
230230 excess of such certification shall be null and void; provided,
231231 however, that the Legislatur e may at any regular session or special
232232 session, called for that purpose, enact laws to provide for
233233 additional revenues or a reduction in revenues, other than ad
234234 valorem taxes, or transferring the existing revenu es or
235235 unappropriated cash on hand from one f und to another, or making
236236 provisions for appropriating funds not previously appropriated
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288288 directly by the Legislature. Whereupon, it shall be the duty of the
289289 State Board of Equalization to make a determination of the revenues
290290 that will accrue under such la ws and ninety-five percent (95%) of
291291 the amount of any increase or decrease resulting, for any reason,
292292 from such changes in laws shall be added to or deducted from the
293293 amount previously certified available for app ropriation from each
294294 respective fund, as the case may be. The State Board of
295295 Equalization shall file the amount of such adjusted certification,
296296 or additional certification for funds not previously appropriated
297297 directly by the Legislature, with the Governo r, with the President
298298 and President Pro Temp ore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
299299 House of Representatives, and such adjusted amount shall be the
300300 maximum amount which can be appropriated for all purposes from any
301301 such fund for the fiscal year being cer tified.
302302 3. The State Board of Equalization shall meet within five (5)
303303 days after the monthly apportionment in February of each year, and
304304 at that time may adjust the certification, based upon the most
305305 current information available, and determine the amount of funds
306306 available for appropriation for th at legislative session. At said
307307 meeting the Board shall determine the limit on the growth of
308308 appropriations as provided for in this section.
309309 4. Surplus funds or monies shall be any amount accruing to the
310310 General Revenue Fund of the State of Oklahoma over and above the
311311 itemized estimate made by the State Board of Equalization.
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363363 5. All such surplus funds or monies shall be placed in a
364364 Constitutional Reserve Fund by the State Treasurer until such time
365365 that the amount of said Fund equals fifteen percent (15%) thirty
366366 percent (30%) of the General Revenue Fund certification for the
367367 preceding fiscal year. Appropriations made from said Fund shall be
368368 considered special appropriations.
369369 6. a. Up to three-eighths (3/8) of the balance at the
370370 beginning of the current fi scal year in the
371371 Constitutional Reserve Fund may be appropriated for
372372 the forthcoming fiscal year, when the certification by
373373 the State Board of Equalization for said forthcoming
374374 fiscal year General Revenue Fund is less than that of
375375 the current fiscal year c ertification. In no event
376376 shall the amount of monies appropriated from the
377377 Constitutional Reserve Fund be in excess of the
378378 difference between the two said certifications.
379379 b. (1) In years when the provisions of s ubparagraph a of
380380 this paragraph are not appl icable and the balance
381381 at the beginning of the current fiscal year in
382382 the Constitutional Reserve Fund is equal to or
383383 greater than Eighty Million Dollars
384384 ($80,000,000.00), up to Ten Million Dollars
385385 ($10,000,000.00) may be expended for the purpose
386386 of providing incentives to support retention of
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438438 at-risk manufacturing establishments in this
439439 state in order to retain employment for residents
440440 of this state. Such incentives shall be paid by
441441 the Oklahoma Tax Commission up on a unanimous
442442 finding by the Governor, the Speaker of the House
443443 of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore
444444 of the Senate that:
445445 (a) such incentives have been recommended by an
446446 independent committee created by the
447447 Legislature for such purposes as prov ided
448448 herein pursuant to criteria set out by law,
449449 (b) the incentive will result in a substantial
450450 benefit to this state, and
451451 (c) payment of the incentive would be in
452452 accordance with the provisions of this
453453 subparagraph and laws enacted to implement
454454 provisions of this subparagraph.
455455 (2) The independent committee will be composed of not
456456 less than seven (7) people appointed or otherwise
457457 determined pursuant to laws enacted by the
458458 Legislature providing for membership on the
459459 committee. The committee shall make
460460 recommendations to the Governor, the Speaker of
461461 the House of Representatives and the President
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513513 Pro Tempore of the Senate for the awarding of
514514 incentives. Such recommendations shall give
515515 priority to establishments which:
516516 (a) are at greater risk of losing jobs be cause
517517 the plant is no longer competitive or
518518 leaving the state and thereby causing the
519519 loss of more employment in this state than
520520 other eligible recipients, and
521521 (b) provide the largest economic impact to the
522522 state.
523523 (3) For any fiscal year, the incentives sh all not
524524 exceed ten percent (10%) of the amou nt invested
525525 by an establishment in capital assets to be
526526 utilized in this state. Incentives may only be
527527 paid pursuant to an investment contract between
528528 the establishment and a state agency designated
529529 by law, which provides for a specified amount of
530530 investment in a capital asset to be made by the
531531 establishment over a period of not to exceed five
532532 (5) years. No incentive payment shall be made
533533 prior to the actual investment by the
534534 establishment. The contract shall m ake payment
535535 of any incentives in any fiscal year contingent
536536 on the balance at the beginning of such fiscal
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588588 year in the Constitutional Reserve Fund being
589589 equal to or greater than Eighty Million Dollars
590590 ($80,000,000.00) and on the certification by the
591591 State Board of Equalization for such fiscal year
592592 of the amount available for appropriation from
593593 the General Revenue Fund being greater than the
594594 amount certified for the preceding fiscal year.
595595 Investment contracts authorized by this
596596 subparagraph shall provide th at if any incentive
597597 payment is payable durin g a fiscal year in which
598598 either the balance at the beginning of the fiscal
599599 year in the Constitutional Reserve Fund is not
600600 equal to or greater than Eighty Million Dollars
601601 ($80,000,000.00) or when the certification by the
602602 State Board of Equalization for such fiscal year
603603 General Revenue Fund is less than that of the
604604 immediately prior fiscal year certification, then
605605 any incentive payments which would have been
606606 payable during such fiscal year shall be payable
607607 in the first fiscal year when funds are available
608608 pursuant to the provisions of division (1) of
609609 this subparagraph. In the event that the amount
610610 of incentives payable under investment contracts
611611 authorized by this subparagraph is greater than
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663663 the amounts available f or payment under this
664664 subparagraph in a fisc al year, then no new
665665 contracts may be authorized during such year and
666666 incentive payments which are made shall be
667667 reduced pro rata as necessary to apply all
668668 available funds to incentive payments which are
669669 payable in such year.
670670 (4) The Legislature is authori zed to enact laws
671671 necessary to implement the provisions of this
672672 section.
673673 7. Up to three-eighths (3/8) of the balance at the beginning of
674674 the current fiscal year in the Constitutional Reserve Fund may be
675675 appropriated for the current fiscal year if the Stat e Board of
676676 Equalization determines that a revenue failure has occurred with
677677 respect to the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. In no
678678 event shall the amount of monies appropriated from the
679679 Constitutional Reserve Fund pursuant to this paragraph be i n excess
680680 of the amount of the projected revenue failure in the General
681681 Revenue Fund, which total amount shall be computed by the State
682682 Board of Equalization, for the entire fiscal year. Monies
683683 appropriated to any state governmental entity from the
684684 Constitutional Reserve Fund pursuant to this paragraph may only be
685685 made in order to ensure that the monies actually received by the
686686 entity for the then current fiscal year are equal to or less than,
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738738 but not in excess of , the total appropriation amount for such en tity
739739 in effect at the beginning of the then current fiscal year.
740740 8. Up to one-quarter (1/4) of the balance at the beginning of
741741 the current fiscal year in the Constitutional Reserve Fund may be
742742 appropriated, upon a declaration by the Governor that emergenc y
743743 conditions exist, with concurrence of the Legislature by a two -
744744 thirds (2/3) vote of the House of Representatives and Senate for the
745745 appropriation; or said one -quarter (1/4) could be appropriated upon
746746 a joint declaration of emergency conditions by the Spe aker of the
747747 House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the
748748 Senate, with a concurrence of a three -fourths (3/4) vote of the
749749 House of Representatives and Senate.
750750 9. That portion of every appropriati on, at the end of each
751751 fiscal year, in exces s of actual revenues collected and allocated
752752 thereto, as hereinafter provided, shall be null and void. Revenues
753753 deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue
754754 Fund or of any special fund (w hich derives its revenue in whole or
755755 in part from state taxes or fees) shall, except as to principal and
756756 interest on the public debt, be allocated monthly to each
757757 department, institution, board, commission or special appropriation
758758 on a percentage basis, in that ratio that the total appropriation
759759 for such department, institution, board, commission or special
760760 appropriation from each fund for that fiscal year bears to the total
761761 of all appropriations from each fund for that fiscal year, and no
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813813 warrant shall be issued in excess of said allocation. Any
814814 department, institution or agency of the state operating on revenues
815815 derived from any law or laws which allocate the revenues thereof to
816816 such department, institution or agency shall not incur obligations
817817 in excess of the unencumbered balance of cash on hand. Nothing in
818818 this section shall prevent, under such conditions and limitations as
819819 shall be prescribed by law, the governing board of an institution of
820820 higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
821821 Education from contracting with a president o f such institution of
822822 higher education for periods extending more than one (1) year, but
823823 not to exceed three (3) years beyond the fiscal year in which the
824824 contract is signed.
825825 10. The Legislature shall provide a method whereby
826826 appropriations shall be divid ed and set up on a monthly, quarterly
827827 or semiannual basis within each fiscal year to prevent obligations
828828 being incurred in excess of the revenue to be collected, and
829829 notwithstanding other provisions of this Const itution, the
830830 Legislature shall provide that all appropriations shall be reduced
831831 to bring them within revenues actually collected, but all such
832832 reductions shall apply to each department, institution, board,
833833 commission or special appropriation made by the St ate Legislature in
834834 the ratio that its total appropriation for that fiscal year bears to
835835 the total of all appropriations from that fund for that fiscal year;
836836 provided, however, that the Governor shall have discretion to issue
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888888 deficiency certificates to the State Treasurer for the benefit of
889889 any department, institution or agency of the state, if the amount of
890890 such deficiency certificates be within the limit of the current
891891 appropriation for that department, institution or agency, whereupon
892892 the State Treasurer shall issue warrants to the extent of such
893893 certificates for the payment of such claims as may be authorized by
894894 the Governor, and such warrants shall become a part of the public
895895 debt and shall be paid out of any money appropriated by the
896896 Legislature and made lawfully available therefor; provided furt her,
897897 that in no event shall said deficiency certificates exceed in the
898898 aggregate the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in
899899 any fiscal year.
900900 SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the pro posed Constitutional
901901 amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
902902 the following form:
903903 BALLOT TITLE
904904 Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
905905 THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
906906 This measure amends Section 23 of Ar ticle 10 of the Oklahoma
907907 Constitution. It amends the maximum amount which may be
908908 deposited into a certain fund. The fund is known as the
909909 Constitutional Reserve Fund. Under current law, the cap is set
910910 at fifteen percent (15%) of the amount certified for the General
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962962 Revenue Fund for the prior fiscal year. This would increase the
963963 cap amount to thirty percent (30%).
964964 SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
965965 FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
966966 AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
967967 SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
968968 immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
969969 one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
970970 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
971971 General.
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