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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legisla ture (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1596 By: Worthen
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Alcoholic Beverage Laws
Enforcement Commission; creating a petty cash f und;
stating purpose; providing for maximum fund amount;
establishing certain procedures for certain fund;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law t o be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8-101 of Title 37A, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
There is hereby created a petty cash fund for the Alcoholic
Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission to be used for the
purpose of supplying its agents with money for undercover operations
to obtain critical evidence for case presentation s. The amount of
the petty cash fund shall not exceed Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00), and the ABLE Commission is authorized to prescribe
forms, systems, and procedures for its administration. The petty
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cash fund may be reimbursed from time to time by the filing of
proper claims, accompanied by valid receipts for expenditures made.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES, dated 02/23/2023 - DO PASS.