Req. No. 8356 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2887 By: Wallace and Martinez of the House and Thompson (Roger) and Hal l of the Senate COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; making an appropriation; establishing amount; identifying source; providing purpose; providing for noncodification; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STAT E OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: There is hereby appropriated to t he Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs from any monies no t otherwise appropria ted from the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, the sum of Ten Million Eight Hundred Sixty - three Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Dollars ( $10,863,470.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to advance the construction and Req. No. 8356 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 furnishing of facilities to be operated by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs. SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage an d approval. 59-1-8356 JM 05/09/23