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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 18, 2024
AS AMENDED
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2302 By: Pfeiffer, Wallace, and Deck
of the House
and
Hall and Stephens of the
Senate
[ agriculture - Revolving Fund - rules - guidelines -
grants - recipients - limitations - codification -
effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 21 -1 of Title 2, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "International
Livestock Judging Competition, Shooting, and Precision Sports Grant
Act".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 21-2 of Title 2, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
to be designated the "International Livestock Judging Competition,
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Shooting, and Precision Sports Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
consist of all monies received by the State Board of Agri culture
from state-appropriated funds, federal funds, donations, grants, and
contributions from any public or private source and designated for
the purpose set forth in this section. All monies accruing to the
credit of the fund are hereby appropriated an d may be budgeted and
expended by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
Forestry for the purpose of administering the International
Livestock Judging Competition, Shooting, and Precision Sports Grant
Act. Expenditures from the fund shall be ma de upon warrants issued
by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law
with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services for approval and payment.
B. The International Livestock Judging Competition, Shooting,
and Precision Sports Revolving Fund shall never exceed Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) at any given time.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 21 -3 of Title 2, unless there i s
created a duplication in numberin g, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall
administer the provisions of the International Livestock Judging
Competition, Shooting, and Precision Sports Grant Act.
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B. The State Board of Agriculture shall promulgate rules and
adopt eligibility guidelines necessary to enforce and administer the
International Livestock Judging Competition, Shooting, and Precision
Sports Grant Act, including an application process for grants.
Teams that receive grants must be comprised of Oklahoma students who
are members of a National FFA Organization chapter or 4 -H team that
has won a national competition and is eligible to compete in an
international livestock judging competition or members of a shootin g
and precision sports team that is eligible to compete in a national
or international sports competition.
C. Grants shall be awarded to match the funds the teams have
raised in a one-to-one ratio (1:1), the total amount not to exceed
the estimated cost o f the trip for an international liv estock
judging competition.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
April 18, 2024 - DO PASS AS AMENDED