An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2928 By: Wallace and Caldwell (Trey )
of the House
and
Hall and Rosino of the
Senate
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of
Commerce; requiring that portions of certain funds be
utilized for certain purpo ses; providing budgeting
and expenditure limitations and procedures; providing
for lapse of funds under certain conditions;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
SUBJECT: Oklahoma Department of Commerce
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Commerce in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1125 of the 2nd
Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of T wo Hundred
Twenty-nine Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-five Dollars ($229,945.00)
shall, under the direction of the Executive Direc tor of Commerce, be
allocated to support the Community Expansion of Nutrition Assis tance
Program.
SECTION 2. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Commerce in Enrol led Senate Bill No. 1125 of the 2nd
Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of One Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00 ) shall, under the direction of
the Executive Director of Commerce, be allocat ed to various Councils
of Government to support substate planning .
SECTION 3. From the funds appropriated t o the Oklahoma
Department of Commerce in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1125 of the 2nd
Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of Thirty-six ENR. H. B. NO. 2928 Page 2
Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-one Dollars ($36,221.00 ) shall, under
the direction of the Executive Direc tor of Commerce, be allocated to
support the functions of commun ity action agencies.
SECTION 4. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Commerce in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1125 of the 2nd
Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of One Hundred
Eighty-three Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-four Dollars
($183,874.00) shall, under the direction of the Executive Director
of Commerce, be allocated to community action agencies to support
Head Start programs.
SECTION 5. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Commerce in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1125 of the 2nd
Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of Sixty-four
Thousand Two Hundred Seventeen Dollars ($64,217.00 ) shall, under the
direction of the Executive Direc tor of Commerce, be allocate d to the
RX for Oklahoma Prescription Assistance program.
SECTION 6. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Commerce in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1125 of the 2nd
Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of Eight Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,0 00.00) shall, under the direction of
the Executive Director of Commerce, be allo cated to support Small
Business Development Centers.
SECTION 7. From the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Commerce in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1125 of the 2nd
Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of Ten Million
Dollars ($10,000,000.00) shall, under the direction of the Executive
Director of Commerce, be allocated to help fund at Rogers State
University a new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) building.
SECTION 8. Appropriations made by this act, not including
appropriations made for capital outlay purpos es, may be budgeted for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (hereafter FY-25) or may be
budgeted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 (hereafter FY-26).
Funds budgeted for FY-25 may be encumbered only through June 30,
2025, and must be expended by No vember 15, 2025. Any funds
remaining after November 15, 2025, and not budgeted for FY-26, shall
lapse to the credit of the proper fund for the then current fiscal
year. Funds budgeted for FY-26 may be encumbered only through June
30, 2026. Any funds remaining after November 15, 2026, shall lapse
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These appropriations may not be budgeted in both fiscal years
simultaneously. Funds budgeted in FY-25, and not required to pay
obligations for that fiscal year, may be budget ed for FY-26, after
the agency to which the funds have been approp riated has prepared
and submitted a budget work program revision removing the se funds
from the FY-25 budget work program and after such revision has been
approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
SECTION 9. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 10. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof th is act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its pas sage and approval.
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Passed the House of Representat ives the 28th day of May, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 30th day of May, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ______________ _____, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______ , at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________