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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3683 By: Kannady
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Military Department;
creating the Defense Workforce Grant Program; placing
the program at a certain agen cy; providing purpose;
requiring certain reports; establishing the Defense
Workforce Grant Program Revolving Fund; establishing
fund nature; authorizing certain budgeting and
expenditure of funds for certain purposes; providing
for codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency .
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 238 of Title 44, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Defense
Workforce Grant Program ".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 239 of Title 44, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
There is hereby created the Defense Workforce Grant Program
which shall be administered by the Oklahoma Military Department.
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The Program shall increase the workforce i n Oklahoma, specifically
the workforce dedicated to federal defense c ontract work. The
program shall help provide gap financing to companies actively
working with the United States Department of Defense or any United
States Military Branch to expand current contracts or secure new
contracts for new work. The Program shall not be used for renewal
of contracts with the United States Department of Defense o r any
United States Military Branch. The location of the work to be
provided shall be in a county of the state with a population of less
than seventy-five thousand (75,000) people per the 2020 Federal
Decennial Census. The applying company shall have available other
sources of funding dedicated to helping finance the new project or
the expansion of an exi sting project. Beginning July 1, 2025 , the
Oklahoma Military Department shall provide an annual report to the
Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the
President Pro Tempore of the State Senate, Appropriations and Budget
Chair of the Oklahoma House of Representatives , and the
Appropriations Chair of the State Senate that includes, but is not
limited to, the number of awards that have been granted, what
percentage of those funds that have been expended, and the increased
number of employees that have been hired by awardees.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 240 of Title 44, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
for the Oklahoma Military Department to be designated the "Defense
Workforce Grant Program Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal ye ar limitations, and shall
consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Military Department
from appropriations, donations, grants, or other sou rces of funding
specifically designated for deposit to the Defense Workforce Grant
Program Revolving Fund . All monies accruing to the credit of said
fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended b y the
Military Department for the purpose of the Defense Workforce Grant
Program. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants
issued by the State Treasurer against claims fil ed as prescribed by
law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services for approval and p ayment. The Military Department may
retain one percent (1%) of all funds otherwise deposited to the fund
to cover administrative costs related to the Defense Workforce Grant
Program.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
59-2-8578 MKS 01/12/24