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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3943 By: Dollens and Provenzano
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to school funding; directing the
State Department of Education to submit quarterly
expenditure and disbursement reports to the
Legislature; prescribing timing for report
submission; mandating information to be included in
report; providing for form at of report; mandating
report be published on Department website; requiring
designation of certain Department employee; defining
term; and providing for codification .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new se ction of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-104.12 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, r eads as follows:
A. Beginning October 1, 2024, the ten state agencies which
received the highest cumulative funding in the prior year's most
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recent fiscal year budget passed by the Legislature shall compile
and submit quarterly reports to the Oklahoma Hou se of
Representatives and th e Oklahoma State Senate detailing all
expenditures and disbursements made by those ten agencies during the
preceding quarter.
B. The quarterly reports shall be submitted within thirty (30)
days after the end of the relevant qua rter and shall include, for
each expenditure or disbursement:
1. The date of the expenditure or disbursement;
2. The amount of the expenditure or disbursement;
3. A brief description of the category and purpose of the
expenditure or disbursement; and
4. The specific source of funds used for the expenditu re or
disbursement including, but not limited to, state funds, federal
funds, grant funds, private funds, or funds from any other source.
C. The quarterly reports shall be submitted to the Legislature
in both electronic and hard copy format. The agencies shall also
publish the quarterly report s on their websites within ten (10) days
of submitting the report s to the Legislature. Each agency shall
designate an employee of the agency who can verify the accuracy of
the quarterly reports and answer any questions about the information
contained in the report s.
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D. As used in this section, "expenditure" means any payment of
money made by the agency or the Board in pursuit of its functions
and duties, regardless of the source of the funds.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMON EDUCATION, dated 02/28/2024
- DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.