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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3972 By: Echols
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state government; creating the
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department State Park
Emergency Maintenance Fund; estab lishing an Eight
Year State Park Emergency Maintenance Plan;
specifying sources of revenue for the fund; providing
for expenditures from the fund; 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 2254.3 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numberin g, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to be
designated the "Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department State
Park Emergency Maintenance Fund ". The fund shall be a continuing
fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of
all funds received by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
for the purposes of executing the Eight Year State Park Emergency
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Maintenance Plan, as defined in th is section, and such other mo nies
accredited to the fund pursuant to law.
B. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby
appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma
Tourism and Recreation Department for the purpose of execut ing the
Eight Year State Park Emergency Maintenance Plan, as defined in this
section; provided, no more than twenty percent (20%) of the amount
accruing annually shall be expended for the purpose of funding
operations.
C. No monies from this revolving fun d shall be transferred for
any purpose to any other state agency. Expenditures from the fund
shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against
claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise S ervices for approval and paym ent.
D. The Eight Year State Park Emergency Maintenance Plan is
identified in the Appendix of this section and is incorporated by
reference as if fully set out herein.
E. Any monies appropriated to the Oklahoma Tourism and
Recreation Department State Par k Emergency Maintenance Fund shall
not result in a decrease in historic and traditional Oklahoma
Tourism and Recreation Department funding levels or be used to
supplant or replace existing state funds used for state park
maintenance purposes.
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F. In order to ensure proper oversight of the funds deposited
in the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department State Park
Emergency Maintenance Fund, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation
Department shall generate a report biannually identi fying funds
expended and progress made on each project. The report shall be
promptly submitted to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives, and all members of the Oklahoma T ourism and
Recreation Commission.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereo f this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
59-2-9505 LRB 12/29/23