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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. 3972 By: Echols of the House
and
Thompson (Roger) of the
Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to state government; creating the
State Parks Emergency Maintenanc e Act; requiring the
creation of an Eight-Year State Parks Emergency
Maintenance Plan; requiring annual reporting; listing
specific information to be reported; establishing
format and delivery requirements; creating the State
Parks Emergency Maintenance Fund; establishing Fund
with revolving fund characteristics; declaring funds
appropriated; limiting expenditure to amounts as
authorized by the Legislature; limiting certain
expenditure to certain percentage; providing
budgeting and expend iture procedures and limitations;
providing for noncodification; 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 not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
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This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Parks
Emergency Maintenance Act ".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2254.3A of Title 74, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Beginning December 31, 2 024, and no later than December 31 each
year thereafter, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
shall submit in written or electronic format to the Governor, the
Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representativ es, the President Pro
Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, the Appropriations and Budget
Chair of the Oklahoma House of Representati ves, and the
Appropriations Chair of the Oklahoma State Senate an annual report
on the maintenance, infrastructure, and construction need s of the
State Parks System overseen by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreatio n
Department. The annual report shall be known and may be cited as
the "Eight-Year State Parks Emergency Maintenance Plan", and shall
include:
1. Maintenance, infrastructure, and construction projects
listed in order of priority and critical need;
2. Cost estimates for each specific project listed in paragraph
1 of this subsection;
3. Completion timeline for each specific project listed in
paragraph 1 of this subsection ; and
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4. A summary of the status of projects previously funded and
currently being funded pursuant to the provisions of the State Park
Emergency Maintenance Act .
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2254.3B of Title 74, unless
there is created a duplication in n umbering, reads as follows:
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a re volving fund
for the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to be designated
the "State Parks Emergency Maintenance Fund". The fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject t o fiscal year limitations, and shall
consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Tourism and
Recreation Department eligible under law and directed for deposit to
such Fund. All monies accruing to the cred it of said fund are
hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma
Tourism and Recreation Department in amounts as authorized by the
Oklahoma Legislature, for the purpose of implementing the
Department's Eight-Year State Park Emergenc y Maintenance Plan, as
described in Section 2 of this act; provided, that in no event shall
an amount greater tha n twenty percent (20%) of the annual amount
accruing to the Fund shall be used for funding operation al expenses
of the Department in any given state fiscal year. Expenditures from
said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer
against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the
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Office of Management and Enterprise Serv ices for approval and
payment.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for t he 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.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET, dated
02/15/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.