Oklahoma 2024 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1399 Introduced / Bill

Filed 12/15/2023

                     
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) 
 
SENATE BILL 1399 	By: Hall 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to state fiscal affairs; creating the 
Oklahoma Long-Range Capital Planning Legacy Fund; 
providing sources of funds; requir ing the State 
Treasurer to appoint investment managers; 
establishing investment guidelines; authorizing 
realization of losses under certain circumstance; 
requiring income and retur ns to accrue to the balance 
of the fund; providing for transfer of funds; 
requiring managers to maintain certain proportion of 
liquidity in the fund; providing for transfer amount 
upon insufficient liquidity; making appropriation to 
the Office of the State Treasurer; requiring deposi t 
in certain 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 t o be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.602 of Title 62, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be 
known and designated as the “Oklahoma Long-Range Capital Planning 
Legacy Fund”.  The fund shall be a continuing fund, not s ubject to 
fiscal year limitations , and shall consist of surplus monies and 
savings appropriated by the Le gislature.   
 
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B.  The Treasurer shall appoint qualified investment managers to 
provide for the investment of the monies of the fund.  The 
investments shall be consistent with the manner in which state 
retirement funds are invested.  The risk of large losses shall be 
minimized by diversifying the investments in the fund, unless, under 
the circumstances, it is clearly prudent not to do so, which shall 
include the length of time of the investment.  The investment 
managers may sell investments and realize losses if su ch action is 
considered advantageous to longer -term return maximization. 
C.  The fund principal shall consist of monies which are 
deposited to the fund.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, 
income and investment retur n on fund principal shall accrue to the 
fund. 
D.  For each fiscal year, the Treasurer shall make available a 
report on its website detailing the present value of the investments 
and assets in the Oklahoma Long-Range Capital Planning Legacy Fund 
and the increase in value from the previo us fiscal year. 
E.  Except as provided for in subsection F and G of this 
section, upon a determination by the Treasurer, through the report 
provided pursuant to subsect ion D of this section, of the increase 
in the value of the Oklahoma Long-Range Capital Planning Legacy 
Fund, the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission may make a request 
for transfer of up to fo rty percent (40%) of the increase in val ue 
of the fund, as determined by the Treasu rer, to the Maintenance of   
 
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State Buildings Revolving Fund , created in Section 908 of Title 62 
of the Oklahoma Statutes. For fiscal year 2025, the Long -Range 
Capital Planning Commission may request an amount not to exceed 
Fifty Million Dollars ( $50,000,000.00) for transfer to the 
Maintenance of State Buildings Revolving Fund . 
F. Investment managers appointed pursuant to subsection B of 
this section shall maintain a reasonabl e proportion of liquid assets 
in the Oklahoma Long-Range Capital Planning Legacy Fund in order to 
facilitate any expected transfers requested pursuant to subsection E 
of this section. In the event the balance of the Oklahoma Long-
Range Capital Planning Legacy Fund is insufficient or the cash 
available in the fund is insufficient due to lack of liquid assets 
to make the transfers required pursuant to subsection E of this 
section, the entire balance available for transfer shall be 
transferred to the fund. 
SECTION 2.  There is hereby appropriated to the Office of the 
State Treasurer for deposit in the Oklahoma Long-Range Capital 
Planning Legacy Fund, from any monies not otherwise appropriat ed 
from the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 2023 , the sum of Five Hundred Million Dollars 
($500,000,000.00). 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2024. 
SECTION 4.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation 
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby   
 
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declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 
 
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