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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1493 By: Daniels
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state audits; directing State
Auditor and Inspector to conduct statewide audit on
certain entities; providing parameters of certain
audit; directing certain cooperation; requiring
certain reports; providing for codification; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new sect ion of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 212.5 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Auditor and In spector shall conduct a performance
audit of spending on homeless programs an d services in this state,
including expenditures by the state, expenditures by munici palities
and counties with substantial homeless populations, expenditures of
federal funds allocated to the state for homeless programs, and
expenditures by state and local law enforcement agencies to address
homelessness.
B. All local governments a nd instrumentalities of this state
shall cooperate with the audit and grant access, at no cost, to all
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financial records and other programmatic inform ation necessary to
the completion of the performance audit. The audit shall examine
the awarding of contracts and grants relating to homeless services
and supports, the metric used to determine success of the
expenditures, whether the metrics are met by the contractors and
grantees, and the efficacy of the use of data management s ystems in
relation to such programs.
C. Report of such audit shall be provided electronically to the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later
than December 31, 2024.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effe ct and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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