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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE JOINT
58	58	RESOLUTION 32 By: Dahm
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
66	66	to refer to the people for their approval or
67	67	rejection a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma
68	68	Constitution by adding a new Section 2 to Article IV;
69	69	requiring the Legislature to provide certain mission
70	70	statement in statute for new state agencies or
71	71	entities; providing a two-year period for the
72	72	Legislature to provide certain mission st atement in
73	73	statute for existing state agencies or entities;
74	74	prohibiting state agencies or entities from taking
75	75	certain actions; requiring the Legislature to define
76	76	certain measurable goals for state agencies or
77	77	entities; directing the Governor to publish certain
78	78	annual report on fulfillment of measurable goals;
79	79	providing for the seizure of funds for noncompliance ;
80	80	prohibiting state agencies or entities from taking
81	81	certain actions regarding seized funds; providing for
82	82	judicial enforcement; listing certain individuals
83	83	with standing to sue for enforcement; allowing for
84	84	the granting of exceptions t hrough the legislative
85	85	process; providing ballot title; and directing
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91	91	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AN D THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
92	92	2ND SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
93	93	SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
94	94	their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
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146	146	the following proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution by
147	147	adding a new Section 2 to Article IV to read as follows:
148	148	Section 2. A. Upon creation of any new state agency or e ntity,
149	149	the Legislature shall provide a mission statement in the enabling
150	150	statute, including a list of measurable benefits consistent with the
151	151	mission statement, the Oklahoma Constitution and the United States
152	152	Constitution, and other applicable law s of this state and of the
153	153	United States. Mission statements may be amended by the ordinary
154	154	processes of legislation no more than once every four (4) years.
155	155	B. The Legislature shall, within two (2) years of the effective
156	156	date of this section, define and codify in sta tute a mission for
157	157	every state agency or entity, whether created by statute, by rule,
158	158	or by the Oklahoma Constitution . Every dollar spent by this state
159	159	shall pass through a state agency or entity with a mission
160	160	statement. In establishing mission statements, a committe e in the
161	161	Senate and a committee in the House of Representatives shall solicit
162	162	and hear open public testimony, to be given under pains and
163	163	penalties of perjury. Mission statements for existing agencies or
164	164	entities may be amended by the ordinary processes of legislation no
165	165	more than once every four (4) years.
166	166	C. 1. No state agency or entity shall continue any program or
167	167	endeavor that is inconsistent with its statutorily defined mission.
168	168	2. A state agency or entity shall not define its own mission.
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220	220	D. Except as provided in subsection J of this section, the
221	221	Legislature shall define one or more measurable goals, including
222	222	metrics for tracking those goals, for every benefit contained in the
223	223	mission statement prior to app ropriating any funds to an agency or
224	224	entity. No monies shall be expended except where at leas t one
225	225	measurable goal applies, except as provided for in subsection J of
226	226	this section. A measurable goal is something that quantifiably
227	227	demonstrates real-world results of the program and must be directly
228	228	related to the improvements the program provides to the people of
229	229	this state. Measures of work volume or activity in an agency or
230	230	entity are not sufficient; the measurable goal must track the
231	231	results and accompli shments of the agency or entity. Measurable
232	232	goals may be amended by the or dinary processes of legislation no
233	233	more than once every four (4) years.
234	234	E. The Governor sha ll cause to be published annually a single
235	235	report stating the mission statement, measurable goals, and actual
236	236	results of each agency and entity of state government.
237	237	F. The Secretary of Operations and Government Efficiency shall
238	238	seize all appropriated and unappropriated funds of any agency or
239	239	entity that:
240	240	1. Does not have a stat utorily defined mission and measurable
241	241	goals; or
242	242	2. Fails to cooperate with the Governor ’s annual report as
243	243	defined in subsection E of this section.
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295	295	G. Seized funds shal l be placed in the state’s rainy day fund.
296	296	The agency or entity shall not recover, allocate, or spend the
297	297	portion of its budget covering the period when it was not compliant
298	298	with this section.
299	299	H. The courts of this state shall have the power to enforce
300	300	this section. The mission statement shall constitute evidence of
301	301	the legislative purpose of the agency or entity if the text of the
302	302	governing law is otherwise uncl ear. Defendants in any action or
303	303	prosecution brought by a state entity ma y raise a relevant agency or
304	304	entity’s noncompliance with this amendment as a defense.
305	305	I. Violations of subs ections A through E of this section shall
306	306	create a cause of action for the following government o fficials, any
307	307	of whom shall have standing to sue for the enforcement of this
308	308	section: the Governor, the Attorney General, or a group of
309	309	legislators comprising not less than ten percent of the full
310	310	Legislature of this state. Writs of mandamus, injunctions, and
311	311	other appropriate remedies at law or equity shall be gr anted.
312	312	J. The Legislature may waive, for a period not to exceed five
313	313	(5) years, the requirements of subsections D and E of this section
314	314	for an agency or entity which provides demonstrable benefit to the
315	315	people of this state, but which benefit is not easily measurable or
316	316	quantifiable. For any exemption, both the Senate and the House of
317	317	Representatives must hold a roll call vote, and a sixty-percent
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370	370	waiver. The Governor shall have authority to approve or veto the
371	371	grant, renewal, or extension of any waiver. A seventy-percent
372	372	supermajority of both the Senate and the House of Representatives
373	373	may vote to override a Governor ’s veto of a waiver under this
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375	375	SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
376	376	amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be i n
377	377	the following form:
378	378	BALLOT TITLE
379	379	Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
380	380	THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
381	381	This measure will amend the Oklah oma Constitution by adding a
382	382	new Section 2 to Article 4. It requires the Legislature to
383	383	create a mission statement and measurable goals for all new or
384	384	existing state agencies or entities. Both statements and goals
385	385	may be amended no more than once every f our years. The
386	386	Secretary of Operations and Government Efficiency shall seize
387	387	all funds of an agency or entity that violates this amendment.
388	388	The courts shall enforce this amendment, and the Governor,
389	389	Attorney General, or a group of at least ten percent (10%) of
390	390	members of the Legislature shall have standing to sue for
391	391	enforcement. The Legislature may waive or grant exceptions to
392	392	the amendment through a sixty-percent supermajority vote of the
393	393	Legislature. The Governor may approve or veto such waiver. The
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445	445	Legislature can override such veto through a seventy-percent
446	446	supermajority vote.
447	447	SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
448	448	FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
449	449	AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
450	450	SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Sen ate shall,
451	451	immediately after the passa ge of this resolution, prepare and file
452	452	one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTI ON 2
453	453	hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
454	454	General.
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