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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 32 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma
Constitution by adding a new Section 2 to Article IV;
requiring the Legislature to provide certain mission
statement in statute for new state agencies or
entities; providing a two-year period for the
Legislature to provide certain mission st atement in
statute for existing state agencies or entities;
prohibiting state agencies or entities from taking
certain actions; requiring the Legislature to define
certain measurable goals for state agencies or
entities; directing the Governor to publish certain
annual report on fulfillment of measurable goals;
providing for the seizure of funds for noncompliance ;
prohibiting state agencies or entities from taking
certain actions regarding seized funds; providing for
judicial enforcement; listing certain individuals
with standing to sue for enforcement; allowing for
the granting of exceptions t hrough the legislative
process; providing ballot title; and directing
filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AN D THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2ND SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
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the following proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution by
adding a new Section 2 to Article IV to read as follows:
Section 2. A. Upon creation of any new state agency or e ntity,
the Legislature shall provide a mission statement in the enabling
statute, including a list of measurable benefits consistent with the
mission statement, the Oklahoma Constitution and the United States
Constitution, and other applicable law s of this state and of the
United States. Mission statements may be amended by the ordinary
processes of legislation no more than once every four (4) years.
B. The Legislature shall, within two (2) years of the effective
date of this section, define and codify in sta tute a mission for
every state agency or entity, whether created by statute, by rule,
or by the Oklahoma Constitution . Every dollar spent by this state
shall pass through a state agency or entity with a mission
statement. In establishing mission statements, a committe e in the
Senate and a committee in the House of Representatives shall solicit
and hear open public testimony, to be given under pains and
penalties of perjury. Mission statements for existing agencies or
entities may be amended by the ordinary processes of legislation no
more than once every four (4) years.
C. 1. No state agency or entity shall continue any program or
endeavor that is inconsistent with its statutorily defined mission.
2. A state agency or entity shall not define its own mission.
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D. Except as provided in subsection J of this section, the
Legislature shall define one or more measurable goals, including
metrics for tracking those goals, for every benefit contained in the
mission statement prior to app ropriating any funds to an agency or
entity. No monies shall be expended except where at leas t one
measurable goal applies, except as provided for in subsection J of
this section. A measurable goal is something that quantifiably
demonstrates real-world results of the program and must be directly
related to the improvements the program provides to the people of
this state. Measures of work volume or activity in an agency or
entity are not sufficient; the measurable goal must track the
results and accompli shments of the agency or entity. Measurable
goals may be amended by the or dinary processes of legislation no
more than once every four (4) years.
E. The Governor sha ll cause to be published annually a single
report stating the mission statement, measurable goals, and actual
results of each agency and entity of state government.
F. The Secretary of Operations and Government Efficiency shall
seize all appropriated and unappropriated funds of any agency or
entity that:
1. Does not have a stat utorily defined mission and measurable
goals; or
2. Fails to cooperate with the Governor ’s annual report as
defined in subsection E of this section.
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G. Seized funds shal l be placed in the state’s rainy day fund.
The agency or entity shall not recover, allocate, or spend the
portion of its budget covering the period when it was not compliant
with this section.
H. The courts of this state shall have the power to enforce
this section. The mission statement shall constitute evidence of
the legislative purpose of the agency or entity if the text of the
governing law is otherwise uncl ear. Defendants in any action or
prosecution brought by a state entity ma y raise a relevant agency or
entity’s noncompliance with this amendment as a defense.
I. Violations of subs ections A through E of this section shall
create a cause of action for the following government o fficials, any
of whom shall have standing to sue for the enforcement of this
section: the Governor, the Attorney General, or a group of
legislators comprising not less than ten percent of the full
Legislature of this state. Writs of mandamus, injunctions, and
other appropriate remedies at law or equity shall be gr anted.
J. The Legislature may waive, for a period not to exceed five
(5) years, the requirements of subsections D and E of this section
for an agency or entity which provides demonstrable benefit to the
people of this state, but which benefit is not easily measurable or
quantifiable. For any exemption, both the Senate and the House of
Representatives must hold a roll call vote, and a sixty-percent
supermajority must support the grant, renewal, or extension of a
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waiver. The Governor shall have authority to approve or veto the
grant, renewal, or extension of any waiver. A seventy-percent
supermajority of both the Senate and the House of Representatives
may vote to override a Governor ’s veto of a waiver under this
section.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be i n
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure will amend the Oklah oma Constitution by adding a
new Section 2 to Article 4. It requires the Legislature to
create a mission statement and measurable goals for all new or
existing state agencies or entities. Both statements and goals
may be amended no more than once every f our years. The
Secretary of Operations and Government Efficiency shall seize
all funds of an agency or entity that violates this amendment.
The courts shall enforce this amendment, and the Governor,
Attorney General, or a group of at least ten percent (10%) of
members of the Legislature shall have standing to sue for
enforcement. The Legislature may waive or grant exceptions to
the amendment through a sixty-percent supermajority vote of the
Legislature. The Governor may approve or veto such waiver. The
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Legislature can override such veto through a seventy-percent
supermajority vote.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Sen ate shall,
immediately after the passa ge of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTI ON 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
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