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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 750 By: Stewart
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to law enforcement canines; creating
the Canine Cooperative Grant Program and the Canine
Cooperative Grant Program Revolving Fund; specifying
permissible sources of funding ; authorizing certain
expenditures by the Department of Environmental
Quality; requiring promulgation of rules; providing
authorized purposes for financial assistance ;
allowing certain fund retention; establishing maximum
annual grant limits; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2 -122.4 of Title 47, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall promulgate
rules to create the Canine Cooperative Grant Program to provide
financial assistance to state, county, and municipal law enforcement
entities and fire depart ments for the acquisition and training of
law enforcement canines and search, rescue, and recovery canines and
medical expenses for the canines related to injuries sustained whil e
in the line of service; provided, canines shall be trained in
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accordance with state law and agency standards and shall be
specifically allocated for law enforcement officers and fire
departments.
B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolv ing
fund for the Department of Environmental Quality to be designated
the “Canine Cooperative Grant Program Revolving Fund”. The fund
shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations,
and shall consist of all monies received from legisla tive
appropriations, private donations, and federal grant programs. All
monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated
and may be budgeted and expended by the Department of Environmental
Quality for the administration of the Canine Coop erative Grant
Program. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants
issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by
law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services for approval and payment.
C. The Department of Environmental Quality may retain five
percent (5%) of the proceeds of the fund annually to be used for the
administration of the program.
D. Subject to the availability of funds, the program shall have
the following annual limits for grants:
1. Grants not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per
county sheriff for canine purchases or canine training;
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2. Grants not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per
municipal police department for canine purchases or canine training;
and
3. Grants not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per
fire department for canine purchases or canine training.
E. Subject to the availability of funds, the program shall make
grants for the reimbursement of medical expenses for canines injured
in the line of service with state, county, or municipal law
enforcement or a fire department.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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