Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-11
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Forestry Cost-Share Fund
Official statutory text
A. There is created within the State Treasury a cost-share fund
for the State Board of Agriculture to be designated the "Forestry
Cost-Share Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject
to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received
by the Board to implement and maintain the forestry cost-share
program.
B. The Forestry Cost-Share Fund shall consist of:
1. Money received by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements,
donations, forest industry contributions, funds allocated by federal
agencies for landowner forestry cost-share programs, and other
monies specifically designated for the forestry cost-share program.
All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are appropriated and
may be budgeted and expended by the Board for the forestry cost-
share program; and
2. Interest attributable to investment of money in the Forestry
Cost-Share Fund.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 584
C. All donations or other proceeds received by the Department
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited with
the State Treasurer to be credited to the Forestry Cost-Share Fund.
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.
D. The monies deposited in the Forestry Cost-Share Fund shall
at no time become part of the general budget of the Department or
any other state agency. Except for any administration costs
incurred in development and implementation of the forestry cost-
share program, no monies from the Fund shall be transferred for any
purpose to any other state agency or any account of the Board or
Department or be used for the purpose of contracting with any other
state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense.
for the State Board of Agriculture to be designated the "Forestry
Cost-Share Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject
to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received
by the Board to implement and maintain the forestry cost-share
program.
B. The Forestry Cost-Share Fund shall consist of:
1. Money received by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements,
donations, forest industry contributions, funds allocated by federal
agencies for landowner forestry cost-share programs, and other
monies specifically designated for the forestry cost-share program.
All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are appropriated and
may be budgeted and expended by the Board for the forestry cost-
share program; and
2. Interest attributable to investment of money in the Forestry
Cost-Share Fund.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 584
C. All donations or other proceeds received by the Department
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited with
the State Treasurer to be credited to the Forestry Cost-Share Fund.
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.
D. The monies deposited in the Forestry Cost-Share Fund shall
at no time become part of the general budget of the Department or
any other state agency. Except for any administration costs
incurred in development and implementation of the forestry cost-
share program, no monies from the Fund shall be transferred for any
purpose to any other state agency or any account of the Board or
Department or be used for the purpose of contracting with any other
state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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