Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-3-302

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A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund to be known as the Wildlife Conservation Fund, which shall

consist of all monies heretofore or hereafter appropriated to, on

deposit in, or credited to the State Game and Fish Fund created by

Section 115 of Title 29 of the 1951 Oklahoma Statutes, and, in

addition thereto, all license fees, penalties, fines or forfeitures

and bond forfeitures collected by the state, any subdivision

thereof, any public official or any other person for the violation

of the wildlife conservation laws of this state, and all donations

for such purposes as well as all monies received by the Department

and all interest accruing therefrom. All monies accruing to the

fund shall be subject to the following budgetary limitations:

1. Full-time-equivalent employees;

2. Personal services expenditures;

3. Federal fund expenditures; and

4. Total expenditures.

B. The expenditures of the Wildlife Conservation Fund shall be

under the control and supervision of the Commission, and all claims

against said fund shall be paid on its itemized voucher form,

prepared by said Commission and sworn to by the claimant, and/or

vendor's invoices as authorized under Section 86.1, Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. All such claims when duly signed and sworn to

shall be audited by the Commission and/or designated employees and,

upon final approval, vouchers which are payable from said fund shall

be forwarded to the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services. Upon approval thereof, warrants shall issue

according to law, and said warrants shall be paid by the State

Treasurer from said fund. A reserve fund of not less than One

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) shall be maintained to be

used in emergencies only, by and with the consent of the Governor,

and an additional reserve fund of not less than Two Hundred Thousand

Dollars ($200,000.00) shall be maintained for the liquidation of

unissued licenses purchased by authorized agents for sale which have

remained unsold when such unissued licenses are returned for refunds

as provided for by law.

C. All fees, monies or funds arising from the operation and

transactions of the Commission and from the application and

administration of the laws and regulations pertaining to the

wildlife resources of the state and from the sale of property used

for said purposes shall be expended and used by said Commission for

the control, management, restoration, conservation and regulation of

the wildlife resources of the state, including the purchase or other

acquisition of property for said purposes, and for the

administration of the laws pertaining thereto and for no other

purposes.

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