Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-853
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Supplementary agreements - Legislative appropriation
Official statutory text
Any supplementary agreement entered into pursuant to Article VII
of Compact and requiring the expenditure of funds or the assumption
of an obligation to expend funds shall not become effective as to
this state prior to the making of an appropriation therefor by the
Legislature. Provided, that with respect to the payment of this
state's share of the budget of expenditures for the maintenance of
the Commission as provided in Article V of the Compact, the Governor
may, in the absence of a specific legislative appropriation for such
purpose, use appropriations as are made available to him for
emergency and contingency expenditures.
of Compact and requiring the expenditure of funds or the assumption
of an obligation to expend funds shall not become effective as to
this state prior to the making of an appropriation therefor by the
Legislature. Provided, that with respect to the payment of this
state's share of the budget of expenditures for the maintenance of
the Commission as provided in Article V of the Compact, the Governor
may, in the absence of a specific legislative appropriation for such
purpose, use appropriations as are made available to him for
emergency and contingency expenditures.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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