Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1000.4a

Workforce Development Fund.

A. The Construction Industries Board shall have the additional

powers to:

1. Receive and convey information relating to the skilled

trades regulated by the Construction Industries Board including, but

not limited to, workforce development; and

2. Enter into contracts with the Oklahoma Department of Career

and Technology Education, any Oklahoma State Board of Career and

Technology Education fully accredited vocational or technical

school, or any accredited system of education institution in this

state receiving state appropriations and offering programs in

secondary or postsecondary instruction that provide electrical,

mechanical, plumbing or roofing trade coursework for any of the

following purposes, or combination thereof:

a. developing and implementing instructional courses on

Oklahoma Statutes and rules that govern the

electrical, mechanical, plumbing and roofing trades,

which courses can be in conjunction with instruction

in performing trade work or instruction on statewide-

adopted trade codes, or both, for the advancement of

the electrical, mechanical, plumbing and roofing

trades, or

b. developing and implementing a workforce development

program that will create interest in the pursuit of a

skilled trade career. The workforce development

program may consist of, but shall not be limited to,

use of the Internet, community and school

presentations, research and instruction on the

electrical, mechanical, plumbing and roofing trades,

and may be implemented through public awareness and

public information campaigns to promote skilled trades

and skilled trade careers as provided in this section.

B. All contracts pursuant to this section shall be approved by

the Construction Industries Board in accordance with the Oklahoma

Open Meeting Act. Costs of the contracts for education and

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workforce development programs shall be paid from the Skilled Trade

Education and Workforce Development Fund created in subsection E of

this section and funded by administrative fines or penalties as

described in this section. Applications for proposals are to be

submitted to the Board on forms provided requiring sufficient

justification and information to evaluate costs, return on

investment, value, and viability of the proposal. Any contracts

will include the requirement that the recipient of the funds will,

upon the completion of the contract, provide a written report to the

Board providing an accounting of expenditures, describing an

explanation of the funds used for the services provided and the

success of outreach demonstrating a return on the investment

including, but not limited to, an accounting of accomplishments.

C. Fines or penalties collected by the Board and deposited in

the Oklahoma Mechanical Licensing Revolving Fund, the Electrical

Revolving Fund, the Plumbing Licensing Revolving Fund and the

Roofing Contractor Registration Revolving Fund may be transferred to

the Skilled Trade Education and Workforce Development Fund created

in subsection E of this section for the following purposes:

1. To develop instructional materials on Oklahoma laws,

statutes and rules, as they relate to the plumbing, mechanical,

electrical and roofing trades and state licensing standards;

2. To cover the cost of equipment, materials, personnel and any

other costs of developing and implementing the trade curriculum; and

3. To cover the cost of equipment, materials, personnel and any

other costs of developing and implementing the workforce development

program used to promote the plumbing, mechanical, electrical and

roofing trades as a career in Oklahoma.

D. The Skilled Trade Education and Workforce Development Fund

monies shall be used only for the advancement of trade-related

education and workforce development, and only if available based

upon statutory limitations.
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other costs of developing and implementing the workforce development

program used to promote the plumbing, mechanical, electrical and

roofing trades as a career in Oklahoma.

D. The Skilled Trade Education and Workforce Development Fund

monies shall be used only for the advancement of trade-related

education and workforce development, and only if available based

upon statutory limitations.

E. 1. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a

revolving fund for the Construction Industries Board to be

designated the "Skilled Trade Education and Workforce Development

Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal

year limitations. The fund shall consist of an annual transfer of

fully adjudicated fine revenue received in the Oklahoma Mechanical

Licensing Revolving Fund, Electrical Revolving Fund, Plumbing

Licensing Revolving Fund or Roofing Contractor Registration

Revolving Fund as determined pursuant to this section. Funds may be

transferred only from the prior fiscal year.

2. If actual receipts, not including fine receipts, exceed

actual expenses and outstanding encumbrances, then one hundred

percent (100%) of all fully adjudicated fine revenue received shall

be transferred from each specific trade revolving fund: the

Oklahoma Mechanical Licensing Revolving Fund, Electrical Revolving

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Fund, Plumbing Licensing Revolving Fund or Roofing Contractor

Registration Revolving Fund.

3. If at any time the receipts in the Oklahoma Mechanical

Licensing Revolving Fund, Electrical Revolving Fund, Plumbing

Licensing Revolving Fund or Roofing Contractor Registration

Revolving Fund, not including fine receipts, are less than actual

expenses and outstanding encumbrances, then the difference of fine

receipts over actual expenses and outstanding encumbrances, if any,

shall be transferred.

4. If at any time the annual receipts in the Oklahoma

Mechanical Licensing Revolving Fund, Electrical Revolving Fund,

Plumbing Licensing Revolving Fund or Roofing Contractor Registration

Revolving Fund, including fine receipts, are less than the actual

expenses and outstanding encumbrances, there shall be no transfer of

funds for that period.

5. All monies accruing to the credit of the Skilled Trade

Education and Workforce Development Fund may be budgeted and

expended by the Construction Industries Board for workforce

development as it relates to the skilled trades and to contract for

the services identified in this act. 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.

6. All unexpended or outstanding Skilled Trade Education and

Workforce Development Funds from any written agreement where work or

services have not been previously approved by specific quote or cost

estimate and have not been performed within eighteen (18) months of

the date the agreement was signed are hereby released from the

agreement and are available for future agreements approved by the

Board pursuant to this act, except for specific quotes, estimates,

or invoices that previously have been approved for payment,

performance has been initiated, and completed within twenty-four

(24) months of the signed agreement.