Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-34.52
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Requests for budget category transfer
Official statutory text
A. The administrative head of any agency or the request officer
may request that any current item of appropriation, allotment, or
budget category be transferred to any other budget category within
the same agency.
B. The administrative head shall make a request for budget
transfer to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services in writing and file a revised agency budget.
C. Copies of the request for budget transfer and corresponding
agency budget revisions shall also be filed with the Joint
Legislative Committee on Budget and Program Oversight as created by
Section 34.96 of this title.
D. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services shall approve the request for transfer unless both the
Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Budget
and Program Oversight provide written notification to the Director
of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services within twelve
(12) calendar days of receipt of transfer request that the transfer
subverts the intention and objectives of the Legislature in
establishing the original appropriation, or unless the transfer does
not meet the requirements of this section or Section 34.49 of this
title. Notification of noncompliance with legislative intent shall
be transmitted to the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services within twelve (12) calendar days of receipt of
the transfer request. The Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services shall give written notice of approval or
disapproval of each budget transfer to the agency, the Governor and
the Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on
Budget and Program Oversight within eighteen (18) calendar days of
receiving the request.
E. Transfers shall be subject to the following limitations:
1. The amount to be transferred, together with all previous
transfers, shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total
appropriation of the least of the items of appropriation, allotment
or agency budget involved in the transfer; and
2. If the amount to be transferred, and all previous transfers,
is greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the least items of
appropriation, allotment or agency budget involved in the transfer
request, the agency may make an application to the Director of the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and the Chair and Vice
Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Budget and Program
Oversight. If the agency obtains written approval from the Director
of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Chair
and Vice Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee Budget and Program
Oversight, an additional fifteen percent (15%) may be transferred.
may request that any current item of appropriation, allotment, or
budget category be transferred to any other budget category within
the same agency.
B. The administrative head shall make a request for budget
transfer to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services in writing and file a revised agency budget.
C. Copies of the request for budget transfer and corresponding
agency budget revisions shall also be filed with the Joint
Legislative Committee on Budget and Program Oversight as created by
Section 34.96 of this title.
D. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services shall approve the request for transfer unless both the
Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Budget
and Program Oversight provide written notification to the Director
of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services within twelve
(12) calendar days of receipt of transfer request that the transfer
subverts the intention and objectives of the Legislature in
establishing the original appropriation, or unless the transfer does
not meet the requirements of this section or Section 34.49 of this
title. Notification of noncompliance with legislative intent shall
be transmitted to the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services within twelve (12) calendar days of receipt of
the transfer request. The Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services shall give written notice of approval or
disapproval of each budget transfer to the agency, the Governor and
the Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on
Budget and Program Oversight within eighteen (18) calendar days of
receiving the request.
E. Transfers shall be subject to the following limitations:
1. The amount to be transferred, together with all previous
transfers, shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total
appropriation of the least of the items of appropriation, allotment
or agency budget involved in the transfer; and
2. If the amount to be transferred, and all previous transfers,
is greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the least items of
appropriation, allotment or agency budget involved in the transfer
request, the agency may make an application to the Director of the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and the Chair and Vice
Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Budget and Program
Oversight. If the agency obtains written approval from the Director
of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Chair
and Vice Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee Budget and Program
Oversight, an additional fifteen percent (15%) may be transferred.
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