Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-34.95

Management and Enterprise Services – Evaluation reports by House

appropriations and budget and Senate appropriations committees

A. The Appropriations and Budget Committee of the Oklahoma

House of Representatives and the Appropriations Committee of the

State Senate shall:

1. Utilize information collected by the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services pursuant to Section 34.36 of this title and

any reports issued by the Legislative Oversight Committee on State

Budget Performance to evaluate management programs, operations and

fiscal needs of state agencies, boards, commissions, departments,

divisions, offices, bureaus, institutions and other spending

agencies, including those created or established pursuant to

constitutional provisions; and

2. File an evaluation report no later than March 1 of each

fiscal year with the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives and the Clerk of the State Senate which shall

include, but not be limited to, the following information:

a. a review of the agency's programs, performance and

management,

b. whether the agency has demonstrated a public need for

the services and programs justifying the agency's

continued existence, and

c. whether the agency is the most appropriate provider of

the programs and services furnished by the agency.

B. The Appropriations and Budget Committee of the Oklahoma

House of Representatives and the Appropriations Committee of the

State Senate shall utilize information contained in the evaluation

report in determining final appropriations for state agencies and in

any future adjustments in funding levels.

C. No action shall be taken on a measure making an

appropriation unless the evaluation report described by paragraph 2

of subsection A of this section with respect to the entity to which

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the appropriation is made has first been filed with the applicable

clerk.

D. Each subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee of the

Oklahoma State Senate and the Appropriations and Budget Committee of

the Oklahoma House of Representatives shall establish budget

performance measurements for each spending agency under its

jurisdiction. The performance measurements shall be developed in

order to allow the Legislature and the Governor to obtain

measureable data to determine if the agency is performing its duties

in the most cost-effective manner possible.

Each spending agency, whether or not it receives state

appropriations, shall submit analysis reports as required by the

subcommittee in order to enable the subcommittee to make a

determination as to whether the agency has met the established

performance measurements.

Such requirements may be established for the forthcoming fiscal

year and for such additional fiscal years in the future as the

subcommittees deem appropriate.