Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-6802
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Transfer of monies from state funds – Conditions
Official statutory text
A. During a catastrophic health emergency, the Governor may
transfer from any fund available to the Governor in the State
Treasury sums of money as may be necessary during a state of
catastrophic health emergency.
B. Monies so transferred shall be repaid to the fund from which
they were transferred when monies become available for that purpose,
by legislative appropriation or otherwise.
C. A transfer of funds by the Governor under the provisions of
this section may be made only when one or more of the following
conditions exist:
1. No appropriation or other authorization is available to meet
the catastrophic health emergency;
2. An appropriation is insufficient to meet the catastrophic
health emergency; or
3. Federal monies available for such a catastrophic health
emergency require the use of state or other public monies.
D. All expenses incurred by the state during a state of
catastrophic health emergency shall be subject to the following
limitations:
1. No expense shall be incurred against the monies authorized
under this section, without the general approval of the Governor;
2. The aggregate amount of all expenses incurred pursuant to
this section shall not exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00)
for any fiscal year; and
3. Monies authorized for a state of catastrophic health
emergency in prior fiscal years may be used in subsequent fiscal
years only for the catastrophic health emergency for which they were
authorized. Monies authorized for a catastrophic health emergency
in prior fiscal years, and expended in subsequent fiscal years for
the catastrophic health emergency for which they were authorized,
apply toward the fifty-million-dollar expense limit for the fiscal
year in which they were authorized.
transfer from any fund available to the Governor in the State
Treasury sums of money as may be necessary during a state of
catastrophic health emergency.
B. Monies so transferred shall be repaid to the fund from which
they were transferred when monies become available for that purpose,
by legislative appropriation or otherwise.
C. A transfer of funds by the Governor under the provisions of
this section may be made only when one or more of the following
conditions exist:
1. No appropriation or other authorization is available to meet
the catastrophic health emergency;
2. An appropriation is insufficient to meet the catastrophic
health emergency; or
3. Federal monies available for such a catastrophic health
emergency require the use of state or other public monies.
D. All expenses incurred by the state during a state of
catastrophic health emergency shall be subject to the following
limitations:
1. No expense shall be incurred against the monies authorized
under this section, without the general approval of the Governor;
2. The aggregate amount of all expenses incurred pursuant to
this section shall not exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00)
for any fiscal year; and
3. Monies authorized for a state of catastrophic health
emergency in prior fiscal years may be used in subsequent fiscal
years only for the catastrophic health emergency for which they were
authorized. Monies authorized for a catastrophic health emergency
in prior fiscal years, and expended in subsequent fiscal years for
the catastrophic health emergency for which they were authorized,
apply toward the fifty-million-dollar expense limit for the fiscal
year in which they were authorized.
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