Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-20k-1A

Assistance Grant Program Act of 2024 — Definitions — Purpose.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma

Sheriff's Office Funding Assistance Grant Program Act of 2024".

B. There is hereby established the Oklahoma Sheriff's Office

Funding Assistance Grant Program.

C. As used in the Oklahoma Sheriff's Office Funding Assistance

Grant Program Act of 2024:

1. "Gross assessed total tangible property valuation" means the

amount determined pursuant to the calculation provided in Section

180.59 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. "Grant" means an amount authorized to be awarded under the

provisions of this section; and

3. "Qualified county" means any county recognized as a county

of this state as of the effective date of this act.

D. The Office of Attorney General shall establish and

administer the Oklahoma Sheriff's Office Funding Assistance Grant

Program to support the state purpose of ensuring professional law

enforcement throughout the state by providing financial assistance

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to sheriff's offices in qualified counties. Such program shall

embody the following procedures and criteria:

1. Not later than the thirtieth day after the first day of a

qualified county's fiscal year, the county may submit an application

for a grant to the Office of the Attorney General. A county may

submit only one application each fiscal year;

2. Grants awarded under the provisions of this section shall be

to qualified counties in the following amounts, or in proportionally

equivalent reduced amounts if available funding for the program is

limited:

a. One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) for a

county in the lower twenty-six (26) of qualified

counties ranked by gross assessed total tangible

property valuation,

b. Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) for a

county ranked higher than twenty-six (26) but lower

than fifty-three (53) of qualified counties ranked by

gross assessed total tangible property valuation, and

c. Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for a

county ranked equal to or greater than fifty-three

(53) of qualified counties ranked by gross assessed

total tangible property valuation.

E. Counties awarded a grant from the program shall limit use of

the grant proceeds to the lawful operation of the sheriff's office,

provided such proceeds shall not be used for the payment of salary.

F. Until the completion of the fiscal year ending June 30,

2026, no county shall reduce or supplant existing funding or the

county's methodology for allocating funds to a county sheriff's

office due to the award of grant funding as provided under the

provisions of this section.

G. The Office of the Attorney General is hereby authorized to

adopt rules and procedures as necessary to carry out the provisions

of this section.