Oklahoma § 73-72 - Legislative expenses - Preparation of session laws - Claims

§ 73-72. Legislative expenses - Preparation of session laws - Claims

and unfinished business - Inventory - Care and custody of property

and chambers.

The closing of the business of the House of Representatives and

the Senate, after each legislative session, and the preparation of

the journals of the two houses, and the session laws, and the

printing thereof, are hereby declared to be expenses of the

Legislature of this state, and those expenses shall be paid from any

appropriations made for the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the

House, after each legislative session, shall have supervision of the

preparation of the session laws for that session, shall contract for

the printing thereof and supervise the publication of same, and all

claims for expenses in connection with such printing shall, before

payment, be approved by both the President Pro Tempore of the Senate

and the Speaker of the House.

The session laws, when printed and paid for, shall be deposited

with the Secretary of State, who shall distribute the same to the

state officers, departments and institutions entitled thereto.

After the adjournment of each session of the Legislature, the

Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate, respectively, are hereby authorized and

directed as follows:

First: All outstanding and valid claims against the House of

Representatives shall be presented to the Speaker of the House and

shall be by him examined and audited, and all such claims and valid

obligations of the House of Representatives, after approval by the

Speaker, shall be paid from any legislative contingent or other

expense funds available for that purpose; all outstanding and valid

claims against the Senate shall be presented to the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate and shall be by him examined and audited, and

all such claims and valid obligations of the Senate, after approval

by the President Pro Tempore, shall be paid from any legislative

contingent or other expense funds available for that purpose.

Second: To close all unfinished business of the House of

Representatives and the Senate, and properly to prepare, index and

superintend the publication of the permanent journals of the House

of Representatives and the Senate of each legislative session;

provided, that printed copies of said permanent journals shall be

certified to by the presiding officers of the two houses,

respectively, as being a true and correct copy of the proceedings of

the House of Representatives and the Senate during all sessions of

the Legislature, and filed with the Secretary of State; provided

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building

further, that in the process and work of indexing and superintending

the publication of said journals and the closing of the unfinished

business of the houses, the Speaker of the House of Representatives

and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, respectively, are

hereby authorized to retain or employ such assistants or help as may

be found necessary to complete such work.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President

Pro Tempore of the Senate are further authorized and directed,

respectively, to make an inventory of the property of the two

houses, after each session of the Legislature, to enter the same in

the permanent book of records, and to preserve such record as the

record of the respective houses. When the property and records of

the House of Representatives have been invoiced after each session,

the same, together with the House Chamber and all House committee

rooms, shall be delivered to the Speaker of the House of

Representatives or to such person as he may designate, who shall

have the absolute care, custody and control of the same until the

convening of the next session of the State Legislature, and when the

property and records of the Senate have been invoiced after each

session, such property and records, together with the Senate Chamber

and all Senate committee rooms, shall be delivered to the Secretary

of the Senate, who shall have the absolute care, custody and control

of the same until the convening of the next session of the State

Legislature. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed

to pay all claims audited and approved by the Speaker of the House

of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate for

their respective houses as hereinafter authorized.

Added by Laws 1935, p. 25, § 5, emerg. eff. May 10, 1935. Amended

by Laws 1947, p. 583, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947; Laws 1979, c.

47, § 92, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979.