Oklahoma § 4-30.16 - Appropriation of funds

§ 4-30.16. Appropriation of funds

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

to be designated the Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter

Assistance Revolving Fund. All monies accruing to the credit of the

Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Assistance Revolving Fund

are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the

Department for the purposes set forth in subsection C of this

section. The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal

year limitations and shall consist of:

1. All monies received by the Department for sheltering of

seized animals pursuant to the Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal

Shelter Licensing Act; and

2. Money received by the Department in the form of gifts,

grants, reimbursements, or from any other source intended to be used

for the purposes specified by or collected pursuant to the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 4. Animals

provisions of this section of the Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal

Shelter Licensing Act.

B. The monies deposited in the Commercial Pet Breeders and

Animal Shelter Assistance Revolving Fund shall be excluded from

budget and expenditure limitations and shall at no time become part

of the general budget of the Department or any other state agency.

Except as provided for in this section, no monies from the

Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Assistance Revolving Fund

shall be transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or

any account of the Department or be used for the purpose of

contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other

state agency for any expense.

C. The Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Assistance

Revolving Fund shall be utilized for defraying veterinary costs for

animals in the event of a removal of animals from an animal shelter

or commercial pet breeder. The fund may, in the discretion of the

State Board of Agriculture, also be used to defray costs associated

with care of animals including, but not limited to, feed and

shelter.

Added by Laws 2012, c. 302, § 16, eff. July 1, 2012. Amended by

Laws 2013, c. 289, § 15.