Oklahoma § 53-1.12 - Petty cash fund

Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 53-1.12 — Petty cash fund, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 53-1.12. Petty cash fund

There is hereby authorized to be created a petty cash fund for

the Oklahoma Historical Society in an amount not to exceed Five

Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). This fund may be allocated to museums

and sites owned and operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society in

amounts not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per museum or

site for the purpose of establishing separate petty cash fund

accounts. Said fund may be established from any state funds

available to the Oklahoma Historical Society for general operating

expenses and shall be administered under such rules and regulations

as prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations

Added by Laws 1980, c. 363, § 8, emerg. eff. June 27, 1980. Amended

by Laws 1982, c. 345, § 15, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. Renumbered

from § 19.2 of Title 53 by Laws 1988, c. 217, § 15, emerg. eff. June

21, 1988. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 289, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2003;

Laws 2012, c. 304, § 223.

§53-1.12a. Gifts, devises, bequests, money or real or personal

property - Deposit in special agency account.

All gifts, devises, bequests, money or property, either real or

personal, which may be or which heretofore have been conditionally

tendered to the Oklahoma Historical Society may be deposited in the

agency special account established for the Society in accordance

with Section 7.2 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Board of

Directors of the Society is hereby directed, authorized and

empowered to hold such funds or property in trust or invest or sell

them and use either principal or interest or proceeds of sale for

the benefit of the Oklahoma Historical Society, all in a manner

which is consistent with the terms of the gift as stipulated by the

donor and within the provisions of other applicable laws.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 152, § 1, emerg. eff. April 22, 2004.

Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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