Oklahoma § 59-475.9 - Professional Engineers and Surveyors Fund - Expenditures

§ 59-475.9. Professional Engineers and Surveyors Fund - Expenditures

- Audits.

A. The Executive Director of the State Board of Licensure for

Professional Engineers and Surveyors shall be responsible for

accounting for all monies derived under the provisions of this act.

This fund shall be known as the "Professional Engineers and

Surveyors Fund", and shall be deposited with the State Treasurer,

and shall be paid out only upon requisitions submitted by the

Secretary or Executive Director. All monies in this fund are hereby

specifically appropriated for the use of the Board, and at the end

of each fiscal year the Board shall pay into the General Revenue

Fund of the state an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of all

licensure and certification fees in compliance with Section 211 of

Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The Board shall obtain an office, secure such facilities,

and employ, direct, discharge and define the duties and salaries of

an Executive Director as necessary for the proper performance of its

work. The Executive Director shall be responsible for the

administration of the policies of the Board and for the processing

of its routine operations. The Executive Director may also employ

those persons required and qualified, including full or part-time,

to perform the administration of the laws in Oklahoma and those

rules regulating the practice of engineering and surveying. This

includes the use of consultants when deemed necessary. All

employees of the Board, current or future, shall be considered in

the unclassified service and shall not be placed under the

classified service. The Board shall make expenditures from the fund

created in subsection A of this section for any purpose which, in

the opinion of the Board, is reasonably necessary for the proper

performance of its duties under this act, including examination

administration fees, the expenses of the Board's delegates to

meetings of and membership fees to the National Council of Examiners

for Engineering and Surveying, meaning the national nonprofit

organization composed of engineering and surveying licensing boards

commonly called NCEES, and any of its subdivisions, as provided in

the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title

74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Under no circumstances shall the total

amount of warrants issued in payment of the expenses and

compensation provided for in this act exceed the amount of monies in

the fund.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 245, § 9, emerg. eff. April 26, 1968.

Amended by Laws 1980, c. 159, § 11, emerg. eff. April 2, 1980; Laws

1982, c. 297, § 9; Laws 1992, c. 165, § 7, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws

2005, c. 115, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2008, c. 312, § 2, eff.

Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 17, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2012,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

c. 139, § 3; Laws 2017, c. 259, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2024,

c. 147, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.