Oklahoma § 62-34.56 - Special Agency Account Board

§ 62-34.56. Special Agency Account Board

A. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2008,

in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, a

Special Agency Account Board, to consist of the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the State Treasurer

and the Director of the Legislative Service Bureau. The Board shall

have the authority to approve the establishment of agency special

accounts in the official depository of the State Treasury. In the

case of institutions of higher education, the Special Agency Account

Board, acting in conjunction with the Oklahoma State Regents for

Higher Education, shall establish special agency accounts as

appropriate which shall be consistent with provisions of the

Oklahoma State Finance Act, as it relates to institutions in The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.

B. The Board, created by this section, shall adopt procedures

including application forms, justification and other pertinent

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information as to the basis for a state agency application for the

establishment of agency special accounts.

C. The Board may approve agency special accounts for money

received by state agencies for the following purposes:

1. Benefit programs for individuals, including, but not limited

to, unemployment compensation, workers' compensation and state

retirement programs;

2. Revenues produced by activities or facilities ancillary to

the operation of a state agency which receive no money, directly or

indirectly, from or through that state agency, including, but not

limited to, revenues from the sales of food at retail level, sales

at canteens, sales at student unions, sales at student bookstores,

receipts from athletic programs and receipts from housing.

Provided, however, that a state institution of higher learning may

purchase necessary equipment and instructional supplies and office

supplies from a student bookstore, or, subject to authorization by

the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, may rent building

space for institutional use in a building operated by an

organization or entity whose existence is ancillary to the operation

of a state agency, and whose cost was financed in whole or in part

with revenue-type bonds; provided, further, that the cost of such

office supplies or space rental shall not exceed the cost of similar

supplies or rentals available commercially;

3. Gifts, devises and bequests with an agency as beneficiary,

unless otherwise provided by statute;

4. Evidence funds for law enforcement agencies;

5. Student loan funds and scholarship funds;

6. Funds held in escrow;

7. Land Commission funds;

8. Funds for which the state agency acts as custodian,

including, but not limited to, fees from employee earnings approved

by the governing board of the agency, funds of student organizations

including student activity fees collected by an educational

institution as a separate item in enrollment procedures,

professional organizations, patients and inmates;

9. Funds used by the Oklahoma Tax Commission to pay for the

filing of liens with the Federal Aviation Administration;

10. Temporary accounts for funds arising from new or amended

legislation not otherwise provided for in statute or for other

emergency situations. Such accounts are to be utilized only pending

legislative action directing custody of such funds;

11. Payment of liability claims against the state;

12. Activities of the various Armory Boards of the Oklahoma

Military Department to receive and dispense funds derived by the

Armory Boards pursuant to Sections 232.6 and 232.7 of Title 44 of

the Oklahoma Statutes; and

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13. Payment of expenses incurred in connection with the

acceptance of payments made with nationally recognized credit cards.

D. The State Treasurer is authorized to accept deposit of money

made directly to agency special accounts approved by the Board. All

money received by a state agency, as described in Section 34.57 of

this title, shall be deposited in State Treasury funds or accounts

and no money shall be deposited in banks or other depositories

unless the bank accounts are maintained by the State Treasurer or

are for the deposit of authorized petty cash funds.

E. Money deposited in agency special accounts shall be

disbursed on vouchers issued by the state agency concerned to

accomplish the purpose for which the money was intended.

F. Funds and revenues of the Grand River Dam Authority are

exempt from the requirements of this section.

G. Funds and revenues of the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority

are exempt from the requirements of this section.

H. Monies used for investment purposes by the Oklahoma

Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police

Pension and Retirement System, the Uniform Retirement System for

Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System,

the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the Teachers'

Retirement System of Oklahoma, the State Insurance Fund, the

Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board, the Commissioners

of the Land Office, and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education for its Endowment Trust Fund are exempt from the

requirements of this section, and shall be placed with the

respective custodian bank or trust company.

Added by Laws 1973, c. 46, § 17, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by

Laws 1978, c. 115, § 1, emerg. eff. March 31, 1978; Laws 1980, c.

145, § 1; Laws 1981, c. 218, § 22, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981; Laws

1981, c. 272, § 13, eff. July 1, 1981; Laws 1984, c. 116, § 1, eff.

July 1, 1984; Laws 1984, c. 221, § 3, operative July 1, 1984; Laws

1985, c. 312, § 42, emerg. eff. July 25, 1985; Laws 1988, c. 321, §

44, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 319, § 1, emerg. eff. May

30, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 335, § 20, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991; Laws

1992, c. 176, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 1992; Laws 1995, c. 212, § 2,

eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 290, § 6, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws

1997, c. 2, § 12, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 105, § 1;

Laws 2009, c. 441, § 36, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 7.2

of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009.

Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 383.

NOTE: Laws 1978, c. 76, § 1 repealed by Laws 1980, c. 145, § 2.

Laws 1981, c. 204, § 2 repealed by Laws 1981, c. 272, § 46, eff.

July 1, 1981. Laws 1985, c. 319, § 12 repealed by Laws 1988, c.

321, § 45, operative July 1, 1988. Laws 1989, c. 291, § 2, as

amended by Laws 1989, c. 318, § 2 repealed by Laws 1990, c. 258, §

40, operative July 1, 1990. Laws 1989, c. 375, § 14 repealed by

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Laws 1990, c. 319, § 2, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990. Laws 1990, c.

258, § 39 repealed by Laws 1991, c. 335, § 36, emerg. eff. June 15,

1991. Laws 1996, c. 30, § 1 repealed by Laws 1997, c. 2, § 26,

emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1997.

NOTE: A former § 7.2 of this title, enacted by Laws 1947, p. 365, §

2 and amended by Laws 1959, p. 246, § 1, was repealed by Laws 1973,

c. 46, § 19, operative July 1, 1973.