Oklahoma § 63-6802 - Transfer of monies from state funds – Conditions

§ 63-6802. Transfer of monies from state funds – Conditions

A. During a catastrophic health emergency, the Governor may

transfer from any fund available to the Governor in the State

Treasury sums of money as may be necessary during a state of

catastrophic health emergency.

B. Monies so transferred shall be repaid to the fund from which

they were transferred when monies become available for that purpose,

by legislative appropriation or otherwise.

C. A transfer of funds by the Governor under the provisions of

this section may be made only when one or more of the following

conditions exist:

1. No appropriation or other authorization is available to meet

the catastrophic health emergency;

2. An appropriation is insufficient to meet the catastrophic

health emergency; or

3. Federal monies available for such a catastrophic health

emergency require the use of state or other public monies.

D. All expenses incurred by the state during a state of

catastrophic health emergency shall be subject to the following

limitations:

1. No expense shall be incurred against the monies authorized

under this section, without the general approval of the Governor;

2. The aggregate amount of all expenses incurred pursuant to

this section shall not exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00)

for any fiscal year; and

3. Monies authorized for a state of catastrophic health

emergency in prior fiscal years may be used in subsequent fiscal

years only for the catastrophic health emergency for which they were

authorized. Monies authorized for a catastrophic health emergency

in prior fiscal years, and expended in subsequent fiscal years for

the catastrophic health emergency for which they were authorized,

apply toward the fifty-million-dollar expense limit for the fiscal

year in which they were authorized.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 473, § 23.