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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1288 By: Gillespie
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to emergency management; amending 63
7 O.S. 2021, Section 683.24, which relates to the
8 Emergency Management Disaster Relief Matching Fund;
8 providing for cost sharing of federal matching
9 requirements; updating statutory language; and
9 declaring an emergency.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 683.24, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 683.24. A. There is hereby created in the State
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16 Treasury a special fund for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency
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17 Management, to be designated the Emergency Management Disaster
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18 Relief Matching Fund. The fund shall be a continuing fund not
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19 subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall be composed of monies
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20 that may be appropriated to or otherwise received by said the fund.
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21 Said The fund is to be utilized as the state's share of matching
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22 requirements for federal funds advanced under the provisions of
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23 Sections 402, 403 and 419, Public Law 93-288, Disaster Relief Act of
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1 B. The state's share of matching requirements for federal funds
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2 shall be equally shared by this state and any political subdivisions
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3 of this state that receive public assistance program resources
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4 administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a result
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5 of a federally declared disaster.
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6 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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7 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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8 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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9 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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