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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 1297 By: Brooks
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the 2030 Federal Decennial Census;
7 creating the Oklahoma Decennial Census Accuracy
8 Revolving Fund; providing source of funds; providing
8 for expenditures; requiring certain determination by
9 the State Treasurer; setting certain circumstances
9 for reversion; making an appropriation; providing for
10 codification; providing an effective date; and
10 declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5013.4 of Title 74, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
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18 for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, to be designated the
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19 "Oklahoma Decennial Census Accuracy Revolving Fund". The fund shall
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20 be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and
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21 shall consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Department of
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22 Commerce from appropriations of the Legislature designated for
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23 deposit in this fund. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund
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24 are hereby appropriated and shall be budgeted and expended to
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1 provide funding for 501(c)(3) grassroots outreach as well as a
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2 marketing campaign to maximize the accuracy of the 2030 Federal
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3 Decennial Census. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon
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4 warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
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5 prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
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6 Enterprise Services for approval and payment. On July 1, 2031, if
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7 no determination is made by the State Treasurer pursuant to the
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8 provisions of this section authorizing expenditures from this fund,
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9 all unencumbered funds remaining in the Oklahoma Decennial Census
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10 Accuracy Revolving Fund shall be transferred to the State Treasurer
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11 for deposit in the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury.
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12 SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma
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13 Decennial Census Accuracy Revolving Fund from any monies not
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14 otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue Fund of the State
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15 Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the sum of Five
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16 Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00).
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17 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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18 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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19 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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20 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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21 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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