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An act relating to the Department of Corrections, the official text

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1                  STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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2                  1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

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3 SENATE BILL 137           By: Hamilton
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6                           AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to the Department of Corrections;

7   creating the Oklahoma State Penitentiary Prison Rodeo

8   Revolving Fund; specifying source of fund; providing

8   for purpose of fund; providing for expenditures;

9   making an appropriation; providing for codification;

9   providing an effective date; and declaring an

10  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 559.1 of Title 57, 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 Department of Corrections to be designated the "Oklahoma
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19 State Penitentiary Prison Rodeo Revolving Fund". The fund shall be
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20 a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
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21 consist of all monies received by the Department of Corrections from
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22 legislative appropriations provided for the purpose of constructing,
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23 repairing, improving, upgrading, and rehabilitating the Oklahoma
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24 State Penitentiary prison rodeo arena in order to create prison
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    Req. No. 1011                                              Page 1
1 program opportunities and promote economic development. All monies
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2 accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may
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3 be budgeted and expended by the Department of Corrections for the
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4 purpose provided for in this section. Expenditures from the fund
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5 shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against
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6 claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
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7 Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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8   SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of

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9 Corrections from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the
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10 General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year
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11 ending June 30, 2023, the sum of Eight Million Three Hundred
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12 Thousand Dollars ($8,300,000.00) to transfer to the Oklahoma State
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13 Penitentiary Prison Rodeo Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section
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15  SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.

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16  SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

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17 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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18 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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19 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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