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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 307 By: Rader
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state fiscal affairs; creating the
7 Oklahoma Teachers Legacy Fund; providing sources of
8 funds; requiring the State Treasurer to appoint
8 investment managers; establishing investment
9 guidelines; authorizing realization of losses under
9 certain circumstance; requiring income and returns to
10 accrue to the balance of the fund; providing for
10 appropriations of funds for certain purpose;
11 providing for transfer amount upon insufficient
11 liquidity; requiring managers to maintain certain
12 proportion of liquidity in the fund; making
12 appropriation to the Office of the State Treasurer;
13 requiring deposit in certain fund; providing for
13 codification; providing an effective date; and
14 declaring an emergency.
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17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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18 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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19 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.601 of Title 62, unless there
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20 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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21 A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be
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22 known and designated as the "Oklahoma Teachers Legacy Fund". The
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23 fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year
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1 limitations, and shall consist of surplus monies and savings
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2 appropriated by the Legislature.
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3 B. The State Treasurer shall appoint qualified investment
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4 managers to provide for the investment of the monies of the fund.
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5 The investments shall be consistent with the manner in which state
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6 retirement funds are invested. The risk of large losses shall be
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7 minimized by diversifying the investments in the fund, unless, under
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8 the circumstances, it is clearly prudent not to do so, which shall
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9 include the length of time of the investment. The investment
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10 managers may sell investments and realize losses if such action is
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11 considered advantageous to longer-term return maximization.
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12 C. The fund principal shall consist of monies which are
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13 deposited to the fund. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,
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14 income and investment return on fund principal shall accrue to the
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15 fund.
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16 D. For each fiscal year, the State Treasurer shall make
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17 available a report on its website detailing the present value of the
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18 investments and assets in the Oklahoma Teachers Legacy Fund and the
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19 increase in value from the previous fiscal year.
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20 E. Except as provided for in subsections F and G of this
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21 section, upon a determination by the State Treasurer, through the
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22 report provided pursuant to subsection D of this section, that the
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23 increase in the value of the Oklahoma Teachers Legacy Fund from the
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24 previous fiscal year exceeds One Hundred Million Dollars
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1 ($100,000,000.00) or any additional whole increments of One Hundred
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2 Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00), a transfer to the General Revenue
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3 Fund, solely for the purpose of increasing the wages of school
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4 teachers in this state, shall be made on January 1 of each
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5 subsequent calendar year in an amount equal to the highest whole
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6 one-hundred-million-dollar increment, as determined by the State
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7 Treasurer.
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8 F. Except as provided for in subsection G of this section, upon
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9 a subsequent determination by the State Treasurer, through the
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10 report provided pursuant to subsection D of this section, that the
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11 Oklahoma Teachers Legacy Fund increased in value by any whole
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12 increments of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) greater
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13 than the most recent January 1 transfer to the General Revenue Fund
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14 made pursuant to the provisions of this section, each subsequent
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15 January 1 transfer shall be made in an amount equal to the highest
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16 whole one-hundred-million-dollar increment that the Oklahoma
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17 Teachers Legacy Fund increased in value, as determined by the State
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18 Treasurer.
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19 G. Investment managers appointed pursuant to subsection B of
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20 this section shall maintain a reasonable proportion of liquid assets
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21 in the Oklahoma Teachers Legacy Fund in order to facilitate any
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22 expected transfers required pursuant to subsections E and F of this
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23 section. In the event the balance of the Oklahoma Teachers Legacy
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24 Fund is insufficient or the cash available in the fund is
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1 insufficient due to lack of liquid assets to make the transfers
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2 required pursuant to subsections E and F of this section, the entire
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3 balance available for transfer shall be transferred to the fund.
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4 SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Office of the
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5 State Treasurer for deposit in the Oklahoma Teachers Legacy Fund,
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6 from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue
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7 Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023,
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8 the sum of Five Hundred Sixty-three Million Six Hundred Ninety-six
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9 Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-six Dollars ($563,696,626.00).
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10 SECTION 3. There is hereby appropriated to the Office of the
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11 State Treasurer for deposit in the Oklahoma Teachers Legacy Fund,
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12 from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue
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13 Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024,
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14 the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty-nine Million Three Hundred Ninety-two
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15 Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-four Dollars ($759,392,964.00).
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16 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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17 SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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18 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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19 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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20 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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