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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 530 By: Hines
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of
7 Veterans Affairs; authorizing establishment of the
8 ODVA Foundation; allowing Foundation to receive
8 contributions; directing incorporation of Foundation;
9 providing authority for designation of initial
9 membership; placing limits on voting membership;
10 requiring financial records and documents of the
10 Foundation to be available for audit; providing
11 certain exemptions; providing for codification; and
11 declaring an emergency.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 63.3a of Title 72, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. The Oklahoma Veterans Commission is hereby authorized to
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19 establish a private, charitable, not-for-profit foundation, to be
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20 known as the "ODVA Foundation". The purpose of the Foundation shall
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21 be to encourage financial contributions for the educational,
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22 training, and empowerment initiatives of the Oklahoma Department of
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23 Veterans Affairs, and the support of Oklahoma's veterans,
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24 reservists, and their dependents. Such contributions shall be
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1 supplementary to any state funding received by the Oklahoma
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2 Department of Veterans Affairs and shall provide a means to further
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3 meet the needs of the veteran community in this state.
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4 B. The ODVA Foundation created pursuant to this section shall
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5 not be a public body and may receive contributions from any public
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6 or private source to carry out the purposes of this section
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7 including, but not limited to, gifts or grants from private
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8 individuals, companies, foundations, corporations, and others in the
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9 private and public sectors.
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10 C. Upon incorporation, the ODVA Foundation shall operate
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11 exclusively for charitable and educational purposes and shall secure
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12 tax-exempt status under the appropriate provision of Section 501(c)
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13 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C., Section
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15 D. The commissioners of the Oklahoma Veterans Commission shall
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16 determine the initial members of the Foundation. The Oklahoma
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17 Department of Veterans Affairs shall be authorized to create the
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18 board of the ODVA Foundation. No employee of the Oklahoma
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19 Department of Veterans Affairs shall be a voting member of the board
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20 of the ODVA Foundation. Any voting member of the board of the ODVA
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21 Foundation who may have a financial interest in an action under
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22 consideration by the ODVA Foundation shall abstain from voting on
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1 E. The ODVA Foundation shall make all of its financial records
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2 and documents including work papers, except for the names of donors
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3 and other privileged or confidential materials, available to
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4 auditors who are performing audits of the Oklahoma Department of
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5 Veterans Affairs.
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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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