ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1252	By:	Moore and Kern of the House

				and

		Anderson of the Senate

An Act relating to the Task Force on Management of Federal Funds; creating Task Force; providing for membership; providing for applicability of Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and Oklahoma Open Records Act; prescribing procedures for meeting notices; requiring organizational meeting; providing for selection of cochairs; prescribing quorum requirement; defining scope of study by Task Force; requiring final report; providing for termination of Task Force; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6001 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  There is hereby created the “Task Force on Management of Federal Funds”.
B.  The Task Force shall consist of eleven (11) members to be appointed or otherwise serve as follows:
1.  Three members to be appointed by the Governor;
2.  Three members to be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives;
3.  Three members to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate;
4.  One member who shall be the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or a designee of the Director; and
5.  One member who shall be the Director of the Oklahoma Tax Commission or the designee of the Director.
C.  The Task Force shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.  The Task Force shall be authorized to post notice of its meetings at least seven (7) days in advance of the meeting date using a written posting, a website-based posting or both such methods.  Such notice shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act with respect to the meeting notice.
D.  The Task Force shall conduct an organizational meeting not later than October 1, 2013.  The Task Force shall select from among its membership a chair and cochair.  The Task Force shall be authorized to meet as often as required in order to perform the duties imposed upon it.
E.  A quorum of the members of the Task Force physically present at a meeting shall be required to take any affirmative action including the adoption of the final report required by subsection G of this section.
F.  The Task Force shall study the methods by which state government entities receive federal funds.  The study shall include, but shall not be limited to:
1.  An evaluation and report upon any conditions imposed pursuant to federal statute, federal administrative rules, federal executive order or other source of federal law with respect to the receipt and expenditure of the funds received by any state government entity;
2.  An analysis of any action required to be taken by the state government entity as a condition for the receipt or continued receipt of federal funds;
3.  An analysis of any action prohibited to be taken by the state government entity as a condition for the receipt or continued receipt of federal funds;
4.  An analysis of any action required to be taken by any individual or lawfully recognized business entity or other entity as a condition for the benefits purported to be conferred on the individual or other legal entity as a result of the use of the federal funds; 
5.  An analysis of any action prohibited to be taken by any individual or lawfully recognized business entity or other entity as a condition for the benefits purported to be conferred on the individual or other legal entity as a result of the use of the federal funds; and
6.  An analysis of the relationship between the citizens of the State of Oklahoma, both natural persons and business entities, with regard to taxes imposed at the state level and taxes imposed by the federal government.
G.  The Task Force shall prepare a final report which shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate not later than December 31, 2013.  The Task Force shall cease to have any authority to take official action after December 31, 2013.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.
Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of March, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate