STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1127	By:	Sears and Martin (Scott) of the House

				and

		Myers and Jolley of the Senate

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; making an appropriation; stating purpose; requiring budgeting in certain categories and amounts; providing for duties and compensation of employees; limiting salary of the Director; providing budgetary limitations; requiring and prohibiting certain budget procedures; providing lapse dates; providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.  There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, the sum of ____ Dollars ($0.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs by law.
SECTION 2.  For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall budget all funds in the following categories and amounts:
Category	Appropriation		 Total
Central Administration	$0.00	$0.00
Nursing Facilities	 0.00	 0.00
Claims and Benefits	 0.00	 0.00
Capital Lease	0.00	0.00
State Accrediting
  Agency	 0.00	 0.00
  TOTAL	$0.00	$0.00
SECTION 3.  The duties and compensation of employees, not otherwise prescribed by law, necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Director by law shall be set by the Director.  The salary of the Director shall not exceed _________ Dollars ($0.00) per annum, payable monthly for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.  The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, shall be subject to the following budgetary limitations, except as may be authorized pursuant to the provisions of Section 3603 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes:
Budgetary Limitation	Amount
Full-time-equivalent Employees	0.0
Lease-Purchase Agreements	    $0.00
SECTION 4.  Appropriations made by this act, not including appropriations made for capital outlay purposes, may be budgeted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 (hereafter FY-12) or may be budgeted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 (hereafter FY-13).  Funds budgeted for FY-12 may be encumbered only through June 30, 2012, and must be expended by November 15, 2012.  Any funds remaining after November 15, 2012, and not budgeted for FY-13, shall lapse to the credit of the proper fund for the then current fiscal year.  Funds budgeted for FY-13 may be encumbered only through June 30, 2013.  Any funds remaining after November 15, 2013, shall lapse to the credit of the proper fund for the then current fiscal year.  These appropriations may not be budgeted in both fiscal years simultaneously.  Funds budgeted in FY-12, and not required to pay obligations for that fiscal year, may be budgeted for FY-13, after the agency to which the funds have been appropriated has prepared and submitted a budget work program revision removing these funds from the FY-12 budget work program and after such revision has been approved by the Office of State Finance.
SECTION 5.  This act shall become effective September 1, 2010.

53-1-15078	JM	01/12/11