ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1438	By:	Shannon of the House

			   and

		Jolley of the Senate

An Act relating to state government; establishing the Oklahoma State Government Asset Reduction and Cost Savings Program; requiring certain report be published; requiring report contain certain information; establishing procedure for submission of data by state agencies; requiring state agency compliance; requiring certain publication; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Oklahoma State Government Asset Reduction and Cost Savings Program

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 61.7 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  There is hereby established the Oklahoma State Government Asset Reduction and Cost Savings Program.

B.  No later than December 31 each year the Director of Central Services shall publish a comprehensive report detailing state-owned properties.

C.  The report mandated in accordance with the provisions of this section shall list the five percent (5%) most underutilized state-owned properties.  The report shall describe the value of properties falling within the description in this subsection, assess the potential for purchase should the properties be offered for sale and describe the impact on local-level tax rolls in the event the properties are purchased by a nongovernmental entity.

D.  The Director of Central Services shall promulgate rules establishing procedures by which each state agency, board, commission and public trust having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall submit the necessary data to the Department of Central Services for the development of this report. 

E.  State agencies, boards, commissions and public trusts having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall comply with procedures promulgated pursuant to the terms of this section.

F.  The report and data collected pursuant to this section shall be published as a data feed on the “data.ok.gov” website. 

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

Passed the House of Representatives the 9th day of March, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 19th day of April, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate