STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1035	By:	Reynolds

AS INTRODUCED

A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State to refer to the people for their approval or rejection a proposed amendment to Section 3 of Article XIII-A of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma; requiring the Legislature to make direct appropriations to certain higher education entities; authorizing the Legislature to determine which entities will receive direct appropriations; providing ballot title; and directing filing.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 53RD OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1.  The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law, the following proposed amendment to Section 3 of Article XIII-A of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
Section 3.  The A.  Except as otherwise provided for in subsection B of this section, the appropriations made by the Legislature for all such institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall be made in consolidated form without reference to any particular institution and the Board of Oklahoma State Regents herein for Higher Education created in Section 2 of this article shall allocate to each institution according to its needs and functions.  
B.  The Legislature shall make separate appropriations for the needs and functions of each entity governed by the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma and the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges which has as its primary function the providing of medical care, medical research, medical education, or other agricultural and scientific research including, but not limited to, the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in Tulsa, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Cooperative Extension Services, Agricultural Experiment Stations, and the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa.  In addition to the entities listed in this subsection, the Legislature shall determine which other entities have a primary function as described in this subsection and are to receive separate appropriations.
SECTION 2.  The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____	State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution.  It amends Section 3 of Article 13-A.  This section requires the Legislature to make appropriations to higher education institutions in consolidated form.  This measure would have the Legislature make separate appropriations to certain entities.  The entities are governed by certain board of regents.  Also, the entities have medical care, medical education or research as their primary function.  The Legislature will decide which other entities will receive separate appropriations.  
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES	_____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO 	_____________
SECTION 3.  The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, immediately after the passage of this resolution, shall prepare and file one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney General.

53-1-5142	KB	12/07/10