STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 52nd Legislature (2010)

SENATE BILL 1334	By:	Schulz

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to Rules of the Ethics Commission; amending Rule 15-1-3 of the Rules of the Ethics Commission, which relates to statements of financial interests; excepting conservation district board members from requirement to file statement of financial interests; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     Rule 15-1-3 of the Rules of the Ethics Commission (74 O.S. Supp. 2009, Ch. 62, App.), is amended to read as follows:
Rule 15-1-3.  (a)  The following individuals shall file a statement of financial interests or a statement of no change with the Commission:
(1)  a state officer except for those excluded from the definition of a public member and except for conservation district board members;
(2)  the chief administrative officer and the first assistant administrative officer of a governmental entity;
(3)  a state employee who determines state policy or who makes final spending decisions for the state or any governmental entity;
(4)  an individual who is a candidate to become an elective officer; and
(5)  a public member.
(b)  For purposes of Chapters 15 and 20, a person who makes final spending decisions shall include a person who:
(1)  participates in the review and analysis of bid specifications;
(2)  assists in the review and analysis of bids;
(3)  recommends for selection bidders,
(4)  prepares or approves requisitions for purchases against previously bid statewide or agency issued contracts,
(5)  are in the claim preparation or approval process who can exercise discretion and who can cause previously made purchasing decisions to be reviewed before payment is made.
(c)  A person who makes final spending decisions shall not include a person who:
(1)  performs clerical duties related to purchasing and claim processing; or
(2)  is involved in substantive purchasing duties but is restricted to individual purchases of less than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(d)  A full-time or adjunct faculty member of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, who neither determines state policy nor makes final spending decisions for the state or any governmental entity, shall not be required to file a statement of financial interests.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.

52-2-3085	CD	12/30/2009 12:20:06 PM