ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 974	By:	Myers and Jolley of the Senate

			and

		Sears and Martin (Scott) of the House

An Act relating to the State Department of Rehabilitation Services; authorizing certain early transfers of certain funds for specific purposes; authorizing transfer of appropriated money in requested amounts and ratios; authorizing certain interyear transfers; requiring certain process and maintenance of records; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

SUBJECT:  State Department of Rehabilitation Services

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.  The Director of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services may request through the Director of the Office of State Finance the early transfer by the Oklahoma Tax Commission of tax collection to the General Revenue Fund for the purpose of early allocation to the Department’s disbursing funds to alleviate cash-flow problems.

SECTION 2.  The Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Services may request the Director of the Office of State Finance to transfer funds from the Rehabilitation Services Federal Fund to Rehabilitation Services Disbursing Funds and to Department of Rehabilitation Services Medical and Assistance Funds for expenditure in the client service, supported employment, and independent living programs.

SECTION 3.  The Director of the Office of State Finance shall transfer monies appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the State Department of Rehabilitation Services Disbursing Funds in the amounts and ratios requested by the agency except that the cumulative amounts transferred shall not exceed the cumulative amounts of equal monthly allotments of the appropriations from the General Revenue Fund.

Monies appropriated or collected from the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, may be transferred to these disbursing funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, to satisfy encumbrances and obligations of said fiscal year; provided, that monies equal in amount are transferred from appropriations or collections for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, to the disbursing funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, to satisfy encumbrances and obligations of said fiscal year.  All transfer requests shall be in writing to the Director of the Office of State Finance.  The State Department of Rehabilitation Services shall maintain records of the interyear transfers.

SECTION 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2011.

SECTION 5.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

Passed the Senate the 13th day of May, 2011.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 17th day of May, 2011.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives