ENROLLED SENATE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO. 13	By:	Johnson (Mike), Myers, Adelson, Aldridge, Anderson, Ballenger, Barrington, Bass, Bingman, Branan, Brogdon, Brown, Burrage, Coates, Coffee, Crain, Crutchfield, Easley, Eason McIntyre, Ellis, Ford, Garrison, Gumm, Halligan, Ivester, Johnson (Constance), Jolley, Justice, Lamb, Laster, Leftwich, Lerblance, Marlatt, Mazzei, Newberry, Nichols, Paddack, Reynolds, Rice, Russell, Schulz, Sparks, Stanislawski, Sweeden, Sykes, Wilson, Wyrick and Corn of the Senate

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	Miller, Martin (Scott), McCullough and Dorman of the House

A Concurrent Resolution requiring state agencies receiving or anticipating receipt of funds pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to submit certain plan; prohibiting commitment or expenditure of such funds by certain agencies except under certain circumstances.

WHEREAS, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009; and

WHEREAS, the Act includes significant increases in funding for states, and the State of Oklahoma anticipates receiving as much as $2.6 billion in additional federal funds; and

WHEREAS, the total budgets of all state agencies receiving state appropriations, including federal funds, are subject to limitations set forth by state law for each fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Legislature that expenditure of taxpayer funds in this state be conducted in an efficient and accountable manner, and that state agency budget limits be set or revised as necessary to allow the objectives of the Act to be accomplished in this state.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 52ND OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:

Every state agency which receives or anticipates receiving funds pursuant to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act shall submit a plan for the expenditure of such funds to the chair of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the chair of the Appropriations and Budget Committee of the House of Representatives and the Governor.  No state agency which receives state appropriations shall commit or expend any such funds unless the amount of such funds has been included within the state agency’s budget limits set forth by law for the fiscal year.

Passed the Senate the 17th day of March, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 18th day of March, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer	of the House
	of Representatives