§ 62-195. Funds created - Maximum amounts - Forms, systems and procedures.

A.  1.  There is hereby created a petty cash fund at each of the following institutions:  Oklahoma School for the Blind, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Oklahoma School for the Deaf, Sulphur, Oklahoma; Griffin Memorial Hospital, Norman, Oklahoma; Eastern State Hospital, Vinita, Oklahoma; Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid, Enid, Oklahoma; Southern Oklahoma Resource Center of Pauls Valley, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma; Western State Psychiatric Center, Fort Supply, Oklahoma; Central Oklahoma Juvenile Treatment Center, Tecumseh, Oklahoma; L.E. Rader Children's Diagnostic and Evaluation Center, Sand Springs, Oklahoma; L.E. Rader Intensive Treatment Center, Sand Springs, Oklahoma; the Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center, Manitou, Oklahoma; the Office of Juvenile Affairs' Boys' Group Home, Enid, Oklahoma; the Office of Juvenile Affairs' Boys' Group Home, Lawton, Oklahoma; the Office of Juvenile Affairs' Girls' Group Home, Tulsa, Oklahoma; the Oklahoma Medical Center; and the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities.

2.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the head of the institution involved are hereby authorized and it shall be their duty to fix the maximum amount of the petty cash funds.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall prescribe all forms, systems, and procedures for administering the petty cash funds of the institution.

B.  1.  There is hereby created a petty cash fund in the legal division of the Department of Human Services which fund shall be used solely to pay court costs, filing fees, witness fees, and expenses related to any case or proceeding within the responsibility of the legal division.

2.  There is hereby created a petty cash fund in the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Department of Human Services.  The fund shall be used solely to pay litigation expenses, including court costs, filing fees, witness fees, and expenses related to any case or proceeding within the responsibility of the Child Support Enforcement Division.

3.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Director of the Department of Human Services are hereby authorized and it shall be their duty to fix the maximum amount of the petty cash funds.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall prescribe all forms, systems, and procedures for administering the petty cash funds.

C.  1.  There is hereby created a petty cash fund in the finance department of the Corporation Commission which shall be used solely to pay litigation expenses of the legal division, including court costs, filing fees, witness fees, and other expenses related to any case, proceeding, or matter within the responsibility of the legal division.

2.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Corporation Commission are hereby authorized and it shall be their duty to fix the maximum amount of the petty cash fund, not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall prescribe all forms, systems, and procedures for administering the petty cash fund.

D.  1.  There is hereby created a petty cash fund for the Property Distribution Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

2.  The amount of the Property Distribution petty cash fund shall not exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).  The initial amount shall be drawn by warrant from the State Surplus Property Revolving Fund.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is authorized to prescribe forms, systems and procedures for the administration of the Property Distribution petty cash fund.

E.  1.  There is hereby created a petty cash fund in the legal division of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority which fund shall be used solely to pay for court costs, filing fees, witness fees, and expenses related to any case or proceeding within the responsibility of the legal division.

2.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority are hereby authorized and it shall be their duty to fix the maximum amount of the petty cash fund, not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall prescribe all forms, systems, and procedures for administering the petty cash fund.

F.  1.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby authorized, upon request by the State Commissioner of Health, to establish a petty cash fund for the State Department of Health in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), to be used for the purpose of making change for persons obtaining licenses, paying fees and fines, and transacting other such business with the Department.

2.  The fund shall be established and replenished from any monies available to the Department for operating expenses.

3.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall prescribe all forms, systems, and procedures for administering the fund.

Added by Laws 1951, p. 169, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.  Amended by Laws 1957, p. 466, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957; Laws 1983, c. 283, § 17, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 263, § 14, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1988, c. 326, § 32, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 265, § 61, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 103, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 307, § 13, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 323, § 10, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 203, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 326, § 3, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 85, § 1, emerg. eff. April 11, 1997; Laws 1997, c. 293, § 41, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2000, c. 125, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 2000; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 458.