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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 62. PUBLIC FINANCE

  § 62-2006. Rural Economic Action Plan Fund - Establishment - Accounts.  

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  • A.  There is hereby established a fund within the State Treasury to be known as the Rural Economic Action Plan Fund, to be administered by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.  The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations.  Within the Rural Economic Action Plan Fund there shall be established separate accounts as prescribed by Section 2004 of this title into which shall be deposited such funds as may be provided by law.

    B.  Except as otherwise provided by Section 2004 of this title, one of nine accounts shall be available to each entity described in subsection A of Section 2007 of this title.

    C.  Except as otherwise provided by Section 2004 of this title, one account shall be divided equally into two subaccounts.  One of the two subaccounts shall be available to each of the entities described by subsection B of Section 2007 of this title for distribution to any city or town within the respective jurisdiction of the entity if the population of such city or town does not exceed seven thousand (7,000) persons according to the latest Federal Decennial Census or for the benefit of an unincorporated area.  Funds may also be expended for any city or town with a population below seven thousand (7,000) persons based upon the current population estimate according to the U.S. Census Bureau.  Funds may be expended for such cities and towns until the next following Federal Decennial Census.

    D.  No funds deposited into one account or subaccount shall be transferred to any other account.  No entity may access any more than one account per fiscal year and the total expenditure from any one account for each fiscal year may not exceed the amount of funds available to each account as may be provided by law.

    E.  No monies in the Rural Economic Action Plan Fund shall be used for the payment of administrative expenses, salaries or any other continuing obligation of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

Added by Laws 1996, c. 193, § 6, eff. July 1, 1996.  Amended by Laws 1997, c. 382, § 3, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 373, § 5, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 369, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2002, c. 219, § 3, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2007, c. 194, § 2, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 392, § 2, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008.

Note

NOTE:  Laws 2006, c. 317, § 2 amended this section to be effective contingent upon a sufficient appropriation.  The necessary amount was not appropriated.  Laws 2006, c. 317, § 2 repealed by Laws 2009, c. 2, § 18, emerg. eff. March 12, 2009.