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74 OK Stat § 74-2900.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-2900.2. Rent assistance programs - Funding.

|A. The Department of Human Services, the Department of Mental Health, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency and any state agency with housing services may develop, administer, and conduct programs assisting eligible homeless families, homeless individuals, and mentally ill persons who are in need of housing to participate successfully in the private housing market and pay the amount of rent charged by the private sector for providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Provided, however, that any rent assistance available under such a program be combined with comprehensive case management and a self-sufficiency program. |B. All state agencies specified in this section and any other state agency with housing services, in accordance with state and federal law, may solicit government funds and grants and seek private resources, to operate programs pursuant to subsection A of this section.C. As funds are available, all state agencies specified in this section and any other state agency with housing services, in accordance with state and federal law, may provide resources to local government agencies, local housing authorities or nonprofit agencies to operate programs established pursuant to subsection A of this section. The local agency or authority may require the person participating in such a program to participate in the cost of the program to the extent possible.Added by Laws 1990, c. 129, § 3, emerg. eff. April 25, 1990.
74 OK Stat § 74-2900.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-2900.3. Reports.

|A. Each member of the Committee shall submit a report as specified in this section to the Chairperson upon request of the Chairperson. The Chairperson shall give notice to each member of the Committee to provide such report at least fifteen (15) days prior to each meeting. The report shall provide all information on any grants, donations, appropriated funds and any other funds received by that agency concerning providing housing services to the homeless. The report shall provide detailed information concerning the expenditure of any of the funds specified in this subsection which were expended on providing housing services to the homeless. The Chairperson shall send a copy of each report to the other members of the Committee. The Chairperson shall also provide a copy of such reports to any member of the public upon written request and the payment of any copying fee authorized by the Oklahoma Open Records Act. |B. On or before February 1 of each year, the Chairperson of the Committee created in Section 2 of this act shall provide a written report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Governor specifying in detail the assistance provided, the agency or program pursuant to which such assistance was provided, any funds provided to and any expenditures made from such funds provided to each agency specifically for providing housing services to the homeless, any other relevant information related to such programs, and any recommendations for legislation the Committee deems necessary for the best and most efficient housing services for the homeless.Added by Laws 1990, c. 129, § 4, emerg. eff. April 25, 1990. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 230, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994.
74 OK Stat § 74-2901.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-2901.1. Limited access to safe, decent and affordable housing - Legislative finding and declaration.

|A. The Legislature finds that current economic conditions, federal housing policies, and declining resources at the federal, state, and local level adversely affect the ability of moderate- and low-income persons to obtain safe, decent, and affordable housing. The Legislature also finds that the lack of affordable housing in rural communities of this state is an impediment to economic development and business expansion in these areas. |B. The Legislature declares that it is therefore in the public interest to provide for a continuously renewable resource known as a housing trust fund to assist moderate- and low-income citizens in meeting their basic housing needs, and that the needs of low-income citizens should be given priority.Added by Laws 1995, c. 337, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 163, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
74 OK Stat § 74-2901.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-2901.2. Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund.

|There is hereby created the "Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund" to be administered by the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and may consist of private monies and federal and state funds. A minimum of sixty-five percent (65%), but not to exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of all annual expenditures from the Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund shall be made for the purpose of providing affordable housing in counties with a population of less than four hundred ninety thousand (490,000) according to the latest federal decennial census. |Added by Laws 1995, c. 337, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 163, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
74 OK Stat § 74-2901.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-2901.3. Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund - Advisory committee - Rules.

|A. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency shall appoint an advisory committee to assist in policy development for administration of the Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund. Members of the advisory committee shall be appointed from the housing development, sales, and finance industries; nonprofit housing development organizations; and economic development agencies or organizations. |B. The Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency shall promulgate rules for the operation of the Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund.Added by Laws 1998, c. 163, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
74 OK Stat § 74-2901.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-2901.4. Statewide affordable housing strategy – Annual Reports.

|A. 1. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency shall develop a statewide affordable housing strategy and update such strategy periodically. |2. The strategy shall include the real-time data collected and analyzed on the current condition of affordable housing in Oklahoma.3. The strategy shall identify needs for affordable housing particularly in nonmetropolitan areas of the state and in areas experiencing growth.4. The strategy shall be coordinated with federal, state, and local housing providers to leverage new resources for affordable housing in Oklahoma.B. An initial report on such housing strategy shall be provided to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of Commerce no later than January 1, 1999, and shall be updated no later than January 1 of each year.Added by Laws 1998, c. 163, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
74 OK Stat § 74-3001 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3001. Creation - Members - Officers - Terms of private citizen members - Conflict of interest.

|A. There is hereby created in the Office of Management and Enterprise Services a committee to be known as the "State Use Committee". The Committee shall consist of seven (7) members and one nonvoting member as follows: |1. A private citizen conversant with the employment needs of people with severe disabilities who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor to act as an advocate for the employment needs of people with severe disabilities;2. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or designee;3. The Director of the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, or designee;4. The past president of Oklahoma Community-Based Providers or designee to serve for a one-year period, who may be reappointed by the succeeding president;5. An individual or a parent or guardian of an individual with severe disabilities who participates in vocational programming through a sheltered environment facility, to be selected by the Committee;6. The Director of Human Services, or designee;7. A certified procurement officer from any state agency appointed by the State Purchasing Director, selected to represent the customer agencies of the State of Oklahoma; and8. As a nonvoting member, a person employed by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services as a contracting officer in the purchasing division, appointed by the State Purchasing Director with the advice of the Committee and designated specifically to solicit, develop, and negotiate contracts with agencies and individuals.B. The Committee shall elect from among its membership a Chair and a Vice Chair who shall both serve for a period of one (1) year.C. The private citizen on the Committee shall serve for a period of two (2) years and may be reappointed by the appointing authority. Any private citizen appointed pursuant to this section to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of the term.D. Any member of the Committee shall be prohibited from voting on any issue in which the member has an interest.Added by Laws 1973, c. 20, § 1, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 29, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 304, § 151, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1987, c. 22, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 225, § 22; Laws 1991, c. 141, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1994, c. 110, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 322, § 1, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996; Laws 2000, c. 95, § 1; Laws 2004, c. 93, § 2; Laws 2012, c. 289, § 1; Laws 2013, c. 15, § 117, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013; Laws 2019, c. 51, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.NOTE: Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1000 repealed by Laws 2013, c. 15, § 118, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.
74 OK Stat § 74-3003 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3003. Definitions.

|As used in this act: |1. "Blind person" means a person having a visual acuity not to exceed 20/200 in the better eye, with correcting lenses, or visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty (20) degrees;2. "Committee" means the State Use Committee;3. "Qualified nonprofit agency for the severely handicapped" means a nonprofit agency:a.employing severely disabled persons who constitute at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the personnel engaged in direct production of products or services offered by the agency for procurement by this state and who meet the definition of "blind person" as provided for in paragraph 1 of this section, orb.which is certified as a sheltered workshop by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor;4. "Severely disabled person" means an individual with a physical or mental disability constituting a substantial handicap to employment and preventing the person from engaging in normal competitive employment and includes any blind person;5. "Qualified organization" means a blind person, qualified nonprofit agency for the severely handicapped, or severely disabled person contracting to supply goods or services;6. "Manufactured" means goods made by manual labor;7. "Produced" means to have brought into existence or created from raw materials;8. "Processed" means the action of taking something through an established and mostly routine set of procedures or steps to substantially convert a potential product from one form to another. This action involves a sequence of multiple steps each requiring a distinct decision-making process to evolve a potential product to the next step; and9. "Assemble" means to put or fit together or put together the parts of a potential product.Added by Laws 1973, c. 20, § 3, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 322, § 2, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996; Laws 2004, c. 404, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2012, c. 289, § 2; Laws 2019, c. 99, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
74 OK Stat § 74-3004 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3004. Procurement schedule.

|The Committee shall designate by regulation a schedule, hereinafter referred to as the procurement schedule, of the products directly manufactured, produced, processed or assembled or services directly performed, offered or provided by any severely disabled person or qualified nonprofit agency for the severely disabled, as defined by this act, which the Committee determines are suitable for procurement by the state. No state agency shall purchase, pursuant to Section 3007 of this title, products or services purporting to be made by severely disabled persons in workshops which are not certified by the Committee or by severely disabled individuals who are not certified by the Committee. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 20, § 4, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 322, § 3, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
74 OK Stat § 74-3004.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3004.1. Contracts for products or services - Assessment.

|A one-percent fee of any contract for products or services of the severely disabled shall be assessed against the qualified organization and deposited in the State Use Committee Revolving Fund, as created in Section 3004.2 of this title, for the salary, administrative costs, and other expenses incurred by the Purchasing Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for promoting goods and services provided by qualified organizations. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 175, § 2, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 322, § 4, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996; Laws 2004, c. 404, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1001.
74 OK Stat § 74-3004.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3004.2. State Use Committee Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be designated the "State Use Committee Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all proceeds from the one-percent fee on contracts for purchases of products or services of the severely disabled, as provided in Section 3004.1 of this title. The fund shall be invested in any of the types of instruments in which the State Treasurer is authorized by law to invest. Interest earned shall be retained by the fund. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the salary and other administrative expenses of the buyer and clerical and technical support in the Purchasing Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services responsible for contracts for the products and services of the severely disabled and expenses the Office incurs to support Committee operations. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 175, § 3, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 322, § 5, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996; Laws 2003, c. 372, § 13, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 404, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1002.
74 OK Stat § 74-3005 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3005. Determination of fair market price.

|The Committee shall determine the fair market price of all products and services included in the procurement schedule and shall revise such prices in accordance with changing market conditions; provided, however, a change in price shall not be effective prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the date on which such change is made by the Committee. |Laws 1973, c. 20, § 5, operative July 1, 1973.
74 OK Stat § 74-3006 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3006. Distribution agency.

|The Committee may designate a central nonprofit agency to facilitate the distribution of orders of the state for products or services on the procurement schedule among qualified nonprofit agencies for people with severe disabilities. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 20, § 6, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 322, § 6, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
74 OK Stat § 74-3007 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3007. State or agency to procure a product or service at fair market price.

|A. Whenever the State of Oklahoma or any of its agencies intends to procure any product or service included in the procurement schedule, that entity shall secure the product or service from a qualified nonprofit agency providing employment to people with severe disabilities at the fair market price determined by the Committee if the product or service is available within the period required by the entity. |B. An agency of this state shall not evade the intent and meaning of this section by slight variations from standards adopted by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.C. Provided, the requirements of this section shall not apply to the procurement of janitorial services by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The Bureau shall conduct background investigations and national criminal history record checks on companies and individuals with which it contracts to provide janitorial services.D. When the fair market price for a product or service approved by the Committee exceeds a current market price for the same product or service, and such lower market price has been verified by the agency through compliance with the fair market analysis process approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the state use contracting officer may grant a temporary exception to a requesting agency so that the agency may purchase the product or service from the vendor offering the lower market price. The temporary exception shall automatically expire when a new fair market price is established by the State Use Committee.Added by Laws 1973, c. 20, § 7, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 22, § 2, emerg. eff. April 16, 1987; Laws 1996, c. 322, § 7, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996; Laws 1999, c. 277, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Laws 2012, c. 289, § 3; Laws 2013, c. 15, § 119, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.NOTE: Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1003 repealed by Laws 2013, c. 15, § 120, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.
74 OK Stat § 74-3008 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3008. Exceptions - Competitive bid requirement not applicable.

|Nothing in Sections 3001 et seq. of this title pursuant to purchases of products and services from people with severe disabilities shall be construed to prohibit any department or agency of the state from manufacturing or supplying its own products or services for its own use. Procurements made pursuant to this act shall not be subject to the competitive bid requirements of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, Section 85.1 et seq. of this title. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 20, § 8, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 159, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1996, c. 322, § 8, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
74 OK Stat § 74-3009 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3009. Rules - Requirements - Reporting of violations of intent of laws - Annual Report to Legislature.

|A. The State Use Committee shall prescribe rules to carry out the purposes of the provisions of Sections 3001 through 3009 of this title. |B. The rules shall include requirements for:1. Publishing a catalog listing goods and services and jobs that workshops can provide the state, annually;2. Conducting a minimum of six meetings per year, in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes;3. Making available to contractors the minutes of all meetings;4. Notifying contractors at least ten (10) days prior to meeting dates. Meetings shall be called by the Committee Chair; and5. Establishing guidelines by which a vendor may file a grievance.C. The Committee shall report any violations of the intent of the laws to the Attorney General's office within thirty (30) days of their determination of such violations.D. The Committee shall file an Annual Report within sixty (60) days after the close of the legislative year with the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Governor.Added by Laws 1973, c. 20, § 9, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 152, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1991, c. 141, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1996, c. 322, § 9, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
74 OK Stat § 74-3010 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3010. Municipalities or county agencies - Purchases from sheltered workshops - Exemption from competitive bid requirements.

|Any municipality or county agency of this state is authorized to purchase products and services from any qualified nonprofit agency providing employment to persons with severe disabilities which is certified as a sheltered workshop by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor. Procurements made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be subject to competitive bid requirements. To participate, a qualified nonprofit agency for the severely disabled must be able to meet the needs and specifications for the products or services required by the purchasing body at a fair market price. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 22, § 3, emerg. eff. April 16, 1987. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 141, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1996, c. 322, § 10, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
74 OK Stat § 74-3101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3101. Briefing of newly appointed members of governing bodies as to duties and responsibilities.

|The chief executive officer of any state agency, board, commission, council or other governing body of any department, system or authority is required, as part of his duties, to brief any newly appointed member of such governing body within two (2) weeks from the date of the member's appointment regarding his duties and responsibilities and those of the body to which he has been appointed, providing the new member with a copy of the statute or Constitutional provision pertaining thereto, a copy of the last twelve (12) monthly operating budgets showing all disbursements and receipts of such department or agency, and a copy of all rules and regulations existing in said agency, and other pertinent information that will assure that the new appointee is advised of such duties and responsibilities. The briefing may be delegated in part to the executive director or other managing officer of any department, system or authority under supervision of the governing body, the responsibility for its accomplishment remaining that of the chief executive officer. |Laws 1973, c. 113, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1973.
74 OK Stat § 74-3102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3102. Penalty.

|Failure of compliance with provisions of Section 1 of this act may be grounds for removal from office of the officer so failing. |Laws 1973, c. 113, § 2, emerg. eff. May 4, 1973.
74 OK Stat § 74-3103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-3103. Reports published by State agencies, departments, boards, commissions and institutions - Elimination of unnecessary expense.

|That all state agencies, departments, boards, commissions and institutions are instructed to make every effort to use the most inexpensive and brief means of publication of this material. |Laws 1974, p. 717, S.J.R.No.20, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974.