2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-2310. Budget - Operating budget - Programs budget.

A. The Board of Directors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund shall adopt a budget for each fiscal year after the Board of Directors has been notified by the Board of Investors of the amount of earnings available for distribution. The budget shall be broken out into an operating budget and a programs budget. The budget shall be presented to the Board of Investors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund and filed with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
1. The operating budget shall consist of the administrative expenses of the Board of Directors and the administrative expenses of the State Treasurer approved by the Board of Directors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund.
a.
Administrative expenses include the portion of salaries, travel, and other administrative expenses of the Board of Investors and Board of Directors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund that cannot be identified with a specific program of the Board of Directors. Administrative expenses allocable to the operating budget may also include, but are not limited to: regular board and committee meetings; staff meetings; personnel or human resource management; board legal services; board consultant services; central purchasing and procurement; board budgeting, accounting and auditing; and public information activities.
b.
Administrative expenses do not include program expenses as defined below or the professional expenses paid by the Board of Investors related to the management of the Trust Fund. The fees paid to investment managers and the custodian bank must be properly disclosed and approved by the Board of Investors or authorized staff in the Office of the State Treasurer, but the fees may be paid from assets under management.
c.
Administrative expenses of the Board of Directors may not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the annual amount of earnings certified by the Board of Investors.
2. The programs budget shall consist of the program expenses of the Board of Directors.
a.
Program expenses include direct funding awarded to grantees or contractors under grants programs developed by the Board. Program expenses allocable to the programs budget may also include, but are not limited to, staff time, represented by a proportional amount of the employee's salary, and board and staff travel expenses that can be identified to benefit a specific program of the Board of Directors.
b.
Other expenses allocable to the programs budget may include, but are not limited to: special board and committee meetings to conduct an activity identifiable to a specific program; contracted consultants, technical or program support personnel assigned directly to specific programs; professional services contracts to evaluate, audit or provide budgeting, accounting, auditing or legal services for specific programs or program grantees, contractors or participants; and training or informational activities to inform applicants, contractors, grantees or the public about a specific program developed by the Board of Directors.
3. The Board shall develop policies and procedures to define, clarify, and implement the allocation of identified expenses to either the programs or operating budget.
4. All operating expenses and program expenses shall be paid out against the amount of earnings from the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund.
B. The Board of Investors shall ensure that sufficient cash is transferred at appropriate times to honor these claims, but shall keep as much as possible of the trust fund invested at all times. The operating budget of the Board of Directors shall be allotted in twelve substantially equal amounts throughout the fiscal year. Amounts to be distributed to carry out the purposes of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund Act shall be made available as needed and determined by the Board of Directors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund.
C. The Board of Directors shall direct the Board of Investors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund to set aside sufficient cash reserves out of earnings from the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund to ensure that the expenses of the Board of Directors and Board of Investors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund and the State Treasurer may be funded in the event that there is insufficient earnings achieved in a future year to cover those expenses. Earnings from a fiscal year may be carried over or used as reserves for expenditure in future fiscal years.
D. The Board of Investors shall calculate earnings of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and future fiscal years pursuant to this act.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 274, § 10, emerg. eff. May 31, 2001. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 149, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 169, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 470.