Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2017-37A

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
To the Honorable Members of the Oklahoma House of
			 Representatives, the Honorable Members of the Oklahoma State Senate, all
			 cabinet members, and all directors of state agencies:
I, Mary Fallin, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to
			 the power and authority vested in me by Sections 1 and 2 of Article VI of the
			 Oklahoma Constitution hereby direct as follows:
1. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018,
		  no executive branch agency, board, commission, department or other entity
		  organized within the executive branch of state government shall expend any
		  funds on nonessential items to be provided to persons or legal entities
		  including, but not limited to, items of tangible personal property for purposes
		  of promoting or advertising the name of the state government entity or its
		  missions, duties or functions, such as magnets, buttons, bumper stickers,
		  ribbons, awards, prizes, trophies, stationary, writing implements, legal pad
		  holders, book bags or similar items. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
		  2018, and ending June 30, 2019, and every fiscal year thereafter, total
		  executive branch spending on such nonessential items shall not exceed Ten
		  Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) annually.
2. Items utilized to identify a person as an
		  employee of a state agency or to identify property as property of the state
		  shall not be prohibited. Any item utilized to promote access to services
		  provided by the state or a state contractor shall not be prohibited. Each
		  executive branch agency, board, commission, department or other entity
		  organized within the executive branch of state government shall submit a
		  request for approval to the entities' cabinet secretary, and after approved by
		  said secretary, to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) of
		  any items of tangible personal property, as provided in this section, intended
		  to be purchased. OMES may approve such request if the Ten Million Dollar limit
		  for the respective fiscal year has not been exceeded. The applicant may be
		  allowed to modify the request so as to not exceed the limit. OMES may
		  promulgate rules for the implementation of this section.
Provided, the provisions of this Executive Order shall not apply
			 to the Tourism and Recreation Department, Department of Commerce, or the
			 Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.
Provided further, any purchase of any item or service prohibited
			 by this Executive Order may be allowed upon approval of the entity's cabinet
			 secretary.
Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to every
			 member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives; every member of the Oklahoma
			 State Senate; the Clerk of the House of Representatives; the Secretary of the
			 Senate; Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; and the
			 cabinet secretaries to further distribute to directors of agencies.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
			 Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
			 this 30TH day of November, 2017.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Mary Fallin
ATTEST:
Dave Lopez
Secretary of State