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An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 4077 By: Caldwell (Trey) and Kane of
the House
and
Hall and Haste of the
Senate
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of
Emergency Management; making an appropriation to the
Emergency Relief and Impacts Revolving Fund;
identifying source; establishing amounts; providing
purposes; requiring and limiting the utilization of
funds; authorizing certain memorandums of
understanding; limiting scope; prohibiting certain
memoranda terms; authorizing and limiting the
promulgation of rules and utilization of procedures;
requiring certain reports and submissions to certain
entities; requiring appearance before certain joint
committee; limiting duration of certain requirements;
providing determination process; providing for
noncodification; and declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
There is hereby appropriated to the Emergency Relief and Impacts
Revolving Fund established in Section 683.24B of Title 63 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, from any monies not otherwise appropriated from
the Statewide Recovery Fund created pursuant to Section 255 of Title
62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the sum of Ten Million Five Hundred
Eighty-two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-six Dollars ($10,582,596.00)
or so much thereof as may be necessary to administer the Emergency
Relief and Impacts Grant Program. Such funds shall be utilized in a
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manner consistent with the recommendations adopted by the Joint
Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding on April 15, 2026.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management may enter into
memorandums of understanding with other agencies of the State of
Oklahoma for the auditing, documentation, evaluation,
implementation, oversight, reporting, and management of funds and
associated efforts related to the appropriations made in this act;
provided, that no such memorandum of understanding shall require or
include, as an option or condition, the direct or practical transfer
or relinquishment of control by the agency appropriated such funds
to budget, expend, allocate, and request the distribution of the
funds appropriated by this act.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management may promulgate
rules, utilize existing rules, establish procedures, and utilize
existing procedures to implement the provisions of this act;
provided, such rules and procedures do not conflict with or impede
the provisions of this act.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shall retain no
more than two percent (2%) of the funds appropriated by this act to
reimburse costs:
1. Incurred by the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management;
or
2. Incurred on the agency's behalf,
associated with the administration of the appropriated funds and
programming required by the Oklahoma Department of Emergency
Management under the provisions of this act; provided, that no funds
shall be retained that would be disallowable under the provisions of
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
A. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shall:
1. Submit to the Chairs of the Joint Committee on Pandemic
Relief Funding, or any successor Oklahoma House of Representatives
or Oklahoma State Senate legislative committee or joint committee,
as designated by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate:
a. a written or electronic quarterly report detailing the
budgeting, expenditure, and management of all monies
appropriated in this act, and
b. a copy of all memorandums of understanding and
contracts with third parties entered into by the
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to
facilitate, assist, or administer powers and duties
provided to the Department under the provisions of
this act; and
2. At the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding's request,
appear before the Joint Committee no later than six (6) months after
the effective date of this act, and as otherwise requested by the
Joint Committee, to provide a status update regarding the
implementation of the provisions of this act.
B. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall remain
applicable for the period of time that monies appropriated under
this act are being budgeted, expended, or managed in the state. The
ending of such period shall be determined by the State Treasurer,
and shall be reported to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma
House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate.
SECTION 6. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 21st day of April, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 27th day of April, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________