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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 664 By: Thompson
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Construction Industries Board;
amending 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1000.4a, as amended by
Section 3, Chapter 185, O.S.L. 2023 (59 O.S. Supp.
2024, Section 1000.4a), which relates to additional
powers of the Board; modifying eligibility of certain
educational institutions to enter into certain
contracts; updating statutory language; updating
statutory references; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1000.4a, as
amended by Section 3, Chapter 185, O.S.L. 2023 (59 O.S. Supp. 2024,
Section 1000.4a), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1000.4a. A. The Construction Industries Board shall
have the additional powers to:
1. Receive and convey information relating to the skilled
trades regulated by the Construction Industries Board including, but
not limited to, workforce development; and
2. Enter into contracts with the Oklahoma Department of Career
and Technology Education or any Oklahoma State Board of Career and
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Technology Education fully accredited vocational or technical
school, or any accredited system of education institution in the
State of Oklahoma this state receiving state appropriations and
offering programs in primary, secondary and, or postsecondary
instruction that provide electrical, mechanical, plumbing or roofing
trade coursework for any of the following purposes, or combination
thereof:
a. developing and implementing instructional courses on
Oklahoma Statutes and rules that govern the
electrical, mechanical, plumbing and roofing trades,
which courses can be in conjunction with instruction
in performing trade work or instruction on statewide-
adopted trade codes, or both, for the advancement of
the electrical, mechanical, plumbing and roofing
trades, or
b. developing and implementing a workforce development
program that will create interest in the pursuit of a
skilled trade career and public awareness. The
workforce development program may consist of, but is
not limited to, use of the Internet, community and
school presentations, and research and instruction on
the electrical, mechanical, plumbing and roofing
trades, and public information campaigns.
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B. All contracts pursuant to this section shall be approved by
the Construction Industries Board in accordance with the Oklahoma
Open Meeting Act. Costs of the contracts for education and
workforce development programs shall be paid from the Skilled Trade
Education and Workforce Development Fund established herein and
funded by administrative fines or penalties as described in this
section. Applications for proposals are to be submitted to the
Board on forms provided requiring sufficient justification and
information to evaluate costs, return on investment, value, and
viability of the proposal. Any contracts will include the
requirement that the recipient of the funds will, upon the
completion of the contract, provide a written report to the Board
providing an accounting of expenditures, describing an explanation
of the funds used for the services provided and the success of
outreach demonstrating a return on the investment including, but not
limited to, an accounting of accomplishments.
C. Fines or penalties collected by the Board and deposited in
the Oklahoma Mechanical Licensing Revolving Fund, the Electrical
Revolving Fund, the Plumbing Licensing Revolving Fund and the
Roofing Contractor Registration Revolving Fund may be transferred to
the Skilled Trade Education and Workforce Development Fund created
in subsection E of this section for the following purposes:
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1. To develop instructional materials on Oklahoma laws,
statutes and rules, as they relate to the plumbing, mechanical,
electrical and roofing trades and state licensing standards;
2. To cover the cost of equipment, materials, personnel and any
other costs of developing and implementing the trade curriculum; and
3. To cover the cost of equipment, materials, personnel and any
other costs of developing and implementing the workforce development
program used to promote the plumbing, mechanical, electrical and
roofing trades as a career in Oklahoma.
D. The Skilled Trade Education and Workforce Development Fund
monies shall be used only for the advancement of trade-related
education and workforce development, and only if available based
upon statutory limitations.
E. 1. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
revolving fund for the Construction Industries Board to be
designated the “Skilled Trade Education and Workforce Development
Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal
year limitations. The fund shall consist of an annual transfer of
fully adjudicated fine revenue received in the Oklahoma Mechanical
Licensing Revolving Fund, Electrical Revolving Fund, Plumbing
Licensing Revolving Fund or Roofing Contractor Registration
Revolving Fund as determined pursuant to this section. Funds may be
transferred only from the prior fiscal year.
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2. If actual receipts, not including fine receipts, exceed
actual expenses and outstanding encumbrances, then one hundred
percent (100%) of all fully adjudicated fine revenue received shall
be transferred from each specific trade revolving fund: the
Oklahoma Mechanical Licensing Revolving Fund, Electrical Revolving
Fund, Plumbing Licensing Revolving Fund or Roofing Contractor
Registration Revolving Fund.
3. If at any time the receipts in the Oklahoma Mechanical
Licensing Revolving Fund, Electrical Revolving Fund, Plumbing
Licensing Revolving Fund or Roofing Contractor Registration
Revolving Fund, not including fine receipts, are less than actual
expenses and outstanding encumbrances, then the difference of fine
receipts over actual expenses and outstanding encumbrances, if any,
shall be transferred.
4. If at any time the annual receipts in the Oklahoma
Mechanical Licensing Revolving Fund, Electrical Revolving Fund,
Plumbing Licensing Revolving Fund or Roofing Contractor Registration
Revolving Fund, including fine receipts, are less than the actual
expenses and outstanding encumbrances, there shall be no transfer of
funds for that period.
5. All monies accruing to the credit of the Skilled Trade
Education and Workforce Development Fund may be budgeted and
expended by the Construction Industries Board for workforce
development as it relates to the skilled trades and to contract for
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the services identified in this act section and Sections 1018,
1151.20, 1694, and 1850.13 of this title. 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.
6. All unexpended or outstanding funds from the Skilled Trade
Education and Workforce Development Funds Fund from any written
agreement where work or services have not been previously approved
by specific quote or cost estimate and have not been performed
within eighteen (18) months of the date the agreement was signed are
hereby released from the agreement and are available for future
agreements approved by the Board pursuant to this act section and
Sections 1000.2 and 1000.4 of this title, except for specific
quotes, estimates, or invoices that previously have been approved
for payment, and for which performance has been initiated, and
completed within twenty-four (24) months of the signed agreement.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-671 CAD 1/19/2025 5:40:58 AM