A. There is hereby created within the State Treasury a fund for the State Board of Agriculture to be designated the "Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the State Board of Agriculture to implement and maintain the Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program.
B. The Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Fund shall consist of:
1. Money received by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in the form of gifts, grants, appropriations, reimbursements, donations, industry contributions, funds allocated by federal agencies for marketing, research and agricultural development programs and such other monies specifically designated for the Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State Board of Agriculture for the Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program; and
2. Interest attributable to investment of money in the fund.
C. All donations or other proceeds received by the Department pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be credited to the Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Fund. 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.
D. The monies deposited in the fund shall at no time become part of the general budget of the Department or any other state agency. Except for any administration costs incurred in development and implementation of the Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program, no monies from the fund shall be transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or to any account of the State Board of Agriculture or the Department or be used for the purpose of contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 157, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 4; Laws 2015, c. 123, § 2, emerg. eff. April 21, 2015.