A. Twenty-three Dollars ($23.00) of the fee authorized by Section 1135.5 of this title for university or college supporter license plates which are received each year by the Oklahoma Tax Commission or its motor license agents shall be apportioned as follows:
1. Twenty Dollars ($20.00) of the fee for each license plate designating a particular state university or college shall be apportioned to the particular state university or college so designated on the license plate. Twenty Dollars ($20.00) of the fee for each license plate designating a particular private university or college shall be apportioned to the particular private university or college so designated on the license plate and may be used by the private university or college as compensation for use of the symbols, words, or letters authorized by the private university or college for use on the license plate; and
2. Three Dollars ($3.00) shall be deposited to the Adaptive Grant Program for Oklahomans with Intellectual Disabilities Revolving Fund created by this section to be used for educational purposes.
B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Human Services to be designated the "Adaptive Grant Program for Oklahomans with Intellectual Disabilities Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all funds deposited therein pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department of Human Services for the administration of the Adaptive Grant Program for Oklahomans with Intellectual Disabilities.
C. The Director of the Department of Human Services is hereby directed to promulgate rules to create the Adaptive Grant Program for Oklahomans with Intellectual Disabilities Program to provide financial assistance in adaptation of furnishings, fixtures, vehicles, equipment or structures in order to meet any special needs of Oklahomans with intellectual disabilities; provided, recipients of grants awarded pursuant to the program shall be limited to those programs, projects or persons not otherwise qualifying for state or federal funding. The Department of Human Services is authorized to contract with a statewide private, nonprofit foundation certified to be a 501(c)(3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service for administration of the program.
D. The Director of Human Services shall prepare an annual report on the Program. Such report shall be submitted to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 228, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 313, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2004, c. 504, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 11, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.