A. Where the written findings of fact required by Section 139.46 of this title include one of the following emergencies, and the Governor finds that such emergency exists, and was not foreseen or reasonably foreseeable by the Legislature, the Governor may allocate and authorize the expenditure of monies from the State Emergency Fund to provide for such emergency without any action by the Contingency Review Board:
1. Destruction of or damage to public property caused by fire, hail, tornado, explosion, windstorm, flood, or other catastrophe;
2. Maintenance and operation of the National Guard when called to active state service in cases of emergency;
3. Allocation or expenditures necessary to provide matching funds for participation in any federal disaster relief program, emergency equipment purchase, or otherwise expedite receipt of disaster funds;
4. Allocations or expenditures deemed necessary to remove asbestos from public buildings or facilities;
5. Emergency response action necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare or livestock, wild animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life from the discharge of any hazardous waste, deleterious substance or any such other waste or substance as will or is likely to be detrimental or cause injury to the public or such livestock, wild animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life;
6. Funding for funeral expenses not to exceed Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00) for state employees who are killed in the line of their duty and funding for premiums for six (6) months of insurance coverage already in force for spouse and dependents who are eligible for survivor coverage of those employees pursuant to rules of the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board, provided, that if funds in the State Emergency Fund are insufficient to cover these expenses, the employing agency of the employees shall pay the expenses;
7. Allocation or expenditures necessary to provide funds for disaster relief programs to political subdivisions for damage caused by fire, hail, tornado, explosion, windstorm, flood or other catastrophe for which federal disaster relief funds have been requested by the Governor and rejected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Provided, that no political subdivision shall be deemed eligible for an allocation or expenditure of funds from the State Emergency Fund under this paragraph unless such area has first been deemed a disaster area by an executive declaration by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma; and
8. Allocation or expenditures necessary to provide funds for cooperative actions with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to respond to emergencies or to protect the public health, safety, or welfare.
B. Expenditures made to political subdivisions under this section shall be audited and processed by the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. No application for an allocation or expenditure of funds shall be made until it is certified by the political subdivision that no other monies are available to reimburse the requesting entity for expenditures made as a result of the catastrophe. No geographical area which has been declared a disaster area by the Governor may receive an allocation of funds under this section in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in a calendar year.
Provided further, that the Governor shall allocate, without any action by the Contingency Review Board, monies from the State Emergency Fund to pay expenses for the Court on the Judiciary approved pursuant to Section 16.6 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes and not otherwise funded by other legislative appropriations.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 57, § 6, emerg. eff. May 13, 1963. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 226, § 2, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976; Laws 1980, c. 155, § 3, emerg. eff. April 1, 1980; Laws 1984, c. 296, § 136, emerg. eff. June 11, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 115, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1985; Laws 1992, c. 403, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 277, § 17; Laws 2001, c. 326, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 55, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 309, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004.
NOTE: Laws 1985, c. 51, § 41 repealed by Laws 1989, c. 353, § 14, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989.