The State Regents may provide to Oklahoma State University, in addition to that institution's regular budget allocation for educational and general operating functions, a separate allocation of sufficient funds for underwriting the costs of special programs in fire protection to be carried out through Oklahoma State University Fire Service Training; and the Legislature further expresses its intent that the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education provide sufficient funds to expand the program of fire training adequate to meet the needs of the State of Oklahoma, since such program is a matter of essential public interest and safety.
Added by Laws 1971, p. 1034, S.J.R. No. 38, § 9, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 220, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.