A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the "County Jail Improvement Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations. All monies appropriated to the fund may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for the purpose of providing matching funds to counties to renovate existing or to construct new jail facilities in accordance with state-approved jail standards. Expenditures from said 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.
B. On July 1, 1986, any unallotted cash balance in the County Jail Improvement Fund created in Section 66 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be transferred to the County Jail Improvement Fund created in this section. All outstanding financial obligations and encumbrances of the County Jail Improvement Fund created in Section 66 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes are hereby transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. After November 15, 1986, any unexpended balance in the County Jail Improvement Fund created in Section 66 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be transferred to the County Jail Improvement Fund created in this section.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 207, § 34, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1033.