§ 2309. Duties of board--Executive director
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 62. Public Finance
62 Okl.St.Ann. § 2309
§ 2309. Duties of board--Executive director
3. Promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act1 and not inconsistent with the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund Act to implement its duties and responsibilities as provided by law.
B. Funding for capital expenditures and operating expenses incurred by the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, for educational programs and residency training to maintain or improve the health of Oklahomans or to enhance the provision of health care services to Oklahomans, is hereby deemed to be an allowable purpose for which earnings from the trust fund may be expended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 3 of subsection E of Section 40 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution. Pursuant to its authority as set forth in subsection G of Section 40 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, the Legislature hereby authorizes the Board to expend earnings from the trust fund for such purposes, in addition to other purposes provided by law.
C. The Board shall develop a multiyear strategy by January 1, 2002, and annually update it in order to guide the Board's funding for those programs set forth in Section 40 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution. The strategy shall be used to maximize the outcomes of the grants awarded by the Board of Directors.
1. The selection and awarding of grants, whether in the form of professional service contracts or any other funding mechanism developed by the Board of Directors, awarded pursuant to grant programs developed under this subsection, shall be exempt from the requirements of The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act.2
2. The Board of Directors shall develop competitive processes for awarding grants under programs developed under this subsection. Such competitive processes for selection shall not be required for contracts awarded for program support services, including, but not limited to, professional service contracts to evaluate, audit or provide budgeting, accounting, auditing or legal services for specific programs or program grantees, contractors or participants.
4. The terms of any request for proposals, request for applications, invitation for bid, bid notice, or grant proposal or any other solicitation issued by the Board of Directors to solicit or invite applications, proposals, bids or responses to obtain funding under grant programs developed under this subsection shall be confidential until the date and time at which the solicitation is to be made equally and uniformly known to all prospective applicants and the public, at which point all such documents and information shall be uniformly known to all prospective applicants and the public, at which point all such documents and information shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act3 and Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.4 Any application, proposal, bid, or any other document to obtain funding responsive to any solicitation of the Board of Directors under grant programs developed under this subsection shall be confidential until the date and time of award of the grant or contract, at which point all such documents and information shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act and Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. Any unsolicited application, proposal, bid, or any other document to obtain funding shall not be considered to be confidential and shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act and Oklahoma Open Meeting Act at all times.
H. The Board of Directors shall prepare an annual report detailing the Board of Directors' activities and reporting its expenditures and the outcomes achieved by the expenditures. A copy of the report shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Credits
Laws 2001, c. 274, § 9, emerg. eff. May 31, 2001; Laws 2006, c. 169, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 194, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2015, c. 98, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
Footnotes
Title 75, § 250 et seq.
Title 74, § 85.1 et seq.
Title 51, § 24A.1 et seq.
Title 25, § 301 et seq.
62 Okl. St. Ann. § 2309, OK ST T. 62 § 2309
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 106 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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