ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1086	By:	Murphey, Cockroft, Grau, Kern and Nollan of the House

				and

			Jolley of the Senate

An Act relating to state government; enacting the Transparency, Accountability and Innovation in Oklahoma State Government 2.0 Act of 2011; amending 62 O.S. 2001, Section 41.21, as last amended by Section 41, Chapter 441, O.S.L. 2009, and as renumbered by Section 64, Chapter 441, O.S.L. 2009 (62 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 34.64), which relates to payment of claims and payrolls; requiring disbursement through electronic payments mechanism; amending 74 O.S. 2001, Section 20, which relates to opinions of the Attorney General; modifying distribution requirements; establishing the Oklahoma State Government Open Documents Initiative; imposing duties on the Chief Information Officer; requiring promulgation of procedures; requiring searchable electronic versions; establishing the Oklahoma State Government Forms One-Stop Initiative; imposing duties on the Chief Information Officer; requiring promulgation of procedures; amending Section 1, Chapter 327, O.S.L. 2007, as last amended by Section 29 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 553 of the 1st Session of the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature, which relates to the Taxpayer Transparency Act; requiring Office of State Finance to include certain information from the School District Transparency Act in single website; establishing the Oklahoma State Government Geographic Information One-Stop Initiative; imposing duties on the State Geographic Information Coordinator; requiring promulgation of procedures; defining term; establishing the Oklahoma State Government Payroll Processing One-Stop Initiative; imposing duties on the Chief Information Officer; requiring promulgation of procedures; amending Section 4, Chapter 475, O.S.L. 2010 (62 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 34.11.2), which relates to the Oklahoma State Government 2.0 pilot program; modifying terminology; requiring promulgation of performance metrics and guidelines; defining terms; imposing certain duties on the Chief Information Officer related to state employee performance information; requiring certain data sets to be available online; imposing duties on the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board; imposing conditions related to lease, purchase, rental or use of certain proceeds for additional office space for state agencies; imposing duty upon the Oklahoma Health Care Authority; defining terms; establishing the Oklahoma State Government IT Project Monitoring and Transparency Initiative; imposing duties on the Chief Information Officer; requiring certain reports; imposing duties on the Department of Central Services with respect to procurement officers; imposing duties on procurement officers; defining term; amending 74 O.S. 2001, Section 500.13, which relates to registration fees; providing for electronic receipt of expenditures; amending 74 O.S. 2001, Section 500.15, which relates to claims for travel reimbursement; authorizing receipts in electronic form; imposing limitation with respect to frequent flyer miles; providing for codification; providing for noncodification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Transparency, Accountability and Innovation in Oklahoma State Government 2.0 Act of 2011

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Transparency, Accountability and Innovation in Oklahoma State Government 2.0 Act of 2011”.

SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     62 O.S. 2001, Section 41.21, as last amended by Section 41, Chapter 441, O.S.L. 2009, and as renumbered by Section 64, Chapter 441, O.S.L. 2009 (62 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 34.64), is amended to read as follows:

Section 34.64  A.  Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma State Finance Act, procedures for paying claims or payrolls shall include the following:

1.  All miscellaneous claims and payroll claims for the payment of money from the State Treasury, shall be filed with the Director of the Office of State Finance for audit and settlement prior to being filed for payment with the State Treasurer;

2.  The Director of the Office of State Finance may establish alternative procedures for the settlement of claims whenever such procedures are more advantageous so long as they are consistent with the requirements of state law;

3.  Such alternative procedures shall be at the discretion of the Director of the Office of State Finance and may include, but are not limited to:

a.	a procedure to permit consolidated payment to vendors for claims involving more than one agency of the state when audit and settlement of such claims, as hereinafter provided, can in all respects be accomplished,

b.	procedures based upon valid statistical sampling models for preaudit of claims, against contracts, purchase orders and other commitments before entering such claims against the accounts, and

c.	policies, procedures and performance criteria for the participation of agencies or departments, not authorized by this section, to engage in an alternative system for the settlement of claims; and

4.  The Director of the Office of State Finance may use a numeric or alphanumeric designation to cross-reference claims or payrolls to check warrant numbers, transfer entry or optional settlement mode used in the payment thereof.

B.  After claims or payrolls or both have been properly audited and recorded against the respective contracts, purchase orders, other commitments and accounts, the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting shall certify such claims or payrolls to the State Treasurer for payment.

C.  It shall be the responsibility of the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting to determine that:

1.  All material legal requirements concerning the expenditure of monies involved in each claim or payroll have been complied with;

2.  Funds have been properly and legally allotted for the payment of the claim or payroll; and

3.  A sufficient balance exists for the payment of same.

D.  The Director of the Office of State Finance or bonded employees in the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting authorized by the Director shall certify to the State Treasurer that the claim or payroll has been approved for payment.

E.  1.  The Director of the Office of State Finance shall be authorized to establish necessary agency disbursing funds to efficiently accommodate the cash flow requirements of applicable federal regulations, bond indebtedness and other directives deemed appropriate by the Director.

2.  Agencies operating such disbursing funds are authorized to establish a preaudit and settlement system for claims or payments or both relating to the purposes of the stated directives.

3.  The State Treasurer shall establish procedures for the state in accordance with Federal Banking and National Automated Clearing House Association standards and agencies shall be required to utilize automated clearing house procedures established by the State Treasurer.

4.  No individual or entity shall be required to have a bank account unless required by federal law or federal regulation.

5.  Agencies shall be further required to present these transactions to the Office of State Finance in a summarized format and shall include any accounting information necessary as determined by the Director of the Office of State Finance including, but not limited to, information related to federal law.

6.  Administrative expenditures shall not be eligible for these procedures.

7.  The efficiency of the payment system shall be considered when the interest earnings of the state are not diminished.

F.  The Director of the Office of State Finance shall be authorized to process payments for federal tax withholding without claim forms.  The Director shall establish a separate fund for the purpose of accumulating federal income tax withholding from payrolls and remitting same to the United States Treasury.

G.  1.  The Director of the Office of State Finance shall be authorized to process, without claim forms, interest payments to the U.S. Treasury as required by federal law.

2.  Agencies are responsible for the accrual of such interest liability of the state and shall provide payment to the Office of State Finance in the amount and method prescribed by the Director of the Office of State Finance.

3.  Any liability of the U.S. Treasury as determined by federal law shall be deposited in the State Treasury and transferred by the Director of the Office of State Finance to the General Revenue Fund of the state subsequent to final determination and necessary audit resolution.

H.  Payments disbursed from the State Treasury shall be conveyed solely through an electronic payment mechanism.  The State Treasurer may provide an exemption from the provisions of this subsection, with cause, provided the number of exempted payments and a corresponding list of causes shall be published in a regularly updated report which is featured prominently on the State Treasurer's website.

SECTION 3.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2001, Section 20, is amended to read as follows:

Section 20.  A.  The Attorney General shall annually publish all of the written opinions which he promulgates in connection with the interpretation of the laws of the State of Oklahoma.  One copy of the bound volume shall be sent to each member of the Legislature, each state officer, the chairman of each board or commission, and the county law library in each county in the state where the same shall be available to the public and fifty copies an electronic copy shall be sent to the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries for purposes of exchange as set out in Title 65 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  A copy of each annual volume is to be placed on file in the Secretary of State's Office and shall be available for public inspection.

B.  The Attorney General is hereby authorized to sell any surplus bound volumes and requested individual copies of opinions to help cover the cost of the publication, postal charges and other necessary expenses and proceeds of such sales shall be deposited into the fund herein established.

C.  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Attorney General, to be designated the Attorney General's Revolving Fund.  The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received from the sale of copies of surplus bound volumes and requested individual copies of opinions and such other monies as are provided for by law.  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 State Finance for approval and payment.

SECTION 4.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.11.3 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  There is hereby established the “Oklahoma State Government Open Documents Initiative”. 

B.  The Chief Information Officer shall develop and maintain an online web presence at the web address “documents.ok.gov”.  The site shall allow public access to electronic documents described in this section.  The site shall include functionality allowing site visitors to search the documents by term. 

C.  The Chief Information Officer shall promulgate procedures by which each state agency, board, commission, and public trust having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall submit a searchable electronic version of each publication to the “documents.ok.gov” website.  The procedures shall require submission to the site of all publications otherwise required by law to be submitted to either the Publications Clearinghouse of the Department of Libraries, the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.  The procedures shall require the electronic documents to be provided in an indexed format which enables the document to be searched by specific term. 

D.  State agencies, boards, commissions, and public trusts having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall comply with procedures promulgated pursuant to the terms of this section.

SECTION 5.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.11.4 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  There is hereby established the “Oklahoma State Government Forms One-Stop Initiative”. 

B.  The Chief Information Officer shall develop and maintain an online web presence at the web address “forms.ok.gov”.  The site shall allow public access to forms described in this section.  The site shall include functionality allowing site visitors to search the forms by term. 

C.  The Chief Information Officer shall promulgate procedures by which each state agency, board, commission, and public trust having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall submit a searchable electronic version of each form to the “forms.ok.gov” website.  The procedures shall require the forms to be provided in an indexed format which enables the form to be searched by specific term. 

D.  State agencies, boards, commissions, and public trusts having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall comply with procedures promulgated pursuant to the terms of this section.

SECTION 6.     AMENDATORY     Section 1, Chapter 327, O.S.L. 2007, as last amended by Section 29 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 553 of the 1st Session of the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature, is amended to read as follows:

Section 46.  A.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Taxpayer Transparency Act".

B.  As used in the Taxpayer Transparency Act:

1.  "Single website" means a website that allows the public to access information identified in subsection C of this section without any fee or charge to the public for such access;

2.  "Expenditure of state funds" means the disbursement of all state funds regardless of amount of expenditure, whether appropriated or nonappropriated, excluding:

a.	the transfer of funds between two state agencies,

b.	payments of state or federal assistance to an individual,

c.	child support payments, and

d.	refunds issued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission resulting from the overpayment of tax;

3.  “Incentive payments” means payments made under the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act, Saving Quality Jobs Act, Oklahoma Quality Jobs Incentive Leverage Act, Small Employer Quality Jobs Incentive Act, Oklahoma Specialized Quality Investment Act and Oklahoma Quality Investment Act;

4.  “Tax credit” means a credit pursuant to the Oklahoma Income Tax Act against tax liability which is taken by a taxpayer, excluding credits authorized under paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection B of Section 2357 and Sections 2357.29 and 2357.43 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

5.  “Stimulus funds expenditure” means the disbursement by state agencies of federal funds received pursuant to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

C.  No later than January 1, 2008, the Office of State Finance shall develop and operate a single website accessible by the public.  The website shall include aggregate information on state revenue, expenditures and incentive payments and information on state tax preferences as contained in the tax expenditure report published by the Oklahoma Tax Commission pursuant to subsection E of Section 205 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  No later than January 1, 2009, the website shall include search capabilities.

D.  Effective January 1, 2011, the Office of State Finance shall update the website with “Open Books 2.0,” an expanded online database through which each individual expenditure shall be listed individually separate of aggregated amount.  The information shall be searchable by term including name of recipient, entity making expenditure and date of expenditure.  The website shall allow members of the public to export sets of data produced by search query in a standardized exportable form.  No later than eighteen (18) months after “Open Books 2.0” is online, the Office of State Finance shall create an online archive for each fiscal year, beginning with Fiscal Year 2011, which shall be accessible and searchable to online users.

E.  As soon as practicable after January 1, 2008, such website shall also include, but not be limited to:

1.  For the expenditure of state funds or incentive payments:

a.	the name and principal location of the entity and/or recipients of the funds, excluding release of information relating to an individual's place of residence, release of information prohibited by subsection D of Section 24A.7 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes or by federal law relating to privacy rights,

b.	the amount of state funds expended,

c.	the type of transaction,

d.	the funding or expending agency, and

e.	a descriptive purpose of the funding action or expenditure;

2.  For stimulus fund expenditures:

a.	a link to the name and principal location of the entity and/or recipients of the funds regardless of amount,

b.	the amount of stimulus funds expended,

c.	the funding or expending agency, and

d.	a descriptive purpose of the funding action or expenditure; and

3.  For each tax credit, information, including but not limited to:

a.	the name of each taxpayer to which a credit has been granted,

b.	the amount of such credit, and

c.	the specific provision under which a credit has been granted.

F.  The single website provided for in subsection C of this section shall include data on state revenue, expenditures and incentive payments for the fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter, on state tax credits for tax year 2007 and each tax year thereafter, and on stimulus fund expenditures for the fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter.  Such data shall be available on the single website no later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the last day of the preceding fiscal year; provided, data on stimulus fund expenditures for the fiscal year 2009 shall be available on the single website within one hundred twenty (120) days after the effective date of this act.

G.  No later than January 1, 2012, the Office of State Finance shall include as part of the single website all spending data subject to publication by the “School District Transparency Act” in Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. 

H.  The Oklahoma Tax Commission, the Office of the State Treasurer, all institutions of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and any other state agency shall provide to the Office of State Finance such information as is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Taxpayer Transparency Act.

H. I.  So that the Tax Commission may fulfill its obligations as required by this section, all recipients of tax credits, as that term is defined herein, shall file their reports or returns claiming the tax credits in an electronic format, as may be required by the Tax Commission.  The Tax Commission may disallow any claim of a person for a tax credit due to its failure to file a report or return as required under the authority of this subsection.

I. J.  Nothing in the Taxpayer Transparency Act shall require the disclosure of information which is required to be kept confidential by state or federal law.

J. K.  The disclosure of information required by this section shall create no liability whatsoever, civil or criminal, to the State of Oklahoma or any member of the Office of State Finance or any employee thereof for disclosure of the information or for any error or omission in the disclosure.

K. L.  The State Auditor and Inspector shall maintain a website providing public access to the documentation of stimulus funding pursuant to the requirements of this section.  The website shall provide a list of all stimulus fund expenditures regardless of amount.  The entire list of stimulus fund expenditures and each of the related content requirements as detailed in subsection D of this section shall be available for export in standardized formats including but not limited to eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and Comma Separated Value (CSV) formats.  The list of expenditures shall include searchable functionality including but not limited to the ability to search the expenditures by the name of the entity receiving funding, name of entity processing funding and name of entity benefiting from funding.

L. M.  Information about tax credits subject to disclosure pursuant to this section shall include the identity of all taxpayers or organizations having any part in the chain of custody or claim to the credit or credits at any time during the credit's existence.

SECTION 7.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.11.5 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  There is hereby established the “Oklahoma State Government Geographic Information One-Stop Initiative”.

B.  The State Geographic Information Coordinator shall develop and maintain an online web presence at the web address “maps.ok.gov”.  The site shall allow public access to geodata described in this section.

C.  The State Geographic Information Coordinator shall promulgate procedures by which each state agency, board, commission and public trust having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall submit geodata to the Office of Geographic Information to be published on the “maps.ok.gov” website. 

D.  For the purposes of this section, the term “geodata” shall mean information which can be presented as a component of a geographic or spatial presentation.

E.  State agencies, boards, commissions and public trusts having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall comply with procedures promulgated pursuant to the terms of this section.

SECTION 8.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.11.6 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  There is hereby established the “Oklahoma State Government Payroll Processing One-Stop Initiative”. 

B.  The Director of the Office of State Finance shall promulgate procedures by which state agencies shall enter into a shared-services arrangement with the Office of State Finance for the provision of payroll processing services.

C.  State agencies shall comply with procedures promulgated pursuant to the terms of this section.

SECTION 9.     AMENDATORY     Section 4, Chapter 475, O.S.L. 2010 (62 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 34.11.2), is amended to read as follows:

Section 34.11.2  A.  There is hereby established the Oklahoma State Government 2.0 pilot program initiative. 

B.  The State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board shall consider and may approve a standardized social media policy for use by state agencies, boards, commissions and public trusts having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary.

C.  The board shall establish open technology standards and a schedule by which state agencies, boards, commissions and public trusts having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall utilize these standards to provide citizens with web-based interactivity to state government services.  Whenever possible these standards shall match commonly used standards by other government entities.  

D.  The board shall set a schedule by which state agencies, boards, commissions and public trusts having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall publish and update convenience information sets which shall be accessible through standardized application programming interfaces and published in standardized formats including but not limited to eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and Comma Separated Value (CSV) formats.  The board shall establish application programming interface standards which enable access to convenience information sets.  The schedule shall place an emphasis on first making accessible convenience information sets most commonly requested in open records requests.  A directory and link to all available convenience information sets shall be prominently featured on the portal system referenced in Section 34.24 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title and if possible linked to the “data.ok.gov” web portal.

E.  The board may conduct events and contests to provide recognition of software application development provided that the application being recognized utilizes standards established in this section to the benefit of the citizens of Oklahoma. 

F.  The board shall establish an application process through which applicants can request the scheduled implementation of application programming interfaces, creation of open technology standards and publication of convenience information sets pursuant to the provisions of this section.  Instructions regarding the application process shall be prominently featured on the portal system referenced in Section 34.24 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title.

G.  State agencies, boards, commissions and public trusts having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall comply with the policies, schedules and standards established by this section.

H.  The board shall implement standardized policies by which state agencies may accept terms of service related to liability issues for the usage of social media services, contracts for technology products and technology service contracts provided the liability clause in the terms of service or contract contains standard language including a liability agreement which is considered customary or largely similar to terms of service agreed to or contracts entered into by other government entities and private sector enterprises.

I.  The board shall promulgate performance metrics and guidelines which shall be used to establish criteria which govern participation in the “State Government Employee Performance Transparency Pilot Program”.  The board shall set a schedule for the publication of performance information metrics through the “data.ok.gov” website.

J.  For the purposes of this section, "open technology standards" are widely accepted standards and mechanisms for the web-based connectivity and asynchronous communication between software programs.  "Application programming interface" is a standardized interface enabling a standard form of connectivity between convenience information sets and software programs, “performance information metrics” are sets of information which reflect the performance of state employees and state agencies, and “convenience information sets” are sets of information which are subject to public access under the Oklahoma Open Records Act and which do not contain personally identifiable information.

SECTION 10.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.11.1.1 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  The Chief Information Officer shall source and submit to the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board proposed state employee performance information metrics, convenience information sets and other data streams for possible publication on the “data.ok.gov” website in accordance with guidelines established by Section 34.11.2 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B.  The Chief Information Officer shall assist the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board with developing performance metrics pursuant to the requirements of Section 34.27 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. 

C.  The following data sets shall be placed online at the “data.ok.gov” website:

1.  All state expenditures which shall include but not be limited to the name and address of the recipient of the expenditure, amount of expenditure, entire description of item or service purchased, date of expenditure, agency making expenditure and account from which the expenditure is made; 

2.  A detailed listing of all state revolving funds and the amount contained in each fund to be updated on a monthly basis; and

3.  All spending data subject to publication by the School District Transparency Act.

SECTION 11.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.11.7 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  The State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board shall establish performance reporting metrics for each state employee who begins participating in telework following the effective date of this act.  These reports shall be published through the “data.ok.gov” website.

B.  Prior to the lease, purchase, rental or issuance of bonds for the use of additional office space, state agencies shall receive certification from the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board that no state employee jobs in that agency can be performed through telework.

C.  The Oklahoma Healthcare Authority shall authorize one division of employees to participate in a telework pilot program pursuant to the terms of this section.

D.  For the purposes of this section, “performance reporting metrics” shall mean a set of criteria which demonstrates the quantity and quality of work.  “Telework” shall mean work which is performed outside of the traditional on-site work environment.  

SECTION 12.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.11.8 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  There is hereby established the “Oklahoma State Government IT Project Monitoring and Transparency Initiative”. 

B.  The Chief Information Officer shall develop and maintain an online web presence at the web address “projects.ok.gov”.  The site shall allow the public to monitor the status of every information technology project resulting in expenditure in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).

C.  A report of each project subject to the terms of this initiative shall be updated regularly and provide the public with updates as to the status of the project’s estimated completion time, deliverables and cost.  Projects shall be judged against clear metrics which shall be articulated on the website prior to the commencement of each project.

SECTION 13.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 85.7e of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  The Department of Central Services or its successor agency shall utilize a wiki venue to provide for the public two-way communication between procurement officers and potential vendors who have questions regarding a request for proposal or invitation to bid.  The Department shall provide editing access to all interested potential bidders and viewing access to all members of the public. 

B.  The Department of Central Services or its successor agency shall provide agency-level procurement officers with a wiki platform for reporting the availability of items for purchase at a cost which is less than comparable products on a mandatory statewide purchase contract.  The Department shall provide wiki editing access to all state agency procurement officers and viewing access to all members of the public.

C.  State agency procurement officers shall utilize the wiki described in subsection B of this section to report all findings of products which can be purchased for less than comparable products which are on a mandatory statewide purchasing schedule.

D.  For the purposes of this section, the term “wiki” shall mean a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with editing access and viewed by all members of the public. 

E.  Access to the wikis described in this section shall be featured prominently on the Department’s website.

SECTION 14.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2001, Section 500.13, is amended to read as follows:

Section 500.13  No reimbursement for registration fees for attendance at meetings, workshops or conferences shall be made, except upon written or electronic receipt for such expenditures.

SECTION 15.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2001, Section 500.15, is amended to read as follows:

Section 500.15  All claims for reimbursement of travel expenses shall be submitted on the regular authorized form of travel expense claim, and shall be signed by the official or employee performing the travel, and approved by the official or employee designated in 62 O.S. 1971, Section 41.26, for the agency in which the employee works.  Receipts may be provided to the Office of State Finance in electronic form.  No travel claim shall be awarded if the filer of the claim has benefited from the personal receipt of frequent travel miles unless those miles are used to offset future claims against the state.

SECTION 16.  Section 2 of this act shall become effective July 1, 2012.

Passed the House of Representatives the 16th day of May, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 17th day of May, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate