STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 54th Legislature (2014)

HOUSE BILL 3053	By:	Smalley

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public finance; amending 62 O.S. 2011, Section 34.11.3, which relates to the Oklahoma State Government Open Documents Initiative; requiring availability of state agency budget worksheets; prescribing requirements; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     62 O.S. 2011, Section 34.11.3, is amended to read as follows:
Section 34.11.3  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" 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" 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.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall cause the complete budget worksheets of each state agency to be made available to the public through documents.ok.gov.  Worksheets for each fiscal year and for each of the ten (10) years preceding the effective date of this act shall be made available.
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 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2014.
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

54-2-8535	MAH	01/07/14