EXECUTIVE ORDER 2023-12
I, J. Kevin Stitt, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to the power and authority vested in me by Sections 1 and 2 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution and to the fullest extent permitted by Oklahoma law, hereby direct and order:
Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to all Cabinet Secretaries, the State Chief Operating Officer, and to the Chief Administrative Officers of all State agencies for immediate implementation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this 8 th day of May, 2023.
1Footnote: Emergency purchases are only those purchases that: 1) are unanticipated, with less than fourteen (14) calendar days' advance notice of a need for acquisition; 2) are necessary for the agency to fulfill its primary responsibilities as established by statute; and 3) without such purchase, would incur a definite, articulable, and significant detriment to the public interest. Notification of any emergency purchase must be made in writing to the agency's Cabinet Secretary within five (5) business days of the expenditure. Such notification shall include the specific reason or reasons the purchase qualified as an emergency.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Brian Bingman
Secretary of State
Okla. Admin. Code § 1:2023-12