Okla. Stat. tit. 74 § 9207

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 9207 - Transfer of programs, personnel and assets from other government entities

A. By December 31, 2022, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Broadband Office shall identify all programs, personnel, and assets within state government that are duplicative or complementary to the mission of the Office and of such recommend which programs, personnel, and assets the Executive Director identifies as needing to be transferred to the Office, except as provided in subsections C and D of this section.

B. Upon the receipt of the recommendation provided for in subsection A of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is authorized to transfer such programs, personnel, and assets to the Office.

C. The following shall be exempt from the provisions of subsections A and B of this section:

1. Those assets or personnel associated with broadband and Internet connectivity at the Corporation Commission;

2. Those assets or personnel associated with the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund located at the Corporation Commission; and

3. Assets owned by the Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and the staff required to operate said assets.

D. Programs, personnel, and assets of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, identified by the Executive Director as duplicative or complementary to the mission of the Office, shall be made available as agreed to in contracts between the Office and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education following a recommendation by the Executive Director to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Should the Office and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education fail to reach contractual agreements within ninety (90) days of the Executive Director's recommendation, the Executive Director shall provide written notification of a failure to reach contractual agreement to the Broadband Governing Board, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 9207

Amended by Laws 2023, c. 208,s. 1, eff. 5/5/2023.

Added by Laws 2022 , c. 229, s. 8, eff. 5/6/2022.