HB 1181 Summary

• Appropriates funds to the Merit Protection Commission from the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, for duties imposed by law.

• Requires the Merit Protection Commission to budget all funds in five specific categories: Administration, Investigations, Hearings and Hearing Appeals, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Grievance Management/Training (all amounts shown as $0.00).

• Sets budgetary limitations on full-time-equivalent employees and expenditures, excluding capital and special projects authorized under Section 3603 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

• Permits appropriated funds to be budgeted for FY-10 (encumbered through June 30, 2010, expended by November 15, 2010) or FY-11 (encumbered through June 30, 2011), but not in both years simultaneously.

• Becomes effective July 1, 2009, with emergency clause for immediate implementation.