HB 2419 Summary

• Appropriates funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission for fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, with specific amounts to be determined (shown as $0.00 in template).

• Requires the Commission to budget all appropriated funds in five specific categories: Administration, Investigations, Hearings and Hearing Appeals, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Grievance Management/Training.

• Sets the Executive Director's salary cap at a specified amount per annum, payable monthly, and establishes budgetary limitations on full-time-equivalent employees and expenditures (excluding capital and special projects).

• Allows appropriations to be budgeted for either FY-11 or FY-12, with specific encumbrance and lapsing requirements; funds from FY-11 must be expended by November 15, 2011, and FY-12 funds by November 15, 2012.

• Establishes that appropriations cannot be budgeted in both fiscal years simultaneously, but may be transferred to the next fiscal year after submitting a revised budget work program approved by the Office of State Finance.