HB 1228 Summary

• Appropriates funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, with specific budget allocations across five categories: Administration, Investigative Services, Information Services, Criminalistic Services, and Management Information Services.

• Authorizes the Director to set employee duties and compensation, with budgetary limitations on full-time-equivalent employees and expenditures excluding capital and special projects; grant-funded employees do not count against agency limitations.

• Permits transfer of up to a maximum amount (to be specified) to an agency special account for purchasing evidence items, paying informer fees, and covering prosecution and defense expenses.

• Designates specific full-time-equivalent employees for the Criminal Intelligence Unit and Criminal Records Audit Unit, contingent upon sufficient agency revolving funds for their support.

• Establishes fund encumbrance and expenditure deadlines with November 15, 2016 and November 15, 2017 lapse dates; permits unexpended FY-16 funds to be budgeted for FY-17 after approval; becomes effective July 1, 2015.