HB 1232 Summary

• Appropriates funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Safety for fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, with amounts to be specified for nine budget categories including Administrative Services, Law Enforcement Services, Motor Vehicle Operations, Driver's Licensing, and others.

• Establishes budgetary limitations on full-time-equivalent employees and lease-purchase agreements, with grant-funded employees excluded from counting against agency limitations.

• Requires specific expenditures including $26,000 for a Capitol Patrol Officer to the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court, $65,000 for the Clinton/Sherman Industrial Complex lease, and $5,000,000 transferred to the Department of Public Safety Patrol Academy Revolving Fund.

• Authorizes one Patrol Academy with no fewer than 30 cadets and permits expenditures from the Patrol Vehicle Revolving Fund for purchase and equipping of patrol vehicles and aircraft.

• Requires funds budgeted for fiscal year 2016 to be expended by November 15, 2016, with unused funds either carried forward to 2017 or lapsing; becomes effective July 1, 2015.