HB 1237 Summary

• Appropriates funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System for fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 (specific amount to be determined).

• Requires the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System to budget all funds across six categories: Trial Services, Appellate Services, General Operations, Non-Capital Contracts, Regional Offices, and Forensic Testing.

• Sets budgetary limitations on full-time-equivalent employees at 0.0 and lease-purchase agreements at $0.00 for fiscal year 2016, with exceptions for statewide Trial Indigent Defense System employees.

• Allows appropriations to be budgeted for fiscal year 2016 or 2017 but not both simultaneously; funds budgeted for 2016 must be encumbered by June 30, 2016 and expended by November 15, 2016, or they lapse.

• Becomes effective July 1, 2015.