2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 62. Public Finance
§62-34.96. Legislative Oversight Committee on State Budget Performance.

A. There is hereby established the Legislative Oversight Committee on State Budget Performance. The purposes of this committee shall include oversight of the implementation of a system of program performance-based budgeting for implementation by state agencies.

B. The Committee's duties shall also include:

1. Development of agency budget request forms and instructions in conjunction with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services;

2. Directing studies to aid in the development of legislative and procedural changes to further improve the budgetary, financial, accounting, reporting, personnel, and purchasing processes and systems of the state;

3. Direction of program evaluation and management studies;

4. Oversight and reporting on executive branch compliance with the legislative intent of appropriation measures. Such oversight and reporting duties may include:

a.agency reorganization actions,

b.executive orders calling for reduction of full-time-equivalents or hiring freezes, and

c.transfer of funds by the executive branch;

5. The development of revenue and expenditure estimates and analyses;

6. Study of the management, operations, programs and fiscal needs of the agencies and institutions of Oklahoma state government pursuant to the Oklahoma Program Performance Budgeting and Accountability Act;

7. Review of the executive budget, agency strategic plans and the estimate of needs of each state agency and institution. Reports may be issued by the Committee as it deems appropriate; and

8. Implementation of an ongoing evaluation review procedure of existing programs based on performance-informed budgeting techniques pursuant to the Oklahoma Program Performance Budgeting and Accountability Act. The committee in cooperation with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall establish a schedule to review strategic plans and existing programs for each agency a minimum of once every four (4) years. The committee shall issue an evaluation report for each agency once every four (4) years which will include but not be limited to the following information:

a.a review of the agency's programs, performance and management,

b.whether the agency has demonstrated that there is a need for the services and programs which justifies the agency's continued existence,

c.whether the agency is the most appropriate provider of the programs and services furnished by the agency.

C. Any reference in the Oklahoma Statutes to the Joint Legislative Committee on Budget and Program Oversight shall be a reference to the Legislative Oversight Committee on State Budget Performance.

D. The Committee shall be composed of three members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two members by the minority leader of the Senate and two members appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee shall rotate every two (2) years between the Senate and the House of Representatives beginning with a Senate member serving as Chair in 2003. The Committee shall meet at least four (4) times per year and at other times as called by the Chair. The Legislative Oversight Committee on State Budget Performance shall function as a committee of the Legislature when the Legislature is in session and is not in session. Each member of the Committee shall serve until a successor is appointed. The duties of the Committee may be performed by the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Appropriations and Budget Committee of the House of Representatives or subcommittees thereof.

E. The Committee shall be staffed jointly by the staff of the fiscal divisions of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

F. The Committee may make use of all available teleconferencing technology to facilitate meetings of the Committee when the Legislature is not in session. The Committee shall take any appropriate action to make such teleconferenced meetings comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

G. The Committee shall periodically meet in different geographical regions of the state to enhance the Committee's understanding of local conditions and to help educate the public as to the fiscal condition of the state.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 279, § 4, emerg. eff. May 26, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 292, § 4, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1999, c. 358, § 10, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 301, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003. Renumbered from § 41.47 of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 411; Laws 2015, c. 168, § 3, eff. July 1, 2015.