Okla. Admin. Code § 1:2023-23
Current through Vol. 42, No. 3, October 15, 2024
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2023-23
To the Honorable Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Honorable Members of the Oklahoma State Senate:
I, J. Kevin Stitt, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Art. VI, § 7 of the Oklahoma Constitution, hereby convoke an Extraordinary Session of the Fifty-Ninth Legislature to convene at the State Capitol on October 3, 2023. The Legislature shall only act:
1. To create a statutory trigger which automatically eliminates any tax assessed by the state or its political subdivisions if that same tax is found by a state or federal court to be inapplicable to any individual by virtue of their race, heritage, or political classification.2. To deliver Oklahomans a personal state income tax cut-one that puts the state on a pathway to zero personal state income taxes.3. To increase transparency in the legislative budget making process. This shall include, without limitation, the following:a. a requirement that no General Appropriations Bill or spending limits bill shall be acted upon by the legislature, or any committee thereof, without first being made publicly available for consideration in its final form for at least three legislative days;b. provide statutory definitions for recurring revenue, non-recurring revenue, recurring expense, and non-recurring expense;c. require the designation of expenditure type and revenue source as recurring or non-recurring in any proposed legislation that involves the expenditure of any revenue, regardless of source;d. require any legislatively directed spending be explicitly included in any General Appropriations Bill or spending limits bill; and e. prohibit any member or employee of the Legislature from directly or indirectly attempting to influence agency expenditures outside of the legislative process. Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to every member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, every member of the Oklahoma State Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this 11 th day of September, 2023.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Brian Bingman
Secretary of State
Okla. Admin. Code § 1:2023-23
Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 2, October 2, 2023, eff. 9/11/2023