Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-3.3: Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Fund

– Monies received and deposited – Appropriation and expenditure.

A. There is hereby created within the State Treasury a fund for

the State Board of Agriculture to be designated the "Oklahoma

Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Fund". The fund shall

be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and

shall consist of all monies received by the State Board of

Agriculture to implement and maintain the Oklahoma Agriculture

Enhancement and Diversification Program.

B. The Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification

Fund shall consist of:

1. Money received by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry in the form of gifts, grants, appropriations,

reimbursements, donations, industry contributions, funds allocated

by federal agencies for marketing, research and agricultural

development programs and such other monies specifically designated

for the Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification

Program. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State Board of

Agriculture for the Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and

Diversification Program; and

2. Interest attributable to investment of money in the fund.

C. All donations or other proceeds received by the Department

pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited with

the State Treasurer to be credited to the Oklahoma Agriculture

Enhancement and Diversification Fund. Expenditures from the fund

shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against

claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

D. The monies deposited in the fund shall at no time become

part of the general budget of the Department or any other state

agency. Except for any administration costs incurred in development

and implementation of the Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and

Diversification Program, no monies from the fund shall be

transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or to any

account of the State Board of Agriculture or the Department or be

used for the purpose of contracting with any other state agency or

reimbursing any other state agency for any expense.