Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-7-304: Creation of fund - Status - Expenditures - Purpose -

Control and management - Use - Emergencies.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund

for the Department to be designated as the "Hazardous Waste Fund".

This fund shall consist of monies transferred to it from funds

appropriated to the Department for this purpose and from other

sources as provided by law. The fund shall be a continuing fund not

subject to fiscal year limitations. Expenditures from the Hazardous

Waste Fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer

against claims submitted to the Director of the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. The fund shall be

for the purpose of protecting public health and safety as prescribed

in the Hazardous Waste Management Act and for providing basic

emergency response training and protective equipment and for

response or remediation activities authorized in subsection F of

Section 2-7-121 of this title. The Department is authorized, upon

the request of a municipality or county, to assist such municipality

or county in the development of emergency response plans. The fund

shall be under the control and management of the administrative

authority of the Department. Pursuant to the provisions of the

Hazardous Waste Fund Act, the Department is authorized to determine

the manner in which such fund is to be used. The Department of

Public Safety and the Department of Civil Emergency Management are

authorized and directed to assist and cooperate with the Department

in the performance of its duties under the Hazardous Waste Fund Act.

B. Hazardous waste fees paid into the Department of

Environmental Quality Revolving Fund pursuant to the Hazardous Waste

Management Act may be transferred to the Hazardous Waste Fund.