Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-288.11: Investment of funds - Utilizing funds to influence

governmental action or policy.

A. The Board may invest, pending disbursement, funds collected

through assessments only in obligations of the United States or any

agency thereof, in general obligations of any state, in any

interest-bearing account or certificate of deposit of a bank that is

a member of the Federal Reserve System, or in obligations fully

guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States.

B. The Board shall be prohibited from utilizing any funds

collected through the assessment procedure outlined in Section 8 of

this act, for the purpose of influencing governmental action or

policy, with the exception of recommending amendments to this act,

and for the purpose of obtaining state or federal funding for the

activities of the Sustaining Oklahoma’s Energy Resources Advisory

Committee.