Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-34.51: Approval of requested allotments - Records - Claims for

payment - New and increased allotments - Expenditure in subsequent

period.

A. If an allotment request is approved by the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services, it shall be

transmitted to the request officer of the agency concerned and to

the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting.

B. Legislative appropriations or authorizations are the legal

basis for expending the state's monies. Allotments shall be made

against these legislative appropriations or authorizations and shall

be entered on the records of the Division of Central Accounting and

Reporting in such accounts as may be required by the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

C. The allotments approved by the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall be the portion of the

appropriation set aside to cover encumbrances and expenditures for a

designated purpose during a monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual

period.

D. The Division of Central Accounting and Reporting shall not

approve claims for payment in excess of the amount allotted for each

account approved by the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services.

E. After the first allotments for each agency of the state have

been authorized by the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services, subsequent allotments may be authorized upon

the request of an agency and with the approval of the Director of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

F. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services may authorize new accounts in addition to those requested

in the original allotment request, or may increase the amount

allotted for a monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual period. A

balance remaining in any of the allotment accounts at the end of any

monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual period, shall be available for

expenditure the subsequent period; however, subsequent allotment

requests and the Director's approval should take into consideration

any unencumbered or unexpended balance remaining at the time such

subsequent requests are approved.