Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-34.96: Legislative Oversight Committee on State Budget

Performance.

A. There is hereby established the Legislative Oversight

Committee on State Budget Performance. The purposes of this

committee shall include oversight of the implementation of a system

of program performance-based budgeting for implementation by state

agencies.

B. The Committee's duties shall also include:

1. Development of agency budget request forms and instructions

in conjunction with the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services;

2. Directing studies to aid in the development of legislative

and procedural changes to further improve the budgetary, financial,

accounting, reporting, personnel, and purchasing processes and

systems of the state;

3. Direction of program evaluation and management studies;

4. Oversight and reporting on executive branch compliance with

the legislative intent of appropriation measures. Such oversight

and reporting duties may include:

a. agency reorganization actions,

b. executive orders calling for reduction of full-time-

equivalents or hiring freezes, and

c. transfer of funds by the executive branch;

5. The development of revenue and expenditure estimates and

analyses;

6. Study of the management, operations, programs and fiscal

needs of the agencies and institutions of Oklahoma state government

pursuant to the Oklahoma Program Performance Budgeting and

Accountability Act;

7. Review of the executive budget, agency strategic plans and

the estimate of needs of each state agency and institution. Reports

may be issued by the Committee as it deems appropriate; and

8. Implementation of an ongoing evaluation review procedure of

existing programs based on performance-informed budgeting techniques

pursuant to the Oklahoma Program Performance Budgeting and

Accountability Act. The committee in cooperation with the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall establish a schedule to

review strategic plans and existing programs for each agency a

minimum of once every four (4) years. The committee shall issue an

evaluation report for each agency once every four (4) years which

will include but not be limited to the following information:

a. a review of the agency's programs, performance and

management,

b. whether the agency has demonstrated that there is a

need for the services and programs which justifies the

agency's continued existence,

c. whether the agency is the most appropriate provider of

the programs and services furnished by the agency.

C. Any reference in the Oklahoma Statutes to the Joint

Legislative Committee on Budget and Program Oversight shall be a

reference to the Legislative Oversight Committee on State Budget

Performance.

D. The Committee shall be composed of three members appointed

by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, three members appointed

by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two members by the

minority leader of the Senate and two members appointed by the

minority leader of the House of Representatives. The Chair and Vice

Chair of the Committee shall rotate every two (2) years between the

Senate and the House of Representatives beginning with a Senate

member serving as Chair in 2003. The Committee shall meet at least

four (4) times per year and at other times as called by the Chair.

The Legislative Oversight Committee on State Budget Performance

shall function as a committee of the Legislature when the

Legislature is in session and is not in session. Each member of the

Committee shall serve until a successor is appointed. The duties of

the Committee may be performed by the Appropriations Committee of

the Senate and the Appropriations and Budget Committee of the House

of Representatives or subcommittees thereof.

E. The Committee shall be staffed jointly by the staff of the

fiscal divisions of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

cessor is appointed. The duties of

the Committee may be performed by the Appropriations Committee of

the Senate and the Appropriations and Budget Committee of the House

of Representatives or subcommittees thereof.

E. The Committee shall be staffed jointly by the staff of the

fiscal divisions of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

F. The Committee may make use of all available teleconferencing

technology to facilitate meetings of the Committee when the

Legislature is not in session. The Committee shall take any

appropriate action to make such teleconferenced meetings comply with

the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq.

of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

G. The Committee shall periodically meet in different

geographical regions of the state to enhance the

Committee's understanding of local conditions and to help

educate the public as to the fiscal condition of the state.