{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1104.6","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-1104.6","heading":"Choose Life Assistance Program Revolving Fund –","body":"Applications for funds – Restrictions on use of funds.\n\nA. Twenty Dollars ($20.00) of the fee authorized by Section\n\n1135.5 of this title for Choose Life license plates shall be\n\ndeposited by Service Oklahoma to the Choose Life Assistance Program\n\ncreated in subsection B of this section.\n\nB. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving\n\nfund for the Department of Human Services to be designated the\n\nChoose Life Assistance Program. The fund shall be a continuing\n\nfund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of\n\nall the monies received by the Department of Human Services pursuant\n\nto the provisions of Section 1135.5 of this title. All monies\n\naccruing to the credit of the fund are appropriated and shall be\n\ndistributed at the beginning of each fiscal year in a pro rata share\n\nto all nonprofit organizations that provide services to the\n\ncommunity that include counseling and meeting the physical needs of\n\npregnant women who are committed to placing their children for\n\nadoption. Any unused funds in excess of ten percent (10%) of the\n\nfunds allocated to a nonprofit organization shall be returned to the\n\nChoose Life Assistance Program Revolving Fund at the end of the\n\nfiscal year to be aggregated and distributed with the next fiscal\n\nyear distribution.\n\nC. To apply for and receive the funds available through the\n\nChoose Life Assistance Program, an organization must deliver to the\n\nDepartment of Human Services an affidavit signed by a duly appointed\n\nrepresentative of the organization that states the following:\n\n1. The organization is a nonprofit organization;\n\n2. The organization does not discriminate for any reason,\n\nincluding, but not limited to, race, marital status, gender,\n\nreligion, national origin, handicap or age;\n\n3. The organization counsels pregnant women who are committed\n\nto placing their children for adoption;\n\n4. The organization is not involved or associated with any\n\nabortion activities, including counseling for or referrals to\n\nabortion clinics, providing medical abortion-related procedures, or\n\npro-abortion advertising;\n\n5. The organization does not charge women for any services\n\nreceived;\n\n6. The organization understands that sixty percent (60%) of the\n\nfunds received by an organization can only be used to provide for\n\nthe material needs of pregnant women who are committed to placing\n\ntheir children for adoption, including clothing, housing, medical\n\ncare, food, utilities, and transportation. Such funds may also be\n\nexpended on infants awaiting placement with adoptive parents. Forty\n\npercent (40%) of the funds may be used for adoption, counseling,\n\ntraining, or advertising, but may not be used for administrative\n\nexpenses, legal expenses, or capital expenditures;\n\n7. The organization understands that no funds may be used for\n\nadministrative expenses, legal expenses, or capital expenditures;\n\n8. The organization understands that any unused funds at the\n\nend of the fiscal year that exceed ten percent (10%) of the funds\n\nreceived by the organization during the fiscal year must be returned\n\nto the Choose Life Assistance Program Revolving Fund to be\n\naggregated and distributed with the next fiscal year distribution;\n\nand\n\n9. The organization understands that each organization that\n\nreceives such funds must submit to an annual audit of such funds\n\nverifying that the funds received were used in the manner prescribed\n\nby statute.\n\nD. Funds may not be distributed to any organization that is\n\ninvolved or associated with abortion activities, including\n\ncounseling for or referral to abortion clinics, providing medical\n\nabortion–related procedures, or pro-abortion advertising, and funds\n\nmay not be distributed to any organization that charges women for\n\nservices received.\n\nE. Sixty percent (60%) of the funds received by an organization\ns may not be distributed to any organization that is\n\ninvolved or associated with abortion activities, including\n\ncounseling for or referral to abortion clinics, providing medical\n\nabortion–related procedures, or pro-abortion advertising, and funds\n\nmay not be distributed to any organization that charges women for\n\nservices received.\n\nE. Sixty percent (60%) of the funds received by an organization\n\ncan only be used to provide for the material needs of pregnant women\n\nwho are committed to placing their children for adoption, including\n\nclothing, housing, medical care, food, utilities, and\n\ntransportation. Such funds may also be expended on infants awaiting\n\nplacement with adoptive parents. Forty percent (40%) of the funds\n\nmay be used for adoption, counseling, training, or advertising, but\n\nmay not be used for administrative expenses, legal expenses, or\n\ncapital expenditures.\n\nF. Each organization that receives funds must submit to an\n\nannual audit of such funds verifying that the funds received were\n\nused in the manner prescribed in this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os47.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"58b0ae3ced25d2ef354e9df7a7b03eee64ec94a36c00e1b302a83a22fef56f64","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1104.5","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1104.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}