{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-255.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-255.1","heading":"XXX","body":"A. Pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA),\n\nPublic Law 117-2, the State of Oklahoma is the recipient of the\n\nfederal ARPA funds drawn down by the Office of Management and\n\nEnterprise Services (OMES). The Oklahoma Legislature shall not be\n\nconsidered a subrecipient of the ARPA funds. The Office of\n\nManagement and Enterprise Services shall be the responsible entity\n\nfor any claw back penalties, legal, or other recoupment costs for\n\nthe state.\n\nB. 1. The Legislature authorizes the Office of Management and\n\nEnterprise Services to manage federal APRA funds by requiring all\n\nreceiving entities known as subrecipients to sign a grant agreement.\n\nAny entity, without exception, including state agencies receiving an\n\nappropriation from the Statewide Recovery Fund or a similar fund\n\nwith federal requirement attached to its use shall have a fully\n\nexecuted grant agreement in place within sixty (60) days after\n\nenactment of any legislation that appropriates funding from the\n\nStatewide Recovery Fund of the State Treasury created in Section 1,\n\nChapter 319, O.S.L. 2022, and be in compliance with such agreement\n\nbefore a disbursement can be made. The mutually agreed upon grant\n\nagreement, as reviewed and approved by the subrecipient's legal\n\ncounsel or advisor, shall be between the Office of Management and\n\nEnterprise Services and the subrecipient. The grant agreement shall\n\nbe standard for all receiving entities and shall be executed by an\n\nexecutive officer of the Office of Management and Enterprise\n\nServices and the subrecipient. The grant agreement shall outline\n\nthe disbursement schedule, the subrecipient's efforts for compliance\n\nwith the federal requirements for the use of the funds, including\n\nauditing, reporting, further disbursement, and cash management\n\nprocedures as well as compliance with the Oklahoma laws governing\n\nthe administration of the subrecipient. The requirements of this\n\nsubsection shall also apply when a receiving entity has been\n\ndesignated as both a pass-through entity and a subrecipient.\n\n2. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall\n\npublish a weekly report, to the Chairs of the Joint Committee on\n\nPandemic Relief Funding and make available to the public on the\n\nstate's website, of the status of all grant agreements, until such\n\nagreements are fully executed.\n\nC. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall\n\nprovide to Chairs of the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding\n\nand make available to the public on the state's website, a quarterly\n\nreport of all expenditures of ARPA funds. The quarterly report\n\nshall include, but not be limited to, any impediments to\n\ndistribution and corrective action necessary.","path":["OK Code","Title 62"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os62.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c1bd024ef79bfefc254bd9aedf8e162043ccea73d71c32ee1594072c80a3a78f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-255","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-255.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}