I, Mary Fallin, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to
the power and authority vested in me by Sections 1 and 2 of Article VI of the
Oklahoma Constitution and by Subsection D of Section
840-2.14
of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, hereby order, in conjunction with the
directives contained in Executive Order 2015-06:
1. Effective December 1, 2015, the Chief
Administrative Officer of every "state agency" shall provide to his or her
respective Cabinet Secretary (as established by Executive Order 2015-07)
written documentation of a ten percent (10%) reduction in non-mission-critical
agency expenses for the remainder of FY 2016 and the entirety of FY 2017. Such
documentation shall include an explanation of how the dollars saved from said
reduction will be reallocated to other needs within the agency.
2. Effective immediately, a moratorium be
placed on non-essential out-of-state travel for all employees and officers of
agencies that is paid for, in whole or in part, by the State of Oklahoma. This
moratorium shall apply to all travel expenses not already incurred as of the
date of this Order. Essential travel is expressly limited to travel that is:
necessary to maintain professional accreditation that is otherwise unavailable
within Oklahoma; critical to the performance of core agency functions; or
required by the federal government or necessary to secure or maintain federal
funding.
3. Effective December 1,
2015, advance written notification must be given for any proposed: agency,
State, and public employee or officer membership(s) in any private or public
organization; non-essential out-of-state travel for agency employees and
officers that is wholly paid for by an entity other than the State; and
non-emergency purchase(s) that exceed $10,000.00 (collectively, "proposed
expense").
a. Notification shall contain:
1) a brief description of the proposed
expense, including its cost, the reason for its necessity, and the costs (if
any) that could attach to the State if the request is denied; and
2) any deadlines for receiving
approval.
b. Notification
shall be submitted to the agency's Cabinet Secretary by:
1) the agency's governing board or
commission, where applicable; or
2)
the agency's Chief Administrative Officer, for those agencies without a
governing board or commission.
c. If the Cabinet Secretary denies a proposed
expense or fails to provide the agency with an approval by the requested
deadline, the agency may submit the notification as established in subsection
(a), above, to me or my designee at the Office of the Governor for
consideration.
d. Written approval
as provided in subsections (b) or (c), above, must be obtained prior to
incurring any legal obligation to pay a proposed expense.
Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to all
Cabinet Secretaries and to the Chief Administrative Officers of all State
agencies for immediate implementation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
this 26th day of October, 2015.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Mary Fallin
ATTEST:
LeeAnn M. Hayes
Acting Assistant Secretary of State
Notes
Okla. Admin. Code §
1:2015-46
Adopted by
Oklahoma
Register, Volume 33, Issue 05, November 16, 2015, eff.
10/26/2015
