A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Insurance Department, to be designated the "Insurance Department Anti-Fraud Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitation, and shall consist of any monies designated to the fund as provided in subsections B and C of this section. Warrants for expenditures from the revolving fund shall be drawn by the State Treasurer, based on claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of the Insurance Department and filed with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The fund shall be used for the purpose of administering investigations of abuse, negligence or criminal conduct regarding insurance laws or regulations.

B. The Department shall deposit all of the monies obtained as a result of insurance-related crimes, and other fines, late fees, and penalties assessed and collected into the Insurance Department Anti-Fraud Revolving Fund.

C. Each year, the Department shall transfer to the General Revenue Fund the first Four Hundred Eighty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($482,500.00) collected by the Department and deposited in the Insurance Department Anti-Fraud Revolving Fund. The next Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) collected by the Department each year shall be divided evenly between the Department and the Oklahoma Attorney General. All collections to be submitted to the Attorney General shall be deposited in the Attorney General's Insurance Fraud Unit Revolving Fund. Any collections above Nine Hundred Eighty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($982,500.00) shall be deposited each year into the Insurance Department Anti-Fraud Revolving Fund and shall be retained for use by the Department for the purposes of administering investigations of abuse, negligence or criminal conduct regarding insurance laws or regulations.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 360, § 2. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 123.