A. Twenty Dollars ($20.00) of the fee authorized by paragraph 47 of subsection B of Section 1135.5 of this title for pancreatic cancer research license plates shall be deposited to the Pancreatic Cancer Research License Plate Revolving Fund created in subsection B of this section.
B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Health to be designated the "Pancreatic Cancer Research License Plate Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the State Department of Health pursuant to subsection A of this section. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State Department of Health to provide grants to the University of Oklahoma Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund for the purpose of funding research into early detection and treating and curing of pancreatic cancer in this state. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
C. The Oklahoma Legislature hereby finds that the University of Oklahoma Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund provides an important service to the inhabitants of this state as a community and further finds that the services performed by the University of Oklahoma Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund are adequate consideration for the funds received pursuant to this section.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 248, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 197.