I, J. Kevin Stitt, 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, hereby order all State agencies, boards, and commissions (other than State higher education member institutions and local school district boards) that desire to apply for a grant in excess of $50,000.00 of any kind from any person or organization, including but not limited to any state government, any private or public foundation, any individual, or any non-profit organization, but excluding the Federal government, to obtain the written approval of the appropriate Cabinet Secretary prior to beginning the grant application process. If a grant application is approved as described above, the Cabinet Secretary will communicate the details of such grant application to the Secretary of Budget. All State agencies, boards, and commissions (other than State higher education member institutions and local school district boards) that desire to apply for a grant in excess of $100,000.00 of any kind from the Federal government, whether for proposed Federal financial assistance and/or direct Federal development, are hereby ordered to obtain the written approval of the appropriate Cabinet Secretary and the Secretary of Budget prior to beginning the grant application process; provided, however, this Order shall not apply to (i) "emergency" grant funds from the Federal government where the time from application to distribution of funds is typically less than 10 days, as is often the case with grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and (ii) "formula" grants from the Federal government that an agency, board, or commission has applied for in the past and received. For these purposes, a "formula" grant is one where the Federal government employs a calculation or formula to determine how much money a state will receive, as with Medicaid, Highway Planning and Construction, Family Assistance Grants, Title I Local Education Grants, Head Start, and other similar grants. The Secretary of Budget is hereby designated as the State of Oklahoma's single point of contact ("SPOC") pursuant to Presidential Executive Order 12372 to act as the State's contact for the coordination and review of any proposed Federal assistance and/or direct Federal development. Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to each Cabinet Secretary and the chief executives of every State agency, board, and commission for immediate implementation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this 23rd day of September, 2019. BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA J. Kevin Stitt Michael Rogers Secretary of State
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