A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Labor to be designated the "Department of Labor Administrative Penalty Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all administrative fines collected by the Department for violations of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act and the Oklahoma Asbestos Control Act, and any rules promulgated thereto. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund, except those monies specified in subsection B of this section, are hereby directed to be transferred by the Commissioner of Labor to the State Treasurer for deposit and credit to the General Revenue Fund at the end of each fiscal year.
B. The Department of Labor shall retain up to Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) of monies accruing to the credit of the Department of Labor Administrative Penalty Revolving Fund, derived from citations for violations of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act, per fiscal year. Said monies shall only be used in support of this act for the production and dissemination of workplace safety educational materials, for workplace safety educational presentations and training, or for the acquisition of workplace safety equipment, to be provided by the Department of Labor, at its discretion, to employers as defined in Section 402 of this title. Said monies shall not be expended for Department of Labor employee salaries or benefits or for Department of Labor administrative costs.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 82, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2016. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 17, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
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