A. The Appropriations and Budget Committee of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Appropriations Committee of the State Senate shall:

1. Utilize information collected by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services pursuant to Section 34.36 of this title and any reports issued by the Legislative Oversight Committee on State Budget Performance to evaluate management programs, operations and fiscal needs of state agencies, boards, commissions, departments, divisions, offices, bureaus, institutions and other spending agencies, including those created or established pursuant to constitutional provisions; and

2. File an evaluation report no later than March 1 of each fiscal year with the Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Clerk of the State Senate which shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

a.a review of the agency's programs, performance and management,

b.whether the agency has demonstrated a public need for the services and programs justifying the agency's continued existence, and

c.whether the agency is the most appropriate provider of the programs and services furnished by the agency.

B. The Appropriations and Budget Committee of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Appropriations Committee of the State Senate shall utilize information contained in the evaluation report in determining final appropriations for state agencies and in any future adjustments in funding levels.

C. No action shall be taken on a measure making an appropriation unless the evaluation report described by paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section with respect to the entity to which the appropriation is made has first been filed with the applicable clerk.

D. Each subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Appropriations and Budget Committee of the Oklahoma House of Representatives shall establish budget performance measurements for each spending agency under its jurisdiction. The performance measurements shall be developed in order to allow the Legislature and the Governor to obtain measureable data to determine if the agency is performing its duties in the most cost-effective manner possible.

Each spending agency, whether or not it receives state appropriations, shall submit analysis reports as required by the subcommittee in order to enable the subcommittee to make a determination as to whether the agency has met the established performance measurements.

Such requirements may be established for the forthcoming fiscal year and for such additional fiscal years in the future as the subcommittees deem appropriate.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 301, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003. Renumbered from § 41.29-1 of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 410; Laws 2016, c. 304, § 4, emerg. eff. May 16, 2016.