A. Effective July 1, 1993, the Rehabilitation Services Division of the Department of Human Services is hereby transferred from the Department of Human Services and the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission to the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, created pursuant to Section 1 of this act.

B. The transfer shall include:

1. All powers, duties, responsibilities, properties, assets, fund balances, encumbrances, obligations, records, personnel and liabilities including, but not limited to, liability for all Rehabilitation Services Division employees' sick leave, annual leave, holidays, unemployment benefits and workers' compensation benefits accruing to employees prior to July 1, 1993, which are attributable to the Rehabilitation Services Division;

2. All programs funded by the federal Rehabilitation Act as amended;

3. All related programs and facilities presently operated by the Rehabilitation Services Division of the Department of Human Services as follows:

a.vocational and related rehabilitation services,

b.the Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped,

c.the Vending Facility Program,

d.the Transitional Living Center for the Deaf,

e.telecommunications devices for the deaf,

f.interpreter services,

g.telephone relay service,

h.the Disability Determination Unit,

i.the Oklahoma School for the Blind, and

j.the Oklahoma School for the Deaf; and

4. All real property as follows:

a.the Oklahoma City Evaluation Center located at 5813 South Robinson in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

b.the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped located at 300 N.E. 18th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

c.the Transitional Living Center located at 5903 N.W. 52nd Street in Warr Acres, Oklahoma,

d.the Oklahoma School for the Blind located at 3300 Gibson in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and

e.the Oklahoma School for the Deaf located at East 10th and Tahlequah Streets in Sulphur, Oklahoma.

C. Any unresolved transfer issues or items shall be resolved contractually by the Commission for Rehabilitation Services and the Commission for Human Services, with the approval of the Governor.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 364, § 4, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993.