Oklahoma HB3831: Emergency management Services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; source; purpose; restrictions; codification; effective date.

What the bill says

An Act relating to emergency management services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team for certain purpose; stating exception to certain deployment; authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to promulgate rules; requiring equal division of certain funds; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; stating source of funds; stating purpose of fund; providing restrictions on appropriated funds; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Emergency management services.

From the enrolled text, May 6, 2026:

An Act relating to emergency management services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team for certain purpose; stating exception to certain deployment; authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to promulgate rules; requiring equal division of certain funds; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; stating source of funds; stating purpose of fund; providing restrictions on appropriated funds; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Emergency management services SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 330.99 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. Oklahoma Task Force 1 (OK-TF1) shall be recognized as the official deployment asset team for urban search and rescue missions and for floods and disasters in this state; provided, however, OKTF1 shall not be deployed for wildland firefighting. OK-TF1 shall be the first deployed asset for any Emergency Management Assistance Compact-related requests outside of this state during any declared disasters. B. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management is authorized to promulgate and enforce rules governing the administration, allowable uses, and oversight of the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund created in subsection C of this section. The funds in the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund shall be divided equally between …

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