Bill > HB3079

This bill, known as the "Taxpayer Transparency Act," mandates that the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) develop and maintain a single, publicly accessible website that details all state and federal revenue sources and expenditures. The website must clearly show where money comes from, when it was deposited into various state funds (like appropriated or revolving funds), and every expenditure made from those funds, including the date, recipient, purpose, and a coding system to categorize the expense. This financial information, covering income and expenditures for each fund, must be exportable in common formats, and each transaction must be entered into the system within 90 days of its occurrence. The bill also requires OMES to update an existing online database, "Open Books 2.0," to list individual expenditures separately from aggregated amounts, making them searchable by recipient, entity, and date, and allowing data export. Furthermore, the website will include information on incentive payments, tax credits (excluding certain specific ones), and federal stimulus fund expenditures, with specific requirements for how this data is presented and made available. The bill also mandates the inclusion of data on road funding, school district spending, and an interactive "Taxpayer Receipt" function allowing individuals to see how their taxes are allocated, with all state agencies required to provide necessary information to OMES. The effective date for this act is July 1, 2026, with an emergency clause allowing it to take effect immediately upon passage and approval.

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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb3079&Session=2600