Multiple Amendments Enacted During the 2006 Legislative Session

Version 1 (as amended by Laws 2006, SB 1065, c. 20, § 1, eff. November 1, 2006 (repealed by Laws 2007, HB 2195, c. 1, § 48, emerg. eff. February 22, 2007)):

All warrants issued by the Commission for Human Services and the State Treasurer, in payment of assistance to the needy, aged persons, blind or dependent children, shall be microfilmed or duplicated in a manner acceptable to the Archives and Records Commission, provided further that the Department of Human Services is hereby authorized and directed to destroy said warrants, by burning, shredding, chemical process or any other method which will insure the complete destruction thereof, after microfilm or other copies are made thereof. In addition to a possible earlier destruction schedule for warrants that have been duplicated satisfactorily, any redeemed warrant may be destroyed seven (7) years after it is redeemed with the permission of the Archives and Records Commission.

Version 2 (as amended by Laws 2006, SB 1663, c. 233, § 4, eff. November 1, 2006):

All warrants or checks issued by the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission and the State Treasurer, in payment of assistance to the needy, aged persons, blind or dependent children, shall be microfilmed or duplicated in a manner acceptable to the Archives and Records Commission, by the Department of Human Services, provided further that the Department of Human Services is hereby authorized and directed to destroy said warrants, by burning, shredding, chemical process or any other method which will insure the complete destruction thereof, after microfilm or other copies are made thereof. Permanent microfilm or other copies of the warrants shall be maintained by the Department of Human Services. Any redeemed warrant or check that has been microfilmed, imaged or duplicated in a manner acceptable to the Archives and Records Commission shall be destroyed after a period of time consistent with banking industry standards for checks. The Archives and Records Commission, with the assistance of the State Treasurer, shall survey financial institutions to determine the industry standard for retention of paper checks after they have been duplicated in a manner consistent with federal law and industry practice. Such survey shall include the industry standard or federal law for retention of duplicated checks.

Laws 1949, HB 17, p. 440, § 1, emerg. eff. February 24, 1949; Amended by Laws 1949, HB 354, p. 441, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 1949; Amended by Laws 1979, HB 1020, c. 47, § 60, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1817, c. 164, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2003, HB 1580, c. 224, § 17, emerg. eff. July 1, 2003 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2006, SB 1065, c. 20, § 1, eff. November 1, 2006 (repealed by Laws 2007, HB 2195, c. 1, § 48, emerg. eff. February 22, 2007); Amended by Laws 2006, SB 1663, c. 233, § 4, eff. November 1, 2006 (superseded document available).