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OK DOC Denied Supplemental Money
By newsok.com
Published: 03/03/2011

A state Department of Corrections request for a supplemental appropriation has been denied by lawmakers.

“There is no money,” said Senate Appropriations Chairman David Myers, R-Ponca City.

But House and Senate budget panels Wednesday passed a measure that would allow the agency to tap into funds used to operate Oklahoma Correctional Industries to reduce furloughs.

The Department of Corrections sought $35 million to get through the remainder of the current fiscal year, $9 million of which would be used to stop employee furloughs.

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