There is hereby created a commission to be known as the Santa Claus Commission. The Commission shall consist of three (3) members to be appointed by the Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. The Santa Claus Commission shall have authority to provide or purchase, in accordance with the procedures in the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, a Christmas present for every child who is in the custody of the state residing in a child care institution of the Department of Human Services or the Office of Juvenile Affairs, a licensed child care institution or a group home or foster home, supported in whole or in part by the state, as defined by the Department of Human Services or the Office of Juvenile Affairs, who would not otherwise receive a present. Added by Laws 1937, p. 100, § 1. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 144, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1980; Laws 1983, c. 304, § 3, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 42, § 1; Laws 1994, c. 45, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 247, § 1, eff; July 1, 1996.
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