Attorney General Scott Pruitt has denied giving the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission an official or unofficial opinion regarding the $3 million taken out of the commission’s revolving fund by the state Legislature.
Director Victor Bird said Pruitt stated the commission’s situation is covered under his official opinion regarding a similar situation with the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund.
Pruitt issued two official opinions Nov. 18 regarding the Legislature removing money from agency revolving funds.
In both cases, Pruitt ruled those actions to be unconstitutional, violating Article X, Section 19 of the Oklahoma Constitution which states that no tax levied and collected for one purpose shall be devoted to another purpose.
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