The Supreme Court of Oklahoma and the Court of Criminal Appeals are authorized and requested to include in their respective budget requests, a reasonable appropriation for personal services and expenses to effectively carry out this project.
§ 577.3.Appropriations
Chapter 11: Trial · Last amended April 19, 1968 · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 577.3 authorizes and asks the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals to request budget funding for the personnel and expenses needed to carry out the Oklahoma Uniform Jury Instructions project.
Full Text of § 577.3
Amendment History
Laws 1968, HB 1221, c. 201, § 3, emerg. eff. 4/19/1968.
Plain-English Summary
This section funds the project Section 577.1 creates. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma and the Court of Criminal Appeals are authorized and requested to include, in their own budget requests, a reasonable appropriation for the personal services and expenses needed to carry out the OUJI project.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Section 577.3's connection to the Oklahoma Uniform Jury Instructions?
It authorizes and requests the two courts responsible for OUJI to seek budget funding for the personnel and expenses the project needs.
Does this section itself appropriate any money?
No. It authorizes and requests the courts to include the funding in their own budget requests; it doesn't appropriate funds directly.
Which two courts does this section direct to seek funding?
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma and the Court of Criminal Appeals, the same two courts Section 577.1 charges with prescribing OUJI.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
· Official source
Also known as: funding oklahoma uniform jury instructionsouji project budget12 O.S. § 577.3