Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2223 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2223
Sale of property within Texoma State Park - Replacement
Status: in_force

of campground land.

A. The Commission may sell real estate and personal property

owned or acquired by the State of Oklahoma or the Department, now or

in the future, and under the jurisdiction of the Commission located

within Marshall County and situated within Texoma State Park.

B. The sale of real estate and personal property authorized

pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be subject to all

existing easements and reservations of record. The Commission or

Department shall transfer any interests held including, but not

limited to licenses, operating permits and leasehold interests to a

subsequent purchaser.

C. The Commission and Department shall not be subject to the

provisions of Section 129.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes for

such sale. All monies received from the sale of these properties,

except those monies necessary to pay the expenses incurred pursuant

to the sale, shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Tourism and

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Recreation Department Revolving Fund 215 ("215 Fund"). Revenue

derived from such real estate and personal property sale deposited

to the fund shall be utilized for the benefit of the state park

system. Such real estate and personal property sale shall not be

subject to the provisions of Section 456.7 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

D. For every developed acre of land containing recreational

vehicle campgrounds and other campgrounds that is sold pursuant to

this section, an equivalent amount of replacement land shall be

selected by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department in a

suitable area at Lake Texoma or in the vicinity, and developed to

provide comparable outdoor public recreation facilities for

operation as part of the Oklahoma state park system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2402 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2402
Commission members - Authority
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Golf Trail Commission shall consist of nine (9)

members, each of whom shall serve a term of six (6) years.

B. Five members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor,

two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House

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of Representatives, and two members shall be appointed by the

President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate.

Members selected to the Commission must be knowledgeable about

the Oklahoma golf industry including:

1. Golf course marketing;

2. Golf course ownership;

3. Golf course management; or

4. Tourism and commerce in Oklahoma.

C. Commission members may be removed for cause. Whenever a

vacancy on the Commission occurs by death, resignation, or

otherwise, the appointing authority shall fill the same by

appointment, and the appointee shall hold office during the

unexpired term. Each member shall hold office until a successor has

been appointed.

D. Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum,

and the vote of the majority of members present shall be necessary

for any action to be taken by the Commission.

E. No vacancy in the membership of the Commission shall impair

the rights of a quorum to exercise and perform all the rights and

duties of the Commission.

F. The Commission shall appoint from the Commission members a

chair, vice-chair, and secretary.

G. The Commission is authorized and directed to adopt rules

pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act to

execute the powers and duties of the Commission.

H. The Commission may meet monthly and shall meet at least

quarterly. The Commission may meet at such other times as it deems

necessary for effectively performing its duties and

responsibilities. Special meetings may be called by the chair or by

any three members of the Commission. The meetings of the Commission

shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.

I. The Commission is hereby declared to be a governmental

agency and instrumentality of the State of Oklahoma with authority

to exercise the rights, privileges, and functions hereinafter

specified in addition to those it now has.

J. The Commission shall evaluate and approve a list of not less

than fifteen but not more than twenty-five golf courses annually to

be listed as the official Oklahoma Golf Trail for tourism and

marketing purposes. The list shall be reviewed every year for

renewal of approval.

K. Members of the Commission shall not be personally liable for

damages from actions in furtherance of the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-94 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-94
Agency having authority to designate quarters and allot
Status: in_force

space for state departments - Leases.

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall have full and complete

authority to designate quarters for every department of state

government, and to determine what space shall be allotted.

B. The Office may lease adequate space in state buildings and

facilities to private vendors for the location of automatic teller

machines as determined necessary or appropriate by the Director of

the Office. The Office is hereby authorized to fix the monthly

amount to be paid by such vendors, which shall be deposited in the

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3915 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3915
Evaluation criteria
Status: in_force

In evaluating each statutory entity the appropriate House or

Senate sunset committee may consider factors including, but not

limited to:

1. The extent to which statutory changes have been recommended

which would benefit the statutory entity;

2. The extent to which operation of the statutory entity has

been efficient and responsive to public needs;

3. The extent to which the public has been encouraged to

participate in rule- and decision-making as opposed to participation

solely by persons regulated;

4. The extent to which complaints have been expeditiously

processed to completion in the public interest;

5. The extent to which affirmative action requirements of state

and federal statutes and constitutions have been complied with by

the agency or the industry it regulates;

6. An identification of other statutory entities having the

same or similar objectives along with a comparison of the cost and

effectiveness of said statutory entities and any duplication of the

statutory entity under review;

7. An examination of the extent to which the objectives of the

statutory entity have been achieved in comparison with the

objectives as initially set forth in the enabling legislation and an

analysis of any significant variance between project and actual

performance;

8. A specification, to the extent feasible, in quantitative

terms, of the objectives of said statutory entity for the next six

(6) years; and

9. An examination of the impact of said statutory entity on the

economy of the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1053 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1053
Expenditures - Appropriations
Status: in_force

Any supplementary agreement entered into pursuant to Article VI

of the Compact and requiring the expenditure of funds or the

assumption of an obligation to expend funds shall not become

effective as to this state prior to the making of an appropriation

therefor by the Legislature. Provided, that with respect to the

payment of this state's share of the budget of expenditures for the

maintenance of the Board as provided in Article III(b) of the

Compact, the Governor may, in the absence of a specific legislative

appropriation for such purpose, use appropriations as are made

available to him for emergency and contingency expenditures.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-292.12 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-292.12
Implementation and administration of direct deposit
Status: in_force

system.

A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services is hereby directed to implement a direct deposit system for

employees who are subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma State

Employees' Direct Deposit Act. There shall be no service charge of

any type paid by the state employee at any time which shall decrease

the net amount of the employee's salary deposited to the financial

institution of the personal choice of the employee as a result of

the implementation and administration of the Oklahoma State

Employees' Direct Deposit Act.

1. Employees hired after December 31, 2004, shall participate

in the direct deposit system. At the time the employee enters on

duty, the employee shall identify a financial institution that will

serve as a personal depository agent for the employee.

2. Employees hired before December 31, 2004, shall participate

in the direct deposit system. No later than June 30, 2007, each

employee hired before December 31, 2004, who is not a participant in

the direct deposit system, shall identify a financial institution

that will serve as a personal depository agent for the employee.

B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall promulgate rules as necessary for implementation and

administration of the system, which shall include limited exceptions

to required participation by employees.

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C. All employers shall begin offering direct deposit to any

eligible employee not later than January 1, 1992.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.7
Central payroll system - State agencies required to
Status: in_force

utilize.

All state agencies, boards, commissions, departments and

offices, excluding entities within The Oklahoma State System of

Higher Education, shall utilize the central payroll system

administered by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

This provision shall not prohibit state institutions of higher

education from utilizing the central payroll system at their

discretion.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-7007 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-7007
State principal combined fund raising organization -
Status: in_force

Definition - Duties and responsibilities.

A. The state principal combined fund raising organization shall

be a local federation in the State of Oklahoma that provides,

through one specific annual public solicitation for funds,

substantial voluntary financial support for charitable agencies that

depend on public subscription for support in the state and that has

the necessary staff and volunteer support to administer the

charitable contribution campaign.

B. The state principal combined fund raising organization shall

have the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Work with the Oversight Committee for State Employee

Charitable Contributions to develop the charitable contribution

campaign plan for the State Charitable Campaign;

2. Develop the charitable contribution campaign materials and

publicity for the State Charitable Campaign;

3. Recruit and train the volunteers, departmental coordinators

and solicitors in a bipartisan manner; develop and keep records on

all the accounts to be solicited; and cultivate the accounts to

encourage participation in the charitable contribution campaign;

4. Keep all fiscal and financial records of the activities and

submit to the Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable

Contributions a separate accounting of all proceeds of the State

Charitable Campaign;

5. Submit to the participating federations a detailed

accounting of the amount of money designated to the federation and

to each of its member agencies; and

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6. Disperse the allocation checks to the participating

agencies.

C. Each state employee shall receive from the state principal

combined fund raising organization general information material with

each federation listed and each of its member agencies listed under

the federation. Each agency and federation shall be identified by a

code number. If descriptions of each agency are used in the general

information material, they shall be provided to the state principal

combined fund raising organization by the federations.

D. Each state employee shall be given the option to designate

his or her gifts. Undesignated gifts shall be allocated pursuant to

the provisions of subsection E of this section.

E. Undesignated money shall be distributed in the same

proportion as designated dollars within the State of Oklahoma.

F. Allocations shall be distributed quarterly; provided, for

campaigns of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or less,

allocations shall be distributed semiannually. Any interest earned

from funds held prior to distribution will be distributed

proportionally to the distribution of undesignated funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-283 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-283
Salaries fixed by statute are maximum salaries - No claim
Status: in_force

for excess above appropriation.

he amount of salary as fixed by any statute, heretofore or

hereafter enacted, creating positions or fixing salaries for

positions of any officer or employee of the State of Oklahoma,

except as limited by Section 10 of Article XXIII of the Constitution

of the State of Oklahoma, shall be and it is intended by the

Legislature to be the maximum salary which each of the respective

officers or employees shall receive or be entitled to receive; and

none of such salaries, nor any part of any such salary shall

constitute a valid claim against the State of Oklahoma in excess of

the amount or amounts specifically appropriated therefor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-452.15 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-452.15
Legislative Service Bureau to contract with entity to
Status: in_force

perform duties of Legislative Actuary - Qualifications.

A. The Legislative Service Bureau is authorized and directed to

enter into a contract with a person or firm for the purposes of

performing the services and duties of the Legislative Actuary as

provided for in the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis

Act.

B. The person or firm who shall perform the duties of the

Legislative Actuary shall:

1. Be a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, an

Associate or Fellow of the Society of Actuaries or an enrolled

actuary; and

2. Have substantially provided actuarial services for large,

public retirement systems.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-771 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-771
Committee defined
Status: in_force

As used herein, "legislative committee" means and includes the

committee of the whole and any standing or special committee of the

Senate or of the House of Representatives of any session of the

Oklahoma Legislature, and any joint committee of said Senate and

House.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4110.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4110.1
Bill of Rights Monument Display Act
Status: in_force

A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Bill of

Rights Monument Display Act".

B. The State Capitol Preservation Commission or designee is

hereby authorized to permit and arrange for the placement on the

State Capitol grounds of a suitable monument displaying the first

ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States, commonly

referred to as the Bill of Rights. This monument shall be designed,

constructed, and placed on the State Capitol grounds by private

entities at no expense to the state. The State Capitol Preservation

Commission or designee is authorized to assist private entities in

selecting a location for the monument and arranging a suitable time

for its placement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5171 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5171
Short title - Oklahoma Consumer Energy Choice Act
Status: in_force

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma

Consumer Energy Choice Act".

B. For the purposes of this act, "energy source" means any fuel

or power source used to power an engine including but not limited to

any of the following: aviation fuel, biofuel, compressed natural

gas, diesel, electricity to be utilized for the charging of electric

vehicles, gasoline, gas distillates, hydrogen, liquified petroleum

gas, and renewable diesel.

C. No city, town, county, or subdivision thereof shall adopt an

ordinance, rule, or code which limits consumer access to an energy

source or that results in the de facto prohibition of a wholesaler,

retailer, energy producer, or the related infrastructure that is

necessary to provide consumer access to a specific energy source

within the jurisdiction of a city, town, county, or subdivision

thereof.

D. For the purposes of promoting commerce and the equitable

treatment of the citizens of this state, limitations of consumer

access to an energy source by any city, town, county, or subdivision

thereof is declared to be a statewide concern and shall be

prohibited pursuant to subsection C of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5152 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5152
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. As used in the Oklahoma Public and Private Facilities and

Infrastructure Act:

1. "Contract" means any purchase and sale agreement, lease,

service agreement, franchise agreement, concession agreement or

other written agreement entered into under the Oklahoma Public and

Private Facilities and Infrastructure Act with respect to the

provision of a public service and any project related thereto;

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2. "Improvement" means any instruction, reconstruction,

rehabilitation, renovation, installation, improvement, enlargement

or extension of property or improvements to property;

3. "Partnership Committee" means a committee consisting of nine

(9) members, three members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of

the Senate, three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, two representatives of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services (OMES), and a representative of the Department

of Commerce, to be appointed by the Governor. Five members of the

Partnership Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Partnership

Committee shall act only upon a decision of a majority of appointed

members;

4. "Private sector entity" means any corporation, whether for

profit or not for profit, limited liability company, partnership,

limited liability partnership, sole proprietorship, business trust,

joint venture or other entity, but shall not mean the state, a

political subdivision of the state, or a public or governmental

entity, agency or instrumentality of the state;

5. "Project" means real or personal property, or both, and

improvements thereto or in support thereof, including undivided and

other interests therein, used for or in the provision of a public

service;

6. "Proposer" means a private sector entity, a local or

regional public entity or agency, or any group or combination

thereof, submitting qualifications or a proposal for a public-

private partnership contract;

7. "Public service" means a service provided for a public

purpose of a responsible state agency and identified in an

invitation for qualifications or proposals under the Oklahoma Public

and Private Facilities and Infrastructure Act; and

8. "Responsible state agency" means the agency, department,

commission, authority or other instrumentality of the state

responsible for the provision of the public service which is or is

proposed to be the subject of a contract. Any such agency that is

subject to The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, the Public

Competitive Bidding Act, the Oklahoma State Finance Act and the

Oklahoma Privatization of the State Functions Act shall comply with

these laws.

B. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma

Turnpike Authority shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Public and

Private Facilities and Infrastructure Act. However, the Oklahoma

Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority may

utilize the general provisions and process described herein to

develop a public-private partnership contract for a transportation

improvement in consultation with the Director of OMES and subject to

the approval of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission or the

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Board as applicable.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1108a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1108a
Establishment of boundaries for planning regions
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Industrial Development

and Park Commission to establish criteria for boundaries of planning

regions within the state in the following manner:

(a) The Director shall within six (6) months after the

effective date of this act recommend to the Commission proposed

criteria to be used in the establishment of planning regions;

(b) The Commission shall within three (3) months after the date

of submission of the criteria by the Director establish and adopt

criteria to be used in the delineation of planning regions following

at least one public hearing with notice to all regional planning

agencies, counties and municipalities included therein.

(2) The Commission shall establish boundaries for planning

regions in the following manner:

(a) Based upon criteria adopted by the Commission the Director

shall within thirty (30) days recommend to the Commission planning

regional boundaries;

(b) The Commission shall within sixty (60) days after the

Director's recommendation adopt and establish planning regional

boundaries following at least one public hearing with notice to all

regional planning agencies, counties and municipalities included

therein.

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(3) Any regional planning agency may, within forty-five (45)

days after a final decision of the Commission on delineation of

planning regional boundaries, file an appeal in writing to the

Governor with a copy to the Commission. In the event of such appeal

the Governor may approve or modify the decision of the Commission.

(4) When any two or more regional planning agencies shall

propose to the Director in writing a modification of existing

boundaries, the Director shall within thirty (30) days after receipt

of such request forward said request with his recommendations to the

Commission which shall conduct a public hearing with notice to the

regional planning agencies, counties and municipalities affected

therein before final action on such request.

(5) The Commission may delegate to the Director the holding of

public hearings as required by this section, in which case the full

proceedings of the hearing shall be transcribed and transmitted to

the Commission.

(6) Where a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), as

determined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget, crosses

the state line and includes counties both from Oklahoma and another

state, the regional and areawide planning covering the Oklahoma

counties shall be the sole responsibility of the Oklahoma Regional

Planning Agency established for the area delineated in accordance

with this section, and not a regional organization operating across

the state line. The Oklahoma Regional Planning Agency shall have

the sole responsibility for determining eligibility and for clearing

all grants and all projects.

(7) As used in this section:

(a) "Regional planning agency" means an agency of state

government or other entity which has planning responsibilities for

two or more counties; and

(b) "Notice" means written notifications at least fifteen (15)

days prior to public hearing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1343 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1343
Design, development, implementation or administration of
Status: in_force

employees flexible benefits plan - Personnel - Contracts.

The Board shall retain qualified agencies, persons or entities

to design, develop, communicate, implement or administer the state

employees flexible benefits plan. The Board shall solicit proposals

on a competitive bid basis for such agencies, persons or entities

according to the standards set out in the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act, Section 85.1 et seq. of this title. When requested

by the Board, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

assist the Board in the process of selecting contracts for the

design, development, communication or implementation of the state

employees flexible benefits plan.

When awarding a contract for services pursuant to this

subsection, the Board shall satisfy itself that the contractor has

no interests which would impair its ability to perform the tasks and

services required and that the contractor will exercise independent

judgment when performing its responsibilities under the act and

under the agreement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5075 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5075
State income tax exemption for sponsor
Status: in_force

A. For tax years ending before January 1, 2020, income earned

by a sponsor from rental fees, service fees or any other form of

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payment for services provided to a tenant as an operator of an

incubator, or for providing funding for such a facility, shall be

exempt from state income tax for a period not to exceed ten (10)

years from the date of the tenant's occupancy in an incubator.

B. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall promulgate rules and

regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.37 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.37
Renumbered as § 85.58M of this title by Laws 1998, c
Status: in_force

371, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2220 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2220
Rates and fees for services, facilities and commodities
Status: in_force

A. The Commission may prescribe and collect reasonable rates

and fees pursuant to the provisions of this section for the

services, facilities and commodities rendered by all property of the

Commission.

1. The Commission may establish maximum rates for rooms at the

state lodges and cabins, for recreational activities, for

recreational vehicles and camping sites, and for community

facilities under control of the Commission. The method whereby the

rates are determined shall be promulgated pursuant to Article I of

the Administrative Procedures Act. At least twenty (20) days prior

to the adoption or approval of any rate changes by the Commission,

the Department shall submit a copy of the proposed rates, for

informational purposes, to the Governor, Speaker of the House of

Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Any change

in the rates during the year when the Legislature is not in session

shall be reported in writing to the Governor, Speaker of the House

of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Senate within

five (5) business days of such Commission action.

2. The Commission may establish maximum charges for all

activities at state-owned golf courses. The charges may vary among

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the different golf courses according to the practices of the golf

industry. The method whereby the maximum charges are determined

shall be in accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to Article I

of the Administrative Procedures Act. At least twenty (20) days

prior to the adoption or approval of any rate changes by the

Commission, the Department shall submit a copy of such proposed

charges, for informational purposes, to the Governor, Speaker of the

House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

3. The Commission may establish entrance or day-use charges for

the state park system. All monies collected from entrance or day-

use charges shall be used at the state parks where the charges were

collected. The Commission may establish an annual pass, or other

varied passes as appropriate to that park, for visitors. The method

whereby the maximum charges are determined, sold, and collected

shall be in accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to Article I

of the Administrative Procedures Act. At least twenty (20) days

prior to the adoption or approval of any rate changes by the

Commission, the Department shall submit a copy of such proposed

charges, for informational purposes, to the Governor, Speaker of the

House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

4. Fees shall be promulgated pursuant to Article I of the

Administrative Procedures Act.

5. Fees may reflect the seasonal usage of the parks and

facilities and for promotional purposes and goals.

B. All fees, licenses and other charges shall be posted in a

convenient place in each park. Every person using any of the

facilities in a park shall be charged the same fees, licenses and

every other charge except:

1. Residents of this state sixty-two (62) years of age and over

and their spouses shall not be charged any admission fees for

entrance into any state-owned and -operated park. The Commission

may promulgate rules establishing different fees for residents and

nonresidents sixty-two (62) years of age and over. Identification

may be established by presentation of proof of age, residency, a

state driver license, a state license for identification only, birth

certificate or any other form of identification authorized by the

Commission;

2. Individuals who have been certified as totally disabled

under state or federal law and their spouses shall be entitled to a

fifty percent (50%) reduction of fees which apply to recreational-

use facilities;

3. Children's groups, volunteer groups as specified by the

Commission, or governmental entities that provide beneficial

services at the facility for which the fee may be reduced or waived;

and

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4. Special discount rates as authorized in this section may be

waived for individuals who are members of a group being provided a

special group rate as allowed by law.

C. The failure to collect such fees, licenses and other charges

shall subject an employee of the Commission to a fine of Twenty-five

Dollars ($25.00) for each and every violation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-475 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-475
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any

person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not

affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be

given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to

this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-223 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-223
Report of irregularities and derelictions - Prosecution by
Status: in_force

Attorney General.

When any regular or special audit by the State Auditor and

Inspector of the books, records and accounts of any state or county

officer, board, or commission reveals irregularities or dereliction

in the receipt or disbursement or management of public funds or

property which are grounds for prosecution, it shall be the

mandatory duty of the State Auditor and Inspector to within thirty

(30) days of the completion of such audit, file a report with the

Governor and the Attorney General setting forth in detail such

irregularities or derelictions. It shall be the duty of the

Attorney General pursuant to Section 18b of this title to conduct an

investigation to determine if prosecution is warranted and to

prosecute by either civil or criminal action or both if he

determines prosecution is warranted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5023 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5023
Federal block grant programs - Equal access to programs
Status: in_force

and services - Proposals.

All state agencies providing services through federal block

grant programs shallinclude, as part of their proposals for federal

block grant programs, assurances to guarantee equal access to

program services and resources, including contracted services, and

guarantee the public uniform rights to appeal and appeal procedures.

It is the intent of the Legislature that services maintain a

commitment to the efficient delivery of vital services to the most

needy persons in the state and that any changes in eligibility

criteria be identified in a comprehensive plan. The proposals for

federal block grant programs shall specify a process to guarantee

that each person seeking services shall:

1. Have the right to file formal application for services or

resources upon request;

2. Be afforded an opportunity to have private and confidential

interviews pertaining to the case;

3. Not be denied assistance on the basis of race, color,

gender, creed, religion, age, political preference or physical

affliction;

4. Receive timely approval or disapproval of the application;

and

5. Receive written notification of appeal and appeal

procedures, including notice that:

a. all aggrieved parties shall be afforded a

reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing,

b. the applicant or the representative of the

applicant shall have access to records relevant to the appeal

process, and

c. the applicant shall have the right to a timely

determination and prompt notice of hearing decisions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.44D.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.44D.1
Sole source or sole brand acquisition
Status: in_force

A. 1. A sole source acquisition is exempt from competitive

bidding procedures as a sole source or requirements of this act, but

a sole brand acquisition is subject to such competitive bidding

requirements.

2. For each sole source or sole brand acquisition, the state

agency shall retain in the state agency's acquisition file and

attach to the requisition, a certification signed by the chief

administrative officer of the state agency, in the following form:

SOLE SOURCE OR SOLE BRAND ACQUISITION

CERTIFICATION

STATE AGENCY ________________________

SUPPLIER NAME ________________________

SUPPLIER ADDRESS ________________________

SUPPLIER CONTACT INFORMATION ________________________

In connection with the attached requisition or contract, I

hereby affirm that

(Name of Supplier)

is the only business entity singularly qualified to provide the

acquisition, or is the only brand satisfying the acquisition

requirements, for the following reasons:

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

The following is a brief description of all efforts made to

verify that the acquisition qualifies as a sole source or sole brand

acquisition:

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

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______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

I understand that the signing of this certification knowing such

information to be false may result in forfeiture of my position and

ineligibility for appointment to or employment in state service for

a period of five (5) years following forfeiture of position.

_____________________________

(Chief administrative officer)

3. A court order requiring a particular acquisition, but which

does not specify a brand or supplier shall not substitute for the

certification required by this section or otherwise invalidate

acquisition procedures required by the Oklahoma Central Purchasing

Act.

4. Upon a determination by the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services that there are reasonable grounds

to believe that a violation of this section has occurred, the

Director shall send findings to the Attorney General that support

the determination. The Attorney General shall review the findings

and determine whether to investigate or prosecute the person.

5. Prior to approving a requisition for a sole source or sole

brand acquisition, the Purchasing Division shall require the signed

certification documenting the need for a sole source or sole brand

acquisition and shall retain the certification in accordance with

state record retention requirements.

6. For a sole source or sole brand acquisitions exceeding the

fair and reasonable acquisition threshold amount and not requiring

submission of a requisition to the Purchasing Division, the state

agency's certified procurement officer shall retain, in the

acquisition file, the signed certification documenting the need for

the sole source or sole brand acquisition in accordance with state

record retention requirements.

B. By the fifteenth day of each month, or the first working day

thereafter, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

provide a report to:

1. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and

2. Any member of the Legislature requesting the report.

The report shall detail sole source and sole brand acquisitions

by state agencies for the month prior to the month preceding the

submission of the report. The report shall be titled "Monthly Sole

Source and Sole Brand Contracting Report of Oklahoma State Agencies"

and indicate the time period of the report. The report shall be

provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services or the Director's designee. The report shall be in

columnar database format and shall include at least the following

fields of information: state agency number; state agency name; date

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created by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the

requisition; date of either approval or disapproval of the

requisition; if disapproved, the reason why such contract

requisition was disapproved; estimated amount of the requisition

acquisition; purchase order amount; purchase order number; actual

business name of supplier; supplier federal employer identification

number; and the commodity classification listing at the appropriate

level to distinguish between similar acquisitions. Information

required by this subsection shall be reported and maintained on each

report through the next reporting period after an acquisition is

made. The applicable data in the fields of information specified in

this subsection shall be listed even if the state agency requisition

is disapproved.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-606 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-606
Exceptions from application of act
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not apply to notaries public,

and shall not apply to officers or employees of the following

agencies or institutions: the Grand River Dam Authority; the

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority; or The Oklahoma State System of Higher

Education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.5.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.5.1
Privatization Projects
Status: in_force

A. Privatization Projects.

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall establish

a repository of the best privatization practices, have expertise to

select projects or services for privatization, be capable of rapid

evaluation and response to privatization proposals and have the

ability to oversee the contracting for privatization opportunities.

B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall report legislative recommendations as the Director

deems necessary to further implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4253 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4253
Registration forms not confidential
Status: in_force

No information copied from lobbyist registration forms shall be

confidential.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-870 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-870
Agreement not to evict
Status: in_force

And provided, further, that the fee owner of such leased land

shall execute a written agreement with The Oklahoma Industrial

Finance Authority to take no action to evict or otherwise disturb

any tenant in possession of such leasehold estate for as long as The

Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority holds a mortgage lien thereon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5062.13 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5062.13
Investment in securities of Oklahoma Development
Status: in_force

Finance Authority.

The bonds, debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness

of the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority are hereby made

securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state,

all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance

companies and associations and other persons carrying on an

insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings

banks, savings associations, including savings and loan associations

and building and loan associations, investment companies and other

persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators,

guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other

persons whatsoever who are now or who may hereafter be authorized to

invest in bonds or other obligations of this state may properly and

legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging

to them. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the bonds,

debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness of the Authority

are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and may

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be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all

municipalities and municipal subdivisions for any purpose for which

the deposit of bonds or other obligations of this state are now or

may hereafter be authorized.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-129.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-129.5
Renumbered as § 329 of Title 61 by Laws 2013, c. 209, §
Status: in_force

41, eff. July 1, 2013.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 252
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5085.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5085.5
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Oklahoma Capital Formation Act:

1. “Board” means the Oklahoma Science and Technology Research

and Development Board of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of

Science and Technology;

2. “Director” means any person who is a member of the Board;

3. “Equity capital” means capital invested in common or

preferred stock, royalty rights, limited partnership interests, and

any other securities or rights that evidence ownership in private

businesses;

4. “Investor group” means any individual, corporation,

partnership, or other lawfully organized entity;

5. “Near-equity capital” means capital invested in unsecured,

undersecured, subordinated, or convertible loans or debt securities;

6. “Persons” means individuals, corporations, partnerships, or

other lawfully organized entities;

7. “Put option” means a right or privilege to sell an amount of

a particular security or class of securities during a time period

ending on the expiration date of the option; and

8. “Tax credits” means tax credits available against

liabilities imposed by Section 2355 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma

Statutes or Section 624 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes and

issued or transferred pursuant to the Oklahoma Capital Formation

Act.

a. The tax credits issued or transferred pursuant to the

Oklahoma Capital Formation Act, upon election by the

purchaser at utilization, will be treated as a payment

or prepayment in lieu of tax imposed under Section

2355 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

b. Tax credits utilized pursuant to subparagraph a of

this paragraph shall be treated and may be claimed as

a payment of tax or estimated tax for the purposes of

and as provided in Sections 2375, 2385.9, and 2385.13

of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Such tax

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credits are further subject to the system developed in

conjunction with the Oklahoma Tax Commission as

required by subsection H of Section 5085.7 of this

title for registration and verification of the tax

credits. Taxpayers may rely upon the provisions of

the registration and verification system developed

pursuant to Section 5085.7 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1335 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1335
County or city participation
Status: in_force

A. A county, upon adoption of a resolution by the board of

county commissioners, may participate in the Disability Insurance

Program administered by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and

Benefits Board. Upon the filing of a certified copy of the

resolution with the Board, the county shall become a participant on

the first day of the second full month following the filing of the

resolution. All employees of any county electing to participate in

the Program shall have disability insurance coverage. The county

shall forward to the Board, at such times as determined by the

Board, the contributions necessary to pay for the disability

insurance coverage of the employees of the county. The Board shall

determine the amount of contribution required for the disability

insurance coverage.

B. A city, upon adoption of a resolution by the municipal

governing body, may participate in the Disability Insurance Program

administered by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board.

Upon the filing of a certified copy of the resolution with the

Board, the city shall become a participant on the first day of the

second full month following the filing of the resolution. All

employees of any city electing to participate in the Program shall

have disability insurance coverage. The city shall forward to the

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Board, at such times as determined by the Board, the contributions

necessary to pay for the disability insurance coverage of the

employees of the city. The Board shall determine the amount of

contribution required for the disability insurance coverage.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2263 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2263
Commission property - Exemption from forced sale
Status: in_force

All property controlled and operated by the Commission shall at

all times be exempted from forced sale and nothing in this act shall

authorize the sale of any property under any judgment rendered in

any suit, and such sales are hereby prohibited.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.21 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.21
Leave without pay
Status: in_force

A. If a state employee is absent because of an illness or

injury arising out of and sustained in the course of his or her

employment with the state, and for which workers' compensation

benefits have been filed, the employing agency shall place the

employee on leave without pay if the employee so requests; provided,

leave without pay pursuant to this section shall not for any purpose

be considered a break in service.

B. An employee who sustains an illness or injury arising out of

and sustained in the course of employment with the State of Oklahoma

shall not be required to use either accumulated sick or annual leave

during such period prior to being placed on leave without pay

pursuant to this section.

C. An employee placed on leave without pay pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall continue receiving basic plan

insurance coverage as defined in Section 1363 of this title and

dependent insurance benefit allowance pursuant to paragraph 2 of

subsection C of Section 1370 of this title paid by the agency during

the leave without pay.

D. An employee on leave without pay pursuant to the provisions

of this section shall have the right to be returned to his or her

original position in accordance with rules promulgated by the Office

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of Management and Enterprise Services. If it is found necessary for

the good of the state to fill the position during the period the

employee is on leave without pay the employee filling the position

shall vacate the position upon the return of the employee on leave

without pay, subject to layoff, transfer or demotion rights earned

under law and rules of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services. The right to return to the original position shall expire

one (1) year from the date of the start of leave without pay. The

employee may be separated in accordance with the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services Rules if the employee has not

returned to the original position of the employee or some other

position within the agency within one (1) year from the date of the

start of leave without pay.

E. An employee on leave without pay pursuant to the provisions

of this section shall provide a medical statement as to his or her

ability to perform the duties of the position to the appointing

authority at least every three (3) months.

F. If the employee becomes medically able with reasonable

accommodation to perform the duties of his or her original position,

the employee shall be returned to such position. If the employee is

unable to perform the duties of the original position with

reasonable accommodation, but is medically able with reasonable

accommodation to perform the duties of any other position within the

agency for which the employee is qualified, and appointment to such

other position does not constitute a promotion, the employee shall

have first preference for any such position which becomes vacant

within the agency, notwithstanding any other preference provisions

of laws of the State of Oklahoma. An employee accepting another

position pursuant to this subsection shall not forfeit his or her

right to be returned to the original position within twelve (12)

months after the start of leave without pay pursuant to the

provisions of subsection D of this section.

G. An ill or injured employee shall be eligible to participate

in the Disability Insurance Program established pursuant to the

provisions of Section 1331 et seq. of this title in accordance with

rules promulgated by the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services.

H. All benefits, rights, and obligations contained in this

section shall continue during the time the employee remains on leave

without pay status, for a continuous period not to exceed twelve

(12) months. However, if a workers' compensation claim based on

such illness or injury is denied during the twelve-month period, all

benefits, rights and obligations conferred upon an employee pursuant

to this section shall cease and be discontinued immediately.

I. A state employee who is separated pursuant to subsection D

of this section shall be eligible for reinstatement to employment

with any state agency for twelve (12) months after the date of

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separation. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to compel

or require any agency of the state to reinstate a former employee

who is separated pursuant to subsection D of this section. Further,

nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting or

reducing a former employee's eligibility for reinstatement pursuant

to other general reinstatement or reemployment provisions in rules

promulgated by the Director.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5158 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5158
Services from outside providers to carry out the
Status: in_force

Director's powers and duties.

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

(OMES), in consultation with the responsible state agency, may

retain or contract for the services of commercial appraisers,

engineers, investment bankers, financial advisers, accounting

experts and other consultants, independent contractors or providers

of professional services as are necessary in the judgment of the

Director to carry out the Director's powers and duties under this

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act. This may include the identification of public services and any

related projects to be subject to invitations for qualifications or

proposals under this act, the development of those invitations and

related evaluation criteria, the evaluation of those invitations and

the negotiation of any contract under this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2108 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2108
Federal remedies
Status: in_force

The remedies and causes of action provided pursuant to the laws

of the United States, to the exclusion of any remedies provided

pursuant to Sections 1 through 36 of Title 79 of the Oklahoma

Statutes concerning restraint of trade, shall apply to any export

trade-related conduct or activity of an export trading company.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3901 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3901
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as the "Oklahoma Sunset Law."
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2901.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2901.1
Limited access to safe, decent and affordable housing -
Status: in_force

Legislative finding and declaration.

A. The Legislature finds that current economic conditions,

federal housing policies, and declining resources at the federal,

state, and local level adversely affect the ability of moderate- and

low-income persons to obtain safe, decent, and affordable housing.

The Legislature also finds that the lack of affordable housing in

rural communities of this state is an impediment to economic

development and business expansion in these areas.

B. The Legislature declares that it is therefore in the public

interest to provide for a continuously renewable resource known as a

housing trust fund to assist moderate- and low-income citizens in

meeting their basic housing needs, and that the needs of low-income

citizens should be given priority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2250 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2250
Contracts, documents and records - Public inspection
Status: in_force

The Commission shall keep complete and accurate accounts of all

transactions and affairs of the Commission, conforming to approved

methods of bookkeeping. Such accounts and the contracts, documents

and records of the Commission shall be kept at its principal office

and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5234 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5234
Renumbered as § 544 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

51, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-4.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-4.6
Pay structure
Status: in_force

A. The State of Oklahoma, to recruit, retain and motivate a

quality workforce for the purpose of providing quality services to

the citizens of Oklahoma, shall provide a compensation structure

based on internal equity and external competitiveness balanced by

the state's fiscal conditions. The state's goal shall be to provide

a flexible and adaptable state employee compensation system based on

the market data found in relevant public and private sector markets.

B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall develop a compensation schedule for all positions

within the executive branch, excluding institutions under the

administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education. The Office may develop market-based occupational

compensation structures. The compensation structures established

pursuant to this section for all positions shall be initially

established and published by January 1, 2015, and shall thereafter

be reviewed for revision annually. The provisions of this section

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are not subject to the provisions of Article I of the Administrative

Procedures Act.

C. Beginning in fiscal year 2023, a study shall be funded to

examine the overall compensation for all positions covered by the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services under the Civil Service

and Human Capital Management Act. The study shall include an

analysis of the overall state workforce and make recommendations for

any increase or decrease in specific areas of the workforce. The

study shall be completed and the findings submitted to the Offices

of the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State

Senate by December 31, 2022. The study shall be funded and

performed every four (4) years thereafter.

D. Beginning in fiscal year 2023, a study shall be funded to

examine the overall human resources functions throughout the state.

The study shall include an analysis of how the statewide human

resources functions can be consolidated and recommendations on how

to consolidate such functions.

E. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the state from

contracting for the studies set forth in subsections C and D of this

section with one vendor or under one contract.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5064.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5064.5
Powers
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology (OCAST) shall have the power to:

1. Enter into contracts on a competitive bid basis with public

and private agencies, institutions, organizations and individuals

for the purpose of providing assistance to and services for

inventors and entrepreneurs as required by Section 5064.1 et seq. of

this title;

2. Solicit the support and contributions of public and private

agencies, organizations, institutions and individuals;

3. Receive and administer funds for the purpose of operating

the inventors and entrepreneurs program;

4. Advertise and promote the inventors and entrepreneurs

program;

5. Collect reasonable fees based on actual direct and indirect

costs for programmatic services extended to users of the inventors

and entrepreneurs program; and

6. Promulgate rules to implement the provisions of Section

5064.1 et seq. of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-841.23 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-841.23
Renumbered as § 840-6.9 of this title by Laws 1994, c
Status: in_force

242, § 54.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1312.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1312.2
Life Insurance Reserve Fund
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury, the Life

Insurance Reserve Fund. Except as otherwise provided by law, all

contributions, appropriations, transfers, dividend payments, and

investment income of the fund received from or for the benefit of

the life insurance plan administered by the Oklahoma Health Care

Authority shall be deposited in the reserve fund.

The monies in said reserve fund shall be invested by the

Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board in the manner

specified in Section 1305.1 of this title. The Board shall have

responsibility for management of the fund.

Money payable to the claims administrator and all expenses in

connection with the life insurance plan shall be paid from the

reserve fund.

(2) All monies in the Life Insurance Reserve Fund that are

reserves for the health and dental plans administered by the

Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall be transferred to the Health

and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund on July 1, 1989.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-317 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-317
Examination of buildings and premises - Correctional
Status: in_force

facilities - Reports - Orders for repair, demolition, etc. - Appeals

- Execution of orders - Collection of expenses - Penalties.

The State Fire Marshal, any assistants to the State Fire

Marshal, the chief of the fire department of all the cities and

towns where a fire department is established, the mayor of the

cities and towns where no fire department exists, the chief of a

fire protection district created pursuant to Sections 901.1 et seq.

of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the sheriff of all

counties, upon the complaint of any person having an interest in any

building or property adjacent, and without any complaint, shall have

the right at all reasonable hours for the purpose of an examination

to enter into and upon all buildings and premises within their

jurisdiction. The State Fire Marshal shall, at least once each

year, make a fire inspection of all correctional facilities under

the jurisdiction and control of any state agency, county, city,

town, or public trust. The correctional facilities shall include,

but not be limited to, institutions within the Department of

Corrections as defined by Section 502 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, juvenile institutions under the jurisdiction and control

of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, as listed in Section 2-7-606 of

Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, and jails. The State Fire

Marshal shall issue a report containing findings of the inspection

as to each facility under the jurisdiction and control of a state

agency, to the director of the agency. As to any other correctional

facility, the State Fire Marshal shall issue the report to the

person immediately responsible for the administration of the

facility inspected. Whenever any of the officers shall find any

building or other structure which for the want of proper repair, or

by reason of age and dilapidated condition, or for any cause is

especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger

other buildings or property, or so occupied that a fire would

endanger persons and property therein, the officers shall order the

building or buildings to be repaired, torn down, demolished,

materials removed and all dangerous conditions remedied. Whenever

the officers determine that a threat to life is imminent, the

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officers are permitted to order the evacuation of the occupants of

the building or buildings. If the officer finds in a building or

upon any premises any combustible or explosive material, rubbish,

rags, waste, oils, gasoline or inflammable conditions of any kind,

dangerous to the safety of buildings or property, the officer shall

order the materials removed or conditions remedied. The order shall

be made against the owner, lessee, agent or occupant of the

buildings or premises and, thereupon, the order shall be complied

with by the owner, lessee, agent or occupant, and within the time

fixed in the order. If the owner, lessee, agent or occupant deems

itself aggrieved by an order of any of the officers, and desires a

hearing, that person may complain or appeal in writing to the State

Fire Marshal within ten (10) days from the service of the order, and

the State Fire Marshal shall at once investigate the complaint, and

shall fix a time in the county where the property is located, when

and where the complaint will be heard by the State Fire Marshal.

The State Fire Marshal may affirm, modify, revoke or vacate the

order at the hearing, and unless the order is revoked or vacated by

the State Fire Marshal, it shall remain in force and be complied

with by the owner, lessee, agent or occupant within the time fixed

in the order, or within the time as may be fixed by the State Fire

Marshal at the hearing. If a person is aggrieved by the final order

of the State Fire Marshal as made at the hearing, that person may,

within ten (10) days thereafter, appeal to the district court of the

county in which the property is situated, notifying the State Fire

Marshal in writing of the appeal within three (3) days thereafter,

which notice shall be delivered personally to the State Fire Marshal

or by registered mail to the office of the State Fire Marshal at

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The party appealing shall, within three

(3) days thereafter, file with the clerk of the district court in

which the appeal is made, a bond in an amount to be fixed by the

court but in no case less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), with

at least sufficient sureties to be approved by the court,

conditioned to pay all costs on the appeal in case the appellant

failed to sustain the same or the appeal be dismissed for any cause.

The district court shall hear and determine the appeal de novo, in

the same manner as other issues of law and fact are heard and tried

in the courts, and the State Fire Marshal shall be plaintiff in the

action. The district court shall hear and determine the appeal at

the next regular term of district court in the county where the

order was issued, and may sustain, modify or annul the order of the

State Fire Marshal, and the decision of the district court shall be

final. The State Fire Marshal shall execute the final order of the

district court, and if the order is adverse to the appellant, the

State Fire Marshal is empowered to cause the building or premises to

be repaired, torn down, demolished, materials removed and all

dangerous conditions remedied, as the case may be, at the expense of

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the appellant. If the appellant fails, refuses or neglects to

comply with the order, or pay the expense incurred by the State Fire

Marshal in executing the same within thirty (30) days thereafter,

the expense shall be certified by the State Fire Marshal to the

county assessor of the county in which the property is situated and

the county assessor shall enter the expense on the tax list of the

county as a special charge against the real estate on which the

building is or was situated, and the same shall be collected as

other taxes and, when collected, shall be paid to the county

treasurer and credited to the general fund of the county in which

the property is located. Any person being the owner, occupant,

lessee or agent of buildings or premises, who willfully fails,

neglects or refuses to comply with any order of any officer named in

this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not

more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor less than Ten Dollars ($10.00)

for each day's neglect.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5064.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5064.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Inventors

Assistance Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-931.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-931.1
Reissuance of canceled warrants
Status: in_force

Warrants issued for retirement benefits or withdrawal of

accumulated contributions that have been canceled by statute may be

reissued at any time after cancellation upon submission of the

cancelled warrant to the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5017.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5017.2
Purpose of Sections 5017.2 to 5017.5
Status: in_force

The purpose of Sections 10 through 13 of this act is to

stimulate international trade, produce more jobs, create economic

diversity and sources of additional tax revenue, allow small and

medium-sized businesses to take advantage of exporting opportunities

formerly practically available only to larger businesses, and allow

businesses in the state to compete in a world market with businesses

in other states.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58U — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.58U
Statutorily required bonds
Status: in_force

Whenever, by any presently existing law of this state or by any

law hereafter enacted, any officer or employee is required to

furnish bond as a prerequisite to employment, such requirement as to

terms, conditions, penalty, amount or quality or type of surety

shall be and is hereby deemed and defined to mean the furnishing of

a bond or surety contract in the manner and amount under the

provisions and requirements of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5003.9 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5003.9
Program performance review - Report
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall submit to the

Legislature performance review information for the programs it

operates or funds. This information shall be compiled into a report

that shall be submitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the

Senate Appropriations Committee and the Chairman of the House of

Representatives Appropriations and Budget Committee by February 1 of

each year. The report shall be designed to assist the appropriation

committees in determining funding priorities and should provide the

best available information regarding the effectiveness of these

programs. This report shall complement the Department's annual

budget request.

The report shall be structured so that:

1. The need for the program is clearly established;

2. The goals of the program are clearly defined;

3. Measurable objectives are set forth;

4. Actual performance data is provided and explained;

5. Performance is evaluated against objectives; and

6. Future funding recommendations and program benefits are

outlined.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-452.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-452.11
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 2 through 5 of this act shall be known and may be cited

as the "Legislative Review of State Audits Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18n-1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-18n-1
Insurance Fraud Unit
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within the Office of the Attorney

General an Insurance Fraud Unit.

B. The Insurance Fraud Unit, upon inquiry or complaint or upon

referral from the Insurance Department, shall determine the extent,

if any, to which a violation has occurred of any statute or

administrative rule of this state pertaining to insurance fraud and

may initiate any necessary investigation, civil action, criminal

action, referral to the Insurance Commissioner or Insurance

Department, referral to a district attorney, or referral to any

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appropriate official of this or any other state or of the federal

government.

C. In the absence of fraud, bad faith, reckless disregard for

the truth, or actual malice, no person, insurer, or agent of an

insurer shall be liable for damages in a civil action or subject to

criminal prosecution for supplying information about suspected

insurance fraud to the Insurance Fraud Unit of the Office of the

Attorney General or any other agency involved in the investigation

or prosecution of suspected insurance fraud.

D. The Attorney General and the Office of the Attorney General,

the Insurance Commissioner, the Insurance Department, every district

attorney, and every law enforcement agency shall cooperate and

coordinate efforts for the investigation and prosecution of

suspected insurance fraud.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-108.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-108.3
Renumbered as § 319 of Title 61 by Laws 2013, c. 209, §
Status: in_force

31, eff. July 1, 2013.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 245
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3601.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3601.1
Employee defined - Maximum number of full-time-
Status: in_force

equivalent employees.

A. For purposes of Sections 3601.1 through 3603 of this title,

the term “employee” means a full-time employee or any number of

part-time employees whose combined weekly hours of employment equal

those of a full-time employee, but shall not include temporary

employees working on a seasonal basis between May 1 and October 31.

B. Beginning July 1, 2008, the maximum number of full-time-

equivalent employees for each of the following agencies, boards,

commissions, departments, or programs shall not exceed the numbers

specified in this section, except as may be authorized pursuant to

the provisions of Section 3603 of this title.

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF

FULL-TIME-EQUIVALENT

EMPLOYEES

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission 1150

Oklahoma Accountancy Board 11

Board of Governors of the Licensed Architects,

Landscape Architects and Registered Commercial

Interior Designers of Oklahoma 4

Board of Chiropractic Examiners 3

State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering 16

Board of Dentistry 10

Oklahoma Funeral Board 5

State Board of Licensure for Professional

Engineers and Land Surveyors 10

State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision/

Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners/State

Board of Examiners of Perfusionists 29

Oklahoma Energy Resources Board 5

Oklahoma New Motor Vehicle Commission 6

Oklahoma Board of Nursing 35

Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long-Term

Care Administrators 4

Board of Examiners in Optometry 3

State Board of Osteopathic Examiners 7

State Board of Pharmacy 15

State Board of Examiners of Psychologists 2

Oklahoma Real Estate Commission 26

Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology

and Audiology 2

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Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and

Manufactured Housing Commission 15

State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners 6

Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement

System 13

Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System 12

Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma 52

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System 63

Oklahoma Student Loan Authority 85

Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority/Oklahoma

Development Finance Authority 10

State and Education Employees Group Insurance

Board 178

Oklahoma Capital Investment Board 4

State Board of Licensed Social Workers 1

Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council 38

Banking Department 46

Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administration 10

C. The duties and compensation of employees, not otherwise

prescribed by law, necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees by law

shall be set by the Board of Trustees.

D. Temporary employees of the Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle,

Dismantler, and Manufactured Housing Commission between the dates of

November 1 and January 31 annually shall not be counted toward the

maximum number of full-time-equivalent employees provided for in

this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1004 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1004
Agreements authorized
Status: in_force

A. Any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or

capable of exercise by a public agency of this state may be

exercised and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of this

state, and jointly with any public agency of any other state or of

the United States to the extent that laws of such other state or of

the United States permit such joint exercise or enjoyment. Any

agency of the state government when acting jointly with any public

agency may exercise and enjoy all of the powers, privileges and

authority conferred by this act upon a public agency.

B. Any two or more public agencies may enter into agreements

with one another for joint or cooperative action pursuant to the

provisions of this act. If it becomes advisable and economically

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advantageous for any Oklahoma public agency administering federal

housing programs statewide within the State of Oklahoma to enter

into agreements with an agency of the United States or of another

state in order to benefit the State of Oklahoma through

administration of federal housing programs either within or outside

of the State of Oklahoma, such Oklahoma public agency may do so.

Appropriate action by ordinance, resolution or otherwise

pursuant to law of the governing bodies of the participating public

agencies shall be necessary before any such agreement may enter into

force.

C. Any such agreement shall specify the following:

1. Its duration;

2. The precise organization, composition and nature of any

separate legal or administrative entity created thereby together

with the powers delegated thereto, provided such entity may be

legally created;

3. Its purpose or purposes;

4. The manner of financing the joint or cooperative undertaking

and of establishing and maintaining a budget therefor;

5. The permissible method or methods to be employed in

accomplishing the partial or complete termination of the agreement

and for disposing of property upon such partial or complete

termination; and

6. Any other necessary and proper matters.

D. In the event that the agreement does not establish a

separate legal entity to conduct the joint or cooperative

undertaking, the agreement shall, in addition to paragraphs 1, 3, 4,

5 and 6 set forth in subsection C of this section, contain the

following:

1. Provisions for an administrator or a joint board responsible

for administering the joint or cooperative undertaking. In the case

of a joint board, public agencies party to the agreement shall be

represented; and

2. The manner of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and

personal property used in the joint or cooperative undertaking.

E. No agreement made pursuant to this act shall relieve any

public agency of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by

law except that, to the extent of actual and timely performance

thereof by a joint board or other legal or administrative entity

created by an agreement made hereunder, the performance may be

offered in satisfaction of the obligation or responsibility.

F. Every agreement made hereunder, except those agreements

authorized by Section 601 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes which

shall be approved by the district attorney, shall, prior to and as a

condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the

Attorney General who shall determine whether the agreement is in

proper form and compatible with the laws of this state, including

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any agreements entered into pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Community Economic Development Pooled Finance Act. The

Attorney General shall approve any agreement submitted to the

Attorney General hereunder unless the Attorney General shall find

that it does not meet the conditions set forth herein and shall

detail in writing addressed to the governing bodies of the public

agencies concerned the specific respects in which the proposed

agreement fails to meet the requirements of law. Failure to

disapprove an agreement submitted hereunder within sixty (60) days

of its submission shall constitute approval thereof.

G. Financing of joint projects by agreements shall be as

provided by law, including any agreements entered into pursuant to

the provisions of the Oklahoma Community Economic Development Pooled

Finance Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.6
Deposit of certain revenues into Fund
Status: in_force

The board of directors may annually designate for deposit to the

Fund such portion of the fees and other revenues received by the

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority as are not committed for

support of programs or operating expenses of the Authority, and are

not obligated or required to pay principal, interest and premium, if

any, on the bonds issued by the Authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-130.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-130.4
Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be

designated as the "Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Fund". The

fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year

limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services pursuant to Section 130.5 of

this title.

B. All monies accruing to the credit of the revolving fund

shall be expended by the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services to reimburse expenses relative to the conversion of

government vehicles and school vehicles to have the capability of

being fueled or charged by alternative fuels and/or the expenses

relative to the installation of a fill station or charge station.

The maximum amount expended per vehicle shall be the actual cost of

vehicle conversion or Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), whichever

is less. The maximum amount expended per fill station or charge

station shall be the actual cost of the installation or Three

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00), whichever is less. The

balance on deposit in the fund shall never exceed the sum of Five

Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00).

C. Expenditures from the revolving fund shall be made upon

warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as

prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-178 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-178
Renumbered as Title 10, § 416 by Laws 1982, c. 312, § 48,
Status: in_force

emerg. eff. May 28, 1982.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-105 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-105
Renumbered as § 315 of Title 61 by Laws 2013, c. 209, §
Status: in_force

27, eff. July 1, 2013.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18d — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-18d
District attorneys, aiding and requiring aid of
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall have authority to require the aid and

assistance of district attorneys in their respective counties in the

matters hereinbefore enumerated and may in any case brought to the

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Supreme Court or Criminal Court of Appeals from their respective

counties demand and receive the assistance of the district attorney

from whose county such case is brought. Any district attorney

desiring the assistance of the Attorney General in any matter shall

request the Governor for such assistance, and upon receiving the

direction of the Governor to render such assistance, the Attorney

General shall proceed immediately, compatible with the performance

of his own duties to render the assistance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5040.21 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5040.21
Oklahoma Certified Retirement Communities Program
Status: in_force

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A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall establish an

Oklahoma Certified Retirement Communities Program to recognize

communities in the state that have made themselves attractive

destinations for retirees.

B. The purposes of the Program shall be to:

1. Encourage retirees to establish a residence in Oklahoma;

2. Help communities promote and market themselves as retirement

destinations for retirees;

3. Assist the economic development of rural communities by

encouraging retirees to live, work, and volunteer in these

communities; and

4. Encourage tourism in Oklahoma by enhancing the marketing of

the state to retirees everywhere.

C. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is encouraged to

collaborate with the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service in the

development of an outreach program to assist communities seeking

certification.

D. The Department shall promulgate rules to implement the

provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2269 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2269
Deposit of revenues - Separate fund
Status: in_force

All revenues collected or received by the Commission under the

provisions hereof shall be held in a separate fund or funds and

deposited in a bank or banks as the Commission may direct, from time

to time, and need not be paid into the Oklahoma Tourism and

Recreation Department Revolving Fund. All revenues shall be

subjected to payment out of such fund or funds from time to time as

the Commission may direct.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-665 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-665
Declaration of legislative intent
Status: in_force

In furtherance of its obligation to advance the general welfare

of the state, the Legislature is cognizant of its duty to give all

citizens their opportunities to reach their full potential.

Therefore, the Legislature declares its intent that any inhibiting

conditions caused by any factors which impede the ability of an

individual to reach the full potential of that individual are

matters of public concern.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1317 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1317
Blind vending stand operators and managing operators -
Status: in_force

Eligibility.

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Any legally blind person who is licensed by the Department of

Rehabilitation Services as a vending stand operator or managing

operator shall be eligible for membership in the health insurance

plan, dental insurance plan and life insurance plan referred to in

the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act. Enrollment in

the Plan shall be optional with each operator pursuant to the rules

prescribed by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Any payments

required to be made for enrollees in the Plan shall be payable by

the operator in such manner as may be determined by the Department

of Rehabilitation Services; provided, that the Department may, in

its discretion, make all or a part of such payments.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-179 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-179
Renumbered as Title 10, § 417 by Laws 1982, c. 312, § 48,
Status: in_force

emerg. eff. May 28, 1982.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.24 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.24
Renumbered as § 138 of Title 61 by Laws 1999, c. 289, §
Status: in_force

18, eff. July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-28 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-28
First Assistant Attorney General
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall appoint a First Assistant Attorney

General, to assist him in his executive and other duties, which

Assistant shall have had not less than five (5) years' experience in

the active practice of law. Such Assistant shall take the

constitutional oath of office and file it in the Office of the

Secretary of State. In the absence or disability of the Attorney

General, such Assistant may perform the duties of the Attorney

General.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9.22 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9.22
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Office of Disability Concerns shall have the following

powers and duties:

1. To identify the needs of people with disabilities on a

continuing basis and to attempt to meet those needs;

2. To serve as a referral and information source for people

with disabilities seeking services and for agencies seeking

assistance in their provision of services;

3. To generate community awareness and support of programs for

people with disabilities;

4. To advise and assist the Governor and the Legislature in

developing policies to meet the needs of people with disabilities;

and

5. To assist agencies in meeting the requirements of Public Law

93-112, and subsequent amendments thereto, as the same pertain to

people with disabilities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3903 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3903
Termination of certain statutory entities July 1, 2012 -
Status: in_force

Abolition of powers, duties and functions.

The following statutory entities and their successors shall be

terminated on July 1, 2012, and all powers, duties and functions

shall be abolished one (1) year thereafter:

1. Oklahoma State Committee of Plumbing Examiners as created by

Section 1004 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Waterworks and Wastewater Works Advisory Council as created

by Section 1103 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

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3. State Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters as

created by Section 1501 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Development Advisory

Council as created by Section 1-2516 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

5. Oklahoma Educational Television Authority as created by

Section 23-105 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

6. State Board of Examiners of Perfusionists as created by

Section 2053 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

7. Public Employees Relations Board as created by Section 51-

104 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5225 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5225
Renumbered as § 535 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

42, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-213 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-213
Examination of public institutions - Quality control
Status: in_force

reviews - Special audits.

A. It shall be the duty of the State Auditor and Inspector, or

designee, to examine and report upon the books and financial

accounts of the public, educational, charitable, penal and

reformatory institutions belonging to the state; to prescribe and

enforce correct methods of keeping financial accounts of the state

institutions and instruct the proper officers thereof in the

performance of their duties concerning the same; to examine the

books and accounts of all public institutions under the control of

the state at least once each year. Any officer of such public,

educational, charitable, penal and reformatory institutions who

shall refuse or willfully neglect to comply with such direction of

the State Auditor and Inspector within a reasonable time shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor.

B. Each board of regents of institutions in The Oklahoma State

System of Higher Education shall require a quality control review of

the internal audit function required pursuant to subsection D of

Section 3909 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes for each

institution under its governance at least once every three (3)

years. This review shall be in accordance with the “Quality

Assurance Review Manual for Internal Auditing” developed by the

Institute of Internal Auditors or any successor organization

thereto. A copy of the report on the quality control review shall

be filed with the State Auditor and Inspector.

C. 1. The State Auditor and Inspector shall perform a special

audit on elementary, independent, and technology center school

districts upon receiving a written request to do so by any of the

following: the Governor, Attorney General, President Pro Tempore of

the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, State Board of

Education, or the elementary, independent, or technology center

school district board of education.

2. The State Auditor and Inspector shall perform a special

audit on any institution of higher education within The Oklahoma

State System of Higher Education whenever the State Auditor and

Inspector deems it appropriate or upon receiving a written request

to do so by any of the following: the Governor, the Attorney

General, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the

House of Representatives, the governing board of the institution of

higher education, or the president of the institution of higher

education.

3. The special audit shall include, but not necessarily be

limited to, a compliance audit. Such audits shall be designed to

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review items for management's compliance with statutes, rules,

policies and internal control procedures or other items applicable

to each entity. The costs of any such audit shall be borne by the

audited entity and may be defrayed, in whole or in part, by any

federal funds available for that purpose.

D. In addition to any special audit conducted by the State

Auditor and Inspector as provided for in subsection C of this

section, the State Auditor and Inspector shall, contingent upon the

availability of funding, perform a special audit, without notice, on

not more than four common school districts each year. The special

audit shall be in a form as determined by the State Auditor and

Inspector.

E. The State Auditor and Inspector shall perform a special

audit without notice on the office of any district attorney or on

any division of the Department of Corrections upon receiving a

written request to do so by any of the following: the Governor, the

Attorney General, or joint request of the President Pro Tempore of

the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The

State Auditor and Inspector shall perform a special audit without

notice on any penal institution, corrections program, contract for

service or prison bed space provided to the Department of

Corrections, or any program administered by a district attorney’s

office or staff of such office whenever the State Auditor and

Inspector deems it appropriate or upon receiving a written request

to do so by any of the following: the Governor, the Attorney

General, or joint request of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate

and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The special audit

shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, a compliance

audit. Such audits shall be designed to review items for compliance

with statutes, rules, policies and internal control procedures or

other items applicable to each entity. The costs of any such audit

shall be paid by the state agency and may be defrayed, in whole or

in part, by any federal funds available for that purpose through any

audited program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-129.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-129.6
Renumbered as § 330 of Title 61 by Laws 2013, c. 209, §
Status: in_force

42, eff. July 1, 2013.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-76 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-76
Mailing service - Interagency communications and deposit of
Status: in_force

state mail.

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is authorized

to initiate and operate a mailing service for the agencies and

departments of the state located in Oklahoma City. The Director of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate

and adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary

for the efficient and economical operation of a clearinghouse for

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interagency communications and for the deposit of the state's mail

with the United States Post Office. The Office shall have the

authority to employ such personnel and to purchase and acquire such

equipment, materials, and supplies as may be necessary to carry out

the provisions of Sections 76 through 76b of this title. Every

agency and department of the state located in Oklahoma City shall be

required to participate in the mailing service, except the

Department of Human Services, the Commission for Human Services, the

Oklahoma Tax Commission, the University of Oklahoma Medical Center,

the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, the Oklahoma

Legislature, the Oklahoma Medical Center, and the State Department

of Health located in the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

1976 S.J.R. No. 1, p. 618, § 1, operative July 1, 1976. Amended by
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-935.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-935.4
Employee contribution percentages
Status: in_force

A. Employee contributions to the defined contribution

retirement system shall consist of a minimum of four and five-tenths

percent (4.5%) of compensation.

B. Employee contributions to the defined contribution

retirement system that are eligible for an employer match shall not

exceed a percentage, based on the employee's compensation, which

would exceed the maximum amount allowed pursuant to Section 415 of

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-935.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-935.2
Defined contribution system establishment
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System (System)

shall establish a defined contribution system for those persons who

first become employed in a full-time equivalent position or a

position which is less than full-time but more than half-time

position and which qualifies for employee benefits, including but

not limited to, health insurance and leave time by any participating

employer of the System, as defined by paragraph (25) of Section 902

of this title, on or after November 1, 2015. Any person first

licensed by the Department of Rehabilitation Services as a vending

stand operator or managing operator on or after November 1, 2015, as

defined by Section 929 of this title, shall be eligible for

participation in the defined contribution system.

B. The provisions of subsection A of this section and the

provisions of this act shall not be applicable to employees who are

initially employed in the positions described in division (i), (ii),

(iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (d) of paragraph (24) of Section 902

of this title, district attorneys, assistant district attorneys or

other employees of the district attorney's office, and any employees

of a county, county elected officials, county hospital, city or

town, conservation district, circuit engineering district, and any

public or private trust in which a county, city or town participates

and is the primary beneficiary.

C. An employee described by subsection A of this section shall

become a participant in the defined contribution system and the

employee shall not accrue any service credit in the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System as established pursuant to Section 901

et seq. of this title.

D. Employees who participate in the defined contribution system

shall be deemed to begin service in the defined contribution system

on the first day of the month following employment.

E. An employee who begins participating in the defined benefit

plan on or after November 1, 2015, in one of the positions described

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in subsection B of this section, shall continue to participate in

the defined benefit plan only as long as he or she continues to be

employed in a position described in subsection B of this section.

F. Any employee employed on or after November 1, 2015, by the

Legislative Service Bureau, State Senate or House of Representatives

for the full duration of a regular legislative session shall be

eligible for membership only in the defined contribution system

regardless of classification as a temporary employee. The temporary

session employee may participate in the defined contribution system

during the regular legislative session at the option of the

employee. Once the temporary session employee makes a choice to

participate, the choice shall be binding for all future legislative

sessions during which the temporary session employee is employed.

For purposes of this subparagraph, the determination of whether an

employee is employed for the full duration of a regular legislative

session shall be made by the employer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-915 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-915
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 74-915v1 (HB 1805, Laws 2024, c. 139, § 2).

OS 74-915v2 (HB 1068, Laws 2024, c. 280, § 2).
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-88.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-88.1
Inventory of State institution purchases to determine
Status: in_force

conformity with specifications - Dismissal for failure to comply.

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It shall be the duty of each chief administrative officer of all

State institutions to make or cause to be made an inventory of all

purchases made for such institution at the time of their delivery or

receipt for the purpose of determining whether the items delivered

are in conformity with the specifications required of such items at

the time of purchase and any such chief administrative officer, who

fails to make or cause to be made such inventory, shall be relieved

from his position by the appointing authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1314.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1314.4
Supplemental health insurance
Status: in_force

(1) The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall provide

supplemental health insurance, in the manner provided in Section

1314.5 of this title for Agency Plan participants. Such

supplemental insurance shall cover material differences between the

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coverage under the State Plan and the Agency Plan. Material

differences as of the effective date of this act are:

(a) The difference between the Agency Plan and the State

Plan with regard to the amount of the lifetime maximum

benefit;

(b) The difference between the Agency Plan and the State

Plan with regard to the amount of the annual hospital

copayment;

(c) The difference between the Agency Plan and the State

Plan with regard to the amount of the retiree

prescription copayment;

(d) The difference between the Agency Plan and the State

Plan with regard to the allowable cost for a medical

procedure; provided the procedure was not readily

available from a provider under the State Plan.

(2) The Commission may vary the terms of the supplemental

health insurance at such times as there is a material change in the

coverage offered under the State Plan from coverage offered under

the Federal Plan.

(3) The Commission may require participants to share in the

cost of the supplemental health insurance or contribute to

copayments and/or provide for deductibles, if required by the United

States Department of Labor; provided that the cost to the

participant for both the State Plan and the supplemental health

insurance does not exceed the cost to the participant for the Agency

Plan as estimated by the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2903.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2903.4
Oklahoma Increased Housing Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 948

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) to be designated the

"Oklahoma Increased Housing Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a

continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall

consist of all monies received by the OHFA from appropriations,

donations, grants, or other sources of funding specifically

designated for deposit to the Oklahoma Increased Housing Revolving

Fund. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the OHFA for the

purpose of the Oklahoma Increased Housing Program as described in

Section 4 of this act. Of the funds available, the OHFA may use up

to five percent (5%) of the funds to cover additional administrative

costs to OHFA in administering the Oklahoma Increased Housing

Program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4102 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4102
Creation - Responsibilities
Status: in_force

There is hereby re-created the State Capitol Preservation

Commission which shall be responsible for planning and supervising

the preservation and restoration of the interior and exterior of the

State Capitol Building, hereinafter referred to as the Capitol, and

the Governor's Mansion. The Commission shall control the display of

art objects in public areas of the Capitol and the Governor's

Mansion.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3914 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3914
Hearings - Burden of establishing public need -
Status: in_force

Information to be provided.

When any statutory entities are under review for sunset, said

entities shall bear the burden of establishing that a sufficient

public need is present which justifies their continued existence.

All said entities shall provide the appropriate House and Senate

sunset committees with the following information:

1. A performance-informed operating budget review and analysis,

including a summary of all income and expenditures;

2. The identity of all units and subunits under the direct or

advisory control of the statutory entity under review;

3. All powers, duties and functions currently performed by the

statutory entity under review;

4. All statutory or other authority under which said powers,

duties and functions of the statutory entity are carried out;

5. Any powers, duties or functions which, in the opinion of the

statutory entity under review, are being performed and duplicated by

another statutory entity within the state including the manner in

which, and the extent to which, this duplication of efforts is

occurring and any recommendations as to eliminating such a

situation;

6. Any powers, duties or functions which, in the opinion of the

statutory entity under review, are inconsistent with current and

projected public demands and should be terminated or altered; and

7. Any other information which the appropriate House or Senate

sunset committee, in its discretion, feels is necessary and proper

in carrying out its duties.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1314.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1314.5
Procurement of supplemental health insurance - Self-
Status: in_force

insurance.

A. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall attempt to

obtain the supplemental health insurance described in Section 1314.4

of this title through competitive procurement under The Central

Purchasing Act. If the Commission does not obtain such supplemental

health insurance in this manner, it shall contract with the Oklahoma

Health Care Authority for such coverage or the Commission may

provide the supplemental health insurance through a self-insurance

program.

B. If the Commission decides to contract with the Authority for

the supplemental health insurance coverage, the Authority is

expressly authorized and directed to enter into such a contract and

administer the supplemental benefit in such manner to cause the

least disruption to its systems and daily operations. The

supplemental benefit does not have to be offered as a supplemental

plan but can be combined with the state plan to be administered and

actuarially rated as a single plan. If this option is chosen, all

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dependents of employees or former employees currently eligible for

the supplemental health insurance shall be included in the plan,

regardless of whether or not the dependents were previously included

in the plan, and this subsection will prevail over the provisions of

Section 1314.3 of this title. The Commission shall pay the full

actuarial cost to be determined by the Authority and all reasonable

administrative costs for such coverage, if provided by or through

the Authority. The Authority may consider the utilization

experience of the group participating in the benefit when

calculating the rate for providing the benefit. The Authority shall

maintain separate reserves for said coverage.

C. If the Commission decides to provide supplemental health

insurance through a self-insurance program, the Commission shall be

authorized to contract with a private company to provide claims

adjusting services for the supplemental health insurance claims

adjusting and processing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1325 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1325
Changes in reimbursement rates or methodology - Hearing
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall schedule a hearing

thirty (30) days prior to adopting any major change in the

reimbursement rates or methodology. The Authority shall notify

health care providers who provide services pursuant to a contract

with the Authority at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing.

The notice shall include proposed changes to the reimbursement rates

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 827

or methodology. The Authority shall also inform such health care

providers at the hearing of any proposed changes to the

reimbursement rates or methodology. At the hearing the Authority

shall provide an open forum for such health care providers to

comment on the proposed changes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.40 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.40
Travel expenses to be included in bid, proposal, or
Status: in_force

quotation.

Suppliers that may incur travel expenses pursuant to an

acquisition by a state agency from the supplier shall include travel

expenses in the total acquisition price in the supplier's bid,

proposal, or quotation. A state agency shall not pay any supplier

travel expenses in addition to the total price of the acquisition.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 179
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-75a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-75a
Capitol cafeteria petty cash fund
Status: in_force

A. All cash on hand or available in the Capitol cafeterias on

the effective date of this act shall be deposited to the Capitol

Cafeteria Revolving Fund.

B. There is hereby created a petty cash fund for the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services. Said fund shall be used as a

cash drawer change fund for the Capitol cafeterias.

C. The amount of the Capitol cafeteria's petty cash fund shall

not exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) and the initial amount

shall be drawn by warrant from the Capitol Cafeteria Revolving Fund.

Any adjustment to the amount retained in the Capitol cafeteria's

petty cash fund shall be by withdrawal and deposit to the Capitol

Cafeteria Revolving Fund. Purchases from the Capitol cafeteria's

petty cash fund are prohibited. The Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services is authorized to prescribe forms,

systems and procedures for the administration of the Capitol

cafeteria's petty cash fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-63.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-63.4
State Surplus Auction petty cash fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a petty cash fund for the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services to be used for the State Surplus

Auctions in the Property Reutilization Division.

The amount of the State Surplus Auction petty cash fund shall

not exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), and the initial

amount shall be drawn by warrant from the State Surplus Property

Revolving Fund. The Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services is authorized to prescribe forms, systems and

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procedures for the administration of the State Surplus Auction petty

cash fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.43 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.43
Annual report of acquisitions
Status: in_force

A. Each chief administrative officer of a state agency shall

submit to the State Purchasing Director by November 1 of each year a

report listing all acquisitions exceeding the agency's acquisition

threshold amount for the preceding fiscal year and identify the

following:

1. Professional services contracts;

2. Nonprofessional services contracts;

3. Sole source and sole brand acquisitions; and

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4. Contracts for the leasing of personal property other than a

lease acquisition utilizing a statewide contract.

B. The report shall contain:

1. The name of the supplier;

2. A description of each acquisition;

3. The purchase price of the acquisition; and

4. The total amount expended to date for the preceding fiscal

year for the acquisition.

C. The state agency shall additionally submit the report to the

State Auditor and Inspector and, upon request, to any member of the

Appropriations and Budget Committee of the House of Representatives

or Appropriations Committee of the Senate.

D. The State Auditor and Inspector shall review the report for

compliance with statutes and rules or other provisions of law

applicable to sole source and sole brand acquisitions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2901.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2901.2
Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the "Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund" to be

administered by the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency. The fund shall

be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and

may consist of private monies and federal and state funds. A

minimum of sixty-five percent (65%), but not to exceed seventy-five

percent (75%) of all annual expenditures from the Oklahoma Housing

Trust Fund shall be made for the purpose of providing affordable

housing in counties with a population of less than four hundred

ninety thousand (490,000) according to the latest federal decennial

census.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-935.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-935.1
Short title - Retirement Freedom Act
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Retirement

Freedom Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-925 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-925
Membership as condition of employment
Status: in_force

All employees of participating employers who are eligible or may

hereafter become eligible to be members of the system as provided by

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this act shall, as a condition of continuing employment or as a

condition of obtaining employment with a participating employer,

become members of the system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-930.9 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-930.9
Increase in benefits - July 1, 2006
Status: in_force

Any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System as of June 30, 2005, who continues to receive

benefits on or after July 1, 2006, shall receive a four-percent

increase in said benefits beginning in July 2006.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-62.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-62.7
Surplus property of Department of Transportation - Notice
Status: in_force

of availability - Offer for sale to public entities.

A. When the Department of Transportation determines that any

equipment or vehicle becomes excess, obsolete, antiquated, unused or

otherwise surplus, the Department shall notify the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services in writing that such equipment or

vehicle is surplus. The notice shall identify:

1. The type, brand or make, and country of manufacture of the

equipment or vehicle;

2. The age of the equipment or vehicle including, but not

limited to, mileage;

3. Whether the equipment or vehicle is in good working

condition or not;

4. If the equipment or vehicle is not in good working

condition, whether it is in repairable condition at reasonable cost;

5. Original cost of the equipment or vehicle; and

6. Present value of the equipment or vehicle, if known.

B. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services, with any

other notice of surplus property, shall notify the eligible

individuals or entities as provided in subsection C of this section

of the availability of the surplus property of the Department of

Transportation.

C. Prior to any advertised public auction or advertised sealed

bids to all individuals and entities eligible for participation in

the surplus program, the Office, thirty (30) days prior to the

advertised auction date, shall offer, at fair market value, the

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equipment or vehicles to the individuals or entities, in the

following order of priority:

1. Other state agencies;

2. Political subdivisions of the state;

3. Rural fire departments located in this state;

4. Rural water districts located in this state; and

5. Multipurpose senior citizen centers located in this state.

D. Any equipment or vehicles purchased pursuant to this section

shall be made available to the purchaser on the date of purchase.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.30 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.30
Audits of petty cash fund
Status: in_force

Any audit including but not limited to a financial statement

audit performed by the State Auditor and Inspector's Office or an

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independent licensed public accountant on the funds, accounts,

vouchers and books and fiscal affairs of the Oklahoma State Bureau

of Investigation shall include an audit of the petty cash fund

created pursuant to the provisions of the section detailing the

various items of receipts and expenditures of the fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-912.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-912.1
Termination of Plan - Rights of participants -
Status: in_force

Distribution of assets.

(1) In the event the Plan of the Public Employees Retirement

System is terminated or partially terminated the right of all

participants or in the event of partial termination the rights of

the affected participants, or in the event of complete

discontinuance of contributions, whether retired or otherwise, shall

become fully vested.

(2) In the event of termination of the Plan, the Board of

Trustees shall distribute the net assets of the fund, allowing a

period of not less than six (6) nor more than nine (9) months for

dissolution of disability claims, as follows:

(a) First, accumulated contributions shall be allocated to

each respective participant, former participant, retired member,

joint annuitant or beneficiary then receiving payments. If these

assets are insufficient for this purpose, they shall be allocated to

each such person in the proportion which his accumulated

contributions bear to the total of all such participants'

accumulated contributions. For purposes of this section,

contribution means payment into the System by an employer or

employee for the benefit of an individual employee. (b) The

balance of such assets, if any, remaining after making the

allocations provided in subparagraph (a) of this section shall be

disposed of by allocating to each person then having an interest in

the fund the excess of his retirement income under the Plan less the

retirement income which is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the

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amount allocated to him under subparagraph (a) of this section.

Such allocation shall be made with the full amount of the remaining

assets to be allocated to the persons in each group in the following

order of precedence:

(i) those retired members, joint annuitants or

beneficiaries receiving benefits,

(ii) those members eligible to retire,

(iii) those members eligible for early retirement,

(iv) former participants electing to receive a

vested benefit, and

(v) all other members.

In the event the balance of the fund remaining after all

allocations have been made with respect to all retirement income in

a preceding group is insufficient to allocate the full actuarial

equivalent of such retirement income to all persons in the group for

which it is then being applied, such balance of the fund shall be

allocated to each person in such group in the proportion which the

actuarial equivalent of the retirement income allocable to him

pursuant to such group bears to the total actuarial equivalent of

the retirement income so allocable to all persons in such group.

Provided no discrimination in value results, the Board of

Trustees shall distribute the amounts so allocated in one of the

following manners as the Board of Trustees in their discretion may

determine:

(i) by continuing payment of benefits as they become

due, or

(ii) by paying, in cash, the amount allocated to any

such person.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3603 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3603
Increase in personnel or expenditure of funds
Status: in_force

A. No agency, board, commission, department, program or office

of the state government listed in Sections 3601 through 3604 of this

title or whose number of personnel is fixed in any appropriation act

or other law of the state, shall increase its personnel above the

total number set forth in the provisions of Sections 3601 through

3604 of this title or such appropriation act or other law of the

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state, unless approval is first granted by the Contingency Review

Board. No board, commission, department, program or office whose

expenditure of funds for salaries and wages has been limited by

legislative action shall exceed the amount unless approval is first

granted by the Contingency Review Board.

B. The Board shall meet at the call of the Governor for the

purpose of reviewing requests for increasing personnel by those

agencies, boards, commissions, departments, programs or offices

referred to in subsection A of this section. All meetings of the

Board shall be preannounced and open to the public. A majority vote

of the total membership of the Board shall be necessary to approve a

request for an increase in personnel. For any additional employees

authorized by the Board, the Board shall be empowered to make a

corresponding adjustment in the amount of monies any board, agency,

department, commission, program or office is authorized to expend

for salaries and wages.

C. The Board shall approve a request for increasing personnel

only if an emergency exists within the requesting entity which could

not have been foreseen during the preceding Legislative Session and

only if such increase in personnel is needed to perform new or

additional duties and services required of such agency, board,

commission, department, program or office. All requests for a

personnel increase shall be submitted in writing to each member of

the Contingency Review Board with a specific explanation of the

existing emergency which could not have been foreseen and the new or

additional duties or services to be performed.

D. Any action to increase the number of employees in any agency

involved herein shall be compiled in a report by December 31 each

year, and said report transmitted to each member of the Legislature.

E. The Board, by majority vote, is authorized to determine and

approve the transfer of funds, encumbrances, obligations, personnel

spaces and associated salary limits, relevant records and equipment,

within the limits previously established by legislative action, that

are essential in the implementation of those governmental

reorganization measures that are adopted by the Legislature. The

transfer of funds accomplished by the Board shall be exempt from the

provisions of Section 41.12 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-8304 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-8304
Rural Action Partnership Program – Advisory team
Status: in_force

A. There shall be an Advisory Team for the Rural Action

Partnership Program.

B. The Advisory Team shall not have any direct control or

policy making authority with respect to the Rural Action Partnership

Program. The Rural Action Partnership Program shall be the

responsibility of the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department

of Commerce.

C. The Advisory Team shall consist of:

1. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce or a designee;

2. A person to be selected by action of the Board of Directors

of Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.;

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3. A person to be selected by action of the Board of Directors

of the Oklahoma Association of Regional Councils;

4. A person to be selected by the governing entity for the

Oklahoma Small Business Development Centers;

5. A person to be selected by the Oklahoma Association of R.C.

and D. Councils;

6. A person to be designated by the Commissioner of the

Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;

7. A person to be designated by the Governor’s Council of

Workforce and Economic Development;

8. A person to be selected by the Board of the Oklahoma

Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence;

9. A person to be selected by the Oklahoma Department of Career

and Technology Education;

10. A person to be selected by the Oklahoma State Regents for

Higher Education;

11. A person to be selected by the Oklahoma Department of

Transportation; and

12. Three persons to be selected by the Governor to represent

rural businesses and rural communities.

D. For purposes of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, the Advisory

Team shall be deemed a public body, but shall be authorized to

conduct its meetings by teleconference.

E. The Advisory Team shall be authorized to meet as often as

may be required to assist in the development of the Rural Action

Partnership Program and may request assistance from the Rural Area

Development Task Force for such purpose.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-76b — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-76b
Financial statement of mailing service
Status: in_force

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

shall furnish to the Governor and the Legislature at the close of

each fiscal year a statement showing the financial condition of the

mailing service, and such other information regarding the mailing

service as may be necessary for a proper understanding thereof.

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1976 S.J.R. No. 1, p. 618, § 3, operative July 1, 1976. Amended by
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2210 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2210
Employment of attorney - Duty of Attorney General
Status: in_force

The Executive Director is hereby authorized to employ an

attorney as needed, within the total employee limit authorized for

the operation of the Department, on a full- or part-time basis, to

advise the Commission, the Executive Director and other department

personnel on legal matters and to appear for and represent the

Commission and the Executive Director in administrative hearings and

other legal actions and procedures related to their official duties.

Upon the request of the Commission or the Executive Director, it

shall be the duty of the Office of the Attorney General to give an

official opinion, prosecute, and defend actions of the Commission or

Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-364 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-364
Accounts with counties
Status: in_force

He shall also keep an account with each organized county of the

state, in which each county shall be charged with the amount of the

tax levied according to the statement of assessments and levy

transmitted to him by the State Auditor and Inspector and credited

with the amounts received from the county treasurer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.6
Payments into fund - Disbursements
Status: in_force

All payments made by counties and county officers and other

public officers to the State Auditor and Inspector for services or

expenses in connection with the performance of the lawful duties of

his office shall be made by warrant payable to the "State Auditor

and Inspector Revolving Fund" and such warrants shall be deposited

in the State Auditor and Inspector Revolving Fund. All payments for

salaries, compensation, travel expenses, and other expenses of the

State Auditor and Inspector and his employees for services or

expenses in connection with the performance of the lawful duties of

his office with respect to the examination or audit of counties,

county funds or other public funds shall be paid by state warrant

from such State Auditor and Inspector Revolving Fund to the extent

of available funds. From and after the effective date of this act

no county, county officer or other public officer shall make direct

payment to any employee of the State Auditor and Inspector other

than in accordance herewith.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2107 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2107
Qualification as expert trading company - Procedure -
Status: in_force

Rules and regulations - Orders - Violation of act.

A. Any corporation proposing to qualify as an export trading

company pursuant to the provisions of the Export Trading Company Act

shall file an application for approval with the Commission. The

application shall contain the names of the shareholders and

principal officers of the applicant and such other information as

the Commission may by regulation require, and shall specifically

acknowledge the applicant's agreement to be bound by the conditions

set forth in the rules and regulations issued pursuant to this

section.

B. 1. In determining whether to approve an application for

qualification as an export trading company and to certify such

export trading company as a qualified export trading company, the

Commission shall consider whether:

a. the stated purposes of the corporation satisfy the

basic aim of encouraging and expanding export trade;

b. the activities undertaken in this state will be a

significant factor in, or contribute significantly to

encouraging export trade;

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c. the tax exemptions provided for in Section 6 of this

act will serve as a significant incentive and aid to

encouraging export trade; and

d. export trade opportunities will be improved and

initiated, particularly for small and medium-sized

producers, by creation of an export trading company.

2. No successor corporation of a qualified export trading

company shall be certified as a qualified export trading company if

the names of the shareholders and the principal officers of such

successor corporation are the same as those of the qualified export

trading company.

C. 1. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall promulgate such rules

and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of

the Export Trading Company Act and to safeguard against abuses of

the Export Trading Company Act. Such rules and regulations shall

include a prohibition against the stacking of tax exemptions

provided for in Section 2106 of this title.

2. The Commission may issue orders pursuant to the provisions

of the Export Trading Company Act in order to:

a. prescribe information or forms required in connection

with an application; and

b. establish procedures in connection with approvals and

the filing of required reports.

D. The Commission, upon the determination that any export

trading company is in violation of any provisions of the Export

Trading Company Act or regulations, rules, or orders issued pursuant

to the Export Trading Company Act, may order the export trading

company to take steps to remedy such violation or disqualify said

company as an export trading company.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-168.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-168.1
Travis Leon Harris Building - Designation
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Building shall be named the "Travis Leon Harris Building".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.22 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.22
Competitive bid or contract for goods or services – Form
Status: in_force

of certification.

Any competitive bid submitted to this state or contract executed

by the state for an acquisition in excess of the fair and reasonable

acquisition threshold amount shall contain a certification, dated

and in substantially the following form:

A. I certify:

1. I am the duly authorized agent of _____________, for the

purpose of certifying facts pertaining to the existence of collusion

among and between bidders and suppliers and state officials or

employees, as well as facts pertaining to the giving or offering of

things of value to government personnel in return for special

consideration in connection with the prospective acquisition;

2. I am fully aware of the facts and circumstances surrounding

the acquisition or making of the bid to which this statement relates

and have been personally and directly involved in events leading to

the acquisition or submission of such bid; and

3. Neither the business entity that I represent in this

certification nor anyone subject to the business entity's direction

or control has been a party:

a. to any collusion among bidders or suppliers in

restraint of freedom of competition by agreement to

bid or contract at a fixed price or to refrain from

bidding or contracting,

b. to any collusion with any state official or employee

as to quantity, quality or price in the prospective

contract, or as to any other terms of such prospective

contract, nor

c. to any discussions between bidders or suppliers and

any state official concerning exchange of money or

other thing of value for special consideration in

connection with the prospective contract.

B. I certify, if awarded the contract, whether competitively

bid or not, neither the business entity I represent nor anyone

subject to the business entity's direction or control has paid,

given or donated or agreed to pay, give or donate to any officer or

employee of this state any money or other thing of value, either

directly or indirectly, in procuring the contract to which this

statement relates.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-250.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-250.7
Corporation Commission members - Chairman
Status: in_force

Each Corporation Commissioner holding office after the effective

date of this act shall receive as compensation the salary

established by the Legislature for Corporation Commissioners. The

person elected Corporation Commission Chairman by those members

constituting the Corporation Commission shall receive additional

annual compensation in the amount of Two Thousand Dollars

($2,000.00) payable monthly, while serving in the capacity of

Chairman.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58G — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.58G
Risk Management Elderly and Handicapped Transportation
Status: in_force

Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, to be

designated the "Risk Management Elderly and Handicapped

Transportation Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

any monies transferred thereto by an act of the Legislature and any

fees collected by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

in accordance with the provisions of Section 85.58E of this title.

All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for the purposes of the

Comprehensive Professional Risk Management Program provided for in

Section 85.58A of this title, including the salaries and

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administrative expenses of support staff responsible for

administering said fund and expenses the Department incurs to

support program operations. Expenditures from said fund shall be

made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-324.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-324.5
Office of State Fire Marshal agents
Status: in_force

Office of State Fire Marshal agents shall be appointed by and

subject to the supervision and control of the State Fire Marshal or

designee. All agents are employees of the State of Oklahoma and

subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Merit System of Personnel

Administration. All agents shall be required to obtain and maintain

peace officer certification from the Council on Law Enforcement

Education and Training and must have or be able to obtain a valid

Oklahoma driver license and be citizens of the United States. The

State Fire Marshal Commission shall have the authority to appoint

such other employees as shall be necessary in discharging the duties

of their office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.27 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.27
Renumbered as § 840-2.27C of this title by Laws 1997,
Status: in_force

c. 287, § 20, eff. July 1, 1997.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-592 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-592
Examination of bonds - Certified copies
Status: in_force

Any person having an interest therein shall have the right to

examine any of said bonds filed in the office of the Secretary of

State at all reasonable times. The Secretary of State, shall upon

request therefor, and upon receipt of the fees therefor, make and

furnish certified copies of any of said bonds to any interested

person.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.55a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.55a
Information clearinghouse - Joint agreements and
Status: in_force

contracts - Interstate transactions.

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

maintain a clearinghouse of information regarding products made from

recycled paper products and products manufactured with recycled

materials for purchase by state public entities. The clearinghouse

shall include information concerning the availability, price and

quality of products made from recycled paper products and products

manufactured with recycled materials. The clearinghouse shall also

include information concerning vendors and other persons willing to

purchase recyclable materials from state public entities. The

Office shall develop a mechanism to make this information available

to all state public entities.

B. The Office may enter into agreements with purchasing agents

of any other state, local governments, or the federal government

under which any of the parties may agree to participate in,

administer, sponsor or conduct purchasing transactions under a joint

contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment,

permanent personal property, miscellaneous capital or contractual

services consistent with this act.

C. The Office may cooperate with purchasing agents and other

interested parties of any other state, local governments, or the

federal government to develop uniform purchasing specifications on a

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regional or national level to facilitate cooperative interstate

purchasing transactions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1207 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1207
Oklahoma Native American Liaison
Status: in_force

A. The State of Oklahoma recognizes the status of the federally

recognized tribal governments residing in the geographical

boundaries of the state as sovereign nations and the state

recognizes the need for further cooperation between the state and

the tribes and their citizens and the importance of the government-

to-government relationship between the state and the tribes.

B. There is hereby created the position of Oklahoma Native

American Liaison who shall be appointed by the Governor. The

Oklahoma Native American Liaison may also serve as the Secretary of

Native American Affairs or a successor cabinet position and shall

have jurisdictional areas of responsibility related to Native

American issues and state and tribal relations. The first Oklahoma

Native American Liaison shall be appointed no later than December 1,

2012.

C. Any person appointed to the position of Oklahoma Native

American Liaison shall be a member or citizen of a federally

recognized American Indian tribe or nation that has its primary

tribal headquarters located in Oklahoma and shall have valid proof

of membership or citizenship.

D. The salary and any other expenses for the Oklahoma Native

American Liaison shall be budgeted as a separate line item through

the Governor. The Governor shall provide adequate office space,

equipment and support necessary to enable the Oklahoma Native

American Liaison to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the

position.

E. The Oklahoma Native American Liaison shall:

1. Have the powers and duties over Native American issues and

state and tribal relation areas designated to the position by the

Governor;

2. Monitor all compacts, including gaming, tobacco, and motor

vehicle fuel compacts, entered into by the state and political

subdivisions with federally recognized Indian tribal governments

within this state;

3. Coordinate with the Office of Tribal Relations within the

Oklahoma Historical Society on the gathering, preserving and

maintaining of all compacts and agreements between federally

recognized Indian tribal governments and the state and political

subdivisions and all related records, documents and materials;

4. Monitor state agency consultation policies with tribal

governments;

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5. Monitor the interactions of state agencies with tribal

governments;

6. Provide coordination between tribes and state agencies for

any activities of the state agency that will directly affect tribal

governments or their property;

7. Inform tribes about ongoing or proposed state programs that

will affect tribal governments or their property;

8. Coordinate with tribal governments to determine priorities

of interest for possible cooperation between the various agencies

and the tribal governments;

9. Inform tribes on funding opportunities through partnerships

with state agencies to address locally determined priorities of

interest agreed to by both the state and tribal governments;

10. Ensure continuing outreach to tribes and shall establish

and maintain relationships with tribes and tribal organizations; and

11. Make an annual report on the interaction between the state

and state agencies and tribal governments and shall submit the

report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5205 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5205
Renumbered as § 515 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

22, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-90.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-90.5
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act:

1. "State agency" means any agency, department, board or

commission of the state or any state eleemosynary, educational,

rehabilitative, correctional or custodial facility.

2. "Political subdivision" means any municipality, city, town,

village, school or county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1311 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1311
Payroll deductions
Status: in_force

The amount of monthly contribution to be made by employees

enrolled in the insurance plans shall be deducted from the monthly

salaries of such employees and remitted to the Oklahoma Health Care

Authority. The procedure for such deductions and remittances shall

be established by the Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Health

Care Authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3601.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3601.2
Chief executive officers - Minimum and maximum
Status: in_force

salaries.

A. Beginning July 1, 2013, each agency, board, commission,

department or program in the executive branch of state government

shall establish the salary of each of the chief executive officers

for which they have appointing authority. Such salary shall be set

between the minimum and maximum of the range specified in the annual

compensation reports required by paragraph 5 of Section 840-1.6A of

this title, for full-time employees only.

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B. All increases require certification of the appointing

authority that said action can be implemented for the current fiscal

year and subsequent fiscal year without the need for additional

funding. The agency, board, commission, department or program shall

report increases granted under this section to the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services on an annual basis by August 1 of

each year. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

forward a report of such increases to the Governor, President Pro

Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives

no later than September 1 of each year.

C. Every three (3) years beginning with fiscal year 2013, the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall review these

salary ranges and report on and make recommendations on proposed

salary ranges in its annual compensation reports mandated by

paragraph 5 of Section 840-1.6A of this title. Such recommendations

shall be made no later than February 1 for chief executive officers

in all state agencies, boards, commissions, departments or programs

in the executive branch of state government, including but not

limited to those specified in Section 3601.1 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9.30 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9.30
Purpose of act - Cooperation with other agencies
Status: in_force

The purpose of this act is to carry on a continuing program to

promote the employment of the physically, mentally, emotionally, and

otherwise people with disabilities of Oklahoma by creating statewide

interest in the rehabilitation and employment of people with

disabilities, and by obtaining and maintaining cooperation with all

public and private groups and individuals in this field. The

Governor's Committee shall work in close cooperation with the

President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities to

more effectively carry out the purpose of this act, and with state

and federal agencies having responsibilities for employment and

rehabilitation of people with disabilities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-456.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-456.3
Per diem and mileage for legislators when Legislature
Status: in_force

not in session.

Members of the Legislature who are officers of each house of the

Legislature shall receive the same per diem and mileage

reimbursement when the Legislature is not in session as that

provided by law for members of the Legislature for travel to and

from the State Capitol in the performance of their duties. Claims

for reimbursement under this section shall be approved by the

presiding officer of the appropriate house.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.8
Monies received held as trust funds
Status: in_force

All monies received pursuant to the authority of this act,

whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be

deemed to be trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided

in this act. The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or

the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any

officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such monies

shall be paid shall act as trustee of such monies and shall hold and

apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations

as this act and such resolution or trust agreement may provide.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-291.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-291.2
Board on Legislative Compensation - Meetings - Changes
Status: in_force

in legislative compensation - Quorum - Terms - Officers - Lobbyists.

The Board on Legislative Compensation created by Section 21 of

Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution shall meet on the third

Tuesday of October in every odd-numbered year at nine o'clock a.m.

in the State Capitol Building, at which meeting the Board shall

review the compensation paid to members of the State Legislature

and, if necessary, change the compensation. The Board may, at the

call of its chairman or upon a majority vote of its membership, hold

such additional meetings as are necessary to carry out its official

duties. Any change in legislative compensation shall be made by the

Board no later than the third Tuesday of November in said odd-

numbered year. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum

and a majority vote of such quorum shall be necessary for the Board

to act. The appointed members of said Board shall serve terms which

run concurrently with the terms of the respective appointing

authorities and shall serve at their pleasure. The Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall serve as

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Secretary to the Board. The Board shall elect such other officers

as they deem needed from their membership. No member of the Board

shall be a lobbyist as required to be registered pursuant to the

Oklahoma Campaign Compliance and Ethical Standards Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840.2
Renumbered as § 840-1.2 of this title by Laws 1994, c
Status: in_force

242, § 54.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-317.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-317.2
Churches - Temporary overnight accommodations
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 407

A. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Code or any building code

adopted by any political subdivision of this state, or any rules or

regulations promulgated thereto, may permit the authority having

jurisdiction to allow a church that is occupancy-rated an A3

building pursuant to any codes adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform

Building Code Commission to utilize its building space for temporary

overnight visitors for the purpose of religious retreats, ministry

programs, overnight or lock-in events, emergency or catastrophic

occurrences, to shelter transient persons or to accommodate

displaced persons due to hardship or inclement weather. Such

building use shall not constitute a change in code occupancy rating,

purposes or activities. Provided, any temporary overnight visitor

space utilized by a church within its existing buildings as

authorized by this section shall be authorized only for a limited

duration, unless the Governor has declared a state of emergency or

exigent circumstances exist. The church acting pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall not charge for its accommodations

nor be deemed a bed and breakfast, hotel or motel for any code

occupancy rating purposes.

B. Churches which temporarily accommodate overnight visitors as

provided in this section shall have one of the following:

1. An automatic sprinkler system in the area of overnight

accommodations that is monitored by a third party; or

2. A hard-wired stand-alone fire and smoke alarm in the area of

overnight accommodations in addition to an exit door or window

opening directly to a public way, exit court or yard area.

C. Nothing in the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code or any code

adopted by any political subdivision of this state, or any rules or

regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, shall be construed to

cause a church to be in violation of the Oklahoma Uniform Building

Code or any building code adopted by a political subdivision of this

state for the sole reason the church offers temporary overnight

visitor services within the authority of this section.

D. As used in this section:

1. "Church" means a facility that is owned by a religious

organization and that is used primarily for religious services;

2. "Religious organization" means any church, seminary,

synagogue, temple, mosque, religious order, religious corporation,

association or society, whose identity is distinctive in terms of

common religious creed, beliefs, doctrines, practices or rituals, of

any faith or denomination, including any organization qualifying as

a church or religious organization under Section 501(c)(3) or 501(d)

of the United States Internal Revenue Code; and

3. "Temporary" means no more than seventy-five (75) days in a

calendar year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-130.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-130.5
Reimbursement of Alternative Fuels Fund - Accounts - Surcharge on sales of alternative
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 8Surcharge on sales of alternative fuels - Collection and

apportionment - Suspension of surcharge.

A. The Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Fund shall be

reimbursed by a surcharge on alternative fuels sold within the state

under the provisions of the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion

Act.

B. A reimbursement account shall be established in the name of

each recipient of reimbursement for vehicle conversion and/or fill

station installation pursuant to the provisions of Section 603 of

this title. The initial amount of each recipient's account shall be

the amount of the reimbursement received by that recipient. A

recipient's account shall be increased by the amount of any

subsequent reimbursement received by that recipient; a recipient's

account shall be reduced by the amount of all surcharges on

alternative fuels paid by that recipient.

C. A surcharge in an amount equivalent to the per gallon fuel

cost savings in utilizing alternative fuels is hereby levied on

sales of alternative fuels to recipients of reimbursement for

vehicle conversion and/or fill station installation pursuant to the

provisions of Section 603 of this title. Initially, the amount of

the surcharge shall be based upon monthly fuel savings as determined

in the manner prescribed in subsection A of Section 603 of this

title. Such amount shall be adjusted periodically, by the Oklahoma

Tax Commission, to reflect any change in the amount of fuel savings

actually received by the recipient. The surcharge shall not be

levied on sales of alternative fuels for any other purposes. The

surcharge shall continue on sales to each such recipient for so long

as that recipient maintains a reimbursement account. When the

reimbursement account for a recipient is reduced to zero, the

surcharge levied by this section shall terminate until such time as

a reimbursement account may be re-established for that recipient.

D. The surcharge levied by this section shall be collected by

the Oklahoma Tax Commission and apportioned monthly to the Oklahoma

Alternative Fuels Conversion Fund.

E. The surcharge levied by this section shall be suspended

whenever the price of the alternative fuel used by the recipient is

equal to or greater than the price of the original fuel displaced by

the alternative fuel which may be purchased by such recipient.

Provided, such surcharge shall be reinstated whenever the price of

the alternative fuel used by the recipient becomes less than the

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price of the original fuel displaced by the alternative fuel which

may be purchased by such recipient.

F. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall adopt rules and

regulations relating to the payment and collection of the surcharge

levied by this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-941 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-941
Oklahoma State Pension Commission - Members - Meetings -
Status: in_force

Apportionment of administrative costs.

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma State Pension

Commission. The Commission shall consist of seven (7) members as

follows:

1. The State Auditor and Inspector or that person's designee;

2. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services or that person's designee;

3. The State Treasurer or that person's designee;

4. One member who shall be appointed by the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate who shall serve at the pleasure of the

appointing authority and who shall have demonstrated experience in

the investment of private or public funds;

5. One member who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives who shall serve at the pleasure of the

appointing authority and who shall have demonstrated experience in

the investment of private or public funds;

6. One person to be appointed by the Governor who shall have at

least ten (10) years of demonstrated experience in the financial

services industry; and

7. One person to be appointed by the Governor who shall have at

least ten (10) years of experience in retirement planning, including

demonstrated experience with retirement plan designs.

No member of the governing body of a state retirement system shall

be eligible to be appointed to the Commission.

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B. The Commission shall hold regular meetings at least once

each quarter, the dates, time and place to be set by the Commission.

The Commission shall hold its first meeting prior to September 30,

1988.

C. The Office of the State Auditor and Inspector shall provide

the administrative support required by the Commission.

D. The cost of providing the administrative support shall be

apportioned by the State Auditor and Inspector among the Oklahoma

Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police

Pension and Retirement System, the Uniform Retirement System for

Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System,

the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System and the Department of Wildlife

Conservation on behalf of the retirement plan adopted by the

Wildlife Conservation Commission in proportion to the percentage

that the assets of each system at the end of the preceding fiscal

year were to the combined total of the assets of the systems.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.3
Mission and purposes of Oklahoma Center for the
Status: in_force

Advancement of Science and Technology.

The mission of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of

Science and Technology shall be to foster innovation in existing and

developing businesses by supporting basic and applied research, by

facilitating technology transfer between research laboratories and

firms and farms, and by providing seed-capital for innovative and

technology-oriented firms and their products. The Oklahoma Center

for the Advancement of Science and Technology also shall have the

authority to foster enhanced competitiveness in the national and

international markets by small and medium-sized manufacturing firms

located in Oklahoma by stimulating productivity and modernization of

such firms.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.16 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.16
Duties of Center relating to health research
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology, with the advice and consent of the Committee, may:

1. Establish and operate a state program designed to secure and

impartially distribute funds credited to the Research Support

Revolving Fund to support professional service contracts for health

research projects;

2. Ensure that funding to support health research projects is

awarded only on the basis of scientific merit;

3. Design the health research program to ensure the optimum

performance of the investigator and the maximum efficiency of the

project;

4. Evaluate and approve health research projects to be funded

from the Research Support Revolving Fund;

5. Establish a procedure for the referral of proposed health

research projects to the Committee for review;

6. Establish procedures for review of proposed health research

projects by qualified individuals residing outside this state;

7. Suspend or terminate any professional service contract

supporting health research projects for failure by an investigator,

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institution of higher learning, or nonprofit research institution to

comply with the procedures, requirements, or bylaws of the Center;

and

8. Enter into contracts to ensure the optimum performance of

health research investigators and to ensure the maximum efficiency

of proposed health research projects.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-1.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-1.1
Short title - Content of act
Status: in_force

A. Sections 840-1.1 through 840-6.9 of this title shall be

known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Personnel Act".

B. All statutes hereinafter enacted and codified within

Sections 840-1.1 through 840-6.9 of this title shall be part of the

Oklahoma Personnel Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-20g — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-20g
Defense duties - Evidence
Status: in_force

A. Before any such defense is undertaken, an inquiry shall be

made by the Attorney General of the facts on which the action or

special proceedings are based. Unless the Attorney General

determines that the employee was acting in good faith and in the

course of his employment, representation shall not be provided

pursuant to this act.

B. It shall be the duty of any state law enforcement agency to

provide investigators at the request of the Attorney General to

assist him in carrying out the provisions of this act.

C. No findings or reports of the Attorney General or persons

making inquiry under his direction pursuant to the provisions of

this section shall be admissible as evidence in any such action or

special proceeding and no reference thereto shall be made in any

such trial or hearing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5224 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5224
Renumbered as § 534 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

41, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.29 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.29
Petty cash fund
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is hereby given

authority to create a petty cash fund not to exceed Four Hundred

Dollars ($400.00) for each office of the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation, which may be expended for the purpose of providing

change for cash payments for criminal history record checks and

other Oklahoma Open Records Act search and copy fees.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-373 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-373
Consolidation of the State Bond Advisor
Status: in_force

A. The Office of the State Bond Advisor is hereby consolidated

into the Office of the State Treasurer.

B. Any funds appropriated to, in the possession of, or

allocated to the Office of the State Bond Advisor shall be deemed to

be funds of and shall be transferred to the Office of the State

Treasurer.

C. All books, papers, records, property, functions, powers,

duties and obligations of the Office of the State Bond Advisor are

hereby transferred to the Office of the State Treasurer.

D. All personnel of the Office of the State Bond Advisor are

hereby transferred to the Office of the State Treasurer.

E. All rules, regulations, acts, orders, determinations and

decisions pertaining to the functions and powers herein transferred

and assigned to the Office of the State Treasurer, in force at the

time of such transfer or assignment, shall continue in force and

effect until duly modified or abrogated by the State Treasurer or

until otherwise provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.14 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.14
Awarding competitive health research funds
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology may use monies from the Research Support Revolving Fund

to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement

of Science and Technology Act by awarding competitive health

research funds, through professional service contracts, to

institutions of higher education, nonprofit research foundations,

and private enterprises of special importance to the Oklahoma

economy.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-110.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-110.6
State real estate contracts — Contingencies allowed —
Status: in_force

Restrictions.

The state may enter into a real estate contract for the sale,

conveyance, or exchange of real property, option to purchase real

property, or a lease with an option to purchase real property that

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includes a contingency, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days,

for the purposes of securing required permits, lot changes, zoning

changes, and any other land use approvals necessary to use and

operate the real property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5003.15 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5003.15
2nd Century Entrepreneurship Center
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall establish within

the agency a central point of access and information for persons or

business entities in order to facilitate the creation of new

business enterprises within the state. The central point of access

and the related programs shall be designated the “2nd Century

Entrepreneurship Center”.

B. The Department shall utilize the existing Master Business

Licensing System and incorporate the systems and informational

resources currently in use to establish the 2nd Century

Entrepreneurship Center.

C. The Department of Commerce shall develop a centralized

method by which an emerging or expanding Oklahoma business

enterprise may have access to all state and local permit

information, license information, applicable state or local codes,

and other information and resources necessary for the successful

organization of a new business enterprise or for the expansion of an

existing business enterprise.

D. To the extent possible, the 2nd Century Entrepreneurship

Center shall allow an emerging or expanding business enterprise to

complete all steps necessary for the formation and organization of

the business entity, including the formal organization of the

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business entity, the acquisition of a federal employer tax

identification number, if required, the acquisition of any needed

licenses or permits from the Secretary of State, the Oklahoma Tax

Commission, or the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.

E. The Department of Commerce may work in collaboration with

other statewide partners also involved in the offering of

entrepreneurship-based programs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.17a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.17a
Transfers of Criminal Justice Resource Center
Status: in_force

functions.

A. Effective July 1, 2009, the Criminal Justice Resource Center

of the Legislative Service Bureau shall be transferred to the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the

Attorney General as follows:

1. The functions of the Criminal Justice Resource Center

relating to administration and research shall be transferred to the

Office of Criminal Justice Statistics, which is hereby created

within the Information Services Division of the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation;

2. The functions of the Criminal Justice Resource Center

relating to data processing and information technology shall be

transferred to the Information Technology Systems Division of the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation; and

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3. The functions of the Criminal Justice Resource Center

relating to the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board shall be

transferred to the Office of the Attorney General.

All unexpended funds, property, records, personnel and any

outstanding financial obligations or encumbrances of the Criminal

Justice Resource Center are hereby transferred to the entities

specified in this subsection.

B. Effective July 1, 2009, the personnel transferred from the

Criminal Justice Resource Center to the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation and the Office of the Attorney General and persons

occupying the position of any such personnel on July 1, 2009, shall

become employees of such agencies and shall not be subject to the

provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration.

C. Effective July 1, 2009, any reference in the Oklahoma

Statutes to the Criminal Justice Resource Center shall be a

reference to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation or the

Office of the Attorney General, as appropriate with respect to the

content of the reference.

D. Upon the effective date of this act, the Office of Criminal

Justice Statistics shall be known as the Statistical Analysis Center

and shall be a unit of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.17 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.17
Transfer of Statistical Analysis Division of Crime
Status: in_force

Commission to Bureau of Investigation.

A. Effective July 1, 1980, the Statistical Analysis Division of

the present Oklahoma Crime Commission shall be transferred to the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. All unexpended funds,

property, records, personnel and any outstanding financial

obligations or encumbrances of the Crime Commission which relate to

the Statistical Analysis Division are hereby transferred to the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

B. Effective July 1, 1988, the personnel transferred from the

Oklahoma Crime Commission to the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation and persons occupying the position of any such

personnel on July 1, 1988, shall become subject to the provisions of

the Merit System of Personnel Administration. All incumbent

employees subject to this subsection shall be classified without

regard to status or examinations. Such employees shall be granted

status in the class of positions to which the employee's position is

allocated by the Office of Personnel Management.

C. It is the intent of the Legislature that the mission of the

Statistical Analysis Division not be changed by this transfer, and

that the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation continue prior

cooperative agreements made with the Criminal Justice Agencies of

the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2202 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2202
Purpose of Commission and Department
Status: in_force

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A. It shall be the purpose of the Commission and the Department

to:

1. Conserve and protect the parkland under the control of the

Commission;

2. Oversee the operation and maintenance of the state’s lodges

and golf courses;

3. Promote tourism by publicity and dissemination of

information;

4. Assist in promotion of events sponsored by municipalities,

associations, and organizations commemorating special events of

local or historical interest;

5. Educate the public on the people, places, events, culture,

and history of Oklahoma; and

6. Function in an advisory capacity to the Governor, State

Legislature, state agencies, municipalities, and to private

organizations on matters pertaining to tourism and recreation.

B. The Commission shall determine or set policy for the

Department and shall determine the broad plans and programs

necessary to accomplish the duties and responsibilities in the

Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-500.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-500.8
Method of computing per diem
Status: in_force

A per diem in an amount authorized by the federal Government

Services Administration (GSA) in its Federal Travel Regulation (FTR)

42 C.F.R. Section 300-1.1 et seq. and as updated in its FTR

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Bulletins is authorized while in travel status. In computing per

diem reimbursement a day shall be a calendar day. The first and

last days of travel shall be paid at a rate of seventy-five percent

(75%) of the full-day per diem. Provided, however, that no per diem

shall be made for periods which do not include overnight status. If

meals and lodging at a meeting, workshop, conference or other object

of travel are furnished as a "package plan", reimbursement may be

made, based upon a receipt, but at a daily rate of not to exceed the

total daily rate provided in this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-605 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-605
Termination of obligation
Status: in_force

If for any lawful reason the obligation represented by an

official bond be terminated sooner than is provided by the terms

thereof, there may be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State,

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to be attached to said bond, the instrument terminating such

obligation, as made or approved by the authority that accepted it.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.18 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.18
Longevity pay plan
Status: in_force

A. A longevity pay plan is hereby adopted. This plan applies

to all state employees, excluding members of boards and commissions,

institutions under the administrative authority of the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education, employees of public school

districts, and elected officials. The plan shall also apply to

those employees of the Oklahoma School for the Blind and the

Oklahoma School for the Deaf who qualify for longevity pay in

accordance with subsection G of Section 1419 of Title 10 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to

establish a longevity pay program for employees of the conservation

districts employed under Section 3-3-103 of Title 27A of the

Oklahoma Statutes. Such longevity pay program shall be consistent

with the longevity pay program for state employees authorized under

this title and payments shall be made in a manner consistent with

procedures for reimbursement to conservation districts.

C. To be eligible for longevity pay, employees must have been

continuously employed in the service of the state for a minimum of

two (2) years in full-time status or in part-time status working

more than one thousand (1,000) hours a year.

For purposes of this section, a break in service of thirty (30)

calendar days or less shall not be considered an interruption of

continuous service; a break in service of more than thirty (30)

calendar days shall mark an end to continuous service. The

legislative session employees who have worked for two (2) years or

more in part-time status and are eligible for state retirement

benefits, but do not receive other longevity payments, shall be

eligible and shall be considered to have been continuously employed

for purposes of calculating longevity payments, notwithstanding the

provisions of subsection E of this section.

D. 1. Longevity pay for the first twenty (20) years of service

shall be determined pursuant to the following schedule:

Years of Service Annual Longevity Payment

At least 2 years but

less than 4 years $250.00

At least 4 years but

less than 6 years $426.00

At least 6 years but

less than 8 years $626.00

At least 8 years but

less than 10 years $850.00

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At least 10 years but

less than 12 years $1,062.00

At least 12 years but

less than 14 years $1,250.00

At least 14 years but

less than 16 years $1,500.00

At least 16 years but

less than 18 years $1,688.00

At least 18 years but

less than 20 years $1,900.00

At least 20 years $2,000.00

2. For each additional two (2) years of service after the first

twenty (20) years an additional Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) shall

be added to the amount stated above for twenty (20) years of

service.

The total amount of the annual longevity payment made to an

employee by any and all state agencies in any year shall not exceed

the amount shown on the table corresponding to that employee's years

of service with the state, except as otherwise provided by Section

840-2.28 of this title. Further, no employee shall receive

duplicating longevity payments for the same periods of service with

any and all agencies, except as otherwise provided by Section 840-

2.28 of this title.

E. To determine years of service, cumulative periods of full-

time employment or part-time employment working more than one

hundred fifty (150) hours per month with the state excluding service

as specified in subsection A of this section are applicable. Part-

time employment, working one hundred fifty (150) hours per month or

less for the state, excluding service as specified in subsection A

of this section, shall be counted only if:

1. The period of employment was continuous for at least five

(5) months; and

2. a. The person worked more than two-fifths (2/5) time.

Other employment shall not be counted as service for purposes of

longevity payments. Further, no period of employment with the

state, whether with one or more than one agency, shall be counted as

more than full-time service.

b. For purposes of the computation required by this

section, any service performed by a person during

which the person received compensation for duties

performed for the state shall be counted if payment

for such service was made using state fiscal

resources. The provisions of this paragraph shall not

apply to elected or appointed justices or judges,

including special judges, who perform services in the

trial or appellate courts. The provisions of this

section shall apply to persons who perform services as

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an administrative law judge within the executive

department and employees of the judicial branch.

F. Years of service under the administrative authority of the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education or the administrative

authority of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology

Education of any employee who is now employed in a job

classification which is eligible for longevity pay shall be included

in years of service for purposes of determining longevity pay.

G. Years of service shall be certified through the current

employing agency by the appointing authority on a form approved by

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The form shall be

completed and posted as directed by the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services by the current employing agency

when the employee initially enters on duty with the agency and

thereafter whenever the employee's anniversary date is changed.

H. Eligible employees, in full-time status or in part-time

status working more than one hundred fifty (150) hours per month,

shall receive one (1) lump-sum annual payment, in the amount

provided on the preceding schedule, during the month following the

anniversary date of the employee's most recent enter-on-duty day

with the state. Upon implementation of the statewide information

systems project, the lump-sum annual payment may be paid concurrent

with the final payroll of the month of the employee's anniversary

date. Eligible part-time employees who work one hundred fifty (150)

hours per month or less shall receive one (1) lump-sum annual

payment, based on the formula in subsection L of this section,

during the month following the anniversary date of the employee's

most recent enter-on-duty day with the state. To receive longevity

pay an employee must be in pay status on or after his or her

anniversary date.

Eligible employees who would not otherwise receive annual

longevity payments because their employment includes regular periods

of leave without pay in excess of thirty (30) calendar days shall

receive one (1) lump-sum annual payment, based on the formula in

subsection L of this section, during:

1. The month of August if the employee is in pay status on July

1; or

2. During the month following the employee's first return to

duty that fiscal year if the employee is not in pay status on July

1.

Except as otherwise provided by Section 840-2.28 of this title,

employees terminated as a result of a reduction-in-force or retiring

from state employment shall receive upon said termination or

retirement the proportionate share of any longevity payment which

may have accrued as of the date of termination or retirement.

Provided further that, the proportionate share of any longevity

payment which may have accrued as of the date of death of an

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employee shall be made to the surviving spouse of the employee or if

there is no surviving spouse to the estate of the employee.

I. Periods of leave without pay taken in accordance with

Section 840-2.21 of this title shall be counted as service. Other

periods of nonpaid leave status in excess of thirty (30) calendar

days shall not mark a break in service; however, they shall:

1. Not be used in calculating total months of service for

longevity pay purposes; and

2. Extend the anniversary date for longevity pay by the total

period of time on nonpaid leave status except as provided in

subsection H of this section for employees whose conditions of

employment include regular periods of leave without pay.

J. Employees currently receiving longevity pay who work for the

Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education shall not be

eligible for the longevity pay plan provided for in this section.

K. A break in service with the state in excess of thirty (30)

days but which does not exceed two (2) years which was caused by a

reduction-in-force shall be treated as if it were a period of

nonpaid leave status as provided for in subsection I of this section

for the purpose of calculating total months of service for longevity

pay. This subsection shall only apply to state employees laid off

after June 30, 1982.

L. Eligible part-time employees working less than one hundred

fifty (150) hours per month and other eligible employees with

regular annual periods of leave without pay of more than thirty (30)

calendar days will receive a prorated share of the "Annual Longevity

Payment" authorized in subsection D of this section. The prorated

amount of payment will be based on actual hours worked in the

immediately preceding twelve (12) months.

M. An employee shall not be entitled to retroactive longevity

payments as a result of amendments to this section unless

specifically authorized by law.

N. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services is authorized to promulgate such Longevity Pay Plan Rules

as he or she finds necessary to carry out the provisions of this

section.

O. As of July 1, 1998, years of service with a city-county

health department for employees who left a city-county health

department for employment with the Department of Environmental

Quality or the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry, between July 1, 1993, and July 1, 1998, and who are now

employed in a job classification that is eligible for longevity pay

pursuant to this section, shall be included in years of service for

purposes of determining longevity pay subsequent to July 1, 1998.

P. As of July 1, 2003, years of service with a local

conservation district shall be included in years of service for

purposes of determining longevity pay for local conservation

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district employees transferred to the Oklahoma Conservation

Commission pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.27D — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.27D
Severance benefits
Status: in_force

A. Agencies shall provide severance benefits to affected state

employees who are separated from the state service as a result of a

reduction-in-force due to a reorganization or any other action by an

agency which results in affected positions being abolished and

affected employees being severed from the state service. Severance

benefits shall be given to permanent affected employees; provided,

however, affected employees of the University Hospitals Authority

must have been continuously employed in the state service since, on,

or before January 1, 1995, to receive severance benefits. Affected

employees who qualify for severance benefits pursuant to this

section, in addition to the payment of any compensable accrued leave

or other benefits an affected employee is eligible to receive upon

separation from the state service, shall receive severance benefits

consisting of the following elements:

1. All agency severance benefits shall provide the following:

a. payment equal to the affected employee’s current

health insurance premium for the affected employee

only for eighteen (18) months based on the cost of the

premium at the time of the reduction-in-force. The

appointing authority of the agency can ask the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services to waive the severance benefit provision in

this subparagraph or to reduce the length of coverage

or subsequent severance benefit payment upon

demonstration of the agency’s inability to fund the

full benefit,

b. a longevity payment, as prescribed by Section 840-2.18

of this title, in the amount which would otherwise be

paid to the affected employee on the affected

employee’s next anniversary date, and

c. outplacement assistance and employment counseling

prior to and after the reduction-in-force from the

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and other

state or private entities that the entity may contract

with to assist individuals who may be impacted by a

reduction-in-force;

2. In addition to the severance benefits provided by paragraph

1 of this subsection, agencies shall give affected employees

severance benefit packages based on the following options; provided

that all affected employees are accorded uniform treatment:

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a. up to one (1) week of pay, calculated by dividing the

affected employee’s current annual salary by the whole

number fifty-two (52), for each year of service,

b. a lump-sum payment of Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), or

c. payment for accumulated sick leave or extended illness

benefits at up to one-half (1/2) of the affected

employee’s hourly rate not otherwise used pursuant to

law for conversion to credited retirement credit; and

3. Agencies shall also be allowed to provide the severance

benefits to separating employees not subject to the Civil Service

and Human Capital Modernization Act and rules promulgated thereunder

or whose position is not subject to an imminent reduction-in-force

in exchange for executing a release of all claims against the agency

and this state as required by Section 840-2.27E of this title.

B. Part-time affected employees shall receive benefits pursuant

to this section on a prorated basis. Part-time employees shall have

been compensated for at least one thousand (1,000) hours during the

twelve (12) months immediately preceding the effective date of the

reduction-in-force to be eligible for severance benefits pursuant to

the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.19 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.19
Criteria for award of funding or professional service
Status: in_force

contract - Applied research proposals - Small business innovation

research - Commercialized research.

A. The Center may use monies from the Research Support

Revolving Fund to carry out the purposes of this act by awarding

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competitive applied research funds, through professional service

contracts or otherwise, to institutions of higher education,

nonprofit research foundations and private enterprises of special

importance to the Oklahoma economy. The Center may use the fund to

provide funding for the programs and purposes specified in

subsection D of this section.

B. The board shall award funding or professional service

contracts only after:

1. Developing, adopting and publishing the criteria it shall

use when evaluating research proposals; and

2. Reviewing applied research proposals which present:

a. documentation, if the proposal is from an institution

of higher education or nonprofit research

institutions, that not less than fifty percent (50%)

of the total direct cost of the proposed project will

be provided by sources other than the Center and other

than state-appropriated money; machinery or equipment

may be considered as part of the matching funds for

the research, but must be accompanied by a statement:

(1) that the institution of higher education or

nonprofit research institution has received the

machinery or equipment and that it is appropriate

and useful to the program under review; and

either

(2) verifying that the equipment or machinery is

donated and has only been used in testing to

ensure quality control, or used by a wholesaler

or retailer for demonstration purposes only and

verifying the fair market value of the machinery

or equipment on the date of the gift; or

(3) detailing the price paid by the institution of

higher education or nonprofit research

institution, with an invoice showing the amount

paid for the machinery or equipment;

b. documentation, if the proposal is from a private

enterprise, that not less than fifty percent (50%) of

the total direct cost of the proposed project will be

provided by sources other than the Center and other

than state-appropriated money. No portion of the

fifty percent (50%) may be provided by in-kind

services performed by the enterprise;

c. a description of the potential commercial application

of and the industrial sectors that will likely benefit

from the applied research project and the potential to

enhance employment opportunities in Oklahoma;

d. an itemized research budget, time line and research

methodology;

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e. a recommendation from the sponsoring institution of

higher education, nonprofit research institution or

business enterprise; and

f. other information that may be required by the board.

C. The board may approve such applied research proposals after

the board finds, based upon the proposal submitted, external peer

review and such additional investigation as the staff of the Center

shall make and incorporate in its minutes, that:

1. The proposed project is research that leads to innovation,

new knowledge or technology and is not training or technical

assistance for business firms;

2. The project has a reasonable probability to enhance

employment opportunities within Oklahoma; and

3. The project is technically sound and will produce a

measurable result.

D. The Center is directed to develop a small business

innovation research (SBIR) matching support program which meets the

highest current standards for state matching support to federal SBIR

program grants. The Center shall also develop and implement a

program to financially support the preparation of SBIR grant

proposals by Oklahoma entities. The Center may also develop and

implement programs to encourage Oklahoma firms to participate in

other federal research and development programs including, but not

limited to, the Small Business Technology Transfer (SBTT) program.

E. Any commercialized research that results from Center funding

of applied research shall be subject to negotiations and policies

pursuant to the provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.39 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.39
Agency internal purchasing procedures
Status: in_force

A. 1. Each state agency shall develop internal purchasing

procedures for acquisitions by the state agency. Procedures shall,

at a minimum, include provisions for the state agency's needs

assessment, funding, routing, review, audits, monitoring and

evaluations. Following development, the state agency shall submit

the procedures to the State Purchasing Director for approval.

2. The State Purchasing Director shall review the procedures

submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection to determine

compliance with the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, rules

promulgated pursuant thereto, Sections 3001 through 3010 of this

title and provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection. The State

Purchasing Director shall notify the state agency that the

procedures are in compliance or indicate revisions necessary to

bring the procedures into compliance.

B. A state agency shall not make acquisitions exceeding the

fair and reasonable acquisition threshold amount, unless the State

Purchasing Director provides notice of compliance.

C. Each state agency shall maintain a document file for each

acquisition the state agency makes which shall include, at a

minimum, justification for the acquisition, supporting

documentation, copies of all contracts, if any, pertaining to the

acquisition, evaluations, written reports if required by contract

and any other information the State Purchasing Director requires be

kept.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-6105 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-6105
Red River Boundary Compact – Adoption of compact
Status: in_force

RED RIVER BOUNDARY COMPACT

ADOPTION OF COMPACT

This state enacts the Red River Boundary Compact into law and

enters into the compact with the State of Texas if that state

legally joins in the compact in substantially the form provided by

Section 2 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1221 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1221
Indian tribes - Acknowledgment of federal recognition -
Status: in_force

Cooperative agreements - Surface water and/or groundwater resources.

A. The State of Oklahoma acknowledges federal recognition of

Indian tribes recognized by the Department of Interior, Bureau of

Indian Affairs.

B. The State of Oklahoma recognizes the unique status of Indian

tribes within the federal government and shall work in a spirit of

cooperation with all federally recognized Indian tribes in

furtherance of federal policy for the benefit of both the State of

Oklahoma and tribal governments.

C. 1. The Governor is authorized to negotiate and enter into

cooperative agreements on behalf of this state with federally

recognized Indian tribal governments within this state to address

issues of mutual interest. The Governor may elect to name a

designee who shall have authority to negotiate and enter into

cooperative agreements on behalf of the state with federally

recognized Indian tribes as provided for in this section. Except as

otherwise provided by this subsection, such agreements shall become

effective upon approval by the Joint Committee on State-Tribal

Relations.

2. If the cooperative agreements specified and authorized by

paragraph 1 of this subsection involve trust responsibilities,

approval by the Secretary of the Interior or designee shall be

required.

3. Any cooperative agreement specified and authorized by

paragraph 1 of this subsection involving the surface water and/or

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groundwater resources of this state or which in whole or in part

apportions surface and/or groundwater ownership shall become

effective only upon the consent of the Oklahoma Legislature

authorizing such cooperative agreement.

D. 1. The governing board of a political subdivision of this

state is authorized to negotiate and enter into intergovernmental

cooperative agreements in behalf of the political subdivision, with

a federally recognized Indian tribal government within this state to

address issues of mutual interest. Except as otherwise provided by

this subsection, such agreements shall be effective upon approval by

the Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations and the Governor, or

the designee of the Governor.

2. Agreements for juvenile detention facilities made pursuant

to Section 2-3-103 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes shall

become effective upon approval by the board of county commissioners.

3. Any cooperative agreement specified and authorized by

paragraph 1 of this subsection involving the surface water and/or

groundwater resources of this state shall become effective only upon

the consent of the Oklahoma Legislature authorizing such cooperative

agreement.

4. Agreements between the Military Department of the State of

Oklahoma and an Indian tribe for the management or operation of a

juvenile facility shall not be subject to the requirements of this

section.

5. Agreements between the Department of Transportation of the

State of Oklahoma and an Indian tribe or the Oklahoma Turnpike

Authority and an Indian tribe for the maintenance and construction

of transportation facilities, roads or bridges shall not be subject

to the requirements of this section.

E. An executed original of every agreement approved pursuant to

this section shall be filed with the Secretary of State. A copy of

every agreement shall be filed with the Office of Tribal Relations

within the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2243 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2243
Limitation on fund expenditures
Status: in_force

Expenditure of funds for all purchases in excess of Fifty

Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) shall not be contracted except upon

approval of a majority of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation

Commission. The amount exempted by paragraph 1 of subsection A of

Section 85.7 of this title shall apply to each separate department

facility as identified by the annual budget submitted to the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services pursuant to Section 34.42 of

Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5076 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5076
Application to become sponsor
Status: in_force

A. Any company or association proposing to qualify as a sponsor

under this act shall file an application with the Director of the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce for approval. The application shall

contain such information as the Director may by regulation require,

and shall specifically acknowledge applicant's agreement to be bound

by the conditions set forth in rules and regulations issued pursuant

to this section. Each applicant also shall demonstrate:

1. That a facility exists that can be transformed into an

incubator at a specified cost;

2. The ability directly to provide, or arrange for the

provision of, business development services for tenants of the

incubator. These services shall include, but not be limited to,

financial consulting assistance, management and marketing

assistance, and physical services;

3. A potential for sustained use of the incubator facility by

eligible tenants, through a market study and other means; and

4. The ability to manage and operate the incubator facility in

accordance with Section 7 of this act.

B. In determining whether to approve an application for

qualification as a sponsor, the Director shall consider:

1. The ability of the sponsor to carry out the provisions of

Section 7 of this act;

2. The economic impact of the incubator on the community;

3. The incubator's conformance with state, areawide and local

economic development plans if such exist; and

4. The location of the incubator, in order to encourage

geographic distribution of incubators across the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1368 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1368
Benefits Council Administration Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

The Benefits Council Administration Revolving Fund is hereby

dissolved. Any reference in the Oklahoma Statutes to the Benefits

Council Administration Revolving Fund shall be construed to mean the

Human Capital Management Revolving Fund. Assets of the Benefits

Council Administration Revolving Fund are hereby transferred to the

Human Capital Management Revolving Fund.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5221 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5221
Renumbered as § 531 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

38, eff. July 1, 2025.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-10.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-10.2
Purpose of act
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 60

The purpose of the Executive Branch Reform Act of 1986 is to

organize the various departments, agencies, boards, commissions and

other entities of the executive branch of state government into a

cabinet system of government in order to improve the effectiveness,

efficiency and accountability of state government.