Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.10 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.10
Exercise of powers
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all

respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the

increase of their education, commerce and prosperity, and as the

operation and maintenance of projects by the Authority will

constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the

Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon

any project or any property acquired or used by the Authority under

the provisions of this act or upon the income therefrom.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-130.24 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-130.24
Renumbered as § 142.15 of Title 40 by Laws 2014, c
Status: in_force

328, § 28. Editorially renumbered as § 142.16 of Title 40 to avoid

a duplication in numbering.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-587 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-587
Purpose of act
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that the purpose of the Oklahoma

Privatization of State Functions Act is to set guidelines for the

privatization of state services in order to ensure that, if

approved, the privatization of state services is cost effective and

in the best interest of the citizens of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5058.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5058.7
Services optional - Authority of licensing agency
Status: in_force

A. The services offered to persons by the Business License

Information Office are optional. Any person may deal directly with

a state agency in obtaining information or assistance, or in

applying for a license if the person so prefers.

B. The authority for determining whether a requested license

shall be issued shall remain with the state agency legally

authorized to issue the license.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3111 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3111
Use of Social Security numbers by state or subdivision
Status: in_force

prohibited - Exceptions.

A. No state agency, board, commission or other unit or

subdivision of state government shall request or require, except as

otherwise required by law, that any person reveal the Social

Security number of such person in order to obtain services or

assistance, nor shall any state agency, board, commission or other

unit or subdivision of state government use, for any purpose,

numbers which correspond to the Social Security number of any

person, except as otherwise required by law. Provided that any

state agency, board, commission, unit or subdivision of state

government using Social Security numbers for a particular purpose

prior to January 1, 1974, may continue to use and require Social

Security numbers for that purpose only and provided, further, that

the provisions of Section 3101 et seq. of this title shall not be

construed to prohibit the use or requirement of disclosure of one's

Social Security number if the use of the number is related to the

Social Security Administration or benefits thereunder, or, subject

to the provisions of Section 1-311.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, to prohibit the use or requirement of disclosure of the

Social Security numbers of the mother and father by the Vital

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Records Section of the State Department of Health in the

administration of the issuance of birth records.

B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to

prohibit the Oklahoma Tax Commission from requiring the disclosure

by any person of his or her Social Security number in order to

administer any state tax law, as defined by Section 202 of Title 68

of the Oklahoma Statutes or in order for the State Treasurer to

administer any provision of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, if

such administration requires the Tax Commission or State Treasurer

to obtain the Social Security number of any person.

C. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to

prohibit the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission from requiring

the disclosure by any person of his or her Social Security number in

order to administer any provision of the Employment Security Act of

1980.

D. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the State

Department of Education or a board of education of a school district

from requesting any student who wishes to enroll in or is enrolled

in any public school in this state to disclose the Social Security

number of the student in order for the Department to administer any

provision of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act, for the

collection of appropriate and necessary data pursuant to the

Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program, for the purpose of

determining student enrollment, to establish a mobility rate or for

the allocation of State Aid Formula and midyear adjustment in

funding for student growth. The State Department of Education or a

board of education of a school district shall not deny to any

student any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of

the refusal by the student to disclose the Social Security number of

the student. If the State Department of Education or a board of

education of a school district requests a student to disclose the

student's Social Security number, the State Department of Education

or a board of education of a school district shall inform the

student by what statutory or other authority such number is

solicited and what uses will be made of the number.

E. The State Board of Education is authorized to develop an

alternative accountability system for tracking students to

administer any provision of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act,

for the collection of appropriate and necessary data pursuant to the

Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program, for the purpose of

determining student enrollment, to establish a mobility rate or for

the allocation of State Aid Formula and midyear adjustment in

funding for student growth. The accountability system shall be

developed only if, in the determination of the Board, the provisions

of subsection D of this section are not sufficient to allow for the

adequate implementation of the provisions of the Oklahoma School

Testing Program Act or the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-102 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-102
Renumbered as § 312 of Title 61 by Laws 2013, c. 209, §
Status: in_force

24, eff. July 1, 2013.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4101 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4101
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 4101 through 4108 of this title:

1. "Public areas" means those areas in the Capitol open to the

general public for general visitation; and

2. "Art" means fine art of museum quality representing the

highest quality of art objects available to include paintings,

graphic arts, art photography and sculpture, aesthetically aligned

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with recognized values, created by the conscious use of skill and

creative imagination.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5217 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5217
Renumbered as § 527 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

34, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-212.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-212.3
Form for joint school district millage certifications
Status: in_force

The State Auditor and Inspector shall prescribe and require the

statewide use of a form for joint school district millage

certifications.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.12B — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.12B
Forms for reporting domestic abuse - Report of
Status: in_force

incidents.

A. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall provide

forms for the reporting of domestic abuse to each person required to

submit such reports pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of this

act and shall establish guidelines for the collection and reporting

of domestic abuse incident information pursuant to the provisions of

the Domestic Abuse Reporting Act.

B. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

shall compile a monthly and annual statistical report which shall

include the number of reported incidents of domestic abuse for each

county and for the state as a whole, the types of crime involved in

the domestic abuse, the days of the week the incidents occurred, and

the hours of the day the incidents occurred. The statistical

reports shall not include the names of any of the persons involved

in an incident of domestic abuse or any information which would

serve to identify such persons as individuals.

C. Copies of the monthly and annual statistical reports shall

be available to the public upon request.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3008 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3008
Exceptions - Competitive bid requirement not applicable –
Status: in_force

Annual pricing review.

A. Nothing in Section 3001 et seq. of this title pursuant to

purchases of products and services from people with significant

disabilities shall be construed to prohibit any department or agency

of the state from manufacturing or supplying its own products or

services for its own use. Procurements made pursuant to Section

3001 et seq. of this title shall not be subject to the competitive

bid requirements of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, Section

85.1 et seq. of this title.

B. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central

Purchasing Division shall require an annual qualified organization

pricing review for all products and services approved and designated

on the procurement schedule. The method of the pricing review shall

be defined in the promulgated rules.

C. When the fair market price for a product or service approved

by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central

Purchasing Division exceeds a current market price for the same

product or service and such lower market price has been verified by

the agency through compliance with the fair market analysis process

approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central

Purchasing Division, the State Use contracting officer may grant a

temporary exception to a requesting agency so that the agency may

purchase the product or service from the supplier offering the lower

market price.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-166.13 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-166.13
Renumbered as § 329.1 of Title 56 by Laws 2021, c. 517,
Status: in_force

§ 2, eff. July 1, 2021.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-30.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-30.7
Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board

which shall consist of the following nine (9) members:

1. One member appointed by the Governor;

2. One member appointed by the State Auditor and Inspector;

3. One member appointed by the State Treasurer;

4. The Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, or his or her

designee, who shall serve as an ex officio member of the Board but

who shall be entitled to vote only in case of a tie vote;

5. One member appointed by the State Superintendent of Public

Instruction;

6. Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives; and

7. Two members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate.

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B. Each member shall serve at the pleasure of his or her

appointing authority and may be removed or replaced without cause.

Any member of the Board shall be prohibited from voting on any issue

in which the member has a direct or indirect financial interest.

C. The Board shall have the following powers and duties:

1. Develop and implement procedures for the disbursement of

opioid grant awards to eligible participants, to be used by eligible

participants to fund and reimburse costs related to approved

purposes. The Board may elect to disburse opioid grant awards to

eligible participants in multiple allocations;

2. Develop and implement opioid grant application, submission

and evaluation procedures as required to implement the provisions of

this act;

3. Develop and implement an appeals process for eligible

participants to contest opioid grant application denials and denials

of specific fund use requests contained in submitted applications;

4. Maintain oversight over the expenditure of opioid grant

awards to ensure grant proceeds are used exclusively for approved

purposes; and

5. Suspend allocations of opioid grant awards to eligible

participants found by the Board to be out of compliance with Board

procedures or to have utilized such awards for nonapproved purposes;

provided that the Board shall resume such allocations once the Board

has determined the eligible participant has adequately remedied the

cause of such suspension.

D. No opioid grant awarded pursuant to the provisions of this

act shall be utilized or expended by a political subdivision, unless

such utilization or expenditure is memorialized in a resolution or

equivalent government action adopted by the political subdivision

and submitted to the Board.

E. No opioid grant awarded pursuant to the provisions of this

act shall include funds from the Purdue Political Subdivisions Fund

unless the Board shall have first received a release of claims as

required by the Purdue Settlement Agreement on a form approved by

the Attorney General.

F. The Office of the Attorney General shall provide staff and

administrative support to the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board.

G. The Office of the Attorney General shall promulgate rules

necessary to implement the provisions of this act; provided that the

Office of the Attorney General shall only promulgate such rules as

requested or approved by the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.45p — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.45p
Intent of act
Status: in_force

The intent of the Oklahoma Online Bidding Act is:

1. To provide increased economy in state government procurement

activities and to maximize to the fullest extent practicable the

purchasing value of state monies while ensuring that procurements

are the most advantageous to state agencies;

2. To foster effective broad-based competition for state

procurement within the free enterprise system;

3. To modernize state statutes governing state government

procurement and permit the continued development of explicit and

thoroughly considered procurement policies and practices;

4. To ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons

who deal with state government procurement processes and to promote

increased public confidence in state government procurement

procedures; and

5. To provide an ongoing funding source for new and innovative

electronic procurement practices that would otherwise not be

possible due to previous funding practices and guidelines.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.37 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.37
Definitions - Accreditation - Evidence in criminal
Status: in_force

trials.

A. For purposes of this act:

1. “ABFT” shall mean the American Board of Forensic Toxicology,

an accrediting body for toxicology;

2. “Accredited” shall mean recognized formally by an

accrediting body as meeting or exceeding applicable quality

standards;

3. “Accrediting body” shall mean a nationally recognized

organization that has developed and maintained an independent

system, based upon ISO/IEC 17025 standards, for providing

laboratories with an impartial review of laboratory operations and

that provides formal recognition or certification to laboratories

who demonstrate continued compliance with those standards and other

supplemental forensic standards which are specific to the

maintenance and testing of forensic evidence;

4. “ISO/IEC 17025” shall mean the International Organization of

Standards/International Electrotechnical Commission standard 17025

that is published by the International Organization for

Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission

and included as a standard in general requirements for the

competence of testing and calibration laboratories;

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5. “Forensic laboratory” shall mean a laboratory operated by

the state or any unit of municipal, county, city or other local

government that examines physical evidence in criminal matters and

provides opinion testimony in a court of law;

6. “Toxicology analysis” shall mean a laboratory analysis

whereby biological samples are tested for alcohol and/or other toxic

or intoxicating substances;

7. “IAI” shall mean the International Association for

Identification; and

8. “Supplemental forensic standards” shall mean additional

requirements specifically related to maintenance and analysis of

forensic evidence required in addition to the calibration and

testing requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 standards.

B. Effective July 1, 2005, all forensic laboratories as defined

in this act established or operating prior to that date shall be

accredited. The following exceptions shall apply:

1. Breath testing for alcohol;

2. Field testing, crime scene processing, crime scene evidence

collection, searches, examinations or enhancements of digital

evidence, and crime scene reconstruction;

3. Latent print identification performed by an IAI certified

latent print examiner;

4. Marihuana identification using methods generally accepted in

the forensic field that are approved by a forensic laboratory

accredited in controlled substances;

5. All forensic laboratories established on or after July 1,

2005, as defined in this act, shall be accredited within two (2)

years of establishment; and

6. Forensic laboratories that exclusively and solely perform

forensic toxicology analysis may meet this requirement by being

either accredited through an accrediting body as defined in this

section or accredited by ABFT.

C. On or after July 1, 2005, testimony, results, reports, or

evidence of forensics analysis produced on behalf of the prosecution

in a criminal trial shall be done by an accredited forensic

laboratory. This section shall not apply to:

1. Testimony, results, reports, or evidence of forensic

analysis produced by a forensic laboratory established after July 1,

2005, and not yet required to be accredited as set forth in

subsection B of this section;

2. Testimony, results, reports, or evidence of forensic

analysis produced by a forensic laboratory prior to July 1, 2005.

Such testimony, results, reports, or evidence need not be performed

by an accredited forensic laboratory and may be produced or

presented on behalf of the prosecution in a criminal trial after

July 1, 2005, as long as the forensic analysis was produced prior to

that date;

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3. Testimony, results, reports, or evidence of breath testing

for alcohol;

4. Testimony, results, reports, or evidence of field testing,

crime scene processing, crime scene evidence collection, searches,

examinations or enhancements of digital evidence, and crime scene

reconstruction;

5. Testimony, results, reports, or evidence of latent print

identification performed by an IAI certified latent print examiner;

and

6. Testimony, results, reports, or evidence of marihuana

identification using methods generally accepted in the forensic

field that are approved by a forensic laboratory accredited in

controlled substances.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-130.19 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-130.19
Renumbered as § 142.10 of Title 40 by Laws 2014, c
Status: in_force

328, § 23. Editorially renumbered as § 142.11 of Title 40 to avoid

a duplication in numbering.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2009.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2009.1
International development - Travel expenses
Status: in_force

The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and their staffs shall be

reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expenses when incurred in

implementing duties relating to international development. Employees

of other state agencies designated by the Governor shall be

reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expenses as authorized by

the Governor, when incurred in implementing duties relating to

international development.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2901.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2901.3
Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund - Advisory committee -
Status: in_force

Rules.

A. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Housing Finance

Agency shall appoint an advisory committee to assist in policy

development for administration of the Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund.

Members of the advisory committee shall be appointed from the

housing development, sales, and finance industries; nonprofit

housing development organizations; and economic development agencies

or organizations.

B. The Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency shall promulgate rules

for the operation of the Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.33 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.33
Registration of State Vendors Revolving 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 the "Registration of State Vendors Revolving Fund". The

fund shall consist of any monies received from fees collected in

accordance with subsection B of this section. The revolving fund

shall be a continuing fund, without legislative appropriation, not

subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall be under the control

and management of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

Expenditures from the Registration of State Vendors Revolving Fund

shall be budgeted and expended pursuant to the laws of the state and

the statutes relating to public finance. The fund shall be used to

defray the costs of the Purchasing Division. Warrants for

expenditures from the fund shall be drawn by the State Treasurer,

based on claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of the

Office, and approved for payment by the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services.

B. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services may collect

a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) to register suppliers that

desire to do business with this state through the Purchasing

Division. The suppliers shall register separately for each

commodity list. Each registration shall entitle the supplier to be

on that list for one (1) year, to receive all bid notices in that

classification for that period. All fees collected in accordance

with this subsection shall be deposited in the revolving fund

created in subsection A of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1008 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1008
Contracts for governmental services
Status: in_force

A. Any one or more public agencies may contract with any one or

more other public agencies to perform any governmental service,

activity, or undertaking which any of the public agencies entering

into the contract is authorized by law to perform, provided that

such contract shall be authorized by the governing body of each

party to the contract. Such contract shall set forth fully the

purposes, powers, rights, objectives and responsibilities of the

contracting parties.

B. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the

acquisition of food items or food products by a state public agency

from a public trust created pursuant to Sections 176 through 180.56

of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall comply with competitive

bidding procedures pursuant to Section 85.7 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-226A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-226A
Audit of expenditures of county sales tax revenue -
Status: in_force

Report of irregularities to Attorney General.

As part of the annual audit of the books and records of a

county, the State Auditor and Inspector shall make an audit of the

expenditures of county sales tax revenue in order to determine

whether the expenditures are being made according to law and

constitutional provisions. The audit shall consist of a review of

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the ledgers and records of the expenditures of the sales tax

proceeds. However, the annual audit required by this section shall

only apply to any county sales tax revenue which is designated for a

specific purpose as set forth in the ballot as passed by the voters

of the county. The expense of the audit shall be paid by the

county. The State Auditor and Inspector shall make a report of the

audit and shall retain its report of the audit. The State Auditor

and Inspector shall report any irregularities in the expenditure of

sales tax proceeds to the Office of the Attorney General within

thirty (30) days from the making of the report.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5040.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5040.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Rx for Oklahoma Act:

1. “Medically indigent” means a person who meets the criteria

established by the drug manufacturer assistance programs for the

purchase of prescribed medications; and

2. “Prescription drug” means a drug which may be dispensed only

upon prescription by a health care professional authorized by the

appropriate licensing authority and which is approved for safety and

effectiveness as a prescription drug under Section 505 or 507 of the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21

U.S.C.A., Section 301).
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4121 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4121
On-the-job employee performance recognition program
Status: in_force

A. In order to establish a public employee benefit program to

encourage outstanding performance in the workplace, the Director of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby directed

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to establish an on-the-job employee performance recognition program

which encourages outstanding job performance and productivity.

B. In order to promote excellence in job performance and

provide recognition for work units with exceptional performance,

state agencies are authorized to expend from monies available in the

agency's operating funds so much thereof as may be necessary for the

purchase of recognition awards for presentation to the members of

work units or individual employees with exceptional job performance

records or for other significant contributions to the operation of

the agency. State agencies may also provide for such recognition

awards to be cash awards.

C. Recognition awards may be presented to members of work units

or individual employees having exceptional job performance records

or other significant contributions and such awards may be presented

at a formal or informal ceremony, banquet or reception, the cost of

which may be expended from monies available in the agency's

operating funds.

D. 1. Recognition awards may consist of distinctive wearing

apparel, service pins, plaques, writing pens, or other distinguished

awards of a value not exceeding One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00)

per recognized employee each fiscal year to recognize the

achievement of the work unit or individual employee.

2. In addition to recognition awards listed in paragraph 1 of

this subsection, the agency may establish an employee cash

recognition program not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per

recognized employee each fiscal year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2403 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2403
Powers, rights, and duties
Status: in_force

A. There are hereby granted to and imposed on the Oklahoma Golf

Trail Commission, and in any commission or body which may hereafter

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succeed to the powers, rights, and duties of the Commission, the

additional powers, rights, and duties hereinafter more specifically

provided.

B. The mission of the Commission is to increase rounds of golf

played at the Oklahoma Golf Trail Member Courses to stimulate

economic development, enhance tourism, attract new residents and

retirees to the state, and to elevate the quality of life and

experience in Oklahoma.

C. The Commission is hereby authorized to:

1. Sue and be sued;

2. Adopt, use, and alter an official seal;

3. Make bylaws for the management and regulation of its

affairs;

4. Appoint, prescribe the duties, and fix the compensation for

officers, agents, and employees;

5. Make contracts and execute instruments as in the judgment of

the Commission are necessary or convenient to the exercise of the

powers conferred upon it by law;

6. Sell advertising; provided, that such advertising shall be

approved by the Commission prior to acceptance for publication; and

7. Promulgate rules and policies necessary and convenient to

the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by law.

D. The Commission shall be responsible for the following:

1. Evaluating and selecting marketing options for the Oklahoma

Golf Trail;

2. Setting membership fees for Golf Trail courses;

3. Evaluating courses based on condition, location, course

fees, and any other variable relevant for Golf Trail course

selection; and

4. Developing interagency, intra-agency, and public-private

collaborations to help advance the awareness and mission of the

Oklahoma Golf Trail.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-452.10 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-452.10
Copies of financial audits, compliance audits and
Status: in_force

program reviews to be provided to certain state agencies.

A. Each state agency shall furnish copies of financial audits,

compliance audits, and program reviews on its entity to the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services, the State Auditor and

Inspector, and the Legislative Service Bureau.

B. Each state agency shall furnish copies of all audits

performed on its entity to the Legislature as required by the

Legislative Review of State Audits Act.

C. Copies of audits furnished to the State Auditor and

Inspector shall be furnished in accordance with the provisions of

Section 212A of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2267 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2267
Refunding bonds
Status: in_force

The Commission may issue bonds under this act for the purpose of

refunding any obligations of the Commission previously issued under

this act, or may authorize and deliver a single issue of bonds

hereunder, in part for the purpose of refunding such obligations and

in part for the acquisition of additional properties or

improvements. Where bonds are issued under this section solely for

refunding purposes, such bonds may either be sold as above provided

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or delivered in exchange for the outstanding obligations. If sold,

the proceeds may be either applied to the payment of the

obligations, refunded or deposited in escrow for the retirement of

the bond obligations. Nothing contained in this act shall be

construed to authorize the refunding of any outstanding obligations

which are not either maturing, callable for redemption under their

terms or voluntarily surrendered by their holders for cancellation.

All bonds issued under this section shall in all respects be

authorized, issued, and secured in the manner provided for other

bonds issued under this act and shall have all of the attributes of

such bonds. The Commission may provide that any refunding bonds

shall have the same priority of lien on the revenues pledged for

their payment as was enjoyed by the obligations which are refunded.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-326.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-326.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Fire Safety

Standard and Firefighter Protection Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-316 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-316
Witnesses and evidence - Administration of oath or
Status: in_force

affirmations - Punishment for contempt - Prosecutions - Right of

entry.

The State Fire Marshal and the Assistant Fire Marshal shall each

have power in any county in the State of Oklahoma to summons and

compel the attendance of witnesses before them, or either of them,

to testify in relation to any matter which by any of the provisions

of this act is made a subject of inquiry and investigation and may

require the production of any books, papers or documents deemed

pertinent thereto by them, or either of them. Said State Fire

Marshal, Assistant Fire Marshal are each hereby authorized and

empowered to administer oaths or affirmations to any person

appearing as witness before them and false swearing in any matter or

proceedings aforesaid shall be the felony of perjury and shall be

punished as such. Any witness who refuses to be sworn or refuses to

testify or who disobeys any lawful order of the said State Fire

Marshal, Assistant State Fire Marshal, or who fails or refuses, to

produce any book, paper or document, touching on any matter under

examination, or who is guilty of any contemptuous conduct after

being summoned by them or either of them, to appear before them, or

either of them, to give testimony in relation to any matter or

subject under investigation as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of

a misdemeanor and it shall be the duty of the State Fire Marshal,

Assistant State Fire Marshal, or either of them to make complaint

against said person or persons so refusing to comply with the

summons or order of the said State Fire Marshal, or Assistant State

Marshal, before any justice of the peace, police magistrate, or any

court of record in the county in which said investigation is being

had, and upon the filing of such complaint such court shall proceed

in the same manner as other criminal cases and upon conviction of

any such person guilty of violation of the provisions of this act,

shall be fined in a sum of not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars

($25.00) and imprisonment until such fine is paid; provided,

however, that any person so convicted shall have the right of

appeal. Said State Fire Marshal and his subordinates or either of

them shall have the authority at all times of day or night in the

performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of this act, to

enter upon and examine any building or premises where any fire has

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occurred and other buildings adjoining or near the same. All

investigations held by or under the direction of the said State Fire

Marshal, may, in his discretion be private, and persons other than

those required to be present by the provisions of this act, may be

excluded from the place where such investigation is held and

witnesses may be kept separate and apart from each other and not be

allowed to communicate with each other until they have been

examined.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5166 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5166
Signature requirement - Receipt and deposit of money
Status: in_force

received under contracts.

A. Partnership contracts shall be signed by an assigned

representative of the governmental entity for which the public

project at issue in the contract relates.

B. The responsible governmental entity is authorized to receive

and deposit any money received under the contract. Any such

contract shall be sufficient to effect its purpose notwithstanding

any provision of law to the contrary, including other laws governing

the sale, lease or other disposition of property or interests

therein, service contracts or financial transactions by or for the

responsible governmental entity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18p-10 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-18p-10
Oklahoma Witness Protection Program
Status: in_force

A. The Office of the Attorney General is hereby authorized to

establish an Oklahoma Witness Protection Program and is authorized

to use monies from the Attorney General's Evidence Fund created

pursuant to Section 19 of this title or from federal grants for the

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implementation of the Program. The Witness Protection Program may

be made available to witnesses who are actively aiding in the

prosecution of dangerous perpetrators and who are in danger of

bodily harm or death by participating in the prosecution. The

Attorney General shall administer the Oklahoma Witness Protection

Program.

B. Funds may be provided for the support of a participant in

the Witness Protection Program. Support may include, but shall not

be limited to, temporary living costs, moving expenses, rent,

security deposits, or other appropriate expenses of relocation or

transition.

C. The Attorney General is authorized to promulgate rules

necessary to implement the Oklahoma Witness Protection Program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4190 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4190
Child care centers - Administration – Priority in
Status: in_force

eligibility - Rates.

A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services is authorized to approve and administer child care centers

for minor dependents of state employees, and may provide

consultation to state agencies regarding child care centers.

B. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the

Department of Human Services, and the Oklahoma State Department of

Health are directed to assist the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services in the implementation of Sections

4190 through 4192 of this title.

C. The Director is authorized to promulgate any rules necessary

for the establishment and implementation of Sections 4190 through

4192 of this title.

D. Licensed spaces in the child care centers shall be open to

all eligible children, including those individuals not employed by

the State of Oklahoma and those financially eligible for Department

of Human Services child care assistance. However, minor dependents

of state employees shall be given highest priority and children

financially eligible for Department of Human Services child care

assistance second priority for all vacant spaces.

E. The Director shall approve rates for child care consistent

with the rates of the industry within the geographic area.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-452.12 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-452.12
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Legislative Review of State Audits Act:

1. "Agency" includes, but is not limited to, any

constitutionally or statutorily created board, bureau, commission,

office, institution, authority, university, college, and any other

person or administrative division of state government expending or

encumbering state funds, handling money on behalf of the state, or

holding any trust funds on behalf of the state from any source

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derived. The term "agency" shall not include the Governor, the

Legislature or any branch, committee or officer thereof, the courts

or any political subdivision of the state;

2. "Audit" includes all types of audits as defined by

Government Auditing Standards issued by the United States

Comptroller General and includes, but is not limited to, an

examination, an investigation or a review required by or performed

as a result of state or federal law or program or rules thereof or

any examination, investigation or review in which any agency, state

or federal funds or both state and federal funds are expended for

any agency matter relating to:

a. compliance by an agency with all applicable state and

federal laws and rules,

b. internal controls,

c. the efficiency and the economy of agency financial

operations. Economy and efficiency audits include

determining:

(1) whether the agency is acquiring, protecting and

using its resources economically and efficiently,

(2) the causes of inefficiencies or uneconomical

practices, and

(3) whether the agency has complied with laws and

rules concerning economy and efficiency, or

d. the effectiveness of an agency in achieving desired

program results. Program audits include determining:

(1) the extent to which the desired results or

benefits established by the Legislature or other

body are being achieved,

(2) the effectiveness of organizations, programs,

activities or functions, and

(3) whether the agency has complied with significant

laws and rules applicable to the program.

The term "audit" shall not include position audits or payroll

audits performed by the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services, inmate sentence audits conducted by the Oklahoma

Department of Corrections or confidential requests made by any

member of the Legislature or the Governor's office;

3. "Auditor" means any person, corporation, partnership,

federal agency or state agency, or other legal public or private

entity performing any service meeting the definition of "practice of

public accounting" in the Oklahoma Accountancy Act on an agency;

4. "Audit report" means the final report in a written document

which contains the comments and recommendations of the auditor. The

audit report shall also include, if any, comments of the agency on

which the audit was performed; and

5. "Records" includes, but is not limited to, books, papers,

maps, photographs, cards, tapes, recordings, or other documentary

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materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, prepared,

owned, used, or in the possession of or retained by the auditor, or

the agency, or both the auditor and agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-935.10 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-935.10
Deposit of remitted funds
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the statutes

governing the System to the contrary, each participating employer

shall remit to the System the difference between the amount of money

which would be remitted to the System using the employer

contribution rate required by Section 920 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes and the amount of money required for the

participating employer to make the required matching contribution

amount on behalf of a participating employee who participates in the

defined contribution system authorized pursuant to the provisions of

Section 5 of this act.

B. The System shall deposit the monies remitted to it by

employers having participating employees in the defined contribution

system created by this act, as described by subsection A of this

section, into the existing defined benefit pension plan authorized

pursuant to Section 901 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes

in order to reduce the liabilities of the defined benefit pension

plan.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-775 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-775
Powers denied by rules or resolutions
Status: in_force

To the extent that the powers granted hereby may be expressly

denied to any legislative committee or committees by the rules or

resolutions of the house of the Legislature of which same is a

committee, or by joint resolution as to joint committees, Sections

2, 3, and 4 hereof shall not be applicable to said committees.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.9.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.9.1
Authority to require criminal record searches and
Status: in_force

fingerprints of agency employees and contractors.

The Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma Department of Human

Services and Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall be

authorized to require agency employees and the employees of agency

contractors in positions that have access to Federal Tax Information

and data to supply all information and documentation required in

order to be subjected to a criminal history search by the Oklahoma

State Bureau of Investigation, as well as be fingerprinted for

submission of the fingerprints through the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national

criminal history check. The submitting agency shall be the

recipient of the results of the record check. In accordance with

Section 150.9 of this title, this includes a national criminal

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1735.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1735.1
Education and training programs - Repayment
Status: in_force

Beginning November 1, 2013, the Oklahoma Department of Veterans

Affairs is authorized to establish education and training programs

for positions critical to the quality care of veterans residing

within Department institutions. The Department may contract with

accredited institutions necessary to provide this education and

training. Funds of the Department or its institutions may be used

to pay salaries or tuition and subsistence for employees in these

training programs, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this

section. Employees may be in work status while engaging in training

and education programs provided for in this section.

1. An employee of the Department, who has achieved a "meets" or

"exceeds" standards on his or her performance evaluation and meets

the standards as established in rules promulgated pursuant to this

act, shall be eligible for additional education and/or training

provided by the Department.

2. An employee of the Department who participates in the

education and training program outlined in this act shall execute a

promissory note for expenses payable to the Department whereby the

employee promises to repay the note by remaining in employment with

the Department. The duration of the loan repayment will correspond

with the program in which the employee participated as set forth in

rules promulgated for the implementation of this act.

a. The amount due pursuant to this act shall be reduced

at a rate of Thirteen Dollars ($13.00) per calendar

day beginning the first day after graduation from the

education or training program. If for any reason the

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employee leaves the employment of the Department, the

obligation will be considered due.

b. Violation of the provisions of the terms of the

promissory note for training expenses entered into

pursuant to this section shall give rise to a cause of

action and suit may be commenced by the Department for

and on behalf of the State of Oklahoma for restitution

of any and all sums plus interest at the statutory

rate, costs, and reasonable attorney fees. The

provisions of this section shall not apply to persons

who volunteer or are drafted into active military

service subsequent to receiving training at state

expense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1204 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1204
Renumbered as § 840-5.22 of this title by Laws 1998, c
Status: in_force

388, § 13, eff. July 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-30d — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-30d
Termination of Board
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy Board shall cease to

exist after July 1, 2000.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5165 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5165
Approved Partnership Procurement process - Contract terms
Status: in_force

and conditions.

A. The responsible governmental entity may prepare a request

for proposal, which may include proposal stipends, and the proposed

partnership contract, both of which shall be approved by the

responsible governmental entity. After the responsible governmental

entity's approval of the request for proposal and the partnership

contract, the public project shall be deemed an Approved Partnership

Procurement.

B. Partnership contracts may contain the terms and conditions

to carry out and effect the purposes of this act, including the

duration of the contract, rates or fees for the public project to be

provided or methods or procedures for the determination of such

rates or fees, standards for the public project to be provided,

responsibilities and standards for operation and maintenance of any

related public project, required financial assurances, financial and

other data reporting requirements, bases and procedures for

termination of the contract and retaking of possession or title to

the public project, and events of default and remedies upon default,

including mandamus, a suit in equity, an action at law, or any

combination of those remedial actions.

C. Partnership contracts may also include a requirement for the

delivery of performance and payment bonds required for all

construction activities, and letters of credit, surety bonds or

other security in connection with the development or operation of

the qualifying public project, in the forms and amounts satisfactory

to the responsible governmental entity.

D. After proposals are received, the responsible governmental

entity, using the criteria established in the request for proposal,

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shall evaluate the proposals submitted and may hold discussions with

proposers to further explore their proposals, the scope and nature

of the public project, and the various technical approaches they may

take regarding the public project.

E. The responsible governmental entity may reject any and all

submissions of qualifications or proposals and may terminate the

procurement process at any point.

F. The responsible governmental entity shall have the authority

to make commercially reasonable changes to the partnership contract.

Any such contract may contain the terms and conditions to carry out

and effect the purposes of this act.

G. Any submission not selected by the responsible governmental

entity shall be considered intellectual property that shall remain

the property of the proposer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-913.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-913.7
Transferred employees of George Nigh Rehabilitation
Status: in_force

Institute – Election to continue membership in Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System.

A. An employee transferred pursuant to the provisions of

Section 3 of this act may elect to remain as a member of the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and if the employee

elects to do so, shall file an election on a form prescribed for

that purpose with the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

not later than December 31, 1999, or the employee may elect to

become a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma and

if the employee elects to do so shall file an election on a form

prescribed for that purpose with the Teachers’ Retirement System of

Oklahoma not later than December 31, 1999.

B. If an employee files the election provided for in subsection

A of this section to continue membership in the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System, the employer to which the employee is

transferred shall pay the required employer contributions applicable

to the participating employers in the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System pursuant to Section 920 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes and the employee shall continue to pay employee

contributions as required by Section 919.1 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Until an employee files an election pursuant to subsection A

of this section, the employee shall continue to be a member of the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and the employer to

which the employee is transferred shall make required employer

contributions pursuant to Section 920 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

D. If an employee transferred pursuant to Section 3 of this act

elects a vested benefit to be paid from the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System, and if the employee has accumulated

sick leave, on June 30, 1999, equal to or in excess of one hundred

thirty (130) days then, notwithstanding the actual amount of

accumulated sick leave the employee has accrued on the date as of

which the vested benefit is elected, the provisions of Section 913

of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be applicable to the

computation of participating service credit based upon accumulated

sick leave for such employee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.22 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.22
Family and medical leave
Status: in_force

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

shall promulgate emergency and permanent leave rules as necessary to

implement the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and rules

thereto. Such leave rules shall permit an employee to select any

one or a combination of the following types of leave to account for

authorized absences covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of

1993: leave without pay; annual and sick leave accumulated by the

employee; and annual and sick leave donated by other state

employees; and compensatory time.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-62.3v2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-62.3v2
Duties of Director - Agency compliance - Availability of surplus property to political
Status: in_force

subdivisions, school districts, and nonprofit entities - Donation of property to law enforcementof surplus property to political subdivisions, school districts, and

nonprofit entities - Donation of property to law enforcement agency.

A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall promulgate rules for use by state agencies and the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services to dispose of surplus

property. The rules shall include standards for recordkeeping,

methods for removal or disposal of surplus property, and acquisition

by state agencies and authorized entities of surplus property, and

for Office management of surplus property programs.

B. A state agency selling, trading, redistributing or otherwise

disposing of surplus property shall comply with the rules

promulgated by the Director.

C. The Office shall make surplus property available to state

agencies and authorized entities, which shall include political

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subdivisions, school districts, and nonprofit entities of this

state.

D. The provisions of the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act shall

not apply to institutions of higher education in this state, the

Oklahoma Historical Society, the University Hospitals Authority or

University Hospitals Trust or the Northeast Oklahoma Public

Facilities Authority. The Grand River Dam Authority shall be exempt

from the provisions of the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act for any

surplus property disposed of prior to November 1, 2006. CompSource

Oklahoma shall be exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma Surplus

Property Act if CompSource Oklahoma is operating pursuant to a pilot

program authorized by Sections 3316 and 3317 of this title.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Oklahoma Surplus

Property Act, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation may,

pursuant to rules promulgated by the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation Commission for that purpose, donate any surplus

property, as defined in Section 62.2 of this title, to any law

enforcement agency of any political subdivision of the State of

Oklahoma. The use of such donated equipment shall be limited to

valid and authorized law enforcement efforts by the receiving

agency.

F. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Oklahoma Surplus

Property Act, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol may, pursuant to rules

promulgated by the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services, donate surplus Oklahoma Highway Patrol vehicles

driven over ninety thousand (90,000) miles to any law enforcement

agency of any political subdivision of the State of Oklahoma in a

county with a population of no more than one hundred thousand

(100,000) residents. The use of such donated vehicles shall be

limited to valid and authorized law enforcement efforts by the

receiving agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-291.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-291.1
Legislators - Per diem
Status: in_force

Members of the Legislature shall be allowed a per diem in lieu

of expenses in an amount authorized by the provisions of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for deductibility of

expenses for travel while away from home without additional

documentation for each night spent away from home in the performance

of their official duties within the state during regular and

extraordinary legislative sessions, not to exceed the number of

legislative days per week.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2230.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2230.1
Henry J. Heflin Pavilion
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 903

The pavilion located at the Victor Camping Area at Lake Wister

shall be named the "Henry J. Heflin Pavilion".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-8222 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-8222
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. “Authority” means the Greenwood Area Redevelopment

Authority; and

2. "Greenwood Area" means those portions of the City of Tulsa

sustaining significant damage during the period of civil unrest

occurring during the months of May and June 1921, and further

identified as follows:

That area of the City of Tulsa bordered on the west by the Tulsa

County-Osage County line, on the south by Archer Street, on the east

by Lewis Avenue, and on the north the boundary extended beyond Pine

Street to approximately 56th Street.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.5a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.5a
OSBI Director — Subpoena powers
Status: in_force

A. In any investigation relating to investigations performed by

the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) related to

Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC), child abuse or child

exploitation, violations of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act,

threats against public officials, suspicious deaths, or violent

crimes, the Director of the OSBI, if recommended and approved by an

agent with the rank of Captain or above and the General Counsel or

Assistant General Counsel of the Bureau, may subpoena witnesses,

compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and require the

production of any records, including books, papers, documents, and

other tangible things which constitute or contain evidence, which

the Director or agent finds relevant or material to the

investigation. The attendance of witnesses and the production of

records may be required from any place in the state to a designated

location in the county seat of the county of which the subpoenaed

person is an inhabitant or in which the subpoenaed person carries on

business or may be found. Witnesses summoned pursuant to this

section shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid

witnesses in the courts of this state.

B. The witness shall have the option of complying with the

subpoena by:

1. Appearing and/or producing documents, as requested; or

2. Notifying the Bureau, in writing, of refusal to appear or

produce documents within ten (10) days of the date of service.

The subpoena form shall clearly set forth the optional means of

compliance including instructions for sending written notice of

refusal.

C. A subpoena issued pursuant to this section may be served by

any person designated in the subpoena to serve it. Service upon a

natural person may be made by personal delivery of the subpoena to

him or her. Service may be made upon a domestic or foreign

corporation or upon a partnership or other unincorporated

association which is subject to suit under a common name, by

delivering the subpoena to an officer, to a managing or general

agent, or to any other agent authorized by appointment or by law to

receive service of process. The affidavit of the person serving the

subpoena entered on a true copy thereof by the person serving it

shall be proof of service.

D. In the case of contumacy by or refusal to obey a subpoena

issued to any person, the Director may invoke the aid of any

district court of the state within the jurisdiction of which the

investigation is carried on or of which the subpoenaed person is an

inhabitant, or in which he or she carries on business or may be

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found, to compel compliance with the subpoena. The court may issue

an order requiring the subpoenaed person to appear before the

Director to produce records, if so ordered, or to give testimony

touching the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey the

order of the court may be punished by the court as an indirect

contempt thereof. All process in any such case may be served in any

judicial district in which such person may be found.

E. The district court of the county wherein the subpoena is

served may quash a subpoena issued pursuant to this section, upon a

motion to quash the subpoena filed with the court by the party to

whom the subpoena is issued.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1332.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1332.2
Disability Insurance Program - Election to participate
Status: in_force

- Continued employee status during disability.

A. Beginning July 1, 1990, persons who are active employees of

the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission may elect to participate

in the Disability Insurance Program. Any election to participate

shall be received by the State and Education Employees Group

Insurance Board prior to January 1, 1991. Employees who do not

elect to participate in the disability program shall not thereafter

be eligible to participate in the State Disability Insurance Program

unless their present disability insurance coverage is canceled by

the insurer offering said coverage. In the event of such

cancellation, all participants in the agency offered disability plan

shall be immediately transferred to the state disability insurance

plan. Any person who does not qualify for the Commission disability

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 832

plan prior to their transfer to the State Plan shall participate in

the state disability insurance program.

B. Oklahoma Employment Security Commission employees who are or

become disabled pursuant to the provisions of the agency disability

plan shall retain their status as an employee so long as their

disability continues.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-1.18 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-1.18
Payment for services – Citizen actions – Employee
Status: in_force

actions.

A. Any state agency for which the Director provides payroll

services shall pay for such services at a rate established by the

Director, which shall be based upon the cost to the Director of

providing such services. Each agency shall remit payment for such

services quarterly from departmental or agency funds to the Director

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 512

who shall deposit such payments into the Human Capital Management

Revolving Fund created in Section 840-1.20 of this title.

B. No state disbursing or auditing officer shall make or

approve or take any part in making or approving any payment for

personal service to any person holding a position in state service,

brought under law unless the payroll voucher or account of such pay

bears the certification of the appointing authority or designee,

that the persons named therein have been appointed and employed in

accordance with the provisions of law and the rules promulgated

hereunder. The appointing authority or designee may for proper

cause withhold certification from an entire payroll or from any

specific item or items thereon.

Any citizen may maintain a suit to restrain a disbursing officer

from making any payment in contravention of any provision of law or

rules promulgated hereunder. Any sum paid contrary to any provision

of law or any rule promulgated hereunder may be recovered in an

action maintained by any citizen, from any officer who made,

approved or authorized such payment or who signed or countersigned a

voucher, payroll, check or warrant for such payment, or from the

sureties on the official bond of any such officer. All monies

recovered in any such action shall be paid into the State Treasury.

Any person appointed or employed in contravention of any

provision of law or any rules or orders promulgated hereunder, whose

employment is brought within the terms of law, who performs service

for which he or she is not paid, may maintain an action against the

officer or officers who purported to appoint or employ the person to

recover the agreed pay for such services, or the reasonable value

thereof if no pay was agreed upon. No officer shall be reimbursed

by the state at any time for any sum paid to such person on account

of such services.

If the appointing authority or designee wrongfully withholds

certification of the payroll voucher or account of any employee,

such employee may maintain an action or proceeding in the courts to

compel the appointing authority or designee to certify such payroll

voucher or account.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5062.8v1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5062.8v1
Powers of authority
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority is hereby granted,

has and may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry

out and effectuate its corporate purposes including, without

limiting the generality thereof, the following:

1. To adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations, policies

and procedures for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of

its business;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1119

2. To sue and be sued in its own name;

3. To have an official seal and power to alter that seal at

will;

4. To maintain an office at such place or places within this

state as it may designate;

5. To adopt, amend and repeal bylaws and rules and regulations,

not inconsistent with the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority

Act, to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the Authority

and the conduct of its business;

6. To make and execute contracts with any individual,

corporation, whether profit or nonprofit, association or any other

entity and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the

performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers and

functions under the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Act;

7. To employ underwriters, bond or other legal counsel,

financial advisors, consultants, a financial institution to serve as

trustee, paying agent or in any fiduciary capacity in connection

with any program, indenture or general resolution of the Authority,

or any other experts and to determine their qualifications, duties

and compensation subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Development Finance Authority Act for advice and oversight of the

State Bond Advisor; provided, however, after July 1, 1987, the

Authority shall not employ or contract with any person, partnership,

corporation, trust or other entity for underwriting services for

issuance of bonded indebtedness if that entity has served as

financial advisor to the Authority concerning the consideration of

that issuance.

When engaging the services of underwriters, bond or other legal

counsel, financial advisors, consultants, a financial institution to

serve as trustee, paying agent or in any fiduciary capacity in

connection with any program, indenture or general resolution of the

Authority, or any other experts, the board shall be governed by the

provisions of subsection C of Section 695.7 of Title 62 of the

Oklahoma Statutes except when engaging such services in connection

with a program whose purpose is to provide financing for a single,

private entity which has previously selected providers of any such

services prior to making application to the Authority; provided,

such financing for the program shall not be backed by the Credit

Enhancement Reserve Fund;

8. To procure insurance against any loss in connection with its

property and other assets in such amounts and from such insurers as

it deems desirable;

9. To borrow money and to issue bonds, whether or not the

interest thereon is to be includable in the gross income of the

recipients thereof for federal income tax purposes including,

without limitation, to provide on a pooled or consolidated basis

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financing for the purposes and projects herein provided and to

provide for the security and sources of payments therefor;

10. To receive and accept aid or contributions from any source

of money, property, labor or other things of value to be held, used

and applied to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Development

Finance Authority Act subject to the conditions upon which the

grants and contributions are made including, but not limited to,

gifts or grants from any department, agency or instrumentality of

the United States or of the state for any purpose consistent with

the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Act;

11. To obtain from any department or agency of the United

States of America or nongovernmental insurer any insurance or

guaranty, to the extent now or hereafter available, as to, or of, or

for, the payment or repayment of, interest or principal, or both, or

any part thereof, on any bonds issued by the Authority, or on any

municipal securities of political subdivisions purchased or held by

the Authority, pursuant to the Oklahoma Development Finance

Authority Act; and, notwithstanding any other provisions of the

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Act, to enter into any

agreement or contract whatsoever with respect to any such insurance

or guaranty, except to the extent that the same would in any way

impair or interfere with the ability of the Authority to perform and

fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the owners of the bonds

of the Authority;

12. To sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise

dispose of, all or any of its property or any interest therein,

wherever situated;

13. To provide financing assistance for the purposes and

projects herein provided;

14. To acquire, purchase, hold, store, advertise, market, sell,

trade, barter, exchange, distribute, transport, process, utilize and

contract in all manner with respect thereto and for commodities,

products and services, and real or personal property or any interest

therein and to contract for, issue and utilize letters of credit and

other credit facilities and incur indebtedness and to arrange, form,

make, guarantee, issue, remit, receive, receipt, process and collect

payments and equivalents, howsoever nominated, in connection with or

for purposes of any of the foregoing and for the purpose of

executing and fulfilling the purposes of the Authority;

15. To acquire, reacquire, construct, reconstruct, extend,

rent, lease, purchase, use, loan, borrow, install, equip, maintain,

operate, renovate, refurbish, enlarge, remodel, convey, sell, at

public or private sale, encumber, alleviate, transfer, exchange,

dispose of and/or resell, any property, real, personal or mixed,

improvements, buildings, equipment, chattels, furnishings, fixtures,

trade fixtures, and any and all other facilities and/or property of

whatever nature including any and all rights to or therein for use

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by corporations, individuals, cooperatives, partnerships,

associations or proprietary companies for any of or for the purpose

of executing and/or fulfilling the purposes of the Authority, and to

plan, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, extend,

maintain, equip, operate, lease, furnish, provide, supply, regulate,

hold, store and administer property, buildings, improvements and

facilities of every nature, which may be useful in pursuing,

promoting, executing and/or fulfilling the aforementioned purposes;

16. To the extent permitted under its contract with the owners

of bonds, to consent to any modification with respect to rate of

interest, time and payment of any installment of principal or

interest security or any other term of any contract, mortgage,

contract or agreement of any kind to which the Authority is a party;

17. To purchase its own bonds at such price or prices as the

Authority shall determine, subject to any agreement with the owners

of bonds;

18. To enter into financial documents with others for the

purpose of receiving revenues to pay the bonds authorized by the

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Act; to lease, sell or

otherwise dispose of any or all of its projects to others for such

revenues and upon such terms and conditions as the Authority may

deem advisable, and to grant options to renew any financing

agreement with respect to project and to grant options to buy any

project at such price or prices as the Authority deems desirable;

19. To lend money to the state or political subdivisions

through the purchase by the Authority of obligations of the state or

political subdivisions;

20. To collect fees and charges in connection with its loans,

commitments and servicing including, but not limited to,

reimbursement of costs of financing as the Authority shall determine

to be reasonable and as shall be approved by the Authority;

21. To provide services, technical assistance and advice to

this state and political subdivisions and to enter into contracts

with this state and political subdivisions to provide such services.

The state and its political subdivisions are hereby authorized to

enter into contracts with the Authority for such services and to pay

for such services as may be provided them;

22. To contract, cooperate or join with any one or more other

governments or public agencies, or with the state, any political

subdivisions of this state or the United States, to perform any

administrative service, activity or undertaking which any such

contracting party is authorized by law to perform including the

issuance of bonds;

23. To lend money or otherwise extend credit to any person and

exercise all powers of a lender or creditor;

24. To invest any funds available to the Authority, whether or

not from the proceeds of bonds, in such securities or pursuant to

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such agreements or other arrangements as the Authority shall

determine, subject to any agreements with bond owners or other

creditors of the Authority;

25. To purchase, trade or sell foreign or domestic currencies

or the right to acquire such currency in the future;

26. To exercise all other powers and functions necessary or

appropriate to carry out the duties and purposes set forth in the

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Act;

27. To provide loans made pursuant to notes, bonds, revenue

bonds or other appropriate forms of indebtedness to unregulated

utilities pursuant to the February 2021 Unregulated Utility Consumer

Protection Act; and

28. To issue ratepayer-backed bonds pursuant to the February

2021 Regulated Utility Consumer Protection Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.31 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.31
Renumbered as § 85.58V of this title by Laws 2020, c
Status: in_force

98, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3110 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3110
Utility bills exempt
Status: in_force

This act shall not apply to monthly billings submitted to the

state or any county or local subdivision of the state for public

utility companies, electric cooperatives or telephone companies,

whose services are regulated by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

nor to said utility companies, electric cooperatives or telephone

companies for billings pertaining to installations or changes in

service, where tariffs for such charges or billings by said

companies are on file with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5017.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5017.1
Enforcement of energy conservation programs - Abolition
Status: in_force

of Energy Conservation Services Division of Corporation Commission -

Classification of transferred employees.

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall have the authority to

establish, administer and enforce state and federal energy

conservation programs including, but not limited to, implementing

The Energy Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163), National Energy

Extension Service Act (P.L. 95-39, 42 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.)

and the National Conservation Policy Act (P.L. 95-619), except as

otherwise provided by law.

The Energy Conservation Services Division of the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission is hereby abolished. All personnel,

equipment, files, fixtures, funds, furniture, publications and

supplies, and all duties, functions, authority and contractual

obligations that relate to the Energy Conservation Services Division

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of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are hereby transferred to and

vested in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

Employees transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce

shall be classified and subject to the provisions of the Merit

System of Personnel Administration as provided for in the Oklahoma

Personnel Act. The salaries, grade and/or class of the employees

transferred shall be adjusted to be commensurate with comparable

positions in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

The full-time-equivalent employee positions funded through the

federal energy conservation programs outlined in this section shall

terminate upon the exhaustion of said federal funding.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.8
Payment for services by state agencies - Agreements -
Status: in_force

Deposits.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any state

agency, board, commission, city or town, common school, technology

center school, county, institution of higher education, public trust

or political subdivision of the state may enter into agreements with

the State Auditor and Inspector to perform audits, investigative or

consultant services and the entity shall pay the State Auditor and

Inspector for the services. Payments made by such entity shall be

deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Auditor

and Inspector Revolving Fund created by Section 227.9 of this title.

Expenses incurred in auditing such books and accounts, including

compensation of necessary personnel, including consultants, or

causing the books and accounts to be audited, shall be paid by the

entity in the same manner as now provided by law for other

disbursements.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9079 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9079
Application to Oklahoma Supreme Court for approval of
Status: in_force

ratepayer-backed bonds.

The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority shall file an

application with the Supreme Court of Oklahoma for the approval of

ratepayer-backed bonds issued under this act, and exclusive original

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jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court to hear and

determine each application. The Court shall give such an

application precedence over the other business of the Court and

consider and pass upon the application and any protests which may be

filed against such application as speedily as possible. Notice of

the hearing on each application shall be given by notice published

in a newspaper of general circulation in the state that on a day

named by the Authority will ask the Oklahoma Supreme Court to hear

its application and approve the bonds. The notice shall inform all

persons interested that they may file protests against the issuance

of the bonds and be present at the hearing and contest the legality

thereof. The notice shall be published one time, not less than ten

(10) days prior to the date named for the hearing, and the hearing

may be adjourned from time to time at the discretion of the Court.

If the Court shall be satisfied that the bonds or any portions

thereof have been properly authorized in accordance with this act

and the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, and that when issued

they will constitute valid obligations in accordance with their

terms, the Court shall render its written opinion approving the

ratepayer-backed bonds and shall fix the time within which a

petition for rehearing may be filed. The decision of the Court

shall be a judicial determination of the validity of the bonds,

shall be conclusive as to the Authority, the state, its officers,

agents and instrumentalities, and all other persons, and thereafter

the bonds so approved and the revenues pledged to their payment

shall be incontestable in any court in this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.7
Director - Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall

have the following powers, duties and responsibilities:

1. To appoint or dismiss a Deputy Director to assist in the

administration of the Bureau;

2. To supervise the maintaining of all reports and records of

the Bureau and to promulgate administrative rules concerning the

destruction and retention of such records. Such records shall not

be transferred to the custody or control of the Archives and Records

Commission or be subject to the provisions of Section 590 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Director may, pursuant to adopted

and promulgated administrative rule, order destruction of records

deemed to be no longer of value to the Bureau, excluding

criminalistic and investigative records which shall forever be kept

and maintained;

3. To report to the Commission at each regular meeting, or as

directed by the Commission, the current workload of the Bureau.

Such reports shall be submitted by category of the persons or

entities authorized to initiate investigations as provided for in

subsection A of Section 150.5 of this title, and any other category

the Commission may request which does not violate the

confidentiality restrictions imposed in Sections 150.1 through 152.9

of this title. Such reports shall contain the following

information:

a. what types of investigations are pending,

b. what new types of investigations have been opened,

c. what types of investigations have been closed, and

d. what criminal charges have been filed as a result of

Bureau investigations.

The reports shall not contain any information on the individual

subjects of the investigation or persons questioned in connection

with an investigation. These reports shall be open for public

inspection;

4. To designate positions, appoint employees and fix salaries

of the Bureau, other than the salaries established by subsection A

of Section 150.6a of this title, and to authorize the payment of

necessary certification expenses for the employees;

5. To authorize the purchase and issuance of uniforms for all

law enforcement officers, criminalists, and other personnel of the

Bureau as designated by the Director and to purchase and issue

necessary equipment for all employees of the Bureau. All uniforms

and equipment shall be used only in the performance of the official

duties of the officers, criminalists or other personnel and shall

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remain the property of the Bureau except as otherwise provided by

law;

6. To enter into local cooperative agreements with local law

enforcement agencies for the purpose of appointing affiliate task

force agents to assist the Bureau in the investigation of major

crimes under the jurisdiction of the Bureau. Affiliate task force

agents shall be employees and commissioned law enforcement officers

of the local law enforcement agency entering into agreement with the

Bureau and shall not be employees of the Bureau. Affiliate task

force agents shall have general peace officer powers and the

authority to arrest persons throughout the state while serving as an

affiliate task force agent. Affiliate task force agents serve

solely at the discretion and will of the Director. The Director may

renew, suspend, or revoke any agreement appointing an affiliate task

force agent at any time; and

7. To enter into interagency transfers with the Oklahoma

Highway Patrol, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

and the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverages Laws Enforcement Commission as

provided for in Section 1 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-915v2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-915v2
Amount of retirement benefit
Status: in_force

A. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and as

provided for elected officials in Section 913.4 of this title, any

member who shall retire on or after the member's normal retirement

date shall be entitled to receive an annual retirement benefit equal

to two percent (2%) of the member's final average compensation as

determined pursuant to paragraph (18) of Section 902 of this title,

multiplied by the number of years of credited service that has been

credited to the member in accordance with the provisions of Section

913 of this title other than years credited pursuant to paragraph

(2) of this subsection.

(2) Effective January 1, 2004, except as otherwise provided for

elected officials in Section 913.4 of this title and except for

those members making contributions pursuant to paragraphs (c), (d),

(e) and (f) of subsection (1) of Section 919.1 of this title, any

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member who shall retire shall be entitled to receive an annual

retirement benefit equal to two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the

member's final average compensation as determined pursuant to

paragraph (18) of Section 902 of this title, multiplied by the

number of full years of participating service after January 1, 2004,

that have been credited to the member in accordance with the

provisions of Section 913 of this title and only for those full

years of participating service for which contributions have been

made pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of Section 919.1 of

this title. The two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) multiplier shall

not apply to purchased service, purchased or granted military

service or transferred service. In order to receive the two and

one-half percent (2 1/2%) multiplier in computing retirement

benefits, an active member shall make an irrevocable written

election to pay the contributions pursuant to paragraph (g) of

subsection (1) of Section 919.1 of this title. The two and one-half

percent (2 1/2%) multiplier pursuant to this paragraph shall not

apply to additional years of service credit attributed to sick leave

pursuant to paragraph 7 of subsection B of Section 913 of this title

and fractional years pursuant to subsection C of Section 913 of this

title and shall be attributable only to the participating service

credited after the election of the member.

(3) The minimum final average compensation for any person who

becomes a member of the System on or after July 1, 1995:

a. and who had twenty (20) or more years of credited

service within the System as of the member's

retirement date shall be no less than Thirteen

Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($13,800.00) per annum,

b. and who had at least fifteen (15) but not more than

nineteen (19) years of credited service within the

System as of the member's retirement date shall be no

less than Six Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars

($6,900.00) per annum,

c. and who had less than fifteen (15) years of credited

service within the System as of the member's

retirement date shall not be eligible for any minimum

amount of final average compensation and the member's

final average compensation shall be the final average

compensation as defined by paragraph (18) of Section

902 of this title.

(4) Provided, further, any member who has elected a vested

benefit pursuant to Section 917 of this title shall be entitled to

receive benefits as outlined in this section except the percent

factor and the member's maximum compensation level in effect the

date the member's employment was terminated with a participating

employer shall be applicable.

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(5) Any member who is a correctional officer or a probation and

parole officer employed by the Department of Corrections at the time

of retirement and who retires on or before June 30, 2000, shall be

entitled to receive an annual retirement benefit equal to two and

one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the final average compensation of the

member not to exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) and

two percent (2%) of the final average salary in excess of Twenty-

five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) but not exceeding the maximum

compensation level as provided in paragraph (9) of Section 902 of

this title, multiplied by the number of years of service as a

correctional officer or a probation and parole officer; provided,

any years accrued prior to July 1, 1990, as a correctional officer

or a probation and parole officer by a member who is employed as a

correctional officer or a probation and parole officer on July 1,

1990, shall be calculated for retirement purposes at two and one-

quarter percent (2 1/4%) of the final average compensation of the

member not to exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) and

two percent (2%) of the final average salary in excess of Twenty-

five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) but not exceeding the maximum

compensation level as provided in paragraph (9) of Section 902 of

this title, multiplied by the number of years of such service and

any years in excess of twenty (20) years as such an officer or years

credited to the member in accordance with the provisions of Section

913 of this title shall be calculated for retirement purposes at two

percent (2%) of the final average compensation of the member

multiplied by the number of years of such service. Any person who

contributes to the System as a correctional officer or a probation

and parole officer as provided in paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection

(1) of Section 919.1 of this title, on or before June 30, 2000, but

who does not make such contributions after June 30, 2000, and who

does not qualify for normal retirement under subparagraph (c) of

paragraph (24) of Section 902 of this title shall have retirement

benefits for each year of full-time-equivalent participating service

as a correctional or a probation and parole officer after July 1,

1990, computed on two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the final

average compensation based upon those years as a correctional

officer or a probation and parole officer. Provided, further, any

fugitive apprehension agent shall be entitled to receive benefits as

outlined in this act for service as a fugitive apprehension agent

prior to July 1, 2002, only upon payment to the System of the

employee contributions which would have been paid if such fugitive

apprehension agent had been covered by this section prior to the

effective date of this act, plus interest of not to exceed ten

percent (10%) as determined by the Board. The Department of

Corrections may make the employee contribution and interest payment

on behalf of such member.

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(6) Any member who is a correctional officer, a probation and

parole officer or a fugitive apprehension agent employed by the

Department of Corrections at the time of retirement and who retires

on or after July 1, 2002, shall be entitled to receive an annual

retirement benefit equal to two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the

final average compensation of the member, but not exceeding the

maximum compensation level as provided in paragraph (18) of Section

902 of this title, multiplied by the number of years of service as a

correctional officer, a probation and parole officer or a fugitive

apprehension agent, and any years in excess of twenty (20) years as

such an officer or agent, or years credited to the member in

accordance with the provisions of Section 913 of this title, shall

be calculated for retirement purposes at two percent (2%) of the

final average compensation of the member multiplied by the number of

years of such service. For purposes of this paragraph, "final

average compensation" shall be determined by computing the average

annual salary, in the manner prescribed by paragraph (18) of Section

902 of this title, for the highest three (3) years of the last ten

(10) years of participating service immediately preceding retirement

or termination of employment for all years of service performed by

such member, both for years of service performed as a correctional

officer, probation and parole officer or fugitive apprehension

agent, not in excess of twenty (20) years, and for years of service

performed in excess of twenty (20) years, whether as a correctional

officer, probation and parole officer, fugitive apprehension agent

or other position unless the computation of benefits would result in

a lower retirement benefit amount than if final average compensation

were to be computed as otherwise provided by this paragraph. "Final

average compensation" shall be determined by computing the average

annual salary for the highest five (5) of the last ten (10) years of

participating service immediately preceding retirement or

termination of employment, with respect to members whose first

participating service occurs on or after July 1, 2013.

(7) Any member who is a correctional officer, a probation and

parole officer or a fugitive apprehension agent who has at least

five (5) years of service as a correctional officer, a probation and

parole officer or a fugitive apprehension agent who is in such

position on June 30, 2004, or who is hired after June 30, 2004, in

such position, and who receives a promotion or change in job

classification after June 30, 2004, to another position in the

Department of Corrections, and who is employed by the Department of

Corrections at the time of retirement and who retires on or after

July 1, 2004, shall be entitled to receive an annual retirement

benefit equal to two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the final

average compensation of the member, but not exceeding the maximum

compensation level as provided in paragraph (18) of Section 902 of

this title, multiplied by the number of years of service with the

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Department of Corrections and any years in excess of twenty (20)

years with the Department or years credited to the member in

accordance with the provisions of Section 913 of this title, shall

be calculated for retirement purposes at two percent (2%) of the

final average compensation of the member multiplied by the number of

years of such service. For purposes of this paragraph, "final

average compensation" shall be determined by computing the average

annual salary, in the manner prescribed by paragraph (18) of Section

902 of this title, for the highest three (3) years of the last ten

(10) years of participating service immediately preceding retirement

or termination of employment for all years of service performed by

such member with the Department. "Final average compensation" shall

be determined by computing the average annual salary for the highest

five (5) of the last ten (10) years of participating service

immediately preceding retirement or termination of employment, with

respect to members whose first participating service occurs on or

after July 1, 2013.

(8) Any person who contributed to the System as a correctional

officer, a probation and parole officer or a fugitive apprehension

agent as provided in paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) of

Section 919.1 of this title, and who retires under normal retirement

or early retirement on or after January 1, 2004, under paragraph

(24) of Section 902 of this title, and any public safety officer

described by paragraph (37) of Section 902 of this title hired on or

after the effective date of this act by the Grand River Dam

Authority and who retires on or after the effective date of this

act, shall have retirement benefits for each year of full-time-

equivalent participating service as a correctional officer, a

probation and parole officer or a fugitive apprehension agent, or

Grand River Dam public safety officer computed on two and one-half

percent (2 1/2%) of the final average compensation based upon those

years as a correctional officer, a probation and parole officer, a

fugitive apprehension agent or a Grand River Dam public safety

officer. For purposes of this paragraph, "final average

compensation" shall be determined by computing the average annual

salary, in the manner prescribed by paragraph (18) of Section 902 of

this title, for the highest three (3) years of the last ten (10)

years of participating service immediately preceding retirement or

termination of employment for all years of service performed by such

member, both for years of service performed as a correctional

officer, probation and parole officer or fugitive apprehension

agent, or years of service performed as a Grand River Dam public

safety officer, not in excess of twenty (20) years, and for years of

service performed in excess of twenty (20) years, whether as a

correctional officer, probation and parole officer, fugitive

apprehension agent, Grand River Dam public safety officer, or other

position unless the computation of benefits would result in a lower

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retirement benefit amount than if final average compensation were to

be computed as otherwise provided by this paragraph. "Final average

compensation" shall be determined by computing the average annual

salary for the highest five (5) of the last ten (10) years of

participating service immediately preceding retirement or

termination of employment, with respect to members whose first

participating service occurs on or after July 1, 2013, or with

respect to Grand River Dam public safety officers whose first

participating service occurs on or after the effective date of this

act.

(9) Any member who is:

a. initially on or after July 1, 2002, employed as a

firefighter for the Oklahoma Military Department and

who retires on or after the member's normal retirement

date shall be entitled to receive an annual retirement

benefit equal to two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of

the final average compensation of the member

multiplied by the number of years of service in such

service,

b. (1) a firefighter who performs firefighting services

for the Oklahoma Military Department prior to

July 1, 2002, and who makes an election in

writing on a form prescribed for this purpose by

the System not later than December 31, 2002,

shall be entitled to receive a retirement benefit

based upon two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of

the final average compensation of the member

multiplied by the number of years of service as a

firefighter with the Oklahoma Military Department

on or after July 1, 2002. The election

authorized by this subdivision shall be

irrevocable once the election is filed with the

System,

(2) a firefighter who performs firefighting services

for the Oklahoma Military Department prior to

July 1, 2002, and who makes the election in

division (1) of this subparagraph may also make

an election in writing on a form prescribed for

this purpose by the System not later than

December 31, 2002, to receive a retirement

benefit based upon two and one-half percent (2

1/2%) of the final average compensation of the

member multiplied by the number of years of

service as a firefighter with the Oklahoma

Military Department prior to July 1, 2002. The

election authorized by this subdivision shall be

irrevocable once the election is filed with the

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System. Retirement benefits shall be calculated

based upon the two and one-half percent (2 1/2%)

multiplier upon payment being made pursuant to

Section 913.5 of this title.

(10) Any person who contributes to the System as a deputy

sheriff or county jailer as provided in paragraph (f) of subsection

(1) of Section 919.1 of this title, and who was:

a. employed by a participating employer in the System

for the first time as a deputy sheriff or jailer on

or after November 1, 2020, and who retires under

normal retirement or early retirement under division

(v) of subparagraph (d) of paragraph (24) of Section

902 of this title, shall have retirement benefits for

each year of full-time-equivalent participating

service as a deputy sheriff or county jailer computed

on two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the final

average compensation based upon those years as a

deputy sheriff or county jailer, and any years in

excess of twenty (20) years as a deputy sheriff or

county jailer, or years credited to the member in

accordance with the provisions of Section 913 of this

title, shall be calculated for retirement purposes at

two percent (2%) of the final average compensation of

the member multiplied by the number of years of such

service, or

b. (1) employed by a participating employer in the

System for the first time as a deputy sheriff or

county jailer before November 1, 2020, and who

retires under the normal retirement or early

retirement under division (vi) of subparagraph

(d) of paragraph (24) of Section 902 of this

title, shall be entitled to receive a retirement

benefit based on two and one-half percent (2

1/2%) of the final average compensation of the

member multiplied based on the number of years of

service as a deputy sheriff or county jailer with

any county participating in the System on or

after November 1, 2024,

(2) employed by a participating employer in the

System for the first time as a deputy sheriff or

county jailer before November 1, 2020, and who

retires under the normal retirement or early

retirement under division (vi) of subparagraph

(d) of paragraph (24) of Section 902 of this

title, and who makes an election in writing not

later than July 1, 2026, on a form prescribed for

this purpose by the System, shall be entitled to

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a retirement benefit based upon two and one-half

percent (2 1/2%) of the final average

compensation of the member multiplied by the

number of years of service prior to November 1,

2024, as a deputy sheriff or county jailer

employed by any county that is a participating

employer in the System. The election authorized

by this subparagraph shall be irrevocable once

the election is filed with the System.

Retirement benefits shall be calculated based

upon the two and one-half percent (2 1/2%)

multiplier upon payment being made pursuant to

Section 913.5 of this title. Any person

otherwise qualifying under this subparagraph, but

who is not employed as a deputy sheriff or county

jailer on November 1, 2024, and who is reemployed

as a deputy sheriff or county jailer with a

county that is a participating employer in the

System after November 1, 2024, shall have six (6)

months from the initial date of reemployment to

make the election authorized in this

subparagraph. The actuarial purchase of any

service credit accrued prior to November 1, 2024,

as a deputy sheriff or county jailer employed by

a county that is a participating employer in the

System as set forth in this subparagraph shall

cancel such corresponding service and shall not

be used to compute the retirement benefit under

any other provision except as provided in this

subparagraph. In no event shall the service

purchased under this subparagraph cause the

member to receive a retirement benefit for the

same service in any other plan. Any purchased

service under this subparagraph shall comply with

the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue

Code and rules adopted by the Board of Trustees.

c. For purposes of paragraph (10), "final average

compensation" shall be determined by computing the

average annual salary, in the manner prescribed by

paragraph (18) of Section 902 of this title, both for

years of service performed as a deputy sheriff or

county jailer not in excess of twenty (20) years, and

for years of service performed in excess of twenty

(20) years, whether as a deputy sheriff or county

jailer.

(11) Upon death of a retiree, there shall be paid to his or her

beneficiary an amount equal to the excess, if any, of his or her

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accumulated contributions over the sum of all retirement benefit

payments made.

(12) Such annual retirement benefits shall be paid in equal

monthly installments, except that the Board may provide for the

payment of retirement benefits which total less than Two Hundred

Forty Dollars ($240.00) a year on other than a monthly basis.

(13) Pursuant to the rules established by the Board, a retiree

receiving monthly benefits from the System may authorize warrant

deductions for any products currently offered to active state

employees through the Employees Benefits Council, provided that

product is offered to state retirees as a group and has a minimum

participation of five hundred state retirees. The System has no

responsibility for the marketing, enrolling or administration of

such products, but shall retain a processing fee of two percent (2%)

of the gross deductions for the products. Retirement benefit

deductions shall be made for membership dues for any statewide

association for which payroll deductions are authorized pursuant to

subsection B of Section 34.70 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes

for retired members of any state-supported retirement system, upon

proper authorization given by the member to the board from which the

member or beneficiary is currently receiving retirement benefits.

B. A member shall be considered disabled if such member

qualifies for the payment of Social Security disability benefits, or

the payment of benefits pursuant to the Railroad Retirement Act of

1974, Section 231 et seq. of Title 45 of the United States Code, and

shall be eligible for benefits hereunder upon proof of such

disability, provided such member is an active regularly scheduled

employee with a participating employer at the time of injury or

inception of illness or disease resulting in subsequent

certification of eligibility for Social Security disability benefits

by reason of such injury, illness or disease, providing such

disability is certified by the Social Security Administration within

one (1) year after the last date physically on the job and after

completion of at least eight (8) years of participating service or

combined prior and participating service or resulting in subsequent

certification of eligibility of disability by the Railroad

Retirement Board providing such certification is made by the

Railroad Retirement Board within one (1) year after the last date

physically on the job and after completion of at least eight (8)

years of participating service or combined prior and participating

service. The member shall submit to the Retirement System the

Social Security Award Notice or the Railroad Retirement Award Notice

certifying the date of entitlement for disability benefits, as

issued by the Social Security Administration, Department of Health

and Human Services or the Railroad Retirement Board. Disability

benefits shall become effective on the date of entitlement as

established by the Social Security Administration or the Railroad

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Retirement Board, but not before the first day of the month

following removal from the payroll, whichever is later, and final

approval by the Retirement System. Benefits shall be based upon

length of service and compensation as of the date of disability,

without actuarial reduction because of commencement prior to the

normal retirement date. The only optional form of benefit payment

available for disability benefits is Option A as provided for in

Section 918 of this title. Option A must be elected in accordance

with the provisions of Section 918 of this title. Benefit payments

shall cease upon the member's recovery from disability prior to the

normal retirement date. Future benefits, if any, shall be paid

based upon length of service and compensation as of the date of

disability. In the event that disability ceases and the member

returns to employment within the System credited service to the date

of disability shall be restored, and future benefits shall be

determined accordingly.

C. A member who incurred a disability pursuant to subsection B

of this section on or after July 1, 1999, and who has retired from

the System with an early retirement benefit pending certification

from the Social Security Administration or the Railroad Retirement

Board shall receive a retirement benefit not less than the

disability retirement benefit provided by subsection B of this

section once the System receives a Social Security Award Notice or a

Railroad Retirement Award Notice pursuant to subsection B of this

section and a completed Application for Disability Benefits. In

addition, such member shall receive the difference, if any, between

the early retirement benefit and the disability benefit from the

date the Social Security Administration or the Railroad Retirement

Board establishes disability entitlement.

D. Any actively participating member of the System on or after

July 1, 1998, except for those employees provided in subparagraph

(e) of paragraph (14) of Section 902 of this title, whose employment

is less than full-time, shall have his or her final average

compensation calculated on an annualized basis using his or her

hourly wage subject to the maximum compensation limits; provided,

however, any such member whose first participating service occurred

before July 1, 2013, and who has at least three (3) years of full-

time employment during the last ten (10) years immediately preceding

termination or retirement shall not be eligible for the

annualization provisions contained herein; and provided further, any

such member whose first participating service occurred on or after

July 1, 2013, and who has at least five (5) years of full-time

employment during the last ten (10) years immediately preceding

termination or retirement shall not be eligible for the

annualization provisions contained herein. The Board of Trustees

shall promulgate such administrative rules as are necessary to

implement the provisions of this subsection.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3004 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3004
Procurement schedule
Status: in_force

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central

Purchasing Division shall designate and distribute by regulation a

schedule, hereinafter referred to as the procurement schedule, of

the products directly manufactured, produced, processed or assembled

or services directly performed, offered or provided by any person

with significant disabilities or qualified nonprofit agency for the

employment of people with significant disabilities, as defined in

Section 3003 of this title, which the State Purchasing Director

determines are suitable for procurement by the state. The products

and services on contract will be published on the procurement

schedule and will be designated as mandatory. The Office of

Management and Enterprise Services Central Purchasing Division shall

have the authority to qualify organizations for inclusion in the

State Use Program, monitor qualified organizations for continued

compliance to remain active in the program, and remove organizations

from the program. Central Purchasing shall have the authority to

award and manage contracts to the qualified organizations as well as

to renegotiate or cancel contracts when appropriate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2283 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2283
Prohibitions and restrictions - Penalties
Status: in_force

A. No hunting of wild game or the shooting of firearms shall be

permitted along the trail, with the exception of those portions of

the trail which traverse public hunting areas. Such portions of the

trail shall be closed to trail use, as listed in the Oklahoma Trails

System Act, during hunting season.

B. All horseback riding and motorcycling activities shall be

restricted to their designated special-use trails. Foot travel on

special-use trails shall be permitted; however, the special-use

activities shall have the right-of-way on the trails.

C. Each person is guilty of a misdemeanor, who shall:

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1. Willfully mutilate, deface or destroy any guidepost, notice,

tablet or other work for the protection or ornamentation of any

state trail;

2. Place along any trail or affix to any object in the right-

of-way, without a written license from the Commission, any word,

character or device designed to advertise any business, trade,

profession, article, thing, matter or event; or

3. Willfully cause any damage to lands within or adjacent to

the state trails system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5208 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5208
Renumbered as § 517 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

24, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5058.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5058.4
Business License Information Office
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established within the Oklahoma Department

of Commerce the Business License Information Office. The Office

shall be under the direction and supervision of a full-time state

employee as appointed by the Director of the Department. Additional

staff sufficient to perform the duties of the Office shall be

provided under the direction of the Director.

B. The Office shall be a clearinghouse for state business

license information and shall perform the following duties:

1. Establish a license information service detailing

requirements for establishing and engaging in business in this

state, including state licensing and regulatory requirements, and,

to the extent feasible, local and federal requirements;

2. Provide the most recent forms and information sheets for all

state business licenses;

3. Prepare, publish, and distribute a complete directory of all

state licenses required to do business in this state;

4. Make recommendations to agencies and the Legislature for

eliminating, consolidating, simplifying, or expediting licenses, or

otherwise improving licensing procedures affecting business

undertakings; and

5. Promulgate and adopt rules and forms necessary to carry out

the purposes of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5219 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5219
Renumbered as § 529 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

36, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2301 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2301
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department - Water
Status: in_force

Quality Disclosure Duties.

A. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department shall develop

and maintain a website and provide written information for the

public available on location that allows the public to check the

water quality, as it adversely affects human and mammalian animal

health, of recreational bodies of water in this state which are

managed by state or federal agencies or entities. The website and

written information shall be made available to the public on or

before December 31, 2012, and shall provide internet links and other

points of contacts for relevant state agencies.

B. Any state or municipal agency with authority to manage a

recreational lake or reservoir in this state shall post signs at

major access points for the body of water stating that information

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on water quality is available on the website or in the written

information specified in subsection A of this section. The Oklahoma

Tourism and Recreation Department shall develop and provide the

language for the signs required by this subsection.

C. The State Department of Health shall provide to physicians,

hospital personnel, and local health departments educational

material and information on the effects and symptoms of exposure to

blue-green algae.

D. 1. Any state or municipal agency with authority to manage a

recreational lake or reservoir in this state, to regulate water

quality or regulate public health shall:

a. issue advisories for blue-green algae for recreational

lakes or reservoirs only when both the blue-green

algae cell count and toxicity testing results exceed

the World Health Organization guidelines for moderate

probability of adverse health effects of one hundred

thousand (100,000) cells per milliliter for cell count

and twenty (20) micrograms per liter for microcystin

toxin levels. The blue-green algae testing shall be

conducted at predetermined locations which are

published along with the testing results, and

b. lift advisories for blue-green algae for recreational

lakes or reservoirs if the blue-green algae cell count

and toxicity testing results are below guidelines as

set forth in subparagraph a of this paragraph for two

consecutive tests taken at weekly intervals within

thirty (30) calendar days of each other.

2. The blue-green algae cell count and toxicity testing results

as described in this subsection may be provided by a public or

private entity.

E. Any state or municipal agency with authority to manage a

recreational body of water in this state, to regulate water quality

or regulate public health and which may issue blue-green algae lake

advisories shall recognize publicly and privately funded research if

the research is scientifically verifiable and it will ensure that

the public is more informed about water quality and safety. The

Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department may publish the findings

of the research on the website or in written information specified

in subsection A of this section.

F. For purposes of this section:

1. "State or municipal agency" means any agency, board,

commission, department, authority, office, subdivision or

instrumentality of the state or a municipality located in the state;

and

2. "Recreational lake or reservoir" means a lake or reservoir

on which the public is allowed to fish, boat or swim.

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G. Nothing in this section shall be construed to amend, modify,

or repeal any state or federal requirements related to water

testing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2201 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2201
Creation of Commission and Department
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation

Commission, hereinafter referred to as the "Commission," and the

Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, hereinafter referred to

as the "Department”. Whenever, in the Oklahoma State Statutes

reference is made to the Governor's Economic Development Commission,

the State Department of Commerce and Industry, the Oklahoma Planning

and Resources Board, the Oklahoma Industrial Development and Park

Commission or the Oklahoma Industrial Development and Park

Department, it shall mean hereafter the Oklahoma Tourism and

Recreation Commission created by this act, or the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce, as the context may require.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.22A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.22A
Agreement or collusion on bids — Penalties
Status: in_force

Any agreement or collusion among bidders or prospective bidders

in restraint of freedom of competition by agreement to bid at a

fixed price or to refrain from bidding for any purpose or by any

manner prohibited in Section 2 of this act shall render the bids of

such bidders void. Any agreement or collusion among state officers

or employees and bidders or prospective bidders intended to create a

sole-source acquisition in contradiction to Section 85.44D.1 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes or to give a bidder or prospective

bidder a competitive advantage, for any purpose or by any manner

prohibited in Section 2 of this act, whether or not in exchange for

anything of value, shall render the bids of such bidders void.

Persons willfully violating this section shall, upon conviction, be

guilty of a felony. Any person convicted of violating any provision

of this section shall be prohibited from holding any public office

in this state and shall be prohibited from entering into any state

contract.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.6a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.6a
Salaries
Status: in_force

Subject to the availability of funds, the annual salaries for

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation employees shall be in

accordance and conformity with the findings of state or agency

salary, compensation and remuneration studies or surveys approved by

the Human Capital Management Division of the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a

reduction in pay or salary due to involuntary leave without pay as

authorized in Section 840-2.27C of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.15 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.15
Renumbered as Section 28 of Title 1 of the Oklahoma
Status: in_force

Statutes by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.45d — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.45d
Inability to award contract under preference program
Status: in_force

In the event that the State Purchasing Director is unable to

award a contract pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of this

act, the award may be placed pursuant to the normal competitive bid

and award provisions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2121 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2121
International trade processing - Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. “International trade processing authority” means a public

trust heretofore created pursuant to Section 176 of Title 60 of the

Oklahoma Statutes with powers to construct, acquire, equip and

operate an international trade processing center;

2. “International trade processing center” means a facility

constructed and operated for the purpose of facilitating the export

of goods or services produced in the United States and the import of

goods or services to the United States that are produced in other

countries;

3. “Other governmental entities” means the State of Oklahoma,

its agencies and political subdivisions, public trusts other than an

international trade processing authority, other states and their

agencies and political subdivisions, and the federal government and

agencies thereof; and

4. “Project” or “projects” means any facility constructed or

improvements made under the provisions of this act by an

international trade processing authority for the purpose of

acquiring, constructing, equipping and operating an international

trade processing center, including rail, water, air, highway

intermodal facilities, and commercial support facilities, and shall

include all buildings, structures, landscaping, infrastructure,

utilities, roadways, railways, parking structures, parking lots,

sidewalks, personal property and fixtures, equipment and machinery,

and other improvements which an international trade processing

authority may deem necessary for the operation of such project,

together with all property, rights, easements and interests which

may be acquired by an international trade processing authority for

the construction or operation of such.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5002 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5002
Transfer of certain programs and divisions of Department
Status: in_force

of Economic and Community Affairs - Transfer of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention Program.

A. Except as provided for in subsection B of this section, all

programs and divisions of the Department of Economic and Community

Affairs not specifically transferred pursuant to the provisions of

this act shall be transferred to the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce.

B. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program

shall be transferred to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and

Youth.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-918.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-918.1
Distribution of benefits
Status: in_force

A. All benefits paid from the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System shall be distributed in accordance with the

requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of the federal Internal Revenue

Code and the regulations under that section. In order to meet these

requirements, the System shall be administered in accordance with

the following provisions:

1. Distributions of a member's benefit must begin no later than

the date required by Section 401 of the federal Internal Revenue

Code;

2. The life expectancy of a member or a member's spouse may not

be recalculated after the benefits commence;

3. If a member dies before the distribution of the member's

benefits has begun, distributions to beneficiaries must begin no

later than December 31 of the calendar year immediately following

the calendar year in which the member died; and

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4. The amount of benefits payable to a member's joint annuitant

or beneficiary may not exceed the maximum determined under the

incidental death benefit requirement of the federal Internal Revenue

Code.

B. Distributions from the System may be made only upon

retirement, separation from service, disability or death.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-19.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-19.4
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services Revolving
Status: in_force

Fund.

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

fund for the Office of the Attorney General to be designated the

“Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services Revolving Fund”. The

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

limitations, and shall consist of all appropriations, grants, gifts,

and apportionments designated for deposit in the fund. All monies

accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may

be budgeted and expended by the Office of the Attorney General for

the purposes of:

1. Providing statewide access to and a stable system of

delivery of services to victims of domestic violence and sexual

assault;

2. Promoting a coordinated community approach to serving

victims of domestic violence and sexual assault that includes

partnerships with law enforcement, courts, hospitals, local

departments of social services, and other related support agencies;

and

3. Providing access to equitable, appropriate, and accessible

services through dedicated support of underserved population

programs. For the purposes of this section, “underserved

populations” shall have the same meaning as set forth in 34 U.S.C.,

Section 12291.

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B. To receive funds from the Domestic Violence and Sexual

Assault Services Revolving Fund, an entity providing domestic

violence and sexual assault victim services shall:

1. Have full certification as a domestic violence and sexual

assault victim service agency by the Office of the Attorney General,

as provided for in Section 18p-3 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

2. Be a nonprofit entity exempt from taxation pursuant to

Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.,

501(c)(3), for the preceding three (3) years;

3. Have an annual audit performed by a qualified and

independent auditor; and

4. Have received no administrative sanctions pursuant to state

law or the Oklahoma Administrative Code.

C. Subject to the availability of funds, the following amounts

shall be granted each fiscal year:

1. The first five percent (5%) of deposits to the Domestic

Violence and Sexual Assault Services Revolving Fund to entities

qualified to receive funds pursuant to subsection B of this section

for at least one (1) year that serve underserved populations;

2. Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) to each entity

qualified to receive funds pursuant to subsection B of this section,

certified pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection B of this section

for at least one (1) year, and operating a shelter program; and

3. One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) to each

entity qualified to receive funds pursuant to subsection B of this

section, certified pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection B of this

section for at least one (1) year, and operating a crisis

intervention center.

If the total grants made pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this

subsection exceed the remaining balance of the fund in any fiscal

year, after grants are disbursed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this

subsection, each grant shall be proportionally reduced. Entities

that receive grants pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection shall

not receive grants pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this subsection

and subsections E and F of this section.

D. Within the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services

Revolving Fund there shall be established two separate accounts.

There shall be deposited into one account the sum of thirty percent

(30%) of the amount of the remaining balance of the Domestic

Violence and Sexual Assault Services Revolving Fund after

expenditures are made pursuant to subsection C of this section, and

the remainder shall be deposited into the other account.

E. The funds in the account that receive thirty percent (30%)

of the remaining balance pursuant to subsection D of this section

shall be granted to entities qualified to receive funds pursuant to

subsection B of this section and certified pursuant to paragraph 1

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of subsection B of this section for at least five (5) years in

counties whose population exceeds six hundred thousand (600,000)

according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, in amounts needed

as determined by the Office of the Attorney General. Entities

certified pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection B of this section

prior to the effective date of this act shall receive priority

consideration for grants provided pursuant to this subsection by the

Office of the Attorney General.

F. The funds in the account that receives the remainder of the

remaining balance pursuant to subsection D of this section shall be

granted to entities qualified to receive funds pursuant to

subsection B of this section and certified pursuant to paragraph 1

of subsection B of this section for at least five (5) years in

counties whose population is less than six hundred thousand

(600,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census by a

weighted ratio to be calculated as follows:

1. The summation of the following ratios for each county:

a. the ratio that the county in square miles bears to the

total area of all counties that contain entities that

qualify to receive grants pursuant to this subsection,

multiplied by three-tenths (0.3), and

b. the ratio that the population of the county bears to

the total population of all the counties that contain

entities that qualify to receive grants pursuant to

this subsection, multiplied by seven-tenths (0.7); and

2. If two or more entities that qualify to receive grants

pursuant to this subsection are located within a county, the amount

to be granted within that county shall be split equally between the

entities.

G. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, funds

granted but not expended by entities that qualify to receive funds

pursuant to this section shall be returned to the Domestic Violence

and Sexual Assault Services Revolving Fund and allocated equally to

qualifying entities with remaining services not paid for by grants

issued pursuant to this section, but in no event shall the

allocation exceed the amount of unpaid services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9.28 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9.28
Transfer of powers and duties, etc. of Governor's
Status: in_force

Advisory Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.

All the powers, duties, functions, records, employees, property,

matters pending and funds of the Governor's Advisory Committee on

Employment of People with Disabilities are hereby transferred to the

Office of Disability Concerns.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18p-2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-18p-2
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advisory Council
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2013,

in accordance with provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advisory Council. The Council

shall be a nine-member committee appointed by the Attorney General.

B. Four of the members shall be selected from a list of eight

nominees provided by the Oklahoma Coalition on Domestic Violence and

Sexual Assault and five of the members shall be selected by the

Attorney General from the State of Oklahoma at large; provided, that

of the members selected by the Attorney General from the state at

large, one member shall be a representative of any domestic violence

programs funded through or by the Attorney General, and one member

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shall be a citizen of this state with expertise in the area of

sexual assault services.

C. The Council shall select a chair annually. Appointment to

the Council shall be for two (2) years. The Attorney General shall

appoint persons to fill unexpired terms when necessary.

D. The duties of the Council shall be to review rules and

overall policies relating to the operation and funding of domestic

violence and sexual assault programs in this state and make

recommendations to the Attorney General regarding its findings.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-913.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-913.1
District court reporters - Credit for prior service
Status: in_force

All court reporters of the district court shall be entitled to

credit for all years of prior service as a court reporter in any

court of record in the State of Oklahoma for purposes of

participation in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System,

provided they are otherwise eligible for prior service under said

System. No court reporter shall be entitled to participation in the

Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1344 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1344
Flexible benefits plan - Expenses included - Income
Status: in_force

exclusions and inclusions - Administration contracts with private

firms - Informational meeting.

A. The Board shall establish a flexible benefits plan. All

state employers as defined in Section 1342 of this title shall offer

the flexible benefits plan to employees.

B. Expenses included in an employee's salary adjustment

agreement pursuant to the flexible benefits plan shall be limited to

expenses for:

1. Dependent health insurance pursuant to the provisions of

Section 1309 of this title;

2. Insurance premiums or retirement plan premiums or payments

which are supplemental to insurance or retirement programs offered

by the State of Oklahoma or which are paid for under salary

adjustment agreements pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1, 3

or 4 of subsection B of Section 7.10 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

3. Dependent care;

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4. Medical care as defined by the Board; or

5. All other eligible programs offered under Title 26, Section

125 et seq. of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States.

C. The amount by which an employee's salary is adjusted

pursuant to a salary adjustment agreement shall be excluded from

income in computation of income tax withholding, unemployment

payments and workers' compensation coverage. Such amount shall be

included as income in computation of state retirement contributions

and benefits. Provided, if the inclusions and exclusions provided

in this subsection conflict with the provisions of federal law or

regulations pertaining to flexible benefits plans, the Board is

authorized to modify or abolish such inclusions and exclusions.

D. The Administrator of the State and Education Employees Group

Insurance Board with approval of the Board shall promulgate rules,

regulations and procedures as necessary for implementation and

administration of the flexible benefits plan.

E. The Administrator of the State and Education Employees Group

Insurance Board under the direction of the Board shall contract with

one or more private firms or organizations to administer the

flexible benefits plan. The contract shall be made at no cost to

any employee of the State of Oklahoma.

F. All employers shall begin offering the flexible benefits

plan to employees not later than January 1, 1990.

G. No less than thirty (30) working days prior to the annual

deadline for making changes to state employees’ benefit packages,

all state agencies shall provide a one-day employee benefit

informational meeting. Representatives of vendors that have an

authorized payroll deduction for state employees pursuant to Section

7.10 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 1701 of this

title shall be invited and encouraged to attend these meetings to

provide benefit information and answer questions of state employees

related to health, financial planning and other benefits. Agencies

shall provide vendors with adequate space within which to meet with

employees. Agencies shall provide adequate notice of the meetings

to active and retired employees, and shall allow each active

employee to spend at least sixty (60) minutes during the workday to

attend the meetings. For those state government facilities that

operate twenty-four (24) hours a day, vendors shall be allowed

access to each shift.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5061.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5061.7
Recodified as § 5085.7 of this title by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

188, § 16, eff. July 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-7002 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-7002
State Charitable Campaign
Status: in_force

In an effort to provide the employees of the State of Oklahoma

with a convenient and responsible system which will allow them to

contribute through payroll deduction to several fully accountable

private nonprofit social, health and welfare organizations on a

voluntary basis, there is hereby created a combined charitable

solicitation to be called the “State Charitable Campaign”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3406 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3406
Presumptions - Exemplary damages
Status: in_force

Upon a showing that a contractor or subcontractor gave a

kickback in connection with the award of any state contract or

subcontract, it shall be conclusively presumed that the cost of the

kickback was included in the price of the contract or subcontract

and was ultimately borne by the state and in addition to any other

penalty or liability, such person shall be liable for exemplary

damages.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5090.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5090.2
Oklahoma Department of Commerce Board — Members —
Status: in_force

Qualifications — Terms.

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Department of Commerce

Board. The Board shall constitute an advisory oversight board and

shall consist of nine (9) voting members, as follows:

1. Two members to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of

the Senate; provided, at least one appointed member shall be from a

municipality with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) people or

less according to the latest Federal Decennial Census;

2. Two members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives; provided, at least one appointed member shall be

from a municipality with a population of fifty thousand (50,000)

people or less according to the latest Federal Decennial Census;

3. Four members to be appointed by the Governor; provided, at

least one appointed member shall be:

a. an economic development practitioner from this state,

and

b. from a municipality with a population of fifty

thousand (50,000) people or less according to the

latest Federal Decennial Census; and

4. The Secretary of Commerce, or his or her designee, who shall

serve as chair.

B. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and the

vote of the majority of members present shall be necessary for any

action to be taken by the Board. No vacancy in the membership of

the Board shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise and

perform all the rights and duties of the Board. The members of the

Board shall:

1. Have at least a minimum of five (5) years of experience

working in the private sector; and

2. Possess expertise in at least one of the following areas:

a. marketing,

b. international commerce,

c. finance or grant administration,

d. state, regional, or local economic development,

e. incentive evaluation programs,

f. law,

g. information technologies,

h. transportation,

i. workforce development,

j. manufacturing,

k. biotechnology,

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l. cybersecurity,

m. defense,

n. energy,

o. aviation,

p. entrepreneurship, or

q. any other critical industry in this state.

C. The initial terms for members of the Board:

1. Appointments of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one

appointee shall serve a one-year term and one appointee shall serve

a two-year term;

2. Appointments of the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

one appointee shall serve a one-year term and one appointee shall

serve a two-year term; and

3. Appointments of the Governor, two appointees shall serve

one-year terms and two appointees shall serve two-year terms.

Thereafter, the terms of members of the Board shall be for three

(3) years.

D. A vacancy on the Board shall be filled for the unexpired

term of office in the same manner as the original appointment. Each

appointed member shall serve at the pleasure of his or her

appointing authority and may be removed or replaced with cause.

E. The Board shall elect a vice chair and such other officers

deemed necessary to conduct the business of the Board from among its

members. The chair shall preside over meetings of the Board, and

officers shall perform duties as may be required by the Board. The

initial appointments of the Board shall be made within thirty (30)

days after the effective date of this act. The first meeting of the

Board shall be called no later than sixty (60) days after the

effective date of this act.

F. No member of the Board shall receive a salary or

reimbursement for duties performed as a member of the Board;

however, members are eligible to receive travel reimbursement as

provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

G. A member serving on the Board shall be eligible to serve on

any other state board or commission if such member is otherwise

qualified to hold such appointed office, notwithstanding the

provisions of Section 6 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

H. The meetings of the Board shall be subject to the Oklahoma

Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act. The Board may

keep confidential:

1. Business plans, feasibility studies, financing proposals,

marketing plans, financial statements, or trade secrets submitted by

a person or entity seeking economic advice, business development, or

customized training from such departments or school districts;

2. Proprietary information of the business submitted to the

departments or school districts for the purpose of business

development or customized training, and any related confidentiality

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agreements detailing the information or records designated as

confidential; and

3. Information compiled by such departments or school districts

in response to those submissions.

Executive sessions may be held to discuss such materials if

deemed necessary by the Board.

I. The Board may create working groups from time to time to

assist the Board in carrying out the provisions of this act. The

working groups may consist of members from governmental agencies and

members of the private sector of this state as appointed by the

members of the Board including, but not limited to, the Chief

Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Chief

Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Workforce Commission, and the

Secretary of Transportation.

J. The Board may solicit, accept, raise, and manage funds,

gifts, grants, sponsorships, and donations from private, federal,

and non-government sources.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.53 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.53
State public entities to procure products and materials containing recycled materials -
Status: in_force

Intent of Legislature - Bids for state purchases - Rules and regulations - Procurement specifications. .. 207

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 6containing recycled materials - Intent of Legislature - Bids for

state purchases - Rules and regulations - Procurement

specifications.

A. It is the intent of the Legislature that all state public

entities procure products or materials with the recycled content

levels required or specified by rules promulgated pursuant to the

provisions of this section when such products or materials are

available.

B. By July 1, 1993, the Division when accepting bids for state

purchases of supplies, equipment and materials shall give preference

to the suppliers of paper products or products manufactured with

recycled materials if:

1. The price for recycled products and materials is not

substantially higher than the price for nonrecycled products and

materials. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

establish by rule the annual percentage over and above the price of

nonrecycled products and materials which will be allowed for the

purchase of recycled products and materials; and

2. The quality and grade requirements are otherwise comparable.

C. By July 1, 1993, any state public entity not subject to The

Central Purchasing Act when accepting bids for purchases of

supplies, equipment and materials, shall give preference to the

suppliers of recycled paper products and products manufactured from

recycled materials if:

1. The price for recycled products and materials is not

substantially higher than the price for nonrecycled products and

materials. The price paid for recycled products and materials shall

not exceed the percentage over the price for nonrecycled products

and materials established by the Office; and

2. The quality and grade requirements are otherwise comparable.

D. The Purchasing Division and any state public entity not

subject to The Central Purchasing Act shall ensure, to the greatest

extent economically practical and possible, that the recycled or

recovered content of all paper purchased by the Division or agency,

measured as a proportion, by weight, of paper products purchased in

a calendar year, is not less than the following:

1. By 1995, ten percent (10%) of all purchased paper;

2. By 1997, twenty-five percent (25%) of all purchased paper;

and

3. By 1999, forty percent (40%) of all purchased paper.

E. 1. By July 1, 1993, the Division shall promulgate rules and

implement a program for extending state procurement specifications

to products manufactured with recycled materials and identifying

recycled products.

2. By July 1, 1993, any state public entity not subject to The

Central Purchasing Act shall implement a program for extending

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agency procurement specifications to products manufactured with

recycled materials.

F. In writing specifications under this section, the Office and

any other state public entity shall incorporate requirements

relating to the recyclability and ultimate disposition of products

and, wherever possible, shall write the specifications so as to

minimize the amount of solid waste generated by the state. All

specifications under this section shall discourage the purchase of

single-use, disposable products and require, whenever practical, the

purchase of multiple-use, durable products.

G. For materials that are not otherwise recycled, the Division

and each state public entity not subject to The Central Purchasing

Act shall, to the extent practicable, enter into agreements to

purchase products made from recyclable materials from vendors who

agree to purchase like materials separated from solid waste

generated by the state for reuse or use as a raw material in

manufacturing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.15A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.15A
State Employee Compensation Program
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the "State Employee Compensation

Program" within the executive branch. The State Employee

Compensation Program will attract, retain and reward quality

employees with competitive total compensation based on relevant

labor markets. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services

will be responsible for coordinating the implementation of the

compensation program. The compensation program will establish pay

structures with a goal of compensating state employees at a level of

at least a ninety percent (90%) of compensation for comparable

private sector positions. The compensation program will reinforce a

productive work climate and culture of accountability and make the

State of Oklahoma an employer of choice. Pay structures will be

implemented with fairness and equity throughout the executive

branch. Pay delivery mechanisms will be based on a combination of

establishing and maintaining relativity to market, achievement of

performance objectives, recognition of differences in job content,

acquisition and application of further skill and education. The

Legislature will be accountable for the funding of the pay

structures established pursuant to the compensation program.

Added Laws 2014, c. 390, § 2, eff. July 1, 2014.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-7009 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-7009
Participating agencies - Qualifications - Criteria -
Status: in_force

Applications.

A. Participation in the State Charitable Campaign shall be

limited to voluntary, charitable, health and welfare agencies that

provide or support direct health and welfare services to individuals

or their families and meet the criteria set out in this section.

The health and welfare services shall be available to state

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employees, unless they are rendered to needy persons overseas. The

services shall directly benefit human beings, whether children,

youth, adults, the aged, the ill and infirm, or the mentally or

physically handicapped. The services shall consist of care,

research, or education in the fields of human health or social

adjustment and rehabilitation; relief for victims of natural

disasters and other emergencies; or assistance to those who are

impoverished and, therefore, in need of food, shelter, clothing, and

basic human welfare services.

B. For the purposes of the State Charitable Campaign, basic

human welfare service shall not include:

1. Organizations whose primary purpose is the direct or

indirect support of institutions of higher education;

2. Lobbying; and

3. Religious activities.

C. To be included in the State Charitable Campaign, a voluntary

charitable agency, in addition to meeting the other requirements set

forth in this section, shall:

1. Be a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization and

submit to the participating federation a 501(c)(3) exemption from

the Internal Revenue Service;

2. Be incorporated or authorized to do business in this state

as a private, nonprofit organization;

3. Register, annually, with the Secretary of State to solicit

or accept contributions in this state;

4. Submit to the participating federation an audit of the

agency, conducted by an accounting firm or individual holding a

permit to practice public accounting in this state according to the

generally accepted standards of accounting for nonprofit

organizations; and

5. Submit to the participating federation a copy of the annual

form 990.

D. Applications to the State Charitable Campaign shall be

submitted to the Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable

Contributions from local federations which shall include United

Ways, United Funds, Combined Health Appeals, International Social

Service Agencies and any other local federation consisting of at

least five local agencies which meet the requirements of this

section. Each federation shall certify the application for its

member agencies and shall give state charitable agencies precedence

over national agencies if both qualify for the charitable

contribution campaign. Applications from individual agencies shall

not be accepted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.31 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.31
Business operations - Rules and procedures - Accounts
Status: in_force

receivable.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation may promulgate rules

and establish procedures for the business operations of the Bureau

under the Oklahoma Open Records Act. The Bureau is hereby granted

the authority to establish policies and procedures for creating

accounts receivable for individuals, corporations, and government

agencies for providing copies of its open records in advance of

payment, including the providing of criminal history information and

related services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9052 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9052
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. "Authority" shall mean the Oklahoma Development Finance

Authority pursuant to Section 5062.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

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2. "Extraordinary costs" shall mean costs incurred by an

unregulated utility related to the extreme weather that occurred

beginning February 7, 2021, and ending February 21, 2021, including

but not limited to fuel-related storage and associated costs,

emergency compressed or liquified natural gas supplies, contracts

for services providing additional pressurization on lines and

transportation pipeline penalties. Extraordinary costs shall not

include extreme purchase costs, as defined in this section;

3. "Extreme purchase costs" shall mean expenses incurred for

the purchase of fuel, purchased power, natural gas commodity or any

combination thereof, whether at spot pricing, index pricing or

otherwise with delivery from February 7, 2021, through February 21,

2021;

4. "Qualified costs" shall mean the extreme purchase costs and

extraordinary costs, as calculated and set out by the Oklahoma

Development Finance Authority following a review of a loan

application of an unregulated utility submitted pursuant to this

act, less any insurance proceeds, governmental grants or other

funding sources;

5. "Unregulated utility" shall mean any utility, as defined in

this act, doing business in this state, or any public trust

designated for the benefit of a utility or municipality, which is

not a regulated utility subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of

the Oklahoma Corporation Commission with respect to its rates,

charges and terms and conditions of service;

6. "Utility" shall mean any person or entity doing business in

this state that furnishes natural gas or electric current to its

customers or members located at an address in this state and within

the service area of the utility;

7. "Utility revenue bond" shall mean any bond, revenue bond,

notes or other evidence of obligations of the Oklahoma Development

Finance Authority issued by the Authority pursuant to this act

including, but not limited to, bond anticipation notes and refunding

bonds, for the purpose set forth in this act; and

8. "Unregulated Utility Consumer Protection Fund" shall mean

the fund created pursuant to Section 7 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.22 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.22
Reports - Funding review and recommendations - Funding
Status: in_force

priorities.

A. The Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development

Board is authorized and instructed to make an annual report no later

than November 1 to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives that shall

describe the accomplishments, the expenditures, and the activities

of the prior fiscal year. The report shall include elements the

Board identifies as hampering the state's economic progress and

recommendations for changes. The report shall include an

independent audit in accordance with auditing standards generally

accepted in the United States and the standards applicable to

financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, latest

revised edition, issued by the Comptroller General of the United

States, which shall examine, among other things, actions governed by

the administrative policies adopted by the Board on behalf of the

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. The

annual report shall specifically account for the ways in which the

need, mission and programs of the Center have been carried out,

including but not limited to a review of the results of the

operations and transactions according to objective measures set

forth in the business plan. The report shall recommend specific

changes in the activities of the Center which are necessary to

better carry out the need and mission described in the Oklahoma

Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology Act. The Board

shall distribute its annual report by such means that will make it

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widely available to those innovative enterprises of special

importance to the Oklahoma economy.

B. The Board shall annually review and prepare a report showing

how and at what level other states fund technology-based economic

development programs. The Board shall recommend an appropriate

funding level for Oklahoma which will make these programs nationally

competitive with those of other states. The Board's findings and

recommendations shall be included in the annual report to be

submitted to the Governor and the Legislature.

C. The Center shall adopt a threshold funding level for each of

the programs provided for by law. The threshold amount shall

provide for funding that is great enough to have a significant

impact and carry out the intent of the Legislature. If the funding

for these programs falls below the threshold, then no funding shall

be provided by the Center to the program funded below threshold

level.

D. The Board, on behalf of the Center, shall fund areas of

research and development that the Board selects as most likely to

stimulate information technology, biotechnology, genetics,

meteorology and climate studies, and emerging or developing

technology and related jobs; foster patents; result in new patents,

copyrights, trademarks, and licenses of value; pursue world-class

research teams that support the state's primary economic development

thrusts or focus areas; and stimulate private and public investments

with the intent to encourage economic development in Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.20b — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.20b
Cooperation between the Commercialization Center and
Status: in_force

technology transfer offices.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Commercialization

Center funded through the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of

Science and Technology (OCAST) and the technology transfer offices

within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education (OSSHE)

complement each other's capabilities and work closely to optimize

each other's effectiveness. The OSSHE technology transfer offices

shall create an entrepreneurial climate on the campuses to maximize

opportunities for commercialization of technology resulting from

university research. The Commercialization Center shall assist

technology-based businesses to start up and grow in Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-913.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-913.4
Elected officials - Election to participate in plan -
Status: in_force

Computation factor - Benefits.

A. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an

elected official may elect to participate in the System and if he or

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she elects to do so shall have the option of participating at any

one of the computation factors set forth in paragraph 3 or 4 of this

subsection and will receive retirement benefits in accordance with

the computation factor chosen. The election on participation in the

System must be in writing, must specify the computation factor

chosen, and must be filed with the System within ninety (90) days

after the elected official takes office. The election to

participate and the election of a computation factor shall be

irrevocable. Reelection to the same office will not permit new

elections. Failure of an elected official to file such election

form within the ninety-day period shall be deemed an irrevocable

election to participate in the System at the maximum computation

factor.

2. Contributions and benefits will be based upon the elected

official's annual compensation as defined in Section 902 of this

title. Employer and elected official contributions shall be

remitted at least monthly, or as the Board may otherwise provide, to

the System for deposit in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

Fund. Effective July 1, 1994, and thereafter, the participating

employer shall contribute as provided in Section 920 of this title.

3. Except as provided in paragraph 4 of this subsection,

effective July 1, 1994, the computation factor selected and the

corresponding elected official contribution rate shall be as

follows:

Elected official Computation Alternate

Contribution Rate Factor Formula

4.5% 1.9% $12.50

6% 2.5% $20.00

7.5% 3.0% $25.00

8.5% 3.4% $27.50

9% 3.6% $30.00

10% 4.0% $40.00

4. Elected officials who are first elected or appointed to an

elected office on or after November 1, 2010, shall elect a

computation factor of either 1.9% or 4%. The elected official

contribution rate for the 1.9% computation factor is currently 4.5%

and the contribution rate for the 4% computation factor is currently

10%. All other computation factors and contribution rates set forth

in paragraph 3 of this subsection shall not be available to any

person first elected or appointed to an elected office on or after

November 1, 2010.

5. The contribution rate for elected officials who are first

elected or appointed to an elected office on or after November 1,

2011, shall be in the amount specified in paragraph (a) of

subsection (1) of Section 919.1 of this title. The amount of the

retirement benefit for elected officials who are first elected or

appointed to an elected office on or after November 1, 2011, shall

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be based on the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection A of

Section 915 of this title.

6. The computation factors and corresponding elected official

contribution rates provided for in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this

subsection shall be based on the entire compensation as an elected

official subject to the definition and maximum compensation levels

as set forth in paragraph (9) of Section 902 of this title.

7. Elected officials who are first elected or appointed on or

after November 1, 2011, shall also be eligible to make the election

of an alternate multiplier and contribution rate pursuant to

paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 915 of this title.

8. A statewide elected official or legislator whose first

service as an elected official occurs on or after November 1, 2015,

shall become a participant in the defined contribution system

created by Sections 935.1 through 935.11 of this title and such

elected official shall not accrue any service credit in the defined

benefit plan of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

created pursuant to Section 901 et seq. of this title.

9. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 8 of this

subsection, a statewide elected official or legislator who is first

elected or appointed on or after November 1, 2018, and who has

participating service in the defined benefit plan prior to November

1, 2015, shall be a member of the defined benefit plan.

B. The normal retirement date for an elected official shall be

the first day of the month coinciding with or following the

official's sixtieth birthday or the first day of the month

coinciding with or following the date at which the sum of the

elected official's age and number of years of credited service total

eighty (80). The normal retirement date for an elected official

first elected or appointed to an elected office on or after November

1, 2011, shall be the first day of the month coinciding with or

following the official's sixty-fifth birthday or the date upon which

the elected or appointed official attains the age of sixty-two (62)

and who has at least ten (10) years of elected or appointed service.

Any elected official first elected or appointed to an elected office

before November 1, 2011, who has a minimum of ten (10) years'

participating service may retire under the early retirement

provisions of this act, including those electing a vested benefit

and shall receive an adjustment of annual benefits in accordance

with the following percentage schedule:

Percentage of Normal

Age Retirement Benefits

60 100%

59 94%

58 88%

57 82%

56 76%

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55 70%

Any elected official first elected or appointed to an elected

office on or after November 1, 2011, who has a minimum of ten (10)

years' elected or appointed service may retire under the early

retirement provisions of this act, including those electing a vested

benefit and shall receive an adjustment of annual benefits in

accordance with the following percentage schedule:

Percentage of Normal

Age Retirement Benefits

62 100%

61 93.33%

60 86.67%

C. 1. Any elected official shall receive annual benefits

computed based upon the computation factor selected multiplied by

the member's highest annual compensation received as an elected

official prior to retirement or termination of employment multiplied

by the number of years of credited service. No elected official

shall retire using such highest annual compensation unless the

elected official has made the required election and has paid the

required contributions on such salary.

2. The retirement benefit may be computed pursuant to the

provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection A of Section 915 of this

title if the benefit would be higher. Elected officials who have a

vested benefit prior to July 1, 1980, may elect to receive annual

benefits based on the alternate formula provided above. Such annual

benefits shall be paid in equal monthly installments.

3. Elected officials who become members of the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System on or after August 22, 2008, will

receive retirement benefits in accordance with the computation

factor selected pursuant to subsection A of this section multiplied

by the member's highest annual compensation received as an elected

official and only for those years of credited service the member

served as an elected official. If such elected official has

participating service as a nonelected member, then such nonelected

service shall be computed separately pursuant to the provisions of

paragraph (1) of subsection A of Section 915 of this title with the

final benefit result added to the final benefit result for elected

service. In no event shall the elected official be entitled to

apply the computation factor selected pursuant to subsection A of

this section or the compensation received as an elected official to

the computation of nonelected service.

4. Elected officials who are first elected or appointed to an

elected office on or after August 22, 2008, may not receive a

maximum benefit greater than their single highest annual

compensation received as a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System.

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D. Any elected official making an election to participate at a

computation factor less than the maximum and later selecting a

higher computation factor shall contribute to the System a sum equal

to the amount which the elected official would have contributed if

the elected official had made such election at the time the elected

official first became eligible, plus interest as determined by the

Board, in order to receive the additional benefits for all service

as an elected official; otherwise, the additional benefits shall be

applicable only to service for which the elected official pays the

appropriate percent of contributions to the System.

E. The surviving spouse of a deceased elected official who was

first elected or appointed to an elected office before November 1,

2011, and who has at least six (6) years of participating service

and the surviving spouse of a deceased elected official who was

first elected or appointed to an elected office on or after November

1, 2011, and who has at least eight (8) years of participating

service shall be entitled to receive survivor benefits in the amount

herein prescribed, if married to the decedent continuously for a

period of at least three (3) years immediately preceding the elected

official's death. Provided the elected official had met the service

requirements, survivor benefits shall be payable when the deceased

member would have met the requirements for normal or early

retirement. The amount of the benefits the surviving spouse may

receive shall be fifty percent (50%) of the amount of benefits the

deceased elected official was receiving or will be eligible to

receive. Elected officials may elect a retirement option as

provided in Section 918 of this title in lieu of the survivors

benefit provided above.

F. Any elected official who served in the Armed Forces of the

United States, as defined in paragraph (23) of Section 902 of this

title, prior to membership in the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System shall be granted credited service of not to exceed

five (5) years for those periods of active military service during

which the elected official was a war veteran.

G. Anyone appointed or elected to an elected position after

July 1, 1990, shall not be eligible to receive benefits as provided

in this section until such person has participated as an elected

official for six (6) years. Anyone appointed or elected to an

elected position on or after November 1, 2011, shall not be eligible

to receive benefits as provided in this section until such person

has participated as an elected official for eight (8) years.

H. Elected officials who terminate participation in the System

and who have a minimum of six (6) years of participating service

shall be entitled to elect a vested benefit and shall be entitled to

the retirement options as provided in Section 918 of this title in

lieu of the survivors benefit provided in subsection E of this

section. Elected officials, first elected or appointed to an

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elected office on or after November 1, 2011, who terminate

participation in the System and who have a minimum of eight (8)

years of participating service shall be entitled to elect a vested

benefit and shall be entitled to retirement options as provided in

Section 918 of this title in lieu of the survivors benefits provided

in subsection E of this section.

I. In determining the number of years of credited service, a

fractional year of six (6) months or more shall be considered as one

(1) year, and less than six (6) months or more shall be disregarded.

For members who joined the System on or after November 1, 2011, the

number of years of credited service shall be based on actual years

and months of credited service without rounding up or down.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-913e — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-913e
Purchase of service credit
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the

spouse of a person who initially became a member of the system in

January 1999, and such member dies within one month of meeting the

required six (6) years of full-time-equivalent employment with a

participating employer for normal retirement purposes, shall be

allowed to elect to purchase at the actuarial cost of up to one

month of service to meet the six (6) years of full-time employment.

The election pursuant to this section shall be made on or before

September 1, 2005, and payment shall be made to the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System on or before December 31, 2005. Upon

receipt of payment by the system, the electing spouse shall begin

receiving benefits pursuant to Option B as provided in Section 918

of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.12A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.12A
Missing or runaway persons - Reports - National Crime
Status: in_force

Information Center entries - Procedures and guidelines - Family

abduction reports - Missing children publicity and hotline.

A. It shall be the duty of any sheriff, chief of police, city

marshal, constable, or any other law enforcement officer,

immediately upon receipt of any report of a missing or runaway

person, to send one copy of such report to the Oklahoma State Bureau

of Investigation and enter such information, when applicable, to the

National Crime Information Center. Within seventy-two (72) hours of

location or discovery of the missing or runaway person, the sheriff,

chief of police, city marshal, constable, or any other law

enforcement officer shall notify the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation and remove the entry from the National Crime

Information Center. Upon location or discovery of the missing or

runaway person, the sheriff, chief of police, city marshal,

constable or any other law enforcement officer shall immediately

make the appropriate entry to the National Crime Information Center

in accordance with NCIC standard operating procedures.

B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Oklahoma

Law Enforcement Telecommunications System shall jointly establish

the procedures and guidelines necessary for enacting and maintaining

an electronic database for missing and runaway persons in the State

of Oklahoma which is compatible with the data collection entry

procedures of the National Crime Information Center. The Oklahoma

State Bureau of Investigation shall establish guidelines for law

enforcement officers concerning the collection and dissemination of

information concerning missing or runaway persons.

C. Whenever a missing or runaway person report regarding a

person born in the State of Oklahoma and under eighteen (18) years

of age is received by a sheriff, chief of police, city marshal,

constable or any other law enforcement officer, and there is reason

to believe that the person is the victim of a family abduction, the

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reporting agency shall notify the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation, the Bureau shall immediately notify the State

Commissioner of Health that the person has been reported to be

missing. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

and the State Commissioner of Health shall jointly establish the

procedures and forms necessary for the transmittal of information

between the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the State

Department of Health required pursuant to the provisions of Section

150.1 et seq. of this title.

D. The Bureau shall establish a program to periodically

publicize the names and pictures of missing children along with a

missing children hot-line number on OETA.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-8
Governor - Incapacity - Devolution of powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The Office of Governor, with its compensation, shall devolve

upon the Lieutenant Governor or the person who is next in succession

to the Office pursuant to the provisions of Section 15 of Article VI

of the Oklahoma Constitution if the Governor transmits to the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to

discharge the powers and duties of his Office. The Lieutenant

Governor or other successor shall hold the Office until the Governor

transmits to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker

of the House of Representatives a written declaration that he is

able to perform the powers and duties of his Office.

B. If a majority of a committee, comprised of the State Auditor

and Inspector, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public

Instruction, Chairman of the Corporation Commission and Insurance

Commissioner, transmits to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Governor its

written declaration that the Governor is unable to discharge the

powers and duties of his Office, then the Office, with its

compensation, shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor or other

successor in forty-eight (48) hours unless the Governor transmits to

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

Representatives and the members of the committee a written

declaration to the contrary within the same forty-eight-hour time

period.

C. If, within forty-eight (48) hours after the Governor

transmits such a declaration, a majority of the committee provided

in subsection B of this section transmits to the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

Representatives a written declaration that the Governor is unable to

perform the powers and duties of his Office, then the Legislature

shall convene within seventy-two (72) hours. If a resolution

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declaring probable justification for a determination that inability

exists is not adopted by two-thirds (2/3) of the members of each

house of the Legislature within seventy-two (72) hours after the

Legislature convenes, then the Governor shall continue to hold the

Office.

If such a resolution is adopted by two-thirds (2/3) of the

members of each house of the Legislature within seventy-two (72)

hours after the Legislature convenes, then a copy of the resolution

shall be transmitted immediately to the Supreme Court.

D. The Supreme Court shall determine the issue of the inability

of the Governor, by preference and with priority over all other

matters, under such rules as it shall adopt. If the Supreme Court

determines that the Governor is unable to perform the powers and

duties of his Office, then the Office, with its compensation, shall

devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor or other successor. If the

Supreme Court determines that the Governor is able, then he shall

continue to hold the Office.

E. If the Office has devolved upon the Lieutenant Governor or

other successor pursuant to the provisions of this act, and a

majority of the committee provided in subsection B of this section

transmits to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker

of the House of Representatives a written declaration that the

Governor is able to perform the powers and duties of his Office,

then the Supreme Court shall determine the issue pursuant to the

provisions of subsection D of this section.

F. When the Office has devolved upon the Lieutenant Governor or

other successor, the provisions of this act shall also apply to the

person holding the Office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.15B — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.15B
State employee compensation program
Status: in_force

The state employee compensation program is designed to attract,

retain and reward quality employees with competitive total

compensation based on relevant labor markets. The compensation

program will establish pay structures with a goal of working toward

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the recommendations of the 2013 State Employee Total Remuneration

Study. The compensation program will reinforce a productive work

climate and culture of accountability and make the State of Oklahoma

an employer of choice. Pay structures will be implemented with

fairness and equity. Pay delivery mechanisms will be based on a

combination of the achievement of performance objectives,

recognition of differences in job content, acquisition and

application of further skill and education. The Legislature will be

accountable for the funding of the pay structures established

pursuant to the compensation program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18p-6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-18p-6
Promulgation of rules - Certification - Exemptions -
Status: in_force

Standards for facilities and programs - Application fees.

A. Effective July 1, 2005, all administrative rules promulgated

by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

relating to domestic violence and sexual assault programs shall be

transferred to and become a part of the administrative rules of the

Office of the Attorney General. The Office of Administrative Rules

in the Secretary of State’s office shall provide adequate notice in

the Oklahoma Register of the transfer of such rules, and shall place

the transferred rules under the Administrative Code section of the

Attorney General. Such rules shall continue in force and effect as

rules of the Office of the Attorney General from and after July 1,

2005, and any amendment, repeal or addition to the transferred rules

shall be under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General.

B. The Attorney General shall adopt and promulgate rules and

standards for certification of batterers intervention and domestic

violence programs and for private facilities and organizations which

offer domestic and sexual assault services in this state. These

facilities shall be known as "certified domestic violence shelters"

or "certified domestic violence programs" or "certified sexual

assault programs" or "certified treatment programs for batterers",

as applicable.

C. Applications for certification as a certified domestic

violence shelter, domestic violence program, sexual assault program

or treatment program for batterers, pursuant to the provisions of

this section, shall be made to the Office of the Attorney General on

prescribed forms. The Attorney General may certify the shelter or

program for a period of three (3) years subject to renewal as

provided in the rules promulgated by the Attorney General. Nothing

in this section shall preclude the Office of the Attorney General

from making inspection visits to a shelter or program to determine

contract or program compliance.

D. Licensed physicians, licensed psychologists, licensed social

workers, individual members of the clergy, licensed marital and

family therapists, licensed behavioral practitioners, and licensed

professional counselors shall be exempt from certification

requirements; provided, however, these exemptions shall only apply

to individual professional persons in private practice and not to

any domestic violence program or sexual assault program operated by

such person.

E. Facilities providing services for persons who commit

domestic abuse, victims or survivors of domestic abuse or sexual

assault and any dependent children of such victims or survivors

shall comply with standards promulgated by the Attorney General;

provided, that the certification requirements and standards

promulgated by the Attorney General shall not apply to programs and

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services offered by the Department of Health, the Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the Department of

Corrections or the Department of Human Services. The batterers

intervention, domestic violence or sexual assault programs certified

pursuant to the provisions of this section shall cooperate with

inspection personnel of this state and shall promptly file all

reports required by the Attorney General. Failure to comply with

rules and standards of the Attorney General shall be grounds for

revocation of certification, after proper notice and hearing.

F. The Attorney General is hereby authorized to collect from

each applicant the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) to

help defray the costs incurred in the certification process.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.45b — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.45b
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Oklahoma Minority Business Enterprise

Assistance Act:

1. "Minority" means a person who is a lawful resident of the

State of Oklahoma and who is:

a. Black (a person having origins in any of the black

racial groups of Africa),

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b. Hispanic (a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban,

Central or South American descent),

c. Asian American (a person having origins in any of the

original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the

Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands), or

d. American Indian and Alaskan Native (a person having

origins in any of the original peoples of North

America);

2. "Minority business enterprise" means a small business

concern, as defined pursuant to Section 3 of the Small Business Act

and implementing regulations, which is owned and controlled by one

or more minorities and is authorized to do and is doing business

under the laws of this state, paying all taxes duly assessed, and

domiciled within this state. "Owned and controlled" means a

business:

a. which is at least fifty-one percent (51%) owned by one

or more minorities or, in the case of a publicly owned

business, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of all

classes or types of the stock is owned by one or more

minorities, and

b. whose management and daily business operations are

controlled by one or more such individuals;

3. "Office" means the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services; and

4. "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship,

partnership, association, or corporation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-500.14 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-500.14
Rejection of travel claims or vouchers
Status: in_force

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

shall reject any travel claim or voucher not in conformity with the

provisions of this act or existing statutes relating to

reimbursement for travel expenses.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58M — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.58M
Insurance fee
Status: in_force

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall levy

and collect reasonable fees and premiums from state agencies and

other entities as provided by law covered by the Comprehensive

Professional Risk Management Program for the purpose of providing

insurance coverage.

B. All fees and premiums shall be promptly paid when due. Fees

and premiums collected in accordance with the provisions of this

section shall be deposited in the appropriate risk management fund.

C. If a state agency fails to pay the insurance fees and

premiums within forty-five (45) days of due date, the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall consider the invoice

delinquent. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

pay the invoice from monies available to the delinquent agency for

the general operations of the agency which are not specifically

prohibited for such use by federal or state law. If funds of the

delinquent agency are not available to pay the invoice in full, the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall submit claims as

necessary to pay the invoice as soon as funds are available from the

funds of the delinquent agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-464.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-464.1
State agency contracts and other agreements to be open
Status: in_force

for inspection by Legislature.

A. Upon request, a contract or any other form of agreement made

by any state agency shall be open for inspection to any member of

the Legislature. For purposes of this section, "state agency" means

any office, officer, bureau, board, council, court, commission,

institution, unit, division, body or house of the executive or

judicial branches of the state government, whether elected or

appointed.

B. It shall be unlawful for any state agency to direct, put in

contract, or in any way prohibit a vendor, client, employer or

independent contractor, person, or any other entity from contacting

or communicating with any member of the Legislature.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.47b — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.47b
Administrator - Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Administrator shall be authorized to:

1. Use the services of other governmental agencies and public

trusts which are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act;

2. Contract for and accept, for use in carrying out the

provisions of this program, loans and grants from the federal

government and any of its agencies and instrumentalities and from

public trusts;

3. Acquire, manage, operate, dispose of, or otherwise deal with

property, take assignments of rentals and leases, and make

contracts, leases, agreements and arrangements that are necessary or

incidental to the performance of his duties;

4. Prescribe or approve the form of and terms and conditions in

applications, guarantee agreements or any other documents entered

into by the Administrator, principals or sureties in connection with

the program;

5. Acquire or take assignments of documents executed, obtained

or delivered in connection with any assistance provided under this

program; and

6. Fix, determine, charge and collect any premiums and fees

pursuant to rules promulgated by the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services.