Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2242.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2242.1
Employees of Murray State Park or Lake Murray Lodge –
Status: in_force

Employment with successor operator – Severance package.

Each employee at Murray State Park or Lake Murray Lodge who has

a minimum of two (2) years’ continuous service with the Oklahoma

Tourism and Recreation Department at Murray State Park or Lake

Murray Lodge on the date of closure of the facility shall have the

opportunity to obtain employment with any successor operator of a

resort or park facility located on the lands held by the Oklahoma

Tourism and Recreation Department, provided the employee is

qualified and eligible for any such employment. Further, the

Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department is hereby directed to

develop a severance package for all employees of the Department

affected by the closure of any state lodge or park facility owned by

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4258.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4258.3
Ethics Commission Electronic Filing System Replacement
Status: in_force

Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Ethics Commission to be designated the “Ethics Commission

Electronic Filing System Replacement Fund”. The fund shall be a

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

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consist of all monies received by the Ethics Commission from

legislative appropriations provided for the purpose of replacing the

Ethics Commission’s electronic filing system. All monies accruing

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

budgeted and expended by the Ethics Commission for the purpose

provided for in this section. Expenditures from the fund shall be

made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9081 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9081
Constitution amendments and alterations
Status: in_force

If this act, or any provision hereof is, or may be deemed to be,

in conflict or inconsistent with any of the provisions of Section 18

through Section 34, inclusive, of Article IX of the Constitution of

the State of Oklahoma, then, to the extent of any conflicts or

inconsistencies, it is hereby expressly declared this entire act and

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this section are amendments to and alterations of such sections of

the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, as authorized by Section

35 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-80.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-80.1
Fleet Management Division – Exchange of information
Status: in_force

A. Prior to October 1, 2005, each state agency that uses state

vehicles shall submit to the Fleet Management Division, upon forms

developed by the Division, a report that contains the following

information:

1. The number of vehicles purchased or leased by the state

agency with the VIN, mileage, and make, model, and year of each

vehicle;

2. The maintenance plans and records for the vehicles;

3. The amount of use of each vehicle;

4. The state agency policy for use of vehicles by employees for

travel to and from the residences of the employees;

5. The type of markings on the vehicles and justifications for

any exemptions from requirement that vehicles have markings;

6. Fuel purchasing practices;

7. Rotation of vehicles based on mileage; and

8. Justification for any exemptions the state agency may have

in the law relating to the purchase or lease of vehicles.

B. Prior to December 1, 2005, the Fleet Management Division

shall submit a report to the Task Force to Study the Fleet

Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services that contains the following information:

1. A summarization of the data collected pursuant to subsection

A of this section;

2. Recommendations for legislation that would be beneficial to

the Division in implementing the Fleet Management Reform Act; and

3. The status of a web-based statewide fleet management

information system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-3.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-3.1
Training programs for supervisory personnel
Status: in_force

A. Each supervisor employed as of January 1, 1993, by a state

agency, board or commission in the executive branch of state

government, excluding those within The Oklahoma State System of

Higher Education, shall attend, prior to December 31, 1993, a

training program for supervisory personnel. The training program

shall be established pursuant to subsection C of this section.

B. Employees appointed to supervisory positions after January

1, 1993, shall complete twenty-four (24) hours of training pursuant

to subsection C of this section within twelve (12) months of

assuming such supervisory position. Thereafter, supervisors are

required to complete twelve (12) hours of training pursuant to

subsection C of this section each year. The appointing authority of

each agency shall ensure each supervisory employee is notified and

scheduled to attend such required training and shall make time

available for each such employee to complete the training.

C. 1. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall promulgate any rules necessary to develop and

implement training programs for supervisory personnel which shall

include courses related to the effective performance of an agency

manager or supervisor. Rules authorized by this subsection shall

require supervisors to attend such training within a reasonable

period of time determined by the Director.

2. Training programs for supervisors under this section may be

approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services;

provided, however, such programs shall be subject to standards

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developed by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. All

state agencies, boards and commissions may participate in any such

government employee training program established by an institution

that is a member of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education

and approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services as

provided for in this paragraph.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3102 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3102
Penalty
Status: in_force

Failure of compliance with provisions of Section 1 of this act

may be grounds for removal from office of the officer so failing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2294 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2294
Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Museum of Popular

Culture to be under the supervision of the Oklahoma

Historical Society. The Oklahoma Historical Society is

authorized to construct, maintain, repair, and operate the

Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture and its facilities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5001 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5001
Abolition of Oklahoma Economic Development Commission, the Office of the Governor -
Status: in_force

Department of Economic Development and Department of Economic and Community Affairs -the Office of the Governor - Department of Economic Development and

Department of Economic and Community Affairs - Tulsa Division of

Department of Commerce - Transfer of powers and duties.

A. The Oklahoma Economic Development Commission, the Office of

the Governor - Department of Economic Development, and the

Department of Economic and Community Affairs are hereby abolished.

B. All powers, duties, responsibilities, property, personnel,

assets, liabilities, fund balances, encumbrances and obligations of

the Oklahoma Economic Development Commission, the Office of the

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Governor - Department of Economic Development, and the Department of

Economic and Community Affairs are hereby transferred to the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce or other appropriate governmental

entity as provided for in this act. As soon as possible the offices

and staff of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall be moved to a

common location.

C. The current Tulsa field office of the Department of Commerce

shall be designated as the Tulsa Division of the Department of

Commerce. The Tulsa Division shall include, but not be limited to

the following services: film industry promotion, international

trade recruitment and export assistance, trade reference, business

expansion and start-up, small business assistance, economic and

community development financing, and economic and community

development.

All powers, duties, responsibilities, property, personnel, and

assets of the Division of Waterways of the Department of Commerce

abolished by this act are hereby transferred to the Department of

Transportation.

The Department of Commerce shall transfer only those employees

requesting to be transferred to the Tulsa Division, provided the

employee meets the criteria established by the Department for

positions to be placed in the Tulsa Division, and shall fill any

remaining positions at the Tulsa Division through accrued vacancies

within the Department of Commerce.

D. All powers, duties, responsibilities, property, personnel,

assets, liabilities, fund balances, encumbrances and obligations of

the film industry program in the Marketing Division of the Oklahoma

Department of Tourism and Recreation are hereby transferred to the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

E. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall coordinate the transfers made pursuant to subsections

B and D of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.47i — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.47i
Implementation of act - Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

shall promulgate and adopt rules necessary to carry out the

provisions of the Small Business Surety Bond Guaranty Program Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1362 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1362
Purpose
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that the purpose of Section 1361 et seq.

of this title is:

1. To recognize that the employee benefit needs of individual

state employees differ, depending on the age, salary and family

status of the employee, and that it is needful to permit

participating employees to select and tailor the benefits they

receive in a manner calculated to best meet the particular needs of

themselves and their families;

2. To furnish state employees with choices among various

employee benefits or cash compensation;

3. To provide state employees and their dependents with basic

group health insurance, basic group term life insurance, and basic

long-term disability insurance;

4. To provide state employees and their dependents with

optional employee benefits, to include, but not be limited to,

enhanced health insurance coverage, health maintenance organization

services, life insurance, dental insurance and enhanced long-term

disability insurance;

5. To provide state employees with reimbursement for qualifying

dependent care expenses for which a dependent care tax credit is not

taken, reimbursement for qualifying health care expenses not

reimbursed by any other insurance plan or taken as a tax deduction,

additional benefits which are currently taxable, additional benefits

which are not currently taxable, and cash compensation;

6. To provide state employees with tax sheltered income

deferment plans;

7. To provide uniform benefit options for all state employees

regardless of their place of residence within this state;

8. To manage the provision of health care benefits in a manner

that allows for the long term control of costs;

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9. To provide for the coordination and design, in accordance

with applicable law, of all employee benefits offered to state

employees so as to increase the efficient delivery and effectiveness

of those benefits;

10. To enable the state to attract and retain qualified

employees by providing employee benefits which are competitive with

those provided private industry;

11. To offer uniformity in those benefits that are offered to

both state employees and those eligible for participation in the

State and Education Employees Group Insurance Act, Section 1301 et

seq. of this title;

12. To recognize and protect the state's investment in each

employee by promoting and preserving good health and longevity among

state employees;

13. To recognize the service to the state by elected and

appointed officials by extending to them the same benefits as are

provided under the flexible benefits program to state employees; and

14. To recognize long and faithful service, and to encourage

employees to remain in state service until eligible for retirement

by providing employee benefits.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1342 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1342
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the State Employees Flexible Benefits Act, Section

1341 et seq. of this title:

1. "Board" means the State and Education Employees Group

Insurance Board;

2. "Flexible benefits plan" means a written plan providing

benefits to eligible employees which meets the requirements of Title

26, Section 125 et seq. of the Internal Revenue Code of the United

States and regulations promulgated thereunder;

3. "Employee" means any person eligible to participate in the

State and Education Employees Group Insurance Act, Section 1301 et

seq. of this title, or an employee of the Oklahoma Employment

Security Commission. "Employee" shall not include a person who is

an employee of the State Regents for Higher Education or any

institution under the authority of the State Regents for Higher

Education or any person who is an employee of any school district or

political subdivision of this state, except as provided for in

Section 1348 of this title;

4. "Employer" means any state agency, board, commission,

department, institution, authority, officer, bureau, council, office

or other entity created by the Oklahoma Constitution or statutes,

but shall not include any school district, or political subdivision

of the state, except as provided for in Section 1348 of this title.

Provided the term "employer" shall also mean the State Regents for

Higher Education or any institution under the authority of the State

Regents for Higher Education upon agreement between the State

Regents for Higher Education or the appropriate governing board of

an institution under the authority of the State Regents for Higher

Education and the Council; and

5. "Salary adjustment agreement" means a written agreement

between an eligible employee and an employer whereby the employer

agrees to adjust the salary of the employee by a stated amount or an

amount equal to the cost of benefits selected under a flexible

benefits plan and the employer agrees to contribute such amount to

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cover certain costs of the benefits selected by the eligible

employee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5208.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5208.2
Renumbered as § 519 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

26, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.34F — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.34F
Renumbered as § 85.58H of this title by Laws 1998, c
Status: in_force

371, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5090.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5090.3
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

In addition to the other powers and duties prescribed by law,

the Oklahoma Department of Commerce Board, as created in Section 4

of this act, shall:

1. Prescribe rules and policies for the transaction of its

business and the control of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce;

2. Review and approve the strategic plan and the budget, and

amend such to make supplemental appropriations;

3. Advise in the appointment and compensation of the Chief

Executive Officer;

4. Review and endorse any proposed economic projects with the

Legislative Evaluation and Development Committee; and

5. Annually report to the Governor and the Legislature

electronically on the operation, activities, and plans of the

Department, together with any recommendations for future activities

as the Board may deem to be in the best interest of the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-921 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-921
Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement Fund - Management - Warrants and vouchers -
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 25Warrants and vouchers - Retirement Medical Benefit Fund.

A. All employee and employer contributions and dedicated

revenues shall be deposited in a fund in the State Treasury which is

hereby created and shall be known as the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement Fund. The Board of Trustees shall have the

responsibility for the management of the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement Fund, and may transfer monies used for investment

purposes by the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System from the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement Fund in the State Treasury to

the custodian bank or trust company of the System.

B. All benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, refunds of contribution

and overpayments, and all administrative expenses in connection with

the System shall be paid from the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement Fund upon warrants or vouchers signed by two persons

designated by the Board of Trustees. All salaries and expenses of

the administration of the State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan

and the Deferred Savings Incentive Plan, including marketing and

participant education, shall be paid from the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement Fund. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

Fund shall be reimbursed for such expenses, on at least an annual

basis, in accordance with the procedure established by the Board.

The Board of Trustees may transfer monies from the custodian bank or

trust company of the System to the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement Fund in the State Treasury for the purposes specified in

this subsection.

C. There is hereby created the Retirement Medical Benefit Fund.

The fund shall be maintained as a subaccount of the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement Fund. The Retirement Medical Benefit Fund is

composed of all assets which may be contributed to this subaccount

to pay the retirement system's portion of the monthly retiree health

insurance premium benefit described by Section 1316.2 of this title.

All such allocated assets and any earnings thereon in the Retirement

Medical Benefit Fund shall be held for the exclusive purpose of

providing retiree medical benefits. The Retirement Medical Benefit

Fund is to be administered in accordance with the requirements of

Section 401(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from

time to time. The Board of Trustees may promulgate such rules as

are necessary to implement the funding and administration of the

fund pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5058.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5058.5
Operating plan for automated master application system
Status: in_force

The Business License Information Office shall develop an

operating plan for an automated master application system, shall

determine the software and hardware needs of the system, and shall

determine the staffing levels and space required for the system.

State agencies that issue business licenses shall assist and

cooperate in the development and implementation of the plan as

required by the Office. In making the determination and developing

an operating plan for an automated master application system, the

Office shall identify the business licenses appropriate for

inclusion in a master application system and shall develop a master

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application form that consolidates the information needed for the

various state agencies to issue the licenses.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-935.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-935.3
Internal Revenue Service recognition
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System (Board) shall take whatever action is reasonable

and necessary to have the defined contribution system authorized by

this act to be recognized as a tax-qualified plan as that term is

defined by Section 401 et seq. of Title 26 of the United States

Code, or any other applicable provisions of federal law. The Board

is also authorized to establish a plan or use an existing plan

established under Section 457(b) of Title 26 of the United States

Code, if it is necessary to carry out the intent of this act. The

Board shall take whatever action is reasonable and necessary to

obtain confirmation from the Internal Revenue Service that any such

457(b) plan is consistent with the requirements of Section 457(b).
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-428 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-428
Reports - No compensation - Expenses
Status: in_force

The Commission shall report to the Governor, to the President

Pro Tempore of theSenate and to the Speaker of the House of

Representatives at least thirty (30) days prior to the convening of

each regular legislative session, and at such other times as it

deems appropriate. The members of the Commission shall serve

without compensation for such service but shall be reimbursed for

all official travel and necessary expenses at rates now provided, or

which may hereafter be provided by law for state officials and

employees under the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement

Act. Members of the Joint Committee on Interstate Cooperation shall

be reimbursed for official travel and necessary expenses in the same

manner as provided by law for members of the State Legislature.

Members of the Governor's Committee on Interstate Cooperation shall

be reimbursed for official travel and necessary expenses from the

Governor's Contingency and Emergency Fund or such other fund or

funds as are available for such purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1352 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1352
County, city, town incorporation
Status: in_force

Any county, city or town, or any combination thereof, may, jointly

or singly, or in cooperation with other persons, organize and

incorporate for the purposes above set forth in Section 1 hereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9050 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9050
Short title - February 2021 Unregulated Utility Consumer
Status: in_force

Protection Act.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "February 2021

Unregulated Utility Consumer Protection Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9053 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9053
Authority and powers
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other powers expressly conferred upon the

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority pursuant to Section 5062.8 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Authority is hereby

authorized and empowered to take the following action:

1. To provide, with assistance from the Public Utility Division

of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, a pooled loan program for

the efficient financing of qualified costs of unregulated utilities

pursuant to Section 6 of this act for the purposes of mitigating the

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significant impact of extreme purchase costs and extraordinary costs

to customers of an unregulated utility;

2. To assess an administrative fee for the costs associated

with the Authority carrying out its power and duties under this act;

and

3. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the

powers expressly granted in this act.

B. The Authority shall take the following action:

1. To notify the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission upon issuance of a loan pursuant to this act.

The notification shall be in writing and include the amount and

terms of the loan; and

2. To prepare a report annually regarding financing activity

related to the provisions of this act to be submitted to the

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

Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as of

December 1 each year until the debt is retired.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1052 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1052
Governor as ex officio member - Assistant
Status: in_force

The Governor shall be, ex officio, this state's member of the

Southern Interstate Nuclear Board as established by Article II of

the Compact. Provided, that whenever the Governor shall deem it

advisable to do so he may appoint an assistant in the Governor's

office or the executive head of any state department, agency or

institution as this state's member of the Board, and thereafter such

appointed member shall serve on the Board at the pleasure of the

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Governor. An executed counterpart of each letter of appointment by

the Governor shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.35 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.35
Forensic Science Improvement Revolving Fund – Creation
Status: in_force

- Use of fund

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to be designated the

"Forensic Science Improvement Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a

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

consist of all appropriated funds, any funds from state, federal or

other grants, the funds collected from assessments provided by

Section 1313.4 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any monies

transferred from the OSBI Revolving Fund; and any other monies

designated to or deposited to the benefit of this fund. All monies

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

be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation for the purpose of improvement of the forensic science

services of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation including,

but not limited to:

1. Purchase, construction, renovation, financing or leasing of

facilities and equipment;

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2. Purchase, rental, upgrades, repair, and maintenance of

instrumentation and equipment;

3. Salaries, benefits, training, equipment, supplies, and

overhead expenses for agency personnel;

4. Education, training and development of OSBI personnel;

5. Destruction of seized property and chemicals;

6. Accreditation and quality assurance expenses;

7. Professional services contracts;

8. Purchase equipment and provide training to law enforcement

agencies located in this state, pursuant to Section 62.9 of this

title; and

9. Enhancement or implementation of forensic technologies.

Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the

State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-324.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-324.4
State Fire Marshal – Assistant State Fire Marshal
Status: in_force

A. The State Fire Marshal Commission shall appoint a full-time

State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal shall administer and

enforce the provisions of law pertaining to the Office of the State

Fire Marshal to include, but not be limited to, fire and arson

investigations, code enforcement, and public education under the

supervision of the State Fire Marshal Commission and in accordance

with Commission policies. The State Fire Marshal shall be a person

of good moral character and a resident of Oklahoma at the time of

appointment. The State Fire Marshal must have a minimum of ten (10)

years' experience in fire protection, fire prevention,

investigation, or criminal justice, which may include experience

with any state, county, municipal, federal, military, or industrial

fire protection or criminal justice agency. Successful completion

of a degree in fire protection and prevention, criminal justice or

administration from an accredited college or university, may be

substituted for experience on a year-to-year basis. The State Fire

Marshal shall possess administrative ability and experience. The

State Fire Marshal may be required to obtain certification as a

peace officer in the State of Oklahoma from the Council on Law

Enforcement Education and Training, and shall be subject to an

extensive background investigation, psychological testing, and drug

testing. The Commission may also require additional qualifications.

The State Fire Marshal must have or be able to obtain a valid

Oklahoma driver license and be a citizen of the United States.

B. The Commission shall appoint a full-time Assistant State

Fire Marshal upon recommendation from the State Fire Marshal. The

Assistant State Fire Marshal must have a minimum of seven (7) years

experience in fire protection, fire prevention, investigations or

criminal justice, which may include experience with any state,

county, municipal, federal, military, or industrial fire protection

or criminal justice agency. Successful completion of a degree in

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fire protection and prevention, criminal justice, or administration

from an accredited college or university, may be substituted for

experience on a year-to-year basis. The Assistant State Fire

Marshal shall possess administrative ability and experience. The

Assistant State Fire Marshal may be required to obtain certification

as a peace officer from the Council on Law Enforcement and Education

Training, and shall be subject to an extensive background

investigation, psychological testing, and drug testing. The

Commission may require additional qualifications. The Assistant

State Fire Marshal must have or be able to obtain a valid Oklahoma

driver license and be a citizen of the United States.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-691 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-691
Oklahoma Ireland Trade Commission — Composition
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established the Oklahoma Ireland Trade

Commission. The Commission shall consist of nine (9) members, to be

appointed as follows:

1. Two persons to be appointed by the Governor;

2. Two persons to be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma

House of Representatives;

3. Two persons to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of

the Oklahoma State Senate;

4. A person to be appointed by the minority leader of the

Oklahoma House of Representatives;

5. A person to be appointed by the minority leader of the

Oklahoma State Senate; and

6. A person to be appointed by the Executive Director of the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

B. The two members selected by the Governor, the Speaker of the

Oklahoma House of Representatives, and President Pro Tempore of the

Oklahoma State Senate, respectively, shall each be a representative

of either:

1. An Oklahoma public institution of higher learning;

2. The Irish American community in Oklahoma who is interested

in furthering trade between Oklahoma and Ireland;

3. An Oklahoma industry engaged in or seeking to engage in

trade with Ireland; or

4. An Oklahoma business association, trade organization,

economic development organization or chamber of commerce currently

engaged in or interested in engaging in the furtherance of trade

with Ireland.

C. Legislative members shall serve for the two-year biennial

legislative session in which they are appointed to the Commission

and shall remain members of the Legislature in order to retain

membership on the Commission. Vacancies of legislative members

during a term shall be filled in the same manner as the original

appointment only for the unexpired part of the term. The appointing

authority for the legislative member may remove the member and

substitute another appointee for the member at any time. Members

may be reappointed.

D. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original

appointment only for the unexpired part of the term.

E. The appointing authority for the member may remove the

member and substitute another appointee for the member at any time.

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F. The Commission shall hold meetings at least once each

quarter. Meetings shall be held at the call of the chair.

G. A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute

a quorum for the transaction of the business of the Commission.

H. The chair may appoint from among the Commission members

subcommittees and subcommittee chairs.

I. The Commission shall keep records of all proceedings which

shall be public and open to inspection.

J. Staff assistance shall be provided by the Oklahoma House of

Representatives and the Oklahoma State Senate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1841 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1841
Renumbered as § 3315.1 of this title by Laws 2002, c
Status: in_force

199, § 5, emerg. eff. May 6, 2002.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-917 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-917
Termination of employment - Payment - Vested benefits
Status: in_force

(1) Upon termination of employment with a participating

employer, not followed by employment with such participating

employer, or another participating employer, within four (4)

calendar months, the member shall be paid an amount equal to the

amount of money he or she has paid into the System upon the filing

of the proper application with the System. Payment of these

accumulated contributions may be made in less than four (4) calendar

months only in the event that a member is not eligible to elect a

vested benefit pursuant to this section and the member is terminally

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ill, as evidenced by a physician’s certification that the member is

not expected to live beyond four (4) months.

(2) If such member has completed eight (8) years of credited

service at date of termination or if the member is a legislative

session employee of the Legislature or if the employee is a session

employee employed by the Legislative Service Bureau, four (4) years

of credited service at date of termination, he or she may elect a

vested benefit in lieu of receiving his or her accumulated

contributions. The amount of the vested benefit shall commence at

the normal retirement date and shall be paid monthly during the

lifetime of the retirant with the last payment made on the last day

of the month in which death occurs.

(3) Upon death before the normal or early retirement date of a

member who has elected a vested benefit, his or her accumulated

contributions shall be paid to his or her beneficiary unless the

spouse of the deceased member elects monthly benefits as provided

for in Section 918 of this title.

(4) Upon death after the normal or early retirement date of a

retirant who elected a vested benefit without an option, the excess,

if any, of his or her accumulated contributions over the sum of all

payments of the vested benefit made to date of death shall be paid

to his or her beneficiary.

(5) If a former employee, who meets the eligibility

requirements for membership, returns to employment after the

expiration of four (4) calendar months following the termination of

his or her employment and the employee has withdrawn his or her

accumulated contributions, he or she may pay to the System the sum

of the accumulated contributions he or she has withdrawn plus

interest of not to exceed ten percent (10%), as determined by the

Board, and shall receive the same benefits as if he or she had never

withdrawn his or her contributions. No member shall be permitted to

take advantage of the payback for restoration of creditable service

more than one time. If a member, who has elected a vested benefit,

or a reemployed member, who has not withdrawn the member’s

contributions, again becomes an employee of a participating

employer, the period of absence shall not be counted as a break in

service; however, the period of absence shall not be credited.

(6) Prior to January 1, 1991, members, who at the time of

employment were ineligible for membership into the System due to

their age, shall receive benefits for the period of ineligibility if

the employer and employee contributions are paid to the System for

that ineligible period. No interest shall be paid on a payback of

this type. However, effective January 1, 1991, to receive benefits,

the member shall pay the amount determined by the Board pursuant to

Section 913.5 of this title.

(7) When any error in calculation or participation coverage to

a prior or current employee exists, it shall be the responsibility

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of the participating employer which made the error to pay the amount

determined by the Board pursuant to Section 913.5 of this title.

This obligation of the participating employer to pay the amount due

pursuant to this section shall be considered a current obligation of

the employer until the amount is paid in full, regardless of the

dates of the periods of service. Payment made pursuant to this

paragraph shall not reinstate the membership of a former member of

the system who withdrew his or her employee contributions pursuant

to paragraph (1) of this section.

(8) Upon application to the Board and payment as determined by

the Board, a member of the System may receive service credit for

those years of service that the member was eligible to receive

service credit from the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma. To

receive the service credit, the member shall pay the amount

determined by the Board pursuant to Section 913.5 of this title.

(9) Upon the death of a retired member, the benefit payment for

the month in which the retired member died, if not previously paid,

shall be made to the beneficiary of the member or to the member’s

estate if there is no beneficiary. Such benefit payment shall be

made in an amount equal to a full monthly benefit payment regardless

of the day of the month in which the retired member died.

(10) Subject to the provisions of Sections 918 and 918.1 of

this title, if there are two or more beneficiaries designated by the

member, upon the member’s death, the System shall pay any applicable

benefits to any of the beneficiaries that have completed all

required paperwork regardless of whether or not all beneficiaries

have completed such paperwork.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-858 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-858
Loan applications - Contents
Status: in_force

Prior to the loaning of any funds to an industrial development

agency for an industrial development project, the Authority shall

receive from such industrial development agency a loan application

in the form adopted by the Authority which shall contain, without

being limited to, the following provisions:

(a) A general description of the industrial development project

and a general description of the industrial or manufacturing

enterprise for which the industrial development project has been or

is to be established;

(b) A legal description of all real estate necessary for the

industrial development project;

(c) Such plans and other documents as may be required to show

the type, structure, and general character of the industrial

development project;

(d) A general description of the type (types and categories of

skills) and number of employees employed or to be employed in the

operation of the industrial development project;

(e) Evidence that the Authority shall have a purchase money

security interest in any moveable machinery financed by the

Authority;

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(f) Costs or estimates of cost of establishing the industrial

development project;

(g) A general description and statement of value of any

property, real or personal, of the industrial development agency

applied or to be applied to the establishment of the industrial

project;

(h) A statement of cash funds previously applied, or then held

by the industrial development agency which are available for and are

to be applied to the establishment of the industrial development

project;

(i) Evidence of the arrangement made by the industrial

development agency for the financing of all costs of the industrial

development project over and above the participation of the

industrial development agency;

(j) A general description of the responsible tenant to which the

industrial development agency has leased or will lease the

industrial development project or of the responsible buyer to which

the industrial development agency has sold or will sell the project;

(k) A general description of the form of lease or sales agreement

entered into or to be entered into by and between the industrial

development agency and its responsible tenant or responsible buyer;

(l) Evidence that the establishment of the industrial

development project will not cause the removal of an industrial or

manufacturing plant or facility from one area of the state to

another area of the state, or replace an existing industry;

(m) Any additional evidence which the Authority may deem

pertinent to a determination of the probable successful operation of

the industrial development project at the selected location, and

indicating that a substantial increase in employment and payrolls

will probably result from the granting of such loans.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-291.1a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-291.1a
Legislators - Mileage and per diem
Status: in_force

Members of the Legislature who are authorized by the Speaker of

the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate, to attend official meetings and sessions concerning

legislation during a legislative recess shall be entitled to receive

reimbursement for mileage and per diem in the same manner as

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provided for in Sections 291 and 291.1 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3118 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3118
Written response at time of denial of permit, license or
Status: in_force

tax exemption.

Every state agency that has authority to deny a permit, license,

or tax exemption shall provide a written response to the applicant

at the time of denial that states the reason for the denial, any

applicable appeals procedure for the applicant, and any time

limitation for filing an appeal.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5164 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5164
Authority to execute contracts - Public purpose
Status: in_force

A responsible governmental entity may take any action and

execute any Public-Private Partnership contract, authorized under

this act, for the provision of a public purpose in order to more

efficiently and effectively provide public services, including by

generating additional resources in support of the public project.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-326.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-326.5
“FSC” mark – Provision of certification copies to
Status: in_force

wholesalers and agents - Inspection.

Cigarettes that are certified by a manufacturer in accordance

with Section 4 of this act shall be marked with the letters "FSC",

which signify Fire Standards Compliant, appearing in eight-point

type or larger and permanently printed, stamped, engraved or

embossed on the package at or near the UPC Code. Manufacturers

certifying cigarettes in accordance with Section 4 of this act shall

provide a copy of the certifications to all wholesale dealers and

agents to which they sell cigarettes. Wholesale dealers, agents and

retail dealers shall permit the State Fire Marshal, the Tax

Commission, the Attorney General, and their employees to inspect

markings of cigarette packaging marked in accordance with this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5040.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5040.1
Transfer of real or personal property to community
Status: in_force

action agency.

If a community action agency is otherwise eligible to receive

real or personal property from the state or federal government, or

any agency or instrumentality of the state or federal government,

and state or federal law requires that the entity to which the

property is transferred must be a governmental entity, the community

action agency shall, for the purposes of the transfer and for

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purposes of managing the property so transferred, be deemed to be a

governmental entity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.28a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.28a
Statewide electronic tracking system for sexual
Status: in_force

assault evidence collection kits.

A. The Criminalistics Services Division of the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) shall develop and implement a

statewide electronic tracking system for evidence collection kits

used to collect and preserve evidence of a sexual assault or other

sex offense. All sexual assault evidence collection kits, purchased

and/or distributed by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to

collection sites on or after October 1, 2019, shall be trackable and

shall comply with the requirements of the electronic tracking

system.

B. The Division Director of the OSBI Crime Laboratory shall

implement protocols and administer the tracking system. The

Division Director shall implement protocols and the Bureau shall

promulgate rules and guidelines to ensure that previously untested

sexual assault evidence collection kits are trackable and are

entered into the tracking system. Any law enforcement agency,

medical provider or forensic laboratory that has in its custody a

previously untested sexual assault evidence collection kit used for

a forensic medical examination shall comply with the established

protocols, rules and guidelines relating to all untested kits.

C. For purposes of this section, "previously untested sexual

assault evidence collection kit" means any kit that has not

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undergone forensic testing and was identified and included in the

2017-2018 statewide inventories of kits in law enforcement custody

pursuant to the Governor's Executive Order 2017-11. To the extent

practicable, and consistent with protecting victim confidentiality

for unreported sexual assaults, a law enforcement agency having

custody of a kit governed by this subsection shall take reasonable

measures to provide appropriate tracking information to the affected

victim.

D. The tracking system shall:

1. Track the location and status of each evidence collection

kit through the criminal justice process, including the initial

collection of evidence for the kit in a forensic medical examination

performed at a health care facility, receipt and storage of the kit

at a law enforcement agency, receipt and analysis of the kit at an

accredited crime laboratory, and storage and destruction of the kit

after the applicable evidence is analyzed;

2. Allow a health care facility performing a forensic medical

examination of a survivor, law enforcement agency, accredited crime

laboratory, prosecutor or other entity providing a chain of custody

for an evidence collection kit to update and track the status and

location of the kits; and

3. Allow a survivor to anonymously track or receive updates

regarding the statute and location of the survivor's evidence

collection kit.

E. The Bureau shall require participation in the tracking

system by all medical providers, law enforcement agencies, forensic

laboratories or other persons or entities having custody or use of

any sexual assault evidence collection kit in the State of Oklahoma.

These entities shall participate in the tracking system and comply

with the established protocols, rules and guidelines. A

participating entity shall be permitted to access the entity's

tracking information through the System.

F. Records entered into the tracking system are confidential.

Records relating to an evidence collection kit may be accessed only

by:

1. The survivor for whom the evidence collection kit was

completed; or

2. An employee of an entity described by subsection C for

purposes of updating or tracking the status or location of the

evidence collection kit.

G. No later than January 1, 2020, the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation shall require all entities described in this section

to participate in the statewide tracking system established by this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.22B — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.22B
Unlawful disclosure of bid information
Status: in_force

Any disclosure by an employee of a public agency of the material

terms of a bid submitted in response to a bid notice issued by a

public agency in advance of the time set for opening of all bids so

submitted shall be unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to

solicit, possess, provide, or receive information which is to be

contained in a bid notice of a public agency, for use in preparing a

bid, in advance of the date on which the bid notice is to be made

equally and uniformly known to all prospective bidders and the

public. It shall be unlawful for any employee of a public agency to

withhold or impede the distribution of such information after notice

of the bid has been given, unless the solicitation of bids has been

withdrawn or the particular information in question has been deleted

or replaced through alteration of the bid notice and the withdrawal

or alteration has been made equally and uniformly known. Any

violation of this section for any purpose or in any manner

prohibited in Section 2 of this act shall be a felony and shall

render the proceedings void and require a new solicitation and

award. 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, § 74-227.24 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.24
Renumbered as Section 37 of Title 1 of the Oklahoma
Status: in_force

Statutes by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-191 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-191
Transfer of employees from other state agencies - Status
Status: in_force

If any employee of the State Department of Health who heretofore

or hereafter has been transferred from another state agency, or

terminated his employment by such other state agency to be

immediately reemployed by the State Department of Health, he shall

retain the same status, rights and privileges and retention points

that shall have accrued to him while employed by the other state

agency in the classified service under the Merit System for

Personnel Administration.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2302 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2302
Educational programs for schools
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department may coordinate

with the Oklahoma Historical Society and the State Department of

Education to develop educational programs and materials for Oklahoma

schools that promote learning both by reading about and visiting

historical sites throughout the State of Oklahoma, and to promote

tourism and heritage preservation throughout this state. The

Department of Transportation may participate in this project by

developing and placing markers along the highways of this state to

recognize various historical sites incorporated into the materials

developed for this project.

The implementation of the provisions of this act shall be

contingent upon, and subject to, the availability of funding.

The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, the Oklahoma

Historical Society, the State Department of Education, and the

Department of Transportation are hereby granted authority to seek,

solicit, collect, and use public and/or private funding, donations,

grants, and gifts from any available source in implementing and

maintaining this project. Any funds received and collected for this

project may be deposited into the Heritage Preservation Revolving

Fund. In its discretion, each participating agency in this project

may use some of its state-appropriated funds when such agency deems

the amount of its funding appropriate for this project in the normal

course of such agency's responsibilities and duties.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5204 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5204
Renumbered as § 514 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

21, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.18 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.18
Annual conference on commercial application of results
Status: in_force

of health research projects.

The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology shall sponsor an annual conference of health research

investigators, representatives of institutions of higher learning,

nonprofit research institutions, and representatives of industry to

accelerate and facilitate the commercial development of new products

and services conceived or developed as consequence of professional

service contracts supporting health research projects.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1314.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1314.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 1 through 5 of this act:

(a) "Agency Plan" means the health insurance program offered by

the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission to its employees as of

the effective date of this act. The Agency Plan presently conforms

to the Federal Plan;

(b) "State Plan" means the health insurance program provided

for state employees pursuant to the State and Education Employees

Group Insurance Act;

(c) "Federal Plan" means the health insurance program provided

for federal employees upon which the Agency Plan is based, and is

more specifically defined in 5 CFR Ch.1, PART 890--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM, as may be amended from time to time, and

represents the standard against which the State Plan is to be

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measured to determine material differences for purposes of securing

the supplemental health insurance for which provision is made in

this act; and

(d) "Commission" means the Oklahoma Employment Security

Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.1
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 5063.1 through 5063.19, including Sections 5063.4a

through 5063.4i, of this title shall be known and may be cited as

the "Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3404 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3404
Making or receiving a kickback prohibited - Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person who shall knowingly make or receive, either directly

or indirectly, a kickback shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony

offense, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than Ten

Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or double the amount of the financial

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gain, or be imprisoned as provided for in subsections B through F of

Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or both.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9.35 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9.35
Nonpartisan and nonprofit character of Committee
Status: in_force

The Governor's Advisory Committee on Employment of People with

Disabilities shall be nonpartisan, nonprofit, and shall not be used

for the dissemination of partisan principles, nor for the promotion

of the candidacy of any person seeking public office or preferment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.35 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.35
Renumbered as § 85.58K of this title by Laws 1998, c
Status: in_force

371, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-28c — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-28c
Appointment of assistants and employees - Term
Status: in_force

The Attorney General is hereby authorized to appoint the

Assistants and employees created in this act, in addition to those

now authorized by law, and they shall hold their offices and

positions at the pleasure and discretion of the Attorney General.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5035 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5035
Community Service Block Grant Funds - Receipt - Use -
Status: in_force

Rules and regulations - Allocation to community action agencies -

Consolidation of programs.

A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is hereby designated to

receive Community Services Block Grant Funds appropriated,

authorized or allocated for usage within the State of Oklahoma by

the United States Government. These funds shall be used for, but

not limited to the following:

1. Provide a range of services and activities having major

impact on causes and effects of poverty in the community or those

areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute

problem;

2. Provide activities designed to assist low-income

participants including the elderly poor;

a. to secure and retain meaningful employment,

b. to attain an adequate education,

c. to make better use of available income,

d. to obtain and maintain adequate housing and a

suitable living environment,

e. to obtain emergency assistance,

f. to remove obstacles and solve problems which

block the achievement of self-sufficiency,

g. to make more effective use of other programs;

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3. Provide on an emergency basis for the provision of such

supplies and services, nutritious foodstuffs and related services,

as may be necessary to counteract conditions of starvation and

malnutrition among the poor or temporarily indigent;

4. Coordinate and establish linkages between government and

other social services programs to assure the effective delivery of

such services to low-income individuals; and

5. Encourage the use of entities in the private sector of the

community in efforts to eliminate poverty in the community.

B. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall promulgate and

ensure compliance on rules, regulations, policies and procedures to

carry out all programs of the Community Services Block Grant.

C. At least ninety percent (90%) of the Community Service

Block Grant funds received by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce

for the state from the United States Government shall be allocated

to community action agencies, as defined in this act.

D. If the Community Services Block Grant is consolidated with

any other block grant or other federal program, then a proportional

share of the consolidated funds shall be used for services under the

Community Services Block Grant program in accordance with this act

for at least twelve (12) months. The Oklahoma Department of

Commerce shall retain administrative responsibility of these funds.

E. For each consolidated program, proportional share shall be

the percentage of total funds received by all consolidated programs

prior to the consolidation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3304 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3304
Requisites of Executive Order
Status: in_force

An Executive Order creating an agency shall clearly define its

purpose and the duties, responsibilities and qualifications of

agency officials, salaries of the officials, projected number of

employees and the maximum permissible expenditures of the agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.56 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.56
State Recycling Revolving Fund - Use of revenues from
Status: in_force

sale of waste materials.

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

fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, to be

designated the "State Recycling Revolving Fund". The fund shall be

administered in accordance with standard revolving fund procedures.

The Office shall direct to the State Recycling Revolving Fund any

federal or private grants which may qualify. The Office shall have

the authority to expend monies from the fund for the purpose of

implementing the Oklahoma State Recycling and Recycled Materials

Procurement Act and to defray expenses the Office incurs to support

recycling operations.

B. Revenues received from the sale of waste materials which can

be recycled through any recycling programs operated by the Office

shall be used to implement the Oklahoma State Recycling and Recycled

Materials Procurement Act and to defray expenses the Office incurs

to support recycling operations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.53 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.53
Use of monies from Research Support Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology (OCAST) may use monies from the Research Support

Revolving Fund to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Science and

Technology Research and Development Act by awarding competitive

basic and applied plant science research funds, through professional

service contracts, to institutions of higher education, nonprofit

research foundations and private enterprises of special importance

to the Oklahoma economy.

B. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology, contingent on the availability of funds, and with the

advice of the Plant Science Research Committee, shall:

1. Establish and operate a state program designed to secure and

impartially distribute funds credited to the Research Support

Revolving Fund to support professional service contracts for basic

plant science research projects to be awarded only on the basis of

scientific and technical merit;

2. Design the basic plant science research program to ensure

the optimum performance of the investigator(s) and the maximum

efficiency of the project(s);

3. Evaluate and approve basic plant science research projects

to be funded from the Research Support Revolving Fund;

4. Establish a procedure for the referral of proposed basic

plant science research projects to the Plant Science Research

Committee for review;

5. Establish procedures for review of proposed basic plant

science research projects by qualified individuals, the majority of

whom reside outside of Oklahoma;

6. Suspend or terminate any professional service contract

supporting basic plant science research projects for failure by an

investigator, institution of higher learning, private enterprise, or

nonprofit research institution to comply with the procedures,

requirements, or bylaws of the Oklahoma Science and Technology

Research and Development (OSTRaD) Board; and

7. Enter into contracts to ensure the optimum performance of

plant science research investigators and to ensure the maximum

efficiency of proposed plant science research projects.

C. The Board shall award funding or professional service

contracts for basic plant science research, contingent on the

availability of funds and based upon the proposal submitted;

external peer review, the majority of whom must reside outside of

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Oklahoma; and such additional investigation as the staff of OCAST

shall make only after:

1. Developing, adopting and publishing the criteria it shall

use when evaluating research proposals; and

2. Ensuring that funding to support basic plant science

research projects is awarded only on the basis of scientific and

technical merit.

D. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology, contingent on the availability of funds, and with the

advice of the Plant Science Research Committee, shall establish and

operate a state program designed to secure and impartially

distribute funds credited to the Research Support Revolving Fund to

support professional service contracts for applied plant science

research projects.

E. The OSTRaD Board shall award funding or professional service

contracts for applied plant science research only after:

1. Developing, adopting and publishing the criteria it shall

use when evaluating research proposals; and

2. Reviewing applied plant science research proposals which

present:

a. documentation, if the proposal is from an institution

of higher education or nonprofit research institution,

that not less than fifty percent (50%) of the total

direct cost of the proposed project will be provided

by sources other than OCAST and other than state-

appropriated money; machinery or equipment may be

considered as part of the matching funds for the

research, but must be accompanied by a statement:

(1) that the institution of higher education or

nonprofit research institution has possession of

the machinery or equipment and that it is

appropriate and useful to the program under

review, and either

(2) verifying that the equipment or machinery is

donated and has only been used in testing to

ensure quality control, or used by a wholesaler

or retailer for demonstration purposes only and

verifying the fair market value of the machinery

or equipment on the date of the gift, or

(3) detailing the price paid by the institution of

higher education or nonprofit research

institution, with an invoice showing the amount

paid for the machinery or equipment,

b. documentation, if the proposal is from a private

enterprise, that not less than fifty percent (50%) of

the total direct cost of the proposed project will be

provided by sources other than OCAST and other than

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state-appropriated money. No portion of the fifty

percent (50%) may be provided by in-kind services

performed by the enterprise,

c. a description of the potential commercial application

of and the industrial sectors that will likely benefit

from the applied research project and the potential to

enhance employment opportunities in Oklahoma,

d. an itemized research budget, time line and research

methodology,

e. a recommendation from the sponsoring institution of

higher education, nonprofit research institution or

business enterprise, and

f. other information that may be required by the Board.

F. The OSTRaD Board may approve such applied plant science

research proposals, contingent on the availability of funds, after

the Board finds, based upon the proposal submitted; external peer

review, the majority of whom must reside outside of Oklahoma; and

such additional investigation as the staff of OCAST shall make and

incorporate in its minutes, that:

1. The proposed project is research that leads to innovation,

new knowledge or technology and is not training or technical

assistance for business firms;

2. The project has a reasonable probability to enhance

employment opportunities within Oklahoma; and

3. The project is technically sound and will produce a

specified measurable result.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5062.19 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5062.19
Annual report - Matters included - Compliance with
Status: in_force

G.A.O. auditing standards.

A. Within sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year,

the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority shall, in its annual

report, account for:

1. The manner in which the purpose as described in Section

5062.1 et seq. of this title has been carried out by the Oklahoma

Development Finance Authority;

2. A list of all bonds issued by the Authority and an itemized

list of costs of issuance and an evaluation of the extent to which

the purposes of the bond proceeds have been realized;

3. A list of all loans made by the Authority and a description

of projects financed;

4. Documentation and estimates of jobs created and jobs

preserved as a result of loans made by the Authority;

5. Estimates of the multiplier effects on the local and/or

statewide economy of loans made by the Authority;

6. An analysis by size, sector and location of the targeting of

loans by the Authority to agricultural enterprises, industrial

enterprises, and to the state and any of its political subdivisions;

7. A preliminary financial report showing the financial

condition of the Authority at the end of the fiscal year; provided,

an independent audit in accordance with generally accepted

accounting principles shall be undertaken by an accounting firm or

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individual holding a permit to practice public accounting in this

state and shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the

House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

Oklahoma Futures and the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector

in accordance with the requirements set forth for financial

statement audits in Section 212A of this title. The audit shall

include:

a. a statement of the aggregate dollar amount, if any, of

obligations which are backed by the Credit Enhancement

Reserve Fund and which are more than ninety (90) days

delinquent in their payments, and

b. a statement of payments made from the Credit

Enhancement Reserve Fund, and

c. a statement on the loss rate percentage derived by

dividing the outstanding principal balance of unpaid

obligations of the Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund by

the amount of payments made from the fund during the

fiscal year; and

8. Policy recommendations for programs which will enhance the

economic growth and development of the state.

B. All public accountants and certified public accountants, as

a condition of being approved by the Oklahoma Development Finance

Authority to perform the annual independent audit required pursuant

to this section, shall comply with the most recent "Governmental

Auditing Standards" of the Standards for Audit of Governmental

Organizations, Programs, Activities, and Functions, issued by the

United States General Accounting Office. A copy of the peer review

performed in accordance with the above standards shall be filed with

the Authority. Should the results of the peer review indicate that

material deficiencies exist in the audit work performed by the

reviewed auditing firm, the Oklahoma State Board of Public

Accountancy shall so notify the Authority, which shall immediately

remove the reviewed firm from any approved list of auditors

maintained by the Authority for a period of at least two (2) years

or until such time as the firm has demonstrated satisfactory

correction of the deficiencies reported in the peer review.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.20C — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.20C
Written notice of furlough to state employees
Status: in_force

A. Each agency, as defined by Section 840-1.3 of this title,

shall provide a written notice to any employee of such agency who

will be furloughed by the agency at least thirty (30) days prior to

the first date that the furlough period is scheduled to begin. The

notice shall provide information about the anticipated first date of

the furlough period and an estimate of the duration of the furlough

or the day or days during which the furlough will be in effect.

B. The furlough notice shall be provided to the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services and any state employee

association representing state employees at such time.

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C. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to disruptions

in funding to state agencies caused by actions at the federal level.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3119 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3119
State employee membership - Department of Corrections -
Status: in_force

General mailing list.

Any statewide organization limited to state employee membership

with a minimum membership of two thousand dues-paying members and

serving employees of a state agency including, but not limited to,

the Department of Corrections, may annually send one general mailing

to all state employees and shall pay for the total cost of the

mailing. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services and any

qualifying organization under this section shall agree on the method

of providing a list of the names and addresses of the state

employees to accomplish the mailing, while preserving the

confidentiality of the list. Such an agreement may include

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providing the list to a third party in the business of providing

mailing services if the third party agrees to maintain the

confidentiality of the list. The State of Oklahoma shall not be

held responsible or be liable to employees for providing the names

and addresses as provided herein.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3301 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3301
"Agency" defined
Status: in_force

As used in this act, "agency" means any board, commission,

department, authority, bureau, office or other entity created with

authority to make rules or formulate orders as defined in the

Administrative Procedures Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.11
Renumbered as Section 21 of Title 1 of the Oklahoma
Status: in_force

Statutes by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-853 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-853
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms whenever used or referred to in the Oklahoma

Industrial Finance Authority Act shall have the following meanings,

except in those instances where the context clearly indicates

otherwise:

(a) The term "Authority" shall mean the public body corporate

and politic, "The Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority" created by

this act.

(b) The term "Board" shall mean the governing body of the

Authority.

(c) The term "government" shall mean the state and federal

governments, or any political subdivision, agency or

instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, or either of them.

(d) The term "industrial development agency" shall mean any

Oklahoma incorporated organization, foundation, association or

agency, regardless of the particular name, whether organized for

profit or nonprofit, which shall have as its primary function the

promotion, encouragement and development of industrial,

recreational, agricultural processing and manufacturing enterprises,

livestock processing and conditioning enterprises and enterprises

which process mined resources in Oklahoma.

(e) The term "Industrial Development Loan Fund" shall mean the

account created by Section 860 of this title.

(f) The term "industrial development project" shall mean any

site, structure, facility or undertaking comprising or being

connected with or being a part of any industrial, recreational,

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agricultural processing or manufacturing enterprise or enterprise

which processes mined resources established or to be established by

an industrial development agency in Oklahoma.

(g) The term "municipality" shall mean any city or town in

Oklahoma.

(h) The term "machinery" shall mean moveable machinery as well

as machinery which is permanently affixed.

(i) The term "purchase money security interest" shall have the

same meaning it has under Section 1-9-103 of Title 12A of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

(j) On and after May 30, 1990, the term "recreational

enterprise" shall mean amusement, cultural, historical, nature,

theme, water or zoological park or museum or aquarium.

(k) The term "responsible buyer" shall mean any person,

partnership, firm, company or corporation whether organized for

profit or not deemed by the Authority, after proper investigation,

to be financially responsible to assume all obligations prescribed

by the Authority in the acquisition of an industrial development

project from an industrial development agency, and in the operation

of an industrial or manufacturing enterprise therein or thereon.

(l) The term "responsible tenant" shall mean any person,

partnership, firm, company or corporation whether organized for

profit or not deemed by the Authority, after proper investigation,

to be financially responsible to assume all rental and all other

obligations prescribed by the Authority in the leasing of an

industrial development project and in the operation of an industrial

or manufacturing enterprise therein or thereon or in the operation

of tourism facilities in the form of amusement parks, entertainment

parks, theme parks, or museums.

(m) The words "cost of establishing an industrial development

project" shall embrace any or all of the following: The cost of

construction, the cost of all lands, property, rights, easements and

franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for such

construction; financing charges, interest prior to and during

construction, cost of engineering and legal expense, plans,

specifications, surveys, estimates of costs and other expenses

necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or

practicability of any industrial development project, cost of such

machinery and equipment essential to placing the project in

operation, not limited to such machinery and equipment of the type

necessarily required to be permanently affixed to and, by agreement

of the parties, become a part of the realty covered by the

Authority's mortgage; provided, further, that the Authority shall

make no loan secured by movable machinery and equipment separate and

apart from the realty, unless such loan is secured by a security

interest and a real estate mortgage on the industrial development

project, together with such other expenses as may be necessary or

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incident to the financing and construction of the industrial

development project and the placing of the same in operation. The

cost of all machinery and equipment and its installation and

maintenance, except as above provided, shall not be included in the

"cost of establishing an industrial development project", but shall

be provided by the responsible tenant or responsible buyer.

(n) The determination of the amount of bonds "outstanding at

any one time" shall be calculated by totaling the face amount of all

unretired bonds issued by the Authority less any sums irrevocably on

deposit in the Bond Redemption Account.

(o) Nothing in this act shall be construed to impair or affect

the right of any recreational enterprise, as was defined by the

Rules and Regulations of the Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority

prior to May 30, 1990, and whose application is on file and pending

approval by the Authority prior to May 30, 1990, to otherwise

qualify for and receive any loan pursuant to the Oklahoma Industrial

Finance Authority Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3103 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3103
Reports published by State agencies, departments, boards, commissions and institutions -
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 36commissions and institutions - Elimination of unnecessary expense.

That all state agencies, departments, boards, commissions and

institutions are instructed to make every effort to use the most

inexpensive and brief means of publication of this material.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-212B — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-212B
Format of electronic submissions to State Auditor and
Status: in_force

Inspector.

Copies of any audit, performance audit, agreed-upon procedure

report, or other attestation engagement report produced by a person

other than the State Auditor and Inspector that is required to be

filed with the State Auditor and Inspector pursuant to Section 212A

of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be submitted in

electronic, read-only format. The State Auditor and Inspector shall

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make such reports available to the public at no charge on the State

Auditor and Inspector's website.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.11
General obligation bonds - Authority to issue -
Status: in_force

Written plan for issuance.

A. The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority is hereby

authorized to issue bonds of the State of Oklahoma, to be known as

Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund General Obligation Bonds, in a total

principal amount not to exceed One Hundred Million Dollars

($100,000,000.00) for the sole purpose of generating monies to be

deposited to the Fund.

B. The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority shall not issue

Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund General Obligation Bonds unless and

until the Authority has determined that there are insufficient

monies in the Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund to cover imminent

losses on revenue bonds or other obligations insured by the Fund.

In such instances, the Authority shall, prior to the issuance of any

State of Oklahoma Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund General Obligation

Bonds, submit to the Executive Bond Oversight Commission and

Legislative Bond Oversight Commission a written plan describing the

need for the issuance of the bonds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.19 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.19
Investment in securities of Oklahoma Development
Status: in_force

Finance Authority.

The bonds issued pursuant to this act are hereby made securities

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

municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies

and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance

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

savings associations, including savings and loan associations and

building and loan associations, investment companies and other

persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators,

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

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

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

legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging

to them. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, said bonds are

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

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

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municipalities and municipal subdivisions for any purpose for which

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

may hereafter be authorized.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5085.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5085.7
Tax credits
Status: in_force

A. The State of Oklahoma hereby issues tax credits that may be

used to reduce the tax liability of a person, firm or corporation if

such liability is imposed pursuant to the provisions of Section 2355

of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 624 of Title 36 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. Provided, tax credits against liabilities

imposed pursuant to Section 624 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes

shall be limited to the amount that would otherwise be collected and

allocated to the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. Tax

credits issued and transferred to the Oklahoma Development Finance

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Authority pursuant to the provisions of this section and prior to

July 1, 1991, are hereby transferred to the Oklahoma Capital

Investment Board, created pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Capital Formation Act. The total amount of tax credits that are

hereby issued, or are transferred pursuant to this section to the

Board, is One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00). The

credits shall be freely transferable to subsequent transferees;

however, no such tax credit shall be exercisable before July 1,

1990, nor, except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this

section, after July 1, 2020.

B. Tax credits may be exercised after July 1, 2020, if such tax

credits were purchased or were agreed to be purchased based upon a

contractual commitment to the Board made by a person or entity

pursuant to an agreement originally entered into no later than

December 31, 1995. Any such credits may be exercised until fully

utilized by the person or entity having entered into such

contractual commitment or by any person or entity having obtained

tax credits from a person or entity having made such a contractual

commitment or by any subsequent transferee if such tax credit

transfer occurred prior to the effective date of this act.

C. The Board shall not transfer tax credits except in

conjunction with a legitimate call on a Board guarantee. The Board

shall immediately notify the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Governor in

writing if any tax credit is transferred in conjunction with a

legitimate call on a Board guarantee; provided, the Board shall not

be required to make such notification for transfers to subsequent

transferees.

D. The Board shall determine the amount of individual tax

credits to be transferred pursuant to the Oklahoma Capital Formation

Act and may negotiate for sale of such credits subject only to the

limits imposed by the Oklahoma Capital Formation Act, including the

provisions of subsections F and G of Section 5085.8 of this title.

E. The Board shall ensure that no more than Twenty Million

Dollars ($20,000,000.00) in tax credits has been transferred which

may be claimed and used to reduce the tax otherwise imposed by

Section 2355 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 624 of

Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes for any one (1) fiscal year.

F. The Board shall clearly indicate upon the face of the

certificate or other document transferring the tax credit the

principal amount of the tax credit and the taxable year or years for

which the credit may be claimed.

G. Any original sale of tax credits by the Board shall be by

competitive bidding unless the sale is for full-face value.

H. The Board shall, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Tax

Commission, develop a system for registration of any tax credits

issued or transferred pursuant to the Oklahoma Capital Formation Act

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and a system of certificates that permits verification that any tax

credit claimed upon a tax return is validly issued, properly taken

in the year of claim and that any transfers of the tax credit are

made in accordance with the requirements of the Oklahoma Capital

Formation Act.

I. The Board may pay a fee in connection with the purchase by

the Board of an option or other agreement pursuant to which a

transfer of tax credits authorized by the Oklahoma Capital Formation

Act may be made.

J. Except as otherwise provided by this section and by

subsections F and G of Section 5085.8 of this title, the Board shall

have the power to make any contract, execute any document, charge

reasonable fees for services rendered, perform any act or enter into

any financial or other transaction necessary in order to carry out

its mission.

K. The Board may employ such persons as may be required for the

proper implementation of the Oklahoma Capital Formation Act, the

management of its assets, or the performance of any function

authorized or required by the Oklahoma Capital Formation Act or

necessary for the accomplishment of any such function. Such persons

shall be selected by the Board based upon outstanding knowledge and

leadership in the field for which the person performs services for

the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4254 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4254
State officers and employees - Additional compensation
Status: in_force

for lobbying prohibited.

No state officer or state employee shall receive any additional

compensation or reimbursement from any person for personally

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engaging in lobbying other than compensation or reimbursements

provided by law for that member's job position.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-372 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-372
Deposits with State Treasurer by city treasurer
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma shall receive and

accept any surplus funds or monies offered for deposit with him by

an official voucher drawn by any city treasurer of any city of the

State of Oklahoma. Said Treasurer in accepting said funds shall act

as a depository for the same. Said funds so deposited may be

withdrawn by an official transfer voucher on drafts drawn against

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said account by the city treasurer depositing same, said drafts to

be countersigned by the city clerk of said city, and any interest

earned by said deposit shall be credited to said account. Said

withdrawal voucher or draft must be made payable only to the city or

town treasurer drawing same.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-869 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-869
Loans upon leasehold estates - Terms
Status: in_force

In addition to the lending powers and authority granted the

Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority under the provisions of the

Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority Act, 74 O.S.1961, Section 851

et seq., said authority is hereby further authorized and empowered

to make loans, subject to all other terms and conditions contained

in such act, upon leasehold estates and buildings and facilities

located thereon; provided however, that as a condition thereof the

authority must first find that the remaining term of such leasehold

estate upon which such a loan is applied for shall have a term of

years of at least one and one-half times as long as the term of the

loan applied for.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1329 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1329
Health Savings Account - Contributions
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall contract with a vendor

to make available a health savings account to all enrollees in the

HealthChoice qualified high-deductible health plan. Any employer or

employee contributions to the health savings account shall be

allowable as a remittance to the vendor through payroll deduction in

conjunction with the employer's Section 125 Plan and shall not be

subject to any assessment of administrative fees by the Oklahoma

Health Care Authority or any state agency for remittance to the

vendor. The State of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Health Care

Authority shall take necessary measures to make any employer or

employee health savings account contributions permissible under the

state's Section 125 Plan.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.47f — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.47f
Premiums and fees
Status: in_force

A. The Administrator may set reasonable premiums and fees, not

to exceed limits established by rules promulgated by the Director of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, to be paid for the

purpose of providing bonding assistance under this program.

B. The premiums and fees set by the Administrator shall be

payable in the amounts, at the time and in the manner that the

Administrator requires.

C. The premiums and fees need not be uniform among

transactions, and may vary in amount:

1. Among transactions; and

2. At different stages during the terms of transactions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1372 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1372
Claims for flexible spending account benefits - Notice of
Status: in_force

denial - Hearing.

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall be

responsible for making all determinations as to the rights of any

participant or any beneficiary of a participant to receive amounts

under the flexible spending account benefits plan. The Office shall

prescribe forms and procedures for making claims for flexible

spending account benefits under the plan. Each person making a

claim for benefits under the flexible spending account benefits plan

shall also furnish the Office with such documents, evidence, data or

information in support of such claim as the Oklahoma Employees

Insurance and Benefits Board considers necessary or desirable. If

any claim for the flexible spending account benefits plan is wholly

or partially denied, the claimant shall be given notice in writing

of such denial within a reasonable period of time, but no later than

forty-five (45) days after the claim is filed.

A claimant whose claim is denied shall have the right to a

hearing before the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services or hearing officer designated by the Director.

Written notification by a claimant for a hearing must be received by

the executive director within ten (10) business days of notification

of claim denial. The hearing shall be conducted within thirty (30)

days in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative

Procedures Act. The Office shall promulgate administrative rules

establishing policies and procedures specific to the notice of

denial, request for explanation, and hearing for flexible spending

account benefit claims denial.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.34D — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.34D
Renumbered as § 85.58F of this title by Laws 1998, c
Status: in_force

371, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.9c — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.9c
Renumbered as § 1-556 of Title 63 by Laws 1998, c
Status: in_force

210, § 9, eff. July 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.45c — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.45c
Bid-preference program
Status: in_force

A. For competitive bids submitted to the state pursuant to the

Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act or pursuant to the Public

Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 by certified minority businesses,

the State Purchasing Director shall prepare and implement a bid-

preference program. The program shall require that a percentage be

added to the price of the lowest bid and if the certified minority

business enterprise submits a bid that falls between the lowest bid

plus the percentage, it shall receive the contract.

Provided however, in no instance shall the minority business

enterprise be entitled to both a minority bid preference under this

act and the preference for state-produced goods pursuant to Section

85.32 of this title.

B. The minority business enterprise preference program shall be

implemented on the following schedule:

1. For the 1988-1989 fiscal year, the State Purchasing Director

shall certify the percent of funds expended on state contracts which

have been awarded to minority business enterprises certified

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pursuant to Section 7 of this act. If the State Purchasing Director

certifies that a minimum of ten percent (10%) of the funds expended

on state contracts were expended on contracts awarded to minority

business enterprises certified pursuant to Section 7 of this act

then the minority percentage bid preference shall be zero. If the

percentage of such funds expended on minority business enterprises

is less than ten percent (10%) then a five percent (5%) bid

preference shall go into effect; and

2. For each following fiscal year, the State Purchasing

Director shall certify the percent of funds expended on state

contracts which have been awarded to minority business enterprises.

When the State Purchasing Director certifies that a minimum of ten

percent (10%) of the funds expended on state contracts are expended

on contracts awarded to minority business enterprises then the

percentage bid preference shall remain at that preference level for

a period of one (1) year. After that one-year period, unless the

minority bid preference level is zero, the State Purchasing Director

shall reduce by one percent (1%) each year the bid preference level

unless the required percent of funds expended on state contracts

awarded to minority business enterprises decreases below the ten

percent (10%) minimum. At that time, the State Purchasing Director

shall increase the percentage bid preference one percent (1%) each

year to a maximum of five percent (5%) to attain the minimum ten

percent (10%) goal of the program. Each year the State Purchasing

Director may increase or decrease the bid percentage level in

compliance with this section to maintain the minimum ten percent

(10%) goal of the program.

C. The Department of Transportation is exempted from the

provisions of the Minority Business Enterprise Assistance Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-906 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-906
Board meetings - Quorum - Compensation
Status: in_force

(1) The Board shall hold regular meetings in Oklahoma City at

least once each quarter, the dates, time, and place thereof to be

fixed by the Board. The Board shall hold a regular meeting in July

of each year which meeting shall be the annual meeting and at which

meeting it shall elect its chair. Special meetings may be called

upon written call of the chair or by agreement of any eight members

of the Board. Notice of a special meeting shall be delivered to all

trustees in person, by registered or certified United States mail,

or by electronic mail not less than seven (7) days prior to the date

fixed for the meeting; provided, however, that notice of such

meeting may be waived by any member either before or after such

meeting and attendance at such meeting shall constitute a waiver of

notice of such meeting, unless a member participates therein solely

to object to the transaction of any business because the meeting has

not been legally called or convened.

(2) Eight (8) trustees shall constitute a quorum for the

transaction of business, but any official action of the Board shall

be based upon a favorable vote by at least eight (8) trustees at a

regular or special meeting of the Board.

(3) The trustees shall serve the System without compensation

but shall receive their actual and necessary expenses, subject to

statutory limitations applying to other state employees, as are

incurred in the performance of their duties, which shall be paid as

an operating expense from the appropriate operating fund of the

System.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5064.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5064.2
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature recognizes the numerous benefits to the state's

economic base from the establishment of businesses by inventors and

the numerous benefits provided by inventors which include industrial

diversification, broadening of the economic base, a great

proliferation of jobs, providing financial benefits to our citizens

through a greatly expanded tax base and new products and processes

for the nation's consumers.

It is estimated that ninety-five percent (95%) of all inventions

are never authoritatively considered primarily because inventors are

unfamiliar with the business environment or financial structure

necessary for implementing their proposals.

The Legislature therefore recognizes a need to encourage and

assist inventors and, at the same time, to position this state as a

leader in advanced and high technology and to foster a climate for

those leaders of this state, the nation and the world.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-30.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-30.1
Short title - Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse Act
Status: in_force

Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall be known and may be cited as

the "Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1152 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1152
Establishment of multistate regional commission or
Status: in_force

commissions.

The State of Oklahoma hereby accepts the invitation heretofore

or hereafter received from the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, or such

other official as may be provided by law, to join with the federal

government and other states for the establishment of the appropriate

multistate regional commission or commissions for the economic

development region or regions, referred to in Section 2 hereof,

under laws heretofore or hereafter enacted by the Congress of the

United States.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5085.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5085.8
Investment of capital
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by subsections F and G of this

section, the Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and

Development Board shall have the power to solicit proposals from

qualified investor groups for investment of capital in accordance

with the requirements of the Oklahoma Capital Formation Act. The

Board shall establish criteria for selection of persons, firms,

corporations, or other entities deemed qualified to generate capital

for investment in a manner which will result in a significant

potential to create jobs and to diversify and stabilize the economy

of this state. Such criteria shall include the applicant’s level of

experience, quality of management, investment philosophy and

process, historical investment performance, probability of success

in fund raising, the amount and timing of fees to be paid, and such

other investment criteria as may be commonly used in professional

portfolio management as the Board may deem appropriate.

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B. Except as otherwise provided by subsections F and G of this

section, the Board shall have the power to extend a guarantee in the

form of a put option or such other method as selected by the Board.

Guarantees may extend to principal plus interest over the term of

the guarantee at a rate set by Board resolution from time to time.

Guarantees in whatever form negotiated by the Board may be made for

any period of time, but no term shall expire prior to January 1,

1992. The Board may charge a reasonable fee for costs and the fair

compensation of risk associated with its guarantee. The guarantees

extended by the Board shall in no way be an obligation of the state

and may be restricted to specific funds or assets of the Board;

provided, however, proceeds from the sale of any tax credits shall

be sufficient to meet contractual guarantee obligations of the

Board. The Board shall have the right to contract freely to protect

the interests of this state. The Board shall ensure that at least

Two Dollars ($2.00) will be invested in Oklahoma businesses or

projects for every One Dollar ($1.00) of principal guaranteed by the

Board.

C. If the Board purchases any security pursuant to an agreement

with an investor group, the Board shall acquire such securities and

may invest, manage, transfer, or dispose of such securities in

accordance with policies for management of assets adopted by the

Board.

D. Except as otherwise provided by subsections F and G of this

section, the Board shall have the power to make any contract,

execute any document, perform any act, or enter into any financial

or other transaction necessary in order to carry out its mission.

The Board may employ such persons as may be required for the

performance of any function authorized or required by the Oklahoma

Capital Formation Act or necessary for the accomplishment of any

such function. Such persons shall be selected based upon

outstanding knowledge and leadership in the field for which the

person performs services for the Board. In selecting such persons,

the Board shall hire persons who meet standards applicable to

persons responsible for investment of equity and near-equity

securities.

E. In carrying out the mission of the Board as authorized in

the Oklahoma Capital Formation Act, neither the Board nor its

officers, directors, or employees shall be considered to be broker-

dealers, agents, investment advisors, or investment adviser

representatives under Title 71 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The tax

credits issued or transferred pursuant to the Oklahoma Capital

Formation Act and Section 2357.7 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma

Statutes shall not be considered to be securities under Title 71 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.

F. On and after June 8, 2012, except for the investment of

funds required by provisions in a contract executed by the Board or

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by any subsidiary or affiliate of the Board prior to June 8, 2012,

or executed by an entity that was not a subsidiary or affiliate of

the Board at the time such contract was executed but which became a

subsidiary or affiliate of the Board subsequent to the execution of

such contract, but prior to June 8, 2012, neither the Board nor any

entity which is a subsidiary or affiliate of the Board nor any

entity which is controlled either directly or indirectly by the

Board or which acts under the authority of or pursuant to the

direction of the Board shall:

1. Enter into any contract authorizing or requiring the

investment of any funds obtained by the Board, or commitment binding

the Board to make any investment of any funds obtained by the Board,

or the investment of any funds obtained by a subsidiary, affiliate,

or any entity under the direct or indirect control of the Board, in

any corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited

liability company, private equity or hedge fund, or other lawfully

recognized business entity; or

2. Modify any agreement executed prior to June 8, 2012, by the

Board or executed by any subsidiary or affiliate of the Board or

executed by any entity that was not a subsidiary or affiliate of the

Board at the time such contract was executed, but which subsequently

became a subsidiary or affiliate, in any manner that would have the

effect of increasing the amount of any contractual commitment to

make an investment of funds in a general or limited partnership,

corporation, limited liability company, private equity or hedge

fund, or any other lawfully recognized entity.

G. On and after June 8, 2012, except for the use of funds

required by provisions in a contract executed by the Board or by any

subsidiary or affiliate of the Board prior to June 8, 2012, or

executed by an entity that was not a subsidiary or affiliate of the

Board at the time such contract was executed but which became a

subsidiary or affiliate of the Board subsequent to the execution of

such contract, but prior to June 8, 2012, neither the Board nor any

entity which is a subsidiary or affiliate of the Board nor any

entity which is controlled either directly or indirectly by the

Board or which acts under the authority of or pursuant to the

direction of the Board shall:

1. Enter into any contract for the purpose of guaranteeing, in

whole or in part, the repayment of obligations owed by a business

entity, other than a subsidiary of the Board, in connection with a

loan of money from a bank, financial institution, or any other

entity; or

2. Modify any contract described by paragraph 1 of this

subsection executed prior to June 8, 2012, by the Board or executed

by any subsidiary or affiliate of the Board or executed by any

entity that was not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Board at the

time such contract was executed, but which subsequently became a

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subsidiary or affiliate, in a manner that would increase any

existing obligation of the Board or its subsidiary or affiliate or

extend the term of any such contract.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2
May remove officers appointed
Status: in_force

The Governor shall have power to remove any officers appointed

by him, in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in

office; and may then fill the same as provided in cases of vacancy.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-225 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-225
Reports as additional - Public Records
Status: in_force

The reports required by this act are in addition to all other

reports required by law to be made, and shall be public records.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2.3
"Congressional district" defined
Status: in_force

A. Except where otherwise specified by law, the term

"congressional district", when used with respect to the appointment

of a member of a state board, commission, authority, or other

statutory entity, shall mean the district as most recently

configured by law.

B. For entities which subsection A of this section renders out

of compliance with specific statutory requirements, subsequent

appointments shall be so made as to cause compliance to be effected

at the earliest possible date.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-192.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-192.7
Written policies for classification and segregation of
Status: in_force

inmates.

The facility administrator shall develop and implement written

policies for the classification and segregation of inmates to ensure

the safety of inmates and staff. The following criteria shall be

implemented to ensure an adequate classification and segregation

system:

1. Inmates of opposite genders shall be housed in separated

living areas. Separation shall be by substantial architectural

arrangements which permit no sustained sight contact. Housing of

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inmates with mixed gender identification will be administered in a

manner to maximize inmate safety;

2. Inmates considered to be a threat to other inmates or staff

shall be housed separately from other inmates based upon the

following criteria:

a. the past criminal history of the inmate,

b. the nature and severity of the charges pending against

the inmate,

c. the behavior of the inmate while in the facility, and

d. other relevant reasons as directed by the

administrator;

3. Inmates may be double-celled or confined to dormitory-style

housing if the floor space meets the square footage requirements.

Such inmates shall be afforded temporary sleeping surfaces on an

interim basis and shall receive the same living conditions and

privileges as those occupying the general population. A fire-safe

cot and industry products such as those referred to as “boats” are

examples of suitable temporary sleeping surfaces. Any exceptions

regarding conditions and privileges shall be defined by the

administrator;

4. Inmates who are intoxicated or under the influence of a

controlled substance shall be housed separately from other inmates

until such time as the medical authority or the facility

administrator determines their suitability for placement into the

general population or other appropriate housing;

5. Inmates who appear to have a significant medical or

psychiatric problem may be separated from other inmates;

6. Unsentenced inmates shall be separated from sentenced

inmates to the extent possible and shall be permitted whatever

confinement is least restrictive unless inmate behavior or other

security considerations dictate otherwise; and

7. Classification and segregation shall not be determined

solely on the basis of race, color, creed, or national origin.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-913.1a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-913.1a
Nonclassified optional education personnel - Service
Status: in_force

credit.

A member may receive credit in the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System for those years of service accumulated by the

member as nonclassified optional personnel as defined by paragraph 4

of Section 17-101 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes if the member

is not receiving or eligible to receive retirement credit or

benefits from said service in any public retirement system. To

receive the service credit, the member shall pay the amount

determined by the Board pursuant to Section 913.5 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58E — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.58E
Risk management insurance coverage - Transportation for
Status: in_force

the elderly and handicapped.

A. The Risk Management Administrator, pursuant to the

provisions of this section and Section 85.34 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, may obtain or provide insurance coverage for any

vehicle used by any entity specified in subsection B of this section

for transportation services for elderly and/or handicapped persons.

The Risk Management Administrator is authorized to determine

eligibility criteria for participation in the Risk Management

Program by such transportation services. In addition, the Risk

Management Administrator is authorized to establish equipment and

safety standards for the vehicles to be covered by the Risk

Management Program.

B. The Risk Management Administrator may obtain or provide the

insurance coverage authorized by subsection A of this section for:

1. Counties;

2. Municipalities;

3. Community action agencies designated pursuant to Sections

5035 through 5040 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. Any charitable corporation formed for the purpose of

providing either a volunteer or full-time fire department,

established pursuant to Section 592 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, furnishing transportation for elderly and handicapped

persons; and

5. Any vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit organization

that pursuant to contract with the state or a political subdivision

of the state provides older persons transportation to and from

medical, dental and religious services and relief from business and

social isolation.

C. The governing authorities of such transportation services

for elderly and handicapped persons shall be required to make

payments for such insurance coverage as provided by Section 85.37 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. Requests for the insurance coverage provided pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall be submitted in writing to the Risk

Management Administrator by the transportation services for elderly

and handicapped persons specified in subsection B of this section.

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Those transportation services for elderly and handicapped persons

meeting eligibility criteria shall be approved for participation in

the Risk Management Program by the Risk Management Administrator if

the vehicles used by transportation services for elderly and

handicapped persons meet the equipment and safety standards

established by the Risk Management Administrator.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5228 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5228
Renumbered as § 538 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

45, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9.26 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9.26
Governor's Advisory Committee to the Office of Disability
Status: in_force

Concerns.

The Governor's Advisory Committee to the Office of Disability

Concerns shall be composed of forty (40) members who shall be

appointed by the Governor. Such members shall serve at the pleasure

of the Governor. Twenty of such members shall be people with

disabilities or the parents of people with disabilities. All

members of the Committee traveling on authorized state business may

be reimbursed for expenses incurred in such travel in accordance

with the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of

this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3106.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3106.3
Oklahoma Government Website Information Act
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma

Government Website Information Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1845 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1845
Renumbered as § 3315.4 of this title by Laws 2002, c
Status: in_force

199, § 5, emerg. eff. May 6, 2002.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5403 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5403
Retention and expansion of military installations –
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission Incentive Fund.

A. The Legislature finds that the five military installations

in this state, Tinker Air Force Base, Vance Air Force Base, Altus

Air Force Base, Fort Sill Army Post and the McAlester Army

Ammunition Plant, are vital to the economic health of Oklahoma

businesses and communities and an integral and important part of the

state economy. It is therefore in the state interest that these

installations not only be retained but if possible, be expanded from

their current substantial workforces.

B. There is hereby established a fund within the State Treasury

for the Department of Commerce to be known as the “Oklahoma

Strategic Military Planning Commission Incentive Fund”. The fund

shall consist of all monies deposited into the fund by law. The

fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year

limitations. Monies in the fund shall be distributed by the

Department to voluntary associations of Oklahoma local governmental

jurisdictions or other legal entities which perform functions for

the benefit of or which exist for the primary benefit of Oklahoma

local governmental entities, for distribution to eligible local

governments, as approved by the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning

Commission.

C. In order for an entity to be eligible to obtain funds from

the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission Incentive Fund,

a local governmental entity shall be required to:

1. Demonstrate that it would be affected by realignment or

closure of a military installation specified in subsection A of this

section; and

2. Develop a plan, and file it and have it approved by the

Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission, to expend funds

from local sources, matched in whole or in part with monies in the

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fund, for public projects necessary to protect the interests of the

entity and its residents with respect to realignment or closure of

the military installation.

D. In order to be filed with and approved by the Commission,

the plan shall have first been approved by an affirmative vote of

two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the governing board of the local

governmental entity. The vote shall be memorialized in a document,

executed under oath, that states that the record of the vote is a

true and accurate account of the proceedings conducted by the

governing board to be filed with the Department.

E. Any entity which qualifies for funds pursuant to this

section shall be required to provide matching funds or to provide

equivalent value in order to obtain available funds or funds for

planning expenditures. No funds available pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall be used to pay any administrative

expenses of the entity requesting the funds. The Department shall

monitor expenditures made pursuant to this section to ensure

compliance with the provisions of this section. Misuse of funds by

an entity shall disqualify the entity from further funding for a

period of one (1) year from the date as of which any report by the

Department is issued revealing a violation of the requirements of

this section.

F. An entity which violates the provisions of this section

shall be liable to the State of Oklahoma for treble the amount of

funds identified as having been impermissibly used for the payment

or reimbursement of administrative expenses. The payment shall be

made to the Department for deposit in the Oklahoma Strategic

Military Planning Commission Incentive Fund and such funds shall

become available for distribution as otherwise provided by this

section; provided, no such funds shall be paid to an entity which

has been required to make the treble damage payment.

G. The expenditures from the Oklahoma Strategic Military

Planning Commission Incentive Fund, made in accordance with the

requirements of this section, shall be construed as an expenditure

of public funds in furtherance of governmental functions and for the

purpose of conferring general and uniform benefits resulting from

the expenditures.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-212.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-212.4
Assistants to State Auditor and Inspector
Status: in_force

The State Auditor and Inspector shall employ, and make the

appointment of such assistants as may be necessary to fulfill his

duties. No appointments to positions shall be made in excess of the

positions authorized by act of the Legislature for the State Auditor

and Inspector's office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-19.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-19.1
Attorney General's Law Enforcement Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Office of the Attorney General to be designated the

"Attorney General's Law Enforcement Revolving Fund". The fund shall

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

shall consist of any monies received from the sale of confiscated

property, the seizure and forfeiture of confiscated monies,

property, gifts, bequests, revises or contributions, public or

private, including federal funds unless otherwise provided by

federal law or regulation. All monies accruing to the credit of

said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended

by the Attorney General for the purposes of investigation,

enforcement and prosecution of cases involving criminal and

forfeiture laws of this state and the United States of America or to

match federal grants. Expenditures from said fund shall be made

upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as

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

Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1305.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1305.2
Fiduciaries - Duties, powers and responsibilities
Status: in_force

(1) A fiduciary with respect to the State and Education

Employees Group Insurance Board shall not cause the Board to engage

in a transaction if the fiduciary knows or should knowthat such

transaction constitutes a direct or indirect:

(a) sale or exchange, or leasing of any property from the Board

to a party in interest for less than adequate consideration or from

a party in interest to the Board for more than adequate

consideration;

(b) lending of money or other extension of credit from the

Board to a party in interest without the receipt of adequate

security and a reasonable rate of interest, or from a party in

interest to the Board with provision of excessive security or an

unreasonably high rate of interest;

(c) furnishing of goods, services or facilities from the Board

to a party in interest for less than adequate consideration, or from

a party in interest to the Board for more than adequate

consideration; or

(d) transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of, a party in

interest of any assets of the Board for less than adequate

consideration.

(2) A fiduciary with respect to the Board shall not:

(a) deal with the assets of the Board in the fiduciary's own

interest or for the fiduciary's own account;

(b) in the fiduciary's individual or any other capacity act in

any transaction involving the Board on behalf of a party whose

interests are adverse to the interests of the Board or the interests

of its participants or beneficiaries; or

(c) receive any consideration for the fiduciary's own personal

account from any party dealing with the Board in connection with a

transaction involving the assets of the Board.

(3) A fiduciary with respect to the Board may:

(a) invest all or part of the assets of the Board in deposits

which bear a reasonable interest rate in a bank or similar financial

institution supervised by the United States or a state, if such bank

or other institution is a fiduciary of such plan; or

(b) provide any ancillary service by a bank or similar

financial institution supervised by the United States or a state, if

such bank or other institution is a fiduciary of such plan.

(4) A person or a financial institution is a fiduciary with

respect to the Board to the extent that the person or the financial

institution:

(a) exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary

control respecting management of the Board or exercises any

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authority or control respecting management or disposition of the

assets of the Board;

(b) renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation,

direct or indirect, with respect to any monies or other property of

the Board, or has any authority or responsibility to do so; or

(c) has any discretionary authority or discretionary

responsibility in the administration of the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.17 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.17
Conditions for award of professional service contract
Status: in_force

to support health research project.

No professional service contract shall be awarded by the

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology to

support a health research project unless:

1. The investigators are residents of this state or become

residents of this state before the ninetieth day after a

professional service contract, pursuant to which they will be

functioning as an investigator, has been funded by the Center;

2. The institutions that administer the professional service

contracts are primarily located in this state and are able to assume

financial responsibility for professional service contracts;

3. The professional service contract will not be transferred to

any other institutions within the state without the approval of the

Center and will not be transferred to an institution outside this

state at any time; and

4. The funds will not be expended for patient care except if

patient care is an intrinsic part of a funded professional service

contract.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-908 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-908
Executive Director - Employees - Acceptance of gifts or
Status: in_force

gratuities - Actuary - Legal counsel - Membership status - Internal

auditor.

(1) The Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System shall appoint an Executive Director and shall

establish his compensation. Subject to the policy direction of the

Board, he shall be the managing and administrative officer of the

System and as such shall have charge of the office, records, and

supervision and direction of the employees of the System.

(2) The Executive Director shall recommend to the Board the

administrative organization, the number and qualifications of

employees necessary to carry out the intent of this act, and the

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policy direction of the Board. Upon approval of the organizational

plan by the Board, the Executive Director may employ such persons as

are deemed necessary to administer this act.

(3) The members of the Board of Trustees, the Executive

Director and the employees of the System shall not accept gifts or

gratuities from an individual organization with a value in excess of

Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year. The provisions of this section

shall not be construed to prevent the members of the Board of

Trustees, the Executive Director or the employees of the System from

attending educational seminars, conferences, meetings or similar

functions which are paid for, directly or indirectly, by more than

one organization.

(4) The Board of Trustees shall select and retain a qualified

actuary who shall serve at its pleasure as its technical advisor or

consultant on matters regarding the operation of the System. The

actuary shall:

(a) make an annual valuation of the liabilities and reserves of

the System, and a determination of the contributions required by the

System to discharge its liabilities and administrative costs under

this act, and recommend to the Board rates of employer contributions

required to establish and maintain the System on an adequate reserve

basis.

(b) as soon after the effective date as practicable and once

every three (3) years thereafter, make a general investigation of

the actuarial experience under the System, including mortality,

retirement, employment turnover, and interest, and recommend

actuarial tables for use in valuations and in calculating actuarial

equivalent values based on such investigation.

(c) perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board.

(5) The Board may retain an attorney licensed to practice law

in this state. The attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the

Board for such compensation as specified by the Board. The attorney

shall advise the Board and perform legal services for the Board with

respect to any matters properly before the Board. In addition, the

attorney shall advise and perform legal services for the State and

Education Employees Group Insurance Board with respect to any

matters properly before that Board as provided in Section 1301 et

seq. of this title.

(6) The Board shall decide in each instance the membership

status of member employees whose membership in the System becomes a

matter of conjecture on account of mergers or consolidations of

state agencies.

(7) The Board may retain an internal auditor to serve at the

pleasure of the Board for such compensation as specified by the

Board. In addition to the duties assigned by the Board, the

internal auditor is authorized to audit all records of any

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participating employer in order to ensure compliance with the

provisions of Section 901 et seq. of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1308 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1308
Enrollment in Plan
Status: in_force

(1) Any employee eligible for membership in the health

insurance plan, dental insurance plan or life insurance plan upon

its effective date shall be enrolled in the plan unless the employee

elects not to be enrolled within thirty (30) days of the effective

dates. The employee shall be advised of health maintenance

organization (HMO) prepaid plans available as an alternative to the

state self-insured health insurance plan. The Oklahoma Health Care

Authority shall establish the procedure by which eligible employees

not electing to be enrolled initially in the health insurance plan,

dental insurance plan or life insurance plan may be subsequently

enrolled.

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(2) Any eligible employee who is employed after the effective

dates of the health insurance plan, dental insurance plan and life

insurance plan or HMO plans approved by the Authority may become

enrolled on the first day of the second month of employment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3200.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3200.1
Short title - Health Care Workforce Resources Center
Status: in_force

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Health Care

Workforce Resources Act”.

B. There is hereby created the Health Care Workforce Resources

Center whose purpose shall be to coordinate, facilitate and

communicate statewide efforts to meet supply and demand needs for

Oklahoma’s health care workforce. The initial focus for the Center

shall include health care professionals in short supply including,

but not limited to:

1. Nurses;

2. Respiratory therapists;

3. Pharmacists;

4. Imaging technologists;

5. Medical laboratory technologists and technicians;

6. Surgical and scrub technicians;

7. Physical therapists; and

8. Psychiatrists.

C. The Health Care Workforce Resources Center shall further

focus on:

1. Data collection to support strategic decisions and policy

recommendations, to measure and evaluate efforts over time, and to

certify on an ongoing basis:

a. current health care worker supply and demand,

b. future supply and demand, and

c. gap analysis;

2. Education and training to ensure Oklahoma’s current education

and training systems have the resources and support necessary to

produce the number of health care workers needed in both the short

and long term;

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3. Recruitment to increase the level of awareness among

Oklahoma’s youth and adults of the opportunities available in health

care, thereby increasing the number of individuals entering health

careers; and

4. Retention to improve the job satisfaction and retention rates

for Oklahoma health care employees.

D. The Health Care Workforce Resources Center shall act as a

clearinghouse of information and activities focused on health care

workforce supply and demand. The state agencies, programs, task

forces, boards and commissions with resources earmarked or dedicated

to health care workforce efforts shall coordinate with the Center to

streamline resources, with the goal of eliminating duplication of

effort.

E. The Health Care Workforce Resources Center may accept funding

that includes but is not limited to:

1. Monetary contributions;

2. Contractual arrangements;

3. In-kind services;

4. Federal- and state-appropriated dollars;

5. Private and public foundation grants; and

6. Fee-for-service products.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-6204 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-6204
Lease-purchase agreement authority - Funding
Status: in_force

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have the

authority to enter into a lease-purchase agreement for a period not

to exceed twenty (20) years for the purposes of providing funding in

the amount of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) for additional

repairs, construction, and remediation to the land and improvements

formerly known as the Hissom Memorial Treatment Center. The

Legislature shall appropriate sufficient funds each year to the

Hissom Memorial Treatment Center Surplus Fund to satisfy the

obligations under the lease-purchase agreement authorized pursuant

to this section. Upon the sale of the land or improvements funded

through the lease-purchase agreement, the proceeds of the sale shall

be used first to satisfy the remaining payments under the lease-

purchase agreement, and then the balance of the proceeds shall be

applied as otherwise provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.9 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.9
Powers of Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and
Status: in_force

Development Board - Tax exemptions - Administrative policies.

A. The Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development

Board shall have the power to:

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1. Make, amend and repeal bylaws for the management of the

Center;

2. Sue and be sued;

3. Make contracts and execute all instruments necessary or

convenient for carrying out the business of the Center;

4. Acquire, own, hold, dispose of and encumber real or personal

property of any nature, including tangible, intangible, commercial

or intellectual, or any interest therein;

5. Enter into agreements or other transactions with any

federal, state, county or municipal agency, authority or other

governmental entity and with any individual, corporation,

enterprise, association or any other entity involving research and

technology;

6. Acquire real property or an interest therein, by purchase or

foreclosure, where such acquisition is necessary or appropriate to

protect or secure any investment or loan in which the Center has an

interest;

7. Sell, transfer and convey any such property to a buyer, and

in the event such sale, transfer or conveyance cannot be effected

with reasonable promptness or at a reasonable price, to lease such

property to a tenant;

8. Invest any funds provided by the state and held in reserve

in funds not required for immediate disbursement and invest funds

received from gifts, grants, donations and other operations of the

Center in such investments as would be lawful for a private

corporation having purposes similar to the Center;

9. Borrow money and give guaranties, provided that the

indebtedness and other obligations of the Center shall be payable

solely out of the resources of the Center and shall not constitute a

pledge of the full faith and credit of the state or any of its

revenues;

10. Appoint officers, consultants, agents and advisors, and

prescribe their duties and compensation;

11. Appear on its own behalf or on behalf of the Center before

boards, commissions, departments or other agencies of municipal,

county or state government or federal government;

12. Procure insurance against any losses in connection with its

properties in such amounts from such insurers as may be necessary or

desirable;

13. Consent, subject to the provisions of any contract with

note-holders, whenever it considers it necessary or desirable in the

fulfillment of the goals and purposes of the Center, to the

modifications, with respect to the rate of interest, time payment or

of any installment, of principal and interest or any terms of any

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

14. Accept any and all donations, grants, bequests and devises,

conditional and otherwise, of money, property, services or other

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things of value which may be received from the United States or any

agency thereof, any governmental agency, or any institution, person,

firm or corporation, public or private, to be held, used or applied

for any or all of the goals and purposes of the Center, in

accordance with the terms and conditions of any such grant;

15. Trade, buy or sell qualified securities;

16. Own, possess and take license in, patents, copyrights and

proprietary processes and negotiate and enter into contracts and

establish charges for the use of such patents, copyrights and

proprietary processes when such patents and licenses for innovation

or inventions result from research sponsored by the Center in a

private enterprise or when the Center finances a product developed

by a private enterprise;

17. Establish policies governing royalty payments to the Center

on patents and licenses for innovations or inventions arising in the

course of research sponsored by the Center at institutions of higher

education and nonprofit research foundations; such royalty policies

should reflect an appropriate sharing of legal risk as well as

financial return between the Center and such institution or

foundation; such patents and licenses shall be in keeping with the

patent policies of such institutions or foundations;

18. Conduct studies which are related to economic development,

involving product or process innovations;

19. Solicit, study and assist in the preparation of business

plans and proposals of new or established enterprises of special

importance to the Oklahoma economy;

20. Prepare, publish and distribute such technological studies,

reports, bulletins and other materials as it considers appropriate,

subject only to the maintenance and responsibility for

confidentiality of the client proprietary information, and encourage

institutions of higher education to develop and disseminate similar

materials;

21. Sponsor, or co-sponsor with both private industry and

higher education institutions, special institutes, conferences and

demonstrations relating to the stimulation of innovation, science

and technologically oriented enterprises;

22. Participate with any state agency or institution of higher

education in developing specific goals, programs and performance

monitoring systems to assist in the development of basic research,

applied research and technology transfer of special importance to

the Oklahoma economy;

23. Provide scientific and technological data and information

required by the Governor, the Legislature, or its committees, and to

state agencies, institutions of higher education and cities, towns,

counties and school districts and to private citizens and groups,

within the limitations of the resources available to the Center;

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24. Provide training and practical experience for Oklahoma

researchers in the preparation of applications for peer-reviewed

grant competitions;

25. Facilitate public/private partnerships that will support

the creation of endowed chairs, scholarships, research grants, and

business opportunities;

26. Develop policies and procedures for partnering with and/or

between universities offering engineering or technology degrees in

Oklahoma to facilitate joint public/private technology research and

development projects using resources and facilities of such public

higher education institutions or private entities; provided that,

the Board shall utilize, and accord lead status to, Rogers State

University for coordinating and delivering higher education distance

learning opportunities initiated or developed by the Board;

27. Advertise for, accept, and fund proposals from

universities, private industries, towns, counties, municipalities,

and individuals to achieve its goals and purposes;

28. Collaborate with the various entities to develop

initiatives which foster economic development through technological

advancement;

29. Create institutes or centers with world-class research

teams that support the state's primary economic development thrusts;

and

30. Exercise any other powers necessary for the operation and

functioning of the Center within the purposes authorized in this

act.

B. The Center shall be exempt from all franchise, corporate

business and income taxes levied by the state. The manufacture or

sale of any products or processes which are the subject of any

agreement made by the Center, or any person entering into any

agreement with the Center shall not be exempt from any such taxes or

taxes applicable to such manufacture or sale.

C. The Center shall include in the annual business plan

appropriate administrative policies, including but not limited to

policies governing the classification, employment, promotion,

suspension, disciplinary action or dismissal of Center employees,

purchasing, travel, and reimbursement of employees. All actions

governed by said administrative policies shall be examined annually

in the independent audit required by Section 5060.22 of this title.

The Center shall not be subject to state purchasing laws, except

with respect to purchases required for the administrative expenses

of the Board, or laws concerning travel or reimbursement of state

employees. Professional service contracts executed by the Center

shall not be subject to any requirement of law relating to

competitive bidding.

Because many of the powers and duties of the Center involve

working closely with the private sector, certain employee positions

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of the Center must be governed, classified and compensated in a

manner that compares equally to similar positions in the private

sector. Therefore, in the annual business plan, the Board shall

list, describe and justify all such positions and their compensation

and shall designate and place them in unclassified status, exempt

from the provisions of the Oklahoma Personnel Act. All other

employees and positions shall be classified and subject to the

provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration as

provided in the Oklahoma Personnel Act. Provided, nothing in this

section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Legislature

to specify the status of positions otherwise by law. Neither shall

the Board have the authority to circumvent, disregard or otherwise

disobey specific provisions of law regarding positions in the

Center.

D. Upon approval of the Board, the Center shall have the

authority to exercise the powers enumerated in subsection A of this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-583.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-583.1
Oklahoma-Israel Exchange Commission — Purpose — Report —
Status: in_force

Authorization.

A. The purpose of the Oklahoma-Israel Exchange Commission shall

be to advance, promote, and encourage business and other mutually

beneficial activities between Oklahoma and Israel, including:

1. Bilateral trade and investment;

2. Joint action on policy issues of mutual interest;

3. Business and academic exchanges;

4. Mutual economic support;

5. Mutual investment in the respective infrastructure; and

6. Other opportunities for mutual benefit and economic growth

as identified by the Commission.

B. The Commission shall report its findings, activities,

results, and recommendations to the Governor, the Speaker of the

Oklahoma House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of

the Oklahoma State Senate within one (1) year of its initial meeting

and by February 1 of each succeeding year for the activities of the

preceding calendar year. The report shall be in writing and may

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include recommendations or proposed legislation as deemed

appropriate by the Commission to effectuate its purposes.

C. The Oklahoma-Israel Exchange Commission shall be authorized

to raise funds, through direct solicitation or other fundraising

events, alone, or with other groups, and accept gifts, grants, and

bequests from individuals, corporations, foundations, governmental

agencies, and public and private organizations and institutions, to

carry out its purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5062.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5062.1
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 50 through 70 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the "Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-500.51 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-500.51
Transferred employees - Partial payment of moving
Status: in_force

expenses.

It is the purpose of this act to provide partial payment by the

State of Oklahoma to a certified carrier for the cost of moving any

employee permanently transferred at the request of a state agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-30c — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-30c
Duties
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy Board shall:

1. Encourage the establishment of a mechanism for the exchange

of information and ideas to assist in the marshalling, coordinating

and directing of the various missions and efforts related to

fighting drug and alcohol abuse of the agencies set forth in

subsection C of Section 3 of this act;

2. Encourage other institutions, both public and private, to

participate in creating uniform drug policies for the state;

3. Create a structure and organization to facilitate the

coordination of this state's war against drug and alcohol abuse by

establishing strategies on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation,

thereby avoiding duplication of effort and preserving state

resources;

4. Establish a central focus and policy in coordinating and

directing public and private efforts toward solving all alcohol and

drug-related problems;

5. Develop and refine a comprehensive statewide plan which

addresses all areas of the war against drugs including: law

enforcement, prosecution, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation

efforts, maximizing the utilization of the state's resources; and

6. Issue reports of findings and recommendations to the

Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the

House of Representatives on or before February 1 of each year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2253 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2253
Tourism and Recreation Environmental Loan Proceeds
Status: in_force

Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to be designated

the "Tourism and Recreation Environmental Loan Proceeds Revolving

Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal

year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received from the

State Revolving Fund loan programs as administered by the Oklahoma

Water Resources Board designated specifically for the purposes of

reimbursements, construction, repair, remediation, or improvement of

eligible facilities under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Tourism

and Recreation Commission. The fund shall be under the

administrative direction of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation

Department. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund may be

budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation

Department for the purpose of constructing, repairing, remediating,

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improving loan eligible projects, reimbursing the Department for

eligible planning and design expenses, or paying for associated loan

financing requirements. Expenditures from the fund shall be made

upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as

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

Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-51.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-51.4
Program to provide financial assistance for funeral
Status: in_force

expenses of members of the state military forces.

A. This state shall establish a program to provide financial

assistance for funeral expenses of members of the state military

forces who died in the line of duty while serving on state active

duty orders. For purposes of this section, the terms “state

military forces” and “state active duty” shall have the same

definition as provided in Section 801 of Title 44 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. The program shall provide reimbursement of the funeral

expenses for any eligible member of the state military forces as

determined in accordance with this section by the Office of Homeland

Security. The reimbursement shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars

($10,000.00).

B. The Office shall determine whether the deceased member meets

eligibility criteria for the program, make final approval of all

reimbursement applications and disburse funds. Reimbursement funds

shall be paid from the Oklahoma Homeland Security Revolving Fund.

Regulations and application processes for the implementation of this

program shall be promulgated by Department of Public Safety.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5002.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5002.7
Abolition of Oklahoma Futures
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Futures is hereby abolished.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1311.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1311.1
Deduction of contributions from monthly disability
Status: in_force

benefits.

The amount of monthly contribution to be made by persons who are

drawing disability benefits under Section 1331 et seq. of this title

and who are enrolled in the insurance plans shall be deducted from

the monthly disability benefits of such persons and remitted to the

Oklahoma Health Care Authority. The procedures for such deductions

and remittances shall be established by the Authority.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3200.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3200.2
Health Care Workforce Resources Board
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Health Care Workforce Resources

Board whose purpose shall be to govern the Health Care Workforce

Resources Center promoting the purposes for which the Health Care

Workforce Resources Center was created in the Health Care Workforce

Resources Act.

B. 1. The Board shall consist of nineteen (19) members as

follows:

a. two members of the Oklahoma State Senate. One member

shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate and one member shall be appointed by the

minority leader of the Senate,

b. two members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives and one member shall be

appointed by the minority leader of the House of

Representatives,

c. the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for

Higher Education or a designee,

d. the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology Education or a designee,

e. the State Superintendent of Public Instruction or a

designee,

f. the Secretary of Health or a designee,

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g. the Commissioner of Health or a designee,

h. a representative of the Governor's Council for

Workforce and Economic Development,

i. a representative of the University of Oklahoma Health

Sciences Center, designated by the president of that

institution,

j. a representative of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services, designated by the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and

k. a representative of the Oklahoma State University

Center for Health Sciences, designated by the

president of that institution.

2. Six members shall be appointed by the Governor as follows:

a. one member of a statewide association representing

urban and rural hospitals,

b. one member of a statewide association representing

nurses,

c. one member of a statewide association representing

allopathic physicians,

d. one member of a statewide association representing

osteopathic physicians,

e. one member representing the long-term care industry

chosen from a list of at least three names submitted

by a statewide association representing urban and

rural nursing homes, and

f. one lay member who shall represent the general public.

3. All designated members shall serve at the pleasure of their

designators. The initial appointments of the Governor shall be for

the following terms:

a. the initial term of the member of a statewide

association representing urban and rural hospitals

shall be for a three-year term,

b. the initial term of the member of a statewide

association representing nurses shall be for a three-

year term,

c. the initial term of the member of a statewide

association representing allopathic physicians shall

be for a two-year term,

d. the initial term of the member of a statewide

association representing osteopathic physicians shall

be for a two-year term,

e. the initial term of the member representing the long-

term care industry shall be for a one-year term, and

f. the initial term of the lay member representing the

general public shall be for a one-year term.

4. After the initial terms, all other terms of members

appointed by the Governor shall be for four-year terms. Members

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appointed by the Governor may be removed by the Governor for cause.

A vacancy of an appointed member shall be filled in the same manner

as the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.

5. The Board shall elect from among its membership a chair and

a vice-chair and shall adopt procedures for the governance of its

operations. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the

transaction of business. The Board shall meet at such times as it

deems appropriate.

6. Members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their

services but may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary travel

expenses incurred in the performance of their duties by their

respective legislative house or state agency pursuant to the

provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act. Members appointed

by the Governor shall be reimbursed by the Oklahoma State Regents

for Higher Education pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel

Reimbursement Act.

7. Until such time as private or public funds become available,

administrative support for the Board, including, but not limited to,

personnel necessary to ensure the proper performance of the duties

and responsibilities of the Board shall be provided by the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education and the Oklahoma Department of

Health. All represented agencies shall provide any additional

administrative support requested by the Board.

C. The duties of the Health Care Workforce Resources Board

shall include, but not be limited to, the hiring of, or contracting

for, an Executive Director of the Health Care Workforce Resources

Center as private or public funds become available. The Executive

Director shall report to the Board and be responsible for the hiring

of staff and activities of the Health Care Workforce Resources

Center as stated in the Health Care Workforce Resources Act. These

activities include contracting for services including, but not

limited to, data collection and analysis and Web support. Until

such time as private or public funds become available to hire an

Executive Director, the Board shall be responsible for activities of

the Health Care Workforce Resources Center.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-152.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-152.4
Oil reclamation - Inspections
Status: in_force

The Director, investigators, and any other agent of the Bureau

shall have the right at all times to go upon property where oil is

being reclaimed in order to inspect, gauge, or take samples from

pipelines, tank farms, pump stations, and any and all other

facilities used for the reclamation of oil.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1348 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1348
State Regents, counties, municipalities, political
Status: in_force

subdivisions and school districts - Flexible benefits plan.

A. The Board shall develop a flexible benefits plan, in

accordance with the provisions of Section 1344 of this title, to be

made available to the State Regents for Higher Education or any

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institution under the authority of the State Regents for Higher

Education, counties, municipalities, political subdivisions or

school districts. If the State Regents for Higher Education or any

institution under the authority of the State Regents for Higher

Education, any individual county, municipality, political

subdivision or school district chooses to participate in the plan,

it must, by a resolution adopted by the governing body, adopt a

written flexible benefits plan and notify the Board in order to

participate in the program. All full-time employees of a

participating entity shall be given the option of participating in

the program. The Board is authorized to contract with the State

Regents for Higher Education or any institution under the authority

of the State Regents for Higher Education, any county, municipality,

political subdivision or school district within this state for

providing a flexible benefits plan and is authorized to assess

charges to participating entities to cover the costs associated with

administering this program.

B. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the State Regents for

Higher Education or any institution under the authority of the State

Regents for Higher Education, counties, municipalities, political

subdivisions or school districts from participating in other

flexible benefit plans under the same terms and conditions as

specified in subsection C of Section 1344 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1303 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1303
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of and as used in the Oklahoma Employees

Insurance and Benefits Act:

1. "Board" means the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits

Board as created by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits

Act;

2. "Plan" means the Oklahoma Employees Insurance Plan;

3. "Employee" means those state employees, education employees

and other eligible employees participating in the Oklahoma Employees

Insurance and Benefits Act;

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4. "Education employee" means those employees other than

adjunct professors employed by a state institution of higher

education, in the service of an education entity who are members or

are or will be eligible to become members of the Teachers’

Retirement System of Oklahoma and who receive compensation for such

service after the education entity begins to participate in the

Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act and visiting faculty

who are not eligible for membership in the Teachers’ Retirement

System of Oklahoma;

5. "Adjunct professor" means a person employed by an

institution of higher education who is attached in a subordinate or

temporary capacity to the faculty or staff, and who is contracted to

instruct in a given specific discipline;

6. "Visiting faculty" means a person employed by an institution

of higher education who is not eligible for academic rank or tenure,

other than an adjunct professor, and who is contracted to instruct

in a given specific discipline generally not to exceed one (1)

academic year;

7. "Education entity" means a school district, a technology

center school district, or an institution comprising The Oklahoma

State System of Higher Education;

8. "State employee" means and includes each officer or employee

in the service of the State of Oklahoma who, after January 1, 1966,

received compensation for service rendered to the State of Oklahoma

on a warrant issued pursuant to a payroll certified by a department

or by an elected or duly appointed officer of the state or who

receives payment for the performance of personal services on a

warrant issued pursuant to a payroll certified by a department and

drawn by the State Treasurer against appropriations made by the

Legislature from any state fund or against trust funds held by the

State Treasurer, who is employed in a position normally requiring

actual performance of duty during not less than one thousand (1,000)

hours per year, and whose employment is not seasonal or temporary,

except that a person elected by popular vote will be considered an

employee during the person’s tenure in office; provided, however,

that employees who are otherwise eligible who are on approved leave

without pay shall be eligible to continue coverage during such leave

not to exceed twenty-four (24) months, as provided and published in

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Rules for

Employment, from the date the employee goes on such leave provided

the employee pays the full premiums due or persons who are drawing

disability benefits under the State Employees Disability Program Act

or meet each and every requirement of the State Employees Disability

Program shall be eligible to continue coverage provided the person

pays the full premiums due;

9. "Carrier" means the State of Oklahoma or a state designated

Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). Such HMO shall be a

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federally qualified Health Maintenance Organization under 42 U.S.C.,

Section 300e et seq.;

10. "Health insurance plan" means a self-insured plan by the

State of Oklahoma for the purpose of paying the cost of hospital and

medical care up to the maximum coverage provided by said plan or

prepaid medical plan(s) offered to employees as an alternative to

the state-administered plan by federally qualified HMOs which have

contracted with the state;

11. "Life insurance plan" means a self-insured plan for the

purpose of paying death and dismemberment benefits up to the maximum

coverage provided by the plan;

12. "Dental benefits plan" means a plan by the State of

Oklahoma for the purpose of paying the cost of dental care up to the

maximum coverage provided by the plan; whenever the term "dental

insurance plan" or a term of like import appears in the Oklahoma

Employees Insurance and Benefits Act, the term shall mean "dental

benefits plan";

13. "Other insurance" means any type of coverage other than

basic hospital and medical benefits, major medical benefits,

comprehensive benefits, life insurance benefits or dental insurance

benefits, which the Plan may be directed to offer;

14. "Dependent" means an employee’s spouse or any unmarried

child:

a. under the age of twenty-five (25) years, regardless of

residence, provided that the employee is primarily

responsible for their support, including:

(1) an adopted child, and

(2) a stepchild or child who lives with the employee

in a regular parent-child relationship, or

b. regardless of age who is incapable of self-support

because of mental or physical incapacity that existed

prior to reaching the age of twenty-five (25) years;

15. "Comprehensive benefits" means benefits which reimburse the

expense of hospital room and board, other hospital services, certain

outpatient expenses, maternity benefits, surgical expense, including

obstetrical care, in-hospital medical care expense, diagnostic

radiological and laboratory benefits, physicians’ services provided

by house and office calls, treatments administered in physicians’

office, prescription drugs, psychiatric services, Christian Science

practitioners’ services, Christian Science nurses’ services,

optometric medical services for injury or illness of the eye, home

health care, home nursing service, hospice care, and such other

benefits as may be determined by the Board. Such benefits shall be

provided on a copayment or coinsurance basis, the insured to pay a

proportion of the cost of such benefits, and may be subject to a

deductible that applies to all or part of the benefits as determined

by the Board; and

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16. "Life insurance coverage" shall include a maximum amount of

basic life insurance or benefit with or without a double indemnity

provision and an amount of accidental death and dismemberment

insurance or benefit per employee to be provided by the State of

Oklahoma, and the employee shall have the option to purchase

additional life insurance or benefits on the employee’s life up to

the amount provided by the plan. Such basic life insurance

benefits, with or without double indemnity, and accidental death and

dismemberment benefits shall not exclude coverage for death or

dismemberment resulting from war, insurrection or riot. The Board

may also extend dependent life insurance in an amount to be

determined by the Board to each insured employee who elects to

insure the employee’s eligible dependents. Premiums for the

dependent life insurance shall be paid wholly by the employee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58T — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.58T
Schedule of amounts of surety required
Status: in_force

The amount of surety required for each state officer or employee

pursuant to Sections 85.26 through 85.31 of this title is as

follows:

DEPARTMENT AMOUNT OF BOND

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Office of the State Treasurer $300,000.00

Oklahoma Employment Security

Commission $150,000.00

Central Services Division of the

Office of Management and Enterprise

Services 100,000.00

Insurance Commission 100,000.00

Office of the State Auditor and

Inspector 50,000.00

Finance Division of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services 50,000.00

Bank Commissioner 50,000.00

Commissioners of the Land Office 50,000.00

Oklahoma Securities Commission 50,000.00

Oklahoma Tax Commission 50,000.00

Department of Human Services 50,000.00

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

System 50,000.00

Corporation Commission 50,000.00

State Board of Education 50,000.00

Finance Division 150,000.00

All Others 25,000.00

Department of Transportation 25,000.00

Boards of Regents of Oklahoma

Universities and Colleges 50,000.00

Office of Attorney General 10,000.00

The University Hospitals 50,000.00

All Other State Departments, Agencies,

Institutions, Commissions,

Authorities, and other bodies of

state government 10,000.00

Provided, however, that nothing in The Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act shall prohibit any head of a department, institution,

agency, commission, authority or other body of state government from

requiring the Central Purchasing Division to purchase increased

amounts of blanket bond coverage for his or her employees up to a

total maximum coverage of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) when

the listed amount is deemed inadequate. The cost of increased

coverage shall be borne by the department, institution, agency,

commission, authority or other body of state government requesting

the increased coverage.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.9b — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.9b
Renumbered as § 1-555 of Title 63 by Laws 1998, c
Status: in_force

210, § 9, eff. July 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5151 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5151
Short title - Oklahoma Public and Private Facilities and
Status: in_force

Infrastructure Act.

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

and Private Facilities and Infrastructure Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.47g — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.47g
Administration of program
Status: in_force

The Small Business Surety Bond Guaranty Program shall be a

program of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is

authorized to hire a Small Business Surety Bond Guaranty Program

Administrator to administer the Small Business Surety Bond Guaranty

Program. The Administrator shall hold a bachelor's degree or higher

degree in business, accounting, mathematics, economics or

engineering and shall have previous experience as a surety

underwriter. The Administrator shall be in the unclassified service

of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-500.13 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-500.13
Registration fees
Status: in_force

No reimbursement for registration fees for attendance at

meetings, workshops or conferences shall be made, except upon

written or electronic receipt for such expenditures.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-8007 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-8007
Renumbered as § 683.33 of Title 63 by Laws 1996, c. 244,
Status: in_force

§ 11, eff. July 1, 1996.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.36 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.36
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Forensic

Laboratory Accreditation Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-245 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-245
Survey created - Director - Object and duties - Copies -
Status: in_force

Report.

A. The Climate Office of the State of Oklahoma located at

Norman, Oklahoma, shall be under the direction and supervision of

the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma and shall be

known as the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. The Oklahoma

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Climatological Survey is hereby re-created, to continue until July

1, 2026, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset

Law.

B. The director of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey shall be

appointed by the Board and shall either serve as the state

climatologist or appoint another current employee of the Survey to

serve as state climatologist. The salary of the director shall be

determined by the Board.

C. The Oklahoma Climatological Survey shall have for its object

and duties the following:

1. To acquire, archive, process and disseminate, in the most

cost-effective way possible, all climate and weather information

which is or could be of value to policy and decision makers in the

state;

2. To act as the representative of the state in all

climatological and meteorological matters both within and outside

the state when requested to do so by the legislative or executive

branches of the state government;

3. To prepare, publish and disseminate periodic regular climate

summaries for those individuals, agencies and organizations whose

activities are related to the welfare of the state and are affected

by climate and weather;

4. To conduct and report on studies of climate and weather

phenomena of significant socioeconomic importance to the state;

5. To evaluate the significance of natural and man-made,

deliberate and inadvertent changes or modifications in important

features of the climate and weather affecting the state, and to

report this information to those agencies and organizations in the

state who are likely to be affected by such changes or

modifications; and

6. To maintain and operate the Oklahoma Mesonetwork, a

statewide environmental monitoring network which is overseen by the

Mesonet Steering Committee, comprised of representatives of the

University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University according to

its Memorandum of Agreement. The director of the Oklahoma

Climatological Survey shall be accountable for executing the

policies of the Mesonet Steering Committee.

D. The director is authorized to certify copies as being

authentic reproductions of weather records held in the state.

E. The director of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey shall

present a report each year to the Board of Regents of the University

of Oklahoma showing the progress, condition and all other

information which the Board may deem necessary.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2276.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2276.2
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission - Duties as
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 35

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture to be under the supervision of

the Oklahoma Historical Society. The Oklahoma Historical Society is authorized to construct,trustees of Oklahoma State Park Trust Fund - Use of funds -

Custodian - Investment plan and reports.

A. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission shall

discharge their duties as trustees of the Oklahoma State Park Trust

Fund created in Section 2276.1 of this title, hereafter referred to

as the "Trust Fund":

1. With the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the

circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like

capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of

an enterprise of a like character and with like aims;

2. By diversifying the investments of the Trust Fund so as to

minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it

is clearly prudent not to do so; and

3. In accordance with the laws, documents and instruments

governing the Trust Fund.

B. The Commission may procure insurance indemnifying the

members of the Commission from personal loss or accountability from

liability resulting from the action or inaction of a member as a

trustee.

C. The Commission may utilize the written investment policy

developed by the State Treasurer for the investment of public funds

for the investment and management of the Trust Fund. Investments of

the Trust Fund may be consistent with the guidelines set forth in

Section 89.2 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes which establishes

the investment requirements for public funds by the State Treasurer.

D. Funds and revenues for investment by the Commission shall be

placed with a custodian selected by the Commission. Payment of any

fees for the services of a custodian may be paid from the income and

investment return on the Trust Fund. The custodian may be the State

Treasurer or a bank or trust company offering pension fund master

trustee and master custodial services. If other than the State

Treasurer is utilized, the custodian shall be chosen by a

solicitation of proposals on a competitive bid basis pursuant to

standards set by the Commission. In compliance with the investment

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policy guidelines of the Commission, the custodian bank or trust

company shall be contractually responsible for ensuring that all

monies of the Trust Fund are invested in income-producing investment

vehicles at all times. If a custodian bank or trust company has not

received direction from the Commission as to the investment of the

monies of the Trust Fund in specific investment vehicles, the

custodian bank or trust company shall be contractually responsible

to the Commission for investing the monies in appropriately

collateralized short-term interest-bearing investment vehicles. If

the State Treasurer is utilized as the custodian and has not

received direction from the Commission as to the investment of the

monies of the Trust Fund in specific investment vehicles, the State

Treasurer shall invest the monies in accordance with the investment

policy developed by the State Treasurer for investment of public

funds and in a manner consistent with the guidelines for the

investment of public funds set forth in Section 89.2 of Title 62 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.

E. By November 1, 2006, and prior to August 1 of each year

thereafter, the Commission shall develop a written investment plan

for the Trust Fund.

F. The Commission shall compile quarterly financial reports of

all the funds and accounts of the Trust Fund on a fiscal year basis.

The reports shall include several relevant measures of investment

value, including acquisition cost and current fair market value with

appropriate summaries of total holdings and returns. The report

shall be distributed to the Director of the Legislative Service

Bureau.

G. After July 1 and before October 1 of each year, the

Commission shall publish an annual report presented in simple and

easily understood language. The report shall be submitted to the

Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President

Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Director of the Legislative

Service Bureau. The annual report shall cover the operation of the

Trust Fund during the past fiscal year, including income,

disbursements, and the financial condition of the Trust Fund at the

end of the fiscal year. The annual report shall also contain the

information issued in the quarterly reports required pursuant to

subsection F of this section as well as a summary of the results of

the most recent actuarial valuation to include total assets, total

liabilities, unfunded liability or over-funded status, contributions

and any other information deemed relevant by the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-7010 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-7010
Admission of agencies to campaign - State presence test -
Status: in_force

Exemptions.

A. A charitable agency wishing to be admitted to the State

Charitable Campaign shall be required to demonstrate state presence.

The agency must comply with all of the following criteria in order

to meet the state presence test:

1. The agency must provide or procure direct human care

services for persons residing in the state in which the charitable

contribution campaign will be conducted;

2. The agency shall have a board of directors that serves

without compensation;

3. A majority of the members of the board of directors shall be

residents of the state;

4. Consumers of service from the state shall be represented

within the membership of the board of directors; and

5. A substantial portion of the agency’s annual budget shall be

derived from public solicitations in the State of Oklahoma.

B. Agencies whose primary focus is the providing of services to

the needy overseas and Combined Health Agencies operating in this

state shall be exempt from complying with the criteria set out in

subsection A of this section and need not demonstrate state

presence.

C. The Armed Forces Veterans Homes Foundation shall be exempt

from the provisions of this section and shall be authorized to

participate in the State Charitable Campaign.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5062.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5062.11
Tax exemption for bonds
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized pursuant to the Oklahoma Development

Finance Authority Act and the income therefrom, whether or not the

interest on which is subject to federal income taxation, shall be

exempt from all taxation in this state except for inheritance,

estate or transfer taxes; all legal instruments and all security

agreements and financing agreements made pursuant to the provisions

of this act shall be exempt from Oklahoma stamp, mortgage and

transfer taxes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-864 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-864
Cooperation with Federal agencies
Status: in_force

The State of Oklahoma does hereby pledge to and agree with the

United States and any other federal agency that, in the event that

any federal agency shall construct or loan or contribute any funds

for the construction, extension, improvement or enlargement of any

industrial development project, or any portion thereof, the state

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will not alter or limit the rights and powers of the Authority in

any manner which would be inconsistent with the due performance of

any agreements between the Authority and any such federal agency,

and the Authority shall continue to have and may exercise all powers

herein granted, so long as the same shall be necessary or desirable

for the carrying out of the purposes of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5028 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5028
County Jail Improvement Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund for

the State Department of Health to be designated the "County Jail

Improvement Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject

to fiscal year limitations. All monies appropriated to the fund may

be budgeted and expended by the State Department of Health for the

purpose of providing matching funds to counties to renovate existing

or to construct new jail facilities in accordance with state-

approved jail standards. Expenditures from said fund shall be made

upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as

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

Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9080 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9080
Severability
Status: repealed

Effective on the date the first ratepayer-backed bonds are

issued under this act, if any provision in this act or portion of

this act is held to be invalid or is invalidated, superseded,

replaced, repealed or expires for any reason, that occurrence does

not affect the validity or continuation of this act or other

provisions of law that are relevant to the issuance, administration,

payment, retirement or refunding of the ratepayer-backed bonds or to

any actions of the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority or the

regulated utility or their successors, assignees or collections

agents.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-20 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-20
Opinions of Attorney General - Publication and distribution
Status: in_force

- Surplus publication - Attorney General's Revolving Fund.

A. The Attorney General shall publish all written opinions

which he or she promulgates in connection with the interpretation of

the laws of this state in an electronic format that is accessible to

the public at no cost. The Attorney General may print the written

opinions in bound volumes at his or her discretion.

B. The Attorney General may sell any surplus bound volumes and

requested individual copies of opinions to help cover the cost of

the publication, postal charges and other necessary expenses.

Proceeds of such sales shall be deposited into the fund established

pursuant to subsection C of this section.

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

fund for the Attorney General, to be designated the Attorney

General's Revolving Fund. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not

subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies

received from the sale of copies of surplus bound volumes and

requested individual copies of opinions and such other monies as are

provided for by law. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon

warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as

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

Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.21 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.21
American Indian Cultural Center and Museum Trust
Status: in_force

Authority – Declaration of trust - Termination.

A. Upon the effective date of this act, the state expressly

approves the creation of a public trust to be named the "American

Indian Cultural Center and Museum Trust Authority", also known as

"AICCMTA", of which the state shall be the beneficiary and the

provisions of this act, as passed by the Legislature and approved by

action of the Governor, shall constitute the acceptance of the

beneficial interest in such public trust pursuant to the provisions

of Section 176 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

provided, however, such approval shall be contingent upon

satisfaction of the following conditions:

1. Finalizing the declaration of trust; and

2. Adoption of the declaration of trust by an official action

of the trustees of the AICCMTA.

B. The approved declaration of trust shall:

1. Specify that the AICCMTA shall be created as a public trust

pursuant to Section 176 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes

and shall have the same rights, responsibilities and attributes as

any public trust created under such laws;

2. Specify that the primary purpose of the AICCMTA shall be to

carry out the functions, duties and responsibilities pursuant to

Section 1226 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the

provisions of this act; and

3. To the extent required by law, specify the adoption of

bylaws and rules for the due and orderly administration and

regulation of affairs of the AICCMTA, which shall require approval

in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures

Act.

C. 1. The AICCMTA shall have eleven (11) trustees, seven of

which shall be members of a federally recognized American Indian

Tribe located within this state and of those seven trustees three

shall be appointed by the Governor, two shall be appointed by the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and two shall be appointed by

the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Such tribal membership

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shall be determined by the respective tribes. Appointments shall be

made from names provided by tribal governments, councils or other

recognized tribal entities. Appointments shall be restricted to not

more than one representative of any tribe. Such appointed members

initially appointed shall continue in office for terms of from three

(3) to seven (7) years, respectively, from the date of their

appointment, with the term of each initially appointed member to be

designated by the Governor at the time of the appointment, with one

member to be appointed to a three-year term, two members to be

appointed to a four-year term, one member to be appointed to a five-

year term, one member to be appointed to a six-year term, and two

members to be appointed to a seven-year term. Any person appointed

to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term.

Succeeding terms shall be for a term of four (4) years.

2. The other four appointed trustees shall be from the business

community and shall be chosen as follows: two members shall be

appointed by the Governor, one member shall be appointed by the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and one member shall be

appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Each

member shall have at least fifteen (15) years of experience in

business, banking, finance or corporate law and shall have

demonstrated outstanding ability in business or industry. However,

in lieu of appointing a member with such experience, one of the two

members appointed by the Governor may be a person who has exhibited

at least three (3) years of outstanding leadership and involvement

in recognized Native American organizations and activities. The

initial terms of the trustees appointed by the Governor shall be for

one (1) year, the trustee appointed by the President Pro Tempore of

the Senate shall be for two (2) years and the trustee appointed by

the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be for three (3)

years. Upon the expiration of a term any succeeding term shall be

for four (4) years. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall

serve only for the unexpired term.

3. None of the appointments otherwise authorized by this

subsection shall be effective until title to the real property and

improvements constituting the AICCM has been transferred to the

AICCMTA as provided by Section 1226.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

D. The provisions of The Governmental Tort Claims Act shall

apply to the AICCMTA as a state-beneficiary public trust created

pursuant to state law.

E. Members of the AICCMTA shall be exempt from the provisions

of Section 6 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the AICCMTA

shall have the authority to transfer title of the American Indian

Cultural Center and Museum (AICCM), and the real property upon which

it is located (as more fully described in Section 2 of this act),

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and any intellectual property or personal property (including

exhibits) still held by the AICCMTA, less and except monies held by

the AICCMTA, to the City of Oklahoma City (City) within five (5)

years after the date on which all outstanding bonds issued for the

AICCM have been retired, including any bonds or other obligations

issued by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority (OCIA) pursuant

to Section 3 of this act, pursuant to the agreements provided in

paragraph 5 of subsection B of Section 1226.2 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes; and in connection therewith, the Legislature

finds and hereby declares that the commitments entered into by the

City as contemplated by paragraph 5 of subsection B of Section

1226.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be adequate

consideration. Such transfer shall not occur until after all

outstanding bonds issued for the AICCM have been retired including

any bonds or other obligations issued by the Oklahoma Capitol

Improvement Authority (OCIA) pursuant to Section 3 of this act.

G. The AICCMTA created by this section shall be terminated and

abolished upon the transfer contemplated by subsection F of this

section. Upon such termination, any remaining monies held by the

AICCMTA shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund of the

State Treasury, all then-existing funds of the AICCMTA shall be

abolished, and any remaining rights of the AICCMTA shall be

transferred to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-857 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-857
Loans to industrial development agencies - Conditions
Status: in_force

(1) When it has been determined by the Authority, upon

application of an industrial development agency and hearing thereon

in the manner hereinafter provided, that the establishment of a

particular industrial development project referred to in such

application has accomplished or will accomplish the public purposes

of this act, the Authority may contract to loan such industrial

development agency an amount not in excess of sixty-six and two-

thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the cost or the estimated cost of such

industrial development project where the loan is secured by a first

mortgage on the industrial development project, or not in excess of

thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) of the cost or

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estimated cost of such industrial development project where the loan

is secured by a second mortgage on the industrial development

project, as established or to be established, subject however to the

following conditions:

(A) In case of industrial development projects to be

established:

1. the Authority shall first have determined that the

industrial development agency holds funds which together with the

commitment in paragraph 2 of this subsection constitute an amount

equal to, or property of a value equal to, not less than thirty-

three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) of the estimated cost of

establishing the industrial development project where the

Authority's loan will be secured by a first mortgage on the

industrial development project, or not less than sixty-six and two-

thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the estimated cost of establishing the

industrial development project where the Authority's loan will be

secured by a second mortgage on the industrial development project,

which funds or property are available for and shall be applied to

the establishment of such project, and

2. the Authority shall also have determined that the industrial

development agency has obtained from other independent and

responsible sources, such as banks and insurance companies or

otherwise, a firm commitment for all other funds, over and above the

loan of the Authority and such funds or property as the industrial

development agency may hold, necessary for payment of all the

estimated cost of establishing the industrial development project,

and that the sum of all these funds is adequate to insure completion

and operation of the plant or facility, or that the sum of all these

funds, together with the machinery and equipment to be provided by

the responsible tenant or responsible buyer, is adequate to insure

completion and operation of the plant or facility. Provided,

however, that the participation required of the industrial

development agency referred to in paragraph 1 of this subsection,

may in the discretion of the Authority be reduced to the extent that

funds from independent and responsible sources under firm commitment

shall, together with the participation of the Authority, and the

participation of the industrialdevelopment agency, if any,

constitute one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of establishing an

industrial development project, as defined herein.

(B) In the case of industrial development projects established

without initial Authority loan participation:

1. the Authority shall first have determined that the

industrial development agency has expended funds which, together

with the commitment in paragraph 2 of this subsection, constitute an

amount equal to, or has applied property which, together with the

commitment in paragraph 2 of this subsection, constitutes a value

equal to, not less than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%)

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of the cost of establishing the industrial development project where

the Authority's loan will be secured by a first mortgage lien on the

industrial development project, or not less than thirty-three and

one-third percent (33 1/3%) where the Authority's loan will be

secured by a second mortgage lien on the industrial development

project, and

2. the Authority shall also have determined that the industrial

development agency obtained from other independent and responsible

sources, such as banks and insurance companies or otherwise, other

funds necessary for payment of all the cost of establishing the

industrial development project, and that the industrial development

agency participation and these funds have been adequate to insure

completion and operation of the plant or facility, or that these

funds, together with the machinery and equipment provided by the

responsible tenant or responsible buyer, have been adequate to

insure completion and operation of the plant of facility. Provided,

however, that the proceeds of any loan made by the Authority to the

industrial development agency pursuant to this subsection (B) shall

be used only for the establishment of additional industrial

development projects in furtherance of the public purposes of this

act; and provided further, that the participation required of the

industrial development agency referred to in paragraph 1 of this

subsection, may in the discretion of the Authority be reduced to the

extent that funds from independent and responsible sources under

firm commitment together with the participation of the industrial

development agency, constitute sufficient funds to establish the

industrial development project, as defined herein.

3. Any such loan of the Authority shall be for such period of

time and shall bear interest at such rate as shall be determined by

the Authority and shall be secured by mortgage on the industrial

development project for which such loan was made, such mortgage to

be second and subordinate only to the mortgage securing the first

lien obligation issued to secure the commitment of funds from the

aforesaid independent and responsible sources and used in the

financing of the industrial development project.

4. Monies so loaned by the Authority to industrial development

agencies shall be withdrawn from the Industrial Development Fund and

paid over to the industrial development agency in such manner as

shall be provided and prescribed by the rules and regulations of the

Authority.

5. All payments of interest on said loans and the principal

thereof shall be deposited by the Authority without delay in the

Industrial Development Fund.

6. Loans by the Authority to an industrial development agency

for an industrial development project shall be made only in the

manner and to the extent as in this section provided, except,

however, in those instances wherein an agency of the federal

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government participates in the financing of an industrial

development project by loan or grant, or otherwise, of federal

funds. When any federal agency does so participate, the Authority

may adjust the required ratios of financial participation by the

industrial development agency, the source of independent funds, and

the Authority; in such manner as to insure the maximum benefit

available to the industrial development agency, the Authority, or

both, by the participation of the federal agency; provided, however,

that no such adjustment of such ratios shall cause the Authority to

grant a loan to the industrial development agency in excess of

sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the cost or estimated

cost of the industrial development project where such loan is

secured by a first mortgage on the industrial development project,

or thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) of the cost or

estimated cost of the industrial development project, where such

loan is secured by a second mortgage on the industrial development

project.

7. Where any federal agency participating in the financing of

any industrial development project is not permitted to take as

security for such participation a mortgage the lien of which is

junior to the mortgage of the Authority, the Authority shall in such

instances be hereby authorized to take as security for its loan to

the industrial development agency a mortgage junior in lien to that

of the federal agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1344.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1344.1
Enrollment materials from vendors with authorized
Status: in_force

payroll deductions.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 836

Materials from 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 placed in

the annual benefit enrollment materials provided to state employees

and their dependents.