Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-6201 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-6201
Lease agreement with Greater Sand Springs Trust
Status: in_force

Authority.

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall enter

into a lease agreement with the Greater Sand Springs Trust Authority

for a term of ninety-nine (99) years with respect to the real

property and improvements constituting the former Hissom Memorial

Treatment Center, as more particularly described by subsection C of

this section.

B. The lease agreement described in subsection A of this

section:

1. Shall allow the Greater Sand Springs Trust Authority to

enter into agreements regarding the property described in subsection

C of this section with third parties without the express consent of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, including the

right of the Authority to sublease all or any part of the real

property described in subsection C of this section;

2. Shall provide for the unrestricted access, use and

development of the real property described in subsection C of this

section by the Greater Sand Springs Trust Authority in order for the

Authority to fulfill its purposes according to the terms of its

trust indenture, including, but not limited to, the right of the

Authority to construct capital improvements on, above or under the

property to fulfill the purposes stated in the indenture of the

Authority. The lease shall provide that the Authority owns and

maintains capital improvements constructed upon the real property

with the funds of the Authority;

3. Shall provide for the conveyance by the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services to the Greater Sand Springs Trust Authority,

by quit claim deed or by such other instrument of conveyance as the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Authority may

mutually agree, for not more than a payment by the Authority to the

Department of a nominal consideration not to exceed Ten Dollars

($10.00), of any parcel of real property described by the Authority

and certified, by a majority of the trustees of the Authority, to be

necessary for a complete development of the property described in

subsection C of this section and necessary for the Authority to

fulfill any purpose specified in its trust indenture. A rebuttable

presumption shall exist that any conveyance made pursuant to the

provisions of this paragraph shall be considered to have been made

for the general economic benefit of the residents of the beneficiary

of the Greater Sand Springs Trust Authority and that the disposition

of the parcel by the Authority is in furtherance of an essential

governmental function by making a productive use of the parcel.

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After conveyance of a parcel of real property to the Authority

pursuant to this paragraph, the Authority shall have the exclusive

right to exercise all powers, rights and privileges with respect to

the parcel as authorized by law to the owner of any real property,

including, but not limited to, the right to sell the parcel as

provided by paragraph 4 of this subsection;

4. Shall provide for the conveyance by the Authority to another

legal entity, by quit claim deed or by such other instrument of

conveyance as the Authority and the other legal entity may mutually

agree, of any parcel of real property described by the Authority the

proposed conveyance of which to be certified, by a majority of the

trustees of the Authority, as necessary for a complete development

of the property described in subsection C of this section and

necessary for the Authority to fulfill any purpose specified in its

trust indenture. A rebuttable presumption shall exist that any

conveyance made pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall

be considered to have been made for the general economic benefit of

the residents of the beneficiary of the Greater Sand Springs Trust

Authority and that the disposition of the parcel by the Authority is

in furtherance of an essential governmental function by making a

productive use of the parcel. If the Authority sells any part or

all of the real property or improvements described in subsection C

of this section subsequent to the conveyance to the Authority by the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Authority shall

determine the value of the real property sold separate and apart

from the value of the improvements, if any. The Authority shall

determine its direct and indirect costs for acquisition,

maintenance, improvement, marketing and sale of any parcel of real

property conveyed to a legal entity pursuant to this paragraph. The

Authority shall pay to the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services the amount of consideration received by the Authority from

the sale of the real property in excess of the direct and indirect

costs incurred by the Authority. The Office of Management and

Enterprise Services shall budget all funds received from the sale of

any parcel pursuant to this section. These funds shall be expended

by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the sole

purpose of additional maintenance or improvements for the remainder

of the real property or for improvements at the property described

in this section. Upon sale of the final parcel or real property and

improvements pursuant to this section, the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services shall remit the amount received and all

remaining funds from previous sales for deposit to the credit of the

Hissom Memorial Treatment Center Surplus Fund for appropriation

pursuant to law;

5. Shall provide that the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall maintain the real property and the improvements

located on the real property described in subsection C of this

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section in a manner conducive to the preservation of existing

economic value of the real property and improvements, subject to the

ordinary depreciation of the improvements, until such time as the

Authority acquires ownership of a parcel whereupon the Authority and

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, by mutual written

agreement, shall amend the lease to provide for proportionately

diminished maintenance expenses to be incurred by the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services or some other legal entity;

6. Shall not require the payment of rent by the Greater Sand

Springs Trust Authority in excess of One Dollar ($1.00) per year;

7. Shall not require a purchase price for any option granted to

the Greater Sand Springs Trust Authority to acquire any parcel of

the property described by subsection C of this section in excess of

Ten Dollars ($10.00);

8. Shall not require the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services to consent to a sublease of the property described by

subsection C of this section by the Authority to any other legal

entity; and

9. Shall not impose the expense of maintenance or repair of the

real property or improvements located on the property described by

subsection C of this section upon the Greater Sand Springs Trust

Authority, except as otherwise provided by paragraph 5 of this

subsection.

C. The real property and improvements which shall be leased by

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to the Greater Sand

Springs Trust Authority as required by subsection A of this section

are described as follows:

1. Governmental lots 5, 7, and 8 in Section 9; and

2. The part of Governmental Lots 6 and 7 lying north of the

centerline of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad right-of-

way, formerly the S.L. & S.F. Railroad right-of-way, in Section 15;

and

3. Lots 1 and 2, and that part of Governmental Lot 3 lying

north of the centerline of said railroad right-of-way and those

parts of each of the following tracts lying north of the centerline

of said railroad right-of-way:

a. the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of the Northeast Quarter

(NE/4);

b. the Northwest Quarter (NW/4); and

c. the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of the Southeast Quarter

(SE/4) in Section 16;

4. All in Township 19 North, Range 11 East of the Indian

Meridian, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; and

5. Together with all the appurtenances thereto belonging to

such property.

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D. The Authority shall have the right to access, ingress,

egress, use and enjoyment of the roads existing on the property

described by subsection C of this section as of July 1, 1997.

E. With respect to the real property and improvements described

in subsection C of this section and the lease agreement required by

subsection A of this section, or any transfer of the property to the

Authority, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

not be subject to the requirements of:

1. Section 387 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Section 1056 of Title 64 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Section 126.2 of this title;

4. Section 129.4 of this title; or

5. Section 456.7 of this title.

F. With respect to the lease or sale of any part or all of the

real property or improvements described in subsection C of this

section, the Greater Sand Springs Trust Authority shall not be

subject to the requirements of:

1. Section 387 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Section 241 of Title 64 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Section 129.4 of this title; or

4. Section 456.7 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-66 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-66
Restrictions - Interest in other business or in state
Status: in_force

contracts.

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

is prohibited from engaging in any other business for compensation

for personal services during the time of service as Director. No

contract shall be entered into by said Director with any firm or

corporation in which said Director shall have any interest or shall

be a stockholder, nor with any relative of said Director either by

blood or marriage within the third degree.

R.L. 1910, § 8085. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 96, eff. July 1,

1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 716.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2277 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2277
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 79 through 84 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the "Oklahoma Trails System Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5003.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5003.11
Establishment of community development strategy and
Status: in_force

plan – Authority of Department.

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall serve as the lead

state agency in establishing a community development strategy and

plan for the state. The Department shall have the authority to

establish and administer community development programs such as

certified community programs which enhance the quality of life in

Oklahoma communities; the Department has the authority to administer

such programs directly or by contract with qualified community

development entities.

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In establishing such programs, the Department shall determine

needs, priorities or funding limits within the limits for such

programs imposed by the Legislature. The Department may promulgate

rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act to

clarify such programs.

The Department shall establish and develop or cause to be

developed individual program budgets, work plans, and audits of each

community development program established and administered. Any

contract under this section shall be exempt from the Central

Purchasing Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840.22A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840.22A
Renumbered as § 840-2.14 of this title by Laws 1994,
Status: in_force

c. 242, § 54.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 567
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1316.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1316.2
Noneducation employees who have retired or otherwise terminated service - Law
Status: in_force

enforcement retirement system members killed, injured in line of duty - Continuance of health andterminated service - Law enforcement retirement system members

killed, injured in line of duty - Continuance of health and dental

insurance benefits.

A. Any employee, other than an education employee, who retires

pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System or who has a vested benefit pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System may

continue in force the health and dental insurance benefits

authorized by the provisions of the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and

Benefits Act, or other employer insurance benefits if the employer

does not participate in the plans offered by the Oklahoma Health

Care Authority, if such election to continue in force is made within

thirty (30) days from the date of termination of service. Except as

otherwise provided for in subsection H of this section, health and

dental insurance coverage may not be reinstated at a later time if

the election to continue in force is declined. Vested employees

other than education employees who have terminated service and are

not receiving benefits and effective July 1, 1996, nonvested persons

who have terminated service with more than eight (8) years of

participating service with a participating employer, who within

thirty (30) days from the date of termination of service elect to

continue such coverage, shall pay the full cost of the insurance

premium at the rate and pursuant to the terms and conditions

established by the Authority. Provided also, any employee other

than an education employee who commences employment with a

participating employer on or after September 1, 1991, who terminates

service with such employer on or after July 1, 1996, but who

otherwise has insufficient years of service to retire or terminate

service with a vested benefit pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System or to elect to continue

coverage as a nonvested employee as provided in this section, but

who, immediately prior to employment with the participating

employer, was covered as a dependent on the health and dental

insurance policy of a spouse who was an active employee other than

an education employee, may count as part of his or her credited

service for the purpose of determining eligibility to elect to

continue coverage under this section, the time during which the

terminating employee was covered as such a dependent.

B. 1. Health insurance benefit plans offered pursuant to this

section shall include:

a. indemnity plans offered through the Authority,

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b. managed care plans offered as alternatives to the

indemnity plans offered through the Authority,

c. Medicare supplements offered pursuant to the Oklahoma

Employees Insurance and Benefits Act,

d. Medicare risk-sharing contracts offered as

alternatives to the Medicare supplements offered

through the Authority. All Medicare risk-sharing

contracts shall be subject to a risk adjustment

factor, based on generally accepted actuarial

principles for adverse selection which may occur, and

e. for the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System,

other employer-provided health insurance benefit plans

if the employer does not participate in the plans

offered pursuant to the Oklahoma Employees Insurance

and Benefits Act.

2. Health insurance benefit plans offered pursuant to this

section shall provide prescription drug benefits, except for plans

designed pursuant to the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and

Modernization Act, pursuant to 42 USCA Section 1395w-101, et seq.,

for which provision of prescription drug benefits is optional, and

except for plans offered pursuant to subparagraph e of paragraph 1

of this subsection.

C. 1. Designated public retirement systems shall contribute a

monthly amount towards the health insurance premium of certain

individuals receiving benefits from the public retirement system as

follows:

a. a retired employee, other than an education employee

or an employee who participates in the defined

contribution system administered by the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System on or after

November 1, 2015, who is receiving benefits from the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System after

September 30, 1988, shall have One Hundred Five

Dollars ($105.00), or the premium rate of the health

insurance benefit plan, whichever is less, paid by the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to the

Board or to another insurance carrier or other

qualified benefits administrator of the employer if

the employer does not participate in the plans offered

by the Authority in the manner specified in subsection

G of this section,

b. a retired employee or surviving spouse other than an

education employee who is receiving benefits from the

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System after

September 30, 1988, is under sixty-five (65) years of

age and is not otherwise eligible for Medicare shall

have the premium rate for the health insurance benefit

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plan or One Hundred Five Dollars ($105.00), whichever

is less, paid by the Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Retirement System to the Authority in the manner

specified in subsection G of this section,

c. a retired employee other than an education employee

who is receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Law

Enforcement Retirement System after September 30,

1988, is sixty-five (65) years of age or older or who

is under sixty-five (65) years of age and is eligible

for Medicare shall have One Hundred Five Dollars

($105.00), or the premium rate of the health insurance

benefit plan, whichever is less, paid by the Oklahoma

Law Enforcement Retirement System to the Authority in

the manner specified in subsection G of this section,

and

d. a retired employee other than an education employee

who is receiving benefits from the Uniform Retirement

System for Justices and Judges after September 30,

1988, shall have One Hundred Five Dollars ($105.00),

or the premium rate of the health insurance plan,

whichever is less, paid by the Uniform Retirement

System for Justices and Judges to the Authority in the

manner specified in subsection G of this section.

2. Premium payments made pursuant to this section shall be made

subject to the following conditions:

a. the health plan shall be authorized by the provisions

of the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act,

except that if an employer from which an employee

retired or with a vested benefit pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

System does not participate in the plans authorized by

the provisions of the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and

Benefits Act, the health plan will be the health

insurance benefits of the employer from which the

individual retired or vested,

b. for plans offered by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance

and Benefits Act, the amount to be paid shall be

determined pursuant to the provisions of this

subsection and shall first be applied in whole or in

part to the prescription drug coverage premium. Any

remaining amount shall be applied toward the medical

coverage premium,

c. for all plans, if the amount paid by the public

retirement system does not cover the full cost of the

elected coverage, the individual shall pay the

remaining premium amount, and

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d. payment shall be made by the retirement systems in the

manner specified under subsection G of this section.

D. For any member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement

System killed in the line of duty, whether the member was killed in

the line of duty prior to May 18, 2005, or on or after May 18, 2005,

or if the member was on a disability leave status at the time of

death, the surviving spouse or dependents of such deceased member of

the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System may elect to continue

or commence health and dental insurance benefits, provided the

dependents pay the full cost of such insurance, and for deaths

occurring on or after July 1, 2002, such election is made within

thirty (30) days of the date of death. The eligibility for the

benefits shall terminate for the surviving children when the

children cease to qualify as dependents.

E. Effective July 1, 2004, a retired member of the Oklahoma Law

Enforcement Retirement System who retired from the System by means

of a personal and traumatic injury of a catastrophic nature and in

the line of duty and any surviving spouse of such retired member and

any surviving spouse of a member who was killed in the line of duty

shall have one hundred percent (100%) of the retired member's or

surviving spouse's health care premium cost, whether the member or

surviving spouse elects coverage under the Medicare supplement or

Medicare risk-sharing contract, paid by the Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Retirement System to the Authority in the manner specified in

subsection H of this section. For plans offered by the Authority,

such contributions will first be applied in whole or in part to the

prescription drug coverage premium, if any.

F. Dependents of a deceased employee who was on active work

status or on a disability leave at the time of death or of a

participating retardant or of any person who has elected to receive

a vested benefit under the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

System, the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges or the

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System may continue the health

and dental insurance benefits in force, provided the dependents pay

the full cost of such insurance and they were covered as eligible

dependents at the time of such death and such election is made

within thirty (30) days of date of death. The eligibility for the

benefits shall terminate for the surviving children when the

children cease to qualify as dependents.

G. The amounts required to be paid by the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System, the Uniform Retirement System for

Justices and Judges and the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement

System pursuant to this section shall be forwarded no later than the

tenth day of each month following the month for which payment is due

by the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees

or the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Board to the Authority

for deposit in the Health, Dental and Life Insurance Reserve Fund or

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to another insurance carrier or other administrator of qualified

benefits of the employer as provided for in subsection H of Section

1315 of this title.

H. Upon retirement from employment of the Board of Regents of

the University of Oklahoma, any person who was or is employed at the

George Nigh Rehabilitation Institute and who transferred employment

pursuant to Section 3427 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any

person who was employed at the Medical Technology and Research

Authority and who transferred employment pursuant to Section 7068 of

this title and any person who is a member of the Oklahoma Law

Enforcement Retirement System pursuant to the authority of Section

2-314 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes may participate in the

benefits authorized by the provisions of the Oklahoma Employees

Insurance and Benefits Act for retired participants including

health, dental and life insurance benefits, if such election to

participate is made within thirty (30) days from the date of

termination of service. Life insurance benefits for any such person

who transferred employment shall not exceed the coverage the person

had at the time of such transfer. Retirees who transferred

employment and who participate pursuant to this subsection shall pay

the premium for elected benefits less any amounts paid by a state

retirement system pursuant to this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-30 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-30
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 4 of this act shall be known and may be cited

as the "Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy Board Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

All terms used in the Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund Act shall

have the meanings set forth in the Oklahoma Development Finance

Authority Act, except as expressly referred to below. In addition,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1138

as used in the Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund Act, the following

words shall have the following meanings:

1. "Act" means the Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund Act;

2. "Bonds" means the Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund General

Obligation Bonds authorized pursuant to Section 81 of this act; and

3. "Fund" means the Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-500.36 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-500.36
Per diem and other reimbursements for expenses not
Status: in_force

authorized for state boards and commissions - Certain statutory

salaries excepted.

Effective July 1, 1985, no members of Oklahoma boards and

commissions shall receive per diem payments or reimbursements for

expenses other than those specifically authorized by Sections 500.1

through 500.54 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 1501-

605 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes or except as otherwise

provided by law. Provided that this section is not intended to

prohibit the payment of statutory salaries to members of the

Oklahoma Tax Commission, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission and

the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1054 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1054
Cooperation
Status: in_force

All officers, departments, agencies and institutions of this

State and of its political subdivisions are hereby authorized to

cooperate with the Southern Interstate Nuclear Board in the

furtherance of any of its activities pursuant to the Compact.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-8101 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-8101
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma State Legislature hereby finds and declares

that:

1. Statistical studies chronicling the status of African-

American males in American society reveal startling and disturbing

conditions and trends;

2. By every indicia measuring achievement, success and quality

of life in American society, African-American males are facing a

prodigious struggle for survival while fighting formidable

opponents;

3. African-American males make up only three and two-tenths

percent (3.2%) of the population of Oklahoma, but are victims of

twenty-one and eight-tenths percent (21.8%) of the state's homicides

and comprise twenty-one and five-tenths percent (21.5%) of all

persons under the control of the State Department of Corrections;

4. National statistics indicate that one of every twenty-two

African-American males will die as a result of homicide and that one

of every six African-American males will be arrested by the age of

nineteen years;

5. African-American males make up only three percent (3%) of

Oklahoma's total college and university enrollment;

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6. African-American males suffer from more debilitating health

problems, a higher death rate and a lower life expectancy than males

in other ethnic and racial groups;

7. Between the years 1973 and 1988, the average real annual

income for African-American males in the United States between the

ages of twenty and twenty-four years fell by more than fifty percent

(50%); and

8. There is no statewide repository of data available on the

status of African-American males.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2240 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2240
Cost and revenue reporting system - Department audit -
Status: in_force

Prohibited acts and penalties.

A. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department shall

establish a cost and revenue reporting system for all budget

activities and subactivities of the Department.

B. 1. The State Auditor and Inspector or a designated agent of

the State Auditor and Inspector shall perform an independent audit

of the Department annually. The audit shall be conducted in

accordance with the Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards

as issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. The cost

of the audit shall be borne by the Department.

2. Matters to be considered in determining the types of

activities to be audited and the scope of the audit shall be based

on an analysis of:

a. the date and results of prior audits, reviews, and/or

independent studies,

b. financial exposure,

c. potential loss and risk,

d. requests by the Commission and/or executive management

of the Department,

e. major changes in operations, programs, systems, and

controls, and

f. opportunities to achieve operating benefits.

The audit may be conducted in accordance with Section 213.2 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. The internal auditors of the Department shall conduct

internal audits of Department facilities and programs pursuant to

the provisions of Section 228 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

4. The audits required by this section shall be completed on or

before December 31 of each year and shall, upon distribution, become

public record.

C. Any person who intentionally alters or destroys records

needed for the performance of an audit as provided for in this

section or intentionally causes or directs a subordinate to do such

acts, shall be subject to immediate removal from office or

employment.

D. The Commission shall provide notice to Department employees

affected by this section of the prohibited acts and the penalties

pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-324.11b — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-324.11b
Hotels or motels - School or college housing -
Status: in_force

Provision of visual smoke detectors to deaf or hard-of-hearing

guests.

A. Any person, partnership, corporation, organization, state,

city, town, county, or other subdivision of this state, operating a

building or structure used as a hotel or motel, within the State of

Oklahoma, shall provide, at no additional charge to deaf and hard-

of-hearing guests and upon request of such guests, portable smoke

detectors of the type suitable for providing visual warning to such

guests, a room equipped with fixed visual warning smoke detectors or

a ground floor guest room accessible to the out-of-doors. Each

hotel or motel shall have available at least one portable visual

warning smoke detector, one room equipped with a fixed visual

warning smoke detector or one ground floor guest room accessible to

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the out-of-doors for each fifty guest rooms of such hotel or motel.

No hotel or motel shall be required to have more than a total of six

portable visual warning smoke detectors, six rooms with fixed visual

warning smoke detectors or six ground floor guest rooms accessible

to the out-of-doors. Each hotel or motel shall have at least one

such smoke detector, one room equipped with a fixed visual warning

smoke detector or one ground floor guest room accessible to the out-

of-doors.

B. Any school or college that provides housing to deaf and

hard-of-hearing individuals shall make a visual warning smoke

detector available for each such individual's use and may require

users to post a refundable deposit.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9054 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9054
Application for determination and approval
Status: in_force

A. In the event an unregulated utility opts for financing

pursuant to this act, the unregulated utility shall submit to the

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority an application for

determination and approval of qualified costs as defined in this

act. The Authority, with assistance from the Public Utility

Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission pursuant to

subsection C of this section, shall determine the qualified costs an

unregulated utility actually and lawfully incurred and that were

directly related to the extreme weather experienced in February

2021.

B. The Authority may develop procedures to receive and review

applications for the establishment of qualified costs; provided, the

application shall require but not be limited to:

1. The amount of extreme purchase costs and extraordinary costs

requested for recovery;

2. Whether the unregulated utility is requesting a loan for all

or a portion of the extreme purchase costs and extraordinary costs

eligible for recovery;

3. Estimated amounts of cost savings from or demonstration of

how utility bill impact to customers would be mitigated by receiving

a loan for the eligible extreme purchase costs and extraordinary

costs, in comparison with traditional financing or any other utility

recovery methods; and

4. Any other information or documentation required by the

Authority to effectuate this act.

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After the Authority receives an application pursuant to subsection A

of this section, a copy of the application shall be transmitted to

the Commission for administrative review pursuant to subsection C of

this section.

C. 1. The Commission is hereby authorized, for the limited

purposes of this act, to receive an application by an unregulated

utility for administrative review of extreme purchase costs and

extraordinary costs to be recovered through the issuance of loans by

the Authority. In determining the amount of costs to be recovered,

the Commission shall audit these amounts requested to ensure they

meet the definition of extreme purchase costs and extraordinary

costs, were actually incurred, were paid or are payable and would be

recovered from customers in the normal course of business.

2. Once the Commission has completed administrative review of

the costs to be recovered, a written copy of the findings of the

review shall be transmitted to the Authority.

D. After receiving the findings of the administrative review

conducted by the Corporation Commission pursuant to subsection C of

this section, the Authority shall issue a written approval or

disapproval of the application to the Authority quantifying the

approved or disapproved qualified costs. A copy of the written

approval or disapproval of the application shall be provided to the

Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of

the House of Representatives on the same date the approval or

disapproval is issued by the Authority.

E. In the event the Authority rejects an application for

failure to provide sufficient information to make a determination of

qualified costs, it shall provide the reasons for rejection to the

unregulated utility and the unregulated utility may then modify and

resubmit the application to the Authority with the necessary

documents and information. The Authority shall then transmit a copy

of the resubmitted application to the Commission for administrative

review pursuant to subsection C of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5058.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5058.1
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 7 of this act shall be known and may be cited

as the "Oklahoma Master Business License System Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-19 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-19
Attorney General's Evidence Fund and Revolving Fund -
Status: in_force

Invoicing retirement funds for attorney fees.

A. 1. Out of all money received or collected by the Attorney

General on behalf of the state or any department or agency thereof,

and paid into the State Treasury, twenty-five percent (25%) thereof

shall be deposited as follows: three-fourths (3/4) in a special

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agency account fund in the State Treasury, designated the Attorney

General's Evidence Fund, which fund shall be a continuing fund, not

subject to fiscal year limitations, and one-fourth (1/4) in the

Attorney General's Revolving Fund created by Section 20 of this

title. Provided, however, these provisions shall not apply to any

monies paid to the State of Oklahoma as a result of the settlement

of the lawsuit filed by the State of Oklahoma against the tobacco

industry.

2. All money paid to the Attorney General for reimbursement of

court costs, fees and other expenses and appropriated monies

authorized to be transferred to the agency special account shall be

deposited in the Attorney General's Evidence Fund. Such fund shall

be used by the Attorney General for necessary expenses relative to

any pending case or other matter within the official responsibility

of the Attorney General.

B. All money received or credited by the Attorney General on

behalf of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System, the Oklahoma Firefighters

Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police Pension and

Retirement System, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System or

the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges shall be paid

to the State Treasurer of the state and distributed to the

appropriate fund of the respective retirement system as directed by

the board of trustees of said respective retirement system. The

Attorney General shall invoice the respective retirement system and

the respective retirement system shall pay for reasonable attorney's

fee for actual legal services rendered by the Attorney General's

office related to the money received or credited on behalf of the

respective retirement system based on an hourly rate determined by

the Attorney General. The hourly rate charged by the Attorney

General to a retirement system for services related to the

collection of money received or credited on behalf of the respective

retirement system shall be based on the labor, time and problems

involved, the skill and expertise called for in the performance of

the services and the standing of the specific attorney or attorneys

involved. The hourly rate charged by the Attorney General to a

retirement system shall not be based on the value of the property at

issue or recovered. The Attorney General shall not separately

invoice a retirement system for the work performed by an attorney

employed by the Attorney General's office whose salary and other

related costs are paid in part or in whole by said retirement system

pursuant to an agreement entered into between the Attorney General

and the retirement system for legal services.

C. From any monies paid to the State of Oklahoma representing

attorney fees, paralegal fees and other costs of litigating the

lawsuit filed by the State of Oklahoma against the tobacco industry,

the Attorney General shall make such deposits as are appropriate

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pursuant to subsection A of this section. The balance of any such

monies shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund of the State

Treasury.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-841.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-841.5
Renumbered as § 4243 of this title by Laws 1986, c. 255,
Status: in_force

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5227 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5227
Renumbered as § 537 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

44, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3361.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3361.1
Abolition of Department of Energy
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Department of Energy is hereby abolished. The

Corporation Commission shall review and evaluate all federal

programs being administered by the Department and shall continue

those programs the Commission determines to be beneficial to

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Oklahoma. All unexpended funds, outstanding financial obligations

or encumbrances, contractual obligations, equipment, files,

materials and fixtures of the Department of Energy are hereby

transferred to the Corporation Commission, provided that those

unexpended funds, supplies and equipment utilized by the Department

to support the state fuel set-aside, allocation and emergency energy

planning programs are hereby transferred to the Office of Civil

Defense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5003.10a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5003.10a
Termination of office outside state
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1022

An office established by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce

outside the State of Oklahoma pursuant to paragraph 16 of Section

5003.10 of this title shall not be terminated until the Chief

Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce provides a

written report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of

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

intent of the Chief Executive Officer to terminate the office.

Termination of the office pursuant to this section shall not occur

earlier than sixty (60) days following the date the report is filed

as provided in this section. For purposes of this section,

“termination” means a reduction in funding for an office or a change

in representation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-916.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-916.1
Payments upon death - Waiver of probate procedures
Status: in_force

A. Upon the death of a retired member, the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System shall pay to the beneficiary of the

member or if there is no beneficiary or if the beneficiary

predeceases the member, to the estate of the member, the sum of Four

Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) as a death benefit for those retired

members who died prior to July 1, 1999. For those retired members

who died on or after July 1, 1999, the sum shall be Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00). The benefit payable pursuant to this

subsection shall be deemed, for purposes of federal income taxation,

as life insurance proceeds and not as a death benefit if the

Internal Revenue Service approves this provision pursuant to a

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private letter ruling request which shall be submitted by the board

of trustees of the System for that purpose.

B. Upon the death of a member who dies leaving no living

beneficiary or having designated his estate as beneficiary, the

System may pay any applicable death benefit, unpaid contributions,

or unpaid benefit which may be subject to probate, in an amount of

Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or less, without the

intervention of the probate court or probate procedure pursuant to

Section 1 et seq. of Title 58 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

1. Before any applicable probate procedure may be waived, the

System must be in receipt of the member's proof of death and the

following documents from those persons claiming to be the legal

heirs of the deceased member:

a. the member's valid last will and testament, trust

documents or affidavit that a will does not exist,

b. an affidavit or affidavits of heirship which must

state:

(1) the names and signatures of all claiming heirs to

the deceased member's estate including the

claiming heirs' names, relationship to the

deceased, current addresses and current telephone

numbers,

(2) a statement or statements by the claiming heirs

that no application or petition for the

appointment of a personal representative is

pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction,

(3) a description of the personal property claimed

(i.e., death benefit or unpaid contributions or

both), together with a statement that such

personal property is subject to probate, and

(4) a statement by each individual claiming heir

identifying the amount of personal property that

the heir is claiming from the System, and that

the heir has been notified of, is aware of and

consents to the identified claims of all the

other claiming heirs of the deceased member

pending with the System,

c. a written agreement or agreements signed by all

claiming heirs of the deceased member which provides

that the claiming heirs release, discharge and hold

harmless the System from any and all liability,

obligations and costs which it may incur as a result

of making a payment to any of the deceased member's

heirs,

d. a corroborating affidavit from an individual other

than a claiming heir, who was familiar with the

affairs of the deceased member, and

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e. proof that all debts of the deceased member, including

payment of last sickness, hospital, medical, death,

funeral and burial expenses have been paid or provided

for.

2. The Executive Director of the System shall retain complete

discretion in determining which requests for probate waiver may be

granted or denied, for any reason. Should the System have any

question as to the validity of any document presented by the

claiming heirs, or as to any statement or assertion contained

therein, the probate requirement provided for in Section 1 et seq.

of Title 58 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be waived.

3. After paying any death benefits or unpaid contributions to

any claiming heirs as provided pursuant to this subsection, the

System is discharged and released from any and all liability,

obligation and costs to the same extent as if the System had dealt

with a personal representative of the deceased member. The System

is not required to inquire into the truth of any matter specified in

this subsection or into the payment of any estate tax liability.

C. The beneficiary or beneficiaries of death benefits provided

pursuant to this section may elect to disclaim the death benefits,

in which case such benefits shall be transferred to a person

licensed as a funeral director or to a lawfully recognized business

entity licensed as required by law to provide funeral services for

the deceased member. The qualified disclaimer shall be in writing

and shall be an irrevocable and unqualified refusal to accept all or

a portion of the death benefit. It shall be received by the

transferor no more than nine (9) months after the later of the day

the transfer creating the interest in the disclaiming person is made

or the day the disclaiming person attains age twenty-one (21). The

interest in the death benefits shall pass without direction by the

disclaiming person to another person. After paying death benefits

to any beneficiary or the member's estate pursuant to this

subsection, the System shall be discharged and released from any and

all liability, obligation, and costs. The System is not required to

inquire into the truth of any matter specified in this subsection or

into the payment of any tax liability.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5032 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5032
Administration of weatherization funds of Low-Income
Status: in_force

Energy Assistance Block Grant.

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Community action agencies shall administer the weatherization

funds of the Low-Income Energy Assistance Block Grant on a local

level unless the Oklahoma Department of Commerce determines that the

program can be more effectively administered through another entity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-8102 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-8102
Creation
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the Oklahoma Task Force on the

Status of African-American Males.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5017.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5017.8
Financial assistance program for the employment of
Status: in_force

part-time city managers or planners.

Contingent on funding, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce may

partner with a statewide organization to develop and coordinate a

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financial assistance program for qualifying municipalities having a

population of less than five thousand (5,000) according to the

latest Federal Decennial Census to employ a part-time city manager

or a part-time city planner pursuant to Section 8-116 of Title 11 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. The statewide organization shall demonstrate

to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that it is exempt from

taxation under federal law and designated pursuant to the Internal

Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 170(a) and that it has represented

municipalities, had statutory functions and conducted training

programs for municipalities for at least fifteen (15) years prior to

November 1, 2005. It shall further demonstrate that its continuous

official purpose is to promote the general welfare of cities and

towns, to foster or conduct schools, short courses and other

training sessions, to provide technical assistance and consultative

services and other aids for the improvement and increased efficiency

of city and town government, and to serve as the representative of

cities and towns in carrying out the duties and prerogatives

conferred on it by state law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-913.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-913.5
Service credit - Computation of purchase price -
Status: in_force

Amortizing cost of returning withdrawn or unremitted contributions.

A. The Board of Trustees shall adopt rules for computation of

the purchase price for service credit. These rules shall base the

purchase price for each year purchased on the actuarial cost of the

incremental projected benefits to be purchased. The purchase price

shall represent the present value of the incremental projected

benefits discounted according to the member's age at the time of

purchase. Incremental projected benefits shall be the difference

between the projected benefit said member would receive without

purchasing the service credit and the projected benefit after

purchase of the service credit computed as of the earliest age at

which the member would be able to retire. Said computation shall

assume an unreduced benefit and be computed using interest and

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mortality assumptions consistent with the actuarial assumptions

adopted by the Board of Trustees for purposes of preparing the

annual actuarial evaluation.

B. In the event that the member is unable to pay the purchase

price provided for in this section by the due date, the Board of

Trustees shall permit the members to amortize the purchase price

over a period not to exceed sixty (60) months. Said payments shall

be made by payroll deductions unless the State Board permits an

alternate payment source. The amortization shall include interest

in an amount not to exceed the actuarially assumed interest rate

adopted by the Board of Trustees for investment earnings each year.

Any member who ceases to make payment, terminates, retires or dies

before completing the payments provided for in this section shall

receive prorated service credit for only those payments made, unless

the unpaid balance is paid by said member, his or her estate or

successor in interest within six (6) months after said member's

death, termination of employment or retirement, provided no

retirement benefits shall be payable until the unpaid balance is

paid, unless said member or beneficiary affirmatively waives the

additional six-month period in which to pay the unpaid balance. The

Board of Trustees shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to

implement the provisions of this subsection.

C. Current contributing members who, as former members,

withdrew their accumulated contributions, contributing elected

members who at the time of initial eligibility to participate as a

member of the System elected not to participate, and/or contributing

elected members who at the time of eligibility to participate as a

member of the System elected to participate but did not elect to

participate at the maximum contribution rate may amortize the cost

of returning the withdrawn contributions, unremitted contributions

or required actuarial cost over a period of not to exceed sixty (60)

months. Said payments shall be made by payroll deductions unless

the Board of Trustees permits an alternate payment source. The

amortization shall include interest in an amount not to exceed the

actuarially assumed interest rate adopted by the Board of Trustees

for investment earnings each year. Any member who ceases to make

payments, terminates, retires or dies before completing the payments

provided in this subsection shall be refunded all related payments

made, and all related credited service and other related benefits

shall be canceled unless the unpaid balance is paid by said member,

his or her estate or successor in interest within six (6) months

after said member's death, termination of employment or retirement.

No retirement benefits shall be payable until the unpaid balance is

paid, unless said member or beneficiary affirmatively waives the

additional six-month period in which to pay the unpaid balance. The

Board of Trustees shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to

implement the provisions of this subsection.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1366.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1366.1
Contracts relating to plan year beginning January 1,
Status: in_force

2003 - Duties of Board.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for

contracts relating to the plan year beginning January 1, 2003, and

for each plan year thereafter, the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and

Benefits Board shall:

a. develop geographic service areas and list the zip

codes contained in such service areas. Each

participating health maintenance organization shall

not be required to offer enrollment in every service

area as a condition to participation in the State

Account,

b. not require participating health maintenance

organizations to offer a Medicare supplement plan.

However, if the participating health maintenance

organization offers a Medicare supplement plan to

other entities within this state then it shall be

required to offer a Medicare supplement plan,

c. require participating health maintenance organizations

to meet the standardized benefit plan as required by

the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board.

However, participating health maintenance

organizations may offer enhancements in an effort to

make their plans more attractive and competitive, and

d. ensure that all premiums are paid to participating

health maintenance organizations within sixty (60)

calendar days from receipt of the bill.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5066.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5066.6
Product Development Program Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a separate

revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be

designated as the "Product Development Program Fund". The fund

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

and shall consist of all monies received by the Department for

implementation of the Product Development Act from all funds

appropriated thereto by the Oklahoma State Legislature, all fees

received pursuant to this act, any federal funds, gifts, private and

matching funds and all contributions dedicated thereto from any

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

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for

the purposes of this act. Any amount in said fund not directly

needed to implement the provisions of this act shall go to the

General Revenue Fund of the state. 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, § 74-2257 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2257
Refund of outstanding series of revenue bonds
Status: in_force

The Commission shall have the power and is authorized to refund

the outstanding series of the revenue bonds authorized by this act.

The Commission shall pledge to the payment of the principal and

interest of the refunded bonds all or any part of the revenues

derived from the operation of the parks and lodges controlled and

operated by the Commission. If not prohibited by the terms of the

revenue bonds, interest earnings on construction funds may be

utilized by the Commission as provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.9 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.9
Investment interest and earnings as part of Fund
Status: in_force

All interest and other earnings generated by the investment of

the monies and other assets of the Fund shall remain a part of the

Fund, except for that portion of such interest and other earnings as

may be payable to a private investment manager or investment advisor

pursuant to this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1706 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1706
Separate employee pension plans
Status: in_force

Any agency of the state and any county, county hospital, city or

town, substate planning district and any public or private trust in

which the state or a county, city or town participates or is the

primary beneficiary and which is not funded by state appropriations

or eligible for participation or participating in any state

retirement system, by action of its governing body, may agree to

provide for discretionary contributions in each calendar year to the

Individual Retirement Accounts or Individual Retirement Annuities

(IRA) of all eligible employees as such standards of eligibility may

be determined by the governing body. The standards of eligibility

and other characteristics of the Separate Employee Pension Plan

(SEP) adopted or to be adopted by the governing body shall conform

to the requirements of the Federal Internal Revenue Code and the

rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as interpreted and

administered both now and in the future, by the Internal Revenue

Service, which pertain to Simplified Employee Pension Plans and

Individual Retirement Accounts Contribution Agreements as previously

provided for under Section 308(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, and

all future amendments, supplements, and substitutions thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1604 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1604
State Employee Suggestion Program
Status: in_force

A. Each state agency may develop a State Employee Suggestion

Program. The purpose of the program shall be to promote efficiency

and effectiveness of state governmental operations by providing

economic incentives to employees who make suggestions which result

in direct cost savings.

B. A state agency which implements a suggestion made by an

employee which results in direct cost savings to the agency of Five

Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more may financially reward the

employee. The amount of any such award shall not exceed twenty

percent (20%) of the cost savings to the agency. No state employee

shall be eligible to receive more than one award payment in any

single fiscal year. Each agency shall be responsible for

implementing a State Employee Suggestion Program as it deems

appropriate in accordance with the provisions of this section.

C. Suggestions pertaining to the following areas shall not be

eligible for awards: grievances; classification and pay; matters

already recommended for study, review or summary; matters which are

the result of assigned or contracted audits, budget and fiscal

preparations studies, surveys, reviews or research; and matters

requiring the enactment of legislation. A suggester who applies for

patent rights to his or her suggestion shall not be eligible for an

award.

D. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

promulgate rules and establish policies as necessary to implement

the State Employee Suggestion Program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.10 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.10
Uniform crime reporting system
Status: in_force

A. A uniform crime reporting system shall be established by the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The Director shall have the

power and duty, when directed by the Commission, to collect and

gather such information from such state agencies as may be

prescribed in Section 150.1 et seq. of this title.

B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is hereby

designated as the agency which shall collect, gather, assemble and

collate such information as is prescribed by this section.

C. 1. All state, county, city and town law enforcement

agencies shall submit reports to the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation on forms prescribed by the Bureau. The reports shall

contain the number and nature of offenses committed within their

respective jurisdictions, the disposition of such matters, and such

other information as the Bureau may require, respecting information

relating to the cause and prevention of crime, recidivism, the

rehabilitation of criminals and the proper administration of

criminal justice.

2. Any information taken from such information, data, records

or reports submitted to the uniform crime reporting system and used

to prepare the Uniform Crime Report shall be an open record pursuant

to the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Requests for such information

shall be submitted to the Bureau.

3. Any request under the Oklahoma Open Records Act for any

other information, data, records or reports submitted to the uniform

crime reporting system by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

shall be directed to the Bureau pursuant to Section 24A.20 of Title

51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Such information, data, records or

reports shall be considered investigative records of the Bureau and

shall be subject to discovery and disclosure only in compliance with

Section 150.5 of this title or other applicable statute.

4. Any request under the Oklahoma Open Records Act for any

information, data, records or reports submitted by a law enforcement

agency other than the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to the

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uniform crime reporting system shall be directed to the law

enforcement agency submitting the information, data, records or

reports to the Bureau unit pursuant to Section 24A.20 of Title 51 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. Such information, data, records or reports

shall be considered law enforcement records and shall be subject to

discovery and disclosure only in compliance with Section 24A.8 of

Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes or other applicable statute.

D. Upon receipt of such information the Director shall have

such data collated and formulated and shall compile such statistics

as the Director may deem necessary in order to present a proper

classification and analysis of the volume and nature of crime and

the administration of criminal justice within this state.

E. Refusal or persistent failure of any law enforcement agency

to submit reports required by this section may result in

discontinued access to Bureau information and assistance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-292.2a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-292.2a
Temporary employees of House of Representatives -
Status: in_force

Compensation.

A. The House of Representatives, during each regular or special

session, shall provide by simple resolution for the employment of

its temporary employees.

B. The temporary employees of the House of Representatives

shall receive additional compensation at the rate of Twelve Dollars

and fifty cents ($12.50) per month for each year of prior

legislative experience, not to exceed a total additional

compensation of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per month. Such

employees shall be credited with one (1) year of prior experience

for each legislative session in which the employee was employed by

the State House of Representatives or the State Senate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1732 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1732
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. “Agency” means any executive branch entity of state

government, including agencies that do not receive direct

appropriations from the Oklahoma Legislature;

2. “Eligible employee” means a person who is a full-time

employee of an agency and who incurred a debt pursuant to the

obligations under a qualified education loan;

3. “Qualified education loan” means a debt owed by the employee

to any private or public entity for which repayment is legally

required over a period greater than one (1) year; the proceeds from

which were used by the employee to make payment of tuition, fees, or

other education expenses, such as books and materials, to an

institution of higher learning, including any private college or

university for course work to obtain an undergraduate or graduate

degree; and

4. “Required payback period” means two thousand (2,000) hours

of full-time employment with the payor agency for each Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00) of qualified education loan expense paid for by

the agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-357.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-357.4
Transfer to United States as National Monument or
Status: in_force

National Military Park.

The Oklahoma Historical Society shall have power and authority

to transfer and convey Fort Gibson Military Park, or any part

thereof, to the United States of America or to any of its duly

authorized agencies for the purpose of the designation, maintenance,

and operation of said military park as a National Monument or a

National Military Park. Said transfer may be made without any other

considerations than that the United States Government will designate

and maintain said park, or any part thereof, as a National Monument

or a National Military Park.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-916.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-916.2
Time for claiming death benefit, unpaid accumulated
Status: in_force

contributions or final monthly benefit.

All claims for payment of the death benefit, unpaid accumulated

contributions of a deceased member or the final monthly benefit must

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be made within three (3) years of the date of death of the member.

If no claim is made within three (3) years, payment of these monies

shall no longer be due and all such monies shall be forfeited to the

System in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-232 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-232
Direction and supervision
Status: in_force

The Geological Survey of the State of Oklahoma located at

Norman, Oklahoma, is hereby placed under the direction and

supervision of the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2103 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2103
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Export Trading Company Act:

1. "Export trade" means trade or commerce in goods or services

produced in the United States which are exported, or in the course

of being exported, from the United States to any other country;

2. "Goods" include, but are not limited to, manufactured

products, natural resources, and agricultural products;

3. "Services" include, but are not limited to, accounting,

amusement, architectural, automatic data processing, business,

communications, construction, franchising and licensing, consulting,

engineering, financial, insurance, legal, management, repair,

tourism, training, and transportation services;

4. The term "export trade services" includes, but is not

limited to, consulting, international market research, advertising,

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marketing, insurance, product research and design, legal assistance,

transportation, including trade documentation and freight

forwarding, communication and processing of foreign orders to and

for exporters and foreign purchasers, warehousing, foreign exchange,

and financing, when provided in order to facilitate the export of

goods or services produced in the United States;

5. "Export trading company" means a corporation, whether

operated for profit or as a nonprofit organization, which does

business under the laws of this state and which is organized and

operated principally for purposes of facilitating the export of

goods or services produced in the United States by unaffiliated

persons by providing one or more export trade services. Any company

with a significant portion of their business involving domestic

sales or services shall not be construed to be an export trading

company within the provisions of the Export Trading Company Act;

6. "Bank" means any bank authorized by the laws of this state

to engage in the banking business;

7. "Director" means the Director of the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce; and

8. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.1
Short title
Status: in_force

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

Science and Technology Research and Development Act".

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

371, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.9 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.9
Bondholders - Protection and enforcement of rights
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this act or

any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under the

trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be

restricted by such trust agreement, may, either at law or in equity,

by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding protect and enforce

any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted hereunder

or under such trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the

issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance

of all duties required by this act or by such trust agreement or

resolution to be performed by the Authority or by any officer

thereof, including the fixing, charging and collecting of charges

and compensation for use of projects.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-89 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-89
Renumbered as § 85.45j of this title by Laws 1998, c. 371,
Status: in_force

§ 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-7068 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-7068
Abolition of Medical Technology and Research Authority –
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 49Transfer of powers, duties, and responsibilities to University of

Oklahoma.

A. The Medical Technology and Research Authority of Oklahoma is

hereby abolished. Effective July 1, 2001, the powers, duties, and

responsibilities of the Authority as set forth in subsection C of

this section shall be transferred to the University of Oklahoma.

All employees, property, records, unexpended funds, and outstanding

financial obligations and encumbrances of the Authority are hereby

transferred to the University of Oklahoma.

B. 1. Employees transferred to the University of Oklahoma

pursuant to this section shall retain pay and benefits, to the

extent possible, including longevity, insurance benefits for

themselves and their dependents, seniority, and rights and other

privileges and benefits.

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2. a. An employee transferred pursuant to the provisions of

this section may elect to remain as a member of the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and, if

the employee elects to do so, shall file an election

on a form prescribed for that purpose with the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System not later

than December 31, 2001, or the employee may elect to

become a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of

Oklahoma and, if the employee elects to do so, shall

file an election on a form prescribed for that purpose

with the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma not

later than December 31, 2001.

b. If an employee files the election provided for in this

paragraph to continue membership in the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System, the University of

Oklahoma shall pay the required employer contributions

applicable to the participating employers in the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System pursuant

to Section 920 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes

and the employee shall continue to pay employee

contributions as required by Section 919.1 of Title 74

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

c. Until an employee files an election pursuant to this

paragraph, the employee shall continue to be a member

of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and

the University of Oklahoma shall make required

employer contributions pursuant to Section 920 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

d. If an employee transferred pursuant to this section

elects a vested benefit to be paid from the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System, and if the

employee has accumulated sick leave, on June 30, 2001,

equal to or in excess of one hundred thirty (130) days

then, notwithstanding the actual amount of accumulated

sick leave the employee has accrued on the date as of

which the vested benefit is elected, the provisions of

Section 913 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall

be applicable to the computation of participating

service credit based upon accumulated sick leave for

such employee.

3. a. An employee transferred pursuant to the provisions of

this section may elect to become a member of the

Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma pursuant to

the election authorized by this section. If the

employee makes an election to become a member of the

Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma, the employee

may acquire service credit in the Teachers’ Retirement

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System of Oklahoma pursuant to the provisions of

Section 17-116.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

b. On and after the date that an employee makes an

election to become a member of the Teachers’

Retirement System of Oklahoma pursuant to subparagraph

a of paragraph 2 of this subsection, the University of

Oklahoma shall make required contributions pursuant to

Section 17-108.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes

and the employee shall make required contributions

imposed pursuant to Section 17-116.2 of Title 70 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.

c. On and after the date that an employee files the

election to become a member of the Teachers’

Retirement System of Oklahoma, the University of

Oklahoma and the employee making the election shall be

subject to all requirements of the provisions of

Sections 17-101 et seq. of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

Statutes governing the Teachers’ Retirement System of

Oklahoma.

C. The following powers, duties, and responsibilities of the

Authority shall be transferred to the University of Oklahoma:

1. The regulation and control of all vehicular parking within

the district, including vehicular parking in parking garages, on

parking lots, along driveways and along public or private streets,

and at all other locations within the district. The University of

Oklahoma is specifically empowered to regulate the number of

vehicular parking spaces within the district, the hours of operation

and availability of vehicular parking spaces, the charges to be

assessed to the users of vehicular parking spaces and standards of

construction and operation with respect to all vehicular parking

facilities or areas within the district. In furtherance of the

foregoing, the University may enter into agreements with the City of

Oklahoma City or other governmental agencies with respect to

enforcement of parking regulations; however, in all cases, the

jurisdiction, power and authority to regulate vehicular parking

granted by this act to the University shall be superior to and shall

control over any parking jurisdiction possessed by any other agency

of state government, political subdivision or municipality. No

vehicular parking spaces shall be created or allowed to continue

within the district unless authorized by the University.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, vehicular

parking garages and hard-surfaced parking lots existing on May 1,

1990, not within public streets or rights-of-way, and having

individual capacities in excess of ten (10) vehicular parking

spaces, shall not be subject to the powers of the University as

granted by this paragraph as to parking regulation unless, with

respect to an individual property, the holder of same shall consent

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to such regulation by the University. Those parties not consenting

to regulation by the University shall be responsible for the

maintenance and operation of their respective parking garages; and

2. The regulation and control of vehicular parking within the

secondary district as follows: No parking garages or parking lots

shall be constructed or used without the prior approval of the

University; however, vehicular parking accessory to a building,

provided to meet the minimum vehicular parking requirements of the

City of Oklahoma City for such building, need not obtain approval of

the University; provided further, all parking in excess of such

minimum requirements shall obtain the approval of the University.

University approval shall not be required for vehicular parking

garages or parking lots existing on May 1, 1990. Parking accessory

to a residence shall not require University approval.

D. As used in this section:

1. "District" means an area of Oklahoma County described as

follows: Beginning at a point on the centerline of the Centennial

Expressway which intersects N.E. 11th Street, extended, thence east

along the north right-of-way line of N.E. 11th Street and N.E. 11th

Street extended to the west right-of-way line of Stiles Avenue,

thence north along the west right-of-way line of Stiles Avenue to

the north right-of-way line of N.E. 13th Street, thence east along

the north right-of-way of N.E. 13th Street to the east right-of-way

of Lincoln Boulevard, thence north along the west right-of-way line

of Lincoln Boulevard to the intersection of the north right-of-way

line of the east-west alley, extended, located in Block 7, Howe's

Capitol Addition, thence east along the north right-of-way line of

said alley and said alley, extended, to the west right-of-way line

of Lindsay Avenue, thence north along the west right-of-way line of

Lindsay Avenue to the north right-of-way line of N.E. 14th Street,

thence east along the north right-of-way line of N.E. 14th Street to

the west right-of-way line of Phillips Avenue, thence north along

the west right-of-way line of Phillips Avenue to the north right-of-

way line of N.E. 16th Street, thence east along the north right-of-

way line of N.E. 16th Street to the east right-of-way line of

McMecham Parkway, McMecham Parkway, also known as McMechan Parkway,

also known as McMeachan Parkway, thence south along the east right-

of-way line of McMecham Parkway, thence south along the east right-

of-way line of McMecham Parkway to the north right-of-way line of

N.E. 15th Street, thence east along the north right-of-way line of

N.E. 15th Street to the east right-of-way line of Kelley Avenue,

thence south along the east right-of-way line of Kelley Avenue to

the north right-of-way line of N.E. 13th Street, thence

northeasterly and east along the north right-of-way line of N.E.

13th Street to the east right-of-way line of Lottie Avenue, thence

south along the east right-of-way line of Lottie Avenue to the south

right-of-way line of N.E. 8th Street, thence west along the south

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right-of-way line of N.E. 8th Street to the east right-of-way line

of North Lindsay Avenue, thence south along the east right-of-way

line of Lindsay Avenue to the south right-of-way line of N.E. 6th

Street and N.E. 6th Street, extended, thence west along the south

right-of-way line of N.E. 6th Street to the east right-of-way line

of Lincoln Boulevard, thence south along the east right-of-way line

of Lincoln Boulevard to the south right-of-way line of N.E. 4th

Street, thence west along the south right-of-way line of N.E. 4th

Street to the centerline of the Centennial Expressway, thence north

along the centerline of the Centennial Expressway to intersect with

the north right-of-way line of N.E. 11th Street extended, being the

point of beginning; and

2. "Secondary district" means an area extending one thousand

five hundred (1,500) feet beyond the boundaries of the district, but

in no case west of the centerline of the Centennial Expressway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-326.9 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-326.9
Cigarette Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter
Status: in_force

Protection Act Fund.

There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special fund

to be known as the “Cigarette Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter

Protection Act Fund”. The fund shall consist of all monies

recovered as penalties under Section 6 of this act. The monies

shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and shall, in addition

to any other monies made available for such purpose, be made

available to the state entity responsible for administering the

provisions of this act to support fire safety and prevention

programs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.29 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.29
Renumbered as Section 42 of Title 1 of the Oklahoma
Status: in_force

Statutes by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9072 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9072
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. "Authority" shall mean the Oklahoma Development Finance

Authority pursuant to Section 5062.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

2. "Commission" shall mean the Oklahoma Corporation Commission;

3. "Extraordinary costs" shall mean costs incurred by a

regulated utility related to the extreme weather that occurred

beginning February 7, 2021, and ending February 21, 2021, including

but not limited to fuel-related storage and associated costs,

emergency compressed or liquified natural gas supplies, contracts

for services providing additional pressurization on lines and

transportation pipeline penalties. Extraordinary costs shall not

include extreme purchase costs, as defined in this section;

4. "Financing order" shall mean an order issued by the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission that authorizes securitization of qualified

costs and the creation of an irrevocable and nonbypassable mechanism

for utility customer payments to the regulated utility, its

successors, assignees or collection agents, of amounts necessary for

service and repayment of ratepayer-backed bonds, subject to true-up

and reconciliation;

5. "Nonbypassable mechanism" shall mean that the payment of the

utility customer charges under this act shall not be modified or

avoided by any utility customer at an address located within a

utility service area by switching providers, switching fuel sources

or materially changing usage, and shall be paid by the customer for

as long as bonds issued pursuant to Section 8 of this act remain

outstanding;

6. "Extreme purchase costs" shall mean expenses incurred for

the purchase of fuel, purchased power, natural gas commodity or any

combination thereof, whether at spot pricing, index pricing or

otherwise with delivery beginning February 7, 2021, and ending

February 21, 2021;

7. "Qualified costs" shall mean the extreme purchase costs and

extraordinary costs, as calculated and set out in a financing order

of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, less any insurance proceeds,

governmental grants or other funding sources, as well as any costs

of managing ratepayer-backed bonds;

8. "Ratepayer-backed bonds" shall mean bonds issued pursuant to

Section 8 of this act with service and repayment supported by

utility customer charges consistent with this act;

9. "Regulated utility" shall mean any utility, as defined in

this act, which is subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the

Oklahoma Corporation Commission with respect to its rates, charges

and terms and conditions of service;

10. "Securitization" shall mean a financial tool creating a

property right to revenues collected by a regulated utility from

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customers pursuant to an irrevocable and nonbypassable mechanism,

which is then sold and used as security for repayment of an issuance

of a ratepayer-backed bond;

11. "Securitization property" shall mean the right to receive

revenues collected by a regulated utility from customers pursuant to

an irrevocable and nonbypassable mechanism included in a financing

order;

12. "True-up and reconciliation" shall mean the comparison of

actual revenues received from customers with the revenues estimated

to be received during a period determined by the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission including any steps to carry forward the

difference to a future collection period, as necessary to ensure the

timely payment of ratepayer-backed bonds; and

13. "Utility" shall mean any person or entity doing business in

this state that furnishes natural gas or electric current to its

customers located at an address within this state and within the

service area of the utility.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9030.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9030.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act:

1. "Art", "artwork", or "work of art" means all forms of

original creations of visual art, except for blasphemous material as

defined by Section 901 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or

indecent or obscene material as defined by Section 1024.1 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, including, but not limited to:

a. sculpture, in any material or combination of

materials, whether in the round, bas-relief, high

relief, mobile, fountain, kinetic, or electronic,

b. painting, including murals and frescoes,

c. mosaic,

d. photography,

e. fine crafts made from clay, fiber and textiles, wood,

glass, metal, plastics or any other material, or any

combination thereof,

f. drawing,

g. calligraphy,

h. mixed media composed of any combination of forms or

media,

i. unique architectural stylings or embellishments,

including architectural crafts,

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j. ornamental gateways, and

k. restoration or renovation of existing works of art of

historical significance;

2. "Artist" means a practitioner in the visual arts committed

to producing high quality work, as recognized by the peers and

critics of the artist, on a regular basis. The term "artist" shall

not include the architect of a public building under construction or

any member of the architectural firm of the architect;

3. "Council" means the Oklahoma Arts Council;

4. "Division" means the Art in Public Places Division;

5. "Maintenance" means the ongoing upkeep required for artworks

to retain their structural and aesthetic integrity;

6. "Appointing authority" shall be the Director or designee of

the Project Agency;

7. "Project" means any capital expenditure, including, but not

limited to, bond issues, with the purpose of renovating or

constructing public buildings costing Two Hundred Fifty Thousand

Dollars ($250,000.00) or more;

8. "Project agency" means institutions within The Oklahoma

State System of Higher Education or the department, board,

commission, institution, or agency of the state subject to the

Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act. The legislative and judicial

branches of the State of Oklahoma shall be subject to the procedures

of the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act or shall implement another

process to include art in locations subject to the control of those

branches. Provided, that the expenditure for commissioning art by

the legislative and judicial branches shall be no less than that

established by Section 9030.5 of this title;

9. "Project architect" means the person or firm designing the

public construction project;

10. "Public construction" or "public building" means any state

building, facility, structure or park constructed, including any

state-owned lands or space surrounding or integral to the building,

facility, structure or park. The term "public construction" or

"public building" shall not include:

a. water, sewer, public utility projects, prisons,

projects with the primary purpose of complying with

the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act,

and data processing purchases which are not part of a

public construction project and any capital projects

undertaken by political subdivisions of the state as

defined by paragraph 11 of Section 152 of Title 51 of

the Oklahoma Statutes on buildings or land that they

control, and

b. capital projects subject to federal public art laws.

Participation in the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act shall be

permissive for road, highway, turnpike, and bridge construction

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projects of the Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma

Turnpike Authority;

11. "Public land" means a site owned by the State of Oklahoma

with major public access and visibility that serves a business,

social, or environmental need; and

12. "Repair" means those extraordinary activities required to

repair or restore a malfunctioning or damaged work of art.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1811.4C — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1811.4C
State Capitol Park and State Capitol Complex -
Status: in_force

Provisions of Title 47 applicable to streets and highways - Primary

law enforcement agency - Application of administrative rules.

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A. The provisions of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be

applicable to all streets and highways within the State Capitol Park

in Oklahoma City and the State Capitol Complex in Tulsa. The

Department of Public Safety shall be the primary law enforcement

agency within the State Capitol Park and within the State Capitol

Complex, upon its establishment, and shall enforce and supervise the

enforcement of all parking, traffic and criminal laws therein.

B. The rules for the "Use of Public Areas of Capitol and

Plazas" and for the "Use of State Capitol Park", as promulgated by

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and set out in

Subchapters 3 and 5 of Chapter 60 of Title 260 of the Oklahoma

Administrative Code, are applicable to the State Capitol Park and

State Capitol Complex. The Department of Public Safety shall have

the exclusive authority to enforce these rules. A violation of a

rule shall be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be

punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one (1)

year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or

by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. This section shall not be construed to divest the Cities of

Oklahoma City or Tulsa of jurisdiction relating to the enforcement

of any law or ordinance within said parks except the enforcement of

laws regarding vehicle parking which shall be vested exclusively in

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1341 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1341
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 5 through 10 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the "State Employees Flexible Benefits Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-292.10 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-292.10
Short title
Status: in_force

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

Employees' Direct Deposit Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.7
Deposit of certain gifts, grants, loans and other aid
Status: in_force

into Fund.

The board of directors shall have the power to designate for

deposit to the Fund such portion as it deems appropriate of any

gifts, grants, loans or other aid made available to the Oklahoma

Development Finance Authority by the federal government, the state

or any state agency, any person, corporation, foundation or other

legal entity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1844 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1844
Renumbered as § 3315.3 of this title by Laws 2002, c
Status: in_force

199, § 5, emerg. eff. May 6, 2002.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-61.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-61.4
Legal counsel
Status: in_force

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

shall employ an attorney and one assistant attorney to serve as

legal counsel for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

The attorney and one assistant attorney shall be authorized to

appear for and represent the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services in all litigation that may arise from the discharge of its

duties, except as otherwise provided in this section, and shall

advise it upon all legal matters pertaining to the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services. The salary for the attorney and

the assistant attorney shall be fixed by the Director. Any

litigation concerning the Comprehensive Professional Risk Management

Program of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall be

handled by the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma; provided,

the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services may

employ private attorneys to handle any litigation which involves

entities covered by the Comprehensive Professional Risk Management

Program which are not state agencies. The attorney, the assistant

attorney and, in addition, the Attorney General, are further

authorized to appear for and represent officers and employees of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services in any civil suits

brought against such officers and employees in their individual

capacities upon alleged causes of action which arose from acts or

omissions of such officers and employees within the scope of their

official duties.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.17 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.17
Debt service - Appropriations - Reserve funds
Status: in_force

A. Before the commencement of each legislative session, the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

determine the estimated amount required during the next fiscal year

for payment of the debt service on the bonds issued under this act,

after making deductions therefrom of estimated monies to be

available to the Fund from other sources therefor, and shall certify

such estimated amount to the Governor. The Governor shall thereupon

promptly prepare and submit to the Legislature his request for an

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appropriation to meet the debt service on the bonds during such

fiscal year. The Legislature shall appropriate funds and provide

for timely payment of the maturing debt service of bonds issued

under this act.

B. The Authority shall have the power to establish and maintain

reserve funds to provide for payment of debt service on the bonds.

Monies credited to the reserve funds shall be used only for the

purpose of paying debt service on the bonds, either at maturity or

on redemption prior to maturity. The reserve funds shall be held

and used to ensure prompt payment of debt service on the bonds in

such manner and pursuant to such conditions as may be specified by

the Authority in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or

securing such bonds. Monies in the reserve funds over and above the

amounts necessary to ensure the prompt payment of debt service on

the bonds, and the establishment and maintenance of a reserve fund,

may be used for the redemption of bonds prior to maturity in the

manner and in accordance with the provisions pertaining to

redemption prior to maturity, as set forth in the resolution or

trust indenture authorizing or securing such bonds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-121 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-121
Contract for auditing of books of state commissions or
Status: in_force

departments.

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services, subject to the approval of the Governor, is hereby

authorized to employ, or to contract with, an auditor or auditing

company, to audit the books, records, and files of all state

commissions or departments. Such audit is to be made by a certified

accountant, or accountants or firm of certified accountants, who

shall be approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma,

contracts for such audit may be made with one or more separate

certified accountants, or firm of certified accountants, for

auditing of the several different departments or commissions.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2274 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2274
Notes and bonds not to be debt of state or any political
Status: in_force

subdivision.

Revenue notes and bonds of the Commission issued pursuant to the

provisions of this act shall not constitute a debt of the state or

of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the full faith

and credit of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof,

but such notes and bonds shall be payable solely from the funds

provided therefrom. The forms of the notes and bonds so issued

shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that

neither the state nor the Commission shall be obligated to pay the

same or the interest thereon except from the revenues of the

Department pledged to the payment of such notes and bonds and that

neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or

any political subdivision thereof is pledged, or may hereafter be

pledged, to the payment of the principal of or interest on the notes

and bonds. The notes and bonds so issued shall be exempt from

taxation by the State of Oklahoma and any political subdivision

thereof, including the income therefrom, and any gain from the sale

thereof. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the

Commission may use money derived from annual legislative

appropriations on a year-to-year basis, as authorized by the

Legislature, to repay any obligations to the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board pursuant to Sections 1085.51 and 1085.71 et seq. of

Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3305 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3305
Continuation of agency created by Executive Order -
Status: in_force

Legislation.

Continuation of an agency created by Executive Order is

conditioned upon the Governor's submitting proposed legislation,

upon convening of the Legislature, for creation of the agency by

statute, the proposal to contain detailed provisions regarding the

purpose of the agency, its manner of operation, the duties,

responsibilities and qualification requirements of its officials,

salaries of its officials, projected number of employees and

projected costs of its operation. If legislation establishing the

agency is not enacted, it shall not continue operation beyond sine

die adjournment of the Legislature for that session.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.11
Evidentiary property – Disposition
Status: in_force

A. All property which comes into the possession of the Oklahoma

State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), whether the same is stolen,

embezzled or otherwise, which the Bureau has held for at least one

(1) year unless said property is perishable, may be disposed of by

order of an Oklahoma County district court if the owner or owners of

said property are unknown or have not claimed the same. The

Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall then be

authorized to sell, deposit, or otherwise dispose of such property

or any part thereof which is no longer needed to be held as evidence

or otherwise used in connection with any litigation.

B. 1. If cash or other legal tender is the subject of the

action, the Director shall file a petition in the district court of

Oklahoma County requesting authority to forfeit and deposit the

funds. The petition shall include the following information:

a. description of the property,

b. approximate date that the property came into

possession of the Director, and

c. the names of the owner or owners, if known.

2. Upon the filing of the petition, notice of at least ten (10)

days shall be given to each known owner by the Director of the OSBI

by mailing a copy of the petition and notice of hearing to the

last-known address of each owner.

3. Notice of the hearing shall also be posted at the Oklahoma

County courthouse at the regular place assigned for the posting of

legal notices and in the public lobby at OSBI headquarters.

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4. If no owner appears and establishes ownership to the cash or

legal tender, the court shall enter an order authorizing the

forfeiture of the funds to the OSBI. All monies forfeited shall be

deposited into the OSBI Revolving Fund.

C. 1. For disposition of all other seized property, the

Director shall file a petition in the district court of Oklahoma

County requesting authority to conduct a sale of the property. The

petition shall include the following information:

a. description of the property,

b. approximate date that the property came into the

possession of the Director, and

c. the names of the owner or owners, if known.

2. Upon the filing of the petition, notice of at least ten (10)

days shall be given to each known owner by the Director of the OSBI

by mailing a copy of the petition and notice of hearing to the

last-known address of each owner.

3. Notice of the hearing shall also be posted at the Oklahoma

County courthouse at the regular place assigned for the posting of

legal notices and in the public lobby at OSBI headquarters.

4. If no owner appears and establishes ownership to the

property, the court shall enter an order authorizing the Director to

sell the property to the highest bidder after notice of at least

five (5) days of the auction has been given by publication in one

issue of a legal newspaper of record in Oklahoma County.

5. The Director shall make a return of sale, and when confirmed

by the court, the order confirming the sale shall vest title of the

property to the purchaser. The money received from the sale shall

be deposited in the OSBI Revolving Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3602 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3602
Reports
Status: in_force

The following agencies, boards, commissions, departments and

institutions shall file a quarterly report with the Governor, the

Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate, showing the increase or decrease in employees

employed by them during the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the

filing of the report:

1. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education;

2. Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges; and

3. Every institution comprising the Oklahoma State System of

Higher Education.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.23A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.23A
National disaster leave
Status: in_force

A. An appointing authority may grant leave with pay not to

exceed fifteen (15) working days to a state employee who is affected

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by a presidentially declared national disaster in Oklahoma after May

1, 1999, if:

1. The employee suffered a physical injury as a result of the

disaster;

2. A relative or household member of the employee, as defined

by subsection B of Section 840-2.23 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, suffered a physical injury or died as a result of the

disaster; or

3. The domicile of the employee or the domicile of a relative

of the employee, as defined by subsection B of Section 840-2.23 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, was damaged or destroyed as a

result of the disaster.

B. The authority to grant leave with pay pursuant to subsection

A of this section shall extend for a period of not more than

eighteen (18) months after the date of a presidentially declared

national disaster.

C. Annual leave, sick leave, or compensatory time which was

charged to a state employee as a result of the presidentially

declared national disaster resulting from the May 3, 1999, tornadoes

that would have otherwise been eligible for the leave provision in

subsection A of this section, may be reinstated by the appointing

authority. A state employee entitled to leave with pay pursuant to

this section who was charged leave without pay shall be compensated

at the base rate of pay of the employee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-8000.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-8000.1
Tulsa Race Riot – Legislative findings and intent
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Legislature hereby finds, pursuant to the final

report of The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Commission regarding the 1921

Tulsa Race Riot of May 31-June 1, 1921, and the riot=s place in the

history of race relations in Oklahoma:

1. The root causes of the Tulsa Race Riot reside deep in the

history of race relations in Oklahoma and Tulsa which included the

enactment of Jim Crow laws, acts of racial violence (not the least

of which was the 23 lynchings of African-Americans versus only one

white from 1911) against African-Americans in Oklahoma, and other

actions that had the effect of “putting African-Americans in

Oklahoma in their place” and to prove to African-Americans that the

forces supportive of segregation possessed the power to “push down,

push out, and push under” African-Americans in Oklahoma;

2. Official reports and accounts of the time that viewed the

Tulsa Race Riot as a “Negro uprising” were incorrect. Given the

history of racial violence against African-Americans in Oklahoma,

including numerous lynchings by white mobs, and the breakdown of the

rule of law in Tulsa on May 31-June 1, 1921, it is understandable

that African-Americans believe they needed to assist Tulsa police in

protecting Dick Rowland, an African-American accused of attempting

to rape a white woman, against an assembled white mob. The

documentation assembled by The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Commission

provides strong evidence that some local municipal and county

officials failed to take actions to calm or contain the situation

once violence erupted and, in some cases, became participants in the

subsequent violence which took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, and

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even deputized and armed many whites who were part of a mob that

killed, looted, and burned down the Greenwood area;

3. The staggering cost of the Tulsa Race Riot included the

deaths of an estimated 100 to 300 persons, the vast majority of whom

were African-Americans, the destruction of 1,256 homes, virtually

every school, church and business, and a library and hospital in the

Greenwood area, and the loss of personal property caused by rampant

looting by white rioters. The Tulsa Race Riot Commission estimates

that the property costs in the Greenwood district was approximately

$2 million in 1921 dollars or $16,752,600 in 1999 dollars.

Nevertheless, there were no convictions for any of the violent acts

against African-Americans or any insurance payments to African-

American property owners who lost their homes or personal property

as a result of the Tulsa Race Riot. Moreover, local officials

attempted to block the rebuilding of the Greenwood community by

amending the Tulsa building code to require the use of fire-proof

material in rebuilding the area thereby making the costs

prohibitively expensive;

4. Perhaps the most repugnant fact regarding the history of the

1921 Tulsa Race Riot is that it was virtually forgotten, with the

notable exception of those who witnessed it on both sides, for

seventy-five (75) years. This "conspiracy of silence" served the

dominant interests of the state during that period which found the

riot a “public relations nightmare” that was “best to be forgotten,

something to be swept well beneath history=s carpet” for a community

which attempted to attract new businesses and settlers;

5. The work of many individual Oklahomans and now of The 1921

Tulsa Race Riot Commission has forever ended the “conspiracy of

silence” surrounding the events in Tulsa of May 31-June 1, 1921, and

their aftermath. The Commission has subsequently turned the

responsibility for how the State of Oklahoma will respond to the

historical record to the 48th Oklahoma Legislature; and

6. The 48th Oklahoma Legislature in enacting the 1921 Tulsa

Race Riot Reconciliation Act of 2001 concurs with the conclusion of

The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Commission that the reason for responding

in the manner provided by this act is not primarily based on the

present strictly legal culpability of the State of Oklahoma or its

citizens. Instead, this response recognizes that there were moral

responsibilities at the time of the riot which were ignored and has

been ignored ever since rather than confront the realities of an

Oklahoma history of race relations that allowed one race to “put

down” another race. Therefore, it is the intention of the Oklahoma

Legislature in enacting the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Reconciliation Act

of 2001 to freely acknowledge its moral responsibility on behalf of

the state of Oklahoma and its citizens that no race of citizens in

Oklahoma has the right or power to subordinate another race today or

ever again.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1224
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-122 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-122
Duty of auditor or auditing company - Examination of
Status: in_force

books, records and files - Scope of audit.

The auditor or auditing company so employed or contracted with

is hereby authorized and directed to audit, and it shall be his or

its duty to audit, the books, records, and files and transactions of

the departments mentioned in Section 1 of this act, and to make a

written report thereof to the Governor immediately after the

completion of each said audits. In making said audit, said auditor,

or auditing company, shall have authority to examine all the books,

records and files of said departments, and to trace to any source

where any shortage or maladministration seems probable. The audits

authorized by this act shall cover such periods and relate to such

matters and be of the scope and extent deemed necessary by the

Governor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.9 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.9
State Auditor and Inspector Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector to be designated

the "State Auditor and Inspector Revolving Fund". The fund shall be

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

consist of all money paid to and received by the State Auditor and

Inspector from state agencies, boards and commissions authorized by

statute to pay the expense of audits and consulting services, money

received for performance of audits and consulting services pursuant

to contract entered into under the authority of Section 227.8 of

this title, funds received from state agencies, boards and

commissions receiving federal grants of funds which require periodic

audits under said grants or any federal regulations, all money

received from counties, cities, towns and public trusts in payment

of audit expense, funds appropriated to state agencies, boards and

commissions for payment of audit expense, and fees collected

pursuant to Section 212A of this title. All monies accruing to the

credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and

expended by the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector for

expenses necessary for the performance of duties imposed upon the

Office of the State Auditor and Inspector by law. 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. The State Auditor and Inspector shall at the close of each

fiscal year pay into the General Revenue Fund of the state any

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 387

unencumbered balance remaining in said revolving fund in excess of

Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-166.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-166.4
Transfer of Rehabilitation Services Division of
Status: in_force

Department of Human Services.

A. Effective July 1, 1993, the Rehabilitation Services Division

of the Department of Human Services is hereby transferred from the

Department of Human Services and the Oklahoma Public Welfare

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 341

Commission to the State Department of Rehabilitation Services,

created pursuant to Section 1 of this act.

B. The transfer shall include:

1. All powers, duties, responsibilities, properties, assets,

fund balances, encumbrances, obligations, records, personnel and

liabilities including, but not limited to, liability for all

Rehabilitation Services Division employees' sick leave, annual

leave, holidays, unemployment benefits and workers' compensation

benefits accruing to employees prior to July 1, 1993, which are

attributable to the Rehabilitation Services Division;

2. All programs funded by the federal Rehabilitation Act as

amended;

3. All related programs and facilities presently operated by

the Rehabilitation Services Division of the Department of Human

Services as follows:

a. vocational and related rehabilitation services,

b. the Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically

Handicapped,

c. the Vending Facility Program,

d. the Transitional Living Center for the Deaf,

e. telecommunications devices for the deaf,

f. interpreter services,

g. telephone relay service,

h. the Disability Determination Unit,

i. the Oklahoma School for the Blind, and

j. the Oklahoma School for the Deaf; and

4. All real property as follows:

a. the Oklahoma City Evaluation Center located at 5813

South Robinson in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

b. the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

located at 300 N.E. 18th Street in Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma,

c. the Transitional Living Center located at 5903 N.W.

52nd Street in Warr Acres, Oklahoma,

d. the Oklahoma School for the Blind located at 3300

Gibson in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and

e. the Oklahoma School for the Deaf located at East 10th

and Tahlequah Streets in Sulphur, Oklahoma.

C. Any unresolved transfer issues or items shall be resolved

contractually by the Commission for Rehabilitation Services and the

Commission for Human Services, with the approval of the Governor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.28 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.28
Renumbered as Section 41 of Title 1 of the Oklahoma
Status: in_force

Statutes by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.24 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.24
Automated fingerprint identification system -
Status: in_force

Coordination with law enforcement agencies.

On or before January 1, 1991, there shall be established within

the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation a computerized

fingerprint identification system (AFIS). The Oklahoma State Bureau

of Investigation shall coordinate the use of this system and

equipment with federal, state, county, and municipal law enforcement

agencies. All county sheriff departments and all police departments

for municipalities may participate in this system. The Oklahoma

State Bureau of Investigation shall establish standards and

guidelines for fingerprinting for the automated fingerprint

identification system. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

may place any fingerprint received by the Bureau for any purpose in

its AFIS database.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1007 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1007
Appropriation of funds - Personnel or services
Status: in_force

Any public agency entering into an agreement pursuant to the act

may appropriate funds and may sell, lease, give, or otherwise supply

the administrative joint board or other legal or administrative

entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking by

providing such personnel or services therefor as may be within its

legal power to furnish.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.25 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.25
Renumbered as Section 38 of Title 1 of the Oklahoma
Status: in_force

Statutes by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.14 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.14
Endowment fund - Scholarships - Expenditure
Status: in_force

limitations.

The Authority is hereby authorized to create an endowment fund

for the purpose of providing educational or vocational scholarships

to members of federally recognized Indian tribes located in the

State of Oklahoma. No more than sixty percent (60%) of all revenues

in excess of any amounts needed to satisfy the provisions of Section

7 of this act may be expended to fund such endowment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-107 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-107
Renumbered as § 317 of Title 61 by Laws 2013, c. 209, §
Status: in_force

29, eff. July 1, 2013.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5162 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5162
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Local Public and Private Facilities and

Infrastructure Act:

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

other written agreement entered into under this act with respect to

the provision of a public project;

2. "Improvement" means any instruction, reconstruction,

rehabilitation, renovation, installation, improvement, enlargement

or extension of property or improvements to property;

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

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

limited liability partnership, sole proprietorship, business trust,

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

political subdivision of the state, or a public or governmental

entity, agency or instrumentality of the state;

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

regional public entity or agency, or any group or combination

thereof, submitting qualifications or a proposal for a public-

private partnership contract;

5. "Public project" means the improvement of real or personal

property, or both, and associated services provided for a public

purpose of a responsible governmental entity and identified in an

invitation for qualifications or proposals under this act; and

6. "Responsible governmental entity" means a local governmental

entity that is responsible for the provision of the public project

which is or is proposed to be the subject of a contract.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-910.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-910.1
Transfer from Employment Security Commission Retirement
Status: in_force

Plan to Public Employees Retirement System.

A. Members of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

Retirement Plan may decide individually to transfer from the

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Retirement Plan to the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. Any such decision

shall be made prior to August 15, 1987. The decision shall be made

upon forms obtained from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

System. Prior to September 1, 1988, the Oklahoma Employment

Security Commission shall certify to the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System, the names and periods of credited service for

those persons deciding to transfer. In addition the Oklahoma

Employment Security Commission may purchase additional periods of

credited service for any of its employees who are members of the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System.

B. Any person that makes the decision to transfer pursuant to

the provisions of subsection A of this section, beginning November

1, 1987, shall cease being a member of the Oklahoma Employment

Security Commission Retirement Plan and shall commence being a

member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. On

November 1, 1987, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall

transfer to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System for each

person deciding to transfer and for each employee who is currently a

member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System for whom

extra credited service is to be purchased an amount equal to the

employer and employee contributions which would have been paid for

such credited service had the person been a member of the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System at the time of accrual of such

credited service, plus five percent (5%) simple interest to date of

transfer.

C. Upon the payment of the employee and employer contribution,

service accrued by the person while a member of the Oklahoma

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Employment Security Commission Retirement Plan shall be treated as

credited service in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System.

D. On January 1, 1988, the Oklahoma Employment Security

Commission shall return to those persons transferring to the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, any employee

contributions made by the person which are not required to be

transferred to the Oklahoma Public Employee Retirement System.

E. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission is authorized to

establish a plan of voluntary early retirement for its employees,

utilizing any funds in its independent retirement system in excess

of those amounts necessary to ensure its actuarial soundness. Such

plan may require employees' contributions as determined by the

Commission. Prior to January 1, 1991, the Commission may acquire

additional credited service for its employees in the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System at full actuarial value; provided,

however, effective January 1, 1991, to acquire additional credited

service for its employees in the System, the employee shall pay the

amount determined by the Board pursuant to Section 39 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-324.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-324.1
State Fire Marshal Commission - Membership - Tenure
Status: in_force

There is hereby re-created the State Fire Marshal Commission,

which shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor.

The Governor shall appoint initially one member who shall serve for

a term of five (5) years, one member from a statewide association of

career and volunteer firefighters who shall serve for a term of four

(4) years, one member from a statewide association of municipalities

who shall serve for a term of three (3) years, one member from a

statewide association of Fire Chiefs, both career and volunteer, who

shall serve for a term of two (2) years, one member who shall be a

Fire Investigator who shall serve for a term of one (1) year, one

member representing a statewide association of electrical workers

who shall serve a term of one (1) year, and one member representing

a statewide organization of exclusively professional firefighters

who shall serve a term of two (2) years. The members of the

Commission shall thereafter be appointed for a term of five (5)

years and the appointments shall be subject to Senate confirmation;

provided the associations named shall be represented by at least one

member.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-75 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-75
Capitol Cafeteria Revolving Fund - Establishment - Use
Status: in_force

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby

authorized to establish a revolving fund to be designated as the

"Capitol Cafeteria Revolving Fund". The said fund may be used for

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 134

the operation of cafeterias and other food service in state

buildings in the State Capitol area and for acquisition of new

equipment and furnishings and for maintenance, repair, and

replacement of existing equipment and furnishings used in connection

with the operation of such Capitol Cafeterias or food service. Said

revolving fund shall consist of all revenues accruing through the

operation of said cafeterias or food service or paid as rental to

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services by any operator-

lessee of such Capitol Cafeterias or food service facilities.

Expenditures from said revolving fund shall be made pursuant to

general laws for the purposes set forth in this section. Warrants

for said expenditures shall be drawn by the State Treasurer, based

on claims signed and approved for payment by the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services or his designee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3918 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3918
Authority to terminate at earlier date
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the

Legislature from terminating a statutory entity covered by these

provisions at a date earlier than that provided herein, nor to

prohibit the Legislature from considering any other legislation

relative to such statutory entity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-1.20 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-1.20
Human Capital Management Revolving Fund - Petty cash
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 513

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

fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be

designated the "Human Capital Management Revolving Fund". The fund

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

and shall consist of fees received by the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services for providing training for a certified public

managers program and all other monies received by the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services. All monies accruing to the

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

expended by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

defraying the costs incurred in performing the duties and functions

of the Office. 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.

B. There is hereby created a petty cash fund not to exceed Two

Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services. The Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services shall prescribe the rules and procedures for the

administration of the petty cash fund.

C. Any monies in or obligations against the Employee Benefits

Revolving Fund and the Benefits Council Administration Revolving

Fund shall be transferred to the Human Capital Management Revolving

Fund. Funds previously designated for deposit into the Employee

Benefits Revolving Fund and the Benefits Council Administration

Revolving Fund shall be deposited into the Human Capital Management

Revolving Fund.

D. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby

directed to pay from the fund the costs of transcribing the record

of any proceeding before the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services, which record may be designated by an indigent respondent,

if such respondent first establishes indigent condition through

execution of an in forma pauperis affidavit upon a form approved by

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; provided, that if

the indigent respondent has a financial recovery the fund shall be

reimbursed from the proceeds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.41 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.41
Professional services contracts
Status: in_force

A. A state agency that acquires professional services shall

comply with the provisions of this section.

B. The state agency may evaluate the performance of the

professional services provided pursuant to all professional services

contracts exceeding the fair and reasonable acquisition threshold

amount. The performance evaluation shall indicate the quality of

service or work product of the supplier. The state agency shall

retain the evaluation in the document file the state agency

maintains for the acquisition pursuant to Section 85.39 of this

title. If the evaluation indicates deficiencies with the supplier's

work, the state agency shall send a copy of the evaluation to the

State Purchasing Director.

C. If the work product of the contract is a report subject to

disclosure under state or federal law or regulation, the state

agency shall file the report with the State Librarian and Archivist.

D. A state agency shall administer, monitor and audit the

professional services contract and may be required to report the

status of an unfinished professional services contract to the State

Purchasing Director.

E. A professional services contract shall include an audit

clause which provides that all items of the supplier that relate to

the professional services are subject to examination by the state

agency, the State Auditor and Inspector and the State Purchasing

Director.

F. Except for a contract renewal, the final product of the

professional services contract is a written proposal, report or

study, the professional services contract shall require the supplier

to certify that the supplier has not previously provided the state

agency or another state agency with a final product that is a

substantial duplication of the final product of the proposed

contract.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-589.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-589.1
Certification
Status: in_force

Each agency deciding to privatize an agency function shall

certify in writing to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the

Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services that:

1. The provisions of the Oklahoma Privatization of State

Functions Act and all other applicable laws regarding the

privatization of the respective state functions have been complied

with;

2. The quality and cost of the services to be provided by the

selected bidder are likely to exceed the quality and cost benefit

standards for the state function as formerly delivered by agency

employees; and

3. The proposed privatization contract is in the best interest

of the public.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5078 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5078
State income tax exemption for tenant
Status: in_force

A. For a period of up to ten (10) years from the date of

tenant’s occupancy in an incubator, income earned by the tenant as a

result of activities conducted as an occupant in an incubator,

including income distributed to partners, shareholders of a

corporation for which a Subchapter S election is in effect and to

the members of a limited liability company, shall be exempt from

state income tax. The exemption provided by this section shall

remain in effect for such activities by such tenant after the date

the tenant is no longer an occupant in an incubator, but not to

exceed a total duration of ten (10) years for any tenant.

B. For tax years ending before January 1, 2020, in order to

qualify for the income tax exemption for the sixth through tenth

year as authorized by this section, the tenant must make at least

seventy-five percent (75%) of its gross sales constituting the

principal business activity of the business to buyers located

outside the state or to buyers whose principal business activity is

conducted outside the state or to the federal government or to

buyers located within the state if the product or service is resold

to an out-of-state customer or buyer for ultimate use. Provided, if

a tenant does not achieve the qualifying percentage for any one of

the above tax years, the tenant shall not be disqualified for

subsequent tax years in which the qualifying percentage is achieved.

C. For tax year 2026 and subsequent tax years, following the

first tax year a tenant is provided the exemption pursuant to

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subsection A of this section, in order to continue to qualify for

the exemption, the tenant shall submit information on a form

prescribed by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce which shall

include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. Employment levels, including full-time-equivalent levels and

the ratio of part-time employees to full-time employees;

2. Interns employed;

3. Payments to subcontractors and their purpose;

4. Estimated gross annual revenues;

5. Estimated annual costs for property and services;

6. A statement of any additional financial assistance,

incentives, credits, or exemptions provided by this state or any

political subdivision of this state; and

7. A statement of any taxable income exempted pursuant to this

subsection in the previous tax year.

The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall promulgate rules to implement

the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-90.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-90.4
Installation cost and rental fees - Payment
Status: in_force

The installation cost and rental of the postage meters required

by this act shall be paid for by the agency, board, commission,

department or institution from the appropriations of said agency,

board, commission, department or institution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2054 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2054
Board of Directors
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 875

A. The governing and administrative powers of the Oklahoma

World Trade Development Authority shall be vested in a Board of

Directors consisting of nine (9) members, four of whom shall be

appointed by the Governor, two of whom shall be appointed by the

Speaker of the House of Representatives, and two of whom shall be

appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, with the

advice and consent of the Senate. At least one member shall be

appointed from each congressional district. The remaining member,

who shall be chairman of the Authority, shall be the Governor of the

State of Oklahoma. Members shall be qualified electors of the state

and actual residents of the congressional district from which they

are appointed. Members shall annually elect a secretary, a

treasurer and a vice-chairman. Should a vacancy occur within the

Office of the Governor of this state, the vice-chairman shall serve

as acting chairman of the Authority. The Board may elect such other

officers as it deems proper. Appointments to fill a vacancy of one

of the appointed members shall be made in the same manner as the

original appointment.

B. Each member of the Board shall be a person of recognized

ability and experience in one of the following areas: finance;

international trade; business management; economics; agriculture;

livestock management; and Oklahoma international organization

leadership.

C. The Governor shall appoint two members of the Board who

shall hold office until the third Monday in June, 1988; the

Governor, the Speaker, and the President Pro Tempore shall each

appoint one member of the Board who shall hold office until the

third Monday in June, 1989; and the Governor, the Speaker, and the

President Pro Tempore shall each appoint one member of the Board who

shall hold office until the third Monday in June, 1990. Their

respective successors shall be appointed for terms of three (3)

years from the third Monday in June of the year of appointment.

Members shall serve until successors are appointed, confirmed and

qualified.

D. Each member before entering upon his duties shall take and

subscribe to the oath or affirmation required by the Oklahoma

Constitution. A record of each such oath or affirmation shall be

filed in the office of the Secretary of State.

E. No member shall receive compensation for his service on the

Board directly or indirectly; provided that each appointive member

may receive reimbursement for travel expense pursuant to the

procedures established by the Board of Directors of the Authority.

F. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and the

affirmative vote of the majority of members present at a meeting of

the Board shall be necessary and sufficient for any action taken by

the Board, except that the affirmative vote of at least five members

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shall be required for the approval of any resolution authorizing the

issuance of any bonds pursuant to this act.

G. No vacancy in the membership of the Board shall impair the

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

of the Board. Any action taken by the Board may be authorized by

resolution at any regular or special meeting and shall take effect

upon the date the chairman certifies the action of the Authority by

affixing his signature to the resolution unless some other date is

otherwise provided in the resolution.

H. The Board may delegate to one or more of its members or to

its officials, agents, or employees such powers and duties as it may

deem proper; however, the officials, agents, or employees of the

Authority shall not be considered employees of the state for any

reason.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2118 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2118
Renumbered as § 5008.3 of this title by Laws 1992, c
Status: in_force

313, § 7, emerg. eff. May 27, 1992.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5062.35 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5062.35
Appropriations - Repayment - Bonds
Status: in_force

A. It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate monies to

the Oklahoma Department of Commerce in a total amount not to exceed

Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) per year for the purpose of

funding interest payments of obligations issued by the Authority

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pursuant to this act during the initial five (5) years of the

obligations. The appropriated funds shall be deposited in the

Military Base Protection and Expansion Bond Fund.

B. Upon the completion of the periods, if any, during which

principal payments are deferred and during which interest payments

are made from the Military Base Protection and Expansion Bond Fund

for a qualified issuer, the qualified issuer shall pay all

principal, interest, and other appropriate costs associated with the

issuance of the obligations. Payments may be in the form of lease

payments to the Authority as described in subsection D of Section

5062.34 of this title.

C. Bonds issued by the Authority under this act must be

delivered no later than June 30, 2010. No monies will be provided

pursuant to this section after June 30, 2015, for interest payments

on bonds issued under this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-942 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-942
Duties of Commission - Reports - Management consultants -
Status: in_force

Fiduciary duties.

A. The Oklahoma State Pension Commission shall:

1. Publish, on a quarterly basis, a performance report

analyzing the performance of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and

Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement

System, the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement

System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

and the retirement plan adopted by the Wildlife Conservation

Commission on an individual and consolidated basis. The Commission

shall establish a format for use by each of the state retirement

systems in submitting the information requested by the Commission

for the report. The report shall contain:

a. combined and individual rates of return of the

investment managers by category of investment, over

periods of time,

b. the data obtained pursuant to subparagraph a of this

paragraph compared with similar data for a larger

population of investment managers by asset class as

well as by style of management, and

c. any other information that the Commission may include;

2. Publish widely an annual report in simple and easily

understood language containing:

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a. on an individual and consolidated basis, a report of

the changes in the investment policy statements

adopted by each retirement system in the prior year,

b. an analysis of the performance of the securities

lending program and short-term investment fund of the

custodian employed by each governing body of the

retirement systems specified in paragraph 1 of this

subsection with regard to short-term investment funds,

if any, containing retirement system monies,

c. recommendations on administrative and legislative

changes which are necessary to improve the performance

of the retirement systems in accordance with current

standards for large public fund portfolio management,

d. 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. The results shall be

determined using the standards prescribed by the

Government Accounting Standards Board or any successor

entity, and

e. a listing by category of the expenses of the

Commission;

3. Make recommendations to the Governor, the Speaker of the

House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the State

Senate, based upon the advice of pension consultants, for updating

or standardizing retirement system benefit designs; and

4. Make recommendations to the Governor, the Speaker of the

House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the State

Senate regarding the methods for the adequate financing of benefits

authorized or required by law for performance of service upon behalf

of employers participating in any of the retirement systems

administered by the entities identified in paragraph 1 of this

subsection, including, but not limited to, recommendations regarding

the use of dedicated tax or other revenue sources or the

modification of such tax or other revenue sources to provide

additional funding to retirement systems the actuarial condition of

which would benefit from such sources.

B. The Commission shall distribute its reports and

recommendations to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman

and vice-chairman of the Joint Committee on Fiscal Operations. The

Commission shall make the reports widely available to the members of

the Legislature, members of the retirement systems and the general

public.

C. The Commission shall hire one or more pension fund

management consultants to assist the Commission in accomplishing its

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objectives specified in subsection A of this section. Consultants

shall be chosen by a solicitation of proposals on a competitive bid

basis pursuant to standards set by the Commission. A consultant:

1. Shall be experienced in providing unbiased third-party

consulting services;

2. Shall have in its client base individual clients that are

comparable in size to the combined total assets of the retirement

systems specified in paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section;

and

3. Shall not be under contract with any of the individual

governing bodies of the various state retirement systems.

D. For purposes of this subsection, pension fund management

consultants hired by the Commission are hereby considered

fiduciaries of the state retirement systems.

1. A fiduciary with respect to the state retirement systems

shall not cause or advise a retirement system to engage in a

transaction if the fiduciary knows or should know that such

transaction constitutes a direct or indirect:

a. sale or exchange, or leasing of any property from a

retirement system to a party in interest for less than

adequate consideration or from a party in interest to

a retirement system for more than adequate

consideration,

b. lending of money or other extension of credit from a

retirement system to a party in interest without the

receipt of adequate security and a reasonable rate of

interest, or from a party in interest to a retirement

system with provision of excessive security or an

unreasonably high rate of interest,

c. furnishing of goods, services or facilities from a

retirement system to a party in interest for less than

adequate consideration, or from a party in interest to

a retirement system 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 a retirement system for

less than adequate consideration.

2. A fiduciary with respect to the state retirement systems

shall not:

a. deal with the assets of a retirement system 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 a retirement system

on behalf of a party whose interests are adverse to

the interests of a retirement system or the interests

of its participants or beneficiaries, or

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c. receive any consideration for the fiduciary's own

personal account from any party dealing with a

retirement system in connection with a transaction

involving the assets of a retirement system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-292.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-292.11
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma State Employees’ Direct Deposit Act:

1. “Direct deposit system” means a method of electronically

transferring a payroll claim for an employee to a financial

institution;

2. “Employee” means any person in the classified, unclassified

or exempt service of any state agency, board or Commission.

“Employee” shall include any person who is an employee of the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education or any institution under

the authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

“Employee” shall not include any person who is an employee of any

school district or political subdivision of this state; and

3. “Employer” means any state agency, board, commission,

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

office, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education or any

institution under the authority of the State Regents for Higher

Education, or other entity created by the Oklahoma Constitution.

“Employer” shall not include any school district or political

subdivision of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.1
Short title
Status: in_force

There is hereby created an agency of state government to be

designated the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.54 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.54
Requirements for professional service contracts to
Status: in_force

support basic or applied plant science research projects.

No professional service contract shall be awarded by the

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology

(OCAST) to support a basic or applied plant science 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 OCAST;

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; and

3. The professional service contract will not be transferred to

any other institutions within the state without the approval of

OCAST and will not be transferred to an institution outside of the

State of Oklahoma at any time.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2225 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2225
Not-for-profit foundations - Support of state parks
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission is encouraged

to explore the potential benefits of not-for-profit foundations for

support of state parks. Such support from a not-for-profit

foundation shall not substitute for the obligation of the state to

support the natural resources infrastructure of the state, but shall

serve only as a supplement to state funding and as a means to

further assist the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department in

preserving the natural resources and historical, educational, and

cultural facilities of significance in the state.

B. There is hereby authorized the establishment of a not-for-

profit state park foundation for the purpose of encouraging

contributions by private individuals, companies, foundations,

corporations, and others in the private and public sectors.

Contributions shall be utilized for the support, preservation, and

development of state park properties. This support, preservation,

and development shall include, but is not limited to, preservation

of historic facilities, development of educational and interpretive

programs, materials, and other means of support.

C. As used in this section, a “state park foundation” means any

company, trust, corporation, or association:

1. That solicits money or property in the name of any state

park under the jurisdiction of the Commission; and

2. Which is exempt from federal income taxes.

D. The Commission may refuse to accept any grant, award, or

donation of real or personal property offered by or through a state

park foundation.

E. No employee of the Department shall be a voting member of a

state park foundation board. Members of the Commission may serve on

the board of a state park foundation, but shall not constitute a

majority of the members of the board of the foundation. No member

of the Commission serving on the board or an employee of the

Department serving as an ex officio member of the board shall be

compensated by the foundation for service as a member of the

foundation board.

F. A state park foundation created pursuant to this section

shall not be an entity of state government. No state funds shall be

deposited in any account owned or controlled by a state park

foundation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-95 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-95
Trade or transfer of products of state institutions
Status: in_force

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have full

and complete authority to trade and transfer any products produced

or manufactured by any state institution for any commodity required

for the support, maintenance, or operation of any farm or

manufacturing industry located at said institution. The Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall keep a full record of said

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trade or transfer, and report same to the Governor of the State of

Oklahoma each quarter.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9057 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9057
Application to Oklahoma Supreme Court for approval of
Status: in_force

bonds.

The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority may file an

application with the Oklahoma Supreme Court for the approval of

bonds issued under this act, and exclusive original jurisdiction is

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hereby conferred upon the Court to hear and determine each

application. The Court shall give such an application precedence

over the other business of the Court and consider and pass upon the

application and any protests which may be filed against such

application as speedily as possible. Notice of the hearing on each

application shall be given by notice published in a newspaper of

general circulation in the state that on a day named by the

Authority will ask the Oklahoma Supreme Court to hear its

application and approve any bonds issued pursuant to the provisions

of this act. The notice shall inform all persons interested that

they may file protests against the issuance of the bonds and be

present at the hearing and contest the legality thereof. The notice

shall be published one time not less than ten (10) days prior to the

date named for the hearing, and the hearing may be adjourned from

time to time at the discretion of the Court. If the Court shall be

satisfied that the bonds or any portions thereof have been properly

authorized in accordance with this act and the Constitution of the

State of Oklahoma, and that, when issued, they will constitute valid

obligations in accordance with their terms, the Court shall render

its written opinion approving the bonds and shall fix the time

within which a petition for rehearing may be filed. The decision of

the Court shall be a judicial determination of the validity of the

bonds, shall be conclusive as to the Authority, this state, its

officers, agents and instrumentalities and all other persons, and

thereafter the bonds so approved and the revenues pledged to their

payment shall be incontestable in any court in this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.54 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.54
Division and Director - Duties and responsibilities
Status: in_force

A. The Purchasing Division shall review the procurement

specifications currently used by the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services in order to eliminate, wherever economically

feasible, discrimination against the procurement of recycled paper

and other products manufactured with recycled materials.

B. The Division shall establish purchasing practices which, to

the maximum extent economically feasible, assure purchase of

recycled paper products.

C. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall review and incorporate, where appropriate, guidelines

published in the Federal Register.

D. The Director shall promulgate rules to encourage recycling

and conservation of purchased products.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.34A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.34A
Renumbered as § 85.58B of this title by Laws 1998, c
Status: in_force

371, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-62.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-62.3
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 74-62.3v1 (SB 494, Laws 2025, c. 199, § 6)

OS 74-62.3v2 (HB 2724, Laws 2025, c. 384, § 1)
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5091 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5091
Oklahoma Research and Development Rebate Fund — Qualified
Status: in_force

research expenditures — Eligibility.

A. “Qualified research expenditures” means the amount of

qualified research expenses claimed on line 9 or line 28 of federal

Form 6765 (Rev. December 2023) or the relevant line number of

federal Form 6765 in effect for the applicable tax year for expenses

incurred in this state.

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

fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the

“Oklahoma Research and Development Rebate Fund”. The fund shall be

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

consist of all monies appropriated to the Department that are

designated for deposit in the fund. Monies appropriated to this

fund shall be expended to reimburse qualifying establishments for

qualified research expenditures.

C. There is hereby created a research and development rebate

program for the cost of qualified research expenditures by

establishments.

D. The investment rebate program shall be administered by the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

E. To be eligible for consideration for a research and

development rebate payment awarded under the provisions of this act,

the establishment shall:

1. Submit an application and documentation to the Department,

as required by the Department;

2. Provide documentation as required by the Department to

determine that the research and development expenditures occurred

within this state; and

3. Have filed all Oklahoma tax returns as required by law.

F. Claims for rebate approved by the Department shall be equal

to five percent (5%) of qualified research expenditures of the

establishment.

G. Claims for rebate approved by the Department shall be paid

in the order that they are received. Total claims approved for

rebate shall not exceed the balance of the Oklahoma Research and

Development Rebate Fund. In no event shall claims approved for

rebate exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) in any fiscal

year.

H. If the amount of a claim exceeds the amount available in the

Oklahoma Research and Development Rebate Fund or the fiscal year

limitation provided in subsection G of this section, the payment may

be made in a prorated amount. Claims for rebate not approved by the

Department due to the limitations provided in subsection G of this

section may be approved and paid in subsequent fiscal years.

I. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce may promulgate rules to

effectuate the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.34B — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.34B
Renumbered as § 85.58D of this title by Laws 1998, c
Status: in_force

371, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.28c — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.28c
Priority protocol for testing untested sexual assault
Status: in_force

evidence kits.

A. In addition to guidelines and procedures for the collection,

submission and testing of DNA evidence that is obtained in

connection with an alleged sexual assault, the Oklahoma State Bureau

of Investigation (OSBI) and each accredited crime laboratory within

the State of Oklahoma in partnership with the Oklahoma Sexual

Assault Forensic Evidence Task Force shall implement a priority

protocol for the testing of untested sexual assault evidence kits,

which shall include, but not be limited to:

1. A process to identify the kits that were never examined and

those that were partially examined for probability of obtaining

Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) eligible DNA profiles;

2. Whether the statute of limitations has passed for the

alleged crime;

3. Whether the offender is a stranger or non-stranger to the

victim; and

4. A process to identify those kits where the victim was or is

participating in the criminal justice process and has consented to

the testing of the kit.

B. Untested kits that have been identified as part of the

current backlog of untested or kits not submitted shall not be

tested where:

1. The victim has not reported to law enforcement;

2. The victim has requested that the kit not be tested; or

3. The offender has been convicted for the crime and his or her

profile is in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).

C. OSBI may initiate an investigation on any previously

untested or partially tested sexual assault evidence kit once

testing has been completed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1347 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1347
Monthly interagency reimbursements for projected employer
Status: in_force

Social Security (FICA) savings - Deposit.

Beginning April 1, 1991, all monthly interagency reimbursements

for projected employer Social Security (FICA) savings made pursuant

to the State Employees Flexible Benefits Plan Act shall be deposited

into the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-51.2d — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-51.2d
Oklahoma School Security Institute
Status: in_force

A. The Office of Homeland Security shall designate a function

of its agency as the “Oklahoma School Security Institute”.

B. The Oklahoma School Security Institute shall act as the

central repository for the public and private elementary and

secondary schools of this state to contact for information on

resources made available to the schools in their efforts to enhance

school security and assess risks and threats to school campuses.

The goals and objectives of the Oklahoma School Security Institute

shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Maximizing school security training and support to public

and private elementary and secondary schools as authorized pursuant

to Section 51.2b of this title;

2. Assisting and coordinating with public and private

elementary and secondary school administrators as required in the

development and implementation of safety drills;

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3. Facilitating efforts of public and private elementary and

secondary schools to utilize any available programs or entities

specializing in security issues; and

4. Creating and coordinating any working groups when necessary

in order to continue developing and implementing new strategies and

techniques for future recommendations on school security issues.

C. The Oklahoma School Security Institute may develop a system

whereby activities that may compromise school safety can be reported

and disseminated to the appropriate parties for additional

investigation should it be warranted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4122 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4122
Employee productivity program
Status: in_force

A. State agencies may establish employee productivity programs

designed to enhance their quality improvement efforts and employee

productivity. Employee productivity programs shall include a

process that enables employees to make recommendations to agencies

that would improve employee productivity or reduce agency service

costs and that provides recognition to employees whose

recommendations lead to improved productivity or agency cost

savings.

B. State agencies may expend monies available to them for the

purchase of employee productivity program recognition awards for

employees whose exceptional recommendations result in improved

productivity or agency cost savings. Recognition awards shall

include distinctive wearing apparel, service pins, or United States

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Savings Bonds, the value of which shall not exceed One Hundred

Dollars ($100.00) per employee per award.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-589 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-589
Notification to employees of intent to privatize –
Status: in_force

Employee cost-saving recommendations.

A. Upon a finding by the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services pursuant to Section 588.1 of this title that the agency has

complied with the requirements of the Oklahoma Privatization of

State Functions Act, and before any agency can contract to privatize

a function, program, service, unit or division, the agency must

provide:

1. Notification to employees impacted by the proposed

privatization by the agency of its intent to privatize a function,

program, service, unit, or division of the agency;

2. Notification to affected employees that they will have the

opportunity to submit cost-savings recommendations for improving the

operations, efficiency or organization of the entity being

considered for privatization; and

3. Notification by the agency simultaneously with the notice

required pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection, to the Director

of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services of the intent of

the agency to privatize a state function.

B. Upon a request by the affected employees, the agency shall

provide information about the delivery of services to its employees

as they develop recommendations to be considered. This information

shall include revenue expenditure data, wage and salary data, an

inventory of the supplies, equipment, and facilities associated with

the program being privatized, and the cost analysis performed by the

agency.

C. Any recommendations submitted by agency employees shall be

considered by the agency, separate and apart from the bid process,

with nonemployee bids. The agency shall make the final

determination whether to accept the winning nonemployee bid or

accept the employee recommendations in lieu of the winning bid.

D. After an agency has met the requirements of subsection A of

this section, the agency shall notify the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services, the Governor, the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

Representatives of the intent of the agency to solicit bids in

accordance with this section.

E. The agency shall provide a comprehensive written analysis of

the contract cost based upon the designated bid, specifically

including the costs of transition from public to private operation,

severance payments to agency employees, and monitoring and otherwise

administering contract performance.

F. The agency shall require the following information prior to

entering into a contract to privatize a function, program, service,

unit, or division:

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1. Financial stability of the vendor, past and present

litigation, and references related to past government contract

performance information; and

2. Detail how the vendor will perform the contract, including

staffing and equipment information.

G. The agency shall establish a plan and cost analysis on how

to return the privatized function, program, service, unit, or

division to the state if there is a contract cancellation.

H. Any contract with a vendor to privatize a function, program,

service, unit, or division shall require that the payment to the

contractor be linked to performance. The contract shall provide

that the amount agreed upon in the contract may be reduced if the

agency experiences a budget shortfall.

I. Each privatization contract shall contain provisions

requiring the contractor to offer available employee positions

pursuant to the contract to qualified regular employees of the

agency whose state employment is terminated because of the

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2281 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2281
Duties and powers of Commission
Status: in_force

A. The Commission shall be vested with the responsibility and

authority to:

1. Plan, purchase, develop, construct, maintain, operate and

protect the state trails system and shall prescribe the uses and

limits of each designated trail; and

2. Acquire, by lease, deed or contract, rights-of-way or

easements of trails across private, municipal, county, state or

federal lands. In selecting the rights-of-way, every effort will be

made to minimize any adverse effects on the adjacent landowner or

user and his operations. Acquisition shall be, whenever possible,

in the form of an easement obtained by gift, exchange or purchase

with donated funds. In cases where these attempts fail, the

Commission may authorize the expenditure of state trail funds for

acquisition in fee. Any agreement for acquisition of rights in land

shall be for terms of not less than twenty-five (25) years whenever

possible.

B. The Commission may abandon any portion or all of a trail or

easement acquired for trail purposes; or it may transfer any trail

or easement to a local government having jurisdiction over the area

in which the trail or easement is located, provided that such local

government agrees to maintain and operate the trail.

C. The Commission shall notify the owner of the land, through

which any trail or easement passes, prior to entering into any

agreement with local government for the operation of a trail and

shall secure the consent of the landowner prior to the transfer of

any trail or easement to a local government.

D. The Commission shall review all formal declarations of

railroad rights-of-way abandonment for possible inclusion into the

state trails system.

E. Within the boundaries of a right-of-way, the Commission may

acquire, on behalf of the state, lands in fee title, any interest in

lands in the form of scenic or other easements or any interest in

lands under cooperative or other agreement. Acquisition of land or

of any interest in land may be by gift, purchase or exchange.

Acquisition may be through the use of funds obtained by donation,

federal grants, legislative appropriation or otherwise. In

acquiring real property or any interest therein, the power of

eminent domain shall not be used.

F. 1. The Commission shall encourage the provision of bicycle

routes within the rights-of-way of federal aid system highways and

on or along county and city roadways. These bicycle routes shall be

composed of three types of pathways: bicycle trails, bicycle lanes

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and bicycle routes. Bicycle trails shall be distinct pathways which

separate bicycles from motorized vehicular traffic by means of an

open space or barrier. Bicycle lanes shall use designated portions

of existing roadways and will be clearly marked and separated from

automobile lanes. Bicycle routes shall be existing, low-volume

roads and will be designated by clearly marked signs.

2. Prior to the designation and construction of the bicycle

pathway system, the Commission shall authorize the development of a

bicycle master plan. The plan shall be comprised of a set of

clearly defined goals, a statement of current and projected demands,

a proposed layout of routes, construction specifications, cost

projections and the scheduling of implementation. The plan shall

likewise devote serious consideration to those design criteria which

will help to ensure the safety of bicyclist, pedestrian and motorist

alike.

3. Funds received for this pathway program shall be expended in

amounts deemed reasonable and necessary by the Commission for the

establishment of the bicycle pathway system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4115 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4115
Contents of incentive awards program
Status: in_force

The incentive awards program provided for in the Incentive

Awards for State Employees Act shall consist of:

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1. individual productivity incentive awards, individual

incentive compensation,and unit incentive pay for contributions

resulting in increased productivity, cost curtailment, improved

safety, efficiency, or morale, or better services to the citizens of

this state; and

2. individual longevity incentive awards for length of service

to the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-903 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-903
System created - Body corporate - Powers
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

System which shall be a body corporate and an instrumentality of the

State of Oklahoma. The system shall be vested with the powers and

duties specified in this act and such other powers as may be

necessary to enable it, its officers, employees, and agents to carry

out fully and effectively the purposes and intent of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1312 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1312
Health and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, all employee and

employer contributions, appropriations and dividend payments related

to the health and dental plans administered by the Chief Executive

Officer of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall be deposited in

a fund in the State Treasury which is hereby created and which shall

be known as the Health and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund. The money

in such fund shall be invested by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance

and Benefits Board in the manner specified in Section 1305.1 of this

title. Investment income of the fund shall be added to the fund.

Money payable to the claims administrator and all expenses in

connection with the plans shall be paid from the fund. The Board

shall have responsibility for management of the fund.

(2) All monies in the Health and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund

that are reserves for the life insurance plan administered by the

Authority shall be transferred to the Life Insurance Reserve Fund on

July 1, 1989.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-212.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-212.2
Contracting with counties for development of uniform
Status: in_force

computer systems.

The Office of the State Auditor and Inspector is authorized to

enter into a contract with each board of county commissioners of

this state for the purpose of providing uniform computer systems

development, including computer software, for county government in

accordance with the provisions of Sections 178.4 and 693 of Title 19

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5010.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5010.5
Certification program for women-owned businesses
Status: in_force

A. In order to facilitate contracting capabilities of women-

owned businesses with public and private entities, and to establish

criteria to certify such businesses, the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce may establish a certification program for women-owned

businesses which are in compliance with the definition of a small-

business concern as set forth in 15 U.S.C., Section 632 and in

regulations promulgated pursuant to said section by the Small

Business Administration. For purposes of this section, a women-

owned business is one that is at least fifty-one percent (51%) owned

and operated on a day-to-day basis by one or more females.

B. The Department shall issue certificates to women-owned

businesses which are small-business concerns as evidence of

ownership for the purpose of contracting with corporate or

governmental entities. Certification shall be based upon

information which is required by the Department from the business

seeking certification and which will be subject to verification and

approval by the Department. The Department shall require an

affidavit of ownership, organization and decision-making authority,

financial information and such other information deemed necessary by

the Department to evaluate a business for certification. The

Department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and

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regulations to implement the provisions of this section. The

certification program shall not replace any certification procedures

or programs of other governmental agencies.

C. Certificates issued by the Department pursuant to this

section shall not be financial guarantees or personal approvals of

businesses but shall be for the purpose of verifying that businesses

are women-owned in order to enhance the ability of such businesses

to contract with public and private entities and to access state and

federal information and assistance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2230 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2230
Travel Promotion Division
Status: in_force

A. The Travel Promotion Division shall:

1. Encourage the orderly growth and development of tourism to

and within the state by preparing and maintaining a comprehensive

five-year travel development master plan and supporting marketing

plan jointly with the private sector;

2. Create and convey an accurate, responsible, and elevated

image of the state and its natural, cultural, historical, and

recreational attractions and events;

3. Organize, coordinate, and conduct state, regional, national,

and international marketing programs to increase the number of

domestic and international travelers to Oklahoma;

4. Create, develop, produce, distribute, implement, and

evaluate the effectiveness of public information programs, including

publicity, brochures, public relations activities, film and slide

production, still and audio visual photography, digital and

electronic media, public service programs, advertising, and other

informational aids for the promotion of tourism to the general

public and the media;

5. Coordinate, advise and provide technical assistance to

cities, counties, and regional tourism organizations in the state in

the planning, development, and execution of tourism programs;

6. Cooperate and participate with neighboring states and the

federal government to promote travel from domestic and international

markets;

7. Develop and partner with other entities of government and

private entities to obtain timely research data to measure traveler

volume and economic impact, determine traveler profiles, evaluate,

and analyze market and advertising effectiveness;

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8. Plan, coordinate, and conduct statewide conferences,

seminars, and workshops to inform and educate representatives from

the public and private sector in the state about programs and travel

trends which affect the tourism industry;

9. Provide organization and coordination assistance to public

and private tourism promotion organizations for participation in

cooperative advertising and promotion opportunities with the

Department, including travel trade marketplaces, consumer sport,

travel, and recreation shows within and outside the state;

10. Administer matching grant programs to multicounty

organizations which promote travel and tourism to their areas of the

state that are consistent and coordinated with the statewide travel

marketing plan; and

11. Assist other state agencies with special tourism promotion

projects, development of professional training opportunities and

other projects which provide services to travelers.

B. The Division may facilitate travel to and within the state

by encouraging development of a tourism industry infrastructure

which provides investment incentives to tourism businesses and

tourism product development.

C. The Division may contract with professionally qualified

companies or individuals for services to assist in the development

and production of advertising, promotion, publicity, and public

relations programs, primary and secondary research data collection

including analysis of state travel marketing programs and economic

impact information.

D. The Division may plan, construct, lease, operate, and

maintain state-of-the-art tourism information centers and a central

fulfillment warehouse. The centers shall be utilized for the

purpose of providing services, selling merchandise, and distributing

information to travelers on the tourism facilities and opportunities

in the state.

E. The Division may, upon approval of the Commission, lease for

a reasonable rate, retail and advertising space in state-operated

tourism information centers. A performance bond, certificate of

deposit, letter of credit, or cash equivalent, may be required by

the Commission on any such lease.

F. Photographs, film recordings, video recordings, digital

records and like recordings or records produced by or for the

Division shall be available for public inspection during Division

business hours; however, the Division shall not be required to

provide copies or allow copying of the materials.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9209 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9209
State Broadband Grant Program Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

A. The Office, with the participation and advice of the

Broadband Expansion Council and approval from the Board, shall

establish the State Broadband Grant Program. The Program shall

include development of competitive grants to be awarded to

applicants seeking to expand access to broadband Internet services

in this state, focusing on areas considered unserved and underserved

by the FCC. The Office, Council, and Board shall examine best

practices in other states to facilitate the framework of the

Program. The Office shall administer the Program.

B. No grants shall be developed or awarded under the provisions

of this program that would duplicate existing broadband Internet

services in this state.

C. In the administration of the grant program authorized by

this section, the Office shall secure service testing data to ensure

grant recipients provide the service or services proposed by such

recipients when applying for such grants.

D. All grant awards authorized pursuant to the provisions of

this section shall include a clawback provision. For purposes of

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this subsection, a "clawback provision" shall mean a condition

precedent to participate in the program whereby a grant recipient

formally agrees to reimburse the program all or part of a grant

award upon the failure of the recipient to fulfill contract terms

included in the grant award.

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

fund for the Office to be designated the "State Broadband Grant

Program Revolving Fund". The revolving fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

all monies designated for deposit to said fund. All monies accruing

to the credit of said revolving fund are hereby appropriated and may

be budgeted and expended by the Office for purposes of awarding

grants by and through the Office pursuant to subsection A of this

section and for the operating expenses of the Office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5230 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5230
Renumbered as § 540 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

47, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-10 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-10
Compensation when acting as Governor
Status: in_force

The Lieutenant Governor when serving as acting Governor during

the absence of the Governor from the state shall be paid for his

services as acting Governor at the same rate of pay as the Governor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-930.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-930.6
Calculation of retirement benefit increase
Status: in_force

Any member receiving retirement benefits from the System as of

June 30, 1999, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1,

2000, shall receive an increase in retirement benefits to be

computed as follows:

1. Multiply One Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-three Dollars

($1,283.00) by two percent (2%);

2. Multiply the sum of paragraph 1 by the number of years of

credited service of the member;

3. Divide the sum of paragraph 2 by twelve (12) and this shall

be the increase in the monthly retirement benefit; and

4. This increase shall be adjusted to reflect any options

selected by the member at the time of retirement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.19 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.19
Renumbered as Section 31 of Title 1 of the Oklahoma
Status: in_force

Statutes by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-663 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-663
Microfilm system
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to provide a

microfilm system in the offices of said Secretary of State for rapid

information retrieval and copying.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2217 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2217
Public access and use of state parks - Prohibitions
Status: in_force

The public shall have the right to access and use the

facilities, services, and programs provided within state parks.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may:

a. discharge fireworks in any area of a state park unless

specified otherwise by the Division of State Parks

Director,

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b. possess any glass container in a designated and posted

swim or beach area within a state park,

c. build a fire within a state park in areas posted as

prohibited by the Department,

d. solicit or demand gifts, money, goods or services

within a state park,

e. enter a state park with a dog, unless the dog is on a

leash, or permit any dog to enter a state park or

recreation area under the jurisdiction of the

Commission. It is further provided that any

authorized member of the Department or any authorized

employee of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife

Conservation may kill any vicious dog found running

loose in any state park which poses imminent threat to

humans or other animals, or which may be chasing or

running any game in the state park. Any such

authorized employees of the Departments shall not be

held liable for the killing of said dog,

f. injure, destroy, mutilate or deface any building,

structure, sign, rock, tree, shrub, vine, or property,

or dispose of any matter which will likely contaminate

any swimming pool or other waters on the state park,

or take, kill, injure, pursue, hunt, or molest, any

wild game animal, or mar or rifle the nest of any bird

or the den or nest or abode of any wild animal within

any of the state parks, recreational grounds or state

monuments now created or which may be hereafter

acquired or designated,

g. use or operate motor vehicles, including motorcycles,

motorbikes or motor scooters, in areas not

specifically posted by the Department, or

h. sell, hawk, or peddle within a state park any goods,

wares, merchandise, liquids, edibles, or any item of

value, without having a contract or lease agreement

approved by the Commission.

2. Any such violation of the provisions of this section shall

be punishable as a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of not less

than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and no more than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than

thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

3. Fifty percent (50%) of all monies collected pursuant to this

section shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation

Department Revolving Fund and fifty percent (50%) shall be remitted

to the county in which the violation is made.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-6203 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-6203
Hissom Memorial Treatment Center Surplus Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be designated the

"Hissom Memorial Treatment Center Surplus Fund". The fund shall be

subject to legislative appropriation and shall consist of all monies

deposited into the fund by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-844 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-844
Definition
Status: in_force

As used in the State Employee Advocacy Rights Act, “employee

organization” means any organization which has payroll deduction

privileges as defined in paragraph 5 of subsection B of Section 7.10

of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.45i — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.45i
Studies to determine disparity in minority business
Status: in_force

No later than December 31, 1994, each municipality with a

population of three hundred thousand (300,000) or more according to

the latest Federal Decennial Census shall conduct a study to

determine the disparity, if any, in minority business contracts

awarded by such municipality, and to determine the feasibility of

the establishment of a percentage preference bid program that

provides for a minimum of five percent (5%) of the funds expended on

municipal contracts to be awarded to minority business enterprises

as certified by the Oklahoma State Purchasing Director under the

Oklahoma Minority Business Enterprise Assistance Act, Sections 85.45

through 85.45h of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5003.10b — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5003.10b
Administration of federal funds to develop trade
Status: in_force

center and industrial park.

A. 1. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is hereby authorized

to administer any federal funds received by this state that are

allocated for the purposes of completion of traffic and feasibility

studies for, and the development of a trade center and industrial

park by, the Continental Gateway Authority, a public trust in

McClain County, Oklahoma.

2. For purposes of this section, “administer any federal funds”

means to provide oversight administration and includes, but is not

limited to, approval or rejection by the Department of expenditures

of the Authority and review by the Department of contracts proposed

by the Authority for noncompliance with federal and state law,

rules, regulations, and the provisions set forth herein, and the

rejection by the Department of such contracts prior to their

execution by the Authority if determined by the Department to be out

of compliance with law determined to be applicable by the

Department.

B. The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and

directed to transfer to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for use

by the Continental Gateway Authority any federal funds received and

allocated for the purposes set forth in subsection A of this

section.

C. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall utilize such funds

to contract with the Continental Gateway Authority for the provision

of the study authorized by federal appropriation and subsection A of

this section. Such contract shall be exempt from the competitive

bidding procedures set forth in Section 85.7 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes and shall contain provisions as required by law.

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D. The Continental Gateway Authority shall utilize the funds

for the studies set out in subsection A of this section and may

contract with a consultant for such studies. Such contract shall be

exempt from the competitive bidding procedures set forth in Section

85.7 of the Oklahoma Statutes but shall comply with the following

requirements:

1. The Continental Gateway Authority shall issue requests for

proposals to no less than three and no more than five consultants to

perform the studies. Detailed consideration, including interviews,

shall be given to those responding to the request for proposals.

The initial screening should consider the requirements of a

consultant interview evaluation sheet as well as the following

factors to be determined from Authority staff and replies to

inquiries to former clients:

a. specialized experience in the type of work

contemplated,

b. capacity of the consultant to perform the work in the

required time, and

c. past performance;

2. A full report of the evaluation procedures and

recommendations of the Authority shall be prepared by the Authority

and submitted to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for an

independent review of the entire process; and

3. The Authority shall negotiate the contract with the selected

consultant, which contract shall include a fair and reasonable fee.

The negotiated scope and fee shall be reported to the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce for review of compliance with state and

federal laws, rules and regulations. If the Authority and the first

choice consultant cannot reach an agreement, their negotiations

shall be terminated and negotiations with the second-choice

consultant shall commence. If the Authority and the second-choice

consultant cannot reach an agreement, their negotiations shall be

terminated and negotiations with the third-choice consultant shall

commence. If the Authority and the third-choice consultant cannot

reach an agreement, then all negotiations shall be terminated.

Should the Authority be unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract

with any of the three selected consultants, the Authority shall

select additional consultants in order of their competence and

qualifications and shall continue negotiations in accordance with

the provisions of this subsection until an agreement is reached.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4220 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4220
Renumbered as § 1840 of Title 21 by Laws 1991, c. 316, §
Status: in_force

36, eff. July 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3315.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3315.1
State Register of Natural Heritage Areas - Creation -
Status: in_force

Listing of sites - Private property.

A. There is hereby created a "State Register of Natural

Heritage Areas".

B. The Oklahoma Biological Survey shall establish a listing of

sites, districts, areas, or objects above or below the surface of

the earth whether on land or in the waters of this state, which have

unique and diverse ecological, geological, or other special natural

characteristics of significant scientific, educational, or passive

recreational value to the citizens of this state. The listing shall

constitute the State Register of Natural Heritage Areas.

C. Listing a privately owned property in the State Register

shall in no way violate or abridge the right of the landowner to

use, modify, or dispose of the property.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1366 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1366
Flexible benefits plan - Awarding of contracts -
Status: in_force

Employee's salary adjustment agreement.

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

establish a flexible benefits plan in accordance with the provisions

of Section 1361 et seq. of this title. All participating employers

shall offer the plan to their eligible employees.

B. The Office shall interpret the plan and decide any matters

arising thereunder and may adopt such rules and procedures as it

deems necessary, desirable or appropriate in the administration of

the plan subject to the Administrative Procedures Act. All rules

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and decisions of the Office shall be uniformly and consistently

applied to all participants in similar circumstances and shall be

conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in the

plan. When making any decision or determination, the Office shall

be entitled to rely upon such information as may be furnished to it

by a participant, a participating employer, legal counsel, third

party administrator or the management of any individual benefit plan

which is incorporated in the plan.

C. The Office may contract with one or more firms or

organizations to administer or provide consulting services in regard

to all or any portion of the plan.

The Office shall solicit proposals on a competitive bid basis.

Contracts for the flexible benefits plan shall not be subject to the

provisions of The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, Section 85.1 et

seq. of this title. The Office shall promulgate rules establishing

appropriate competitive bidding criteria and procedures for

contracts awarded for flexible benefits plans.

When awarding a contract for services pursuant to this

subsection, the Office shall satisfy itself that the contractor has

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

services required and that the contractor will exercise proper

independent judgment when performing its responsibilities under

Section 1361 et seq. of this title and under the contract.

D. Expenses included in an employee's salary adjustment

agreement pursuant to the flexible benefits plan shall be limited to

expenses for:

1. Premiums for any health insurance, health maintenance

organization, life insurance, long term disability insurance, dental

insurance or high deductible health benefit plan offered to

employees and their dependents;

2. Insurance premiums or retirement plan premiums or payments

which are supplemental to insurance or retirement programs offered

by this state or which are paid for under salary adjustment

agreements pursuant to the provisions of Section 34.70 of Title 62

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Dependent care;

4. Medical care, as defined by the Office; and

5. All other eligible benefit programs offered under 26 United

States Code Section 125.

E. The amount by which an employee's salary is adjusted

pursuant to a salary adjustment agreement shall be excluded from

income in computation of income tax withholding, federal insurance

contributions act taxes, unemployment payments and workers'

compensation coverage. Such amount shall be included as income in

computation of state retirement contributions and benefits.

Provided, if the inclusions and exclusions provided in this

subsection conflict with the provisions of federal law or

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regulations pertaining to flexible benefits plans, the Council is

authorized to modify or abolish such inclusions and exclusions.

F. 1. Legal representation shall be provided by the Office of

the Attorney General.

2. The executive director shall be the appointing authority and

agency head. All other positions and employees shall be classified

and subject to the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel

Administration except actuaries and other personnel and positions in

the unclassified service as provided in Section 840-5.5 of this

title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-1.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-1.6
Office of Management and Enterprise Services -
Status: in_force

Organization.

A. The internal administrative organization of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall be determined by the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in such

a manner as to promote the efficient and effective enforcement of

this act.

B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services may employ attorneys, accountants and other personnel as

the Director deems necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon

the Office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-6107 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-6107
Negotiations to resolve differences
Status: in_force

NEGOTIATIONS TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES

A. If the State of Texas enters into the Red River Boundary

Compact in substantially the form provided in Section 2 of this act,

the designee of the Oklahoma Red River Boundary Commission has the

authority to negotiate with the appropriate Texas representative to

resolve any differences between the States of Oklahoma and Texas

regarding matters covered by the compact. The designee shall

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conduct the negotiations in cooperation with the Oklahoma Red River

Boundary Commission.

B. The designee shall report annually to the Governor of this

state, or more frequently if necessary, on the status of the

negotiations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3911 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3911
Re-creation of statutory entity - Status of members
Status: in_force

After a statutory entity has been re-created by the Legislature,

it shall not be necessary to reappoint any member of the governing

board or commission of said statutory entity, and said members shall

complete their original terms without reappointment or

reconfirmation.