Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5017.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5017.5
Service fees
Status: in_force

The Department may collect fees for services provided under

Sections 10 through 13 of this act in amounts which the Director

determines to be necessary to cover costs of administering Sections

10 through 13 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1332.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1332.1
Collection of premiums - Deposit - Monthly statement of revenues and disbursements -
Status: in_force

Annual report - Continuation of dependent health coverage of disability recipients - Deduction of

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 28revenues and disbursements - Annual report - Continuation of

dependent health coverage of disability recipients - Deduction of

premiums for disability recipients.

A. The Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board shall

collect from state agencies each month, the premium amount, as

determined by the Board, for each employee of a state agency that

participates in the Disability Insurance Program. Said sum shall be

deposited in the State Employees Disability Insurance Reserve Fund

for use in accordance with law.

B. The Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board shall

submit a monthly statement of the revenues and disbursements of the

Disability Insurance Program to the Governor, the Speaker of the

House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate

and the Legislative Service Bureau. The Legislative Service Bureau

shall distribute copies of such monthly statements to the fiscal

staff of the House of Representatives and the State Senate.

C. On or before March 1 of each year, the Oklahoma Employees

Insurance and Benefits Board shall submit a report of the

actuarially-determined future needs of the Disability Insurance

Program. Said report shall be submitted and distributed as provided

for in subsection B of this section.

D. The Board shall provide for the continuation of dependent

health coverage to disability recipients for that period of time

when the employee is qualified as disabled but not yet received

disability benefit income.

E. The Board shall deduct all dependent health coverage

premiums due and owing from the first retroactive disability payment

and each payment thereafter.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1221.B — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1221.B
Tribal-State agreements — Supplemental terms
Status: in_force

A. The Legislature finds that:

1. Oklahoma has benefited from its implementation of the policy

set forth in Section 1221 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes

through, among other things, the formation and entry of

intergovernmental agreements or compacts with Tribal nations on a

variety of subjects;

2. As an exercise of executive authority consistent with this

codified policy, the Oklahoma Governor formed and entered certain

Tribal-State agreements relating to motor vehicle licensing and

registration matters, which agreements have benefited all parties by

reducing intergovernmental disputes and increasing revenues

available for roads, bridges, schools, and other valuable community

infrastructure.

B. The State of Oklahoma now offers the following supplemental

term to any Tribe that was, as of January 1, 2023, a party to a

motor vehicle licensing or registration agreement previously

executed by an Oklahoma Governor:

AFFIRMATION AND EXTENSION OF

MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING/REGISTRATION COMPACT

Between the [NAME OF TRIBE]

and the STATE OF OKLAHOMA

The motor vehicle licensing or registration and license

tag agreement formed and entered by the Oklahoma Governor and

the [NAME OF TRIBE] is hereby affirmed as a compact between the

STATE OF OKLAHOMA and [NAME OF TRIBE] and shall be in effect

until December 31, 2024, and any action to unilaterally

terminate or to issue written notice of the compact’s

nonrenewal prior to that date shall be null and void.

C. Tribal acceptance of this offer shall be indicated by letter

from the Tribal party’s governing body or official reciting the

terms set forth above and delivered to the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

Such acceptance letter, including the terms set forth above and

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delivered to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, shall then be filed with

the Oklahoma Secretary of State.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-919.1v2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-919.1v2
Employee contribution – Rate – Deduction – Remittance
Status: in_force

- Picked up contributions – Refund.

(1) Employee contributions to the System shall be:

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(a) for employees except as otherwise provided in

paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this

subsection: beginning July 1, 2006, and thereafter,

three and one-half percent (3.5%) of allowable annual

compensation;

(b) for correctional officers and probation and parole

officers employed by the Department of Corrections:

beginning July 1, 1998, and thereafter, and for

correctional officers or probation and parole officers

who are in such position on June 30, 2004, or who are

hired after June 30, 2004, and who receive a promotion

or change in job classification after June 30, 2004,

to another position in the Department of Corrections,

so long as such officers have at least five (5) years

of service as a correctional officer or probation and

parole officer, eight percent (8%) of allowable

compensation as provided in paragraph (9) of Section

902 of this title;

(c) for fugitive apprehension agents who are employed with

the Department of Corrections on or after July 1,

2002, and for fugitive apprehension agents who are in

such position on June 30, 2004, or who are hired after

June 30, 2004, and who receive a promotion or change

in job classification after June 30, 2004, to another

position in the Department of Corrections, so long as

such agents have at least five (5) years of service as

a fugitive apprehension agent, eight percent (8%) of

allowable compensation as provided in paragraph (9) of

Section 902 of this title;

(d) for firefighters of the Oklahoma Military Department

first employed beginning July 1, 2002, and thereafter,

and such firefighters who performed service prior to

July 1, 2002, for the Oklahoma Military Department and

who make the election authorized by division (1) of

subparagraph b of paragraph (9) of subsection A of

Section 915 of this title who perform service on or

after July 1, 2002, in such capacity, eight percent

(8%) of allowable compensation as provided in

subsection (9) of Section 902 of this title;

(e) for all public safety officers of the Grand River Dam

Authority as defined by paragraph (37) of Section 902

of this title, eight percent (8%) of allowable

compensation as provided in paragraph (9) of Section

902 of this title;

(f) for deputy sheriffs and county jailers employed by any

county that is a participating employer in the System

for the first time as a deputy sheriff or jailer on or

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after November 1, 2020, or beginning November 1, 2024,

those deputy sheriffs and county jailers employed by

any county that is a participating employer in the

System for the first time as a deputy sheriff or

county jailer before November 1, 2020, eight percent

(8%) of allowable compensation as provided in

paragraph (9) of Section 902 of this title; and

(g) for all employees except those who make contributions

pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of

this subsection who make an irrevocable written

election pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection A of

Section 915 of this title: six and forty-one one-

hundredths percent (6.41%) of allowable annual

compensation.

The contributions required by paragraphs (b), (c), (e), and (f)

of this subsection shall be made by a member for not more than

twenty (20) years and thereafter shall be as provided in paragraph

(a) of this subsection.

(2) Contributions shall be deducted by each state agency by the

participating employer for such benefits as the Board is authorized

to administer as provided for by law. Employee and employer

contributions shall be remitted monthly, or as the Board may

otherwise provide, to the Executive Director for deposit in the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement Fund.

(3) Each participating employer shall pick up under the

provisions of Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

and pay the contribution which the member is required by law to make

to the System for all compensation earned after December 31, 1988.

Although the contributions so picked up are designated as member

contributions, such contributions shall be treated as contributions

being paid by the participating employer in lieu of contributions by

the member in determining tax treatment under the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 and such picked up contributions shall not be

includable in the gross income of the member until such amounts are

distributed or made available to the member or the beneficiary of

the member. The member, by the terms of this System, shall not have

any option to choose to receive the contributions so picked up

directly and the picked up contributions must be paid by the

participating employer to the System.

Member contributions which are picked up shall be treated in the

same manner and to the same extent as member contributions made

prior to the date on which member contributions were picked up by

the participating employer. Member contributions so picked up shall

be included in gross salary for purposes of determining benefits and

contributions under the System.

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The participating employer shall pay the member contributions

from the same source of funds used in paying salary to the member,

by effecting an equal cash reduction in gross salary of the member.

(4) By September 1, 1989, the System shall refund the

accumulated employee contributions of any member who elects to

retain the member's membership in the Teachers' Retirement System of

Oklahoma, in accordance with Section 17-104 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, to such member. Upon the refund of the

accumulated employee contributions referred to in this subsection,

all benefits and rights accrued to such member are terminated.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-452.13 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-452.13
Review of audit by legislative committees
Status: in_force

A. Upon the completion of the audit report, the agency shall

deliver two copies of the audit report to the Speaker of the House

of Representatives and two copies of the audit report to the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

B. 1. Upon receipt of any audit report, the Speaker of the

House of Representatives shall submit one copy of the audit report

to the Chairman of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee, or

successor committee. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall

submit one copy of the audit report to the Chairman of the Senate

Appropriations Committee, or successor committee. The Speaker of

the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate shall each send a copy of the audit report to the appropriate

standing committee of the respective body having oversight of the

agency submitting the audit report.

2. Each committee shall review the audit report.

C. 1. The members of the legislative committee or any other

member of the Legislature reviewing the audit report shall have

access to all documents and working papers and any agency documents

and records relating to the audit unless specifically precluded by

state or federal law.

2. Any contract or agreement with an auditor to perform an

audit authorized or required by state or federal law or rule shall

contain a provision informing the auditor that all documents,

working papers and records relating to the audit shall be made

available for inspection, upon request, to the legislative committee

or to any other member of the Legislature reviewing the final audit

report unless specifically precluded by state or federal law.

D. In reviewing any audit report, or in the performance of

reviewing any supporting documents and working papers relating to

the audit, members of the Legislature shall be subject to the

statutory provisions or other laws or rules regarding the

confidentiality of records of the agency under review.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9076 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9076
Authorities and powers
Status: in_force

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

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority pursuant to Section 5062.8 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statues, the Authority is hereby authorized

and empowered to take the following actions:

1. To issue ratepayer-backed bonds as provided in this act;

2. To establish and adjust from time to time the actual cost of

an administrative fee for the costs associated with the Authority

carrying out its power and duties under this act, to include costs

of the Corporation Commission incurred under Section 4 of this act.

The fee shall be included in the calculation of utility customer

payments created by the financing order; and

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

powers expressly granted in this act.

B. The Authority shall take the following actions:

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

the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission upon issuance of a ratepayer-backed bond.

The notification shall be in writing and include the amount and

terms of the bond; and

2. To prepare a report annually regarding the bond activity

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

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

the House of Representatives, the Attorney General and the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission as of December 1 each year until the debt is

retired.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-484 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-484
Annual report issued - Recommendations
Status: in_force

A. The Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall

issue reports of its findings and recommendations from time to time

and shall issue an annual report on its work. Copies of the annual

report shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House

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

B. The Committee shall report to the Speaker of the House of

Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Senate on or before

the first day of the 1990 regular session of the Legislature

regarding the work of the Committee. The report shall also make

recommendations as to the continuation of the Committee and any

structural or staffing changes that the Committee deems necessary to

the best interest of the state in the area of improving

intergovernmental relations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-476 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-476
Recognition of Dr. Merrill as lifetime commissioner
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 455

Dr. Maurice H. Merrill is hereby recognized for his attainment

of status of a lifetime commissioner of the State of Oklahoma to the

National Conference on Uniform State Laws.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9207 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9207
Transfer of programs, personnel and assets from other
Status: in_force

government entities.

A. By December 31, 2022, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma

Broadband Office shall identify all programs, personnel, and assets

within state government that are duplicative or complementary to the

mission of the Office and of such recommend which programs,

personnel, and assets the Executive Director identifies as needing

to be transferred to the Office, except as provided in subsections C

and D of this section.

B. Upon the receipt of the recommendation provided for in

subsection A of this section, the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services is authorized to transfer such

programs, personnel, and assets to the Office.

C. The following shall be exempt from the provisions of

subsections A and B of this section:

1. Those assets or personnel associated with broadband and

Internet connectivity at the Corporation Commission;

2. Those assets or personnel associated with the Oklahoma

Universal Service Fund located at the Corporation Commission; and

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3. Assets owned by the Department of Transportation and the

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and the staff required to operate said

assets.

D. Programs, personnel, and assets of the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education, identified by the Executive Director

as duplicative or complementary to the mission of the Office, shall

be made available as agreed to in contracts between the Office and

the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education following a

recommendation by the Executive Director to the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education. Should the Office and the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education fail to reach contractual

agreements within ninety (90) days of the Executive Director’s

recommendation, the Executive Director shall provide written

notification of a failure to reach contractual agreement to the

Broadband Governing Board, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1701 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1701
State and political subdivision employees and employees
Status: in_force

of duly constituted authorities or instrumentalities - Participation

in plan - Time limit for transfers of investment options.

A. The State of Oklahoma, its agencies and the political

subdivisions thereof and the employees of a duly constituted

authority or instrumentality of the State of Oklahoma, its agencies

and the political subdivisions thereof, municipalities and any local

governmental entity may enter into a written agreement to defer a

portion of any employee's compensation which is derived from a state

or local government. The compensation to be deferred shall be

subject to any federal limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue

Code, Sections 1 et seq. of Title 26 of the United States Code. The

state or local governments may, under a written agreement, invest

the deferred compensation in life insurance, annuities, United

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States Agency or Treasury Bills, Notes or Bonds, savings accounts

and/or mutual funds with a company licensed or eligible to do

business in the state or in a contract or commingled trust or

program. Deferred compensation programs shall exist and be in

addition to, and not be a part of, any existing retirement, pension

or Social Security system provided for the benefit of state and

local government employees.

B. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System Board shall

offer a deferred compensation program and shall be responsible for

establishing rules and regulations and participation agreement forms

for said program. The Oklahoma State Employee Benefits Council

shall communicate this program with eligible participants.

C. The Office of the Attorney General of this state shall be

responsible for interpreting all applicable laws and fiduciary

responsibilities for the deferred compensation programs of state and

local governments if the programs do not maintain in-house counsel.

D. Prior to January 1, 1991, the Board of Trustees of the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the Plan Administrator,

and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall jointly

develop a system that provides for state employee participation

amounts in the deferred compensation plan be posted and transferred

to the investment option selected by the state employee within ten

(10) business days of the payday, the end of the payroll period, or

the process date for supplemental payrolls, whichever is later.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 29
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5003.10g — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5003.10g
Research and Development Attraction Program
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology (OCAST) shall create a Research and Development

Attraction Program (Program), to be administered in accordance with

this section for the purpose of fostering research and development

in key industry clusters, leading to the creation of new products

and services that are brought to market by Oklahoma-based companies,

or brought to market by relocating companies financially sponsored

by an Oklahoma-based capital provider and which conduct a

substantial portion of total business activity in the State of

Oklahoma.

B. OCAST may award matching funds to eligible businesses to

offset a portion of expenses incurred through a collaborative

research and development project engagement with an Oklahoma

institution of higher education or nonprofit research institution.

C. OCAST may award matching funds up to fifty percent (50%) of

the cost of the project, not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars

($100,000.00). A business may receive only one matching award under

this section per year.

D. In order to be eligible for matching funds under this

section, a business must satisfy all of the following conditions:

1. The business must be an Oklahoma-based small business. For

the purposes of this section, "Oklahoma-based" means a business that

has its principal place of business in this state or a business that

has, in the preceding twelve (12) months, raised an equity round not

less than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) with an

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Oklahoma-based capital provider investing not less than ten percent

(10%) of such equity round, that commits to spend all eligible

Program funds in the State of Oklahoma, and that has filed a

certificate of qualification with the Oklahoma Secretary of State.

For the purposes of this section, "small business" means a business

entity that employs not more than one hundred (100) persons;

2. In accordance with the Oklahoma Office of Science and

Innovation's 2021-2026 strategic plan, the business must operate in

one of the state's three strategic industry clusters, including

aerospace and autonomous systems, life sciences, and energy

diversification;

3. The research and development service provider which partners

with the business must be an Oklahoma-based research entity. For

the purposes of this section, "Oklahoma-based research entity" means

an institution of higher education or another nonprofit organization

that primarily provides research services, and which has its main

physical campus in this state. For the purposes of this section,

"research services" means research and development, technology

exploration, technical development, product development, and

commercialization intended to foster innovation in eligible small

businesses;

4. The research and development project for which matching

funds are provided must be conducted physically within the State of

Oklahoma for the duration of the engagement with the Oklahoma-based

research entity; and

5. To be awarded matching funds under the Program, an Oklahoma-

based small business must file an application with OCAST attesting

to the total cost of the project and demonstrating available and

unrestricted private capital to meet at least fifty percent (50%) of

the total project cost. Matching funds may be used only to purchase

research services, as defined in this section, from an Oklahoma-

based research entity.

E. When administering the Program under this section, OCAST

shall select eligible projects to qualify for matching funds within

the Oklahoma Research and Development Attraction Act based on

factors including, but not limited to:

1. The amount of private capital the matching funds will induce

to be spent in Oklahoma;

2. The total market size of the Oklahoma-based small

businesses' product or service offering;

3. Third-party validation of the Oklahoma-based small

businesses' intellectual assets, including but not limited to equity

raised from venture capital or private equity firms, federal

commercialization grants through the Small Business Innovation

Research or Small Business Technology Transfer Programs, or

competitive federal research awards through National Institutes of

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Health, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense,

Department of Energy, and others;

4. The projected future job creation impact of the Oklahoma-

based small business for the state;

5. Other economic benefits to the state, including through

increased state and local revenues and growth in private investment;

6. The need of the Oklahoma-based small business to acquire

specialized services and resources in Oklahoma;

7. The alignment of the project within Oklahoma's identified

cluster strategies; and

8. The impact on Oklahoma-based research entities, including

through increased revenue, exposure to new technologies, and

increased attraction opportunities for students, researchers, and

professional staff.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4249 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4249
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 4250 through 4255 of this title, terms used

shall be defined as they are defined in the Rules of the Ethics

Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.7e — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.7e
Liability of insurer
Status: in_force

In the absence of fraud or malice, an insurer or person who

furnishes information on behalf of an insurer shall not be liable

for damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution for

oral or written statements made or any other action taken necessary

to supply information required pursuant to this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-930.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-930.4
Additional retirement benefit
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided by subsection B of this section, the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall pay to its

retirees, who retire not later than June 30, 1997, or their joint

annuitant, from assets of the retirement system, an additional

amount, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, based upon the

number of years of credited service upon which the retirement

benefit of the member was computed as follows:

1. One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) for at least ten (10),

but no more than fourteen (14) years of service;

2. Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for at least fifteen (15),

but no more than nineteen (19) years of service;

3. Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00) for at least twenty

(20), but no more than twenty-four (24) years of service; and

4. Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) for twenty-five (25) or more

years of service.

B. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall pay to

retirees, who retire not later than June 30, 1997, with a disability

retirement benefit and having less than ten (10) years of service,

the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00).

C. For purposes of subsection A or B of this section, months of

credited service in excess of a whole number of years shall be

disregarded for purposes of determining the applicable payment

amount.

D. The payment authorized by this section shall be distributed

not later than August 1, 1997.

E. The payment authorized by this section shall not be a

recurring benefit and shall only be made for the fiscal year ending

June 30, 1998, and for no other fiscal year.

F. If a retiree has multiple joint annuitants, the amount

prescribed by subsection A of this section shall be divided equally

among the beneficiaries on a per capita basis.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2259 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2259
Revenues for payment of bonds - Improvement bonds -
Status: in_force

Tourism information center bonds.

A. The Commission shall prescribe and collect reasonable rates,

fees, tolls or charges for the services, facilities and commodities

rendered by all property of the Commission, a portion of which, may

be pledged to the payment of bonds issued pursuant to this act. The

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Commission shall revise the rates, fees, tolls or charges from time

to time whenever necessary to ensure that the revenues to be derived

therefrom shall be fully sufficient to pay principal of and interest

on such bonds. The gross revenues derived by the Commission from

the operation of any part or parts of the properties of the

Commission, but no revenues derived by the Commission through

legislative appropriation or from sources other than operation of

the properties of the Commission, may be pledged to the payment of

principal and interest. 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.

B. The Commission is hereby authorized to construct

improvements in several parks and authorize the issuance of bonds

for all such improvements, and to pledge for the payment of the

bonds and the interest thereon, revenues derived by the Commission

from the operation of any or all of the parks in which any

consolidated bond issue has been authorized.

C. The Commission is further authorized to construct state-of-

the-art tourism information centers on interstate highways

including, but not limited to, entry points near the borders of the

state and major metropolitan areas, and authorize the issuance of

bonds for all construction projects, and to pledge for the payment

of such bonds and the interest thereon, revenues derived by the

Commission from the lease or operation of any or all of the tourism

information centers for which any such consolidated bond issue has

been authorized.

D. Any revenues which may be received by the Commission for the

use of such buildings or improvements, in whole or in part, shall be

regarded as all other revenues of the Commission and shall be

subject to be pledged to the payment of bonds issued hereunder.

Each bond shall recite in substance that such bond and the interest

thereon is payable solely from the revenues pledged to the payment

thereof, and that such bond does not constitute a debt of the

Commission or of the state within the meaning of any constitutional

or statutory limitation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-130 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-130
Alternative fuels - Transfer of powers, duties and
Status: in_force

responsibilities.

All powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Oklahoma

Alternative Fuels Conversion Act and the Alternative Fuels

Technician Certification Act now exercised by the Corporation

Commission pursuant to law are hereby transferred to the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services, together with all unexpended

funds, property, records, personnel, and any outstanding financial

obligations and encumbrances related thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5003.12 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5003.12
Aerospace Commerce Economic Services Act – Purpose –
Status: in_force

Aerospace and Defense Industry Integrator.

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

Commerce Economic Services Act”.

B. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce, the Aerospace Commerce Economic Services (ACES), whose

purpose shall be to create a partnership of service providers to

more effectively respond to the needs of the aviation, aerospace and

defense industries in the areas of education and training, research,

and economic development. ACES will focus available resources to

promote cooperation and collaboration among businesses,

manufacturers, military installations, commercial aviation,

educational institutions, nonprofit research institutions and state

government for the purpose of strengthening the economy of this

state. Contingent upon the availability of funds, the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce may employ established program processes or

may contract with other qualified entities to operate ACES. The

Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall partner with the Oklahoma

Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics to implement the provisions

of this section.

C. ACES is designed to coordinate and integrate the various

aerospace resources that currently exist within state and local

agencies. The primary goal of ACES is to establish a common

statewide strategy for the growth of the Oklahoma aerospace

industry. ACES will focus the collective aerospace resources, all

or new aerospace resources, to achieve one or more of the following

objectives into an integrated, coordinated statewide effort that

will:

1. Increase contracts between companies in the aviation,

aerospace and defense industries in this state and the Department of

Defense and its prime contractors;

2. Create and retain more high-wage, high-skill jobs;

3. Strengthen collaborations between businesses and aviation,

aerospace and defense interests;

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4. Reduce the flow of federal defense contract dollars out of

state;

5. Expand the aviation, aerospace and defense industries in

this state;

6. Provide engineering and technical assistance;

7. Provide more suppliers for Oklahoma military installations

and the aviation, aerospace and defense industries;

8. Reduce costs for the Department of Defense and Oklahoma

military installations and increase the competitiveness of aviation,

aerospace and defense businesses in this state;

9. Create and align goals to grow aerospace business to a top

industry in this state by providing a forum to bring agencies,

industry and government together;

10. Enhance Oklahoma’s supply chain utilization in the industry

to fill existing gaps in supplier networks;

11. Develop a recruitment strategy to attract new businesses

that reside or have a presence in this state; and

12. Create a forum for all aerospace stakeholders in this state

to come together to pool ideas and resources to advance aerospace in

the state. State aerospace stakeholders include but are not limited

to Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma Department of Veterans

Affairs, Tinker Air Force Base, all Oklahoma military installations,

chambers of commerce, Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority,

Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education, Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics, federal

Small Business Administration, Unmanned Aerial Systems Cluster

Initiative of Oklahoma and Kansas, Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance,

Oklahoma CareerTech, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science

and Technology, Unmanned Systems Alliance of Oklahoma, Unmanned

Aerial Systems Council and Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network.

D. ACES shall establish an Aerospace and Defense Industry

Integrator. The integrator shall be used to engage key players from

the government, academia and other key stakeholders to create an

industry-wide vision and strategic map that details a plan to

enhance the industry. The integrator shall initiate the following

activities:

1. Assessing the current state of the industry, developing and

defining a vision for the future of the industry;

2. Identifying supplier network gaps and developing solutions

to fill those gaps;

3. Identifying funding requirements and developing funding

opportunities; and

4. Establishing ongoing mechanisms to monitor activities and

devising a process that includes the development and reporting of

metrics to track and manage ongoing progress.

E. In order to streamline the use of resources with the goal of

eliminating duplication of efforts, ACES shall act as a facilitator

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for the collection and sharing of information and activities

concerning the aviation, aerospace and defense industries. ACES

shall provide coordination and assistance for the plans and

activities of state agencies, task forces, departments, boards,

commissions and other entities that have responsibilities or duties

regarding the aviation, aerospace and defense industries with the

goal of eliminating duplication of effort.

F. ACES shall support and foster the growth of the aviation,

aerospace and defense industries. ACES shall acquire aerospace

executive expertise and provide consulting services to the aviation,

aerospace and defense industries, government agencies and

organizations across this state in order to strengthen the policy

framework, economic development initiatives and activities of the

state.

G. ACES may accept funding that includes, but is not limited

to:

1. Monetary contributions;

2. Contractual arrangements;

3. In-kind services;

4. Federal- and state-appropriated dollars;

5. Private and public foundation grants; and

6. Fee-for-service products.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-324.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-324.11
Building permits - Conformity to building codes -
Status: in_force

Authority of cities, towns and counties - Construction or alteration

of correctional or assisted living facilities.

A. No person, firm, corporation, partnership, organization,

city, town, school district, county or other subdivision of

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government shall commence the construction or major alteration of

any buildings or structures that are classified as occupancies in

the building codes adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code

Commission including all defined occupancies within these groups, or

install original equipment for the operation or maintenance thereof

without obtaining a permit. The permit, for which a charge may be

made in conformity with the local ordinance, except as limited

herein as to governmental agencies, shall be obtained from the city,

town or county in whose jurisdiction the construction or alteration

is planned.

B. All such construction or alteration so planned shall conform

to the applicable provisions of the building code, as last adopted

by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.

C. Application for such building permit shall be made to, and

such building permit shall be issued by, any city, town or county in

whose jurisdiction the construction or alteration is planned. The

city, town or county may require the submission of plans and

specifications covering the proposed construction or alteration and

may refuse to issue such permit unless the work so planned is in

accordance with the applicable provisions of the city, town or

county's building code. In all geographical areas wherein no such

permit is required by local authorities such permit must be obtained

from the State Fire Marshal, who may require the submission of plans

and specifications covering the proposed construction or alteration,

and shall refuse to issue such permit unless the work so planned is

in accordance with the applicable provisions of the International

Building Code, International Existing Building Code, and

International Fire Code, as last adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform

Building Code Commission; provided, that the foregoing provisions of

this sentence shall not apply to locations in any geographical area

that are owned or operated by a state beneficiary public trust or

have been purchased or leased from a state beneficiary public trust.

Furthermore, nothing in this subsection shall be construed as

requiring a person to obtain a permit from the State Fire Marshal

for the construction or alteration of a single-family dwelling,

duplex residential dwelling, barn, shed, or carport attached to a

single-family dwelling, or duplex residential dwelling when such

structure is located in an unincorporated area of a county.

D. Nothing in Section 324.1 et seq. of this title shall be

construed as repealing any ordinance of any city or town or any

order of any county requiring the submission to the local

authorities of plans and specifications and the obtaining of

permits, but the power or authority of any such city, town or county

to levy or assess any charge for such permit or to make and enforce

requirements prerequisite to the issuance of such permit, other than

requiring compliance with such building code, shall, as to

governmental agencies, be limited as hereinafter set forth.

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E. No city, town or county requested to issue any such permit

to any city, town, school district, county or other subdivision of

government shall charge, assess or collect any fee or other charge

for such permit except the regular and customary inspection fees

fixed by ordinance for inspection of the work to be done under such

permit, and no other charge, fee or other conditions of any kind

under the authority of this title shall be made a condition of or

prerequisite to the obtaining of such permit by any such

governmental agency.

F. No bids may be let for the construction or major alteration

of any correctional facility as defined by Section 317 of this title

until plans and specifications for such construction or alteration

have been submitted to the State Fire Marshal for approval. The

State Fire Marshal shall approve the plans and specifications if the

work so planned conforms with the applicable provisions of the

building code, as last adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code

Commission.

G. 1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the fire

code and/or building code, as last adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform

Building Code Commission, all facilities to be licensed as assisted

living facilities, or additions to existing assisted living

facilities, constructed after November 1, 2008, shall be constructed

with the guidelines of the I-II building occupancies if at any time

in their operation they house residents who are not capable of

responding to emergency situations without physical assistance from

staff of the facility or are not capable of self-preservation.

2. Assisted living facilities licensed prior to July 1, 2008,

may house residents who are not capable of responding to emergency

situations without physical assistance from the staff or are not

capable of self-preservation under the following conditions: As

part of the annual licensure renewal process, the facility shall

disclose if any residents who reside in the facility are not capable

of responding to emergency situations without physical assistance

from staff or are not capable of self-preservation, and the facility

shall be required to install fire sprinkler protection and an alarm

system within the facility in accordance with the building

guidelines set forth in the building code for I-II facilities.

3. Assisted living facilities licensed to house six or fewer

residents prior to July 1, 2008, shall be permitted to install 13D

or 13R fire sprinkler protection in lieu of meeting I-II sprinkler

requirements, with approval of the municipal fire marshal or

compliance with local codes.

4. For purposes of this subsection:

a. the term "assisted living center" shall include an

assisted living center licensed as such by the State

Department of Health and the assisted living center

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component of a continuum care facility licensed by the

State Department of Health, and

b. the terms "fire code" and "building code" shall be

deemed to include:

(1) any and all appendices, commentary, amendments

and supplements to, and replacements or

restatements of the Codes, and

(2) any and all other laws, ordinances, regulations,

codes or standards pertaining to assisted living

center construction, occupancy and maintenance

for the protection of lives and property from

fire.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5218 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5218
Renumbered as § 528 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

35, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1902 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1902
Renumbered as § 2287 of Title 74 by Laws 2005, c. 363, §
Status: in_force

89, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.27a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.27a
OSBI Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) Database
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established within the Oklahoma State Bureau

of Investigation the OSBI Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) Database

for the purpose of collecting and storing blood or saliva samples

and DNA profiles, analyzing and typing of the genetic markers

contained in or derived from DNA and maintaining the records and

samples of DNA of individuals:

1. Convicted of any felony offense;

2. Required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders

Registration Act;

3. Subject to the availability of funds, eighteen (18) years of

age or older arrested for the commission of a felony under the laws

of this state or any other jurisdiction, upon being booked into a

jail or detention facility. Provided, the DNA sample shall not be

analyzed and shall be destroyed unless one of the following

conditions has been met:

a. the arrest was made upon a valid felony arrest or

warrant,

b. the person has appeared before a judge or magistrate

judge who made a finding that there was probable cause

for the arrest,

c. the person posted bond or was released prior to

appearing before a judge or magistrate judge and then

failed to appear for a scheduled hearing, or

d. the DNA sample was provided as a condition of a plea

agreement; and

4. Subject to the availability of funds, convicted of a

misdemeanor offense of assault and battery, domestic abuse,

stalking, possession of a controlled substance prohibited under the

Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, outraging public

decency, resisting arrest, escaping or attempting to escape, eluding

a police officer, Peeping Tom, pointing a firearm, threatening an

act of violence, breaking and entering a dwelling place, destruction

of property, negligent homicide or causing a personal injury

accident while driving under the influence of any intoxicating

substance, or, upon arrest, any alien unlawfully present under

federal immigration law.

The purpose of this database is the detection or exclusion of

individuals who are subjects of the investigation or prosecution of

sex-related crimes, violent crimes or other crimes in which

biological evidence is recovered, and such information shall be used

for no other purpose.

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B. Any DNA specimen taken in good faith by the Department of

Corrections, its employees or contractors, the county sheriff, its

employees or contractors or a peace officer, and submitted to the

OSBI may be included, maintained and kept by the OSBI in a database

for criminal investigative purposes despite the specimen having not

been taken in strict compliance with the provisions of this section

or Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Upon the request to OSBI by the federal or state authority

having custody of the person, any individual who was convicted of

violating laws of another state or the federal government, but is

currently incarcerated or residing in Oklahoma, shall submit to DNA

profiling for entry of the data into the OSBI DNA Offender Database.

This provision shall only apply when such federal or state

conviction carries a requirement of sex offender registration or DNA

profiling. The person to be profiled shall pay a fee of One Hundred

Fifty Dollars ($150.00) to the OSBI.

D. The OSBI CODIS Database is specifically exempt from any

statute requiring disclosure of information to the public. The

information contained in the database is privileged from discovery

and inadmissible as evidence in any civil court proceeding. The

information in the database is confidential and shall not be

released to the public. Any person charged with the custody and

dissemination of information from the database shall not divulge or

disclose any such information except to federal, state, county or

municipal law enforcement or criminal justice agencies. Any person

violating the provisions of this section upon conviction shall be

deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the

county jail for not more than one (1) year.

E. The OSBI shall promulgate rules concerning the collection,

storing, expungement and dissemination of information and samples

for the OSBI CODIS Database. The OSBI shall determine the type of

equipment, collection procedures and reporting documentation to be

used by the Department of Corrections, a county sheriff's office or

a law enforcement agency in submitting DNA samples to the OSBI in

accordance with Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

The OSBI shall provide training to designated employees of the

Department of Corrections, a county sheriff's office and a law

enforcement agency in the proper methods of performing the duties

required by this section.

F. The OSBI CODIS Database may include secondary databases and

indexes including, but not limited to:

1. Forensic index database consisting of unknown evidence

samples;

2. Suspect index database consisting of samples taken from

individuals as a result of criminal investigations;

3. Convicted offender index database authorized pursuant to

subsection A of this section; and

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4. Missing persons and unidentified remains index or database

consisting of DNA profiles from unidentified remains and relatives

of missing persons.

G. 1. Any person convicted of a felony offense who is in

custody shall provide a blood or saliva sample prior to release.

2. Subject to the availability of funds, any person convicted

of a misdemeanor offense of assault and battery, domestic abuse,

stalking, possession of a controlled substance prohibited under the

Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, outraging public

decency, resisting arrest, escaping or attempting to escape, eluding

a police officer, Peeping Tom, pointing a firearm, threatening an

act of violence, breaking and entering a dwelling place, destruction

of property, negligent homicide or causing a personal injury

incident while driving under the influence of any intoxicating

substance who is in custody shall provide a blood or saliva sample

prior to release.

3. Every person who is convicted of a felony offense whose

sentence does not include a term of incarceration shall provide a

blood or saliva sample as a condition of sentence.

4. Subject to the availability of funds, every person who is

convicted of a misdemeanor offense of assault and battery, domestic

abuse, stalking, possession of a controlled substance prohibited

under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, outraging

public decency, resisting arrest, escape or attempting to escape,

eluding a police officer, Peeping Tom, pointing a firearm,

threatening an act of violence, breaking and entering a dwelling

place, destruction of property, negligent homicide or causing a

personal injury accident while driving under the influence of any

intoxicating substance whose sentence does not include a term of

incarceration shall provide a blood or saliva sample as a condition

of sentence.

5. Subject to the availability of funds, any person eighteen

(18) years of age or older who is arrested for the commission of a

felony under the laws of this state or any other jurisdiction shall,

upon being booked into a jail or detention facility, submit to DNA

testing for law enforcement identification purposes. Provided, the

DNA sample shall not be analyzed and shall be destroyed unless one

of the following conditions has been met:

a. the arrest was made upon a valid felony arrest or

warrant,

b. the person has appeared before a judge or magistrate

judge who made a finding that there was probable cause

for the arrest,

c. the person posted bond or was released prior to

appearing before a judge or magistrate judge and then

failed to appear for a scheduled hearing, or

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d. the DNA sample was provided as a condition of a plea

agreement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.9a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.9a
Oklahoma Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act –
Status: in_force

Legislative findings – Definitions – Effect on other statutes.

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

"Oklahoma Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act".

B. The State of Oklahoma finds that:

1. Both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and state criminal

history record repositories maintain fingerprint-based criminal

history records;

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2. These criminal history records are shared and exchanged for

criminal justice purposes through a federal-state program known as

the Interstate Identification Index System;

3. Although these records are also exchanged for legally

authorized, noncriminal justice uses, such as governmental licensing

and employment background checks, the purposes for and procedures by

which they are exchanged vary widely from state to state;

4. An interstate and federal-state compact is necessary to

facilitate authorized interstate criminal history record exchanges

for noncriminal justice purposes on a uniform basis, while

permitting each state to effectuate its own dissemination policy

within its own borders; and

5. The Compact will allow federal and state records to be

provided expeditiously to governmental and nongovernmental agencies

that use these records in accordance with pertinent federal and

state law, while simultaneously enhancing the accuracy of the

records and safeguarding the information contained therein from

unauthorized disclosure or use.

C. As used in this section:

1. “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United

States;

2. “Compact” means the National Crime Prevention and Privacy

Compact set forth in sections of this act;

3. “Council” means the Compact Council established under

Article VI of the Compact;

4. “FBI” means the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

5. “Party state” means a state that has ratified the Compact;

and

6. “State” means any state, territory, or possession of the

United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico.

D. This section shall have the following effect on other

statutes:

1. Privacy Act of 1974. Nothing in this section or the Compact

shall affect the obligations and responsibilities of the FBI under

Section 552a of Title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the

Privacy Act of 1974);

2. Access to certain records not affected. Nothing in this

section or the Compact shall interfere in any manner with:

a. access, direct or otherwise, to records pursuant to:

(1) Section 9109 of Title 5, United States Code,

(2) the National Child Protection Act,

(3) the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Public

Law 103-159; 107 Stat. 1536),

(4) the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

of 1994 (Public Law 103-322; 108 Stat. 2074) or

any amendment made by that act,

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(5) the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

1437 et seq.), or

(6) the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-

Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et

seq.), or

b. any direct access to federal criminal history records

authorized by law;

3. Authority of FBI Under Departments of State, Justice, and

Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act,

1973. Nothing in this section or the Compact shall be construed to

affect the authority of the FBI under the Departments of State,

Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies

Appropriation Act, 1973 (Public Law 92-544; 86 Stat. 1115);

4. Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Council shall not be

considered to be a federal advisory committee for purposes of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.); and

5. Members of Council Not Federal Officers or Employees.

Members of the Council (other than a member from the FBI or any at-

large member who may be a federal official or employee) shall not,

by virtue of such membership, be deemed:

a. to be, for any purpose other than to effect the

Compact, officers or employees of the United States

(as defined in Sections 2104 and 2105 of Title 5,

United States Code), or

b. to become entitled by reason of Council membership to

any compensation or benefit payable or made available

by the federal government to its officers or

employees.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9077 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9077
Agreements to receive securitization property – Proceeds
Status: in_force

of bond issuance.

A. The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority is hereby

authorized to enter into agreements to receive securitization

property as described in Section 6 of this act from a regulated

utility and, in exchange, to provide the proceeds of a bond issuance

described in this section to the regulated utility. The revenues

received from the securitization property shall be used to service

and repay the bonds issued under this section, and the Authority may

pledge the securitization property as a security interest for the

bonds. The Authority shall conduct any bond issuance under this

section so that the issuance provides for all qualified costs

related to a financing order under this act.

B. The Authority is hereby authorized to borrow money on the

credit of the revenues to be derived from securitization property

received under subsection A of this section, and in anticipation of

the collection of revenues, issue negotiable bonds necessary for

such purposes. The Authority shall provide for the payment of such

bonds and the rights of the holders thereof, as hereinafter

provided. Said bonds may be issued in one or more series, may be

sold in such manner and at such price or prices, may bear such date

or dates, may mature at such time or times, may be in such

denomination or denominations, may be in such form either coupon or

registered, may carry such registration or conversion privileges,

may be executed in such manner, may be payable in such medium of

payments, at such place or places, may be subject to such terms of

redemption, with or without premium, and may bear such rate or rates

of interest, and shall be subject to such call for redemption as may

be provided by resolution or resolutions to be adopted by the

Authority and are consistent with the terms of the financing order

issued by the Commission. The bonds shall have all of the qualities

and incidents of negotiable paper, and the bonds and the interest

earned on the bonds shall not be subject to taxation by the state,

or by any county, municipality or political subdivision therein.

C. The Authority may only pledge the securitization property

and the revenues received from such property arising from a single

financing order for a single series of bonds. No revenues arising

from a separate financing order shall be pledged for or used to

repay the bonds or series issued with respect to a separate

financing order.

D. The Authority may issue ratepayer-backed bonds for the

purpose of refunding any obligation of the Authority payable from

the revenues of securitization property received under subsection A

of this section. Where bonds are issued under this subsection, the

bonds may either be sold pursuant to subsection G of this section or

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

process may be either applied to the payment of the obligations,

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refunded or deposited in escrow for the retirement of the

obligations. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to

authorize the refunding of any outstanding obligations which are not

either maturing, callable for redemption under their terms or

voluntarily surrendered by their holders for cancellation, unless

the Authority covenants that sufficient funds to pay all remaining

interest and principal payments of the outstanding obligations when

due will be placed in escrow for such purpose at the place or places

where the bonds are payable.

E. The Authority shall execute all bonds issued by the

Authority after approval of the form of the bond by the Authority

and the Attorney General.

F. 1. The ratepayer-backed bonds issued under this section

shall not be an indebtedness of the state or of the Authority, but

shall be special obligations payable solely from revenues related to

securitization property received under subsection A of this section.

The Authority is authorized and directed to pledge all or any part

of such revenues to the payment of principal and interest on the

bonds and to create a reserve for such purposes.

2. Any ratepayer-backed bonds issued pursuant to this section

shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the following

effect:

"Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the

State of Oklahoma is pledged to the payment of the principal of, or

interest on, this bond".

G. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to purchase from

the Authority at private sale all or any part of the bonds issued

under this section as an investment of the public monies in his or

her possession. It shall be the responsibility of the State

Treasurer to invest only that portion of the public monies as it

deems to be more than sufficient to meet current expenditures

payable from public monies. The State Treasurer is authorized to

buy and the Authority is authorized and required to sell to the

State Treasurer at private sale so many of the bonds authorized by

this section as may be safely purchased for investment of public

monies by the State Treasurer without handicapping the state in

promptly meeting its obligations. The State Treasurer may later

sell the bonds as are necessary to ensure sufficient cash on hand is

available to meet current expenditures payable from public monies.

H. Bonds issued under this section shall be delivered to the

purchaser only upon payment of par and accrued interest to the date

of delivery, together with any premium bid.

I. The proceeds of the sale of ratepayer-backed bonds, and

revenues received with respect to securitization property, shall be

deposited in the State Treasury, in a fund which is hereby created

and designated the "Regulated Utility Consumer Protection Fund"

where they shall remain subject to disposition to be provided for by

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the Authority consistent with this act; provided, that the State

Treasurer shall invest the monies in interest-bearing direct

obligations of the United States of America, or of the State of

Oklahoma, and provided, further, that all investments of the monies

shall be so made that the same may be liquidated in time to enable

the Authority to pay, in due course, the valid indebtedness incurred

by the Authority for the purposes set forth in this section.

J. In the event a regulated utility has or receives alternative

funds directed by the Commission to be applied to a securitized

balance, the regulated utility shall provide the funds to the

Authority. The Authority shall deposit the funds with the State

Treasury pursuant to subsection I of this section. If the funds are

provided in advance of the bond issuance, the Authority shall use

the funds and interest on the funds to pay expenses related to the

issuance, reduce the total bond debt service or reduce the size of

the required issuance. If the funds are provided after the bond

issuance, the Authority shall use the funds and interest on the

funds to offset amounts that would otherwise be recovered from

utility customers under this act.

K. Any bank, trust or insurance company organized under the

laws of this state may invest its capital, surplus and reserve funds

and other funds under its control in ratepayer-backed bonds issued

under this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.24 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.24
Participation in specialized disaster relief services
Status: in_force

- Leave with pay.

A. 1. As used in this subsection, "disaster" means disasters

designated at level III and above in the American Red Cross

Regulations and Procedures.

2. Any state employee in the executive branch of state

government who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the

American Red Cross or a member of the United States Air Force

Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, with the authorization of the chief

executive officer of the state agency, may be granted a leave with

pay not to exceed fifteen (15) working days in any twelve-month

period to participate in specialized disaster relief services within

the State of Oklahoma for the American Red Cross or the United

States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, upon the request of the

American Red Cross or the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil

Air Patrol and with the approval of the office of the Governor of

this state, without the loss of pay, annual leave, sick leave,

accrued overtime wages or compensatory time. The agency shall

compensate an employee granted leave time under this section at his

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or her regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which

the employee is absent from work.

3. Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph 2 of this

subsection, state employees certified as disaster volunteers shall

not exceed five hundred (500) participants at any one time. A list

of such employees will be coordinated with the Department of Civil

Emergency Management and the office of the Governor of this state.

Within sixty (60) days of any request made by the American Red Cross

or the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, a report

shall be prepared by the American Red Cross or the United States Air

Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol and submitted to the Governor's

office stating the reasons and needs for any request made.

B. Any state officer or employee in the executive branch of

state government authorized by the employing agency of the officer

or employee to volunteer in a disaster relief activity during a

presidentially declared national disaster in Oklahoma after May 1,

1999, for a period of not more than six (6) months after the date of

the presidentially declared national disaster, shall not have to use

accrued leave or need to make up any time due to the performance of

their volunteer activities.

C. Private employers are encouraged to allow their employees to

take leave in order to participate in volunteer disaster service

programs.

D. School administrators are encouraged to allow students,

sixteen (16) years of age or older to be out of school to

participate in volunteer disaster service programs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-935.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-935.6
Employer payments – Salary deductions – Administration
Status: in_force

costs.

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A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, employers

shall make payment of the required matching amount as provided by

Section 5 of this act within five (5) business days of the

participating employee's payroll pay date. The System shall ensure

the payment is credited to the defined contribution system account

or accounts maintained on behalf of the participating employee as

soon as possible.

B. All employee contributions to the defined contribution

system shall be effected by salary deductions from the salary of the

employee and shall be remitted by the participating employer to the

System for deposit into the defined contribution system account or

accounts maintained on behalf of the employee.

C. Participating employers whose salary deductions and employer

contributions are not remitted to the System through the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall either:

1. Send all such remittances by electronic funds transfer; or

2. Place all such remittances in a bank account from which

OPERS can debit the amount due,

both within five (5) business days of the payroll pay date of the

participating employee. Payroll data shall be remitted by the same

deadline.

D. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

cooperate with the Board to ensure that any necessary programming

changes are made to the state's payroll system to carry out the

requirements of this act.

E. Each employer which has employees participating in the

defined contribution system shall pay to the System in the same

manner and at the same time required for contributions under this

section an amount to reimburse the cost of administration of the

defined contribution system, as determined by the Board.

1. The Board shall certify each year to the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services and to participating employers

whose salary deductions and employer contributions are not remitted

to the System through the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services, the determined amount for the administrative cost of the

defined contribution system which will be required to be paid for

each participant. The Board shall promulgate such rules as

necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection and provide

the methodology for the determination.

2. Each employer shall pay at least monthly to the System the

sum sufficient to satisfy the obligation under this section as

certified by the Board.

F. The funds held on behalf of each employee participating in

the defined contribution system shall consist of the amount in the

account or accounts plus credits representing employer and employee

contributions, profits, income and other increments attributable to

such contributions, and minus debits representing any losses, other

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 719

decrements, or expenses under the system and any distributions made

to the employee under the system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-51.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-51.1
Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within the Department of Public

Safety, the Office of Homeland Security. The Commissioner of Public

Safety shall be the Homeland Security Advisor and shall possess or

obtain federally recognized clearances as appropriate to perform the

duties of the position. The Commissioner of Public Safety, as

Homeland Security Advisor, shall be responsible for the operation

and administration of the Office. The Commissioner shall appoint

subordinates and employees and may make such expenditures with

appropriated funds, or from such other available funds as may be

necessary to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Homeland

Security Act and other programs specified by law.

B. The Commissioner may commission any employees appointed to

the Office as peace officers. Any member of the Office who receives

a commission pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall

exercise the powers and authority of an officer of the Department of

Public Safety, as provided for in Section 2-117 of Title 47 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, provided such commissions shall be subject to all

requirements set forth by the Commissioner, and the Commissioner may

set forth any limitations on the power and scope of the commission.

All commissioned staff must obtain and maintain certification as

full-time peace officers in accordance with the provisions of

Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. The Office of Homeland Security shall consist of at least

three functions:

1. Prevention and Intelligence;

2. Response and Recovery Planning; and

3. Awareness and Preparedness.

D. Other federal, state, and local personnel may be assigned to

the Office of Homeland Security pursuant to an interagency

agreement. All positions and personnel of the Office of Homeland

Security shall be exempt from the full-time employee limit of the

Department of Public Safety.

E. The Office of Homeland Security shall have the duty and

responsibility to develop and coordinate the implementation and

administration of a comprehensive statewide strategy that is

integrated into the emergency operations plan to secure this state

from the results of acts of terrorism, from a public health

emergency, from cyberterrorism, and from weapons of mass destruction

as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C., Section 2332a, and to perform

other duties assigned by the Commissioner. These duties shall

include but not be limited to:

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1. Representing this state with federal agencies as the state

Homeland Security Advisor for purposes of accessing federal funds

and cooperating with federal agencies in the development and

implementation of a nationwide homeland security plan of response;

and

2. Coordinating the Homeland Security efforts within this state

including working with the Governor and Legislature, state agencies,

and local elected officials and local governments, emergency

responder groups, private-sector businesses, educational

institutions, volunteer organizations, and the general public.

State agencies receiving federal funding for homeland security

purposes shall report the amount and intended use of those funds to

the Office of Homeland Security to ensure efficient use of funds and

to avoid duplication of efforts.

F. Included in the comprehensive statewide strategy and

consistent with the National Strategy for Homeland Security, as

promulgated by the Executive Office of the President of the United

States, or its successor plan or plans, the Office of Homeland

Security shall establish the following strategic objectives for this

state:

1. To prevent terrorist attacks;

2. To reduce vulnerability to terrorism;

3. To minimize the damage from and to recover from terrorist

attacks; and

4. Such other duties as the Governor may prescribe.

G. The Office of Homeland Security shall have the following

duties:

1. Establish a plan for the effective implementation of a

statewide emergency all-hazards response system including the duties

and responsibilities of regional emergency response teams;

2. Create, implement, and administer an advisory system;

3. Coordinate and prepare applications for federal funds

related to homeland security and accessing and distributing the

federal funds; and

4. Cooperate with federal agencies in the development and

implementation of a nationwide homeland security plan or response.

H. The Office of Homeland Security may enter into contracts,

agreements, and memoranda of understanding with any public agency,

as defined in Section 1003 of this title, for equipment and

personnel, or both, to carry out the requirements of the Oklahoma

Homeland Security Act. Such agreements may include any provisions

agreed upon by the parties and as required by any federal or state

grant, if applicable.

I. All state agencies and political subdivisions of this state

and all officers and employees of those agencies and political

subdivisions are hereby directed to cooperate with and lend

assistance to the Office of Homeland Security.

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J. All personnel, motor vehicles, computer and communications

equipment, training equipment, records, furniture, and other

property and equipment allocated to the Office of Homeland Security

shall remain with the Office of Homeland Security upon its transfer

from the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to the

Department of Public Safety as of the effective date of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.16 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.16
Bonds as general obilgation of state
Status: in_force

All bonds issued pursuant to the Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund

Act shall be direct general obligations of the State of Oklahoma,

for the payment for the debt service on which the full faith and

credit of the State of Oklahoma are hereby irrevocably pledged so

long as any such bonds are outstanding. The bonds shall be payable

from the General Revenue Fund of this state, and such amount of

general revenue funds as is necessary is hereby pledged to the

payment of debt service on the bonds, and shall be and remain

pledged for such purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5085.12 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5085.12
Construction of act
Status: in_force

Nothing contained herein is or shall be construed as a

restriction or limitation upon any powers which the Oklahoma Science

and Technology Research and Development Board might otherwise have

under any other law of this state heretofore or hereafter enacted

and the provisions of the Oklahoma Capital Formation Act are

cumulative to such powers. The provisions hereof do and shall be

construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method

for the doing of the things authorized and shall be regarded as

supplemental and additional to powers conferred by any other laws.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-485 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-485
Study of future regulatory activities - Rulemaking -
Status: in_force

Recommendations.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 459

A. The Oklahoma Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental

Relations shall take appropriate measures to study future federal

rulemaking actions, to communicate its concerns and to make

recommendations to the federal government regarding future

regulatory activities of federal agencies that will affect the State

of Oklahoma.

B. The cabinet secretaries appointed by the Governor pursuant

to Section 10.3 of this title shall review the annual Unified

Regulatory Agenda published pursuant to the federal Executive Order

No. 12875 and make appropriate comments and recommendations

regarding proposed regulatory actions within their cabinet

responsibilities to the Oklahoma Advisory Committee on

Intergovernmental Relations. The cabinet secretaries may also make

recommendations to said committee regarding federal regulatory

actions that should be prepared using a negotiated rulemaking

process.

C. A copy of all reports prepared by the Oklahoma Advisory

Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall be filed with the

Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-21b — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-21b
Assistant Attorneys General - Other employees -
Status: in_force

Appointments - Duties and compensation.

The following positions are hereby created in the Office of the

Attorney General in lieu of all positions previously existing in

said office: One First Assistant Attorney General, and such other

Assistant Attorneys General, investigators, and other employees as

the Attorney General shall deem necessary for the proper performance

of his or her duties.

The Attorney General shall appoint and fix the duties and

compensation of all Assistant Attorneys General, investigators, and

other employees necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the

Attorney General by law, payable from appropriations made for such

purposes.

CLEET-certified investigators of the Office of the Attorney

General shall have and exercise all the powers and authority of

peace officers pursuant to rules promulgated by the Attorney

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.25 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.25
Working with OAME to foster competitiveness in
Status: in_force

national and international markets.

In addition to other functions and responsibilities of the

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, the

Center shall have the authority to work in conjunction with OAME, a

private, not-for-profit corporation certified by Oklahoma Futures as

qualifying pursuant to the provisions of this act, to foster

competitiveness in the national and international markets by small

and medium-sized manufacturing firms located in Oklahoma, with a

special emphasis on minority business enterprises.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3907 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3907
Termination of certain statutory entities July 1, 2012 -
Status: in_force

Abolition of powers, duties, and functions.

The following statutory entities and their successors shall be

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

shall be abolished one (1) year thereafter:

1. Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and

Audiology as created by Section 1607 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

2. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners as created by

Section 698.3 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence as created by

Section 759 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. State Anatomical Board as created by Section 91 of Title 63

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Board of Examiners in Optometry as created by Section 582 of

Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

6. State Capitol Preservation Commission as created by Section

4102 of this title;

7. Commission on County Government Personnel Education and

Training as created by Section 130.1 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

8. Oklahoma Climatological Survey as created by Section 245 of

this title;

9. The State Board of Licensed Social Workers as created by

Section 1253 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

10. Child Death Review Board as created by Section 1150.2 of

Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

11. Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable

Contributions as created by Section 7005 of this title;

12. The Wellness Council as created by Section 1382 of this

title;

13. Board of Chiropractic Examiners as created by Section 161.4

of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

14. Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Board as created by Section 231

of Title 53 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1903 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1903
Renumbered as § 2288 of Title 74 by Laws 2005, c. 363, §
Status: in_force

89, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.21 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.21
Seed-Capital Revolving Fund - Authorized investments -
Status: in_force

Investment committee.

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

fund for the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology to be designated the "Seed-Capital Revolving Fund". The

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

limitations. The fund shall consist of all monies authorized by law

for deposit in the fund including but not limited to gifts, grants,

private donations and funds by government entities authorized to

provide funding for the purposes authorized for use of the fund and

with payments on loans made from the fund, rents, dividends paid on

shares of stock purchased with monies from the fund, royalty

proceeds, or any other form of return on authorized investments made

by the Center. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are

hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma

Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology for use as

seed-capital for enterprises and for the purposes set forth in this

section, and shall not be used for administrative, management, or

operating expenses of the Center. 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.

B. The Seed-Capital Revolving Fund shall be managed consistent

with the long-term goal that revenues earned from investment of the

fund be used to cover administrative costs of the fund. The Center

may contract with the Commercialization Center or another entity to

manage the Seed-Capital Revolving Fund and to carry out the

activities set forth in this section.

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C. The Center may use the Seed-Capital Revolving Fund to

provide seed-capital to enterprises and to carry out the purposes of

the Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development Act

through authorized investments, including:

1. Loans, loans convertible to equity, and equity;

2. Leaseholds;

3. Management or consultant service agreements;

4. Loans with stock subscription or similar warrants that are

beneficially owned by the Center;

5. Loans with stock subscription or similar warrants that are

beneficially owned by a party other than the Center;

6. Any other contractual arrangement in which the Center is

providing scientific and technological services to any federal,

state, county or municipal agency, or to any individual,

corporation, enterprise, association or any other entity involving

science and technology. The Center, in connection with the

provision of any form of financial assistance, may enter into

royalty agreements with an enterprise;

7. Participation as a general or limited partner in other seed-

capital funds or participation as a limited partner in individual

cases as authorized by the board of directors;

8. Royalty or other interests in patents, licenses, trade

secrets or other technology; and

9. All other seed-capital investments and qualified securities

as defined in the Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and

Development Act.

D. The Center may use the Seed-Capital Revolving Fund to

purchase qualified securities issued by enterprises engaged in new

product or process innovations subject to the conditions set forth

in this section.

E. The Center may use the Seed-Capital Revolving Fund to make

loans for business incubator facilities in exchange for interests in

the enterprises.

F. The Center shall make authorized seed-capital investments in

enterprises engaged in new product or process innovations only

after:

1. Receipt of an application from the enterprise which

contains:

a. a business plan including a description of the

enterprise and its management, product and market,

b. a statement of the amount, timing and projected use of

the capital required,

c. a statement of the potential economic impact of the

enterprise, including the number, location and types

of jobs expected to be created, and

d. such other information as the Center board of

directors shall request; and

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2. Approval of the investment by the Center. Such approval may

be made after the board of directors finds, based upon the

application submitted by the enterprise and such additional

investigation as the staff of the Center shall make and incorporate

in its minutes, or based on the recommendation of the fund manager,

if the Center contracts with the Commercialization Center or another

entity to manage the Seed-Capital Revolving Fund, that:

a. the proceeds of the investment or financial assistance

will be used only to cover the seed-capital needs of

the enterprise except as authorized by this section,

b. the enterprise has a reasonable chance of success,

c. the Center's participation is instrumental to the

success of the enterprise and will assist in its

retention within the state,

d. the Center's investment is leveraged by at least one

additional equity or near-equity investor,

e. the enterprise has the reasonable potential to enhance

employment opportunities within the state,

f. the entrepreneur and other founders of the enterprise

have already made or are contractually committed to

make an appropriate financial and time commitment to

the enterprise,

g. any securities to be purchased are qualified

securities,

h. there is a reasonable possibility that the Center will

recoup at least its initial investment or financial

commitment, and

i. binding commitments have been made to the Center by

the enterprise for adequate reporting of financial

data to the Center, which shall include a requirement

for an annual report, or if required by the board, an

annual audit of the financial and operational records

of the enterprise, and for such control on the part of

the Center as the board of directors shall consider

prudent over the management of the enterprise, so as

to protect the investment or financial commitment of

the Center, including in the discretion of the board

and without limitation, right of access to financial

and other records of the enterprise, and membership or

representation on the board of directors of the

enterprise.

G. The board of directors shall create an investment committee

to assist in evaluating potential investments in qualified

securities and provision of other forms of authorized financial

assistance. The membership of this investment committee shall serve

at the pleasure of the board and shall consist of:

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1. No more than two members of the board of directors, neither

of whom serves on any advisory committee to the Center; and

2. Persons drawn from sources other than the Center who meet

standards similar to those applying to the board of directors and

who are recognized by their peers for outstanding knowledge and

leadership in their fields, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure

of the board.

H. The Center shall not make investments in qualified

securities issued by enterprises in excess of the amount necessary

to own more than forty-nine percent (49%) of qualified securities in

any one enterprise at the time such securities are purchased by the

Center, after giving effect to the conversion of all outstanding

convertible qualified securities of the enterprise; however, in the

event of severe financial difficulty of the enterprise, threatening,

in the judgment of the board of directors, the investment of the

Center therein, a greater percentage of such securities may be owned

by the Center.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2205 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2205
Report on activities of Department
Status: in_force

The Commission shall prepare and submit to the Governor and to

the Legislature on the first day of each legislative session a

report of the activities of the Department, together with all

information and data in the possession of the Department as the

Commission shall deem of value to the Governor, the Legislature and

the people of the State of Oklahoma. Each report may contain

recommendations for legislation as the Commission may deem necessary

to give full effect to all the provisions of the Oklahoma Tourism,

Parks and Recreation Enhancement Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.34 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.34
Judicial background investigations
Status: in_force

Of the full-time-equivalent employees authorized for the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, one employee shall be

employed for the purpose of conducting judicial background

investigations requested by the Judicial Nominating Commission.

When not conducting investigations for the Judicial Nominating

Commission, the employee may be involved in investigations as

requested by the Council on Judicial Complaints and in other

investigations as deemed appropriate by the Director of the Oklahoma

State Bureau of Investigation; provided, however, the first priority

of the employee will be to respond to requests of the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-192.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-192.6
Guidelines and procedures for the movement, security,
Status: in_force

and supervision of inmates.

A. The movement of inmates from one location to another shall

be controlled and supervised by staff.

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B. Staff shall provide twenty-four-hour supervision of inmates.

C. Detention officer posts shall be located and staffed to

monitor all inmate activity either physically or electronically and

in close enough proximity to the living areas to allow for immediate

response to calls for assistance or emergency situations. A

detention officer shall be on duty at all times at each location

where inmates are confined, or the observation of inmates shall be

conducted by electronic means. The location shall be equipped with

an intercommunication system in a location that is staffed twenty-

four (24) hours a day with personnel capable of providing an

emergency response.

D. There shall be sufficient staff to perform all assigned

functions relating to security, custody, and supervision of inmates.

Staff assignments shall provide for backup assistance for all

employees entering locations where inmates are confined as required

in the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act.

E. All inmates shall be searched when entering or leaving the

security area.

F. Policies shall specify a system for the supervision of

female inmates by male staff and supervision of male inmates by

female staff.

G. When both male and female inmates are housed in a detention

facility, at least one male and one female detention officer shall

be available to perform sensitive functions and procedures as

necessary to accommodate inmate gender.

H. An inmate shall be prohibited from supervising, controlling,

or exerting or assuming any authority over another inmate.

I. The name and telephone number of the practicing attorneys

and bonds persons in the area shall be posted conspicuously near the

telephone used by the inmates.

J. Direct supervision of inmates shall be permitted if the

facility has policies in place to ensure the safety of employees,

inmates, and visitors and if the design of the physical facility

lends itself to direct supervision operations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1733 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1733
Payments
Status: in_force

A. An agency may make direct payments not to exceed Five

Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in any twelve-month period, on behalf

of an eligible employee to any private or public entity for which a

qualified education loan expense is owed by the employee.

B. With regard to payments made under this act, an agency shall

not make cumulative payments on behalf of any single employee that

total an amount greater than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00).

C. The provisions of this act shall only be applicable to

qualified education loan obligations incurred prior to employment

with the agency or qualified education loan obligations associated

with education directly related to employment incurred during

employment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.16 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.16
Rental or charter of aircraft
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is hereby authorized

to own and operate aircraft and to rent or charter aircraft on a

project or mission basis, such rental or charter to last only for

the duration of the project or mission. The Bureau is also

authorized to pay, from any funds available to the Bureau, expenses

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 302

involved in qualifying multiengine and instrument pilots as may be

required to accomplish agency responsibilities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.47j — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.47j
Liability of state limited
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to constitute a

financial obligation or general obligation of the state. No state

revenue shall be used to guarantee, nor pay any losses suffered by

any person or firm.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.3
State Bureau of Investigation Commission
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created an Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation Commission which shall consist of seven (7) members,

not more than two of whom shall be from the same congressional

district. When congressional districts are redrawn, each member

appointed prior to July 1 of the year in which such modification

becomes effective shall complete the current term of office and

appointments made after July 1 of the year in which such

modification becomes effective shall be based on the redrawn

districts. No appointments may be made after July 1 of the year in

which such modification becomes effective if such appointment would

result in more than two members serving from the same modified

district. The members shall be appointed by the Governor and

confirmed by the Senate and shall be removable only for cause, as

provided by law for the removal of officers not subject to

impeachment. The term of office of each member shall be seven (7)

years. The first appointments shall be for the following terms as

designated by the Governor: one member for a term of one (1) year;

one member for a term of two (2) years; one member for a term of

three (3) years; one member for a term of four (4) years; one member

for a term of five (5) years; one member for a term of six (6)

years; and one member for a term of seven (7) years. A member may

serve more than one term on the Commission. Each member shall

continue to serve so long as the member is qualified until a

successor has been appointed and confirmed by the Senate. Vacancies

occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired portion of

the term by the same procedure used to make the regular

appointments.

B. Four of the members shall represent the lay citizenry, one

member shall be a district attorney while serving in that capacity,

one member shall be a sheriff while serving in that capacity, and

one member shall be a chief of police while serving in that

capacity; provided that the sheriff and police chief members shall

have successfully completed an approved course of instruction for

peace officers as required by law.

C. Annually the Commission shall select one of the Commission

members to serve as chair and one member to serve as vice-chair.

The Commission shall meet at least quarterly. The chair shall

preside at all meetings of the Commission and shall have the power

to call meetings of the Commission. In addition, meetings of the

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Commission may be called by a majority of the members. The vice-

chair shall perform these functions in the absence or incapacity of

the chair. A quorum of four members of the Commission shall be

necessary to conduct any official business. All actions taken by

the Commission shall be by a simple majority vote of a quorum. In

the event of a tie vote, the measure being voted upon shall be

deemed to have failed.

The Commission shall adopt rules of procedure for the orderly

performance of its functions.

D. Members of the Commission shall serve without salary but may

be reimbursed for travel and other expenses in attending meetings

and performing their duties in the manner provided for other state

officers and employees under the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

The lay-citizen members shall be paid Thirty Dollars ($30.00) per

diem for attendance at meetings of the Commission. No other

provisions of law shall be construed as prohibiting public officers

from also serving as members of the Commission, nor shall any other

provisions of law be construed as prohibiting public officers or

public employees from performing services for the Commission without

compensation. It is further provided that no town, city, county or

other subdivision or other agency of state government shall be

prohibited from receiving a grant or from benefiting from grants or

expenditures of the Commission for the reason that an officer or

employee of such town, city, county or other subdivision or agency

of state government is a Commission member or employee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5040.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5040.2
Short title
Status: in_force

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

Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-357.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-357.6
Designation as Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma
Status: in_force

The area near and on the site of Fort Arbuckle be and is hereby

officially designated as "Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-174 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-174
Investigation of state eleemosynary institutions
Status: in_force

At the request of the Governor, or with his sanction, the State

Department of Public Welfare shall investigate any state

eleemosynary institution against which complaint is made, and the

Department of Public Welfare shall have the power to summon any

person to appear and produce such books and papers as shall be

designated in the summons and to take testimony under oath

concerning the matter and institution under investigation. The

Department shall have the power to administer oaths to such persons

as may be summoned and to enforce such powers as are given to

notaries public when they are taking depositions. Evidence of

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persons restrained in prisons or any other places of detention, if

deemed necessary or requested by the witness, shall be taken out of

the hearing of persons in authority about such institutions and be

preserved and kept secret, and be used only by the Department so far

as may be by him deemed necessary to correct or remedy any wrong

that is or may be disclosed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.18 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.18
Transfer of property to American Indian Cultural
Status: in_force

Center and Museum Trust Authority.

A. On July 1, 2020, or on the first day the American Indian

Cultural Center and Museum (AICCM) is open to the public, whichever

is sooner, the determination of which shall be made by the Director

of OMES, the authority of the Native American Cultural and

Educational Authority (Authority) to hold, use and dispose of real

property and improvements thereon shall be terminated, and title to

the following generally described real property and rights to

improvements thereon shall transfer to the American Indian Cultural

Center and Museum Trust Authority (AICCMTA):

1. A tract of land being a part of the East Half of Section 2,

Township 11 North, Range 3 West of the Indian Meridian, Oklahoma

County, Oklahoma, and being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the Northeast Corner of said Section 2,

Thence South 00°29'24" West along the East line of said Section

2, a distance of 1958.26 feet,

Thence North 89°30'36" West, a distance of 1240.19 feet to the

POINT OF BEGINNING,

Thence South 23°33'16" West a distance of 93.48 feet,

Thence on a nontangent curve to the right, having a radius of

340.91 feet, a chord bearing of South 38°38'40" East, a chord

distance of 187.41 feet, for an arc distance of 189.86 feet to a

point of tangency,

Thence South 22°41'33" East, a distance of 102.54 feet,

Thence on a nontangent curve to the right, having a radius of

859.19 feet, a chord bearing of South 19°48'33" West, a chord

distance of 546.60 feet, for an arc distance of 556.26 feet,

Thence South 00°00'00" East, a distance of 169.81 feet,

Thence North 90°00'00" West, a distance of 258.96 feet,

Thence North 44°58'52" West, a distance of 208.81 feet,

Thence South 83°35'02" West, a distance of 229.85 feet to a

point of curvature,

Thence on a curve to the right, having a radius of 602.79 feet,

chord bearing of North 11°33'34" East, a chord distance of

1146.73 feet, for an arc distance of 2271.94 feet to a point of

tangency,

Thence South 60°27'53" East, a distance of 374.31 feet,

Thence South 70°57'26" East, a distance of 153.94 feet to the

POINT OF BEGINNING.

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Said tract of land contains 33.62 acres, more or less; and

2. The basis of bearing of the description provided in this

section is derived from the Oklahoma State Plane Coordinate System

NAD83, Zone Oklahoma North with the East line of NE/4 of Section 2-

11N-3W having a bearing of South 00°29'26" West.

B. The legal description provided in subsection A of this

section is intended to include the real property upon which the

museum and cultural center improvements exist, including the

following specific elements:

1. Hall of the People;

2. East Wing, including the Performance Facility;

3. North Gallery;

4. South Gallery;

5. Central Plant;

6. Promontory Mound; and

7. Visitor Center.

C. The instrument of conveyance as contemplated by subsection A

of this section shall reflect a legal description determined by a

current survey which ensures that the elements described in

subsection B of this section are included, and shall further reflect

a separate legal description for the sewer lift station.

D. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES), the

AICCMTA and, for so long as the Authority exists, the Authority are

hereby authorized and directed to grant such access and other

temporary and permanent easements upon and across the real property

described in this section as are necessary or desirable to promote

or ensure the successful development of the commercial property

transferred to the City of Oklahoma City (City) pursuant to

paragraph 2 of subsection B of Section 1226.2 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, and in connection therewith the Legislature finds

and hereby declares that the commitments entered into by the City as

contemplated by paragraph 5 of subsection B of Section 1226.2 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be adequate consideration.

E. The AICCMTA and the Director of OMES are hereby authorized

and directed to take all steps necessary to effectuate the

provisions of this act.

F. Real property transferred to AICCMTA by the Authority shall

be subject to the same restrictions regarding the use of such real

property as contained in the instrument of conveyance by which the

Authority acquired title to such real property, including, but not

limited to, any restriction regarding gambling activity upon such

real property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5045 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5045
Political subdivisions not required to participate in
Status: in_force

substate planning districts.

No county, city, town or other subdivision of the State of

Oklahoma shall in any manner be compelled to be a member of or

participate in a substate planning district.

No county, city, town or other subdivision of the State of

Oklahoma shall be penalized in any manner whatsoever for said

subdivision's election not to participate in a substate planning

district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-192.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-192.8
Medical care – Develop written policies for emergency
Status: in_force

medical and health care services.

A. Adequate medical care shall be provided in a detention

facility. The facility administrator shall develop and implement

written policies for emergency medical and health care services.

The facility administrator shall be responsible for the medical

services of the detention facility and shall develop, with the

assistance of a designated medical authority, the health care plan

for the detention facility. With appropriately credentialed on-site

or off-site supervision, a detention facility may utilize physicians

or other licensed medical personnel, Certified Nurse Practitioners

(CNPs), psychologists, licensed professional counselors, licensed

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clinical social workers, licensed masters social workers, licensed

alcohol and drug counselors, emergency medical technicians,

certified medical assistants, or certified nursing assistants for

the provision of medical care. Security restrictions shall be

considered in the development of the plan and any medical personnel

included in the plan shall have their responsibilities regulated by

written job descriptions. The health care plan shall cover, at a

minimum, the following:

1. Intake screening procedures;

2. Medications in the possession of the inmate;

3. Medications prescribed or administered to the inmate;

4. Documentation of information relevant to the health or

medical care of the inmate, including current illnesses and health

problems, as well as observation of the behavior and physical

condition of the inmate;

5. Disposition and referral of inmates to qualified medical

personnel on an emergency basis;

6. Retention and disposition of inmate medical records; and

7. Such other procedures as may be necessary for the protection

of facility employees, visitors, and inmates.

B. A detention facility operated by a county, with permission

from the county sheriff, may deduct monies collected from an inmate

as a medical payment on account for medical services received by the

inmate while incarcerated in the detention facility pursuant to the

provisions of Section 531 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5012.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5012.1
Program service fees - Amount, collection and
Status: in_force

disposition.

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce may collect reasonable fees

based on actual direct and indirect costs for programmatic services

extended to users by the Department in accomplishing its mission.

The Department shall set amounts of fees for programs it administers

including but not limited to the Export Services Program, Quality

Jobs Program or others in its General Rules of Practice and

Procedure written in accordance with the Administrative Procedures

Act. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited to

the credit of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce Revolving Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5203 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5203
Renumbered as § 513 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

20, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-291.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-291.3
Advice to Legislature - Travel expenses
Status: in_force

When requested by a concurrent resolution, the Board shall

advise the Legislature on various items of legislative expenditures

as specified in the resolution. When meeting pursuant to this

section, the members shall be reimbursed for travel expenses while

on official business in accordance with the State Travel

Reimbursement Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-5.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-5.3
Certain persons not considered state employees
Status: in_force

A. The following offices, positions and personnel shall not be

considered state employees except as otherwise provided by law:

1. Patient and inmate help in the state charitable, mental and

correctional institutions;

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2. Persons engaged in public work for the state, but employed

by contractors when the performance of such contract is authorized

by the Legislature or other competent authority;

3. All employees of all public school districts; and

4. Officers and members of the Oklahoma National Guard, as

such.

B. The superintendents and teachers at the Oklahoma School for

the Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf shall be state

employees, subject to the Civil Service and Human Capital

Modernization Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2203 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2203
Commission membership - Appointment and tenure
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission shall be an

advisory body to the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Tourism and

Recreation Department and shall consist of eight (8) members who

shall serve a term of six (6) years. Effective January 14, 2019,

all duties and powers of the Commission shall be transferred to the

Executive Director. Any provision in statute that provides to the

Commission authority that is not advisory in nature shall be deemed

to grant the duty or power to the Executive Director. No more than

one Commission member shall be from any one county. The Lieutenant

Governor shall serve as an ex officio voting member of the

Commission.

B. One member shall be appointed from each congressional

district, who shall be a resident and a qualified elector in the

district from which appointed, and the remaining members shall be

appointed from the state at large. If congressional districts are

redrawn each member appointed shall complete the current term of

office at which time a new appointment shall be made in compliance

with the redrawn congressional district.

C. Commission members shall be appointed by the Governor, with

the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve at the

pleasure of the Governor. Whenever a vacancy on the Commission

occurs by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Governor shall fill

the same by appointment, with the advice and consent of the Senate,

and the appointee shall hold office during the unexpired term. Each

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member shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and

qualified.

D. With the exception of the ex officio, no member of the

Commission shall seek election to a federal, state, or county office

while serving on the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1225 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1225
Sale to Northeast Eight Inter-Tribal Council -
Status: in_force

Restrictions and covenants.

The restrictions and covenants of the private land sale

agreement authorized by Section 1 of this act shall include, but not

be limited to, the following:

1. A provision prohibiting the grantee, any subsequent grantee

or lessee, or any other person or entity from using the subject land

for purposes of operating or permitting to be operated any bingo

games, rip off games, pull tab games or any other gaming activities

or any type of pari-mutuel wagering; and

2. A provision prohibiting the grantee, any subsequent grantee

or lessee, or any other person or entity from establishing or

operating any retail or wholesale business on the subject land which

is not required to collect and remit or otherwise pay any tax or

fees levied pursuant to the laws of this state; provided, however,

this prohibition shall not apply to craftwork or souvenir items

crafted by tribal members.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.13 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.13
Issuance of revenue refunding bonds - Use of proceeds
Status: in_force

A. The Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution

for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the Authority for the

purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have

been issued under the provisions of this act including the payment

of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to

accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds, and, if the

Authority shall so determine, for the additional purpose of

constructing improvements, extensions, or enlargements of the

project or projects in connection with which the bonds to be

refunded shall have been issued. The Authority is further

authorized to provide for the issuance of its revenue bonds for the

combined purpose of:

1. Refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been

issued under the provisions of this act, including the payment of

any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued, or to

accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds; and

2. Paying all or any part of the cost of any additional project

or projects as authorized by this act.

The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details

thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties,

and obligations of the Authority in respect of the same, shall be

governed by the provisions of this act insofar as the same may be

applicable.

B. Bonds may be issued by the Authority under the provisions of

this section at any time prior to the maturity or maturities of the

date selected for the redemption of the bonds being refunded

thereby. Pending the application of the proceeds of such refunding

bonds, with any other available funds, to the payment of the

principal, accrued interest, and any redemption premium of the bonds

being refunded, and if so provided or permitted in the resolution

authorizing the issuance of such refunding bonds or in the trust

agreement securing the same, to the payment of any interest on such

refunding bonds, and any expenses in connection with such refunding,

such proceeds may be invested in direct obligations of, or

obligations the principal of and the interest on which are

unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America which

shall mature or which shall be subject to redemption by the holder

thereof at the option of such holder, not later than the respective

dates when the proceeds, together with the interest accruing

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thereon, will be required for the purposes intended, or, in lieu of

such investments, all or any part of such proceeds may be placed in

interest-bearing time deposits or other similar arrangements may be

made with regard thereto which will assure that such proceeds,

together with the interest accruing thereon, will be available when

required for the purposes intended.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.7
Executive director and other officers - Meetings -
Status: in_force

Conflicts of interest - Liability.

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A. The position of president of the Oklahoma Center for the

Advancement of Science and Technology is hereby reconstituted as the

executive director for the Oklahoma Science and Technology Research

and Development Board. The president of the Center upon the

effective date of this act shall serve as the executive director for

the Board at the pleasure of the Board. Subsequent executive

directors shall be selected by the Board and shall serve at the

pleasure of the Board. The executive director shall serve as the

chief executive officer of the Center and the Institute, and shall

direct and supervise the administrative affairs and the general

management of the Center and the Institute. The Board shall

establish criteria for selecting the executive director taking into

consideration national standards. The search for the executive

director shall be conducted pursuant to the criteria so established.

B. The executive director:

1. May employ and terminate such other officers and employees

as designated by the Board including, if necessary, legal counsel to

be chosen through a request for proposal process;

2. Shall attend board meetings;

3. Shall appoint a secretary of the Board to keep a record of

all proceedings and maintain and be custodian of all financial and

operational records, documents and papers filed with the Center and

the Institute and of the minute book of the Center and the

Institute; and

4. Before accepting any applications as provided for under this

act, shall prepare a business plan which shall include the analysis

of funding levels of programs in other states that are shown in the

report required in subsection B of Section 5060.22 of this title,

and the threshold funding levels specified in subsection C of

Section 5060.22 of this title.

C. The meetings of the Board shall be subject to the Open

Meeting Act and the Open Records Act. Any information submitted to

or compiled by the Center or the Institute with respect to the

marketing plans, financial statements, trade secrets, research

concepts, methods or products, or any other proprietary information

of persons, firms, associations, partnerships, agencies,

corporations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit research

institutions or other entities shall be confidential, except to the

extent that the person or entity which provided such information or

which is the subject of such information consents to disclosure.

Executive sessions may be held to discuss such materials if deemed

necessary by the Board.

D. If a member of the Board, officer, agent or employee of the

Center or the Institute has any direct or any indirect interest in

any approval, contract or agreement upon which the member, officer,

agent or employee may be called upon to act or vote, the board

member, officer, agent or employee shall disclose the same to the

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secretary of the Board prior to the taking of final action by the

Board concerning such contract or agreement and shall so disclose

the nature and extent of such interest and the acquisition thereof,

which disclosure shall be publicly acknowledged by the Board and

entered upon the minutes of the Board. A Board member, officer,

agent or employee who holds such an interest shall refrain from any

further official involvement in regard to such contract or

agreement, from voting on any matter pertaining to such contract or

agreement, and from communicating with other board members,

officers, agents or employees concerning said contract or agreement.

Employees of the Center, including employees assigned to the

Institute, shall be subject to the provisions of the Ethics

Commission rules. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any

contract or agreement entered into in conformity with this

subsection shall not be void or invalid by reason of the interest

described in this subsection, nor shall any person so disclosing the

interest and refraining from further official involvement as

provided for in this subsection be guilty of an offense, be removed

from office, or be subject to any other penalty on account of such

interest. Provided, any approval, contract or agreement made in

violation of this section shall give rise to no action against the

Board, the Center or the Institute.

Indirect interest shall include pecuniary or competitive

advantage which exists or could foreseeably accrue as a result of

the act or forbearance of the Board, Center or Institute.

E. No director or any person acting on behalf of the Board,

Center or Institute executing any contracts, commitments, or

agreements issued pursuant to this act shall be personally liable

upon such contracts, commitments, or agreements or be subject to any

personal liability or accountability by reason thereof. No director

or any person acting on behalf of the Board, Center or Institute

shall be personally liable for damage or injury resulting from the

performance of duties hereunder.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5034 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5034
Purpose of Sections 5035 through 5040
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of Sections 5035 through 5040 of this title to

delineate a system of community action agencies to enhance and

stimulate economic opportunity and self-sufficiency for all

citizens. It is hereby found and determined that community action

agencies provide services which are basic and essential to the well-

being of low-income and economically disadvantaged persons of this

state. It is further determined that the delivery of such services

should be officially recognized in order to assure the effective and

efficient continuation of such services and to solve existing

problems of human service delivery systems. Community action

agencies shall be considered a public agency for the purposes of the

Prisoners Public Works Act, Section 215 et seq. of Title 57 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-192 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-192
Short title – Oklahoma Jail Standards Act – Inspections of
Status: in_force

detention facilities.

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

Jail Standards Act”. The State Commissioner of Health shall

promulgate rules to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Jail

Standards Act.

B. Except as provided in this section, all detention facilities

and lockup facilities shall operate in compliance with the

provisions of the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act.

C. The State Department of Health shall inspect at least once

each year all detention facilities to ensure compliance with the

standards set forth in the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act.

Inspections shall be limited to the specific requirements set

forth in the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act or rules promulgated

pursuant thereto.

D. In the event such inspection shall reveal to the Department

the commission of a crime or crimes incidental to the operations of

a detention facility, it shall be the duty of the Department to

initiate a complaint with the appropriate district attorney and to

cooperate in the prosecution of the alleged offender in the event an

information is filed pursuant to such complaint.

E. The provisions of the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act shall be

subject to the following exceptions and limitations:

1. Any county, city, or town may operate a holding facility for

the incarceration of persons under arrest who are to be charged with

a crime, which holding facility shall not be required to meet the

standards established in the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act, as long as

no person is held therein for a period longer than twelve (12) hours

and as long as an employee of the county, city, or town is available

to render aid to or to release any person so confined in the event

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aid or release is required because of a health or life-endangering

emergency;

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, any

county or municipality that operates a detention facility which

houses forty or fewer prisoners at all times which:

a. provides twenty-four-hour supervision of prisoner

activity that is conducted either by direct

observation or electronically by video surveillance,

and

b. provides an intercommunication system that terminates

in a location that is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a

day and is capable of providing an emergency response,

shall not be required to have more than one detention officer on-

site to provide for the security, custody, and supervision of

prisoners. Staff shall be available to perform sensitive functions

and procedures as necessary to accommodate inmate gender as required

by law;

3. Any county or municipality that operates a detention

facility which houses more than forty and less than seventy-five

prisoners at all times which:

a. provides twenty-four-hour supervision of prisoner

activity that is conducted either by direct

observation or electronically by video surveillance,

and

b. provides an intercommunication system that terminates

in a location that is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a

day and is capable of providing an emergency response,

shall be required to have more than one detention officer or one

detention officer and at least one other basic CLEET-certified

person on the same premises as the detention facility to provide for

the security, custody, and supervision of prisoners. Staff shall be

available to perform sensitive functions and procedures as necessary

to accommodate inmate gender as required by law;

4. A county, municipality, or public trust that operates a

detention facility may request a waiver, including a waiver for a

temporary emergency resulting from a natural or man-made disaster,

from provisions of the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act or rules

promulgated pursuant thereto upon a showing that application of such

provision would impose undue hardship upon the county, municipality,

or public trust, or upon the inmates held at such facility. All

requests shall be filed with the Department and shall include

justification demonstrating the undue hardship. The waiver

application shall also include a plan for the housing and care of

detention facility inmates for the duration of the waiver and

identification of all specific provisions of the Oklahoma Jail

Standards Act requested to be waived. The Department may grant the

waiver request in whole or in part and may, as a condition of

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granting the waiver, require the county, municipality, or public

trust to submit a plan and timetable for compliance with the

standards. The Commissioner shall promulgate rules to implement the

waiver process established by this paragraph; and

5. Any detention facility that is constructed or substantially

remodeled shall be required to be in compliance with the

requirements and standards in effect at the time of such

construction or remodeling. Plans for the construction of a new

detention facility or the substantial remodeling of an existing

detention facility shall be submitted to the Department for review

and approval.

F. The Department shall employ inspectors and other personnel

as necessary and specifically authorized by the Legislature in order

to carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act and

may rent or purchase premises or equipment in order to assist

inspectors in the performance of their functions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-7004 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-7004
Administration of Campaign - Legal compliance
Status: in_force

The State Charitable Campaign shall be administered in

accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma State Employee

Charitable Contribution Act and shall comply with all applicable

federal, state and local statutes and ordinances.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-228 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-228
Internal audits - Supervisory responsibility
Status: in_force

The administrative head and the governing body of any state

agency, board, department or commission having internal audit

functions shall have direct supervisory responsibility over all

internal audits conducted by the agency, board, department or

commission. Such supervisory responsibility shall include, but not

be limited to, the duty of assuring that all internal audits are

conducted in accordance with the "Standards for the Professional

Practice of Internal Auditing" developed by the Institute of

Internal Auditors or any successor organization thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-12005 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-12005
Written verification prior to contract
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section only of the Energy Discrimination

Elimination Act of 2022, "governmental entity" means a state agency

or political subdivision of this state.

B. 1. Except for paragraph 4 of this subsection, this section

applies only to a contract that:

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a. is between a governmental entity and a company with

ten or more full-time employees, and

b. will pay a company One Hundred Thousand Dollars

($100,000.00) or more over the term of the contract

that is to be paid wholly or partly from public funds

of the governmental entity; provided, however, the

provisions of this paragraph shall apply separately to

all companies in a multiple party contract.

2. Except as provided by paragraph 4 of this subsection, a

governmental entity shall not enter into a contract with a company

for goods or services unless the contract contains a written

verification from the company that it:

a. does not boycott energy companies, and

b. will not boycott energy companies during the term of

the contract.

3. Except as provided by paragraph 4 of this subsection, a

governmental entity shall not enter into a contract for goods or

services with a listed financial company under Section 3 of this

act.

4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this subsection shall not apply to:

a. a governmental entity that determines the requirements

of paragraphs 2 or 3 of this subsection are

inconsistent with the governmental entity's

constitutional or statutory duties related to the

issuance, incurrence, or management of debt

obligations or the deposit, custody, management,

borrowing, or investment of funds, and

b. a contract for which a governmental body determines

the supplies or services to be provided are not

otherwise reasonably available from a company that is

not a listed financial company under Section 3 of this

act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-166.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-166.11
Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program
Status: in_force

A. The State Department of Rehabilitation Services, pursuant to

rules promulgated by the Commission for Rehabilitation Services,

shall establish a "Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program".

The purpose of the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program is to

enhance the range of choices and options available to Social

Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income

disability beneficiaries who are seeking vocational rehabilitation

services to obtain and maintain employment opportunities.

B. Components of the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency

Program pursuant to federal Ticket to Work and Work Incentives

Improvement Act of 1999 shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Program participation guidelines, eligibility requirements,

and program performance standards;

2. Requirements for periodic quality assurance reviews and

customer service satisfaction surveys; and

3. Requirements for a dispute resolution process.

C. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall promulgate

any rules necessary to implement provisions of the Oklahoma Ticket

to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act regarding the Ticket to

Work and Self-Sufficiency Program.

D. On or before January 15, 2002, the Department of

Rehabilitation Services shall prepare a summary report of the Ticket

to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program's findings and results to be

submitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Governor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-324.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-324.8
Uniform force and effect - Authority of cities, towns
Status: in_force

and counties.

The rules promulgated pursuant to Section 324.1 et seq. of this

title shall have uniform force and effect throughout the state and

no municipality or subdivision shall enact or enforce any

ordinances, rules for construction of or major alterations to

buildings with standards less stringent than the building code, as

last adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.

Provided, nothing in this act shall prevent or take away from any

city, town or county, the authority to enact and enforce rules

containing higher standards and requirements than those provided

herein nor prevent or take away from any city, town or county the

authority to amend such adopted codes to make changes necessary to

accommodate local conditions. And provided further, that nothing in

this act shall in any way impair the power of any municipality,

county or subdivision to regulate the use of land by zoning,

building codes or restricted fire district regulations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2282 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2282
State trails on federal lands - Coordination with
Status: in_force

National Trails System.

A. The Commission may establish and designate state trails on

lands under the jurisdiction of a federal agency when, in the

opinion of the federal agency, such lands may be so developed under

the provisions of federal law.

B. Nothing in the Oklahoma Trails System Act shall prevent a

segment of the state trails system from being a part of the National

Scenic or Recreation Trails System. The Commission shall coordinate

the state trails system with the National Trails System and will

encourage and assist any federal studies for inclusion of state

trails into the National Trails System.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-371 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-371
Treasurer to pay loss caused by negligence
Status: in_force

If in any instance the Treasurer shall neglect to call to

account any delinquents, whereby the public revenue may suffer loss,

he shall be held and deemed accountable for the sums due by such

delinquents to all intents and purposes, the same as if the funds

had actually been paid into his office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.51 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.51
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma State Recycling and Recycled Materials

Procurement Act:

1. " Office" means the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services;

2. "Paper recycling" means the processing of scrap paper or

other such recoverable waste paper into reusable products. Such

collection and recycling of recoverable waste paper shall be done in

an environmentally acceptable manner;

3. "State public entity" means the State Legislature, any

bureau, agency, board, commission, or authority of the state, the

office of the Governor, the judiciary, or any state university,

school district, or county of the state which is supported in whole

or in part by state funds;

4. "Recoverable waste paper" generated by businesses or

consumers, which has served its intended use and has been separated

from solid waste for purposes of collection and recycling, shall

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include, but is not limited to, such paper as computer cards,

computer print-out papers, copy paper, white office papers, colored

office papers, corrugated boxes, newspapers, envelope coatings,

bindery trimmings, printing scrap and butt rolls. Mill broke

repulped internally within a paper manufacturing facility shall not

be considered recoverable waste paper;

5. "Director" means the Director of the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services;

6. "Division" means the Purchasing Division of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services;

7. "Recycled paper products" means all paper products

manufactured from recoverable waste paper with not less than ten

percent (10%) of their total weight consisting of waste paper.

8. "Products manufactured with recycled materials" means

products that contain at least a minimum percentage of specified

materials recovered from the recycling of post-consumer products as

defined in rules and regulations promulgated by the Division;

9. "Recyclable materials" means materials or products which are

capable of being recycled, including but not limited to paper,

glass, plastics, metals, automobile oil, and batteries. Refuse-

derived fuel or other material that is destroyed by incineration is

not a recyclable material; and

10. "Uncoated" means not coated with plastic, clay, or other

material used to create a glossy finish.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-215 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-215
Facilities for investigations - Exhibits and information -
Status: in_force

Powers and duties of State Auditor and Inspector.

All officers of the state and counties of the state and all

officers and employees of other institutions mentioned in this

article, must afford reasonable facilities for the investigation

provided for in this article, and all such officers, manager and

employees must make written exhibits to the Auditor and Inspector

under oath in such form and in such manner as he may prescribe, and

each and every person so required who shall refuse and neglect to

make such written exhibit, or to make or to give such information as

may be required by said State Auditor and Inspector, shall be deemed

guilty of a misdemeanor; and if any person in making such exhibit or

giving such information or affording any statement required under

this article, on his oath, shall knowingly swear falsely concerning

the same, he shall be deemed guilty of the felony of perjury and

punished accordingly. The State Auditor and Inspector shall have

full power and authority for the various purposes named to examine

books, papers, accounts, bills, vouchers and any other documents, or

property of any or all of the aforesaid state institutions, all

state officers and custodians of any county or state funds, also to

examine under oath, county or state officers and custodians of

county and state funds aforesaid. The State Auditor and Inspector

is empowered to issue subpoenas and administer oath in the

performance of his duty, and any persons refusing access to said

examiner to any such books or papers, or any officer, clerk,

employee, or other persons aforesaid, who shall obstruct access and

refuse to search for any required information, or who shall in any

manner hinder the examination required by this article of the

records, and books of the officers of public institutions or

pertaining to the county and state officers aforesaid, shall be

deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable on conviction to

a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or

imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one

(1) year or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of

the court.

R.L. 1910, § 8122. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 141, emerg. eff.

April 6, 1979; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 587, eff. July 1, 1998.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-324.7a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-324.7a
Assistance and cooperation of State Fire Marshal
Status: in_force

A. The Office of the State Fire Marshal in pursuance of its

duties to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and

property from the hazards of fire and explosion arising from the

storage, handling, and use of flammable and combustible materials

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shall assist and cooperate with the Commission in the performance of

its duties under this act by making investigations, fire fighting,

gathering evidence and filing reports or complaints with the

Commission concerning flammable liquids stored in aboveground tanks.

The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall report any violations of

the Oklahoma Aboveground Tank Regulation Act or rules promulgated

thereto to the Commission.

B. Upon the request of the Commission, the Office of the State

Fire Marshal shall assist the Commission with the training of its

enforcement employees or agents in the standards and practices on

matters relating to the safeguarding of life and property from the

hazards of fire and explosions arising from storage, handling, and

use of flammable liquids located at service stations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-72 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-72
Monuments and markers
Status: in_force

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

and the Warden of the State Reformatory are authorized and directed

to furnish to the said Oklahoma Historical Society and associated

organizations such monuments and markers of granite as may be

desired and ordered or requisitioned for the purposes pursuant to

the provisions of this section at prices not exceeding the cost of

production and delivery, which includes: Quarrying, squaring,

facing, lettering prescribed inscriptions, crating, and delivering

to the railway or other carrier.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-166.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-166.2
Commission for Rehabilitation Services - Powers and
Status: in_force

duties.

A. Effective July 1, 1993, there is hereby created the

Commission for Rehabilitation Services, an agency of this state, a

body corporate and politic, with powers of government and with the

authority to exercise the rights, privileges and functions as herein

specified, with its lawful operations deemed to be an essential

governmental function of this state with all the attributes thereof.

B. The Commission shall appoint and remove the Director of the

State Department of Rehabilitation Services, approve programs,

policy and budget, and perform the necessary functions of a

governing board for the State Department of Rehabilitation Services.

C. l. The Commission shall consist of seven (7) members, to be

appointed as follows:

a. two members shall be appointed by the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate,

b. two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives, and

c. three members shall be appointed by the Governor.

2. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, members

shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years. Each term shall

begin on July 1 of the respective year and end on June 30 three (3)

years later.

3. The current appointee of the Speaker of the House of

Representatives shall serve until June 30, 2025. The current

appointee of the Governor shall serve until June 30, 2026. The

current appointee of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall

serve until June 30, 2027.

4. For the purpose of expanding the Commission to seven (7)

members, the following additional members shall be appointed:

a. one member shall be appointed by the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate for a term beginning on July 1,

2025, and ending on June 30, 2027,

b. two members shall be appointed by the Governor, each

for a term beginning on July 1, 2025, and ending on

June 30, 2026, and

c. one member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives for a term beginning on July

1, 2025, and ending on June 30, 2028, in addition to

the member the Speaker shall appoint to fill the seat

of the current member whose term expires on June 30,

2025.

5. Thereafter, at the expiration of the term, or termination of

the member’s service for any reason, the original appointing

authority shall appoint a successor for a term of three (3) years,

or for the remainder of an unexpired term.

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D. Members of the Commission shall be knowledgeable of and have

concern for rehabilitation issues and disability issues; provided,

that such requirement shall not exclude participation of lay persons

as Commission members. All members shall be residents of the state

and qualified electors at the time of their appointment. Before

entering upon the duties of their office, members of the Commission

shall take the Constitutional oath of office and the same shall be

filed with the Secretary of State. A member of the Commission may

be reappointed to succeed himself or herself. Commission members

shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in the performance

of their duties as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

E. The original appointing authority may remove any

commissioner for misconduct, incompetency or neglect of duty, after

giving such commissioner a written statement of charges, and

opportunity for a hearing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2109 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2109
Reports
Status: in_force

On or before March 1 of each year, the Commission shall provide

a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate which shall include, but not be

limited to:

1. the number of applications for export trading companies

submitted;

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2. the number of applications for export trading companies

approved; and

3. the number of jobs created by each export trading company

and the dollar value of export trade generated by each export

trading company.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1904 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1904
Renumbered as § 2289 of Title 74 by Laws 2005, c. 363, §
Status: in_force

89, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-910.1a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-910.1a
Service credit for employment with Oklahoma Employment
Status: in_force

Security Commission.

Upon payment of a five percent (5%) contribution and interest of

not to exceed five percent (5%) to the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System, a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System shall receive service credit for any years of

service the member had with the Oklahoma Employment Security

Commission if the member is not receiving or eligible to receive

service credit for the time in any other public retirement system;

provided, however, effective January 1, 1990, the rate of

contribution provided herein shall be ten percent (10%) and the rate

of interest shall not exceed ten percent (10%), and effective

January 1, 1991, to receive the service credit, the member shall pay

the amount determined by the Board pursuant to Section 39 of this

act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-130.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-130.1
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 10 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the "Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.11
Research Support Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology to be designated the "Research Support Revolving Fund".

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

limitations. The fund shall consist of all monies authorized by law

for deposit in such fund including, but not limited to, gifts,

grants, private donations, fee revenues and funds by government

entities authorized to provide funding for the purposes authorized

for the use of the fund. Monies deposited or apportioned to the

credit of the fund in excess of that required for implementation of

the program or programs for which expenditures from the fund are

authorized may be transferred to any other fund under the control of

the Center. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are

hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma

Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology for purposes

authorized 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2254.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2254.1
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Capital
Status: in_force

Expenditure Revolving Fund

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

fund for the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to be

designated the "Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Capital

Expenditure Revolving Fund".

B. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal

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

Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department from the apportionment of

gross production tax revenues as prescribed by Section 1004 of Title

68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma

Tourism and Recreation Department for the purpose of one-time

capital expenditures for capital assets owned, managed or controlled

by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.

D. 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.

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E. No monies in the fund shall be used for the payment of

administrative expenses, salary or any other continuing obligation

of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-916.3v2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-916.3v2
Pension benefit on behalf of correctional, probation
Status: in_force

and parole officers killed in the line of duty - Dependent children

and education.

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 901 through 932

of this title, a monthly pension, as provided in subsection B of

this section, shall be paid on behalf of any member who is a:

1. Correctional officer or probation and parole officer of the

Department of Corrections and who is killed or mortally wounded on

or after January 1, 2000, during the performance of the member's

duties for the Department or any employee of the Department of

Corrections who is killed or mortally wounded after June 30, 2004,

during the performance of the member's duties for the Department;

2. Deputy sheriff or county jailer first hired on or after

November 1, 2020, by any county that is a participating member in

the System, and who is killed or mortally wounded during the

performance of the member's duties as a deputy sheriff or jailer;

and

3. Deputy sheriff or county jailer first hired before November

1, 2020, by any county that is a participating employer in the

System, and who is killed or mortally wounded during the performance

of the member's duties for the participating county on or after

November 1, 2024.

B. The monthly benefit shall be equal to:

1. Two and one-half percent (2 1/2%);

2. Multiplied by twenty (20) years of service, regardless of

the actual number of years of credited service performed by the

member prior to death, if the member had performed less than twenty

(20) years of credited service, or the actual number of years of

credited service of the member if greater than twenty (20) years;

3. Multiplied by the member's final average compensation; and

4. Divided by 12.

C. The pension provided for in subsection A of this section

shall be paid:

1. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, to the

surviving spouse for life; or

2. If there is no surviving spouse or upon the death of the

surviving spouse:

a. to the surviving child or children of said member or

legal guardian of such child or children for such time

as such child or children are under the age of

eighteen (18) years, or

b. to the surviving child or children between the age of

eighteen (18) and twenty-two (22) years if the child

is enrolled full time in and is regularly attending a

public or private school or any institution of higher

education.

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D. No surviving spouse shall receive benefits from this

section, Section 49-113 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

Section 50-117 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or Section 2-

306 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes as the surviving spouse of

more than one member of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and

Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement

System, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, or the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. The surviving spouse

of more than one member shall elect which member's benefits he or

she will receive.

E. In addition to the pension above provided for, if said

member leaves one or more children under the age of eighteen (18)

years or under the age of twenty-two (22) years if the child is

enrolled full-time in and is regularly attending a public or private

school or any institution of higher education, Four Hundred Dollars

($400.00) a month shall be paid to the surviving spouse or to the

person having the care and custody of such children if there is no

surviving spouse or if the surviving spouse dies and until each

child reaches the age of eighteen (18) years or reaches the age of

twenty-two (22) years if the child is enrolled full-time in and is

regularly attending a public or private school or any institution of

higher education.

F. The pension benefit provided in this section shall be made

prospectively only from the effective date of this act. The

benefits shall be payable beginning the later of the first day of

the month following the date that such employee was killed or dies

from a mortal wound, as provided in this section, or the effective

date of this act.

G. The Board of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement the

provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-326.10 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-326.10
Sale of cigarettes outside state or United States
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any person or

entity from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the

requirements of Section 3 of this act if the cigarettes are or will

be stamped for sale in another state or are packaged for sale

outside the United States and that person or entity has taken

reasonable steps to ensure that such cigarettes will not be sold or

offered for sale to persons located in this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.3
Deposit of revenue into fund
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Tax Commission is by this act required to apportion

monthly and place to the credit of the Circuit Engineering District

Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 1 of this act one-third

of one percent (1/3 of 1%) of the total gasoline excise taxes

apportioned under the provisions of paragraph 4 of subsection A of

Section 500.6 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or under the

provisions of the cited paragraph as the same may be amended or

reenacted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-190 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-190
Transfer of employees to State Commissioner of Health -
Status: in_force

Status.

All persons serving as employees of the Commissioner of

Charities and Corrections under the provisions of Section 2, Chapter

357, O.S.L. 1967, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 409, O.S.L. 1968

(74 O.S. Supp. 1970, Section 189), when Sections 7 and 8 of this act

become effective shall be in the classified service under the State

Merit System of Personnel Administration and be entitled to continue

to serve as employees of the State Commissioner of Health under

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Section 8 of this act, provided that such employees shall not

receive less salaries and benefits than they were receiving on the

effective date of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58C — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.58C
Risk management insurance coverage - Rural gas
Status: in_force

districts.

A. The Risk Management Administrator, pursuant to the

provisions of this section and Section 85.34 et seq. of Title 74 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, may obtain or provide insurance coverage for

any board member, personnel, property and vehicles necessary for use

by rural gas districts organized and operated pursuant to the

provisions of Section 1324.1 et seq. of Title 82 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. The Risk Management Administrator is authorized to

determine eligibility criteria for participation in the Risk

Management Program by such districts. In addition, the Risk

Management Administrator is authorized to establish equipment and

safety standards for any vehicles, equipment, or property used by

the district and covered by the Risk Management Program.

B. The governing authorities of the above-mentioned districts

shall be required to make payments for such insurance coverage as

provided by Section 85.37 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Requests for the insurance coverage provided pursuant to the

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

Management Administrator by the governing boards of the districts

specified in subsection A of this section. Those districts meeting

eligibility criteria shall be approved for participation in the Risk

Management Program by the Risk Management Administrator if the

vehicles, equipment and property meet the equipment and safety

standards established by the Risk Management Administrator.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1370 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1370
Flexible benefit allowance
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the requirement that a participant must elect the

default benefits, the basic plan, or is a person who has retired

from a branch of the United States military and has been provided

with health care through a federal plan, to the extent that it is

consistent with federal law, or is an active employee who is

eligible to participate and who is a participant who has opted out

of the state's basic plan according to the provisions of Section

1308.3 of this title, and provides proof of this coverage, flexible

benefit dollars may be used to purchase any of the benefits offered

by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board under the

flexible benefits plan. A participant who has opted out of the

state's basic plan and provided proof of other coverage as described

in this subsection shall receive One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00)

in lieu of the flexible benefit monthly. A participant's flexible

benefit dollars for a plan year shall consist of the sum of (1)

flexible benefit allowance credited to a participant by the

participating employer, and (2) pay conversion dollars elected by a

participant.

B. Each participant shall be credited annually with a specified

amount as a flexible benefit allowance which shall be available for

the purchase of benefits. For participants on a biweekly payroll

system the disbursement of the flexible benefit allowance shall be

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credited over twenty-four pay periods resulting in two pay periods

that do not reflect a credit. The amount of the flexible benefit

allowance credited to each participant shall be communicated to him

or her prior to the enrollment period for each plan year.

C. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, for the

plan year beginning January 1, 2013, the benefit allowance shall not

be less than the Plan Year 2012 benefit allowance amounts, and each

plan year thereafter, the amount of a participant's benefit

allowance, which shall be the total amount the employer contributes

for the payment of insurance premiums or other benefits, shall be:

1. The greater of the amount of benefit which the participant

would have qualified for as of plan year 2021, or an amount equal to

the monthly premium of the HealthChoice High Option plan, the

average monthly premiums of the dental plans, the monthly premium of

the disability plan, and the monthly premium of the basic life

insurance plan offered to state employees or the amount determined

by the Council based on a formula for determining a participant's

benefit credits consistent with the requirements of 26 U.S.C.,

Section 125(g)(2) and regulations thereunder;

2. The greater of the amount of benefit which the participant

would have qualified for as of plan year 2021 or an amount equal to

the monthly premium of the HealthChoice High Option plan, the

average monthly premiums of the dental plans, the monthly premium of

the disability plan, and the monthly premium of the basic life

insurance plan offered to state employees plus one of the additional

amounts as follows for participants who elect to include one or more

dependents:

a. for a spouse, seventy-five percent (75%) of the

HealthChoice High Option plan, available for coverage

of a spouse,

b. for one child, seventy-five percent (75%) of the

HealthChoice High Option plan, for coverage of one

child,

c. for two or more children, seventy-five percent (75%)

of the HealthChoice High Option plan, for coverage of

two or more children,

d. for a spouse and one child, seventy-five percent (75%)

of the HealthChoice High Option plan, for coverage of

a spouse and one child, or

e. for a spouse and two or more children, seventy-five

percent (75%) of the HealthChoice High Option plan,

for coverage of a spouse and two or more children;

3. For the plan year beginning January 1, 2022, the amount of a

participant's benefit allowance shall be increased by two percent

(2%) from the amount provided in the previous year;

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4. For the plan year beginning January 1, 2023, the amount of a

participant's benefit allowance shall be increased by two percent

(2%) from the amount provided in the previous year; or

5. The greater of the amount of benefit which the participant

would have qualified for as of plan year 2023, or an amount equal to

the monthly premium of the HealthChoice High Option plan, the

average monthly premiums of the dental plans, the monthly premium of

the disability plan and the monthly premium of the basic life

insurance plan offered to state employees plus one of the additional

amounts as follows for participants who elect to include one or more

dependents:

a. for a spouse, seventy-five percent (75%) of the

HealthChoice High Option plan, available for coverage

of a spouse,

b. for one child, seventy-five percent (75%) of the

HealthChoice High Option plan, for coverage of one

child,

c. for two or more children, seventy-five percent (75%)

of the HealthChoice High Option plan, for coverage of

two or more children,

d. for a spouse and one child, seventy-five percent (75%)

of the HealthChoice High Option plan, for coverage of

a spouse and one child, or

e. for a spouse and two or more children, seventy-five

percent (75%) of the HealthChoice High Option plan,

for coverage of a spouse and two or more children.

D. To the extent that it is consistent with federal laws and

regulations, and in particular the regulations set forth by the

Secretary of Defense in 32 C.F.R. Section 199.8(d)(6), a benefit may

be provided to an employee who is an eligible TRICARE beneficiary

whereby he or she may purchase a group TRICARE Supplemental product

under a qualifying cafeteria plan consistent with the requirements

of 26 U.S.C., Section 125, provided that:

1. The state, as employer, may not provide any payment for nor

receive any consideration or compensation for offering the benefit;

2. The employer's only involvement is in providing the

administrative support for the benefit under the cafeteria plan; and

3. The employee's participation in the plan is completely

voluntary.

The benefit allowance under paragraph 2 of subsection C of this

section of an employee whose plan participation includes a group

TRICARE Supplemental benefit shall not include any allowance or

portion thereof for such TRICARE Supplemental benefit.

E. This section shall not prohibit payments for supplemental

health insurance coverage made pursuant to Section 1314.4 of this

title or payments for the cost of providing health insurance

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coverage for dependents of employees of the Grand River Dam

Authority.

F. If a participant desires to buy benefits whose sum total of

benefit prices is in excess of his or her flexible benefit

allowance, the participant may elect to use pay conversion dollars

to purchase such excess benefits. Pay conversion dollars may be

elected through a salary reduction agreement made pursuant to the

election procedures of Section 1371 of this title. The elected

amount shall be deducted from the participant's compensation in

equal amounts each pay period, with the exception of participants on

a biweekly payroll system, where such deduction shall occur over

twenty-four pay periods over the plan year. On termination of

employment during a plan year, a participant shall have no

obligation to pay the participating employer any pay conversion

dollars allocated to the portion of the plan year after the

participant's termination of employment.

G. If a participant elects benefits whose sum total of benefit

prices is less than his or her flexible benefit allowance, he or she

shall receive any excess flexible benefit allowance as taxable

compensation. Such taxable compensation will be paid in

substantially equal amounts each pay period, with the exception of

participants on a biweekly payroll system, where such deduction

shall occur over twenty-four pay periods over the plan year. On

termination during a plan year, a participant shall have no right to

receive any such taxable cash compensation allocated to the portion

of the plan year after the participant's termination. Nothing

herein shall affect a participant's obligation to elect the minimum

benefits or to accept the default benefits of the plan with

corresponding reduction in the sum of his or her flexible benefit

allowance equal to the sum total benefit price of such minimum

benefits or default benefits.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.4d — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.4d
Limitations on principal amount of underlying loan
Status: in_force

A. At the time of the Authority's issuance of credit

enhancement on its revenue bonds or other obligations, the principal

amount of the underlying loan for industrial, agribusiness, and

other private activity portfolio mix category and health care and

other nonprofit-owned facilities portfolio mix category financings,

excluding infrastructure and other publicly owned facilities of

government entities and Quality Jobs Investment Program portfolio

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mix category financings, shall be subject to the following

limitations:

1. For costs of financing or refinancing real property,

including soft costs associated with the construction or development

of the facilities and the insurance premium, the principal amount of

the underlying loan will not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the

lower of:

a. the actual certified and documented costs of such

projects, or

b. the appraised (as built) fair market value of the real

property as indicated in an independent appraisal by

an appraiser acceptable to the Authority;

2. For costs of financing the acquisition of personal property,

machinery and equipment, the principal amount of the loan will not

exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the actual certified or

documented installation cost, including the expense of delivery,

refurbishing and installation. The Authority may require an

independent appraisal in connection with establishing a fair market

value of such personal property and in such case, the principal

amount of the loan may not exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the

lower of:

a. the fair market value of such personal property, or

b. its documented installed costs;

3. The principal amount of a loan, or portions thereof, secured

by accounts receivable, inventory, other current assets and other

personal property will not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the value

of the collateral as determined by the Oklahoma Development Finance

Authority; and

4. The principal amount of a loan, or portions thereof, secured

by cash or cash equivalents or by eligible investment securities

will not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of their market value.

B. The maximum amount of an insurance commitment in enhancing a

public sector entity financing or refinancing of facilities or

program participation will not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of

the entity's cost of financing, refinancing or program

participation.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to credit

enhancement of less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00)

done pursuant to the Small Business Credit Enhancement Program.

D. Limitations on the authorized amounts as established in this

section and in Section 5063.4a of this title notwithstanding, the

Authority may increase such amounts to provide a cash reserve or to

secure a letter of credit or surety bond equal to six-months'

principal and interest payments on its revenue bonds or other

obligations which fund the underlying loan.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5039 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5039
Rescission of designation of community action agency
Status: in_force

A. Prior to rescission of designation of a community action

agency, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall:

1. Determine whether the existing or proposed community action

agency is in compliance with Sections 41, 42 and 43 of this act;

2. Evaluate the existing or proposed community action agency

service area, and, as may be necessary, modify the boundaries of the

service area so that services will be adequately and efficiently

provided;

3. Provide a written notice containing the reasons for the

anticipated action to the chairman of the board of the existing or

proposed community action agency.

B. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce may rescind the

designation of a community action agency if it is found that the

community action agency is not in compliance with any or all of the

provisions of Sections 41, 42 and 43 of this act.

Any agency whose designation is rescinded pursuant to this

section may appeal the order of rescission in accordance with

existing state and federal law. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce

shall consider a community action agency or agencies for the

assumption of all or a portion of the service area of a community

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action agency with contiguous borders whose designation may be

rescinded.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-166.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-166.3
Meetings - Secretary - Employees - Office
Status: in_force

A. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall meet a

minimum of ten (10) times per calendar year and shall hold a regular

annual meeting at which it shall elect from among its membership a

chairperson and a vice-chairperson. Special meetings may be held at

such times as may be deemed necessary or advisable by a majority of

the Commission members.

B. 1. All meetings of the Commission shall be open and public

and shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma

Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, and the Oklahoma Open Records Act, Section 24A.1 et seq.

of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

2. A secretary of the Commission shall be appointed by the

Commission, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Commission.

The secretary may or may not be a member of the Commission. The

Commission may employ such other persons and may rent or purchase

such equipment as it deems necessary or desirable to carry out the

provisions of this act.

3. The Commission may establish an office which shall be

acquired pursuant to the provisions of Section 63 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-271 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-271
Senate and House of Representatives - Powers as to
Status: in_force

employees.

A. The Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of

Oklahoma are hereby authorized to employ such administrative,

professional, clerical, stenographic and other employees as in the

judgment of each body, respectively, shall by them be deemed

necessary and proper.

B. Each week during the legislative session, the Senate and the

House of Representatives are hereby authorized to employ chaplains

and pages as deemed necessary by the respective bodies.

C. Each body shall be the sole judge of the number, duties, and

compensation of its employees.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.38 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-150.38
Child Abuse Response Team (CART) - Employees -
Status: in_force

Qualifications - Report.

A. Subject to the availability of funds, there is hereby

established within the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation the

Child Abuse Response Team (CART) for the purpose of investigating

cases of physical and sexual abuse of a child. For the purpose of

implementing CART, the Bureau shall employ at least eight Law

Enforcement Special Agents assigned to the CART, which shall be

full-time-equivalent positions within the Bureau. The previously

unclassified positions of CART investigator and CART forensic

interviewer shall be transferred to and placed in the classified

service without a loss in salary.

B. In addition to any other law or rule specifying requirements

or qualifications for an OSBI agent to be employed by the Bureau,

the Child Abuse Response Team employees shall be qualified for the

respective positions as follows:

1. Every CART Agent shall:

a. have at least three (3) years of experience as a

criminal investigator in a law enforcement agency or

agencies,

b. be currently certified as a peace officer by the

Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training

(CLEET),

c. have served as the primary criminal investigative

officer in a law enforcement agency or agencies on

cases of physical or sexual abuse of a child,

d. have graduated from an accredited college or

university with a bachelor degree,

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e. have experience in conducting forensic interviews of

children in cases of physical or sexual abuse of a

child,

f. have experience testifying in cases of physical or

sexual abuse of a child, and

g. have completed at least one hundred (100) hours of

education or training on forensic interviewing of a

child.

2. If the director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation is unable to find a person whose qualifications meet

or exceed the qualifications specified for the position of Law

Enforcement Special Agent assigned to the CART, the director is

authorized to offer such position to a person whose qualifications

substantially meet the qualifications specified for the position.

C. The Bureau may promulgate rules, procedures and forms

necessary to establish and implement the functions of the Child

Abuse Response Team and to coordinate responsibilities with other

persons or agencies having responsibilities relating to child abuse

investigation and response to child abuse. Members of the Child

Abuse Response Team are authorized, when available, to be involved

and utilized in investigations of crimes other than cases of

physical and sexual abuse of a child.

D. On or before July 1, 2015, the Bureau shall submit to the

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

House of Representatives a statistical report regarding the

activities of the CART.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-360.17 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-360.17
Jurisdiction of campus police officers - Authority of
Status: in_force

campus police departments.

A. The jurisdiction of campus police officers includes the

campus and pursuant to an agreement authorized by Section 360.15 et

seq. of this title, the highways, streets, roads, alleys, easements,

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and other public ways immediately adjacent to their campus and any

other areas authorized by such agreement. This delineation of

jurisdiction, however, shall not be understood as limiting the

completion of any necessary enforcement activities which began

within these jurisdictions and are in compliance with the agreements

made with the municipality or county sheriff pursuant to Section

360.15 et seq. of this title. In the absence of an agreement, only

those law enforcement activities which began on campus may be

completed off campus and such activities must be completed in a

timely manner. Such law enforcement activities shall only be

authorized if the campus police have coordinated the activities with

the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction in that off

campus area. In addition, a campus police officer shall have

jurisdiction in other locations pursuant to an agreement authorized

by Section 360.15 et seq. of this title. Such agreement may

authorize the chief administrative officer of the law enforcement

agency to request assistance pursuant to the agreement. Campus

police officers, commissioned pursuant to Section 360.15 et seq. of

this title, shall have the same powers, liabilities, and immunities

as sheriffs or police officers within their jurisdiction.

B. As limited by law, the provisions of this section, and the

governing board, a CLEET certified campus police officer shall have

the authority to enforce:

1. State criminal statutes;

2. Municipal ordinances, if authorized by an agreement with the

municipality; and

3. Rules and regulations of the school, institution of higher

education or airport public trust or its beneficiary employing such

campus police officer.

C. As limited by law, the provisions of this section, and the

governing board, the campus police department shall have the same

authority as a municipal police department.

D. Campus police departments formed by private institutions of

higher education pursuant to Section 360.15 et seq. of this title

shall be deemed to be public agencies in the State of Oklahoma for

the limited purposes of enforcing the criminal statutes of Oklahoma

and making agreements with local law enforcement agencies or

political subdivisions of the state pursuant to Section 360.15 et

seq. of this title, provided, that the trustees of airport public

trusts shall also be deemed to be a public agency of this state as

provided in Section 179 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-904 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-904
Suits - Service of process - Persons aggrieved - Hearings
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System may sue and

be sued in its official name, but its officers, employees, and

agents shall not be personally liable for acts of the System. The

service of all legal process and of all notices which may be

required to be in writing, whether legal proceedings or otherwise,

shall be had on the executive director at his or her office. All

actions or proceedings directly or indirectly against the System

shall be brought in Oklahoma County, including petitions for

judicial review of individual proceedings under the Administrative

Procedures Act despite any other provision to the contrary.

B. 1. Any member or participating employer, or in the case of

a deceased member, a joint annuitant or beneficiary, aggrieved by

any order or decision of the System made without a hearing may,

within thirty (30) days after notice of the order or decision of the

System, make written request to the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System Board of Trustees for a hearing thereon. The

Board may refer any such request to a hearing examiner to conduct

the hearing and make recommended findings of fact and conclusions of

law to the Board. The Board shall enter final orders in all such

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matters which shall be considered by the Board under the provisions

of the Administrative Procedures Act.

2. Nothing contained in Section 901 et seq. of this title shall

require the observance at any hearing of the Board or a hearing

examiner designated by the Board of formal rules of pleading or

evidence.

3. The Board shall have jurisdiction under the Administrative

Procedures Act relating to any disputes arising from the

administration of the retirement or savings plans administered by

the Board, including disputes involving a member, joint annuitant,

beneficiary or participating employer of the System.

4. Upon written request reasonably made by a person affected by

the hearing at such person's expense, the Board shall cause a full

stenographic record of the proceedings to be made by a competent

court reporter. If transcribed, such record shall be a part of the

Board's record of the hearing, and a copy of such stenographic

record shall be furnished to any other party having a direct

interest therein at the request and expense of such party.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-362 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-362
Custody of public money
Status: in_force

He shall have charge of and safely keep all public monies which

shall be paid into the State Treasury, and pay out the same as

directed by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18l — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-18l
Collection of fees for legal services from certain
Status: in_force

agencies.

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The Office of the Attorney General may levy and collect a

reasonable fee from the Department of Consumer Credit, the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services, the Teachers' Retirement System

of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, the Oklahoma Industrial

Finance Authority, the Oklahoma Student Loan Authority, the

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the

Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the Board of Regents of Oklahoma

Colleges, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the

Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, the Oklahoma

Department of Veterans Affairs, the State Fire Marshal Commission,

the Commission on Children and Youth, the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the Oklahoma Human Rights

Commission, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, the

Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Tourism

and Recreation Department, and the Department of Rehabilitation

Services for the purpose of providing legal services requested by

such entities. All fees collected in accordance with the provisions

of this section shall be deposited in the Attorney General's

Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 20 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840.43 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840.43
Renumbered as § 840-3.5 of this title by Laws 1994, c
Status: in_force

242, § 54.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3917 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3917
Term of statutory entity - Monitoring new statutory
Status: in_force

entities.

A. Any statutory entity enumerated in the Oklahoma Sunset Law

shall, if re-created, be placed in this act to be terminated or re-

created not more than six (6) years thereafter.

B. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries shall monitor actions

of the State Legislature and maintain a list of all agencies,

boards, commissions, committees or other entities created or

authorized by law, and all entities created by a Governor's

Executive Order. The updated list shall be provided to the

Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the

Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and the chairs of

the appropriate House or Senate sunset committee within thirty (30)

days after sine die adjournment of each legislative session.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-8303 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-8303
Rural Action Partnership Program – Duties – Annual
Status: in_force

evaluation - Purpose.

A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce the Rural Action Partnership Program.

B. The Rural Action Partnership Program shall be responsible

for coordinating and assisting in:

1. Establishing a statewide toll free telephone program to serve

as a point of first contact between persons, business entities,

groups, associations, organizations, state and local government

officials and others for purposes of facilitating contact with

service providers, providing information regarding primarily rural

economic development entities, programs, resources and activities

and to provide assistance to persons, firms and representatives of

governmental entities attempting to establish or expand a for-profit

business in a rural area of the state;

2. Assisting in the coordination of primarily rural economic

development programs offered within the state;

3. Administering a rural economic development and employer

regional outreach program that divides the state into at least four

areas with each such area to be served by at least one rural

regional economic development coordinator who shall assist in the

establishment and coordination of rural economic development

partnerships;

4. The accumulation and organization of information to be used

as a rural economic development resource database, including, but

not limited to, contact information for persons, firms, groups,

organizations and others involved in rural economic development

issues, availability of federal, state and local incentive programs,

and, subject to available funding, the development and maintenance

of a rural development Internet web site to promote access to such

information;

5. A comprehensive survey of natural resources located or

available in primarily rural areas of the state in order to match

potential value-added business activity with such resources;

6. The sponsorship, with key economic development partners, of

periodic rural development summits or conferences for purposes of

communicating about the existence of the Rural Action Partnership

Program, availability of assistance, development of additional

services consistent with the mission of the Program and such matters

as may be conducive to improving the delivery of services with

respect to rural development programs and rural economic

development; and

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7. Providing such services and developing such programs,

functions or initiatives that may be necessary for or that would

promote the development of rural resources and the rural economy.

C. The mission of the Rural Action Partnership Program shall be

to foster healthy and sustainable rural communities through small

business retention, expansion, and entrepreneurial development.

D. The primary emphasis for the regional economic development

outreach specialists shall be to serve the needs of the communities

or regions with declining populations or with economic indicators

that suggest additional information and resources would be of

benefit to improve the economic conditions of such community.

E. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, in support of the

mission of the Rural Action Partnership Program, may request the

assistance of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Department of

Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oklahoma Tax

Commission, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, Oklahoma Department

of Tourism, Department of Transportation, the Oklahoma State Regents

for Higher Education, the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology Education or such other agencies, boards, commissions,

departments or other entities of state government as may be required

in order to assist with the implementation of the programs for which

the Rural Action Partnership Program is responsible.

F. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall conduct an annual

evaluation of the Rural Action Partnership Program. Not later than

December 31, 2007, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department

of Commerce shall make a report regarding the actions and functions

of the Rural Action Partnership Program to the Governor, Speaker of

the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore

of the State Senate. The report shall summarize the activity and

results of the Program and may contain recommendations for changes

in the functions of the Program, including changes in funding.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-128.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-128.3
Renumbered as § 326 of Title 61 by Laws 2013, c. 209, §
Status: in_force

38, eff. July 1, 2013.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3315.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3315.2
Potential areas for inclusion in State Register -
Status: in_force

Characteristics.

Any potential natural area recommended for inclusion in the

State Register shall possess one or more of the following

characteristics:

1. Rare, threatened, or endangered plant or animal species

habitat;

2. Outstanding plant community type which is representative of

the natural diversity of this state;

3. Outstanding geological element which is representative of

the geological history or processes of this state;

4. Outstanding aquatic elements which are representative of the

aquatic diversity of this state; or

5. Unusual natural features, such as vegetation types, virgin

stands, or other unique biological or ecological phenomena.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-130.18 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-130.18
Renumbered as § 142.9 of Title 40 by Laws 2014, c. 328,
Status: in_force

§ 22. Editorially renumbered as § 142.10 of Title 40 to avoid a

duplication in numbering.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-667 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-667
Officers - Meetings
Status: in_force

Initially, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall name

the chair of the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women and the

Speaker of the House of Representatives shall name the vice-chair.

Any other officers deemed necessary shall be elected from among the

members at the first meeting of the Commission. Thereafter, at the

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first meeting of each fiscal year, the Commission shall elect a

chair, a vice-chair and such other officers deemed necessary to

conduct the business of the Commission from among its members. The

Commission shall meet at least once every three (3) months and at

such other times as called by the chair or by a majority of the

Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9103 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9103
Not-for-profit foundation
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby authorized the establishment of a not-for-

profit foundation to raise funds for the Mental Wellness Division

Revolving Fund, created in Section 2 of this act, and the

achievement of the goals of this act.

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B. The foundation created pursuant to this section may receive

funds from any public or private source to carry out the purposes of

this act including, but not limited to, gifts or grants from any

department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or of

this state for any purpose consistent with the provisions of this

act.

C. Upon proper incorporation, the foundation shall secure tax-

exempt status under the appropriate provision of Section 501(c) of

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

D. Any member of the foundation who may have a financial

interest in an action under consideration by the foundation shall

abstain from voting on such matter.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-773 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-773
Attendance of witnesses and production of evidence
Status: in_force

A. During any session of the Legislature, and when the

Legislature is not in session, a legislative committee shall have

power to issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the

production of any papers, books, accounts, documents, testimony and

evidence, and to cause the deposition of witnesses, either residing

within or without the state, to be taken in the manner prescribed by

law for the taking of depositions in civil actions in the district

courts.

B. Failure of any person to comply with any subpoena issued in

behalf of said committee or the refusal of any witness to testify to

any matters regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, upon

application of the chairman or vice chairman of said committee or of

a member of said committee authorized thereby to make such

application, it shall be the duty of a judge of the district court

of any county to proceed with respect to such person in the same

manner and with the same powers to punish for contempt, as would be

the case if the refusal had been a refusal to comply with a subpoena

issued in a civil action, or a refusal of said person to testify in

a civil action in said court. It shall also be the duty of the

district court, when requested in the application, to issue

instanter and ex parte an order requiring such person to attend at

the time and place set out in said application to testify as a

witness, and directing such person to bring with him any book,

writing or other thing under his control, said orders to be served

as provided by law for the service of a subpoena. A judge of the

district court shall have power to punish or enforce compliance, by

attachment or otherwise, refusal to obey such orders as in other

cases of refusal to obey the orders and processes of the court. It

shall also be the duty of the judge of the district court, when

requested in the application, to issue instanter and ex parte an

attachment to the sheriff, any constable of the county, or the

sergeant at arms or assistant sergeant at arms of either house,

commanding him to arrest and bring such person before said committee

at the time and place set out in said application. If the

attachment is not for immediately bringing the witness before the

committee, the court may fix a sum in which such person may give an

undertaking with surety, for his appearance at the time and place

specified in said attachment; such sum shall be endorsed on the back

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of the attachment. If no sum is fixed and endorsed, it shall be One

Hundred Dollars ($100.00). If the said undertaking is not given,

the person shall be held in the county jail until taken by the

sheriff or other authorized person to the place at said time.