Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 1226 through 1226.16 of this title:

1. "Authority" shall mean the Native American Cultural and

Educational Authority, created by Section 1226.2 of this title, or,

if such Authority shall be abolished, the board, body, or commission

succeeding to the principal functions hereof or to whom the powers

given by Section 1226 et seq. of this title shall be given by law;

2. "Project" or "projects" shall mean any facilities

constructed or improvements made under the provisions of this act by

the Authority for the purpose of constructing a Native American

cultural center, museum and theme park, to also include commercial

facilities as herein defined, and shall embrace all buildings,

structures, landscaping, infrastructure, utilities, roadways,

parking structures, parking lots, sidewalks, personal property and

fixtures, equipment and machinery, and other improvements which the

Authority may deem necessary for the operation of such projects,

together with all property, rights, easements and interests which

may be acquired by the Authority for the construction or the

operation of such;

3. “Commercial facilities” shall mean facilities, including,

but not limited to, conference centers, hotels, motels, recreational

vehicle parks, festival marketplaces, restaurants, retail sales

facilities, studios and other facilities for the design, development

and manufacture of Native American art, crafts and cultural objects,

and uses related thereto and other supporting, complementary and

ancillary uses;

4. "Cost" as applied to a project shall include expenditures of

the Authority, other governmental agencies, and private entities, to

include past, present and future expenditures, and shall embrace the

cost of construction, the cost of the acquisition of all land,

rights-of-way, property, rights, easements and interests acquired by

the Authority for such construction, the cost of all machinery and

equipment, financing charges, provision for working capital,

interest prior to, during, and after construction and a reserve for

interest in such amounts as the Authority shall determine, cost of

engineering, architecture, planning, legal and accounting expenses,

plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost, and of revenues,

other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility

or practicability of constructing any such project, administrative

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expense, and such other expense as may be necessary or incident to

the construction of the project, the financing of such construction,

and the placing of the project in operation, and other expenditures

in furtherance of the objectives of Sections 1226 through 1226.16 of

this title;

5. "Owner" shall include all individuals, copartnerships,

associations, corporations, trusts, and any other person or entity

having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements, and

interests authorized to be acquired by Sections 1226 through 1226.16

of this title;

6. The phrase "operational services" shall mean services of a

maintenance or operational nature, including, but not limited to,

grounds maintenance and security services, provided by the

Authority, pursuant to an agreement between the Authority and any

service recipient; and

7. The phrase "other governmental agencies" shall mean the

State of Oklahoma or other agencies thereof, the national

government, other states or agencies thereof, public trusts,

municipalities, counties and other subdivisions of government.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3605 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3605
Contingency Review Board
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby re-created, the Contingency Review Board

consisting of the following ex officio voting members:

1. The Governor;

2. The Speaker of the House of Representatives;

3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and

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4. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the Board.

B. The Governor shall act as Chair of the Board. The Director

of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall be the

Executive Secretary of the Board and shall perform all the duties

pertaining to such position.

C. A simple majority of the total voting membership shall be

required to constitute a quorum and shall be necessary for any

official action of the Board.

D. The Board shall hold such meetings as are necessary to carry

out the purposes of this act. The Board shall meet at the call of

the Governor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1121 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1121
Indian Cultural Center Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury the "Indian

Cultural Center Revolving Fund," which shall be a continuing fund

not subject to fiscal year limitations. Said fund shall consist of

monies appropriated thereto by the Legislature, proceeds from the

sale of products and other business operations of said center and

monies donated, granted or otherwise acquired by said center.

Expenditures from said Indian Cultural Center Revolving Fund, herein

created, shall be used exclusively for purchasing raw materials,

items for resale, personal services, equipment, supplies,

construction, renovation and repair of said center and shall be made

on claims approved by the Division of Parks, Recreation and

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Waterways. The Division of Parks, Recreation and Waterways is

hereby authorized to accept for and on behalf of the Indian Cultural

Center contributions, gifts, bequests, devises, donations and other

monies, public and private, and tangible articles for use in

furthering the purposes of the center. Said Division is hereby

authorized and directed to cooperate with agencies of the federal

government and other units of government and to enter into contract

for furthering the purposes and objectives of said center.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1223 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1223
Agency responsible for monitoring Indian gaming compacts
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is hereby declared to

be the agency responsible, on behalf of the state, for monitoring

and oversight for compacts relating to Indian gaming that are

approved pursuant to Sections 1221 and 1222 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-130.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-130.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act:

1. "Alternative fuels" means natural gas and liquid fuels

produced from natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, ethanol,

methanol, electricity, biodiesel, coal-derived liquid fuels,

hydrogen and fuels derived from biological materials;

2. "Charge station" means the physical device that provides a

connection from a power source to an electric vehicle;

3. "Conversion kit" means the equipment installed to modify a

motor vehicle which is propelled by gasoline or diesel fuel so that

the vehicle may be propelled by an alternative fuel;

4. "Diesel fuel" means diesel engine fuel, and all other

liquids suitable for the generation of power for the propulsion of

motor vehicles except gasoline;

5. "Fill station" means the equipment and conveyance property

that provides the delivery and, if required, compression of an

alternative fuel other than electricity;

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6. "Gallon" means the quantity of fluid or liquid at a

temperature of sixty degrees (60°) Fahrenheit necessary to

completely fill a United States standard gallon liquid measure;

7. "Gasoline" means the same as motor fuel and means every

liquid petroleum product, or any combination thereof, other than

solvents as herein defined, having an A.P.I. gravity of forty-six

degrees (46°) or above at a temperature of sixty degrees (60°)

Fahrenheit and at atmospheric pressure, and includes drip,

casinghead or natural gasoline. The term gasoline also includes any

liquid of less than forty-six degrees (46°) A.P.I. gravity at a

temperature of sixty degrees (60°) Fahrenheit compounded, blended,

manufactured or otherwise produced by mixing or blending gasoline or

solvents with any blending materials, as hereinafter defined, when

the blended product can be used for generating power in internal

combustion engines, regardless of how such liquid is made,

compounded, manufactured or recovered and regardless of the name by

which such liquid may be known or sold;

8. "Government vehicle" means all motor vehicles, including,

but not limited to, transit vehicles operated by any entity pursuant

to Section 4031 et seq. of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes or

designated as public transit by the Department of Transportation,

buses, trucks, law enforcement vehicles and emergency vehicles,

owned and operated by the State of Oklahoma, any public trust

authority, county, municipality, town or city within this state;

9. "Sale" means sales, barters, exchanges, and every other

manner, method, and form of transferring the ownership of personal

property from one person to another, and also includes the use or

consumption in this state in the first instance of gasoline received

from without the state or of any other gasoline upon which the

surcharge has not been paid;

10. "School vehicle" means all buses and multi-passenger motor

vehicles owned and approved to operate by the State Department of

Education or any school district within this state; and

11. "Solvents" means especially prepared commercial and

industrial solvents, cleaners' and painters' naphthas, and raw

petroleum materials or petrochemical intermediates when used as or

sold for use in production or manufacture of plastics, detergents,

synthetic rubber, herbicides, insecticides and other chemicals or

products which are not prepared, advertised, offered for sale, or

sold for use or suitable for use as fuel for generating power in

internal combustion engines.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-369 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-369
Examination of monies and books
Status: in_force

He shall as often as required submit his books, accounts,

vouchers and the funds in the Treasury to the inspection of either

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branch of the Legislature, or any committee appointed for that

purpose by the Legislature or by the Governor; and the committee so

appointed are hereby empowered to administer to the Treasurer an

oath, and it shall be their duty to rigidly examine him and all his

clerks, deputies and others under oath touching all matters

connected with the business of his office; such committee shall

require the funds of the state in the hands of the Treasurer not

legally deposited in a bank to be produced in cash, and counted in

their presence, and shall see that the money so counted is not

borrowed, and to determine that fact, may compel any and all persons

to appear before them on subpoena issued by them and served and

testify fully, and if they have good reason to believe that any part

of the money so offered to be counted is borrowed, the committee

shall retain all the money so offered as the funds of the state, and

place it in safe keeping until the matter be fully investigated, and

if the Treasurer be retained in office the funds shall be returned

to him, if not retained, the funds shall be paid to his successor as

soon as he may be inducted into office. If there is good reason to

suspect any fraud in the Treasurer, the Governor shall appoint such

committee and order an investigation. Each member of said committee

shall be allowed Three Dollars ($3.00) per day for the time

necessarily employed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1561 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1561
Priority for fire protection training and education
Status: in_force

programs.

In conducting fire protection training and education programs,

the Commission shall give priority to volunteer fire departments

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and, when possible, shall require funded fire departments to pay a

fee, as determined by the Commission, for said programs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58L — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.58L
Risk Management Political Subdivision Participation
Status: in_force

Revolving Fund.

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

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

designated the "Risk Management Political Subdivision Participation

Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject

to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of any monies

transferred thereto by an act of the Legislature and any fees

collected by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and

deposited pursuant to law. All monies accruing to the credit of

said fund shall be expended by the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services for the purposes specified by this section and

the salaries and administrative expenses of support staff

responsible for administering the fund and expenses the Office

incurs to support program operations. Expenditures from the fund

shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against

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

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

B. Within the Risk Management Political Subdivision

Participation Revolving Fund, there is hereby created the

Conservation District Protection Account. The account shall be set

apart as a separate, permanent and perpetual account not subject to

fiscal year limitations and shall consist of:

1. All fees and other monies received pursuant to Section

85.58I of this title; and

2. Interest attributable to investment of monies in the

account.

C. 1. The monies deposited in the Risk Management Political

Subdivision Participation Revolving Fund shall at no time become

monies of any other state agency. Except as otherwise authorized by

this subsection, no monies from the Risk Management Political

Subdivision Participation Revolving Fund shall be transferred for

any purpose to any other state agency or be used for the purpose of

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contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other

state agency for any expense.

2. Monies in the Risk Management Political Subdivision

Participation Revolving Fund shall only be expended for:

a. the purposes specified by this section, and

b. costs incurred by the Comprehensive Professional Risk

Management Program for the administration of duties

this section specifies and expenses the Department

incurs to support program operations.

D. Any costs incurred by the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services pursuant to the provisions of this section shall

not exceed the actual expenditures made by the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services to implement the provisions of this section.

E. Payment of claims from the Risk Management Political

Subdivision Participation Revolving Fund shall not become or be

construed to be an obligation of this state. No claims submitted

for reimbursement or payment from the fund shall be paid with state

monies.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-63 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-63
General powers and authority of Office of Management and
Status: in_force

Enterprise Services.

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have

power to promulgate rules not inconsistent with the laws of this

state.

B. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have

charge of the construction, repair, maintenance, insurance, and

operation of all buildings owned, used, or occupied by or on behalf

of the state including buildings owned by the Oklahoma Capitol

Improvement Authority where such services are carried out by

contract with the Authority, except as otherwise provided by law.

Whenever feasible, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

may utilize the Construction Division of the Department of

Corrections for the construction and repair of buildings for the

Department of Corrections.

C. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall have authority to purchase all material and perform

all other duties necessary in the construction, repair, and

maintenance of all buildings under its management or control, shall

make all necessary contracts by or on behalf of the state for any

buildings or rooms rented for the use of the state or any of the

officers thereof, and shall have charge of the arrangement and

allotment of space in such buildings among the different state

officers except as otherwise provided by law.

D. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall not

have any authority or responsibility for buildings, rooms or space

under the management or control of the University Hospitals

Authority.

E. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have

the custody and control of all state property, and all other

property managed or used by the state, except military stores and

such property under the control of the State Banking Department and

the two houses of the State Legislature, shall procure all necessary

insurance thereon against loss and shall allot the use of the

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property to the several offices of the state, and prescribe where

the property shall be kept for public use.

F. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall keep

an accurate account of all property purchased for the state or any

of the departments or officers thereof, except that purchased for

and by the two houses of the State Legislature. The two houses

shall have the exclusive use, care, and custody of their respective

chambers, committee rooms, furniture, and property, and shall keep

their respective records of said furniture and property.

G. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall not

have any authority or responsibility for property purchased for or

under the management or control of the University Hospitals

Authority except as expressly provided by law.

R.L. 1910, § 8082. Amended by Laws 1935, p. 24, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 10, 1935; Laws 1983, c. 304, § 94, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1993,

c. 330, § 27, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 166, § 3, eff. July

1, 1996; Laws 2008, c. 319, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2009, c.

454, § 15; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 710; Laws 2025, c. 199, § 7, eff.

Nov. 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5062.22 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5062.22
Cooperation and services of other state officers and
Status: in_force

agencies.

All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions, and

commissions of this state including, but not limited to, the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the State Department of Health, the

Department of Transportation, the Oklahoma Securities Commission and

the Office of the Attorney General, shall cooperate with and render

such services, as feasible, to the Oklahoma Development Finance

Authority as may be within the area of their respective governmental

functions as fixed or established by law, and as may be requested by

the Authority. The cost and expenses of any such services shall be

met and provided by the Authority if such services are of the type

for which a fee is usually charged.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-166.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-166.5
Commission for Rehabilitation Services - Powers and
Status: in_force

duties - Trust for the School for the Blind and School for the Deaf.

A. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall have the

powers and duties to:

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1. Adopt bylaws and promulgate rules for the regulation of its

affairs and the conduct of its business;

2. Formulate policies and adopt rules for the effective

administration of the duties of the State Department of

Rehabilitation Services;

3. Adopt an official seal;

4. Establish an office;

5. Sue and to be sued, subject to the provisions of The

Governmental Tort Claims Act;

6. Make and enter into all contracts necessary or incidental to

the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers;

7. Purchase or lease equipment, furniture, materials and

supplies, and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to

maintain and operate the Commission and the State Department of

Rehabilitation Services, or to discharge its duties and

responsibilities or to make any of its powers effective;

8. Acquire by purchase, lease, gift, solicitation of gift or by

any other manner, and to maintain, use and operate or to contract

for the maintenance, use and operation of or lease of any and all

property of any kind, real, personal or mixed or any interest

therein unless otherwise provided by Section 166.1 et seq. of this

title; provided that, all contracts for real property shall be

subject to the provisions of Section 63 of this title;

9. Appoint such officers, agents and employees as it deems

necessary to operate and maintain the Commission and to prescribe

their duties and to fix their compensation;

10. Perform such other acts as shall be necessary for the

accomplishment of the purposes of Section 166.1 et seq. of this

title; and

11. Serve as trustee for the trust created in subsection B of

this section for the benefit of the Oklahoma School for the Blind

and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf.

B. 1. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services is hereby

authorized and directed to create a trust into which all real

property held by the Commission for the benefit of the Oklahoma

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

transferred.

2. The property placed in trust:

a. shall be held for the sole benefit of the Oklahoma

School for the Blind and the Oklahoma School for the

Deaf,

b. if not needed for use by the schools, may be leased or

rented to others and all income received from such

leases or rentals shall be payable to the Commission

and deposited in the Rehabilitation Services

Disbursing Fund for use by the Commission to fulfill

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the purposes of the Oklahoma School for the Blind and

the Oklahoma School for the Deaf, and

c. may be sold if the commissioners, acting as trustees,

determine that the sale is in the best interest of the

Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School

for the Deaf. The proceeds from the sale of the

property shall be held in the trust corpus and shall

be invested by the State Treasurer. Income derived

from the corpus shall be used by the Commission for

the purposes of the Oklahoma School for the Blind and

the Oklahoma School for the Deaf.

3. The corpus of the trust may be disbursed only upon

legislative approval.

4. The trust may be dissolved only upon legislative approval.

C. Upon the creation of the trust authorized in subsection B of

this section, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

provide all necessary assistance to the Department of Rehabilitation

Services to identify and transfer all real property held by or for

the benefit of the Oklahoma School for the Blind and the Oklahoma

School for the Deaf to the trust.

D. 1. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services may accept

and receive any and all gifts, donations, devices, bequests, grants

or contracts of any kind for money or property, either real or

personal, for the benefit of the Oklahoma School for the Blind and

the Oklahoma School for the Deaf.

2. The Commission is directed, authorized and empowered to hold

such funds or property outright or in trust, invest or sell the

property and use the principal or interest or proceeds of sale for

the benefit of the Oklahoma School for the Blind and the Oklahoma

School for the Deaf.

3. The Commission shall utilize its best efforts to comply with

the terms of any conditional gift, devise or bequest in fulfillment

of the donor's stipulations and provisions of applicable laws. Any

real or personal property donated with conditions which are at any

time determined to be infeasible to meet or continue may be returned

to the donor, or if the donor is no longer living, if a natural

person, or no longer a legally organized entity, for organizations,

then the property may be sold and the proceeds of the sale deposited

in the Commission's general fund or the property may be further

donated in kind.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-4.19 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-4.19
Authority to designate place of employment – Punitive
Status: in_force

transfers – Moving costs for nonpunitive transfers.

A state agency shall have sole and final authority to designate

the place or places where its employees shall perform their duties

except where the action was for disciplinary reasons. Such punitive

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transfers shall be subject to the Civil Service and Human Capital

Modernization Act. For transfers not deemed punitive, a partial

payment by the State of Oklahoma shall be paid to a certified

carrier for the cost of moving any employee permanently transferred

at the request of a state agency. A minimum cost shall be Two

Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) up to a maximum of twenty

percent (20%) of the employee's current salary.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 20
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3.1
Recording of official acts
Status: in_force

Official acts of the Governor shall be recorded and maintained

by the Secretary of State. Such official records shall be available

to the public as provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.19 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.19
Proceeds from obligations for American Indian Cultural
Status: in_force

Center and Museum – Purpose - Limits.

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A. Proceeds of the bonds or other obligations issued pursuant

to Section 304.2 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall only be

expended for the purpose of completing the American Indian Cultural

Center and Museum (AICCM).

B. Proceeds of the bonds or other obligations issued pursuant

to Section 304.2 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be

expended according to the limits of this subsection.

1. Upon certification by the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services (OMES) that a specific amount exceeding Ten

Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) in nonstate and nonfederal

donations, contributions, gifts and bequests for the purpose of

completing the AICCM has been deposited into the American Indian

Cultural Center and Museum Completion Fund created pursuant to

Section 1226.20 of this title, the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement

Authority (OCIA) and the Native American Cultural and Educational

Authority (Authority) shall be authorized to expend an amount to be

certified by OMES from the proceeds of bonds or other obligations

issued pursuant to Section 304.2 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. The Nine Million Dollars ($9,000,000.00) committed by the

City of Oklahoma City (City) pursuant to Section 1226.2 of this

title shall not be included within the amount certified pursuant to

this paragraph, regardless of when such funds are provided.

2. Following the initial certification provided by paragraph 1

of this subsection, OCIA and the Authority may expend additional

funds upon subsequent certifications by OMES that specific

additional amounts of nonstate and nonfederal donations,

contributions, gifts and bequests have been deposited into the

American Indian Cultural Center and Museum Completion Fund. OCIA or

the Authority may request such certifications at any time. Upon

such certifications, OCIA and the Authority shall be authorized to

expend equal amounts from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to

Section 304.2 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes. In no event may

total expenditures from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to

Section 304.2 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes exceed the total

amounts certified by OMES. The Nine Million Dollars ($9,000,000.00)

committed by the City pursuant to Section 1226.2 of this title may

be included within the amounts certified pursuant to this paragraph.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3003 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3003
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Section 3001 et seq. of this title:

1. "Blind person" means a person having a visual acuity not to

exceed 20/200 in the better eye, with correcting lenses, or visual

acuity greater than 20/200 but with limitation in the field of

vision such that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an

angle no greater than twenty (20) degrees;

2. "Council" means the State Use Advisory Council;

3. "Qualified nonprofit agency for the employment of people

with significant disabilities" means a nonprofit agency employing

persons with significant disabilities who constitute at least

seventy-five percent (75%) of the direct labor hours engaged in

direct production, manufacturing, processing and/or assembling of

products or services offered by the agency for procurement by this

state or who meet the definition of blind person as provided for in

paragraph 1 of this section, or which is certified as a sheltered

workshop by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States

Department of Labor;

4. "Person with significant disabilities" means an individual

with a physical or mental disability constituting a substantial

handicap to employment and preventing the person from engaging in

normal competitive employment and/or includes any blind person;

5. "Qualified organization" means a blind person or qualified

nonprofit agency for the employment of people with significant

disabilities contracting to supply goods or services;

6. "Manufactured" means goods made by manual labor;

7. "Produced" means to have brought into existence or created

from raw materials;

8. "Processed" means the action of taking something through an

established and mostly routine set of procedures or steps to

substantially convert a potential product from one form to another.

This action involves a sequence of multiple steps each requiring a

distinct decision-making process to evolve a potential product to

the next step;

9. "Assemble" means to put or fit together or put together the

parts of a potential product;

10. "Central nonprofit agency (CNA)" means a qualified 501(c)3

nonprofit entity meeting the qualifications in the Request for

Procurement (RFP) issued by the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services selected to administer and oversee the State Use Program;

and

11. "Procurement schedule" means a designated schedule of

products and services currently approved by the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services Central Purchasing Division as suitable to

procure from qualified organizations participating in the State Use

Program.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4105 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4105
Capitol Architect and Curator - Duties - Compensation
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the position of the Capitol

Architect and Curator who shall:

1. Develop the technical plans and programs for consideration

by the State Capitol Preservation Commission and the Long-Range

Capital Planning Commission with regard to restoration, renovation,

and preservation of the Capitol and the Governor's Mansion;

2. Develop and enforce standards adopted for acquisition and

display of works of art in and surrounding the Capitol and the

Governor's Mansion;

3. Coordinate space demands of the various agencies in the

Capitol and the Governor's Mansion;

4. Maintain a record of all structural and decor changes made

in the Capitol and the Governor's Mansion; and

5. Make recommendations to the State Capitol Preservation

Commission of necessary action on proposed modifications in decor or

design to ensure preservation and maintenance of the cultural and

historic integrity of the Capitol and the Governor's Mansion.

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

may contract for the services of a Capitol Architect and Curator or

employ such an individual on either a full- or part-time basis.

Compensation for the position will be in accord with similar

professional positions in state government.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-78e — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-78e
Fleet Management Division
Status: in_force

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services through the

Fleet Management Division may enter into agreements with political

subdivisions of the state to lease alternative fuel vehicles and

alternative fueling infrastructure constructed, installed or

acquired by the Office and to transfer title to the vehicles and

infrastructure and any associated real property to the political

subdivision upon final payment of the obligations contained in the

agreement.

B. The maximum amount the Office may expend for the

construction, installation or acquisition of an alternative fueling

infrastructure to be leased to a political subdivision of the state

shall be the actual cost of the infrastructure or Five Hundred

Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), whichever is less.

C. Payments received by the Office for the leasing of

alternative fuel vehicles and alternative fueling infrastructure as

provided for in this section shall be deposited in the State Fleet

Management Fund created in Section 78c of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.22 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.22
American Indian Cultural Center and Museum
Status: in_force

Postcompletion Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority

(Authority), to be designated the "American Indian Cultural Center

and Museum Postcompletion Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a

continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations. All monies

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

be budgeted and expended by the Authority. The fund shall consist

of monies received in the form of state appropriations and

unexpended operational funds remaining to the Authority upon its

termination as provided for by Section 1226.2 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. Monies deposited to the credit of the fund shall

only be expended for the purpose of making rental or other payments

to the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority to retire bonds or

other obligations issued for the benefit of the Authority or the

American Indian Cultural Center and Museum.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-62.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-62.4
Sale of surplus property – Disposition of proceeds –
Status: in_force

Discard or transfer – Disposal for a state agency.

A. Pursuant to rules promulgated by the Director of Central

Services, proceeds from the sale of the surplus property shall be

credited to a special cash fund created by Section 62.5 of this

title.

B. Any surplus property determined by a state agency to have

minimal or no value may be discarded or transferred to the

Department pursuant to rules the Director promulgates.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 125

C. If the Department disposes of a vehicle or equipment

pursuant to the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act for a state agency,

the Department shall remit the proceeds from the sale, less a

reasonable fee imposed by the Department for handling and

disposition, to the state agency.

D. The Director may expend proceeds accruing to the Department

within the special cash fund created by Section 62.5 of this title

to defray operating expenses for the State Surplus Property program

and expenses the Department incurs to support program operations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3106.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-3106.2
Renumbered as § 311.1 of Title 25 by Laws 2024, c. 246,
Status: in_force

§ 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5013.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5013.1
Minority Business Development Program Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the

"Minority Business Development Program 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 appropriations, gifts, grants,

private donations, fee revenues and funds by governmental 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 may be expended for the purposes of job creation and

enhancement and business creation and expansion of Oklahoma minority

owned businesses pursuant to law. All monies accruing to the credit

of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and

expended by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce 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.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1044
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.45f — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.45f
Report on contracts awarded to minority business
Status: in_force

On or before July 15 of each year, the State Purchasing Director

shall submit a report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on the

status of the percentile of state funds expended on contracts

awarded to minority business in the preceding fiscal year and

provide any report, statistic or information concerning the

compliance of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services with

the Oklahoma Minority Business Enterprise Assistance Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1003 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1003
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of Section 1001 et seq. of this title, the

term "public agency" shall mean:

1. Any political subdivision of this state;

2. Any agency of the state government or of the United States;

3. Each and every public trust of this state regardless of

whether the beneficiary of such trust is a municipality, a county,

or the State of Oklahoma, except the Oklahoma Ordnance Works

Authority;

4. Any corporation organized not for profit pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act, Section 1001 et

seq. of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the primary purpose

of developing and providing rural water supply and sewage disposal

facilities to serve rural residents or to provide community-based

services or assistance to clients of the Department of Mental Health

and Substance Abuse Services as provided in Section 2-106 of Title

43A of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Any political subdivision of another state; and

6. Any city-county health department created pursuant to

Section 1-210 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The term "state" shall mean a state of the United States and

the District of Columbia.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.17A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.17A
Bidding preferences - Reciprocity - Awarding contracts
Status: in_force

A. State agencies shall not discriminate against bidders from

states or nations outside Oklahoma, except as provided by this

section. State agencies shall reciprocate the bidding preference

given by other states or nations to bidders domiciled in their

jurisdictions for acquisitions pursuant to the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act. The Purchasing Division shall provide to certified

procurement officers information regarding the reciprocity provided

by other states. This information shall be used by state agencies

in evaluating bids.

B. For purposes of awarding contracts state agencies shall:

1. Give preference to goods and services that have been

manufactured or produced in this state if the price, fitness,

availability and quality are otherwise equal;

2. Give preference to goods and services from another state

over foreign goods or services if goods or services manufactured or

produced in this state are not equal in price, fitness, availability

or quality; and

3. Add a percent increase to the bid of a nonresident bidder

equal to the percent, if any, of the preference given to the bidder

in the state in which the bidder resides.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 173
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5066.5 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5066.5
Agreement to pay royalty fee
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce may enter into an agreement

with a potential licensor to receive a fee not to exceed an amount

equal to twenty percent (20%) of all royalties from any product

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1158

commercialized under the product development program for the life of

the license.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.21 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.21
Short title
Status: in_force

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

as the "Oklahoma Beginning Agricultural Producer Pool Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-62.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-62.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act:

1. "Authorized entity" means a political subdivision, school, a

multipurpose senior citizen center, as such term is defined in the

federal Older Americans Act of 1965, group or organization eligible

to acquire surplus property from a surplus property program;

2. "Surplus property" means items, commodities, materials,

supplies or equipment a state agency owns and determines to be

excess, obsolete, antiquated, unused or not needed;

3. "State agency" means any state board, bureau, commission,

department, authority, public trust, interstate commission, the

Judiciary, the Legislature, and the Office of the Governor;

4. "Office" means the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services;

5. "Director" means the Director of the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services;

6. "Surplus property program" means programs the Director

establishes for the purchase, sale and disposal of surplus property;

7. "Sale" means methods the Director uses to dispose of surplus

property; and

8. "Minimal value" or "no value" means surplus property that

has less value than the costs the Office may incur to sell, trade or

dispose of the surplus property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.4A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.4A
Native American Cultural and Educational Authority -
Status: in_force

Contractual agreements.

With respect to approval of agreements for the planning,

construction, development, operation, maintenance, and

administration of commercial facilities which support, enhance, or

contribute to the American Indian Cultural Center, the Native

American Cultural and Educational Authority, notwithstanding any

other provision of law, may enter into contractual agreements

without approval from the Office of Management and Enterprise

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 762

Services, and the provisions of the Public Building Construction and

Planning Act, Section 202 et seq. of Title 61 of the Oklahoma

Statutes and Sections 60 through 65 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma

Statutes shall not apply. With the exception of the development of

the commercial facilities described in this section, this section

shall not be construed to enlarge the powers of the Native American

Cultural and Educational Authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1302 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1302
Purpose
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that the purpose of this act is:

(a) To provide uniformity in Accident and Health Insurance

and/or Benefits Coverage and Life Insurance on all employees of the

State of Oklahoma;

(b) To enable the state to attract and retain qualified

employees by providing health, dental and life insurance benefits

similar to those commonly provided in private industry;

(c) To recognize and protect the state's investment in each

permanent employee by promoting and preserving good health and

longevity among state employees;

(d) To recognize the service to the state by elected and

appointed officials by extending to them the same health, dental and

life insurance benefits as are provided herein for state employees;

(e) To recognize long and faithful service, and to encourage

employees to remain in state service until eligible for retirement

by providing health, dental and life insurance benefits for

employees; and

(f) To ensure state compliance with the Health Maintenance

Organization Act of 1973 pursuant to 42 U.S.C., Section 300e et seq.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5003.10e — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5003.10e
Work-based Learning Program
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Work-based Learning Program.

The Governor's Council on Workforce and Economic Development shall

have authority over the program. The Governor's Council shall

coordinate the program by establishing partnerships with the State

Department of Education, the State Regents for Higher Education, the

State Department of Career and Technology Education, the Oklahoma

Board of Private Vocational Schools, the Secretary of State and

business entities throughout the state. The Oklahoma Employment

Security Commission, serving as the Workforce Innovation and

Opportunity Act designee as established by the Governor in Executive

Order 2023-21, shall have the official duty to develop and maintain

a Work-based Learning Program within its jurisdiction and will

collaborate, specifically related to registered apprenticeships,

with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education in

its focus on increasing the number of registered apprenticeships and

internship programs, defined as paid and unpaid work experience by

the United States Department of Labor as contained in 20 CFR

681.600, in this state to at least an aggregate of twenty thousand

positions by the end of the calendar year 2020. All partners

participating in the Work-based Learning Program shall be required

to provide their expertise, time and resources as deemed necessary

to advance and sustain the work-based learning goals of Oklahoma

Works to assist with publishing an annual progress report showing

each state agency's steps and accomplishments toward meeting

statewide workforce goals and to network and coordinate with other

public and private entities in an effort to align all state

agencies, boards and commissions and the private business sector in

meeting Oklahoma Works goals.

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B. The Work-based Learning Program shall include the following

components:

1. Coordinate work-based learning opportunities through the

state's labor market and labor exchange systems to connect youth and

adults in public and private sectors;

2. Work toward increasing the number of youth and adults

participating successfully in public and private work-based learning

opportunities;

3. Set standards for equality and fair access to quality work-

based learning experiences for all Oklahomans, including, but not

limited to, women, out-of-school youth, adults, African Americans,

Hispanics, Native Americans, veterans, individuals with disabilities

and other target populations identified in the federal Workforce

Innovation and Opportunity Act;

4. Promote quality work-based learning experiences which are

developmentally appropriate, including an orientation for all

parties, identify learning objectives for the term of the

experience, explore multiple aspects of an industry, develop

workplace skills and competencies, assess performance, provide

opportunities for work-based reflection, link appropriate next steps

and see that all aspects are documented and reported and comply with

state and federal labor laws;

5. Convene industry partners to develop industry-specific

standards for internships in order to aid employers with the

creation of rigorous internship programs; and

6. Prioritize paid work-based learning experiences to ensure

equity and access.

C. Each organization seeking to be a registered Work-based

Learning Program in Oklahoma shall either:

1. Be registered as a Work-based Learning Program, such as an

apprenticeship, with the United States Department of Labor; or

2. File a certificate each year in the Office of the Secretary

of State, which shall confirm such an organization is an active

participant in Oklahoma's registered Work-based Learning Program.

The certificate to be filed shall include:

a. the name of the business, nonprofit organization or

government organization,

b. the street address of the organization,

c. the name of the primary contact for the organization,

d. the electronic mail address for the primary contact of

the registered organization,

e. the registered organization's North American Industry

Classification System code (NAICS), if applicable,

f. the number and type of work-based learning

opportunities proposed for the year, the estimated

term of each opportunity, the proposed occupations,

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and estimated number of hours per week of each

opportunity, if available,

g. the number and type of work-based learning

opportunities proposed for the year, the estimated

term of each opportunity, the proposed occupations,

and the estimated number of hours per week of each

opportunity, if available,

h. signed acknowledgement of the application by the

primary contact, and

i. the annual renewal shall be due on the anniversary

date of filing the registration application.

The filing shall be made electronically via the Secretary of

State website.

D. The annual certificate of participation shall be due on the

anniversary date of original registration, as the case may be, until

cancellation of the work-based organization in the Work-based

Learning Program.

E. The Secretary of State shall, at least sixty (60) days

before the anniversary date each year of a participating

organization, cause a notice of renewal of the annual certificate to

be sent to such organization to its last known electronic mail

address of record filed with the Secretary of State. At the time of

renewal, the organization shall provide a Work-based Learning

Program annual summary, including for each position offered:

1. The number of opportunities posted;

2. The number of opportunities hired;

3. The type of work-based learning opportunities offered (e.g.,

internship, apprenticeship);

4. The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code;

5. The performance evaluation criteria utilized;

6. The term of the position;

7. The number of hours per week;

8. Paid or unpaid status;

9. Academic credit awarding institution, if applicable;

10. Academic hours awarded, if applicable; and

11. The gender, age and ethnicity of hires, if available.

F. A registered organization that fails to file the annual

renewal and pay the annual renewal fee by the anniversary date of

registration shall cease to be a registered organization with the

Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development.

G. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect the

following fees:

1. For filing the original application, a fee of Fifty Dollars

($50.00) submitted to the Secretary of State; and

2. For filing subsequent annual renewals, a fee of Twenty-five

Dollars ($25.00) submitted to the Secretary of State.

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H. To coordinate with statewide career pathways efforts,

registered organizations under this program shall recruit

participants by posting job announcements on the state labor market

exchange system. Job announcements shall include the registered

organization number as assigned by the Secretary of State.

I. The Secretary of State shall transfer on July 1 of each

fiscal year an amount based on the Governor's Council for Workforce

Development annual budget not to exceed Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand

Dollars ($850,000.00) annually from the Secretary of State revolving

fund to support the administration of the program and business

registration to help enable the development of the state's talent

pipeline.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-52 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-52
Restrictions on biotechnology equipment and services for
Status: in_force

state agencies.

A. For purposes of this section:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 117

1. “Biotechnology company of concern” means an entity

designated by the federal government to be under the control of a

foreign adversary and that poses a risk to national security based

on the company’s research of multiomic data collection; and

2. “Multiomics” means a biological analysis method that

combines data from multiple research areas, including, but not

limited to, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, and

metabolomics in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of

complex biological processes.

B. Any state agency that receives federal or state funds shall

not be authorized to use or procure any biotechnology equipment or

service that originates from a company designated by the federal

government to be a biotechnology company of concern nor shall any

such state agency contract with an entity that uses or procures such

biotechnology.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1907 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1907
Renumbered as § 2292 of Title 74 by Laws 2005, c. 363, §
Status: in_force

89, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1153 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1153
Oklahoma members of commission - Participation in
Status: in_force

activities - Reimbursement for expenses.

It is hereby provided by the law of the State of Oklahoma that

upon the establishment of such multistate regional commission or

commissions, referred to in Sections 1151 and 1152 hereof, the State

of Oklahoma member of such commission or commissions shall be the

Governor of the State of Oklahoma and the State of Oklahoma

alternate for such commission or commissions shall be the Director

of the Oklahoma Industrial Development and Park Commission. The

participation of said state officials in the activities of said

commission or commissions, attendance at meetings thereof and

related functions in connection therewith, shall be a part of the

regular and official duties of said state officials, to be performed

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 742

without additional salary or compensation to them from the State of

Oklahoma, except that travel and related expenses of said state

officials in connection with such added duties shall be reimbursed

by the State of Oklahoma the same as is now provided by law for

reimbursement of such expenses in connection with the official

duties of said state offices.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-929 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-929
Vending stand operators and managers - Eligibility and
Status: in_force

enrollment in system.

A. Any person who is licensed by the Department of

Rehabilitation Services as a vending stand operator or managing

operator shall be eligible for membership in the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System established by Sections 901 through 928

of this title. Enrollment in the System shall be optional with each

operator under regulations prescribed by the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees. Persons who elect to

participate in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be considered as

state employees only for retirement purposes and shall make

contributions pursuant to the provisions of Section 919.1 of this

title. Any payment or contributions to be made for members of the

System shall be payable by the operator in such manner as may be

determined by the Department of Rehabilitation Services, and shall

not be a responsibility or liability of the Department of

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

discretion, make all or a part of such payments.

B. Any person first licensed under this section on or after

November 1, 2015, shall not be eligible for membership in the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System established by Sections

901 through 928 of this title, but such person shall be eligible for

participation in the defined contribution plan as set forth in

Section 2 of Enrolled House Bill No. 2630 of the 2nd Session of the

54th Oklahoma Legislature, as amended by Section 2 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.14 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.14
Renumbered as Section 27 of Title 1 of the Oklahoma
Status: in_force

Statutes by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.15 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.15
Financial condition report
Status: in_force

The Authority shall make and submit to the Governor, within

ninety (90) days of the close of the Authority's fiscal year, a full

report showing the financial condition of the Authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-930.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-930.8
Public Employees Retirement System - Increase of
Status: in_force

benefits.

Beginning July 1, 2004, any person receiving benefits from the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as of June 30, 2003, who

continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2004, shall

receive a percentage increase in said benefits on July 1, 2004, as

follows:

Years of Service Monthly Benefit

of the Retired Member as of June 30, 2004 Benefit Increase

20 years or more Less than $1,500.00 4.5%

$1,500.00 to $2,500.00 4.0%

Over $2,500.00 3.5%

15 to 19 years Less than $1,000.00 4.0%

$1,000.00 to $2,000.00 3.5%

Greater than $2,000.00 3.0%

Less than 15 years $800.00 or less 3.5%

$800.01 to $1,499.99 3.0%

$1,500.00 or greater 2.5%
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.58A
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 74-85.58Av1 (SB 1559, Laws 2024, c. 82, § 1).

OS 74-85.58Av2 (HB 3586, Laws 2024, c. 245, § 4).

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 210
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5045.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5045.1
Substate planning districts - Hiring registered
Status: in_force

professional engineers.

Each substate planning district within the State of Oklahoma is

authorized to hire or contract for the services of one or more

registered professional engineers to provide services for the

governmental entities which are members of the substate planning

district. No substate planning district shall provide technical and

professional engineering, architectural, planning or land surveying

service to any person, entity or governmental subdivision of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1063

State of Oklahoma unless the person, entity or governmental

subdivision is a member of the substate planning district providing

the services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-76a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-76a
Appropriations for mailing service - Statement of
Status: in_force

operations.

Appropriations made to the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for the mailing service shall be used for the acquisition,

purchase, lease, repair, and replacement of equipment needed in the

operation of the mailing service, and may be used for the payment of

salaries, and in the purchase of necessary postage, materials and

supplies, and in the payments of the administrative expenses of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services in connection with the

operation of the mailing service. At the end of each month the

Office shall furnish a statement, on such reasonable basis of pieces

of mail and communications handled, as shall be established by the

Office, to all state agencies and departments to which the mailing

service has been furnished. All amounts collected shall be

deposited pursuant to Sections 76 through 76b of this title to the

credit of the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. Any

proceeds from the sale or disposition of any equipment or property

used by the Office in the operation of the mailing service shall be

deposited to the credit of the State Treasury.

1976 S.J.R. No. 1, p. 618, § 2, operative July 1, 1976. Amended by
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-10.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-10.6
Renumbered as § 51.1 of this title by Laws 2004, c. 157,
Status: in_force

§ 8, emerg. eff. April 26, 2004.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5030 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5030
Weatherization Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

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

fund to be designated as the "Weatherization Revolving Fund", which

shall consist of all monies appropriated or transferred to the fund.

Said revolving fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal

year limitations and shall be under the administration of the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce and may be disbursed without

legislative appropriation. Warrants for expenditures from said

revolving fund shall be drawn by the State Treasurer, based on

claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce and approved for payment by the Director of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. It is hereby

declared that energy conservation is in the interest of the State of

Oklahoma. The purpose of this fund is to provide monies to be used

for the purpose of weatherizing households in Oklahoma thereby

conserving the oil and natural gas resources of the state.

B. On July 1, 1986, any unallotted cash balance in the

Weatherization Revolving Fund created in Section 1537.1 of this

title shall be transferred to the Weatherization Revolving Fund

created in this section. All outstanding financial obligations and

encumbrances of the Weatherization Revolving Fund created in Section

1537.1 of this title are hereby transferred to the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce. After November 15, 1986, any unexpended

balance in the Weatherization Revolving Fund created in Section

1537.1 of this title shall be transferred to the Weatherization

Revolving Fund created in this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.12 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.12
Renumbered as Section 24 of Title 1 of the Oklahoma
Status: in_force

Statutes by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5010.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5010.3
Office of Minority and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise - Creation - Powers and
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 41Enterprise - Creation - Powers and duties - Reports.

A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce, the Office for Minority and Disadvantaged Business

Enterprises. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce

shall appoint a director for the Office for Minority and

Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. The appointed director shall

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employ such persons as are necessary to implement the powers and

duties of the Office.

B. In performing the services set out in subsection A of this

section, the Office shall:

1. Promote the establishment of minority and disadvantaged

businesses with technical assistance;

2. Serve as a focal point and ombudsman in state government for

minority and disadvantaged business entrepreneurs and coordinate

efforts by state agencies, business development organizations, and

the private sector as they relate to the development of minority and

disadvantaged business enterprises;

3. Serve as an information clearinghouse and disseminator of

data for minority and disadvantaged businessmen by:

a. compiling and keeping updated a listing of all

minority and disadvantaged businesses in the State of Oklahoma,

b. furnishing to all minority and disadvantaged

business enterprises that request it information relating to the

state procurement system, state-supported construction, and state-

supported subcontracting opportunities, and

c. upon request by such a businessman, reviewing

the licensure process, regulations, and administrative procedures of

state agencies relating to private enterprise;

4. Encourage development of capital resources for minority and

disadvantaged business entrepreneurs;

5. Strengthen the communication link between minority and

disadvantaged businessmen and the Governor's office;

6. Assist business development organizations and activities

which require the cooperation of state agencies;

7. Provide assistance to minority and disadvantaged businesses

by advising and counseling on all phases of procurement policies, by

obtaining information concerning prime contractors in letting

subcontracts and by encouraging subcontracting by prime contractors

to minority and disadvantaged businesses;

8. Receive funding from sources other than the state to

further this assistance;

9. Make studies and conduct workshops, conferences and

seminars with owners and employees of minority and disadvantaged

businesses to enhance their understanding of business management,

bidding, licensing procedures, procurement procedures and any other

activities incident to their positions in business;

10. Develop training and educational programs in cooperation

with institutions, associations and other state, local and federal

agencies, and coordinate the training efforts of the various

organizations presently providing technical assistance to minority

and disadvantaged businesses;

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11. Encourage and provide the direction and coordination to

secure franchises and dealerships from private firms for minority

and disadvantaged businesses;

12. Continually evaluate the progress of minority and

disadvantaged businesses through monitoring and techniques of

evaluations such as surveys and feasibility studies; and

13. Review and evaluate pertinent legislation and determine

its effect upon minority and disadvantaged businesses and make

appropriate recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature.

C. The Office shall submit an annual report to the Governor,

the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate prior to January 1 of each year. The report

shall describe the Office's activities on behalf of minority and

disadvantaged businesses, including but not limited to research and

development, technical assistance and dissemination of data and

information; furthermore, such report shall make recommendations for

strengthening or improving the business climate for minority and

disadvantaged businesses in this state through legislation or other

means. Additionally, the report shall list all businesses to which

assistance was rendered during the period covered by the report and

the nature of such assistance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58R — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.58R
Elective state officers - Blanket bond
Status: in_force

Each elective state officer shall, before entering office, give

surety in an amount and upon terms and conditions as may be

specified and provided by this act. Such blanket bond shall be

furnished by a company duly qualified under the insurance laws of

this state. The blanket bond shall be payable to the State of

Oklahoma and, whenever possible, conditioned on the faithful

performance of the duties of the individuals covered by the

provisions of this act during their employment or term of office and

that they will properly account for all monies and property received

by virtue of their position or employment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2237 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2237
Creation of division - Sale of advertising - Public
Status: in_force

inspection of articles and photographs.

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A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Tourism and

Recreation Department, the “Oklahoma Today Magazine” Division. The

Division shall be responsible for the publication of the “Oklahoma

Today Magazine” a minimum of six times per year.

B. “Oklahoma Today Magazine” is hereby authorized to sell

advertising. All advertising shall be approved by the appropriate

division director prior to acceptance for publication.

C. In addition to a regular salary, any employee of the

“Oklahoma Today Magazine” who obtains advertising, bulk

subscription, newsstand, or ancillary product sales, for “Oklahoma

Today Magazine”, at the discretion of the Executive Director, may be

awarded additional compensation in the form of a commission on net

sales by the employee. The commission shall not exceed twenty-five

percent (25%), with the commission percentage to be determined by

the Executive Director. In no case shall the additional

compensation, when combined with the salary of the employee, exceed

ninety-five percent (95%) of the salary of the Executive Director.

Commission payments shall be paid monthly, based on collected

revenues from sales by the employee.

D. The sale of advertising and negotiation of rates for the

advertising shall not be subject to The Oklahoma Central Purchasing

Act of 1974 or the Administrative Procedures Act.

E. “Oklahoma Today Magazine” articles, and photographs produced

by or for “Oklahoma Today Magazine”, shall be available for public

inspection during Department business hours. The Department shall

not be required to provide copies or allow copying of the magazine,

articles, or photographs other than as the Department provides

copies of “Oklahoma Today Magazine” for newsstand and subscription

sales.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58S — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.58S
Classification of officers and employees for coverage
Status: in_force

under bond.

A. For purposes of this act, each head of a department,

institution, agency, commission, authority or other body of state

government shall determine and classify the officers or employees

under his jurisdiction and control who are required to give surety

to the state, having due regard for the duties and responsibilities

of any such office or employment and shall require such surety in

such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as may be specified

and provided by this act.

B. In determining which officers or employees shall be bonded,

the head of the department, agency, institution, commission,

authority or other body of state government may make such

determination by classes of employees with due regard to the duties

and responsibilities of officers and employees falling within such

class.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.45j.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.45j.11
Oklahoma Supplier Diversity Initiative
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the "Oklahoma Supplier Diversity

Initiative", which shall be a state-sponsored supplier diversity

program to provide a resource for state agencies and private

businesses to utilize diverse firms in procurement opportunities to

encourage growth in the economy of the state. The program shall

provide convenience for qualified and certified small business

enterprises and minority business enterprises in contracting

projects in underserved areas.

B. The program shall allow diverse business enterprises to

register with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and

allow registered vendors to be automatically notified of

opportunities to do business with the state for specific

commodities. The program shall provide for simplified vendor

registration processes.

C. The program shall authorize the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce to develop a diversity certification program to qualify and

certify diverse business enterprises for the state.

D. To qualify for the program, businesses shall have less than

five hundred total employees, an annual revenue equal to or less

than Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) and be certified

as one of the following:

1. An Oklahoma Department of Transportation Disadvantaged

Business Enterprise;

2. Any of the following entities certified by the United States

Small Business Administration:

a. Woman-Owned Small Business,

b. Minority-Business Enterprise,

c. Small Disadvantaged Business,

d. Service-disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business,

e. HUBZone Small Business Concern, and

f. 8(a) Business Development Program;

3. A Native American-owned Business; or

4. A Veteran-owned Business.

E. The Central Purchasing Division of the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services shall:

1. Amend the vendor registration process to require diversity

certification check off and size standard information; and

2. Create a search tool for all state agencies and public or

private entities to utilize to obtain contact information for

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diverse firms for the purpose of promoting procurement opportunities

within the state.

F. On or before September 1 of each year, the State Purchasing

Director shall submit a report to the Governor, the Speaker of the

House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate

on the status of the percentile of state funds expended on contracts

awarded to a certified Oklahoma Department of Transportation

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and all of the entities certified

by the United States Small Business Administration mentioned in

subsection D of this section in the preceding fiscal year. The

report may include related economic impacts when applicable. The

report, statistics or other information concerning the participation

in the program shall be retained by the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services.

G. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall promulgate rules

to create and administer the Oklahoma Supplier Diversity Initiative.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.17v1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.17v1
Raises - Salary adjustments
Status: in_force

A. Unless otherwise provided by the Oklahoma Constitution,

statutory authority to set or fix compensation, pay or salary of

state officers and employees shall not be construed to authorize any

agency, board, commission, department, institution, bureau,

executive officer or other entity of the executive branch of state

government to award, grant, give, authorize, or promise any officer

or employee of the State of Oklahoma a raise that is inconsistent

with the compensation schedules established by the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for all state officers and

employees in the executive branch pursuant to Section 840-4.6 of

this title, including, but not limited to, a cost-of-living raise or

any other type of raise that would be given to state employees on an

across-the-board basis, except as herein provided. Such raises are

prohibited unless authorized by the Legislature and by rules

promulgated by the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services. This prohibition applies to all officers and

employees in the executive branch of state government, excluding

institutions under the administrative authority of the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education.

B. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to

prohibit the following actions if the action is made in good faith

and not for the purpose of circumventing subsection A of this

section, and if the appointing authority certifies that the action

can be implemented for the current fiscal year and the subsequent

fiscal year without the need for additional funding to increase the

personal services budget of the agency, and if the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services certifies that the action is

consistent with the compensation schedules established pursuant to

the provisions of Section 840-4.6 of this title:

1. Salary advancements on promotion to a job family level or

class with a higher salary band;

2. Salary adjustments resulting from a pay band change for a

job family level or class adopted by the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services;

3. Increases in longevity payments pursuant to Section 840-2.18

of this title;

4. Payment of overtime, special entrance rates, pay

differentials;

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5. Payment of wages, salaries, or rates of pay established and

mandated by law;

6. Market adjustments for job family levels tied to market

competitiveness;

7. Intra-agency lateral transfers, provided that the adjustment

does not exceed five percent (5%) and the adjustment is based on the

needs of the agency;

8. Skill-based adjustments. Such adjustments, which are

implemented before November 1, 2006, other than lump-sum payments,

shall become permanent after twenty-four (24) months from the date

such salary adjustment is implemented and may not later be removed

from an employee's base salary if a furlough or reduction-in-force

is implemented by the appointing authority granting such salary

adjustment. Skill-based pay adjustments, which are implemented on

or after November 1, 2006, and which are paid to an employee, shall

be paid as long as the employee remains employed in the position and

performs the skills for which the differential is due, but shall not

be included as a part of the employee's base salary;

9. Equity-based adjustments;

10. Performance-based adjustments for employees who received at

least a "meets standards" rating on their most current performance

rating;

11. Career progression increases as an employee advances

through job family levels; or

12. Salary adjustments not to exceed five percent (5%) for

probationary employees achieving permanent status following the

initial probationary period and permanent employees successfully

completing trial periods after intra-agency lateral transfer or

promotion to a different job family level or following career

progression to a different job family level.

C. The pay movement mechanisms described in paragraphs 6

through 11 in subsection B of this section shall be implemented

pursuant to rules promulgated by the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services.

D. Appointing authorities may implement the pay movement

mechanisms in paragraphs 6 through 12 in subsection B of this

section subject to the availability of funds within the agency's

budget for the current fiscal year and subsequent fiscal year

without the need for additional funding to increase the personal

services budget of the agency. Failure by the appointing authority

to follow the provisions of this subsection may cause the withdrawal

of the use of the pay movement mechanisms provided in paragraphs 6,

7, 9, 10 and 11 of subsection B of this section within the agency

during the next appropriations cycle.

E. The provisions in subsection B of this section shall not

apply to chief executive officers of any agency, board, commission,

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department or program except for paragraphs 3 and 5 of subsection B

of this section.

F. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall file

a quarterly report with the Offices of the Governor, Speaker of the

Oklahoma House of Representatives, and President Pro Tempore of the

Oklahoma State Senate listing, by agency, all increases in wages,

salaries or rates of pay and any changes to title or classification

of each employee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.26 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.26
Renumbered as § 85.58Q of this title by Laws 2020, c
Status: in_force

98, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-500.6 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-500.6
Travel by privately owned or chartered airplane -
Status: in_force

Reimbursement of fuel costs for personal aircraft used in criminal

pursuits or searches.

A. Travel by any state officer or employee on official state

business on any privately owned or chartered airplane may be

reimbursed in an amount which, when added to per diem and

reimbursement for lodging for that trip, does not exceed the

equivalent of automobile mileage plus per diem and reimbursement for

lodging had a privately owned automobile been used for the trip.

The provisions of Section 500.4 of this title shall apply to

calculation of automobile mileage equivalent in this section.

B. Upon completion of each trip, the pilot of any airplane

owned by this state shall enter into a record book the names of all

passengers on the airplane, date, destination, mileage, duration,

purpose, and expense of the trip. The pilot shall sign each entry

in the record book. Said book may be inspected by the State Auditor

and Inspector.

C. Expenses of the trip are to be charged to the state

departments or agencies of the officers or employees using the

airplane. For the purposes of this section the term expense of the

trip shall include but is not limited to the cost of operating the

airplane, the duration of the trip, and the salary of the pilot.

D. Any non-elected law enforcement official or citizen who

offers for use his or her personal airplane or aircraft for searches

or criminal pursuits may be reimbursed by the public entity

requesting such assistance for the cost of fuel used during such

official business. Each public entity authorizing the use of any

airplane or other aircraft for such purpose shall establish a policy

to verify information they deem necessary to reimburse such

individual for cost of fuel used pursuant to this subsection. Such

information shall be recorded and made available by the public

entity in the same manner as required for other expenditures of

public funds by the public entity.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1314.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1314.1
Employment Security Commission - System of Higher
Status: in_force

Education - Participation - Payroll deductions.

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and the Oklahoma

State System of Higher Education have provided and may continue to

provide hospital and medical benefits, accident, health, and life

insurance, or any of the aforesaid, in any company authorized to do

business in the State of Oklahoma, for any or all of its officers or

employees, and said Commission and the Oklahoma State System of

Higher Education may pay a portion or all of said premiums from any

of the Commission's or the Oklahoma State System of Higher

Education's general funds, and may deduct from the wages or salary

of any such officer or employee, upon written authority signed by

the officer or employee, amounts for the payment of all or any

portion of the monthly premium for same.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5085.15 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5085.15
Distribution of remaining monies - General revenue
Status: in_force

fund.

Within thirty (30) days after the Oklahoma Science and

Technology Research and Development Board or any subsidiary or

affiliate of the Board has made payment of any remaining expense or

obligation created by the Board or by the subsidiary or affiliate,

pursuant to the terms of any promissory note, loan agreement,

guaranty agreement, investment agreement, or other contract or

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1173

agreement, any remaining monies paid to either the Board or any

subsidiary or affiliate of the Board pursuant to the terms of an

agreement or contract entered into prior to June 8, 2012, shall be

paid by the Board or by its subsidiary or affiliate to the General

Revenue Fund of the State Treasury.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.44C — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.44C
Contract allowing vendor or service provider to acquire
Status: in_force

ownership of material or equipment furnished pursuant to contract.

Whether or not a state agency is subject to the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act, no agency shall enter into any contract which

provides for the state or state agency to furnish material or

equipment to be used by the supplier contracting with the state in

the performance of the contract if the contract allows the vendor or

service provider to acquire ownership of the material or equipment

during or after the term of the contract in any manner other than

through competitive bidding or a public sale procedure.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-913.9 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-913.9
Retirement – Annual leave and sick leave
Status: in_force

A. All persons employed by CompSource Oklahoma prior to the

effective date of this act shall remain members of the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System until retirement or termination.

B. Effective January 1, 2015, for all employees who remain

members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System pursuant

to subsection A of this section, CompSource Mutual Insurance Company

shall pay the required employer contributions applicable to the

participating employers in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

System pursuant to Section 920 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes

and the employee shall continue to pay employee contributions as

required by Section 919.1 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. All employees of CompSource Mutual Insurance Company who

remain members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

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pursuant to subsection A of this section shall continue to be

eligible employees for purposes of Sections 901 through 932 of Title

74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. CompSource Mutual Insurance Company

shall be considered a participating employer, as defined by

paragraph (25) of Section 902 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes

only for such employees.

D. No person initially employed by CompSource Mutual Insurance

Company after the effective date of this act shall be allowed to

participate in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

during the term of their employment with the Company, regardless of

whether that employee was previously employed by a participating

employer in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

including CompSource Oklahoma.

E. 1. All annual leave and sick leave accumulated prior to

January 1, 2015, by an employee who remains a member of the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to subsection A of this

section will be recognized by the CompSource Mutual Insurance

Company, subject to all accrual limitations in the Oklahoma

Statutes.

2. Effective January 1, 2015, employees of CompSource Mutual

Insurance Company shall not accrue annual leave and sick leave

pursuant to Section 840-2.20 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

but may accrue annual leave and sick leave according to a policy

established by the Chief Executive Officer of CompSource Mutual

Insurance Company at a rate not to exceed that of state employees

under Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. The total participating service credit of a member who

retires or terminates employment and elects a vested benefit shall

include unused sick leave not to exceed the limitation imposed by

paragraph 7 of subsection B of Section 913 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. If unused sick leave entitles a member to an

additional year of service credit, the CompSource Mutual Insurance

Company shall reimburse the System for the cost of funding the

additional reserve. CompSource Mutual Insurance Company shall

provide the System with adequate and timely information necessary to

determine additional benefits and its cost under this paragraph.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-192.9 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-192.9
Juveniles
Status: in_force

A. A juvenile shall be incarcerated only in a detention

facility authorized by the appropriate judicial or juvenile bureau

authority. A juvenile shall not be detained in any holding facility

or lockup facility. This requirement shall not preclude juveniles

from being held in nonsecure areas until a parent or other

responsible party arrives to take custody of the juvenile.

B. Prior to a juvenile being placed in an eligible detention

facility, permission shall be obtained from the appropriate judicial

or juvenile bureau authority. A record of permission shall be

maintained at the facility.

C. Sight checks of juvenile inmate living areas shall be

performed at least one time each hour. The check shall include all

areas of each cell and the juvenile inmates shall be visually

observed. Checks shall be documented in writing on a form provided

by the facility administrator.

D. An adult inmate who is assigned trustee status shall not be

permitted sustained contact with a juvenile inmate. A staff member

shall serve all meals to a juvenile inmate.

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E. In addition to existing visitation privileges, juvenile

inmates shall be permitted visits from authorized juvenile agency

personnel. Visits from family members who are unable to visit

during normal visiting hours shall be allowed so long as

arrangements are made in advance with the administrator and provided

the visit does not jeopardize facility security. Each facility that

holds a juvenile shall have written policies for such visits.

F. A juvenile inmate shall be able to communicate with staff

members at all times. Such communication may be either by voice or

electronic means. If electronic systems are used, there shall be a

backup plan to insure communication ability is maintained.

G. No staff member shall be permitted to enter a juvenile

inmate living area without backup assistance being available from

another staff member. At least one staff member shall be of the

same gender as the juvenile inmate except in life-endangering or

life-threatening situations. Any time a decision is made to enter

the living area without appropriate backup assistance as defined

herein, the action shall be documented. Documentation shall show

the reason for the decision and a permanent record shall be

maintained.

H. A juvenile charged with a crime which would constitute a

felony if committed by an adult or a juvenile who is an escapee from

a juvenile training school or from a Department of Human Services

group home may be detained in any detention facility authorized by

the appropriate judicial or juvenile bureau authority, police

station, or similar law enforcement office not approved for long-

term detention, for a period of six (6) hours or less for

identifying, processing, or arranging for transfer to a juvenile

detention facility or alternative program. In no other

circumstances shall a juvenile be securely detained in an adult

detention facility.

I. The State Department of Health shall coordinate with the

Office of Juvenile Affairs to certify detention facilities for

holding juvenile offenders based on the compliance of the detention

facility with the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act and the provisions of

Section 2-3-103 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.

J. The designation of a detention facility as a place for the

detention of juveniles shall be made from a list of eligible

detention facilities supplied by the Department. Eligible detention

facilities shall be those detention facilities deemed by the

Department as compliant with the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act.

K. Any adult detention, holding, or lockup facility shall

record and report the detention of any person eighteen (18) years of

age or younger in a manner consistent with the requirements of the

Office of Juvenile Affairs.

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L. Records of detention for persons eighteen (18) years of age

or younger and detained in the last year shall be subject to review

during the annual inspection conducted by the Department.

M. If detention of a juvenile is authorized, such juvenile

shall be housed separately from adults in order to prohibit

sustained sight and sound contact. Inadvertent contact with

incarcerated adults outside of detention facility living areas not

dedicated for use by juvenile offenders should be minimized.

N. A juvenile may be held for up to six (6) hours for the

purpose of identification, investigation, processing, release to a

parent, transfer to court, or transfer to a juvenile facility

following the initial custody of the juvenile.

O. A juvenile arrested for or charged with a criminal offense

may be securely detained in an adult detention or lockup facility

for up to six (6) hours immediately before or immediately after a

court appearance, provided sight and sound separation is maintained.

This period may be extended to twenty-four (24) hours, excluding

weekends and holidays, if the jurisdiction is outside the

metropolitan statistical area where:

1. State law requires an initial court appearance within

twenty-four (24) hours after being taken into custody;

2. There is no acceptable alternative placement; and

3. The detention facility has been determined by the Department

to provide for sight and sound separation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-151.1v2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-151.1v2
Internet Crimes Against Children Unit - Local
Status: in_force

cooperative agreements.

A. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall establish

an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit for the primary

purpose of investigating Internet crimes committed against children,

including, but not limited to, offenses related to child pornography

and solicitation of minors for pornography or child sex trafficking.

The Unit shall additionally promote safe Internet use among children

and their parents by various media or printed-material campaigns or

by offering educational programs to schools or communities

throughout this state. The Bureau shall employ sufficient employees

to investigate and implement the ICAC unit.

B. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

is hereby authorized to enter into local cooperative agreements with

local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of appointing ICAC

Affiliate Task Force Agents to assist the ICAC Unit of the Bureau.

ICAC Affiliate Task Force Agents shall be employees and commissioned

law enforcement officers of the local law enforcement agency

entering into agreement with the Oklahoma State Bureau of

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Investigation and shall not be employees of the Bureau. ICAC

Affiliate Task Force Agents shall have general peace officer powers

and the authority to arrest persons throughout the state for the

purpose of investigating Internet crimes committed against children

including, but not limited to, offenses related to child

pornography, solicitation of minors for pornography, or child sex

trafficking. ICAC Affiliate Task Force Agents shall promote safe

Internet use among children and parents of children by various media

or printed-material campaigns or by offering educational programs to

schools or communities throughout Oklahoma. The Director of the

Bureau may renew, suspend or revoke any agreement appointing an ICAC

Affiliate Task Force Agent at any time. ICAC Affiliate Task Force

Agents serve solely at the discretion and will of the Director of

the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.52 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.52
Intent of Legislature - Implementation of act -
Status: in_force

Exemptions.

A. It is the intent of the Legislature that all state public

entities comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma State Recycling

and Recycled Materials Procurement Act. All political subdivisions

of this state are encouraged to collect and recycle recoverable

waste paper and recyclable materials to the greatest extent

possible. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

coordinate recycling efforts among the state public entities. The

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

adopt such rules, regulations, and orders as are necessary for the

implementation of the Oklahoma State Recycling and Recycled

Materials Procurement Act. The rules and regulations at a minimum

shall establish procedures for:

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1. The identification, handling, hauling, storing, safety

factors, and disposition of recoverable waste paper and recyclable

materials;

2. The separation of recoverable waste paper and recyclable

materials from solid waste generated by state public entities;

3. A system for the collection of recoverable waste paper and

recyclable materials from solid waste generated by state public

entities;

4. Assuring that the recoverable waste paper and recyclable

materials are made available to private industries for collection

and recycling at the greatest economic value and to the greatest

extent feasible. The Office may execute multiple contracts as

necessary for purposes including but not limited to serving other

government entities and different geographic areas of the state. In

addition to the preference provisions of Section 85.53 of this

title, rules and regulations governing availability of recyclable

materials shall give preference to private recyclable materials

industries that operate in Oklahoma, and that will employ residents

of the state to handle, transport and sort such materials;

5. The purchase of uncoated office paper and printed paper

whenever practicable; and

6. Separating for the purpose of recycling all recyclable

materials including but not limited to lead acid batteries, waste

oil and major appliances that are generated as solid waste by state

public entities.

B. All state public entities shall comply with the procedures

and systems established pursuant to the Oklahoma State Recycling and

Recycled Materials Procurement Act.

C. 1. The Director may exempt any single activity or facility

of any state public entity from compliance with rules promulgated

pursuant to the Oklahoma State Recycling and Recycled Materials

Procurement Act if the Director determines there is a lack of market

availability or that it is not economically feasible to follow and

comply with the procedures and systems established by the Director.

2. The exemption shall be for a period not in excess of one (1)

year, but additional exemptions may be granted for periods not to

exceed one (1) year.

3. The Director shall make public all exemptions together with

the reasons for granting such exemptions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.34H — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.34H
Renumbered as § 85.58J of this title by Laws 1998, c
Status: in_force

371, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1226.11
Bonds as securities - Investment of funds
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this act are hereby made

securities in which all public officers and public bodies, agencies,

and instrumentalities of the state and its political subdivisions,

all banks, trust companies, trust and loan associations, investment

companies, and others carrying on a banking business, and all

insurance companies and insurance associations, and others carrying

on an insurance business, may legally and properly invest funds

including capital in their control or belonging to them.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18p-1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-18p-1
Victims Services Unit
Status: in_force

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

General a Victims Services Unit.

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B. The duty of the Unit is to provide services for persons who

require domestic violence or sexual assault services through a

domestic violence or sexual assault program.

C. As used in this act, “domestic violence program” or “sexual

assault program” means an agency, organization, facility, or person

that offers, provides or engages in the offering of any shelter,

residential services or support services to:

1. Victims or survivors of domestic abuse as defined in Section

60.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any dependent children of

such victim or survivor, and any other member of the family or

household of such victim or survivor;

2. Victims or survivors of sexual assault;

3. Persons who are homeless as a result of domestic abuse or

sexual assault or both domestic abuse and sexual assault; and

4. Victims of stalking,

and which may provide other services including, but not limited to,

counseling, case management, referrals or other similar services to

victims or survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking.

D. As used in this act, “batterers intervention program” or

“batterers treatment program” means an agency, organization,

facility, or person who offers, provides or engages in the offering

of counseling or intervention services to persons who commit

domestic abuse.

E. For any county in which there is more than one sexual

assault program, domestic violence program, or batterers

intervention program and one or more of the programs operates a

shelter program, only the program or programs operating a shelter

program shall receive grants or funding from the Victim Services

Unit collected pursuant to subsection F of Section 153 of Title 28

of the Oklahoma Statutes and Section 2368.22 of Title 68 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18f — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-18f
Investigations
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall have authority to conduct

investigations and it shall be the duty of the Department of Public

Safety of the State of Oklahoma, when so directed by the Governor of

the State of Oklahoma, to furnish him with investigators from the

personnel of said Department, to assist in such investigations and

to assemble evidence for the Attorney General in any cases to be

tried or in any matters to be investigated. Likewise, it shall be

the duty of the State Auditor and Inspector, upon request of the

Attorney General, to furnish him with experienced auditors and/or

accountants from the personnel of his department to make audits and

check records for the Attorney General in any case to be tried or in

any matter being investigated by the Attorney General. The cost of

such services shall be borne by the entity audited.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-63.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-63.2
Asbestos Abatement Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, to be

designated the "Asbestos Abatement Revolving Fund". The fund shall

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

shall consist of any monies paid to the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services for reimbursement of expenses for abatement of

asbestos hazards. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund

are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services to perform the duties

of the Asbestos Abatement Division of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services. 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, § 74-20f — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-20f
State officer or employee - Legal defense services
Status: in_force

A. In the event an action is brought against an employee, who

for the purposes of this act shall be an elected or appointed state

officer or employee of any state officer, institution, agency, board

or commission of any branch of state government in any civil action

or special proceeding in the courts of this state, or of the United

States, by reason of any act done or omitted in good faith in the

course of his employment, it is the duty of the Attorney General or

staff attorney of such person's agency where the agency is

authorized by law to be represented in court by a member of its own

permanent legal staff, when requested in writing by such employee,

to appear and defend the action or proceeding in his behalf. Such

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written request shall be made within fifteen (15) days after service

of summons on the employee and a copy of the request shall be

transmitted by the employee to the head of his agency and the

Attorney General.

B. The Attorney General or a designated legal officer shall not

represent a state employee if that employee did not perform a

statutorily required duty and such duty is a basis of the civil

action or special proceeding.

C. The Attorney General may direct an appropriate legal officer

including a staff attorney of an agency authorized by law to be

represented in court by a member of its own permanent legal staff to

appear and defend such action. The Attorney General may request the

assistance of a district attorney in any such action. The Attorney

General may intervene in any such action or proceeding and appear on

behalf of the State of Oklahoma, or any of its officers or

employees, where he deems the state to have an interest in the

subject matter of the litigation.

D. The Attorney General shall determine the method of

preparation and presentation of such defense. The Attorney General

or other legal officer under his direction shall not be held civilly

liable for the exercise of such discretion.

E. The employee named in the action may employ private counsel

at his own expense to assist in his defense.

F. Any officer or employee who acts outside of the scope of his

official authority shall be liable in damages in the same manner as

any private citizen.

G. When an original action seeking either a writ of mandamus or

prohibition against a district judge, associate district judge, or

special judge of the district court is commenced, the Attorney

General shall represent such judicial officer if, and only if,

directed to do so, in writing, by the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma

Supreme Court, upon the Chief Justice's finding that such

representation is necessary to protect either the function or

integrity of the judiciary. Such finding by the Chief Justice shall

be final and binding.

In the event that the Attorney General is or shall be

disqualified from representing such judicial officer, the Attorney

General shall immediately notify, in writing, the Chief Justice.

The Chief Justice then may appoint counsel to represent the judicial

officer. The appointed counsel shall determine the method of

preparation and presentation of such defense. The appointed counsel

shall not be held civilly liable for the exercise of such

discretion. The appointed counsel shall, upon approval by the Chief

Justice, be entitled to be compensated for services rendered.

H. A settlement involving injunctive relief which substantially

impacts the operation or programs of a state agency or would impose

obligations requiring the expenditure of funds in excess of

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unallocated unencumbered monies in the agency's appropriations or

beyond the current fiscal year shall be reviewed prior to its

finalization by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or his

designee, the Speaker of the House or his designee, and the Governor

or his designee. The purpose of the review is to determine the

budgetary, programmatic and operational impact of the proposed

settlement. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the

House and Governor shall be given a reasonable time in which to make

recommendations regarding the proposed settlement given due

consideration to the time requirements of the case. Such

recommendations must be considered by the state agency, such

agency's counsel of record and the Attorney General in determining

whether to finalize the settlement agreement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-151.1v1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-151.1v1
Internet Crimes Against Children unit - Local
Status: in_force

cooperative agreements.

A. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall establish

an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit for the primary

purpose of investigating Internet crimes committed against children,

including, but not limited to, offenses related to child sexual

abuse material and solicitation of minors for sexual abuse material,

prostitution or sex-related offenses. The unit shall additionally

promote safe Internet use among children and their parents by

various media or printed-material campaigns or by offering

educational programs to schools or communities throughout this

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state. The Bureau shall employ sufficient employees to investigate

and implement the ICAC unit.

B. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

is hereby authorized to enter into local cooperative agreements with

local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of appointing ICAC

Affiliate Task Force Agents to assist the ICAC unit of the Bureau.

ICAC Affiliate Task Force Agents shall be employees and commissioned

law enforcement officers of the local law enforcement agency

entering into agreement with the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation and shall not be employees of the Bureau. ICAC

Affiliate Task Force Agents shall have general peace officer powers

and the authority to arrest persons throughout the state for the

purpose of investigating Internet crimes committed against children

including, but not limited to, offenses related to child sexual

abuse material, solicitation of minors for sexual abuse material,

prostitution or sex-related offenses. ICAC Affiliate Task Force

Agents shall promote safe Internet use among children and parents of

children by various media or printed-material campaigns or by

offering educational programs to schools or communities throughout

Oklahoma. The Director of the Bureau may renew, suspend or revoke

any agreement appointing an ICAC Affiliate Task Force Agent at any

time. ICAC Affiliate Task Force Agents serve solely at the

discretion and will of the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-935.9 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-935.9
Investment options – Service providers
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees shall contract with one or more business

entities in order to create a range of choices regarding investment

of funds deposited into defined contribution system accounts. The

investment options shall be substantially similar to the options

provided to members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

System that maintain a Deferred Savings Incentive Plan account as

offered by the System pursuant to the provisions of the Deferred

Savings Incentive Plan. In selecting investment options for

participants in the plan, the Board shall give due consideration to

offering investment options provided by business entities that

provide guaranteed lifetime income in retirement such as annuities,

guaranteed investment contracts, or similar products. The Board may

amend any of its existing contracts with its current service

providers to perform substantially the same type of service the

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provider is currently performing for the Board, in order to

facilitate the timely introduction of the new defined contribution

system created by this act. Thereafter, the contracting process for

the selection of service providers carrying out duties related to

the administration of the plan shall be the same as the selection

process for other providers selected by the Board under subsection D

of Section 909.1 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.10 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.10
State Employee Assistance Program
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created a State Employee Assistance Program

within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

All functions, powers, duties, funds and obligations of the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services in administration of the State

Employee Assistance Program shall be transferred to the Department.

The program may provide assistance to state agencies in their

management of employees whose personal problems may have a negative

impact on job performance. The program may also provide for

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assessment, referral, consultation, and problem resolution

assistance to state employees and their family members seeking

corrective help with medical or mental health problems, including

alcohol or drug abuse and emotional, marital, familial, financial or

other personal problems. Participation in the State Employee

Assistance Program shall be on a voluntary basis.

B. The Department may enter into contracts which are necessary

and proper to carry out the purposes and functions of the State

Employee Assistance Program and establish standards and criteria

which shall be met by entities to be eligible to contract with the

Department.

C. The Commissioner of the Department is hereby directed to:

1. Promulgate rules necessary for the administration of the

State Employee Assistance Program and the maintenance and release of

participant records; and

2. Establish evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of

the State Employee Assistance Program.

D. Nothing in this act is intended to nullify any agency's

existing employee assistance program or to prohibit any state agency

from establishing its own employee assistance program; provided,

however, such programs established by state agencies shall be

subject to compliance with rules promulgated by the Commissioner of

the Department to ensure equitable treatment of employees.

E. Records that relate to participation by an individual in the

State Employee Assistance Program or an employee assistance program

established by a state agency shall be maintained separate and apart

from regular personnel records and shall not become part of an

employee's personnel file. Such records relating to an individual's

participation in an employee assistance program shall be

confidential and neither the records nor the testimony of an

Employee Assistance Program professional shall be subject to

subpoena unless a participant poses a threat to deliberately harm

the participant or others. Such determination shall be made by an

Employee Assistance Program professional. A participant in an

employee assistance program shall have a right of access to his or

her own employee assistance program records.

F. No provision of this section or the rules promulgated

pursuant to this section shall be construed to conflict with an

appointing authority's responsibility and authority to maintain

discipline or to take disciplinary measures against employees for

misconduct or unacceptable performance. Further, participation or

nonparticipation in any state employee assistance program shall not

excuse an employee from discipline or otherwise affect the terms and

conditions of such employee's employment status or opportunities for

advancement with the state.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 517

G. The Legislature and the judicial branch of state government

may utilize the services of the State Employee Assistance Program at

their discretion.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9.33 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9.33
Office of Disability Concerns Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the

Office of Disability Concerns to be designated as the "Office of

Disability Concerns Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

all nonfederal monies received by the Office of Disability Concerns,

including receipts, from any state agency or institution, gifts,

contributions, donations and bequests. All monies accruing to the

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

expended by the Office of Disability Concerns to perform duties as

prescribed 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, § 74-5060.15 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5060.15
Evaluation of health research projects
Status: in_force

The Committee shall evaluate the merits of proposed health

research projects, the qualifications of investigators, and the

facilities in which proposed health research projects will be

performed, and shall advise the Center of its findings.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5062.12 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5062.12
Insurance fund
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority is authorized to

create an insurance fund consisting solely of funds deposited

pursuant to Section 81 of this act. Said insurance fund shall be

held in the custody of one or more banks or trust companies having a

principal place of business in this state. The insurance fund shall

be held as security for the holders of bonds issued pursuant to the

provisions of this act. It shall be governed by a trust agreement

entered into by the Authority with the trustees. The trust

agreement may contain such provisions and limitations as to the

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investment and disbursement of monies in the insurance fund; the

payment of expenses of the insurance fund; the appointment,

resignation, and discharge of trustees; the delegation of

enforcement and collection powers under the insurance agreements to

the trustee; the duties of the trustees, amendments of the trust

agreement, and such other lawful provisions and limitations as may

be deemed appropriate by the Authority. The trust agreement may

pledge premiums and other monies which may be deposited in the

insurance fund. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time

when the pledge is made. The premiums and other monies so pledged

and thereafter received by the insurance fund or by the trustees in

its behalf shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge

and shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims

of any kind against the insurance fund, irrespective of whether such

parties have notice thereof. The Authority may also use the funds

deposited pursuant to Section 81 of this act to purchase insurance

which shall be pledged for the security of the holders of any bonds

issued under this act or to enter into agreements with credit

facilities in order to enhance the security of any holders of bonds.

In any case in which insurance is pledged as security, whether

obtained through the insurance funds authorized to be created

pursuant to the provisions of this section or purchased with monies

deposited pursuant to Section 81 of this act, any description of

such insurance shall expressly indicate the limitation of the

liability of the Authority and that neither the credit nor taxing

power of this state or any political subdivision thereof shall be

available to satisfy any obligations with respect thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.4c — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.4c
Security requirements
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 6 of this act, at the

time of loan origination, the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority

shall require such security from the applicant as it deems necessary

in the circumstances of the insurance commitment. Except for the

infrastructure and other publicly owned facilities of governmental

entities and Quality Jobs Investment Program portfolio mix

categories, such security will include, but not be limited to:

1. A first mortgage or coordinate first mortgage on real

property, facilities or systems and fixtures located thereon; or

2. A second mortgage on real property, facilities or systems

and fixtures located thereon, provided the amount thereof may not

exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2204 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2204
Powers, rights and duties of Department
Status: in_force

There are hereby granted to and imposed in the Oklahoma Tourism

and Recreation Department the following additional powers, rights

and duties:

1. Sue and be sued;

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

3. Make bylaws for the management and regulation of its

affairs;

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

officers, agents, and employees;

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

the Department are necessary or convenient to the exercise of the

powers conferred upon it by law; and

6. Promulgate rules and policies necessary and convenient to

the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1312.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1312.1
Revolving fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a Revolving Fund

for the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Plan. The

revolving fund shall consist of funds transferred from the Health

and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund and the Life Insurance Reserve

Fund for operational expenses of the state health and life insurance

plan and monies assessed from or collected for and due a health

maintenance organization (HMO) as approved by the Oklahoma Health

Care Authority. Expenditures from said funds shall be made pursuant

to the laws of the state and statutes relating to the plan. This

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

year limitations, and shall be under the control and management of

the Authority.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 802
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-212A — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-212A
Audits of government entities
Status: in_force

A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all government

entities, as defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board,

shall have an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards

generally accepted in the United States of America and Government

Auditing Standards. Copies of any audit, performance audit, agreed-

upon-procedures report, or other attestation engagement report

produced by a person other than the State Auditor shall be filed

with the State Auditor and Inspector by that person. The expense of

the audit shall be paid by the government entity. For fiscal years

ending after December 31, 1995, all government entities receiving

public funds that are included in the reporting entity of the State

of Oklahoma shall file a copy of the audit required by this

paragraph with the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services no later than four (4) months after the end of

the fiscal year of the government entity. For purposes of this

paragraph, the reporting entity of the State of Oklahoma includes

all government entities included in the State of Oklahoma

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. The government entities

included in the State of Oklahoma reporting entity shall be

determined by the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services using criteria set by the Governmental

Accounting Standards Board.

2. Any public accountant or certified public accountant filing

an audit, performance audit, agreed-upon-procedures report or other

attestation engagement report with the State Auditor and Inspector

pursuant to this section shall be required to pay a filing fee of

One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the purposes of processing such

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reports and ensuring compliance with the provisions of this section.

Such payments shall be deposited in the State Auditor and Inspector

Revolving Fund, created pursuant to Section 227.9 of this title.

B. All registrants, as defined in the Oklahoma Accountancy Act,

before entering into audit contracts required under this section,

shall satisfy the Oklahoma Accountancy Board and the State Auditor

and Inspector that such registrant meets Government Auditing

Standards and has a current permit to practice issued by the

Oklahoma Accountancy Board.

The State Auditor and Inspector shall receive annual reports

from the Oklahoma Accountancy Board of all registrants meeting the

requirements of this subsection. The Oklahoma Accountancy Board

shall provide changes and updates to the annual report to the State

Auditor and Inspector upon request.

C. Schedules of federal awards expended will be in a form

consistent with the guidance in the most recent audit guide for

state and local governments prepared by "The American Institute of

Certified Public Accountants". State agencies or other pass-through

grantors of federal awards expended will not place reporting

requirements on a grantee or subrecipients in addition to the

required federal compliance reports and schedules of federal awards

expended, without approval of the State Auditor and Inspector.

D. All governmental entities shall report grant funds received,

administered or used by the entity and all grant funds under the

direct or indirect control of the governmental entity or any of its

employees in their employment capacity. A copy of the report shall

be filed with the State Auditor and Inspector and the Director of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services within four (4)

months after the end of the fiscal year of the governmental entity.

The State Auditor and Inspector may audit any funds reported. The

cost of the audit shall be paid by the governmental entity unless

the grant provides for the cost of audits from grant funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-6113 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-6113
Termination of Commission
Status: in_force

The Red River Boundary Commission shall terminate upon the date

mutually agreed upon by a majority of the members of the Commission

pursuant to a formal motion for dissolution of the Commission after

its business has concluded. The provisions of Section 3921 of Title

74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not apply to the Red River

Boundary Commission and the Commission may be dissolved only as

provided by this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-130.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-130.11
Renumbered as § 142.2 of Title 40 by Laws 2014, c. 328,
Status: in_force

§ 15. Editorially renumbered as § 142.3 of Title 40 to avoid a

duplication in numbering.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-20k-1B — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-20k-1B
Oklahoma Sheriff's Office Funding Assistance Revolving
Status: in_force

Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Office of the Attorney General to be designated the

"Oklahoma Sheriff's Office Funding Assistance Revolving Fund". The

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

limitations, and shall consist of all monies directed to the fund

and eligible for deposit by law. All monies accruing to the credit

of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and

expended by the Office of the Attorney General exclusively for the

purposes and in compliance with the Oklahoma Sheriff's Office

Funding Assistance Grant Program, created in Section 1 of this act.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 96

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, § 74-5003.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5003.8
Annual report
Status: in_force

In order to ensure that the Oklahoma Department of Commerce is

effectively implementing its mission, purpose and objectives, the

Department shall publish an annual report setting forth in detail

the operations and programs conducted by it pursuant to this act or

to other legislation. The report shall review both statewide

progress and departmental progress according to several measures

including objective measures listed in the Department's five-year

plan. The Department shall present this report to the Governor and

the Legislature. The annual report shall specifically account for

ways in which the needs, mission and programs of the Department

described in this act have been carried out and recommendations

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shall specifically note what changes in the activities of the

Department and the programs it administers and of state government

are necessary to better address the mission described in this act.

The Department shall distribute its annual report by such means that

will make it widely available to communities, firms and local

economic development managers throughout this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5054 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5054
Limits on use of funds
Status: in_force

A. None of the funds provided in the Oklahoma Health Research

Act shall be used to conduct or support any research or

experimentation on a human subject unless the research or

experimentation has been reviewed and approved by an institutional

review board.

B. None of the funds provided in the Oklahoma Health Research

Act shall be used to undertake any research which has abortion, as

defined by Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, as

its purpose.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-96.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-96.1
Renumbered as § 307 of Title 61 by Laws 2013, c. 209, §
Status: in_force

19, eff. July 1, 2013.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.26 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-840-2.26
Flextime attendance policies and alternative work
Status: in_force

schedules.

A. In order to provide increased services to the public, to

assist state employees in meeting the needs of their families,

improve employee morale and productivity, appointing authorities are

encouraged to consider the adoption of flextime attendance policies

and alternative work schedules.

B. For purposes of this section, "flextime" means a regular,

eight-hour-day work schedule that permits the use of alternative

starting and ending times within limits set by the appointing

authority and that includes a common work period during which all

employees are expected to be present.

C. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall provide technical assistance to agencies in

developing flextime policies and alternative work schedules and

shall promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act

as necessary for such policies.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2232 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2232
Annual statewide tourism and recreation industry
Status: in_force

conference.

The Commission, through the Department, may sponsor, promote and

implement an annual statewide tourism and recreation industry

conference to promote the tourism and recreation industry. The

Department is authorized to partner with private entities for the

administration and execution of the conference. The Department is

hereby authorized to charge registration and exhibit space fees

necessary to cover the costs of the conference and shall deposit the

fees plus any other conference proceeds, including donated funds,

into an agency special account to be created by the Special Agency

Account Board. Expenditure of monies from the agency special

account shall be for purposes incidental to the tourism and

recreation industry conference, and be approved by the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-30.4 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-30.4
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature, through enactment of the

Political Subdivisions Opioid Abatement Grants Act, to promote and

protect the health of Oklahomans by using monetary grants to abate

the opioid crisis in a comprehensive manner that includes

cooperation and collaboration with political subdivisions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-227.17 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-227.17
Renumbered as Section 29 of Title 1 of the Oklahoma
Status: in_force

Statutes by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-930.11 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-930.11
Increase in benefits – July 1, 2020 - Offset
Status: in_force

Any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System as of June 30, 2019, who continues to receive

benefits on or after July 1, 2020, shall receive an increase in

benefits as follows:

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1. Zero percent (0%) if the person has been retired for less

than two (2) years as of July 1, 2020;

2. Two percent (2%) if the person has been retired for at least

two (2) years but less than five (5) years as of July 1, 2020; and

3. Four percent (4%) if the person has been retired for five

(5) years or more as of July 1, 2020.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-483 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-483
Compensation and expenses
Status: in_force

No member of the Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental

Relations shall receive a salary for duties performed as a member of

the Committee. Reimbursement for necessary travel expenses incurred

in the performance of their official duties as a member of the

Committee shall be paid by the appointing authority in accordance

with the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18b — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-18b
Duties of Attorney General - Counsel of Corporation
Status: in_force

Commission as representative on appeal from Commission.

A. The duties of the Attorney General as the chief law officer

of the state shall be:

1. To appear for the state and prosecute and defend all actions

and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the Supreme Court and Court

of Criminal Appeals in which the state is interested as a party;

2. To appear for the state and prosecute and defend all actions

and proceedings in any of the federal courts in which the state is

interested as a party;

3. To initiate or appear in any action in which the interests

of the state or the people of the state are at issue, or to appear

at the request of the Governor, the Legislature, or either branch

thereof, and prosecute and defend in any court or before any

commission, board or officers any cause or proceeding, civil or

criminal, in which the state may be a party or interested; and when

so appearing in any such cause or proceeding, the Attorney General

may, if the Attorney General deems it advisable and to the best

interest of the state, take and assume control of the prosecution or

defense of the state's interest therein;

4. To consult with and advise district attorneys, when

requested by them, in all matters pertaining to the duties of their

offices, when the district attorneys shall furnish the Attorney

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General with a written opinion supported by citation of authorities

upon the matter submitted;

5. To give an opinion in writing upon all questions of law

submitted to the Attorney General by the Legislature or either

branch thereof, or by any state officer, board, commission or

department, provided, that the Attorney General shall not furnish

opinions to any but district attorneys, the Legislature or either

branch thereof, or any other state official, board, commission or

department, and to them only upon matters in which they are

officially interested;

6. At the request of the Governor, State Auditor and Inspector,

State Treasurer, or either branch of the Legislature, to prosecute

any official bond or any contract in which the state is interested,

upon a breach thereof, and to prosecute or defend for the state all

actions, civil or criminal, relating to any matter connected with

either of their Departments;

7. Whenever requested by any state officer, board or

commission, to prepare proper drafts for contracts, forms and other

writing which may be wanted for the use of the state;

8. To prepare drafts of bills and resolutions for individual

members of the Legislature upon their written request stating the

gist of the bill or resolution desired;

9. To enforce the proper application of monies appropriated by

the Legislature and to prosecute breaches of trust in the

administration of such funds;

10. To institute actions to recover state monies illegally

expended, to recover state property and to prevent the illegal use

of any state property, upon the request of the Governor or the

Legislature;

11. To pay into the State Treasury, immediately upon its

receipt, all monies received by the Attorney General belonging to

the state;

12. To settle, compromise and dispose of an action in which the

Attorney General represents the interests of the state, so long as

the consideration negotiated for such settlement, compromise or

disposition is payable to the state or one of its agencies which is

a named party of the action and any monies, any property or other

item of value is paid first to the State Treasury;

13. To keep and file copies of all opinions, contracts, forms

and letters of the office, and to keep an index of all opinions,

contracts and forms according to subject and section of the law

construed or applied;

14. To keep a register or docket of all actions, demands and

investigations prosecuted, defended or conducted by the Attorney

General in behalf of the state. The register or docket shall give

the style of the case or investigation, where pending, court number,

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office number, the gist of the matter, result and the names of the

assistants who handled the matter;

15. To keep a complete office file of all cases and

investigations handled by the Attorney General on behalf of the

state;

16. To report to the Legislature or either branch thereof

whenever requested upon any business relating to the duties of the

Attorney General's office;

17. To institute civil actions against members of any state

board or commission for failure of such members to perform their

duties as prescribed by the statutes and the Constitution and to

prosecute members of any state board or commission for violation of

the criminal laws of this state where such violations have occurred

in connection with the performance of such members' official duties;

18. To respond to any request for an opinion of the Attorney

General's office, submitted by a member of the Legislature,

regardless of subject matter, by written opinion determinative of

the law regarding such subject matter;

19. To convene multicounty grand juries in such manner and for

such purposes as provided by law; provided, such grand juries are

composed of citizens from each of the counties on a pro rata basis

by county;

20. To investigate any report by the State Auditor and

Inspector filed with the Attorney General pursuant to Section 223 of

this title and prosecute all actions, civil or criminal, relating to

such reports or any irregularities or derelictions in the management

of public funds or property which are violations of the laws of this

state;

21. To represent and protect the collective interests of all

utility consumers of this state in rate-related proceedings before

the Corporation Commission or in any other state or federal judicial

or administrative proceeding;

22. To represent and protect the collective interests of

insurance consumers of this state in rate-related proceedings before

the Insurance Commissioner or in any other state or federal judicial

or administrative proceeding;

23. To investigate and prosecute any criminal action relating

to insurance fraud, if in the opinion of the Attorney General a

criminal prosecution is warranted, or to refer such matters to the

appropriate district attorney;

24. To monitor and evaluate any action by the federal

government including, but not limited to, executive orders by the

President of the United States, rules or regulations promulgated by

an agency of the federal government or acts of Congress to determine

if such actions are in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the

Constitution of the United States;

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25. To cross-deputize police officers of the police department

of any municipality or any officer deputized by the county sheriff

or a designee subject to an interlocal governmental agreement with

the Attorney General’s Office in an effort to combine city, county,

and state law enforcement efforts and to encourage cooperation

between city, county, and state law enforcement officials.

Liability for the conduct of any municipal police officer cross-

deputized under the terms and conditions of an interlocal

governmental agreement or any officer deputized by the county

sheriff under the terms and conditions of an interlocal governmental

agreement shall remain the responsibility of the respective employer

for that officer;

26. To maintain data related to human trafficking and to assist

law enforcement, social service agencies, and victim services

programs in identifying and supporting victims of human trafficking;

and

27. To investigate and prosecute any civil or criminal action

relating to violations of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, Section

24A.1 et seq. of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or the Oklahoma

Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, if the Attorney General determines that a civil or

criminal prosecution is warranted or to defer such matters to a

district attorney.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the

Attorney General to appear and defend or prosecute in any court any

cause or proceeding for or on behalf of the Oklahoma Tax Commission,

the Board of Managers of the State Insurance Fund, or the

Commissioners of the Land Office.

C. In all appeals from the Corporation Commission to the

Supreme Court of Oklahoma in which the state is a party, the

Attorney General shall have the right to designate counsel of the

Corporation Commission as the Attorney General's legally appointed

representative in such appeals, and it shall be the duty of the

Corporation Commission counsel to act when so designated and to

consult and advise with the Attorney General regarding such appeals

prior to taking action therein.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5214 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5214
Renumbered as § 524 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

31, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5231 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5231
Renumbered as § 541 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

48, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, unless the

context otherwise requires:

1. "Acquisition" means items, products, materials, supplies,

services, and equipment a state agency acquires by purchase, lease-

purchase, lease with option to purchase, rental or value provided to

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 144

the state pursuant to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act unless the

items, products, supplies, services, or equipment are exempt

pursuant to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act or authority

exercised by the Chief Information Officer;

2. "Best value criteria" means evaluation criteria which may

include, but is not limited to, the following:

a. the acquisition's operational cost a state agency

would incur,

b. the quality of the acquisition, or its technical

competency,

c. the reliability of the bidder's delivery and

implementation schedules,

d. the acquisition's facilitation of data transfer and

systems integration,

e. the acquisition's warranties and guarantees and the

bidder's return policy,

f. the bidder's financial stability,

g. the acquisition's adherence to the state agency's

planning documents and announced strategic program

direction,

h. the bidder's industry and program experience and

record of successful past performance with

acquisitions of similar scope and complexity,

i. the anticipated acceptance by user groups, and

j. the acquisition's use of proven development

methodology, and innovative use of current

technologies that lead to quality results;

3. "Bid" or "proposal" means an offer a bidder submits in

response to an invitation to bid or request for proposal;

4. "Bidder" means an individual or business entity that submits

a bid or proposal in response to an invitation to bid or a request

for proposal;

5. "Business entity" means individuals, partnerships, business

trusts, cooperatives, associates, corporations, limited liability

companies or any other firm, group or concern which functions as a

separate entity for business purposes;

6. "Chief administrative officer" means an individual

responsible for directing the administration of a state agency. The

term does not mean one or all of the individuals that make policy

for a state agency;

7. "Component" means any item supplied as part of an end item

or of another component;

8. "Contract" means a mutually binding legal relationship

obligating the seller to furnish an acquisition and the buyer to pay

for it or provide a potential financial incentive in lieu of

payment. It includes all types of commitments that obligate a state

agency to an expenditure of funds or action that, unless otherwise

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 145

authorized, is in writing. In addition to bilateral instruments,

contracts include, but are not limited to:

a. awards,

b. orders issued under basic ordering agreements,

c. letter agreements, and

d. orders under which the contract becomes effective by

written acceptance or performance;

9. "Contracting" means obtaining acquisitions from private

sources. Contracting includes description, but not determination,

of acquisitions required, selection and solicitation of sources,

preparation and award of contracts, and contract administration;

10. "Electronic commerce" means the use of electronic methods

to enable solicitation, supplier response, contract award, state

agency acquisition processes, or any other function to make an

acquisition;

11. "Electronic payment mechanism" means a method of electronic

payment for authorized acquisitions;

12. "Environmentally preferable products and services (EPPS)"

means acquisitions that best meet the requirements as defined in the

solicitation for human health and the environment;

13. "Local governmental entity" means any unit of local

government including, but not limited to, any school district,

county or municipality of this state;

14. "Lowest and best" means an acquisition based on criteria

which include, but are not limited to, the following:

a. the lowest total purchase price,

b. the quality and reliability of the product, and

c. the consistency of the proposed acquisition with the

state agency's planning documents and announced

strategic program direction;

15. "Multistate contract" or "multigovernmental contract" means

an agreement entered into between two or more entities of government

for acquisitions pursuant to a single contract;

16. "Nonprofessional services" means services which are

predominantly physical or manual in character and may involve the

supplying of products;

17. "Open market contract" means a contract for a one-time

acquisition not exceeding the acquisition amount, requiring a

competitive bid pursuant to Section 85.7 of this title;

18. "Political subdivision" means local governmental entities

and such other entities specified as political subdivisions pursuant

to The Governmental Tort Claims Act;

19. "Professional services" means services which are

predominantly mental or intellectual in character rather than

physical or manual and which do not involve the supplying of

products. Professional services include services to support or

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improve state agency policy development, decision making,

management, administration or the operation of management systems;

20. "Purchase order" means an offer by a state agency to make

an acquisition utilizing simplified procedures;

21. "Purchasing cooperative" means an association of public

entities working together to provide leverage in achieving best

value and/or the best terms in contracts awarded through a

competitive bidding process;

22. "Requisition" means a written request by a state agency for

an acquisition;

23. "Sole brand acquisition" means an acquisition that by

specification restricts the acquisition to one manufacturer or brand

name;

24. "Sole source acquisition" means an acquisition which, by

specification, restricts the acquisition to one supplier;

25. "Solicitation" means a request or invitation by the State

Purchasing Director or a state agency for a supplier to submit a

priced offer to sell one or more acquisitions to the state. A

solicitation may be an invitation to bid, request for proposal or a

request for quotation;

26. "Split purchase" means dividing a known quantity or failing

to consolidate a known quantity of an acquisition for the purpose of

evading a competitive bidding requirement;

27. "State agency" includes any office, officer, bureau, board,

counsel, court, commission, department, institution, unit, division,

body or house of the executive or judicial branches of the state

government, whether elected or appointed, excluding only political

subdivisions of the state;

28. "State purchase card" means a type of commercial card that

allows state agencies to take advantage of existing credit card

infrastructure to make electronic payments for acquisitions;

29. "State Purchasing Director" includes any employee or agent

of the State Purchasing Director, acting within the scope of

delegated authority;

30. "Statewide contract" means a contract for specific

acquisitions for a specified period with a provision allowing some

or all state agencies and local governmental entities to place

orders as the acquisitions are needed for delivery during the period

specified; and

31. "Supplier" or "vendor" means an individual or business

entity that provides or desires to provide acquisitions to state

agencies.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5058.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5058.2
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this act is to provide a convenient, accessible,

and timely one-stop system that will enable the business community

to acquire and maintain the necessary state licenses to conduct

business. It is the intent of the Legislature that use of this one-

stop system by a business be optional and that any business may

continue to work directly with the appropriate state agency if

preferred.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5025 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5025
Department of Commerce - Negotiation of certain
Status: in_force

contracts.

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall negotiate contracts

for all expenditures by other entities in amounts over Two Thousand

Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) which have been appropriated to the

Department for the use of such entities. The Director of the

Department may require a formal contract for such expenditures of

Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) or less.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2279 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2279
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Oklahoma Trails System Act is to provide

public access to, and enjoyment and appreciation of, the Oklahoma

outdoors in order to foster the conservation, development and wise

use of the natural and historic resources of the state. It is the

intent and purpose of the Oklahoma Trails System Act to encourage

hiking, bicycling, horseback riding and other recreational

activities and, because trail use by motorized vehicles is

incompatible with some other trail uses, it is intended to provide

separate trails and facilities for motorized vehicles whenever

necessary and feasible.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-324.10 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-324.10
Additional powers of Fire Marshal
Status: in_force

In addition to any other authority or powers provided by law

herein granted, the State Fire Marshal shall be authorized to:

1. Advise, assist and coordinate with the State Emergency

Management Director in the development of Emergency Management

plans;

2. Assist any city, town or county in the enforcement of

the Codes herein adopted upon the request of the officials

thereof; and

3. Serve as a code variance and appeals board for the trades

and industries he or she regulates which do not have statutory code

variance and appeals boards.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2241 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2241
Seasonal employees
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Tourism, Parks and

Recreation Enhancement Act, seasonal employees shall be unclassified

employees employed by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department

who work less than one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours in any

twelve-month period.

B. The Department may employ seasonal employees throughout the

calendar year. Project labor employed by the Department for a

period of time necessary to complete a project shall be in the

unclassified service of the state as provided by the Oklahoma

Personnel Act of the Oklahoma Statutes. Such employees shall not be

entitled to paid leave, paid holidays, retirement, health, dental or

life insurance, and shall be exempt from any laws, rules or

practices providing for such benefits.

C. The Department, in its annual budget request, shall include

a summary of the use of project labor, which shall include the

number of workers employed under the provisions of this section and

the total wages paid to these employees.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-500.53 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-500.53
Services included
Status: in_force

Any employee who is permanently transferred at the request of

any state agency to a location in excess of twenty-five (25) miles

from the location of his previous place of employment shall be

entitled to payment by the State of Oklahoma to the carrier for the

following services provided by the carrier:

1. (a) The actual line-haul cost of moving ten thousand

(10,000) pounds of the employee's household goods, said cost to

include the packing, loading and unloading of the goods,

respectively, or

(b) Movement of one manufactured home and its contents,

regardless of the number of pieces into which it disassembles for

transport, provided it is the principal residence of the employee;

provided further, that said movement shall not exceed the equivalent

cost of moving ten thousand (10,000) pounds of household goods the

equivalent distance;

2. Special servicing of appliances at the origin and

destination of the move; and

3. The insuring of the employee's household goods and/or

manufactured home, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per pound,

not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

Any additional moving expenses incurred as a result of said

transfer shall be assumed by the employee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5062.15 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5062.15
Pledge against limitation or alteration of rights of
Status: in_force

bond owners.

The State of Oklahoma does hereby pledge to and agree with the

owners of any bonds issued under this act that the state will not

limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the Authority to fulfill

the terms of any agreements made with the owners thereof or in any

way impair the rights and remedies of the owners until the bonds,

together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid

installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection

with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the owners, are

fully met and discharged. The Authority is authorized to include

this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the

owners of the bonds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-662.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-662.1
Transfer of Great Seal to Logan County Courthouse in
Status: in_force

Guthrie.

Due to the history and uniqueness of the City of Guthrie, the

original Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma or a replica thereof

shall be transferred from the Office of the Secretary of State in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Oklahoma's first Capitol Building which

is now the Logan County Courthouse in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where it

shall be permanently displayed, keeping the Secretary of State as

the official custodian of such Seal. A duplicate of the original

Great Seal shall be maintained by the Secretary of State in Oklahoma

City, Oklahoma, for all official acts of the Governor for which the

Great Seal is required.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5085.14 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5085.14
Adoption of rules, policies, procedures and regulatory and administrative measures -
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 46and administrative measures - Enforceability of guarantees of Board

unaffected.

A. The Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development

Board may adopt rules, policies, procedures, and regulatory and

administrative measures necessary to administer the programs of the

Board or convenient for the organization and internal management of

Board responsibilities.

B. The level, timing, or degree of success of the Board in

mobilizing or ensuring investment in Oklahoma businesses or

projects, accomplishing other economic development objectives, or

achieving any other statutory duty shall not compromise, diminish,

invalidate, or affect the enforceability of any guarantee of the

Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-12002 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-12002
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. As used in the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of

2022:

1. "Boycott energy company" means, without an ordinary business

purpose, refusing to deal with, terminating business activities

with, or otherwise taking any action that is intended to penalize,

inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with a

company because the company:

a. engages in the exploration, production, utilization,

transportation, sale, or manufacturing of fossil-fuel-

based energy and does not commit or pledge to meet

environmental standards beyond applicable federal and

state law, or

b. does business with a company described by subparagraph

a of this paragraph;

2. "Company" means a for-profit sole proprietorship,

organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture,

limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited

liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-

owned subsidiary, parent company, or affiliate of those entities or

business associations, that exists to make a profit;

3. "Treasurer" means the State Treasurer or their designee;

4. "Direct holdings" means, with respect to a financial

company, all securities of that financial company held directly by a

state governmental entity in an account or fund in which a state

governmental entity owns all shares or interests;

5. "Financial company" means a publicly traded financial

services, banking, or investment company;

6. "Indirect holdings" means, with respect to a financial

company, all securities of that financial company held in an account

or fund, such as a mutual fund, managed by one or more persons not

employed by a state governmental entity, in which the state

governmental entity owns shares or interests together with other

investors not subject to the provisions of this act. The term does

not include money invested under a plan described by Section 401(k)

or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

7. "Listed financial company" means a financial company listed

by the Treasurer; and

8. "State governmental entity" means all state retirement

systems.

B. With respect to actions taken in compliance with the Energy

Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022, including all good-faith

determinations regarding financial companies as required by this

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act, a state governmental entity and the Treasurer are exempt from

any conflicting statutory or common law obligations including any

obligations with respect to making investments, divesting from any

investment, preparing or maintaining any list of financial

companies, or choosing asset managers, investment funds, or

investments for the state governmental entity's securities

portfolios.

C. In a cause of action based on an action, inaction, decision,

divestment, investment, financial company communication, report, or

other determination made or taken in connection with the Energy

Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022, the state shall indemnify

and hold harmless for actual damages, court costs, and attorney fees

adjudged against, and defend:

1. An employee, a member of the governing body, or any other

officer of a state governmental entity;

2. A contractor of a state governmental entity;

3. A former employee, a former member of the governing body, or

any other former officer of a state governmental entity who was an

employee, member of the governing body, or other officer when the

act or omission on which the damages are based occurred;

4. A former contractor of a state governmental entity who was a

contractor when the act or omission on which the damages are based

occurred; and

5. A state governmental entity.

D. 1. A person, including a member, retiree, or beneficiary of

a retirement system to which the Energy Discrimination Elimination

Act of 2022 applies, an association, a research firm, a financial

company, or any other person shall not sue or pursue a private cause

of action against the state, a state governmental entity, a current

or former employee, a member of the governing body, or any other

officer of a state governmental entity, or a contractor of a state

governmental entity, for any claim or cause of action, including

breach of fiduciary duty, or for violation of any constitutional,

statutory, or regulatory requirement in connection with any action,

inaction, decision, divestment, investment, financial company

communication, report, or other determination made or taken in

connection with this act.

2. A person who files suit against the state, a state

governmental entity, an employee, a member of the governing body, or

any other officer of a state governmental entity, or a contractor of

a state governmental entity, is liable for paying the costs and

attorney fees of a person sued in violation of this section.

3. A state governmental entity shall not be subject to any

requirement of this act if the state governmental entity determines

that such requirement would be inconsistent with its fiduciary

responsibility with respect to the investment of entity assets or

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other duties imposed by law relating to the investment of entity

assets.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-324.12 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-324.12
Transfer of powers and duties to Fire Marshal
Status: in_force

Upon the effective date of this act the powers and duties

conferred by the provisions of 74 O.S.1961, Sections 314 through 318

and Section 320, are hereby vested in the Office of the State Fire

Marshal.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2228 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2228
Hunting in designated state parks
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Oklahoma

Tourism and Recreation Commission may authorize, by written

agreement or agreements between the Commissions, hunting in

designated state parks or designated portions of state parks under

the administrative control of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation

Commission, excluding Lake Murray State Park. The agreement or

agreements shall be made with the advice of the Attorney General's

office and shall contain the duration, terms and conditions of the

hunting authorization, a list of species to be hunted and permitted

firearms, a map designating the specific land areas to be open to

hunting and shall provide for the administration of the designated

area or areas by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission for

so long as hunting is authorized under the provisions of the

agreement or agreements. All areas to be open to hunting shall be

clearly marked by signs to designate the open and closed areas.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1151 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1151
Inclusion of state as part of economic development
Status: in_force

region.

The State of Oklahoma hereby concurs in the inclusion of all or

a portion of said state, with portions of other states, as a part of

an "economic development region," now or hereafter designated by the

U.S. Secretary of Commerce, or such other official as may be

provided by law, under laws heretofore or hereafter enacted by the

Congress of the United States; such concurrence refers particularly

to, but is not limited to, the Ozarka Region of Eastern Oklahoma,

Western Arkansas, Southern Missouri and contiguous areas.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5064.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5064.8
Inventors and Entrepreneurs Program Fund
Status: in_force

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

revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, to be

designated the "Inventors and Entrepreneurs Program Fund". The fund

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

and shall consist of all monies received by the Department for

implementation of this act from all funds appropriated thereto by

the Legislature, all fees received pursuant to this act, any federal

funds, gifts, private and matching funds and all contributions

dedicated thereto from private, state, federal or whatever source.

All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for

the purpose of implementing this act; however, monies expended for

administrative costs shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the total

amount of monies in said fund. Any amount in said fund not directly

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

General Revenue Fund of the state. Expenditures from said fund

shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against

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

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

B. On July 1, 1998, the Inventors and Entrepreneurs Program

Fund shall be abolished and any unencumbered funds remaining in the

Inventors and Entrepreneurs Program Fund shall be transferred to the

credit of the OCAST Research Support Revolving Fund. Any unexpended

funds remaining in the Inventors and Entrepreneurs Program Fund

after November 1, 1998, shall be transferred to the credit of the

OCAST Research Support Revolving Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-325.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-325.1
Firefighter Training Advisory Committee
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Council on Firefighter Training is hereby

abolished and all powers, duties and responsibilities of the

Oklahoma Council on Firefighter Training shall be transferred to the

Office of the State Fire Marshal. All equipment, vehicles, records,

furniture and fixtures of the Oklahoma Council on Firefighter

Training shall be turned over to the Office of the State Fire

Marshal by January 1, 2018. Any unexpended balance of the Oklahoma

Council on Firefighter Training's operational funds as of January 1,

2018, shall be transferred to the State Fire Marshal Revolving Fund.

B. There is hereby established within the Office of the State

Fire Marshal, the Firefighter Training Advisory Committee.

C. The Committee shall consist of representatives of the

Oklahoma State Fire Service, with the total number and length of

appointments to be determined by the State Fire Marshal Commission.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 421

D. The Committee shall:

1. Advise and assist the State Fire Marshal Commission in

identifying firefighter training needs and setting the firefighter

training goals for the State of Oklahoma;

2. Advise and assist the State Fire Marshal Commission in

interacting with the Homeland Security Department's Preparedness and

Awareness Division on firefighter training and grants;

3. Advise and assist the State Fire Marshal Commission in

administering and maintaining the incentive and recognition programs

established for Oklahoma firefighters; and

4. Advise and assist the State Fire Marshal Commission in

ensuring that the state has consistent basic and continuing

education programs that include steps for all ranks or positions of

career and volunteer firefighters, by setting minimum standards for

career, recommended levels for volunteer, identifying training

programs and courses required for fire service members to achieve

those levels.

E. The Committee shall assist the State Fire Marshal Commission

in advising the Governor, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate and

the Oklahoma State Fire Service on fire and emergency service

training needs for the state. The State Fire Marshal Commission

shall submit an annual report or recommendations regarding fire and

emergency service training needs to the Governor, the Speaker of the

House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the State

Senate not later than December 31 each year.

F. The Committee shall meet at the discretion of the State Fire

Marshal Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-500.15 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-500.15
Claims - Submission
Status: in_force

All claims for reimbursement of travel expenses shall be

submitted on the regular authorized form of travel expense claim,

and shall be approved by the official or employee performing the

travel, and approved by the official or employee designated in

Section 34.68 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the agency

in which the employee works. Receipts may be provided to the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services in electronic form.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-63.1a — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-63.1a
Petty cash fund
Status: in_force

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

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

imprest cash fund for the Building Management Division.

The amount of the Building Management petty cash fund shall not

exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) and the initial amount

shall be drawn by warrant from the Building and Facility Fund. The

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 130

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is

authorized to prescribe forms, systems and procedures for the

administration of the Building Management petty cash fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5062.33 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5062.33
Loan program - Funding for issuers
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a loan program, the purpose of which is

to protect and retain established military bases and facilities and

to support additional and expanded employment at such bases and

facilities. The program shall provide funding to qualified issuers

to finance capital projects needed as a result of growth due to or

in connection with an established military base.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-859 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-859
Hearings on loan applications - Granting of loan -
Status: in_force

Limitation.

The Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Industrial Finance

Authority shall hold such hearings and examinations as to each loan

application received as shall be necessary to determine whether the

public purposes of the Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority Act

will be accomplished by the granting of loans requested within such

applications. When the Board shall have determined facts to be

favorable as to any loan application, it is hereby authorized and

empowered, having due regard to the promotion of the public purposes

herein declared, to grant a loan to an industrial development agency

in the manner and to the extent as provided in the Oklahoma

Industrial Finance Authority Act; provided, however, that no loan

shall be made by the Authority to any industrial development agency

for any single industrial development project in excess of the sum

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of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) if the loan is secured by a

first mortgage on real property and One Million Dollars

($1,000,000.00) if the loan is secured by a second mortgage on real

property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2.2
Vacancies requiring legislative confirmation - Interim
Status: in_force

appointments.

A. When a vacancy occurs in any position in state government

and appointment to the position for a full term is subject to

confirmation by one or both houses of the Legislature, such

confirmation shall be required for the appointment to fill the

vacancy for the unexpired term.

B. A person whose nomination has been submitted to the

Legislature may be appointed to hold such office on an acting or

interim basis and may assume the duties of the office and receive

any compensation or travel reimbursement allowed by law for the

position pending confirmation by one or both houses of the

Legislature. No person whose nomination has been withdrawn by the

Governor or other appointing authority after the effective date of

this act or rejected by one or both houses of the Legislature after

the effective date of this act shall be eligible to hold such office

on an acting or interim basis. Provided, such person shall be

eligible for acting or interim appointment if requested by the

appropriate house or houses of the Legislature.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5040.25 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5040.25
Pilot project
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is authorized to implement

the Oklahoma Certified Retirement Communities Program through a

pilot project. During this pilot implementation, the community

selection criteria and scoring methodology shall be defined,

applications shall be developed, educational sessions shall be

conducted and marketing strategies shall be developed. The City of

Stillwater, Oklahoma, shall serve as the pilot community pursuant to

this section. In recognition of the assistance the City of

Stillwater shall provide in this pilot project, the application fee

charged by the Department for the city’s initial application shall

be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). The Department and the City of

Stillwater shall jointly work to organize the community and prepare

its application.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-12001 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-12001
Short title - Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of
Status: in_force

2022.

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

Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022".
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4258.1 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4258.1
Political subdivisions enforcement fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Ethics Commission to be designated the "Political

Subdivisions Enforcement Fund". The fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

all funds appropriated by the Legislature to the fund and all late

filing fees, fines from settlement agreements and fines assessed by

the District Court for violations of the County Campaign Finance and

Financial Disclosure Act, the Municipal Campaign Finance and

Financial Disclosure Act, and the Technology Center District and

Independent School District Campaign Finance and Financial

Disclosure Act. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are

hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the

Commission for any expenses incurred by the Political Subdivisions

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Enforcement Division. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon

warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as

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

Enterprise Services for approval and payment. No later than January

31, 2016, and every year thereafter, the State Treasurer shall

transfer to the General Revenue Fund of the state any monies in the

fund in excess of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000.00).

If at any time the amount of money in the fund is less than One

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), the Executive Director of

the Commission may order that there be no further enforcement by the

Political Subdivisions Enforcement Division until the amount of

money in the fund is more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars

($100,000.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5024 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5024
Professional auditing services
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is hereby authorized to

contract for such professional auditing services as may be necessary

to accomplish audits of funds processed through the Department.

Such audits shall be made by a public accountant or an independent

certified public accountant. A copy of a written report of the

audit, certified to by said accountant, shall be placed and

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maintained on file with the State Auditor and Inspector. The

contracted services shall be procured in accordance with applicable

provisions of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4255 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-4255
Penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any

provision of Sections 4249 through this section of this title

commits a misdemeanor. Nothing in Sections 4249 through this

section of this title relieves a person of criminal responsibility

under the laws of this state relating to perjury.

B. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any

provision of Sections 4249 through this section of this title a

third and subsequent time, in addition to any other penalties

provided herein, shall be prohibited from further lobbying for a

period of five (5) years. If any person having been so prohibited,

lobbies while prohibited, such person shall be permanently

prohibited from lobbying and shall be guilty of a felony.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-872 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-872
Agency not holding title to real estate comprising
Status: in_force

industrial development project - Loans.

In those instances where in an industrial development agency not

holding title to real estate comprising the industrial development

project, but desiring the Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority to

participate in the financing of such project, joins a responsible

industrial buyer in making application for a loan from said

Authority for such purpose, the said industrial development agency

itself contributing funds to the financing of such project, whether

secured or not, the said Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority is

hereby authorized and empowered, subject to all other provisions of

Sections 851 through 868 of this title, and in supplementation

thereof, to participate in the financing of such industrial

development project not to exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent

(66 2/3%) of the cost thereof, taking as security for its loan a

first mortgage lien on such approved industrial development project

or thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) of the cost thereof,

taking as security a second mortgage lien on such approved

industrial development project; provided, however, that in such case

the mortgage lien securing funds loaned by the local industrial

development agency shall be inferior to the lien of said Authority,

and provided, further, that the local industrial development agency

shall be jointly and severally liable upon the note or notes given

the said Authority as one of the principal makers thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1306.2 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1306.2
Information regarding utilization review - Submission
Status: in_force

to Commissioner.

A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall submit to the

Insurance Commissioner the following information regarding

utilization review performed by employees of the Authority:

1. A utilization review plan that includes:

a. an adequate summary description of review standards,

protocol and procedures to be used in evaluating

proposed or delivered hospital and medical care,

b. assurances that the standards and criteria to be

applied in review determinations are established with

input from health care providers representing major

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areas of specialty and certified by the boards of the

various American medical specialties, and

c. the provisions by which patients or health care

providers may seek reconsideration or appeal of

adverse decisions concerning requests for medical

evaluation, treatment or procedures;

2. The type and qualifications of the personnel either employed

or under contract to perform the utilization review;

3. The procedures and policies to ensure that an employee of

the Authority is reasonably accessible to patients and health care

providers five (5) days a week during normal business hours, such

procedures and policies to include as a requirement a toll-free

telephone number to be available during such business hours;

4. The policies and procedures to ensure that all applicable

state and federal laws to protect the confidentiality of individual

medical records are followed;

5. The policies and procedures to verify the identity and

authority of personnel performing utilization review by telephone;

6. A copy of the materials designed to inform applicable

patients and health care providers of the requirements of the

utilization review plan;

7. The procedures for receiving and handling complaints by

patients, hospitals and health care providers concerning utilization

review; and

8. Procedures to ensure that after a request for medical

evaluation, treatment, or procedures has been rejected in whole or

in part and in the event a copy of the report on such rejection is

requested, a copy of the report of the personnel performing

utilization review concerning the rejection shall be mailed by the

insurer, postage prepaid, to the ill or injured person, the treating

health care provider, hospital or to the person financially

responsible for the patient’s bill within fifteen (15) days after

receipt of the request for the report.

B. The Authority shall pay an annual fee to the Insurance

Commissioner of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5013 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5013
Community Planning Project Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the "Community Planning Project

Revolving Fund". The fund shall consist of any monies appropriated

thereto and any monies payable to the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce by the United States Federal Government or cities, towns,

or counties of the State of Oklahoma for assistance in communities'

planning projects. The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject

to fiscal year limitations and shall be subject to the

administrative direction of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

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

State Treasurer against claims submitted to the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The monies deposited

in the revolving fund shall be expended by the Oklahoma Department

of Commerce to pay the cost of providing these services for the

various planning projects.

B. On July 1, 1986, any unallotted cash balance in the fund

created in Section 686 of this title shall be transferred to the

Community Planning Project Revolving Fund. All outstanding

financial obligations and encumbrances of the fund created in

Section 686 of this title are hereby transferred to the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce. After November 15, 1986, any unexpended

balance in the fund created in Section 686 of this title shall be

transferred to the Community Planning Project Revolving Fund created

in this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-9060 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-9060
Short title - Oklahoma Emergency Energy Availability Act
Status: in_force

of 2022 – Emergency energy plans.

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

Emergency Energy Availability Act of 2022".

B. As used in the Oklahoma Emergency Energy Availability Act of

2022:

1. "Energy policy" means any policy or commitment pertaining to

the sourcing of electrical power generation, energy conservation

methods, or energy development; and

2. "Energy source" means any source used to generate electric

power including but not limited to biomass, coal, hydroelectricity,

natural gas, hydrogen, nuclear, oil, solar, water, and wind.

C. 1. On or after the effective date of this act, any agency,

department, bureau, system of higher education, school district,

township, or municipality within this state which has an energy

policy in place or that chooses to develop an energy policy shall

develop an emergency energy plan detailing methods or sources of

energy during a state of emergency.

2. On or after the effective date of this act, any agency,

department, bureau, system of higher education, school district,

township, or municipality within this state which has or develops an

energy policy and an emergency energy plan pursuant to paragraph 1

of this subsection shall not source energy for such plans from a

single energy source and shall develop policies for the acquisition

of electrical power generated from at least three distinct energy

sources.

D. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shall

promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this section.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 50
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1253 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1253
Temporary interchange of employees authorized
Status: in_force

(a) Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state is

authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees

with departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the federal

government, or another state, as a sending or receiving agency.

(b) The period of individual assignment or detail under an

interchange program shall be negotiated on an annual basis. Details

relating to any matter covered in this act may be the subject of an

agreement between the sending and receiving agencies. Elected

officials shall not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed

to a receiving agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5012 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5012
Oklahoma Department of Commerce Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the "Oklahoma Department of Commerce

Revolving Fund". The fund shall consist of all monies, other than

appropriated monies, received by the Department which are not

directed to be placed into another fund. The fund shall be a

continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall be

subject to the administrative direction of the Oklahoma Department

of Commerce. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants

issued by the State Treasurer against claims submitted to the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

Monies in the fund may be expended for the operating expenses of the

Department and shall be made pursuant to the laws of this state.

B. On July 1, 1986, any unallotted cash balance in the funds

created in Sections 678 and 2008 of this title shall be transferred

to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce Revolving Fund. All

outstanding financial obligations and encumbrances of the funds

created in Sections 678 and 2008 of this title are hereby

transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. After November

15, 1986, any unexpended balance in the funds created in Sections

678 and 2008 of this title shall be transferred to the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce Revolving Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2278 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2278
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Trails System Act:

1. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation

Commission; and

2. "Political subdivision" means any county, municipality or

other subdivision of state or local government.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5063.8 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5063.8
Deposit of general obligation bond proceeds into Fund
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall designate for deposit to the Credit

Enhancement Reserve Fund the net proceeds of any general obligation

bonds issued by the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority pursuant

to Section 5063.11 of this title. The board of directors shall by

resolution or other appropriate action designate an issue of bonds

authorized to be issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Development Finance

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Authority Act, Section 5062.1 et seq. of this title, as having the

security afforded by the act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-930.7 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-930.7
Increase in benefits - Amount
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, any person

receiving retirement benefits from the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System as of June 30, 2001, who continues to receive

benefits on or after July 1, 2002, shall, beginning in July 2002,

receive an increase in retirement benefits equal to five percent

(5%).

B. Any person who is otherwise eligible for the benefit

increase provided in subsection A of this section, who retired from

the System with not less than twenty-five (25) years nor more than

twenty-nine (29) years of service, shall receive, in lieu of the

benefit increase provided in subsection A of this section, an

increase in retirement benefits equal to five and five-tenths

percent (5.5%) beginning July 2002.

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C. Any person who is otherwise eligible for the benefit

increase provided in subsection A of this section, who retired from

the System with thirty (30) or more years of service, shall receive,

in lieu of the benefit increase provided in subsection A of this

section, an increase in retirement benefits equal to six percent

(6%) beginning July 2002.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-365 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-365
Receipt of warrants as payment - Redemption and
Status: in_force

cancellation.

Redemption of Warrants. He shall receive in payment of public

dues, the warrants drawn by the State Treasurer in conformity with

the law; or redeem the same, if there be money in the Treasury

appropriated for that purpose, and on redeeming such warrant, or

receiving the same in payment, he shall cause the person presenting

such warrant to endorse the same and the Treasurer shall perforate

the date and the word "Canceled" with perforator, and shall enter in

his book, in separate columns the number of such warrant, its date,

amount and the name of the person to whom payable, the date of the

payment and the amount of interest if any, paid thereon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5213 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-5213
Renumbered as § 523 of Title 3 by Laws 2025, c. 274, §
Status: in_force

30, eff. July 1, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1369 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1369
Eligibility to participate
Status: in_force

A. A state employee shall be eligible to participate in the

plan commencing July 1 of the plan year beginning July 1, 2001, and

commencing January 1 for any plan year beginning after January 1,

2002, provided such employee qualifies as a participant as provided

in this act.

B. Except to the extent a benefit plan provides otherwise, each

participant's eligibility to participate in the plan and each

benefit plan shall terminate on the participant's termination.

C. Each of the benefit plans incorporated in the plan may have

its own eligibility requirements for participation which differ from

those set forth in the plan to govern participation in the plan.

The eligibility requirements set forth in the plan relate only to

participation in the plan and shall have no effect on such

eligibility requirements.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-51.2c — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-51.2c
Oklahoma School Security Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

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

fund for the Office of Homeland Security to be designated the

“Oklahoma School Security Revolving Fund”. The Oklahoma School

Security Revolving Fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to

fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of monies received by the

Office of Homeland Security from:

1. Reimbursements, grants, or other monies received from other

state agencies and entities of state government for school security;

2. Reimbursements, grants, or other monies received by the

Office of Homeland Security from the United States government

obligated to school security projects;

3. Gifts, donations, and bequests; and

4. Monies appropriated or apportioned by the state.

B. All monies accruing to the credit of the Oklahoma School

Security Revolving Fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted

and expended by the Office of Homeland Security for the

administration of the Oklahoma School Security Grant Program.

Contingent upon the availability of funding, the Office of Homeland

Security may make grants each year to institutions of higher

learning, technology center schools, public schools, and private

schools as provided in Section 51.2b of this title.

C. Expenditures from the Oklahoma School Security Revolving

Fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer

against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and

payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.9F — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.9F
Renumbered as § 62.8 of this title by Laws 1999, c. 289,
Status: in_force

§ 17, eff. July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2233 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2233
Preparation and distribution of publicity, advertising
Status: in_force

and informational materials.

All state agencies and state-owned information centers may:

1. Distribute publicity, advertising and informational

materials about state-owned, local government-owned, tribally owned,

or privately owned museums, buildings, sites, attractions and points

of interest within the State of Oklahoma, whether agencies be

industrial, commercial, governmental, educational, cultural,

recreational, agricultural or business in nature; and

2. Assist public and private agencies in the preparation of

informational and publicity programs designed to inform and attract

business, industry and tourism to the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1735.3 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-1735.3
Implementation
Status: in_force

The War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma, in cooperation with the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services, shall promulgate rules

pursuant to the implementation of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.47c — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-85.47c
Small Business Surety Bond Guaranty Fund
Status: in_force

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

fund for the Small Business Surety Bond Guaranty Program to be

designated the "Small Business Surety Bond Guaranty Fund". The fund

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

and shall consist of:

1. Premiums, fees, and any other amounts received with respect

to bonding assistance provided under this program;

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2. Proceeds from the sale, lease, or other disposition of

property or contracts held or acquired by the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services pursuant to this program;

3. Income from investments that the State Treasurer makes from

monies in the fund; and

4. Any other monies made available under this program.

B. The fund shall be used:

1. For the purposes provided for in this program; and

2. To pay part or all of the expenses of administering the

program.

C. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund shall be

deposited with the State Treasurer and invested and reinvested in

the same manner as other state funds, and any investment earnings

shall be paid into the fund. All monies accruing to the credit of

the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended

for the purposes provided in subsection B of this section.

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, § 74-2056 — OK Code / Title 74 / Section 74-2056
Renumbered as § 5008.1 of this title by Laws 1992, c
Status: in_force

313, § 7, emerg. eff. May 27, 1992.