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§74-840-2.27. Renumbered as § 840-2.27C of this title by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 20, eff. July 1, 1997.
Sections 4 through 11 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act".
Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 4, eff. July 1, 1997.
14. “Years of service” means current and prior service which is creditable for the Longevity Pay Plan. An affected employee shall not be required to have been continuously employed for two (2) years to be given credit for either current or prior service pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 410, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 175, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 212, § 12, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 5, § 92, emerg. eff. March 1, 2004.
NOTE: Laws 2003, c. 120, § 1 repealed by Laws 2004, c. 5, § 93, emerg. eff. March 1, 2004.
A. At least sixty (60) days before the scheduled beginning of reduction-in-force separations or as otherwise provided by law, the appointing authority shall post in each office of executive branch agencies affected by the proposed reduction-in-force notice that a reduction-in-force will be conducted in accordance with the Oklahoma Personnel Act and Merit rules. The reduction-in-force implementation plan shall be provided to the Director of State Finance and any state employee association representing state employees at such time. The notice shall not be posted unless approved by the cabinet secretary for the agency conducting the reduction-in-force. If there is no incumbent cabinet secretary for the agency, the cabinet-secretary-notice-approval requirement shall not be applicable. If the appointing authority is governed by an elected official, the cabinet-secretary-notice-approval requirement shall not be applicable. The approved notice shall be posted in each office affected by the proposed plan for five (5) days. The appointing authority shall provide a copy of the notice to the Administrator. A reduction-in-force shall not be used as a disciplinary action.
6. Provide outplacement assistance and employment counseling from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and any other outplacement assistance and employment counseling made available by the agency to affected employees regarding the options available pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act prior to the date that a reduction-in-force is implemented.
C. If an agency implements a reduction-in-force then it shall give a veteran's preference over affected nonveterans who have equal retention points to the affected veteran.
3. Contain an estimate of the cost savings or reduced expenditures likely to be achieved by the agency. If the reduction-in-force is conducted pursuant to a reorganization, the fiscal components of the reduction-in-force implementation plan shall contain reasons for the reorganization, which may include, but not be limited to, increased efficiency, improved service delivery, or enhanced quality of service.
E. The appointing authority may limit displacement of affected employees at the time of a reduction-in-force. Displacement limits shall not be subject to the approval of the Administrator. Any limitation shall be based upon reasonable, written, articulated criteria as certified by the appointing authority. If displacement is limited, the appointing authority shall take action to avoid or minimize any adverse impact on minorities or women.
1. The appointing authority may protect from displacement action up to twenty percent (20%) of projected post-reduction-in-force employees in affected positions within displacement limits; provided, that any fractional number resulting from the final mathematical calculation of the number of those positions shall be rounded to the next higher whole number. The appointing authority must explain why affected employees are being protected.
2. If the affected employee has not held within the last five (5) years a position in the job family level or predecessor class in which the affected employee is otherwise eligible for a displacement opportunity, the appointing authority may determine that the affected employee does not possess the recent relevant experience for the position and deny in writing the displacement opportunity.
3. An affected permanent classified employee may exercise a displacement privilege, if one exists, if the affected employee has received an overall rating of at least “meets standards”, or its equivalent, on the most recent annual service rating. If an affected employee has not been rated in accordance with the time limits established in Section 840-4.17 of this title, the employee shall be deemed to have received an overall rating of at least “meets standards” or its equivalent on the most recent service rating.
b. not have the right to exercise any subsequent right to receive severance benefits from the agency for which the affected employee performs services on the date that the employee exercises a displacement privilege. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit any person from exercising a displacement privilege in, or accepting severance benefits from, more than one agency during employment with the State of Oklahoma or from the agency which the affected employee exercised a displacement privilege in any future reduction-in-force.
F. An affected employee who does not agree pursuant to Section 840-2.27E of this title to accept severance benefits and who does not have a displacement opportunity or does not accept a displacement opportunity shall be separated by the reduction-in-force and shall not receive any severance benefits that would have otherwise been provided pursuant to Section 840-2.27D of this title.
G. Permanent classified affected employees and those affected employees on probationary status after reinstatement from permanent classified status without a break in service who were removed from a job family level by taking a position in another job family level through displacement or separated after foregoing severance benefits shall be recalled by the agency to the job family level from which they were removed in inverse order of removal before the agency may appoint other persons to the job family level, from the employment register, by internal action or from Priority Reemployment Consideration Rosters as provided by this section. Upon declination of an offer of reappointment to the job family level from which the employee was removed or eighteen (18) months after the date of removal from the job family level, whichever is first, this right to be recalled shall expire.
H. The names of permanent classified affected employees and those affected employees on probationary status after reinstatement from permanent classified status without a break in service who have been separated pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act, who apply and meet all requirements for state jobs in the classified service shall be placed on Priority Reemployment Consideration Rosters for a maximum of eighteen (18) months after the date of separation. Before any vacant position is filled by any individual eligible for initial appointment from the employment register, individuals on the Priority Reemployment Consideration Rosters shall be given priority consideration for reemployment by any state agency within eighteen (18) months after the date of the reduction-in-force. Upon declination of an offer of reemployment to a job family level having the same or higher pay band than the job family level from which the employee was removed, or eighteen (18) months after the date of separation, whichever is first, this priority consideration for reemployment shall expire. If an agency has posted a reduction-in-force plan and implementation schedule, all affected employees in positions covered by the plan and any within the displacement limits established by the appointing authority of the agency who have been separated shall be eligible for priority reemployment consideration.
I. If an agency or any part thereof is scheduled to be closed or abolished as a result of legislation or a court order, the affected employees, who would be eligible for Priority Reemployment Consideration after their separation in accordance with subsection H of this section, may apply and, if qualified and eligible, shall be accorded Priority Reemployment Consideration not to exceed twelve (12) months before the scheduled date of separation. If an agency has posted a reduction-in-force plan and implementation schedule, all affected employees in positions covered by the plan and any within the displacement limits established by the appointing authority of the agency shall be eligible for Priority Reemployment Consideration beginning with the date the schedule is posted, not to exceed twelve (12) months before the scheduled date of separation.
J. When the Legislature is not in session, the Contingency Review Board may, upon the request of the Governor, direct agencies, boards and commissions to reduce the number of employees working for the agency, board or commission whenever it is deemed necessary and proper. Such reduction shall be made pursuant to reduction-in-force plans as provided in this section.
K. 1. When the Legislature is not in session, the Contingency Review Board may, upon the request of the Governor, direct and require mandatory furloughs for all state employees whenever it is deemed necessary and proper. The Contingency Review Board shall specify the effective dates for furloughs and shall note any exceptions to state employees affected by same. All classified, unclassified, exempt or nonmerit employees, including those employees of agencies or offices established by statute or the Constitution, shall be affected by such actions.
2. Mandatory furlough means the involuntary temporary reduction of work hours or the placement of an employee on involuntary leave without pay. Rules governing leave, longevity pay and participation in the State Employees Group Health, Dental, Disability, and Life Insurance program shall not be affected by mandatory furloughs. Furlough, as provided for in this section or by rules adopted by the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management, shall not be appealable under the provisions of the Oklahoma Personnel Act.
3. Notwithstanding existing laws or provisions to the contrary, members of state boards and commissions shall not receive per diem expenses during periods of mandatory furlough. The Contingency Review Board shall additionally call upon elected officials, members of the judiciary, and other public officers whose salary or emoluments cannot be altered during current terms of office, to voluntarily donate to the General Revenue Fund any portion of their salary which would otherwise have been affected by a mandatory furlough.
L. All agencies directed by the Contingency Review Board to terminate or furlough employees, shall report the cumulative cost savings achieved by the reductions-in-force or furloughs to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives on a quarterly basis for one (1) year following the effective date of the action.
M. The appointing authority of an agency which has an approved reduction-in-force plan pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act may request the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management to appoint an interagency advisory task force for the purpose of assisting the agency and its employees with the implementation of the reduction-in-force. The appointing authority of state agencies requested by the Administrator to participate on a task force shall assign appropriate administrative personnel necessary to facilitate the necessary assistance required for the efficient implementation of the approved reduction-in-force.
Laws 1982, c. 338, § 35, eff. July 1, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 329, § 1, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 84, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 244, § 7, emerg. eff. June 12, 1986; Laws 1991, c. 22, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Renumbered from Title 74, § 841.14 by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54; Laws 1994, c. 283, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Renumbered from Title 74, § 840-4.18 and amended by Laws 1995, c. 263, §§ 8, 10. Renumbered from Title 74, § 840-2.27 and amended by Laws 1997, c. 287, §§ 6, 20, eff. July 1, 1997. Laws 1998, c. 256, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 410, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 381, § 6, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 212, § 13, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2003, c. 353, § 1, emerg. eff. June 3, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 312, § 11, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 1, § 130, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005; Laws 2005, c. 453, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2007, c. 342, § 3, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2009, c. 38, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 2, § 101, emerg. eff. March 3, 2010.
e. the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management shall distribute to the affected employee and the agency any monies remaining in the affected employee's account after the voucher credit has expired. The distribution shall be based on the proportional share of contributions made by the affected employee and the agency.
B. Each affected employee who is separated from state service as a result of a reduction-in-force after July 1, 1998, besides being eligible for the eighteen (18) months of continuation coverages provided by the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 30066-1 et seq., i.e., health, dental, vision and healthcare reimbursement account options, under this severance benefit, shall also be eligible to elect additional continuation coverage for any life insurance, in twenty-thousand-dollar units, on self or five-thousand-dollar units, on dependents, and to continue participation in the dependent care reimbursement account provided that these additional coverages were in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the reduction-in-force, the date of which shall serve as the qualifying event date. Provided, that no coverage elected for continuation through the Public Health Service Act for the full eighteen-month period is allowed to lapse, then that affected employee may elect to continue those same coverages for an additional eighteen (18) months at whatever rate is then in effect. This additional eighteen-month continuation period of coverage shall be administered by the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council following the initial eighteen-month period of continuation which shall be administered by the COBRA office at the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board.
C. Part-time affected employees shall receive benefits pursuant to this section on a prorated basis. Part-time employees shall have been compensated for at least one thousand (1,000) hours during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the effective date of the reduction-in-force to be eligible for severance benefits pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act.
D. No appointing authority shall grant affected employees in a reduction-in-force severance benefits except as provided in this section.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 7, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 256, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2001, c. 381, § 7, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 212, § 14, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2003, c. 353, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 5, § 94, emerg. eff. March 1, 2004.
NOTE: Laws 2003, c. 120, § 2 repealed by Laws 2004, c. 5, § 95, emerg. eff. March 1, 2004.
b. future employment with the agency from which separated for a period of one (1) year from the date of the agreement, provided that nothing in this subparagraph shall prohibit an appointing authority of any agency from employing an affected employee who has received a severance benefit. If an affected employee is reemployed by the agency from which separated as a result of a reduction-in-force within one (1) year of separation, the affected employee shall repay all severance benefits received pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act on a proportional basis. The repayment amount of the severance benefits received by or paid on behalf of the affected employee shall be reduced one-three-hundred-sixty-fifths (1/365) for each day after the separation of the affected employee, provided that any education voucher credit benefits shall not include agency contributions.
The provisions of this section shall not prohibit any affected employee from accepting severance benefits from more than one agency during employment with the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 8, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 347, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 212, § 15, eff. July 1, 2003.
§74-840-2.27F. Reduction-in-Force Education Voucher Action Fund.
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of Personnel Management to be designated the "Reduction-in-Force Education Voucher Action 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 Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management for the purposes authorized by subsection B of this section. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of State Finance for approval and payment.
B. The fund shall be used for the purpose of providing education vouchers to affected employees exercising rights to severance benefits pursuant to Sections 7 and 12 of this act in order to make payment to eligible educational institutions.
C. The Office of Personnel Management shall establish accounts within the fund for each affected employee who elects to participate in the education voucher opportunity pursuant to Sections 7 and 12 of this act, in which shall be placed the affected employee and agency contributions.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997.
§74-840-2.27G. Reduction-in-Force Emergency Cost Fund.
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the Office of State Finance to be designated as the "Reduction-in-Force Emergency Cost Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of appropriations made by the Legislature. All monies accruing to the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Director of the Office of State Finance for the purpose of aiding state agencies to pay severance benefits pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force Severance Benefits Act. 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 State Finance for approval and payment.
2. Deny or reduce the request of an appointing authority if the Director determines that the agency has funds available to pay the severance benefits or if anticipated requests from agencies for funding in a fiscal year will exceed the monies in the fund.
C. The Director shall notify the Contingency Review Board regarding any decision to authorize disbursements from the fund. Any member of the Board may call a meeting to consider the Director's decision within five (5) business days of the notification to the Contingency Review Board. If the Contingency Review Board does not disapprove or otherwise amend the Director's decision within ten (10) business days of notification to the Contingency Review Board, the Director's decision shall be final. If the Director or the Contingency Review Board has authorized the use of the fund, the Director shall transfer the funds to the agency.
D. Agencies must use any monies transferred from the fund solely for the purposes of the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act. Any monies not used as a result of the reduction-in-force for which the money was transferred shall be returned to the fund by state agencies, except as provided by Section 11 of this act.
E. Any monies transferred to agencies from the fund shall not be subject to any budgetary limits of an agency.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 10, eff. July 1, 1997.
§74-840-2.27H. Repealed by Laws 1998, c. 256, § 11, eff. July 1, 1998.
§74-840-2.27I. Election to reinstate health insurance coverage.
may reinstate health insurance coverage any time within two (2) years following the date of the reduction-in-force from the state, and be eligible for the purchase of all other benefits available to former employees with a vested benefit of the state public retirement system of which the employee is a member.
B. Former employees who elect to reinstate health insurance coverage pursuant to this section shall provide satisfactory evidence of insurability after a break in coverage of one hundred eighty (180) days or more.
C. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall apply to an affected former state employee who may have elected non-state-sponsored health insurance coverage or who initially may have elected one of the available state-sponsored health insurance plans but later cancels either of those elected coverages.
D. A former employee who reinstates health insurance coverage pursuant to this section shall pay the full cost of the insurance premium at the then available rate and pursuant to the rules and enrollment procedures established by the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board. The former employee will be subject to the same rate changes as those made available to all other state vested or retired employees. The former employee may elect coverage for the employee's current dependents if the election is made within thirty (30) days of reinstatement of health insurance.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 256, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998.
§74-840-2.28. Authorization - Benefit package options - Plan for reduction-in-force - Part-time employees - Ineligibility for future benefits.
e. the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management shall distribute to the affected employee and the agency any monies remaining in the employee's account after the voucher credit has expired. The distribution shall be based on the proportional share of contributions made by the employee and the agency.
B. Appointing authorities in agencies of the executive branch shall submit to the Director of the Office of State Finance, prior to offering voluntary out benefits pursuant to this section, a plan with details on why the agency has determined a reduction-in-force is imminent, the anticipated impact of the imminent reduction-in-force on the agency or part of the agency, the voluntary out benefits the agency intends to offer pursuant to this section and their cost, and how the agency intends to execute the offer of the voluntary out benefits. The Director shall review the fiscal components of the plan and have ten (10) business days to disapprove it.
C. Part-time employees who are eligible to receive voluntary out benefits shall receive benefits pursuant to this section on a prorated basis. Part-time employees shall have been compensated for at least one thousand (1,000) hours during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the separation of the employee due to the employee's acceptance of a voluntary out benefit.
D. An employee who accepts voluntary out benefits pursuant to this section shall not be eligible to accept any future voluntary out benefits pursuant to this section.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 12, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 256, § 5, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2001, c. 381, § 8, eff. July 1, 2001.
4. “Normal retirement” means the date upon which an employee may retire with an unreduced benefit from a public retirement system based upon the age of the employee or a combination of the age of the employee and the number of years of service accrued by the employee in the applicable retirement system.
B. For eligible voluntary buyout expenditures paid by agencies not later than June 30, 2012, pursuant to a voluntary buyout agreement authorized by paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 840-2.28 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and entered into on or after the effective date of this act, but not later than June 30, 2012, the paying agency shall be eligible to be reimbursed the amount of the eligible voluntary buyout expenditures from the Voluntary Buyout Agency Reimbursement Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 3 of this act.
C. An agency seeking reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of this section shall make application to the Office of State Finance on such form as may be prescribed by the Office of State Finance for that purpose.
E. If an agency receives the confirmation from the Office of State Finance that the funds for reimbursement are available, the terms of the voluntary buyout agreement executed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall become final and the agreement may be enforced according to its terms.
F. An agency which has entered into a contingent agreement as provided by subsection D of this section to make payment to an employee for which the agency is eligible to obtain reimbursement from the Voluntary Buyout Agency Reimbursement Revolving Fund shall notify the Office of State Finance by the fastest method available to the agency, whether by telephone, electronic mail or other form of communication, of the exact amount of funds for which the agency will seek reimbursement based upon payment of eligible voluntary buyout expenses. The Office of State Finance shall develop a system for the receipt of the communications required by this subsection and shall provide a confirmation to the agency of the sufficiency of funds for reimbursement to the agency based upon the total amount of available funds using the fastest method available to the Office of State Finance, whether by telephone, electronic mail or other form of communication. Responses to agency requests shall be made by the Office of State Finance in the order in which the requests were received.
G. Applications for reimbursement shall be processed by the Office of State Finance according to the order in which confirmations were provided to agencies and any reimbursement from the Voluntary Buyout Agency Reimbursement Revolving Fund shall be subject to the available balance of the fund. Reimbursement shall be made in the full amount requested, subject to verification of eligibility for the expended amount, unless the balance of the fund is insufficient to make full reimbursement. No payments from the fund shall be made on a pro rata basis and if an agency application for reimbursement cannot be made in the full amount requested based upon the unavailability of funds, the application shall be denied.
H. Only payments of eligible voluntary buyout expenditures made to an eligible employee, as defined by paragraph 3 of subsection A of this section, shall be eligible for reimbursement. Any payment of eligible voluntary buyout expenditures made to a person who is not an eligible employee as defined by paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section shall not be eligible for reimbursement.
I. As a condition of receiving reimbursement from the Voluntary Buyout Agency Reimbursement Revolving Fund for one or more particular positions, the agency shall agree that its number of full-time-equivalent employees shall be reduced by the number of such positions for a period of not less than thirty-six (36) months. The agency shall report such information to the Office of State Finance as may be necessary for the Office of State Finance to ensure that the provisions of this subsection are enforced. If the Office of State Finance determines that the agency is not substantially in compliance with the provisions of this subsection, the agency shall repay the amount of reimbursement received.
J. Notwithstanding the loss of specific employees resulting from a voluntary buyout pursuant to this section, an agency shall preserve such full-time-equivalent positions as may be required in order to perform the duties imposed upon the agency by law and may, subject to the applicable provisions of the Oklahoma Personnel Act, provide for the performance of the duties formerly performed by an employee accepting a voluntary buyout.
K. The provisions of this section shall not preclude an agency from entering into a voluntary buyout agreement pursuant to Section 840-2.28 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes which does not provide for any reimbursement of funds.
L. Any employee who accepts a voluntary buyout pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be prohibited from being employed by the entity of state government making payment to the employee pursuant to this section for a period of three (3) years from the date as of which the employee is last employed by the state governmental entity making payment to the employee pursuant to the provisions of this section. After the expiration of the three-year period prescribed by this subsection, the former employee may be hired by the state governmental entity which made payment to the employee pursuant to this section. The provisions of this subsection shall also be applicable to a contract for the performance of services by a former employee of the state governmental entity which made payment pursuant to this section for a period of three (3) years from the date as of which the employee is last employed by the state governmental entity making payment to the employee pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Laws 2010, c. 179, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 309, § 1, eff. July 1, 2011.
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of State Finance to be designated the “Voluntary Buyout Agency Reimbursement Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Office of State Finance from such sources as may be designated by law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office of State Finance for the purpose of making reimbursement payments to agencies as provided by Section 2 of this act for eligible voluntary buyout expenditures. 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 State Finance for approval and payment.
Laws 2010, c. 179, § 3, emerg. eff. April 28, 2010.
§74-840-2.29. On-call classified employees - Minimum compensation for hours worked.
A classified employee who is on-call shall be compensated for a minimum of two (2) hours of work if the employee reports to a work location while in an on-call status. This provision shall apply anytime the employee reports and works less than two (2) hours.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 348, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2001. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 292, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 119, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003.
§74-840-2.30. Payment for time not worked - Public accountability.
A. It is the policy of the State of Oklahoma to be accountable to state taxpayers for the expenditure of public funds. To this end, all state employees shall be paid according to a pay system established pursuant to the principles of public accountability that prohibits payment to any state employee for time not worked unless the time not worked is covered by available paid leave. Violation of this provision may result in disciplinary action and criminal prosecution under Oklahoma law.
B. 1. The Department of Public Safety shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection A of this section as it relates to holiday leave for employees of the Department of Public Safety appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to subsection A of Section 2-105 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
2. Notwithstanding the dates to be observed as holidays in 2009, as specified and approved by the Governor pursuant to Section 82.1 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, on the effective date of this act the Department of Public Safety shall schedule and grant holiday leave for employees prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection as is necessary to appropriately perform the functions of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department, regardless of whether the holiday leave is granted on, before, or after the actual date of the holiday specified and approved by the Governor.
3. For the calendar year beginning January 1, 2010, and for each calendar year thereafter, all leave hours for the number of holidays to be observed in the calendar year, as specified and approved by the Governor pursuant to Section 82.1 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall accrue in total on January 1 of the calendar year for each employee prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection. Notwithstanding the dates to be observed as holidays in the calendar year, the Department of Public Safety shall schedule and grant holiday leave for the calendar year for employees prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection as is deemed necessary to appropriately perform the functions of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department, regardless of whether the holiday leave is granted on, before, or after the actual date of the holiday specified and approved by the Governor.
b. the Department shall schedule and grant for each employee and the employee shall use all holiday leave during the calendar year in which it is specified and approved by the Governor. Holiday leave shall not carry over from one (1) calendar year to the next calendar year.
5. If an employee prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection leaves the service of the state, and the Department has scheduled and granted the employee and the employee has used holiday leave which is in excess of the number of holidays left in the calendar year during which the employee leaves the service of the state, the Department shall deduct the number of excess hours of holiday leave used by the employee from the accrued annual leave of the employee.
Laws 2005, c. 176, § 5, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2009, c. 310, § 4, eff. July 1, 2009.

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