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74 OK Stat § 74-226A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-226A. Audit of expenditures of county sales tax revenue - Report of irregularities to Attorney General.

|As part of the annual audit of the books and records of a county, the State Auditor and Inspector shall make an audit of the expenditures of county sales tax revenue in order to determine whether the expenditures are being made according to law and constitutional provisions. The audit shall consist of a review of the ledgers and records of the expenditures of the sales tax proceeds. However, the annual audit required by this section shall only apply to any county sales tax revenue which is designated for a specific purpose as set forth in the ballot as passed by the voters of the county. The expense of the audit shall be paid by the county. The State Auditor and Inspector shall make a report of the audit and shall retain its report of the audit. The State Auditor and Inspector shall report any irregularities in the expenditure of sales tax proceeds to the Office of the Attorney General within thirty (30) days from the making of the report. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 196, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
74 OK Stat § 74-227.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-227.3. Deposit of revenue into fund.

|The Oklahoma Tax Commission is by this act required to apportion monthly and place to the credit of the Circuit Engineering District Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 1 of this act one-third of one percent (1/3 of 1%) of the total gasoline excise taxes apportioned under the provisions of paragraph 4 of subsection A of Section 500.6 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or under the provisions of the cited paragraph as the same may be amended or reenacted. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 115, § 3, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 366, § 7, eff. July 1, 1965; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 149, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1984, c. 289, § 8, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 2005, c. 414, § 2, eff. July 1, 2006.
74 OK Stat § 74-227.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-227.6. Payments into fund - Disbursements.

|All payments made by counties and county officers and other public officers to the State Auditor and Inspector for services or expenses in connection with the performance of the lawful duties of his office shall be made by warrant payable to the "State Auditor and Inspector Revolving Fund" and such warrants shall be deposited in the State Auditor and Inspector Revolving Fund. All payments for salaries, compensation, travel expenses, and other expenses of the State Auditor and Inspector and his employees for services or expenses in connection with the performance of the lawful duties of his office with respect to the examination or audit of counties, county funds or other public funds shall be paid by state warrant from such State Auditor and Inspector Revolving Fund to the extent of available funds. From and after the effective date of this act no county, county officer or other public officer shall make direct payment to any employee of the State Auditor and Inspector other than in accordance herewith. |Laws 1965, c. 366, § 6; Laws 1970, c. 43, § 6, emerg. eff. March 3, 1970; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 151, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
74 OK Stat § 74-227.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-227.8. Payment for services by state agencies - Agreements - Deposits.

|Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any state agency, board, commission, city or town, common school, technology center school, county, institution of higher education, public trust or political subdivision of the state may enter into agreements with the State Auditor and Inspector to perform audits, investigative or consultant services and the entity shall pay the State Auditor and Inspector for the services. Payments made by such entity shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Auditor and Inspector Revolving Fund created by Section 227.9 of this title. Expenses incurred in auditing such books and accounts, including compensation of necessary personnel, including consultants, or causing the books and accounts to be audited, shall be paid by the entity in the same manner as now provided by law for other disbursements. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 343, § 5, emerg. eff. May 9, 1968. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 152, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1991, c. 319, § 6, emerg. eff. June 12, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 317, § 2, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 173, eff. July 1, 2001.
74 OK Stat § 74-227.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-227.9. State Auditor and Inspector Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector to be designated the "State Auditor and Inspector Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all money paid to and received by the State Auditor and Inspector from state agencies, boards and commissions authorized by statute to pay the expense of audits and consulting services, money received for performance of audits and consulting services pursuant to contract entered into under the authority of Section 227.8 of this title, funds received from state agencies, boards and commissions receiving federal grants of funds which require periodic audits under said grants or any federal regulations, all money received from counties, cities, towns and public trusts in payment of audit expense, funds appropriated to state agencies, boards and commissions for payment of audit expense, and fees collected pursuant to Section 212A of this title. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector for expenses necessary for the performance of duties imposed upon the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector by law. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. The State Auditor and Inspector shall at the close of each fiscal year pay into the General Revenue Fund of the state any unencumbered balance remaining in said revolving fund in excess of Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000.00). |Added by Laws 1970, c. 43, § 5, emerg. eff. March 3, 1970. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 153, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1985, c. 304, § 10, emerg. eff. July 24, 1985; Laws 1991, c. 319, § 7, emerg. eff. June 12, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 260, § 9, operative July 1, 1993; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 4, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 845.
74 OK Stat § 74-228 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-228. Internal audits - Supervisory responsibility.

|The administrative head and the governing body of any state agency, board, department or commission having internal audit functions shall have direct supervisory responsibility over all internal audits conducted by the agency, board, department or commission. Such supervisory responsibility shall include, but not be limited to, the duty of assuring that all internal audits are conducted in accordance with the "Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing" developed by the Institute of Internal Auditors or any successor organization thereto. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 36, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 317, § 5, eff. July 1, 1994.
74 OK Stat § 74-229 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-229. Internal audit reports.

|In addition to other requirements regarding audits prescribed by law, all state agencies, departments, boards and commissions that conduct internal audits shall submit internal audit reports, including initial and final reports, to the State Auditor and Inspector. Each audit shall be identified clearly as either an initial internal audit report or as a final internal audit report. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
74 OK Stat § 74-231 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-231. Bureau created.

|There is hereby created a bureau to be known as the "Oklahoma Geological Survey," which shall be under the direction of a commission, to be known as the State Geological Commission, composed of the Governor, the President of the State University, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. R.L. 1910 Sec. 8125. |R.L.1910, § 8125.
74 OK Stat § 74-232 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-232. Direction and supervision.

|The Geological Survey of the State of Oklahoma located at Norman, Oklahoma, is hereby placed under the direction and supervision of the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 46, p. 49, § 1, emerg. eff. March 7, 1924.
74 OK Stat § 74-234 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-234. Duties of bureau.

|The said bureau shall have for its object and duties the following: |First. A study of the geological formations of the state with special reference to its mineral deposits, including coal, oil, gas, asphalt, gypsum, salt, cement, stone, clay, lead, zinc, iron, sand, road building material, water resources and all other mineral resources.Second. The preparation and publication of bulletins and reports, accompanied with necessary illustrations and maps, including both general and detailed descriptions of the geological structure and mineral resources of the state.Third. The consideration of such other scientific and economic questions as, in the judgment of the commission, shall be deemed of value to the people.R.L.1910, § 8127.
74 OK Stat § 74-235 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-235. Reports.

|he director shall present to the Governor a biennial report, ready for printing, showing the progress and condition of said bureau, together with such other information as the commission may deem necessary: Provided, that the commission shall have authority to print and distribute said report. |R.L.1910, § 8128.
74 OK Stat § 74-237 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-237. Right of way.

|In order to carry out the provisions of this article, it shall be lawful for all persons employed by the bureau to enter and cross all lands within the state Provided, that in so doing no damage shall be done to private property. |R.L.1910, § 8130.
74 OK Stat § 74-238 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-238. Located at university.

|Until suitable laboratories, libraries and testing apparatus are provided by the state for prosecuting the work of the survey, said survey shall be located at the State University. The commission shall enter into arrangements with the Board of Regents of the State University for the use, by members of the staff of the survey, or such rooms, laboratories, libraries and apparatus as may be necessary for the carrying on of such work. |R.L.1910, § 8131.
74 OK Stat § 74-241 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-241. Survey created - Supervision - Object and duties.

|(a) The Archeological Survey of the State of Oklahoma, located at Norman, Oklahoma, shall be under the direction and supervision of the Regents of the University of Oklahoma and shall be known as the Oklahoma Archeological Survey. |(b) The Oklahoma Archeological Survey shall have for its object and duties the following:(1) Excavation of historical sites, ruins and mounds for the purpose of securing data and objects relating to early man in Oklahoma;(2) Fundamental research in Oklahoma archeology and encouragement of public cooperation in the preservation of Oklahoma antiquities;(3) Research in and study of anthropology and related social and physical sciences both prior to excavation and thereafter in order to plan and aid in the discovery of archeological sites and artifacts and in their proper assessment and preservation once discovered;(4) Publication of findings in terms of their scientific and popular and cultural values;(5) Display and custodianship of relics, artifacts, sites and other tangible results of the operations of the survey;(6) Educational activities providing a stimulus to archeological efforts and the encouragement of archeological societies, parks and museums; and(7) To initiate, operate and maintain a program of archeology which shall include the specific responsibilities set out above which shall not be limited to those areas of action.Laws 1970, c. 172, § 1, emerg. eff. April 10, 1970.
74 OK Stat § 74-245 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-245. Survey created - Director - Object and duties - Copies - Report.

|A. The Climate Office of the State of Oklahoma located at Norman, Oklahoma, shall be under the direction and supervision of the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma and shall be known as the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. The Oklahoma Climatological Survey is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2023, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law. |B. The director of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey shall be appointed by the Board and shall either serve as the state climatologist or appoint another current employee of the Survey to serve as state climatologist. The salary of the director shall be determined by the Board.C. The Oklahoma Climatological Survey shall have for its object and duties the following:1. To acquire, archive, process and disseminate, in the most cost-effective way possible, all climate and weather information which is or could be of value to policy and decision makers in the state;2. To act as the representative of the state in all climatological and meteorological matters both within and outside the state when requested to do so by the legislative or executive branches of the state government;3. To prepare, publish and disseminate periodic regular climate summaries for those individuals, agencies and organizations whose activities are related to the welfare of the state and are affected by climate and weather;4. To conduct and report on studies of climate and weather phenomena of significant socioeconomic importance to the state;5. To evaluate the significance of natural and man-made, deliberate and inadvertent changes or modifications in important features of the climate and weather affecting the state, and to report this information to those agencies and organizations in the state who are likely to be affected by such changes or modifications; and6. To maintain and operate the Oklahoma Mesonetwork, a statewide environmental monitoring network which is overseen by the Mesonet Steering Committee, comprised of representatives of the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University according to its Memorandum of Agreement. The director of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey shall be accountable for executing the policies of the Mesonet Steering Committee.D. The director is authorized to certify copies as being authentic reproductions of weather records held in the state.E. The director of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey shall present a report each year to the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma showing the progress, condition and all other information which the Board may deem necessary.Added by Laws 1982, c. 63, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 13, § 1; Laws 1994, c. 14, § 1; Laws 2000, c. 18, § 1; Laws 2003, c. 208, § 1, emerg. eff. May 12, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 51, § 1; Laws 2012, c. 100, § 1; Laws 2014, c. 57, § 1; Laws 2020, c. 116, § 22, eff. July 1, 2020.
74 OK Stat § 74-250.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-250.4. State officers - Salaries.

|Pursuant to provisions of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma from and after the beginning date of a term of office which commences in, or after, January 2016, the following officers of the State of Oklahoma shall be annually compensated for their services, payable monthly, as follows: |1. The Governor shall receive a salary of One Hundred Forty-seven Thousand Dollars ($147,000.00);2. The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a salary of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($114,713.00);3. The Attorney General shall receive a salary of One Hundred Thirty-two Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($132,825.00);4. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall receive a salary of One Hundred Twenty-four Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-three Dollars ($124,373.00);5. Each member of the Corporation Commission shall receive a salary of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($114,713.00);6. The State Treasurer shall receive a salary of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($114,713.00);7. The State Auditor and Inspector shall receive a salary of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($114,713.00);8. The State Insurance Commissioner shall receive a salary of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($114,713.00); and9. The Commissioner of Labor shall receive a salary of One Hundred Five Thousand Fifty-three Dollars ($105,053.00).Added by Laws 1965, c. 502, § 2, emerg. eff. July 19, 1965. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 85, § 1; Laws 1974, c. 311, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1974; Laws 1978, c. 239, § 1, emerg. eff. April 26, 1978; Laws 1982, c. 182, § 1; Laws 1994, c. 239, § 3; Laws 1997, c. 384, § 1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1997; Laws 2014, H.J.R. No. 1096, § 3, eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 338, § 1.
74 OK Stat § 74-250.4a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-250.4a. Legislators - Salary or emoluments.

|Any member of the Legislature who may, during the time for which he was elected Senator or member of the House of Representatives, be appointed or elected to any office incident to which the salary or emoluments thereof are increased, shall receive during the term for which he was elected or appointed to such office the salary or emoluments which under the provisions of law appertain to such office at the beginning of the time for which he was elected Senator or member of the House of Representatives. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 359, § 3, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982.
74 OK Stat § 74-250.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-250.6. Salary rates of certain educational officers - Limits and conditions on salary and expense expenditures.

|(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education establish a maximum annual salary for the Chancellor for Higher Education and presidents of universities and colleges. The maximum salary and expense allowance should not exceed the salary and maintenance of Governor's Mansion established for the Governor of the State of Oklahoma. |(b) State officers and employees shall not be paid any salary, fee, wage, remuneration, expense allowance, or other compensation on warrants issued by the State Treasurer except when claim for payment is made on the prescribed payroll form of the agency for which services are performed, except:1. Reimbursement for travel expenses incurred on official state business shall be made as provided by statute on approved travel claims; and2. Reimbursement for officials and employees of the state, for miscellaneous emergency purchases or other purchases not available through their agency's normal purchasing process, shall be on approved miscellaneous claims. Provided, such reimbursements shall be subject to the agency head's approval; must be accompanied by evidence of payments; and the purchases must not otherwise be restricted by state statutes. Reimbursements which exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per claim shall include a written statement of justification for the purchase as support documentation for the claim.Nothing in this section is intended to keep a state agency from being reimbursed for services performed by employees of one agency for another.Nothing in this section shall affect the method of payment of any expense allowance to any state officer or employee specifically authorized by statute, or the payment to uniformed employees for maintenance and cleaning of uniforms where the payment is made under an accountable plan as defined by the Internal Revenue Service.Laws 1970, c. 85, § 3; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 96, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1983, c. 334, § 11, emerg. eff. June 30, 1983; Laws 1993, c. 291, § 3, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 2, § 29, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994.NOTE: Laws 1993, c. 129, § 3 repealed by Laws 1994, c. 2, § 34, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994.
74 OK Stat § 74-250.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-250.7. Corporation Commission members - Chairman.

|Each Corporation Commissioner holding office after the effective date of this act shall receive as compensation the salary established by the Legislature for Corporation Commissioners. The person elected Corporation Commission Chairman by those members constituting the Corporation Commission shall receive additional annual compensation in the amount of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) payable monthly, while serving in the capacity of Chairman. |Amended by Laws 1982, c. 182, § 2; Laws 1982, c. 358, § 20, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982.
74 OK Stat § 74-255 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-255. Appointments and tenure - Citizenship - Exceptions.

|The heads of the departments except as otherwise herein provided are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint persons to hold positions created in their respective departments. The persons so appointed shall hold office at the will of such state officer and in the case of all boards and commissioners, such board or commission shall, by vote thereof, except as otherwise provided, appoint persons to hold positions created under such boards or commissions by this act, and the persons so appointed shall hold office at the will of such officer, boards or commissions making the appointment, provided that any board or commission may authorize the secretary of such board or commission to make the appointment. |Provided further, that it shall be unlawful for the heads of any department, or any departments, except institutions of higher learning and state hospitals, the State Health Department, the Highway Department in the employment of engineers and technicians, schools for individuals with intellectual disabilities and State Veterans Facilities as pertains to doctors, dentists, nurses and other trained technicians, to employ in any way any person who is not a citizen of the United States, and repealing all laws in conflict herewith. The provisions of this act shall in no way be interpreted to repeal any provision of the laws heretofore enacted creating the Merit System of the State of Oklahoma.Added by Laws 1919, c. 211, p. 302, § 2, emerg. eff. April 2, 1919. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 36, § 1, emerg. eff. March 24, 1967; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 61, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
74 OK Stat § 74-271 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-271. Senate and House of Representatives - Powers as to employees.

|A. The Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to employ such administrative, professional, clerical, stenographic and other employees as in the judgment of each body, respectively, shall by them be deemed necessary and proper. |B. Each week during the legislative session, the Senate and the House of Representatives are hereby authorized to employ chaplains and pages as deemed necessary by the respective bodies.C. Each body shall be the sole judge of the number, duties, and compensation of its employees.Added by Laws 1915, c. 264, § 1. Amended by Laws 1929, c. 38, p. 39, § 1, emerg. eff. March 20, 1929; Laws 1995, c. 336, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1995.