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74 OK Stat § 74-773 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-773. Attendance of witnesses and production of evidence.

|A. During any session of the Legislature, and when the Legislature is not in session, a legislative committee shall have power to issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any papers, books, accounts, documents, testimony and evidence, and to cause the deposition of witnesses, either residing within or without the state, to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for the taking of depositions in civil actions in the district courts. |B. Failure of any person to comply with any subpoena issued in behalf of said committee or the refusal of any witness to testify to any matters regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, upon application of the chairman or vice chairman of said committee or of a member of said committee authorized thereby to make such application, it shall be the duty of a judge of the district court of any county to proceed with respect to such person in the same manner and with the same powers to punish for contempt, as would be the case if the refusal had been a refusal to comply with a subpoena issued in a civil action, or a refusal of said person to testify in a civil action in said court. It shall also be the duty of the district court, when requested in the application, to issue instanter and ex parte an order requiring such person to attend at the time and place set out in said application to testify as a witness, and directing such person to bring with him any book, writing or other thing under his control, said orders to be served as provided by law for the service of a subpoena. A judge of the district court shall have power to punish or enforce compliance, by attachment or otherwise, refusal to obey such orders as in other cases of refusal to obey the orders and processes of the court. It shall also be the duty of the judge of the district court, when requested in the application, to issue instanter and ex parte an attachment to the sheriff, any constable of the county, or the sergeant at arms or assistant sergeant at arms of either house, commanding him to arrest and bring such person before said committee at the time and place set out in said application. If the attachment is not for immediately bringing the witness before the committee, the court may fix a sum in which such person may give an undertaking with surety, for his appearance at the time and place specified in said attachment; such sum shall be endorsed on the back of the attachment. If no sum is fixed and endorsed, it shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). If the said undertaking is not given, the person shall be held in the county jail until taken by the sheriff or other authorized person to the place at said time.Laws 1959, p. 489, § 3; Laws 1981, c. 272, § 32, eff. July 1, 1981.
74 OK Stat § 74-774 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-774. Fees and mileage.

|Witnesses shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid in civil cases in district and superior courts. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 489, § 4, emerg. eff. June 8, 1959.
74 OK Stat § 74-775 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-775. Powers denied by rules or resolutions.

|To the extent that the powers granted hereby may be expressly denied to any legislative committee or committees by the rules or resolutions of the house of the Legislature of which same is a committee, or by joint resolution as to joint committees, Sections 2, 3, and 4 hereof shall not be applicable to said committees. |Laws 1959, p. 489, § 5.
74 OK Stat § 74-805.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-805.3. Nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives - Classification.

|For the purpose of classification under the Merit System of Personnel Administration, certified nurse practitioner and certified nurse-midwife as defined and certified by the Oklahoma Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education shall each be recognized as separate and distinct categories of nursing distinguishable from current classifications. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 330, § 5, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.1. Short title - Content of act.

|A. Sections 840-1.1 through 840-6.9 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Personnel Act". |B. All statutes hereinafter enacted and codified within Sections 840-1.1 through 840-6.9 of this title shall be part of the Oklahoma Personnel Act.Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 1, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 204, § 6, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990. Renumbered from § 840.1 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.2. Purpose.

|It is the purpose of this act to protect the public from improper use of authority, to protect public officials and employees from unwarranted assaults on their integrity and to enforce the protections for classified employees and citizens under the Merit System of Personnel Administration. It is further the general purpose of this act to establish for the state a system to recruit, select, develop and maintain an effective and responsive work force; to provide for administrative flexibility and adequate and reasonable protection and security for those who have entered and will enter into the service of the state; to provide for the preservation and protection of the Merit System; and to provide policies and procedures for the selection, hiring, retention, advancement, career development, job classification, salary administration, discipline, discharge and other related activities, all in accordance with principles of merit and fitness and equal employment opportunity, and to maintain a high level of morale, motivation and productivity among state employees. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Renumbered from § 840.2 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.6. Office of Management and Enterprise Services - Organization.

|A. The internal administrative organization of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall be determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in such a manner as to promote the efficient and effective enforcement of the Oklahoma Personnel Act. |B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services may employ attorneys, accountants and other personnel as the Director deems necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon the Office.C. Employees of the Office shall be subject to the Merit System of Personnel Administration, unless otherwise exempted by Section 840-5.5 of this title.Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 6, eff. July 1, 1982. Renumbered from § 840.6 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 453, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2012, c. 303, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.6B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.6B. Reduction or realignment of state employee benefits.

|State employee benefits will not be reduced or realigned by action or enactments of the Legislature until additional appropriations of Sixty Million Dollars ($60,000,000.00) or more are approved for targeted pay raises based on the annual compensation report described in paragraph 5 of Section 840-1.6A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The provisions of this section shall not restrict modifications to an existing defined benefit plan or the implementation of a new retirement system or plan for state employees which is considered outside the scope of this section. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 377, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.7. Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission - Creation - Membership - Terms - Expenses - Officers - Meetings.

|A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission, to continue until December 31, 2022. Whenever the terms "Ethics and Merit Commission" or "Special Counsel of the Ethics and Merit Commission" appear in the Oklahoma Statutes, they shall mean the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission or the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission as may be appropriate to the context in which they appear. The Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission shall consist of nine (9) members who shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. The members shall be removable only for cause, as provided by law for the removal of officers not subject to impeachment. Two members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Two members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Five members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Governor. No more than four of the appointments made by the Governor shall be from the same political party. Of the initial appointments made to the Commission, one member appointed by the President Pro Tempore, one member appointed by the Speaker and one member appointed by the Governor shall be for a term of three (3) years; and one member appointed by the President Pro Tempore, one member appointed by the Speaker and one member appointed by the Governor shall be for a term of two (2) years. The remaining three initial appointments by the Governor shall be designated to serve a term of one (1) year. At the expiration of the initial term, each new appointee shall serve a three-year term. All initial appointments shall be made prior to July 1, 1982. |B. Members of the Commission shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act.C. The Commission shall elect a chairman to serve a two-year term and such other officers as deemed necessary for the performance of their duties. The Commission shall hold regular meetings not less than once a month and such additional meetings as called by the chairman as may be required for the proper discharge of its duties.Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 22, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 178, § 72, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 158, § 10, operative July 1, 1986. Renumbered from § 841.1 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 206, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.8. Executive Director - Appointing authority - Status of employees.

|The appointing authority of the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission shall be the Executive Director. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Commission to serve at its pleasure. The Executive Director, with the approval of the Commission, may employ and compensate an attorney and shall select, compensate and employ such administrative hearing officers and other personnel as deemed necessary for the proper administration of the duties and functions of the Commission. Effective September 1, 1994, employees of the Commission shall become classified employees, except those employees with less than six (6) months of service from their enter-on-duty date will remain in probationary status until obtaining permanent status in accordance with applicable rules of the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management or as provided in Section 8 of this act. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 23, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 17, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 158, § 11, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1994, c. 242, § 29. Renumbered from § 841.2 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.10. Oaths, subpoena and production of books and papers - Reimbursement of employees.

|A. A member of the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission and the Executive Director shall have power to subpoena witnesses and compel the production of books and papers pertinent to any investigation, dispute resolution or hearing authorized by this act. Members of the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission, the Executive Director, and their designees shall have the power to administer oaths. Any person who fails to appear in response to a subpoena or to answer any question or produce any books or papers pertinent to any such investigation, dispute resolution or hearing or who shall knowingly give false testimony therein upon conviction shall be subject to penalties pursuant to Section 40 of this act. |B. Any state employee subpoenaed by the Executive Director or Commission to appear shall be reimbursed by the employing agency for expenses as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act and shall be paid his or her regular salary for each day that the employee is subpoenaed to appear. Said reimbursement and payment shall be in lieu of any witness fees to which the employee might otherwise be entitled by law and a request by a state employee for such fees shall not remove the obligation which the state employee has to honor the subpoena.Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 39, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 158, § 22, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1994, c. 242, § 37. Renumbered from § 841.18 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.12. Summaries and recordings of appeal hearings.

|The Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission is directed to publish summaries of Merit Protection Commission appeal hearings. |The Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission shall charge state agencies, associations and other interested parties for the cost of such summaries and recordings. All monies accruing from the sale of hearing summaries and recordings are to be deposited to the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission Revolving Fund.Added by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 31.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.13. Training and certification program.

|The Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission shall establish a training and certification program for all hearing officers employed by the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission and grievance managers appointed by state agencies. The Commission may also provide training for other agency personnel employees. The Executive Director shall be authorized to bill agencies for the training pursuant to this section to recover reasonable costs associated with the training. Monies received for such training shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission Revolving Fund. Expenditure of such funds collected for the training shall be exempt from any expenditure limit on the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission established by law. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 32.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.14. Attorney General as legal counsel - Opinions to officers or employees - Representation of Commission - Conflict of interest - Appointment of alternate counsel.

|When any officer or employee of the state is in doubt as to the application of the Oklahoma Personnel Act as to himself or to any employee under his supervision, he may submit to the Attorney General a full written statement of the facts and questions he may have. The Attorney General shall then render an opinion to such person and may publish these opinions, or abstracts thereof, with the use of the name of the person advised unless such person requests otherwise in writing. The Attorney General shall be the legal counsel for the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission and represent it when its decisions are appealed to higher courts. The Office of the Attorney General shall be legal counsel for and represent the Merit Protection Commission notwithstanding its representation of any other state department, agency, board or commission in the same or related matters pending before the Merit Protection Commission or before any court. The Attorney General shall establish internal administrative procedures to ensure that both such agencies are provided independent legal representation, and such simultaneous representation shall not, of itself, be deemed to constitute a conflict of interest. In the event the Attorney General determines an irreconcilable conflict of interest exists, to the extent that he is unable to provide simultaneous representation to both the Merit Protection Commission and another state department, agency, board or commission the provision of Section 18c-2 of this title shall apply. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 32, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 158, § 17, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1990, c. 264, § 69, operative July 1, 1990. Renumbered from § 841.11 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.15. Delegation of personnel authority - Model human resource projects - Human Resource Management Plan and Self-Evaluation Report system.

|A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall establish standards and procedures for delegating to appointing authorities the authority to administer human resources functions normally conducted by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The Director shall have the authority to approve delegation applications which shall constitute authority for the agency to implement approved delegations of personnel authority. |B. The Director shall create a program to allow agencies to design model human resource projects to test and evaluate the effect of innovative policies, standards, and procedures.The number and scope of model projects shall be limited only by the capacity of the agency to implement the model projects, the quality of model project applications, and the ability of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to monitor the projects. The Director shall have the authority to approve model project applications which shall constitute authority for the agency to implement approved model projects.C. The Director shall create a Human Resource Management Plan and Self-Evaluation Report system for agencies including but not limited to provisions related to affirmative action; staffing, recruitment, and promotion; classification and compensation; training and staff development expenditures; the reporting of internal agency grievances and discrimination complaints filed, discharges, suspensions without pay and demotions, and number of investigations directed by the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission and the outcome of all such actions; and strategies for assuring employee participation in the development of agency personnel activities. The self-evaluation should include comparisons with the previous year or years' personnel actions.Added by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 5. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 310, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 320, § 3, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996; Laws 2003, c. 212, § 7, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2012, c. 303, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.16. Conflicts with federal requirements.

|A. If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements which are a condition precedent to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act shall be inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and such findings shall not affect the operation of the remainder of this act in its application to the agencies concerned. |B. Notwithstanding any provisions in this act to the contrary, no regulation shall be adopted which would deprive the state of federal grants or other forms of financial assistance, and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall include standards, provisions, terms and conditions for personnel engaged in the administration of federally aided programs, which shall, in all respects, comply with the necessary requirements for a qualified personnel system under the standards applicable to personnel engaged in the administration of federally aided programs.Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 11, eff. July 1, 1982. Renumbered from § 840.11 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.17. Agreements with municipalities to furnish services and facilities.

|The Office may enter into agreement with any municipality or political subdivision of the state to furnish services and facilities of the Office to the municipality or political subdivision in the administration of its personnel on merit principles. Any such agreement shall provide for the reimbursement to the state of the cost of the services and facilities furnished. All municipalities and political subdivisions of the state may enter into such agreements. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 12, eff. July 1, 1982. Renumbered from § 840.12 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-1.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-1.19. Merit System of Personnel Administration Rules - Distribution.

|It shall be the responsibility of each appointing authority to distribute copies of the Merit System of Personnel Administration Rules promulgated and published by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or the Merit Protection Commission, respectively, to all classified employees at the request of the Executive Director of the Commission or the Director of the Office. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 33, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 158, § 18, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1994, c. 242, § 35. Renumbered from § 841.12 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 310, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 1995; Laws 2012, c. 303, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.