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62 OK Stat § 62-34.60 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.60. Form and manner of issuing vouchers - Waiver.

|The State Treasurer shall prescribe the forms and manner of issuance of vouchers against agency clearing accounts and agency special accounts in the State Treasury. All vouchers drawn against agency clearing accounts and agency special accounts shall be signed by an authorized person designated by the administrative authority of the agency and countersigned by the principal fiscal officer of the agency or another person specifically designated by the administrative authority. Provided, the State Treasurer may waive the counter signature requirement if an agency certifies that controls are in place and will be followed to prevent the unauthorized issuance of its vouchers and if the vouchers are generated and signed by automated processes. Unless such waiver is granted, no voucher shall be paid by the State Treasurer without such signature and countersignature, if required. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 46, § 18, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 164, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 292, § 2, eff. July 1, 1999. Renumbered from § 7.5a of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.61 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.61. Commitment or expenditure of federal block grant funds - Preconditions.

|No state agency shall commit or expend any funds from federal block grant funds created after June 9, 1995, including, but not limited to, employment, job training, vocational education, vocational rehabilitation, adult education or literacy programs without: |1. Prior authorization;2. Appropriation of the funds by the Legislature as provided in Section 23 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution; or3. Other formal expression of legislative intent.Added by Laws 1995, c. 340, § 24, emerg. eff. June 9, 1995. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 38, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 41.13a of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.63 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.63. Disbursements.

|A. The State Treasurer shall be the disbursing agency of the state and shall draw either checks or warrants payable at the State Treasury, in payment of all claims, including payrolls, against the state which shall be paid out of the Treasury, as follows: |1. Each check or warrant shall specify the date of its issue and the name of the person to whom payable; and2. For each check, or warrant, issued by the State Treasurer, there shall be a record which shall specify the gross amount, the amount of withholding, if any, and the net amount payable to the payee.B. At the end of each month the State Treasurer shall report to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in such form as the Director shall prescribe, all checks or warrants issued during the month.C. Checks or warrants issued by the State Treasurer shall be registered on the records of the State Treasurer in such manner as shall be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; provided, that each check or warrant shall indicate thereon the fund against which the same shall be charged. The purpose of this section is to permit checks or warrants to be registered in the order in which they are drawn upon the State Treasury.Added by Laws 1947, p. 378, § 18, emerg. eff. Feb. 25, 1947. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 383, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1947; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 47, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 2009, c. 441, § 40, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 41.18 of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 386.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.65 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.65. Payment of vendor invoices.

|A. To facilitate the payment of vendor invoices and contract estimates, the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall prescribe a uniform document to be used by all agencies of the state. The document shall provide summarized information relative to the referenced invoices or contract estimates, together with a space for the approval of the head of the agency approving said vendor invoices or contract estimates for payment. |B. Vendor invoices and contract estimates shall be accepted by the state in lieu of the claim form previously required in the same manner as commercial invoices are paid.C. Vendor invoices and contract estimates shall be filed with the agency receiving the merchandise or services in the same manner as invoices are filed with commercial firms.D. Upon receipt of invoices or contract estimates, the head of the agency, or the agency's authorized agent, may approve said documents for payment as confirmation of delivery or acceptance of the goods or services. Whereupon, the approved invoices or contract estimates shall be attached to the document provided for such purpose and the head of the agency approving such invoices of contract estimates for payment shall affix the approval in the space provided on the document.E. Commercial invoices shall be accepted in lieu of the standard notarized claim prescribed by the state.Added by Laws 1949, p. 622, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2, 1949. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 42, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 86.1 of Title 74 by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 388.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.66 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.66. Writing of checks and warrants – Delegation of check and warrant issuing authority – Payment register – Transfer entries – Electronic fund transfers.

|A. The State Treasurer shall write checks or warrants in payment of claims and payrolls certified to the State Treasurer for payment by the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting or: |1. The Department of Human Services;2. The Department of Rehabilitative Services;3. The State Department of Health;4. The Department of Transportation;5. The State Department of Education;6. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education; and7. The institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.B. The State Treasurer, within such limitations as the State Treasurer may prescribe, may authorize the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the entities specified in subsection A of this section to issue the checks or warrants for payment of claims and payrolls that have been certified by the respective agency.C. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the entities specified in subsection A of this section shall provide the State Treasurer a register of each payment for each check or warrant issued. To protect against fraud, information contained within the register of checks or warrants shall not be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act until the earlier of:1. Such checks or warrants are submitted for redemption; or2. Such checks or warrants are cancelled by statute.D. In lieu of checks or warrants:1. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services may, with the concurrence of the State Treasurer, settle interagency claims by transfer entry; and2. At the discretion of the State Treasurer, pay claims and payrolls by the electronic transfer of funds.Added by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 43, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 241, § 6, emerg. eff. May 10, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 389.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.67 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.67. Claims and payrolls.

|A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby authorized to prescribe forms and electronic systems to process claims and payroll to be used by the various agencies of the state. Any agency of the state may file a claim against more than one item of the current allotments within funds by indicating on the claim or payroll the account, or accounts to be charged. The Director shall approve and charge such claim to the account, or accounts, indicated after proper audit of the claim or payroll. |B. These payroll systems are hereby authorized for use in claiming amounts due individually to all employees within an agency of the state. Each payroll record shall show the total earnings, the amount of each type of withholding and the net amount due each employee. Withholdings may be reserved by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be paid to the proper entity by lump sum payments.Added by Laws 1947, p. 377, § 17, emerg. eff. Feb. 25, 1947. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 44, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 41.17 of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 390.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.68 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.68. Approval of claims and payrolls.

|A. The elected or appointed executives of any state agency or their designated administrative employees shall approve individual claims of the agency which are used as the basis for the payment of money from the State Treasury from any fund. These individuals shall be known as the "agency approving officers". |B. Payrolls shall show the amount to be paid to each named person for the period of time shown.C. The number of persons authorized to make such approval shall not exceed five people for any one state agency without the special approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.D. All agency approving officers shall execute a bond issued by a surety company licensed to do business in this state, payable to the state in the amount required by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services but not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) and conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties, as surety, which shall be approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.E. After state claims and/or payrolls have been approved by the above agency approving officers, they shall be filed with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for auditing and settlement.Added by Laws 1947, p. 380, § 26, emerg. eff. Feb. 25, 1947. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 52, § 1, emerg. eff. March 18, 1968; Laws 1971, c. 329, § 1, emerg. eff. June 25, 1971; Laws 1973, c. 46, § 15, operative July 1, 1973; Laws 2009, c. 441, § 45, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 41.26 of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 391.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.70.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.70.1. Unlawful payroll deductions for membership dues - Definitions.

|A. It shall be unlawful for any state agency to make payroll deductions on behalf of a state employee for membership dues in any public employee association or organization or professional organization that on or after November 1, 2015, collectively bargains on behalf of its membership pursuant to any provision of federal law. |B. For purposes of this section:1. "State agency" means any office, officer, bureau, board, counsel, court, commission, institution, unit, division, body or house of the executive or judicial branches of the state government, whether elected or appointed, excluding political subdivisions of the state. State agency shall include public school districts, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the institutions, centers, or other constituent agencies of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, technology center school districts, the State Legislature, and the Office of the Governor; and2. "Public employee" means an elected or appointed officer or employee or contract employee of a state agency as defined in this section, unless otherwise indicated.Added by Laws 2015, c. 5, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.71 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.71. Procedure to issue payment for goods and services.

|The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall establish a procedure to issue payment of a proper invoice for goods or services within no more than forty-five (45) days from the date on which the invoice was received in the office designated by the agency to which the goods or services were sold and delivered. |Added by Laws 1983, p. 1168, H.J.R. No. 1010, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 1983. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 48, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 41.4a of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 170, § 6, emerg. eff. April 26, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 394.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.72 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.72. Procedure for payment of interest.

|The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall establish a procedure to assess and pay interest for the late payment of an invoice, which interest shall be calculated beginning the thirtieth day after receipt by the designated office of a proper invoice for which payment has not been mailed, transmitted, or delivered to a vendor by the close of business on the forty-fifth day. Such interest shall be at an annualized rate based on an average of the interest rate for thirty-day time deposits of state funds during the last calendar quarter of the last preceding fiscal year, as reported by the State Treasurer. |Added by Laws 1983, p. 1168, H.J.R. No. 1010, § 2, emerg. eff. May 24, 1983. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 49, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 41.4b of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 395.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.73 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.73. Definition.

|A “proper invoice” means one which is complete in all requirements necessary for processing it for payment in accordance with the terms of appropriate contracts and applicable state or federal statutes. |Added by Laws 1983, p. 1168, H.J.R. No. 1010, § 3, emerg. eff. May 24, 1983. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 50, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 41.4c of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.74 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.74. Grievance - Remedy.

|Any vendor of goods or services purchased by or delivered to an agency of the state whose payment is delayed beyond the forty-five-day limit and who has not been compensated by payment of interest as provided for in the Oklahoma State Finance Act may file a grievance with the Office of the Governor, who shall transmit it to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. Upon receipt of such grievance, the Director shall pay the total amount of such invoice with interest as required, within fifteen (15) days, to remedy such grievance. If the Director determines that the invoice or interest should not be paid, such determination and the reasons therefor shall be reported to the Governor and the aggrieved vendor. |Added by Laws 1983, p. 1168, H.J.R. No. 1010, § 4, emerg. eff. May 24, 1983. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 51, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 41.4d of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 396.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.75 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.75. Human Services encumbrance and preaudit claim settlement system – Detailed listings – Daily reports.

|A. The Department of Human Services may establish an encumbrance and preaudit system for settlement of claims relating to public assistance, social service benefits and medical benefits to or for persons eligible under applicable federal laws and rules, Oklahoma Statutes, and policies established by the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services. The following programs shall be eligible for this procedure: |1. Aid to Families with Dependent Children;2. Aid to Aged, Blind and Disabled;3. Medical Assistance;4. Day Care;5. Refugee Resettlement;6. Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance;7. General Assistance;8. Crippled Children;9. Social Services under Title XX of the U.S. Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 301 et seq.;10. Adoption Subsidies;11. Foster Care;12. Medical Examination;13. Area Agencies on Aging;14. Any contract for service for which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services has approved as qualifying for a fixed and uniform rate pursuant to Section 85.7 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;15. Sheltered Workshops;16. Contracted Group Homes;17. Rehabilitative Client Interpreters;18. Rehabilitative Client Drivers; and19. Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant.B. Prior to inclusion in this procedure, the Department of Human Services shall provide to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, for approval, detailed listings of the type of payments to be made for each of these programs specified in subsection A of this section.C. The Department of Human Services shall provide the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services a daily report of the dollar amount of claims settled and checks or warrants issued, the dollar amount of checks or warrants canceled, and the dollar amount of checks or warrants canceled by statutes.D. The Department of Human Services and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall jointly establish a system for the settlement of claims, except for payroll, by the Department of Human Services. The settlement system shall include policy, procedures and performance criteria for participation.Added by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 52, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 397.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.76 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.76. WIC Supplemental Nutrition Program - Establishment of system for processing of claims - Procedures for payment of gross vouchers - Transfer of certain funds.

|A. The State Department of Health is authorized to enter into contracts with third party administrators to establish a system for processing claims for payment pursuant to the United States Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program. |B. The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules and develop procedures necessary for implementation and administration of the system.C. The State Board of Health is authorized to develop procedures that allow for the payment of gross vouchers received by a third party administrator adjusted by returned items or any other disallowances.D. The State Department of Health is authorized to transfer any available federal or revolving funds to their WIC Disbursing Fund as needed for the purpose of providing cash flow until federal funds are received. Any such funds transferred into the WIC Disbursing Fund shall be transferred back to the original fund source before the end of the fiscal year in which the transfer was made.Added by Laws 1992, c. 32, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 269, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2009, c. 441, § 53, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 41.16a of this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.77 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.77. Rehabilitation services encumbrance and preaudit claim settlement system – Detailed listings – Daily reports.

|A. The State Department of Rehabilitation Services is authorized to establish an encumbrance and preaudit system for settlement of claims relating to social service benefits and medical benefits to or for persons eligible under applicable federal laws and regulations, Oklahoma Statutes, and policies established by the Commission for Rehabilitation Services for the following programs: |1. Vocational and other rehabilitation;2. Educational services;3. Disability Determination Services; and4. Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired.B. Prior to inclusion in this procedure, the State Department of Rehabilitation Services shall provide to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, for approval, detailed listings of the type of payments to be made for each of these programs specified in subsection A of this section.C. The State Department of Rehabilitation Services shall provide the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services a daily report of the dollar amount of claims settled and checks or warrants issued, the dollar amount of checks or warrants canceled, and the dollar amount of checks or warrants canceled by statutes.Added by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 54, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 398; Laws 2019, c. 51, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.78 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.78. Higher educational institution claim settlement systems.

|A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall jointly establish a system for the settlement of claims, except for payroll, by institutions of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. The settlement system shall include policy, procedures, and performance criteria for participation. The State Regents may approve or disapprove the participation of any institution or other entity of the State System in the claims settlement system. |B. The Department of Education and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education may establish a preaudit and settlement system for claims and/or payments of state-funded assistance to school districts and institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. The payment system shall be neutral as to interest income to the state and the school districts.Added by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 55, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 399.
62 OK Stat § 62-34.79 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-34.79. Transportation preaudit and settlement system for claims and payments.

|A. The Department of Transportation may establish a preaudit and settlement system for claims and payments of state-funded contractor estimates and right-of-way payments. |B. Nothing in this section shall modify or alter condemnation proceedings as provided by law.Added by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 56, eff. July 1, 2009.