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74 OK Stat § 74-283 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-283. Salaries fixed by statute are maximum salaries - No claim for excess above appropriation.

|he amount of salary as fixed by any statute, heretofore or hereafter enacted, creating positions or fixing salaries for positions of any officer or employee of the State of Oklahoma, except as limited by Section 10 of Article XXIII of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, shall be and it is intended by the Legislature to be the maximum salary which each of the respective officers or employees shall receive or be entitled to receive; and none of such salaries, nor any part of any such salary shall constitute a valid claim against the State of Oklahoma in excess of the amount or amounts specifically appropriated therefor. |Laws 1941, p. 454, § 1.
74 OK Stat § 74-284.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-284.1. Certain state agencies prohibited from implementing lagged payroll system prior to July 1, 1991.

|Any state agency which was not utilizing a lagged payroll system on or before January 1, 1990, shall be prohibited from implementing a lagged payroll system prior to July 1, 1991. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 341, § 1, eff. July 1, 1990.
74 OK Stat § 74-284.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-284.2. Pay increase funds - Prohibition of expenditure for contracted private employees.

|No funds appropriated for the purpose of implementing the pay increase provided in Section 1 of this act shall be expended by any employing public agency, board, commission or other public employing entity in order to increase compensation for persons employed by a private business entity that has entered into contract with the public employing entity to provide personnel services to the public employing entity in order for the public employing entity to perform duties imposed upon it by law or functions the public employing entity is authorized to perform by law. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit increases in compensation to a vendor performing other types of services pursuant to a sole source contract or contract awarded pursuant to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 257, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
74 OK Stat § 74-291.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-291.1. Legislators - Per diem.

|Members of the Legislature shall be allowed a per diem in lieu of expenses in an amount authorized by the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for deductibility of expenses for travel while away from home without additional documentation for each night spent away from home in the performance of their official duties within the state during regular and extraordinary legislative sessions, not to exceed the number of legislative days per week. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 254, § 2, operative Jan. 1, 1976. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 260, § 4, emerg. eff. June 5, 1979; Laws 1985, c. 7, § 2, eff. July 1, 1985; Laws 1985, c. 344, § 10, emerg. eff. July 30, 1985; Laws 1989, c. 247, § 2, emerg. eff. May 18, 1989; Laws 1997, c. 384, § 16, eff. July 1, 1997.
74 OK Stat § 74-291.1a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-291.1a. Legislators - Mileage and per diem.

|Members of the Legislature who are authorized by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, to attend official meetings and sessions concerning legislation during a legislative recess shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for mileage and per diem in the same manner as provided for in Sections 291 and 291.1 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Laws 1979, c. 274, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 1979.
74 OK Stat § 74-291.1b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-291.1b. Legislators - Reimbursable trips.

|Members of the Legislature shall receive mileage reimbursement pursuant to Section 500.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the number of miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the most usual and feasible route to be present upon convening of the regular or extraordinary sessions of the Legislature by such member in each and every trip in going to and returning from the place of meeting of the Legislature. Each member shall be entitled to mileage reimbursement for one (1) round trip per week in traveling to and from the meeting of the Legislature. A member not claiming per diem reimbursement may elect to receive mileage for not to exceed as many trips as there are legislative days for a week during each week the Legislature is actually in regular or extraordinary session, provided that no single, round-trip mileage reimbursement may exceed the per diem allowance. Members of the Legislature shall receive mileage reimbursement, for the use of privately owned vehicles pursuant to Section 500.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the number of miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the most usual and feasible route to be present in attending meetings of committees of which they are members or to which they are invited by Committee Chairmen when the Legislature is not in session, subject to the approval of the presiding officer of each house for the members of the respective houses. |Added by Laws 1995, c. 335, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
74 OK Stat § 74-291.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-291.2. Board on Legislative Compensation - Meetings - Changes in legislative compensation - Quorum - Terms - Officers - Lobbyists.

|The Board on Legislative Compensation created by Section 21 of Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution shall meet on the third Tuesday of October in every odd-numbered year at nine o'clock a.m. in the State Capitol Building, at which meeting the Board shall review the compensation paid to members of the State Legislature and, if necessary, change the compensation. The Board may, at the call of its chairman or upon a majority vote of its membership, hold such additional meetings as are necessary to carry out its official duties. Any change in legislative compensation shall be made by the Board no later than the third Tuesday of November in said odd-numbered year. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and a majority vote of such quorum shall be necessary for the Board to act. The appointed members of said Board shall serve terms which run concurrently with the terms of the respective appointing authorities and shall serve at their pleasure. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall serve as Secretary to the Board. The Board shall elect such other officers as they deem needed from their membership. No member of the Board shall be a lobbyist as required to be registered pursuant to the Oklahoma Campaign Compliance and Ethical Standards Act. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 226, § 1, emerg. eff. June 14, 1977. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 198, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 846.
74 OK Stat § 74-291.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-291.3. Advice to Legislature - Travel expenses.

|When requested by a concurrent resolution, the Board shall advise the Legislature on various items of legislative expenditures as specified in the resolution. When meeting pursuant to this section, the members shall be reimbursed for travel expenses while on official business in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act. |Amended by Laws 1985, c. 178, § 69, operative July 1, 1985.
74 OK Stat § 74-291.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-291.10. Staff Review Committee of the Senate - Membership - Clerk.

|There is hereby created a Staff Review Committee of the Senate which shall consist of the President Pro Tempore as chairman, the Majority Floor Leader as vice chairman, the Minority Floor Leader, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee and the vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee. The Secretary of the Senate shall serve as clerk of the committee. |Laws 1981, c. 279, § 1, eff. July 1, 1981.
74 OK Stat § 74-291.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-291.11. Meetings - Duties.

|The Staff Review Committee shall meet prior to July 1 of each year, and at such other times as are required, to review the performance of members of the Senate Staff, to approve salaries, to establish schedules of work and other personnel policies and to perform such other duties as it deems necessary in reviewing the work of the Senate Staff. |Laws 1981, c. 279, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981.
74 OK Stat § 74-291.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-291.19. Incentive bonuses.

|The Staff Review Committee shall be empowered to award to any Senate Staff employee an incentive bonus of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), provided that no employee shall receive bonuses of more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) during any fiscal year and provided that no more than ten percent (10%) of the total number of Senate Staff personnel receive such bonuses during any fiscal year. Such incentive bonuses shall be awarded on the basis of exceptional service. |Laws 1981, c. 279, § 10, eff. July 1, 1981.
74 OK Stat § 74-292.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-292.2. Permanent employees of House of Representatives - Salaries and emoluments.

|The positions of permanent employment within the House of Representatives and the salaries attached thereto shall be prescribed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The salaries of permanent employees of the House of Representatives shall be increased at the same rate as is prescribed by law for that particular fiscal year for comparable salaries of employees within the classified service of the Merit System of Personnel Administration. All employees of the House of Representatives shall be paid out of the State Treasury from funds appropriated by the Legislature for said purposes on warrants of the State Treasurer issued on vouchers certified by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 318, § 3, emerg. eff. July 29, 1985. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 336, § 2, emerg. eff. June 8, 1995.
74 OK Stat § 74-292.2a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-292.2a. Temporary employees of House of Representatives - Compensation.

|A. The House of Representatives, during each regular or special session, shall provide by simple resolution for the employment of its temporary employees. |B. The temporary employees of the House of Representatives shall receive additional compensation at the rate of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) per month for each year of prior legislative experience, not to exceed a total additional compensation of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per month. Such employees shall be credited with one (1) year of prior experience for each legislative session in which the employee was employed by the State House of Representatives or the State Senate.Added by Laws 1995, c. 336, § 3, emerg. eff. June 8, 1995.
74 OK Stat § 74-292.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-292.10. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma State Employees' Direct Deposit Act". |Added by Laws 1991, c. 229, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991.
74 OK Stat § 74-292.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-292.11. Definitions.

|As used in the Oklahoma State Employees’ Direct Deposit Act: |1. “Direct deposit system” means a method of electronically transferring a payroll claim for an employee to a financial institution;2. “Employee” means any person in the classified, unclassified or exempt service of any state agency, board or Commission. “Employee” shall include any person who is an employee of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education or any institution under the authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. “Employee” shall not include any person who is an employee of any school district or political subdivision of this state; and3. “Employer” means any state agency, board, commission, department, institution, authority, officer, bureau, council, office, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education or any institution under the authority of the State Regents for Higher Education, or other entity created by the Oklahoma Constitution. “Employer” shall not include any school district or political subdivision of this state.Added by Laws 1991, c. 229, § 2, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 308, § 2.
74 OK Stat § 74-292.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-292.12. Implementation and administration of direct deposit system.

|A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby directed to implement a direct deposit system for employees who are subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma State Employees' Direct Deposit Act. There shall be no service charge of any type paid by the state employee at any time which shall decrease the net amount of the employee's salary deposited to the financial institution of the personal choice of the employee as a result of the implementation and administration of the Oklahoma State Employees' Direct Deposit Act. |1. Employees hired after December 31, 2004, shall participate in the direct deposit system. At the time the employee enters on duty, the employee shall identify a financial institution that will serve as a personal depository agent for the employee.2. Employees hired before December 31, 2004, shall participate in the direct deposit system. No later than June 30, 2007, each employee hired before December 31, 2004, who is not a participant in the direct deposit system, shall identify a financial institution that will serve as a personal depository agent for the employee.B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate rules as necessary for implementation and administration of the system, which shall include limited exceptions to required participation by employees.C. All employers shall begin offering direct deposit to any eligible employee not later than January 1, 1992.Added by Laws 1991, c. 229, § 3, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 308, § 3; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 847.
74 OK Stat § 74-314 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-314. Investigation of fires - Report to fire marshal - Record of fires.

|The State Fire Marshal and the chief of the fire department of every city or village in which a fire department is established, and the mayor of every incorporated village or town in which no fire department exists, and the sheriff of the county shall investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring in such city, village, town or county by which property has been destroyed or damaged, and shall especially make investigation as to whether such fire was the result of carelessness or design. Said investigation shall begin within two (2) days, not including Sundays, of the occurrence of such fire, and the said Fire Marshal shall have the right to supervise and direct such investigation whenever he deems it necessary or expedient. The officer making the investigation of fires, shall forthwith notify said Fire Marshal and shall within a week of the occurrence of the fire furnish to the said Fire Marshal a written statement of all facts relating to the cause and origin of the fire, and such other information as may be called for by blanks provided by said Marshal. The State Fire Marshal shall keep in his office a record of all fires occurring in the state, together with all facts, statistics and circumstances including the origin of the fires, which may be determined by the investigation provided by this act; such records shall at all times be open to the public inspection, and such portions of it as the insurance commissioner may deem necessary shall be transcribed and forwarded to him within fifteen (15) days from the 1st day of January of each year. |Laws 1910-11, c. 46, p. 115, § 4.
74 OK Stat § 74-315 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-315. May take testimony - Causing arrest - Report to Insurance Commissioner.

|The said State Fire Marshal shall, when in his opinion further investigation is necessary, take or cause to be taken the testimony on oath of all persons supposed to be cognizant of any facts or to have means of knowledge in relation to the matter as to which an examination is herein required to be made, and shall cause the same to be reduced to writing; and if he shall be of the opinion that there is evidence sufficient to charge any person with the crime of arson, or with the attempt to commit the crime of arson, or of conspiracy to defraud, or criminal conduct in connection with such fire, he shall cause such person to be arrested and charged with such offense, or either of them shall furnish to the proper prosecuting attorney all such evidence, together with the names of witnesses and all information obtained by him including a copy of all pertinent and material testimony taken in the case, and shall report to the Insurance Commissioner as often as such Commissioner shall require, his proceedings, and the progress made in all prosecutions under this act, and the result of all cases which are finally disposed of. |Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 46, p. 115, § 5.
74 OK Stat § 74-316 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-316. Witnesses and evidence - Administration of oath or affirmations - Punishment for contempt - Prosecutions - Right of entry.

|The State Fire Marshal and the Assistant Fire Marshal shall each have power in any county in the State of Oklahoma to summons and compel the attendance of witnesses before them, or either of them, to testify in relation to any matter which by any of the provisions of this act is made a subject of inquiry and investigation and may require the production of any books, papers or documents deemed pertinent thereto by them, or either of them. Said State Fire Marshal, Assistant Fire Marshal are each hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths or affirmations to any person appearing as witness before them and false swearing in any matter or proceedings aforesaid shall be the felony of perjury and shall be punished as such. Any witness who refuses to be sworn or refuses to testify or who disobeys any lawful order of the said State Fire Marshal, Assistant State Fire Marshal, or who fails or refuses, to produce any book, paper or document, touching on any matter under examination, or who is guilty of any contemptuous conduct after being summoned by them or either of them, to appear before them, or either of them, to give testimony in relation to any matter or subject under investigation as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and it shall be the duty of the State Fire Marshal, Assistant State Fire Marshal, or either of them to make complaint against said person or persons so refusing to comply with the summons or order of the said State Fire Marshal, or Assistant State Marshal, before any justice of the peace, police magistrate, or any court of record in the county in which said investigation is being had, and upon the filing of such complaint such court shall proceed in the same manner as other criminal cases and upon conviction of any such person guilty of violation of the provisions of this act, shall be fined in a sum of not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) and imprisonment until such fine is paid; provided, however, that any person so convicted shall have the right of appeal. Said State Fire Marshal and his subordinates or either of them shall have the authority at all times of day or night in the performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of this act, to enter upon and examine any building or premises where any fire has occurred and other buildings adjoining or near the same. All investigations held by or under the direction of the said State Fire Marshal, may, in his discretion be private, and persons other than those required to be present by the provisions of this act, may be excluded from the place where such investigation is held and witnesses may be kept separate and apart from each other and not be allowed to communicate with each other until they have been examined. |Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 46, p. 116, § 6. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 589, eff. July 1, 1998.
74 OK Stat § 74-317.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-317.1. Bed and breakfast establishments - Exemption from State Fire Marshal Commission standards.

|A. The following bed and breakfast establishments shall be exempt from standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal Commission, including but not limited to standards published by the National Fire Protection Association, the Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) National Building Code and the Life Safety Code, as it relates to sprinkler system and exit requirements only: |1. Bed and breakfast establishments which are open for business prior to the effective date of this act; and2. Bed and breakfast establishments which open for business on or after the effective date of this act and which provide sleeping accommodations of four rooms or less.B. Municipalities may enact ordinances for bed and breakfast establishments which are the same as or different from the rules adopted by the State Fire Marshal Commission relating to sprinkler system and exit requirements only.C. For purposes of this section, "bed and breakfast establishment" means a private house where sleeping accommodations are available for transient guests for pay, maximum guest occupancy in general not to exceed the total of two guests per room, and where breakfast only is included in the rent.Added by Laws 1995, c. 220, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995.