Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 695 - Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable Contributions › Chapter 10 - Oklahoma State Charitable Campaign Rules › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 695:10-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Act"
means the Oklahoma State Employee Charitable Contribution Act, Sections 7001 through 7010 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
"Appointing Authority"
means the chief executive officer of a state agency.
"Campaign"
means the annual combined State Charitable Campaign ("SCC"). "Local campaign" refers to the annual Oklahoma State Charitable Campaign in a geographic area.
"Campaign proceeds"
means the amount of money pledged by employees during a campaign. It does not mean the amount of money actually deducted during the following calendar year.
"Designated funds"
means contributions which the contributor has designated to a specific voluntary agency or federation.
"Federation"
means a legally constituted grouping of at least five health and social service agencies that are bound together to raise and distribute charitable contributions
[74:7003(1)]. "Legally constituted grouping" means the organizational relationship among the agencies is recognized by law.
"Geographic area"
means a county or the area encompassed by counties or portions of counties which have been combined for the purpose of conducting a local State Charitable Campaign.
"International social service agency"
means a voluntary agency that provides the majority of its services to needy persons overseas.
"LARC"
means local advisory review committee.
"Licensed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission"
means registered with the Oklahoma Tax Commission in accordance with Section 552.3 et seq. of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
"Local advisory review committee"
means a group of state employees in a facility or agency assisting in the local involvement of state employees in the campaign
[74:7003(3)]. The committee is authorized by the OCSECC to implement the local campaign in their geographic area; the committee performs purely administrative or ministerial tasks and does not exercise actual or de facto decision-making authority for the OCSECC.
"Local federation"
means a federation that provides direct service in a specific geographic area in this state.
"Local presence"
means a test to determine whether the agency actually provides service to people in the geographic area and whether said geographic area has any input into the service provisions process.
"OCSECC"
means Oversight Committee for the State Employee Charitable Contributions.
"Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable Contributions"
means a group of state employees responsible for overseeing at the state level the conducting of the State Charitable Campaign [74:7003(5)].
"Pacesetter"
means a campaign that begins prior to August 1.
"PCFRO"
means the principal combined fund raising organization.
"Principal combined fund raising organization"
means the organization in State of Oklahoma responsible for the charitable contribution campaign
[74:7003(4)]. "State PCFRO" (SPCFRO) refers to the organization which is selected by the OCSECC to assist them statewide with the campaign. "Local PCFRO" (LPCFRO) refers to the organization which is selected by the OCSECC to assist the LARC with the local campaign.
"Rules"
means the State Charitable Campaign Rules in this Chapter.
"State agency"
means any office, department, board, commission or institution of the state government.
"State employee"
means an elected or appointed officer or employee of the executive, judicial or legislative branch of government.
"State presence"
means a test to determine whether the agency actually provides service to people in the State of Oklahoma
[74:7003(2)].
"Statewide Federation"
means a federation that provides direct service to a majority of the counties in the State of Oklahoma.
"Statewide Presence"
means a test to determine whether that agency actually provides direct service to a majority of the counties in the State of Oklahoma and whether said geographic area has any input into the service provision process.
"Undesignated funds"
means those contributions which the contributor has not designated to a specific voluntary agency or federation.
"Voluntary agency"
means a nonprofit organization which meets the requirements for participation in the State Charitable Campaign which are provided in Section 7009 of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
Added at 9 Ok Reg 1877, eff 5-26-92; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2917, eff 7-13-95; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 633, eff 1-28-05 (emergency); Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1115, eff 5-11-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2498, eff 5-24-07 (emergency); Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1704, eff 6-12-08