Title 74, Title 74 — State Government

A. A longevity pay plan is hereby adopted. This plan applies to all state employees, excluding members of boards and commissions, institutions under the administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, employees of public school districts, and elected …

A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall not approve any payroll claim for payment for any agency unless said claim contains or is accompanied by the certification by the administrative head of said agency or an authorized employee of said agency …

A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate such emergency and permanent rules regarding leave and holiday leave as are necessary to assist the state and its agencies. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, in ad…

Employee leave or relocation. A. When an agency of the State of Oklahoma or part of such an agency is closed because of an imminent peril threatening the public health, safety, or welfare of state employees or the public, the appointing authority shall place employees who are sch…

donors. A. Any employee of this state, its departments or agencies shall be granted a leave of absence, subject to approval of the scheduling of such leave by the employee’s Appointing Authority, with medical necessity being the primary determinant for such approval, for the time…

A. Each agency, as defined by Section 840-1.3 of this title, shall provide a written notice to any employee of such agency who will be furloughed by the agency at least thirty (30) days prior to the first date that the furlough period is scheduled to begin. The notice shall provi…

A. Any full-time employee of this state who has been employed by the state agency for at least two (2) years prior to the request for leave shall be entitled to six (6) weeks of paid maternity leave following the birth or adoption of the employee’s child. B. Paid maternity leave …

A. If a state employee is absent because of an illness or injury arising out of and sustained in the course of his or her employment with the state, and for which workers' compensation benefits have been filed, the employing agency shall place the employee on leave without pay if…

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate emergency and permanent leave rules as necessary to implement the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and rules thereto. Such leave rules shall permit an employee to select any one or a com…

Last Resort Bank. A. There is hereby created the state leave sharing program. The purpose of the state leave sharing program is to permit state employees to donate annual or sick leave to a fellow state employee who has exhausted, or will exhaust, all types of paid leave and: 1. …

A. An appointing authority may grant leave with pay not to exceed fifteen (15) working days to a state employee who is affected by a presidentially declared national disaster in Oklahoma after May 1, 1999, if: 1. The employee suffered a physical injury as a result of the disaster…

- Leave with pay. A. 1. As used in this subsection, "disaster" means disasters designated at level III and above in the American Red Cross Regulations and Procedures. 2. Any state employee in the executive branch of state government who is a certified disaster service volunteer o…

Leave to attend - Activities excluded. A. An employee shall be entitled to take leave with pay not to exceed three (3) days a year to attend meetings of job-related professional organizations of which the employee is a member upon receiving permission from the appointing authorit…

schedules. A. In order to provide increased services to the public, to assist state employees in meeting the needs of their families, improve employee morale and productivity, appointing authorities are encouraged to consider the adoption of flextime attendance policies and alter…

A. At least thirty (30) days before the scheduled beginning of reduction-in-force separations or as otherwise provided by law, the appointing authority shall post in each office of executive branch agencies affected by the proposed reduction-in-force notice that a reduction-in-fo…

A. Agencies shall provide severance benefits to affected state employees who are separated from the state service as a result of a reduction-in-force due to a reorganization or any other action by an agency which results in affected positions being abolished and affected employee…

Any affected employee who receives severance benefits pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act shall execute a separation agreement with the employing agency, on forms to be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterpris…

Department of Public Safety employee exemption and requirements. A. It is the policy of the State of Oklahoma to be accountable to state taxpayers for the expenditure of public funds. To this end, all state employees shall be paid according to a pay system established pursuant to…

utilize. All state agencies, boards, commissions, departments and offices, excluding entities within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, shall utilize the central payroll system administered by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. This provision shall not …

etc. of Constitution and laws of state. Every state and county officer and state and county employee: 1. Shall support, obey, and defend the Constitution and laws of the State of Oklahoma; and 2. Shall not knowingly receive, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thi…

A. No person in the state service shall be appointed to or demoted or dismissed from any position in the state service, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to employment in the state service because of political or religious opinions or affiliations, race,…

A. Each supervisor employed as of January 1, 1993, by a state agency, board or commission in the executive branch of state government, excluding those within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, shall attend, prior to December 31, 1993, a training program for supervisor…

training programs. A. For the purpose of this section, "agency" is any agency or department of the executive branch. B. Beginning November 1, 2016, agencies are authorized to establish education and training programs for positions critical to the mission of the agency. The agency…

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall study and establish a performance evaluation system that shall be used by all executive branch agencies for completing employee performance evaluations and making salary and performance-based pay decisions. The purpose of …

transfers – Moving costs for nonpunitive transfers. A state agency shall have sole and final authority to designate the place or places where its employees shall perform their duties except where the action was for disciplinary reasons. Such punitive transfers shall be subject to…

A. The State of Oklahoma, to recruit, retain and motivate a quality workforce for the purpose of providing quality services to the citizens of Oklahoma, shall provide a compensation structure based on internal equity and external competitiveness balanced by the state's fiscal con…

A. The following offices, positions and personnel shall not be considered state employees except as otherwise provided by law: 1. Patient and inmate help in the state charitable, mental and correctional institutions; 2. Persons engaged in public work for the state, but employed b…

A. A state agency may enter into a contract with any federally recognized tribe or Indian Nation for the purpose of leasing one or more of its employees as follows: 1. The Indian Tribe or Nation has purchased real property from the state; and 2. The employee or employees were emp…

standards – State agencies and political subdivisions. Social Networking and Social Media Policy and Standards A. All state agencies and all political subdivisions of this state, shall adopt a social networking and social media policy that shall apply to the use of social media b…

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby authorized to negotiate with an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation for the purpose of designating a site within the State Capitol Complex Park for the Korean War Veterans Memorial. B. Any co…

Creation - Membership - Compensation - Staffing. A. There is hereby created the African-American Centennial Plaza Design Committee. The purpose of the Committee shall be to recommend the design of the African-American Centennial Plaza and to provide oversight and advice to the Ok…

A. Effective July 1, 2003, state agencies shall allow product vendors that have an authorized payroll deduction for state employees pursuant to Section 7.10 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes reasonable access to state employees in order to provide information concerning their …

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “State Employee Advocacy Rights Act”. Added by Laws 2004, c. 344, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.

As used in the State Employee Advocacy Rights Act, “employee organization” means any organization which has payroll deduction privileges as defined in paragraph 5 of subsection B of Section 7.10 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 2004, c. 344, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2…

organization materials - Ethics Commission rules. A. State agencies shall allow employee organizations the following privileges: 1. Holding meetings on state property in a location that does not disrupt the operations of agency business. Employees may attend such meetings as long…

public safety. A. Beginning November 1, 2019, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections are authorized to establish a program requiring a one (1) year commitment o…

Sections 85.1 through 85.44E of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act". Added by Laws 1959, c. 350, § 1, eff. July 1, 1959. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 371, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2020, c. 98, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.

Acquisitions excluded. A. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to affect any law relating to fiscal or accounting procedure except as they may be directly in conflict herewith; and all claims, warrants, and bonds shall be examined, inspected, and approved as now …

All agencies or departments of this state shall lease, charter or contract for the use of any aircraft pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, except for use of aircraft owned and operated by another state agency. Added by Laws 1985, c. 271, § 2, eff. N…

A. State agencies shall not discriminate against bidders from states or nations outside Oklahoma, except as provided by this section. State agencies shall reciprocate the bidding preference given by other states or nations to bidders domiciled in their jurisdictions for acquisiti…

As used in the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Acquisition" means items, products, materials, supplies, services, and equipment a state agency acquires by purchase, lease- purchase, lease with option to purchase, rental or value provide…

of certification. Any competitive bid submitted to this state or contract executed by the state for an acquisition in excess of the fair and reasonable acquisition threshold amount shall contain a certification, dated and in substantially the following form: A. I certify: 1. I am…

Any agreement or collusion among bidders or prospective bidders in restraint of freedom of competition by agreement to bid at a fixed price or to refrain from bidding for any purpose or by any manner prohibited in Section 2 of this act shall render the bids of such bidders void. …

Any disclosure by an employee of a public agency of the material terms of a bid submitted in response to a bid notice issued by a public agency in advance of the time set for opening of all bids so submitted shall be unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit, posse…

A. Each bidder and each recipient of a sole-source contract shall accompany a bid with a written statement under oath disclosing the following information: 1. Any known business or familial relationship then in effect or which existed within one (1) year prior to the date of such…

Encouragement of certain purchases - Conflict of interest. A. There is hereby created and established in the Office of Management and Enterprise Services a Purchasing Division, the administrative head of which shall be the State Purchasing Director. B. The Director of the Office …

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be designated the "Registration of State Vendors Revolving Fund". The fund shall consist of any monies received from fees collected in accordance with subsect…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be designated the "Contract Management Revolving Fund". The fund shall consist of any monies received from fees, levies or rebates the Office receives in acco…

A. 1. Each state agency shall develop internal purchasing procedures for acquisitions by the state agency. Procedures shall, at a minimum, include provisions for the state agency's needs assessment, funding, routing, review, audits, monitoring and evaluations. Following developme…

committee. A. Compliance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act shall not be required of: 1. County government; 2. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the institutions, centers or other constituent agencies of The Oklahoma State System of Higher E…