Title 74, Title 74 — State Government

The Legislature hereby declares that the purpose of this act, and of House Joint Resolution 514 of the Twenty-ninth Legislative Session, is to carry out the constitutional mandate in Section 34, Article X, wherein the Legislature is required to enact appropriate and needful legis…

industrial development project - Loans. In those instances where in an industrial development agency not holding title to real estate comprising the industrial development project, but desiring the Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority to participate in the financing of such proj…

The Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority is hereby further authorized and empowered, if in its discretion the public purposes of the aforesaid constitutional and statutory provisions would thereby be subserved, to purchase with recourse from an approved industrial development ag…

development agency applying - Liberal construction. When the financing of an industrial development project is accomplished with the participation and assistance of the Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority in the manner set forth in Sections 872 and 873 of this title, all such l…

Public trusts created under the laws of the State of Oklahoma for the purpose of financing industrial development projects involving and specifically limited to new manufacturing or industrial plant facilities, the relocation, refinancing or expansion of existing manufacturing or…

bonds. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 33A, Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, empowering the Oklahoma Legislature to take such action, the Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell state industrial finance bonds backed …

financing. That in those instances in which the amount of capital available for industrial financing in the State of Oklahoma tends to be reduced by reason of reduction in the volume of tax-exempt industrial bonds issued or issuable by cities or counties in Oklahoma, or by reason…

conformity with specifications - Dismissal for failure to comply. It shall be the duty of each chief administrative officer of all State institutions to make or cause to be made an inventory of all purchases made for such institution at the time of their delivery or receipt for t…

In the event the inventory required by this act reveals that such items deviate substantially from the specifications as ordered, such facts shall be reported by the Chief Administrative Office of the Institution to the Purchasing Director of the State of Oklahoma, and failure to…

In the event the United States of America becomes actually at war with any foreign power, or to cooperate with the National Defense Program, the Governor may, if necessity demands, appoint committees as the need may arise to deal with defense problems affecting this state and may…

There is hereby established an agency of the executive branch of state government to be known as the Office of Disability Concerns. Added by Laws 1980, c. 135, § 1. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 98, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.

The Office of Disability Concerns shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To identify the needs of people with disabilities on a continuing basis and to attempt to meet those needs; 2. To serve as a referral and information source for people with disabilities seeking servi…

employees A. The Office of Disability Concerns shall be administered by a Director who shall be appointed by the Governor and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Such appointment shall be subject to Senate confirmation within thirty (30) days after the appointment or the conve…

The Office of Disability Concerns shall be responsible for the following duties: 1. To carry out the responsibilities of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities; 2. To provide referral assistance, continuing needs assessment and to advise and a…

The Office of Disability Concerns shall be assisted by the Governor's Advisory Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and the Governor's Advisory Committee to the Office of Disability Concerns. Added by Laws 1980, c. 135, § 5. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 132, § 3, eff. …

Concerns. The Governor's Advisory Committee to the Office of Disability Concerns shall be composed of forty (40) members who shall be appointed by the Governor. Such members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Twenty of such members shall be people with disabilities or t…

The Office of Disability Concerns is hereby authorized to make necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this act. Added by Laws 1980, c. 135, § 7. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 98, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.

The office is hereby authorized to conduct the Client Assistance Program for theState of Oklahoma under the terms of Section 112 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended as long as federal funds are available. The office is authorized to pursue legal and administrative remedi…

Advisory Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. All the powers, duties, functions, records, employees, property, matters pending and funds of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities are hereby transferred to the Office of Disabili…

with Disabilities - Creation. There is hereby created within the Office of Disability Concerns a division for "The Governor's Advisory Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities". Added by Laws 1957, p. 522, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 1957. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 135, § …

The purpose of this act is to carry on a continuing program to promote the employment of the physically, mentally, emotionally, and otherwise people with disabilities of Oklahoma by creating statewide interest in the rehabilitation and employment of people with disabilities, and …

with Disabilities - Membership - Appointment - Vacancies - Travel expenses. The Governor's Advisory Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities shall consist of not more than seventy-five (75) members composed of state leaders of industry, business, agriculture, labor, ve…

The Governor's Advisory Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities shall elect from its membership, a chair, vice-chair, secretary-treasurer, and eight other members to serve on the executive committee. The officers shall be elected for a term of one (1) year, but may su…

There is created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of Disability Concerns to be designated as the "Office of Disability Concerns Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all nonfederal m…

The Office of Disability Concerns shall accept, hold in trust, and authorize the use of any grant or devise of land, or any donations or bequests of money or other personal property made to the Office so long as the terms of the grant, donation, bequest or will are carried out. T…

The Governor's Advisory Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities shall be nonpartisan, nonprofit, and shall not be used for the dissemination of partisan principles, nor for the promotion of the candidacy of any person seeking public office or preferment. Added by Laws…

A. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, any agency, as defined in the Administrative Procedures Act, which has an expenditure for postage of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) or more for any one (1) fiscal year shall install a postage meter machine and have all purcha…

Expenditures by any agency, board, commission, department or institution of the state for postage stamps or post office box rent shall only be made to United States Post Office. Added by Laws 1963, c. 112, § 2. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 170, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.

The traveling employees of the state shall be exempt from the terms of this act while traveling on state business. The House of Representatives and Senate of the Oklahoma State Legislature shall be exempt from the terms of this act. Laws 1963, c. 112, § 3.

The installation cost and rental of the postage meters required by this act shall be paid for by the agency, board, commission, department or institution from the appropriations of said agency, board, commission, department or institution. Laws 1963, c. 112, § 4.

For the purposes of this act: 1. "State agency" means any agency, department, board or commission of the state or any state eleemosynary, educational, rehabilitative, correctional or custodial facility. 2. "Political subdivision" means any municipality, city, town, village, schoo…

subdivision prohibited. No state agency or political subdivision of the State of Oklahoma may purchase beef, or any product consisting substantially of beef, which has been imported from outside the United States of America. Laws 1975, c. 72, § 2, emerg. eff. April 18, 1975.

Any person knowingly and willfully violating this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Laws 1975, c. 72, § 3, emerg. eff. April 18, 1975.

retirement plan under federal law. A. The purpose of this act is to provide an orderly means whereby employees of the participating employers who qualify by reason of age, or condition, and service, as herein set forth, may be transferred to inactive service without prejudice and…

OS 74-902v1 (HB 1805, Laws 2024, c. 139, § 1). OS 74-902v2 (HB 1068, Laws 2024, c. 280, § 1).

As used in Section 901 et seq. of this title: (1) "System" means the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as established by Section 901 et seq. of this title and as it may hereafter be amended; (2) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all contributions by a member …

As used in Section 901 et seq. of this title: (1) "System" means the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as established by Section 901 et seq. of this title and as it may hereafter be amended; (2) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all contributions by a member …

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System which shall be a body corporate and an instrumentality of the State of Oklahoma. The system shall be vested with the powers and duties specified in this act and such other powers as may be necessary to enable…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act”. Added by Laws 2004, c. 254, § 1.

A. The Legislature recognizes the responsibility of Oklahoma to foster culture and the arts and declares that a portion of expenditures for capital projects including, but not limited to, bond issues for state construction be set aside for the acquisition of works of art to be pl…

As used in the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act: 1. "Art", "artwork", or "work of art" means all forms of original creations of visual art, except for blasphemous material as defined by Section 901 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or indecent or obscene material as defined b…

Committee. A. The Oklahoma Arts Council may create an Art in Public Places Division to administer the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act. B. There is hereby created an Art in Public Places Oversight Committee comprised of: 1. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise…

Recommendations to oversight committee - Division Directors - Art to be property of state. A. 1. A site committee shall be appointed by the appointing authority of the project agency, except for art projects on higher education campuses, for each project and, if the project invol…

Allocation to Art in Public Places Administrative and Maintenance Revolving Fund. A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by subsection C of this section, all state agencies, including institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, all state departments, boards, co…

A. 1. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Arts Council to be designated the "Commissioning of Art in Public Places Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all mo…

Revolving Fund - Transfer of funds in excess of One Million Dollars. A. 1. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Arts Council to be designated the "Art in Public Places Administrative and Maintenance Revolving Fund". All monies accruing t…

A. On the effective date of this act, all powers, duties, responsibilities, records and equipment of the Oklahoma Historical Society relating exclusively to the implementation and administration of the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act are hereby transferred and shall be placed u…

A. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System may sue and be sued in its official name, but its officers, employees, and agents shall not be personally liable for acts of the System. The service of all legal process and of all notices which may be required to be in writing, …

(1) There shall be a Board of Trustees which shall consist of fourteen (14) members as follows and all appointees shall serve their terms at the pleasure of the appointing authority and may be removed or replaced without cause: a member of the Corporation Commission or the Commis…

Protection Act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "February 2021 Unregulated Utility Consumer Protection Act". Added by Laws 2021, c. 203, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 2021.