Title 74, Title 74 — State Government

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisio…

Dr. Maurice H. Merrill is hereby recognized for his attainment of status of a lifetime commissioner of the State of Oklahoma to the National Conference on Uniform State Laws. Laws 1967, p. 712, S.J.R. No. 8, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1967.

Any person who attains the status of honorary or lifetime member of the National Conference on Uniform State Laws shall continue to be recognized as a commissioner of the State of Oklahoma with full power to represent the State of Oklahoma in all votes and other proceedings of th…

reimbursement - Quorum. A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations which shall be an advisory committee to the Oklahoma Legislature. B. The Oklahoma Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall be composed as follows: 1. O…

A. The Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall hold meetings as it deems necessary. The Committee may hold public hearings from time to time on matters within its purview. B. Each officer, board, commission, council, department, or agency of state government, and …

The Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall: 1. Serve as a forum for the discussion and resolution of intergovernmental problems; 2. Engage in such activities and make such studies and investigations as are necessary or desirable in the accomplishment of its purpo…

No member of the Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall receive a salary for duties performed as a member of the Committee. Reimbursement for necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as a member of the Committee shall be paid…

A. The Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall issue reports of its findings and recommendations from time to time and shall issue an annual report on its work. Copies of the annual report shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representat…

Recommendations. A. The Oklahoma Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall take appropriate measures to study future federal rulemaking actions, to communicate its concerns and to make recommendations to the federal government regarding future regulatory activities …

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Travel Reimbursement Act". Added by Laws 1972, c. 123, § 1, operative July 1, 1972.

No agency head nor his designee shall approve out of state travel except for personnel performing policy making, professional, technical, supervisory or administrative duties. Laws 1972, c. 123, § 10, operative July 1, 1972.

A. Authorized persons traveling on official state business outside of the State of Oklahoma may utilize appropriate forms of transportation, including but not limited to, common carriers, transit system carriers, state owned or privately owned motor vehicles or airplanes, contrac…

Reimbursement for miscellaneous travel expenses and local transportation costs incurred during out of state travel may be made on the basis of an itemization of such costs. Laws 1972, c. 123, § 12, operative July 1, 1972.

No reimbursement for registration fees for attendance at meetings, workshops or conferences shall be made, except upon written or electronic receipt for such expenditures. Added by Laws 1972, c. 123, § 13, operative July 1, 1972. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 292, § 14.

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall reject any travel claim or voucher not in conformity with the provisions of this act or existing statutes relating to reimbursement for travel expenses. Added by Laws 1972, c. 123, § 14, operative July 1, 1972…

All claims for reimbursement of travel expenses shall be submitted on the regular authorized form of travel expense claim, and shall be approved by the official or employee performing the travel, and approved by the official or employee designated in Section 34.68 of Title 62 of …

The method, forms, or systems for submitting a travel reimbursement claim shall be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. Added by Laws 1972, c. 123, § 16, operative July 1, 1972. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 858; Laws 2022, c. 63, § 8,…

Reimbursement Act - Procedure. A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall establish a procedure to expedite payment for a proper claim of a state employee for expenses recompensable pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act. B…

A. Except for members of the Legislature, the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor, provisions of Sections 500.1 through 500.18 of this title shall be mandatory for all officials and employees of all departments, boards, commissions and institutions of the state, regardless of th…

certain others. A. Officials and employees of the state, traveling on authorized state business, may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in such travel in accordance with the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act and existing statutes relating to state travel. Persons …

Reimbursement for travel expenses. The Governor of the State of Oklahoma is hereby authorized reimbursement for all actual and necessary travel expenses incurred when on official business of the state. Such actual and necessary expenses shall include the subsistence and transport…

Authority to approve travel on official state business and approval of claims or vouchers for reimbursement of travel expenses shall be in conformity with Section 34.68 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or as may be provided in future legislation. Approval of a travel claim o…

authorized for state boards and commissions - Certain statutory salaries excepted. Effective July 1, 1985, no members of Oklahoma boards and commissions shall receive per diem payments or reimbursements for expenses other than those specifically authorized by Sections 500.1 throu…

State officers and employees may receive any travel reimbursements that he or she may be entitled to through direct deposit if the officer or employee is receiving his or her payroll claims pursuant to the Oklahoma State Employees’ Direct Deposit Act. Added by Laws 1999, c. 135, …

A. Authorized persons traveling on official state business within the State of Oklahoma may utilize railroads, airplanes, buses, whether intracity or intercity, or other public conveyance. Reimbursement for fares paid for airplane transportation shall not exceed coach class fare …

A. Reimbursement for automobiles rented within this state from car rental agencies or private parties, to be used in lieu of a privately owned vehicle on official business for the state, shall not exceed the rate provided for the use of a privately owned automobile. B. The actual…

In this act, unless the context requires a different definition: 1. "Carrier" means any common carrier registered and approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission; 2. "Employee" means any state officer or employee with the exception of elected officials; 3. "Permanent transfer…

Any employee who is permanently transferred at the request of any state agency to a location in excess of twenty-five (25) miles from the location of his previous place of employment shall be entitled to payment by the State of Oklahoma to the carrier for the following services p…

Any agency transferring an employee who comes under the provisions of Sections 500.51 through 500.55 of this title shall forward to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services a requisition requesting that the household goods and manufactured home of the employee be moved at…

A. No state agency shall move the household goods or manufactured home of any employee except in compliance with the provisions of this act. B. Any person authorizing a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be penalized by a …

Reimbursement of fuel costs for personal aircraft used in criminal pursuits or searches. A. Travel by any state officer or employee on official state business on any privately owned or chartered airplane may be reimbursed in an amount which, when added to per diem and reimburseme…

A. No person shall travel on any aircraft owned, leased, chartered, or operated by the state to or from any place where such person: 1. Attends an event sponsored by, or an event in support of or in opposition to, a political party, a political action committee, or a political ca…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, travel status for meals and lodging purposes shall be defined as absence from the officer's or employee's home area and/or official station area while performing assigned official duties. Provided however, employees whose dut…

A per diem in an amount authorized by the federal Government Services Administration (GSA) in its Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) 42 C.F.R. Section 300-1.1 et seq. and as updated in its FTR Bulletins is authorized while in travel status. In computing per diem reimbursement a day …

A. Reimbursement for overnight lodging, while in official travel status, may be made at an amount authorized by the provisions of the federal Government Services Administration (GSA) in its Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) 42 C.F.R. Section 300-1.1 et seq. and as updated in its FT…

Per diem payments, travel and other actual and necessary expenses may be paid if same is provided for in any contract or grant. Laws 1979, c. 239, § 4, eff. July 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 264, § 58, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 219, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.

the Office of the Governor - Department of Economic Development and Department of Economic and Community Affairs - Tulsa Division of Department of Commerce - Transfer of powers and duties. A. The Oklahoma Economic Development Commission, the Office of the Governor - Department of…

of Economic and Community Affairs - Transfer of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program. A. Except as provided for in subsection B of this section, all programs and divisions of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs not specifically transferred pursuant to …

Oklahoma Futures is hereby abolished. Added by Laws 2002, c. 484, § 13, eff. July 1, 2002.

Sections 9 through 15 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Department of Commerce Act". Added by Laws 1987, c. 222, § 8, operative July 1, 1987.

authority. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall have the authority to: 1. Disseminate information concerning the industrial, commercial, governmental, educational, cultural, agricultural, business and other advantages and attractions of the state; 2. Assist public and privat…

An office established by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce outside the State of Oklahoma pursuant to paragraph 16 of Section 5003.10 of this title shall not be terminated until the Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce provides a written report to the G…

center and industrial park. A. 1. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is hereby authorized to administer any federal funds received by this state that are allocated for the purposes of completion of traffic and feasibility studies for, and the development of a trade center and in…

Purpose - Membership - Terms - Meetings - Duties and Responsibilities - Funding. A. The Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development established under the authority of Executive Order 2005- 27 is hereby recognized by the Legislature as the State's Workforce Investmen…

A. There is hereby created the Work-based Learning Program. The Governor's Council on Workforce and Economic Development shall have authority over the program. The Governor's Council shall coordinate the program by establishing partnerships with the State Department of Education,…

Attraction Act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Research and Development Attraction Act". Added by Laws 2022, c. 322, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.

A. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) shall create a Research and Development Attraction Program (Program), to be administered in accordance with this section for the purpose of fostering research and development in key industry clusters, le…

OCAST shall promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of the Research and Development Attraction Program, including the following: 1. The application process for applying for matching funds; 2. The criteria to be used by OCAST to evaluate matching funds applications from Oklahom…

plan – Authority of Department. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall serve as the lead state agency in establishing a community development strategy and plan for the state. The Department shall have the authority to establish and administer community development programs suc…

Aerospace and Defense Industry Integrator. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Aerospace Commerce Economic Services Act”. B. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Aerospace Commerce Economic Services (ACES), whose purpose shall be…