Oklahoma § 62-34.70 - Voluntary payroll deductions

§ 62-34.70. Voluntary payroll deductions

A. 1. Upon the request of a state employee, a state agency

shall make voluntary payroll deductions for the employee to any

credit union, bank, or savings association having an office in this

state.

2. If the governing body of any county, municipality, or school

district provides for voluntary payroll deductions to a credit union

serving the employees of the county, municipality, or school

district, it shall provide voluntary payroll deductions to any

credit union, bank, or savings association having an office in this

state which has a minimum participation of twenty percent (20%) of

the employees of the county, municipality, or school district.

B. Upon the request of a state employee and pursuant to

procedures established by the Director of the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services, a state agency shall make payroll

deductions for:

1. The payment of any insurance premiums due a private

insurance organization with a minimum participation of five hundred

(500) state employees for life, accident, and health insurance which

is supplemental to that provided for by the state;

2. The payment of any insurance premiums, other than the

premiums due pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection, due a

private insurance organization or service company with a minimum

participation of five hundred (500) state employees for legal

services;

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3. Premiums or payments for retirement plans with a minimum

participation of five hundred (500) state employees for retirement

plans which are supplemental to that provided for by the state;

4. Salary adjustment agreements included in a flexible benefits

plan as authorized by the State Employees Flexible Benefits Act;

5. Membership dues utilized for benefits, goods or services

provided by the Oklahoma Public Employees Association to the

organization's membership or any other statewide association limited

to state employee membership with a minimum membership of two

thousand (2,000) dues-paying members. For purposes of this

paragraph, state agencies shall accept online or electronically

submitted forms from the Oklahoma Public Employees Association and

other state employee associations. The Office of Management and

Enterprise Services shall develop and implement a verification

process for online or electronically submitted forms which may

include the use of electronic signature technology or other process

as determined appropriate. In addition, the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services shall provide an association representing

state employees with a reconciliation report once a month containing

information related to the name, warrant number and warrant date of

those employees that have opted into the association's membership;

6. Contributions to any foundation organized pursuant to 26

U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3) of the Oklahoma Public Employees

Association or any other statewide association limited to state

employee membership with a minimum membership of two thousand

(2,000) dues-paying members;

7. Payments to a college savings account administered under the

Oklahoma College Savings Plan Act pursuant to Section 3970.1 et seq.

of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

8. Subscriptions to the Oklahoma Today magazine published by

the State of Oklahoma through the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation

Department; and

9. The payment of any insurance premiums due a private

insurance organization, which is regulated by the State Insurance

Commission, for an Oklahoma Long-Term Care Partnership Program

approved policy pursuant to the Oklahoma Long-Term Care Partnership

Act.

C. The administrative costs of processing payroll deductions or

administering salary adjustment agreements for insurance premiums as

provided for in subsection B of this section shall be a charge of

two percent (2%) of the gross annual premiums for insurance plans.

The administrative costs of processing payroll deductions or

administering salary adjustment agreements for payments for

retirement plans as provided for in subsection B of this section

shall be one percent (1%) of the gross annual payments for

retirement plans. These charges shall be collected monthly from the

private insurance or retirement plan organization by the Office of

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Management and Enterprise Services and shall be deposited to the

credit of the General Revenue Fund. Provided that these costs shall

not be collected from state employees or state agencies unless

otherwise directed in the Oklahoma State Finance Act.

D. Any statewide association granted a payroll deduction prior

to January 1, 2008, shall be exempt from the minimum state employee

membership requirement.

E. Approval of a payroll deduction or salary adjustment

agreement for any insurance organization, line of coverage or policy

shall not be construed as an assumption of liability, for the term

of policy or the performance of the insurance organization, by this

state, or any of its agencies or any officer or employee thereof.

Contracts for such insurance shall be in all respects subject to the

insurance laws of this state, and shall be enforceable solely

pursuant to such laws.

F. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission is authorized to

deduct from the wages or salary of its employees the employees'

contribution to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

Retirement Plan.

G. Payroll deductions shall be made for premium payments for

group insurance for retired members or beneficiaries of any statesupported retirement system upon proper authorization given by the

member or beneficiary to the board from which the member or

beneficiary is currently receiving retirement benefits.

H. Upon request of instructional personnel employed at either

the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the

Deaf and pursuant to procedures established by the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Commission for

Rehabilitation Services shall make payroll deductions for membership

dues in any statewide educational employee organization or

association.

I. Upon the request of a state employee of the Department of

Corrections, the Department shall make voluntary payroll deductions

for the employee to the Correctional Peace Officer Foundation.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 28, § 1, emerg. eff. March 23, 1984. Amended

by Laws 1988, c. 248, § 6, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c.

370, § 11, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 142, § 1, eff. July

1, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 73, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2000, c.

336, § 12, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 5, § 35, emerg. eff.

March 21, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 204, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws

2003, c. 212, § 4, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 5, § 52, emerg.

eff. March 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 49, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws

2008, c. 392, § 1, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008; Laws 2009, c. 12, § 1,

eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2009, c. 135, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws

2009, c. 441, § 47, eff. July 1, 2009. Renumbered from § 7.10 of

this title by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended

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by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 393; Laws 2021, c. 324, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2021; Laws 2023, c. 167, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.

NOTE: Laws 2000, c. 73, § 1 repealed by Laws 2001, c. 5, § 36,

emerg. eff. March 21, 2001. Laws 2003, c. 93, § 3 repealed by Laws

2004, c. 5, § 53, emerg. eff. March 1, 2004. Laws 2003, c. 114, § 1

repealed by Laws 2004, c. 5, § 54, emerg. eff. March 1, 2004.

§62-34.70.1. Unlawful payroll deductions for membership dues Definitions.

A. It shall be unlawful for any state agency to make payroll

deductions on behalf of a state employee for membership dues in any

public employee association or organization or professional

organization that on or after November 1, 2015, collectively

bargains on behalf of its membership pursuant to any provision of

federal law.

B. For purposes of this section:

1. "State agency" means any office, officer, bureau, board,

counsel, court, commission, institution, unit, division, body or

house of the executive or judicial branches of the state government,

whether elected or appointed, excluding political subdivisions of

the state. State agency shall include public school districts, the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the institutions,

centers, or other constituent agencies of The Oklahoma State System

of Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology

Education, technology center school districts, the State

Legislature, and the Office of the Governor; and

2. "Public employee" means an elected or appointed officer or

employee or contract employee of a state agency as defined in this

section, unless otherwise indicated.

Added by Laws 2015, c. 5, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.