Oklahoma § 20-16.6 - Court on the Judiciary members - Expenses - Prosecutors Compensation - Witness fees and expenses

§ 20-16.6. Court on the Judiciary members - Expenses - Prosecutors Compensation - Witness fees and expenses

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 20. Courts

A. A member of the Court on the Judiciary shall certify his

actual and necessary travel expenses to the Administrative Director

of the Courts, and, upon the latter's approval thereof reimbursement

shall be as provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act, the

State Treasurer shall issue a warrant, to be paid out of any funds

appropriated for such purpose. Prosecutors before the Court on the

Judiciary shall certify to the Administrative Director of the Courts

the amount that has been allowed as compensation by the Court, and

upon the latter's approval thereof, the State Treasurer shall issue

a warrant, to be paid out of any funds appropriated for such

purpose. Any claim certified for payment by the trial division of

the Court on the Judiciary or by any of its members, when

disapproved by the Administrative Director of the Courts, may be

reviewed by the appellate division of that Court under such rules of

procedure as that division shall prescribe. The appellate division

shall have exclusive power over claims that are disapproved by the

Administrative Director of the Courts. Its decision in the matter

shall be final.

B. 1. Any employee of the state or any political subdivision

thereof who is subpoenaed as a witness to testify before the Court

on the Judiciary on any matter related to their employment shall

receive reimbursement for expenses in the same manner and to the

same extent as is prescribed in Section 84.1 of Title 28 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

2. Any other person subpoenaed as a witness to testify before

the Court on the Judiciary shall receive the fees prescribed in

Section 81 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. All fees and reimbursement for expenses provided for in this

subsection shall be payable from funds appropriated to the State

Supreme Court for the use of the Court on the Judiciary, subject to

the approval of the Administrative Director of the Courts.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 379, § 6, eff. July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws

1976, c. 271, § 8, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 8,

emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1986, c. 153, § 1, emerg. eff. May

5, 1986.