Oklahoma § 69-319 - Status of employees under Merit and Retirement Systems not
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 69-319 — Status of employees under Merit and Retirement Systems not, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 69-319. Status of employees under Merit and Retirement Systems not
changed.
This Code shall not affect the status, rights and privileges
accrued under the State Merit System of Personnel Administration, or
the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, to persons serving
as employees of the Department of Highways created by 69 O.S.1961,
Section 20.1, when this Code becomes effective, and continuing to
serve as employees of the Department created by Section 301 of this
Code. For the purposes of 74 O.S.1961, Sections 801 - 839, as
amended, and Chapter 50, Oklahoma Session Laws 1963 (74 O.S. Supp.
1965, Sections 901 - 928), the former Department and the latter
Department shall be deemed to be a single continuing department or
agency of the state government; and persons serving as employees of
the former Department and continuing as employees of the latter
Department shall be entitled to the same status, rights and
privileges that they would have had if the former Department had
remained in existence.
Laws 1968, c. 415, § 319, operative July 1, 1968.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 69-319 ("Status of employees under Merit and Retirement Systems not") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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