Oklahoma § 74-1256 - State acting as receiving agency

Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 74-1256 — State acting as receiving agency, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 74-1256. State acting as receiving agency

(a) When any unit of government of this state acts as a

receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned

under authority of this act may be considered to be on detail to the

receiving agency.

(b) Appointments of persons so assigned may be made without

regard to the laws or regulations governing the selection of

employees of the receiving agency. Such person shall be in the

unclassified service of the state.

(c) Employees who are detailed to the receiving agency shall not

by virtue of such detail be considered to be employees thereof,

except as provided in subsection (d). The supervision of salaries

and duties of such employees during the period of detail may be

governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving

agency.

(d) Any employee of a sending agency assigned in this state who

suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising

out of and in the course of such assignment, or sustained in the

performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated for

the purpose of receiving agency's employee compensation program, as

an employee, as defined in such act, who has sustained such injury

in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits

under that act for any period for which he elects to receive similar

benefits as an employee under the sending agency's employee

compensation program.

Laws 1967, c. 341, § 6; Laws 1972, c. 47, § 2, emerg. eff. Mar. 10,

1972.

Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 74-1256 ("State acting as receiving agency") 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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