Oklahoma § 74-500.16 - Methods for submitting claims

§ 74-500.16. Methods for submitting claims

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, eff. Nov. 1,

2022.

§74-500.16A. Payment of claims pursuant to State Travel

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. The procedure provided for in subsection A of this section

shall:

1. Require payment within forty-five (45) days from the date on

which a proper claim is submitted by the employee to the appropriate

office of the agency for which the expenses were incurred; and

2. Provide for the payment of interest from the thirtieth day

after receipt by the appropriate office of a proper claim for which

payment has not been mailed, transmitted or delivered to the

employee by the close of business on the forty-fifth day. Interest

shall be at an annualized rate as reported by the State Treasurer to

the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

based on an average of the interest rate for thirty-day time

deposits of state funds during the last calendar quarter of the last

preceding fiscal year.

C. For purposes of this section, "proper claim" means a claim

for reimbursement of incurred expenses supported by all requisite

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documentation and complete in all respects for processing for

payment.

D. Any employee, after the passage of the forty-five day limit

provided for in subsection B of this section, who is aggrieved by

the delay in payment of a proper claim with interest or who failed

to receive interest as provided for in this section may file a

grievance with the Office of the Governor. The grievance shall be

transmitted from the Office of the Governor to the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services who, within fifteen

(15) days after receipt of the grievance, shall:

1. Pay the claim with interest as provided for in this section;

or

2. Report to the Governor and the aggrieved employee why such

payment cannot be made.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 84, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Renumbered from

§ 840.14a of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 53. Amended by Laws

2012, c. 304, § 859.