Oklahoma § 74-76 - Mailing service - Interagency communications and deposit of

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§ 74-76. Mailing service - Interagency communications and deposit of

state mail.

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is authorized

to initiate and operate a mailing service for the agencies and

departments of the state located in Oklahoma City. The Director of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate

and adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary

for the efficient and economical operation of a clearinghouse for

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interagency communications and for the deposit of the state's mail

with the United States Post Office. The Office shall have the

authority to employ such personnel and to purchase and acquire such

equipment, materials, and supplies as may be necessary to carry out

the provisions of Sections 76 through 76b of this title. Every

agency and department of the state located in Oklahoma City shall be

required to participate in the mailing service, except the

Department of Human Services, the Commission for Human Services, the

Oklahoma Tax Commission, the University of Oklahoma Medical Center,

the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, the Oklahoma

Legislature, the Oklahoma Medical Center, and the State Department

of Health located in the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

1976 S.J.R. No. 1, p. 618, § 1, operative July 1, 1976. Amended by

Laws 1983, c. 304, § 100, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1988, c. 326, §

38, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 722.

§74-76a. Appropriations for mailing service - Statement of

operations.

Appropriations made to the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for the mailing service shall be used for the acquisition,

purchase, lease, repair, and replacement of equipment needed in the

operation of the mailing service, and may be used for the payment of

salaries, and in the purchase of necessary postage, materials and

supplies, and in the payments of the administrative expenses of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services in connection with the

operation of the mailing service. At the end of each month the

Office shall furnish a statement, on such reasonable basis of pieces

of mail and communications handled, as shall be established by the

Office, to all state agencies and departments to which the mailing

service has been furnished. All amounts collected shall be

deposited pursuant to Sections 76 through 76b of this title to the

credit of the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. Any

proceeds from the sale or disposition of any equipment or property

used by the Office in the operation of the mailing service shall be

deposited to the credit of the State Treasury.

1976 S.J.R. No. 1, p. 618, § 2, operative July 1, 1976. Amended by

Laws 1983, c. 304, § 101, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, §

723.

§74-76b. Financial statement of mailing service.

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

shall furnish to the Governor and the Legislature at the close of

each fiscal year a statement showing the financial condition of the

mailing service, and such other information regarding the mailing

service as may be necessary for a proper understanding thereof.

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1976 S.J.R. No. 1, p. 618, § 3, operative July 1, 1976. Amended by

Laws 1983, c. 304, § 102, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, §

724.

§74-76c. Postal Services Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, to be

designated the "Postal Services Revolving Fund". The fund shall be

a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall

consist of all monies received by the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services for providing postal services. All monies

accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may

be budgeted and expended to provide postal and interagency mail

services and expenses the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services incurs to support postal services operations. Expenditures

from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State

Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

approval and payment.

Added by Laws 1988, c. 305, § 21, operative July 1, 1988. Amended

by Laws 2003, c. 372, § 4, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2012, c. 304, §

725.

§74-77c. East Central Oklahoma Health Social Services Center Property and machinery exchange authorized.

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

is hereby authorized to negotiate with the board of county

commissioners, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, to exchange surplus

Department of Transportation buildings and properties presently

owned by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

property and machinery owned by the Pontotoc County Commissioners,

for the purpose of servicing the East Central Oklahoma Health Social

Services Center at Ada.

Added by Laws 1976, c. 230, § 13, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.

Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 103, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012,

c. 304, § 726.

§74-77d. Oklahoma War Veterans Commission - Assignment of building.

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby

authorized and directed to assign the building located at 2311 North

Central, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, formerly occupied by the Materials

and Testing Laboratory of the Department of Transportation, to the

Oklahoma Veterans Commission. The Commission shall assign any space

not used as office space for its staff and employees to national and

state-chartered veterans organizations or their auxiliaries.

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Added by Laws 1977, c. 30, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1977. Amended by

Laws 1983, c. 304, § 104, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, §

727; Laws 2014, c. 212, § 25, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.

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

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