Oklahoma § 74-840.5
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 74-840.5, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 74-840.5.
242, § 54.
Renumbered as § 840-2.12 of this title by Laws 1994, c.
§74-840-5.1.
11, 2022.
Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.1A.
11, 2022.
Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.1B. Repealed by Laws 2005, c. 453, § 5, eff. July 1,
2005.
NOTE: Prior to repeal this section was amended by Laws 2005, c.
176, § 6 to read as follows:
A. There is hereby created the State Classification Task
Force for the purpose of reviewing unclassified positions in the
executive branch of state government, excluding The Oklahoma
State System of Higher Education, and making recommendations to
the Legislature concerning the current unclassified service and
the feasibility of proposals to add positions to or remove
positions from the unclassified service.
B. The Task Force shall consist of ten (10) members of the
Oklahoma Legislature, five members of the House of
Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and five members of the Senate appointed by the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Members shall serve at the
pleasure of their appointing authority.
C. For the Forty-ninth Oklahoma Legislature, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives shall select the chair of the
Task Force and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall
select the vice chair of the Task Force. Thereafter, the chair
and vice chair shall rotate between the House of Representatives
and Senate with the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives making the respective
appointments.
D. Staffing for the Task Force shall be provided by the
legislative staff of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, and the Administrator of the Office of Personnel
Management.
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E. Members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation
for serving on the Task Force but shall receive travel
reimbursement for their necessary travel expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties in accordance with Section 456
of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes from the legislative body
in which they serve.
F. 1. State agencies subject to the provisions of the
Merit System of Personnel Administration shall submit requests
for authorizations for unclassified positions and employees to
the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management who
shall forward such requests to the Task Force. The
Administrator shall review, analyze, and provide recommendations
to the Task Force regarding such requests.
2. The Task Force shall meet in November of each year and
shall review any agency proposals to add unclassified positions
to the state service. A representative from each appointing
authority of a state agency that desires to add unclassified
positions shall attend the meeting and present the proposal of
the agency.
3. The Task Force shall also review positions currently in
the unclassified service. The Administrator of the Office of
Personnel Management shall review and analyze such positions and
provide recommendations to the Task Force. The Task Force may
request the presence of state agency representatives to provide
information concerning such positions.
4. On or before February 1 of each year, the Task Force
shall present any recommendations to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
concerning current positions in the unclassified service and
agency proposals to add unclassified positions.
5. The Task Force may also meet during the regular session
of the Legislature to consider any additional requests to add
unclassified positions to the state service submitted pursuant
to this subsection.
§74-840-5.2.
11, 2022.
Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.2A.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.2B.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.3. Certain persons not considered state employees.
A. The following offices, positions and personnel shall not be
considered state employees except as otherwise provided by law:
1. Patient and inmate help in the state charitable, mental and
correctional institutions;
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2. Persons engaged in public work for the state, but employed
by contractors when the performance of such contract is authorized
by the Legislature or other competent authority;
3. All employees of all public school districts; and
4. Officers and members of the Oklahoma National Guard, as
such.
B. The superintendents and teachers at the Oklahoma School for
the Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf shall be state
employees, subject to the Civil Service and Human Capital
Modernization Act.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 9, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws
1986, c. 244, § 5, emerg. eff. June 12, 1986. Renumbered from §
840.9 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws
1995, c. 269, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 2001, c. 381, § 12, eff.
July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 93, § 4, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2012,
c. 304, § 916; Laws 2022, c. 243, § 23, emerg. eff. May 11, 2022.
§74-840-5.4.
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§74-840-5.5.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.6.
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§74-840-5.7.
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§74-840-5.8.
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§74-840-5.9.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.10.
Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 254, § 50.
§74-840-5.11.
11, 2022.
Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.12.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.13.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
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§74-840-5.13A.
11, 2022.
Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.14.
1996.
Repealed by Laws 1996, c. 327, § 5, eff. Nov. 1,
§74-840-5.15.
11, 2022.
Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.16.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.18.
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§74-840-5.19.
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§74-840-5.20.
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§74-840-5.21.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.22.
Repealed by Laws 2011, c. 305, § 5.
§74-840-5.23.
11, 2022.
Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.24.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.25.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.26.
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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840-5.27.
11, 2022.
Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May
§74-840.5a.
242, § 54.
Renumbered as § 840-1.5 of this title by Laws 1994, c.
§74-840.5b.
242, § 54.
Renumbered as § 840-1.20 of this title by Laws 1994, c.
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§74-840.5c.
242, § 54.
Renumbered as § 840-2.13 of this title by Laws 1994, c.
§74-840.5d.
242, § 54.
Renumbered as § 840-2.7 of this title by Laws 1994, c.
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