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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg.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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg.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 Repealed by Laws 2005, c. 453, § 5, eff.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.

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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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§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.

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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.

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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.

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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May

§74-840-5.16.

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§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.

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Repealed by Laws 2022, c. 243, § 27, emerg. eff. May

§74-840-5.24.

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§74-840-5.25.

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§74-840-5.26.

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§74-840-5.27.

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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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