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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3671 By: Wolfley
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state employee compensation;
providing for salary increase for certain employees;
specifying amount of salary increas e; providing
salary increase to be provided to certain employee
categories; providing for exclusion of certain
employee categories; providing for noncodification;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PE OPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A n ew section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
A. Effective July 1, 20 22, all full-time officers and employees
of the state who were employed by the state on the last working day
of June 2022 shall be awarded an annualized salary increase equal to
three percent (%3) for persons whose gross annual salary as of June
30, 2022, was Eighty Thousand Dollars ( $80,000.00) or less.
B. Except for those pers onnel specifically excluded from
eligibility for any increase or advancement in salary pursuant to
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this section, the salary increase provided by this section shall be
applicable to:
1. Employees of county health departments;
2. Employees of a conservatio n district; and
3. Employees of the Ge orge Nigh Rehabilitation Institute.
C. Employees eligible for the increase provided for in
subsection A of this section who are on leave without pay on July 1,
2022, shall receive an annualized increase, effective up on their
return to work, but shall not receive any increase for a period of
time prior to their return to work.
D. Employees who leave the state service before July 1, 20 22,
and who are reinstated or reemployed in the state service during
July 2022 without a break in service, who are otherwi se eligible for
the pay increase provide d for in this section, shall be granted such
raise effective immediately upon such reinstatement or reemployment.
As used in this subsection, "break in service" is defined as a
period of time in excess of thirty (30 ) calendar days between two
periods of state employment.
E. The following officers and employees shall be ineligible for
a pay increase pursuant to this section and nothing, except as
otherwise provided by Section 840 -2.17 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, shall be construed to authorize an y increase or
advancement of the salaries of:
1. Any elected official;
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2. Any cabinet secretary whose salary is governed by Section
10.5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. Any agency director;
4. Any Justice or judge whose salary is governed by t he
provisions of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes or whose
compensation is set by the Board on Judicial Compensation pursuant
to Section 3.4 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Stat utes;
5. Any district attorney who se salary is governed by Section
215.30 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
6. Officers and employees of institutions under the
administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education, except for officers and employees of the George Nigh
Rehabilitation Institute;
7. Persons employed pursuant to Section 2241 of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
8. Persons employed pursuant to Section 1.6a of Title 53 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
9. Persons employed or under contract pursuant to subsection B
of Section 1419 of Title 10 of the Okla homa Statutes; and
10. The Adjutant General and Assistant Adjutants General
pursuant to Section 27 of Tit le 44 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
F. No salary increase pursuant to this s ection shall be made
that exceeds a salary limitation provided in an agency 's annual
appropriation bill or salary limits set by statute.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. It being immediat ely necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
58-2-9723 LRB 01/05/22