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30		-	ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 306 By: Haste of the Senate
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	33	+	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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	35	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
	36	+	FOR ENGROSSED
	37	+	SENATE BILL NO. 306 By: Haste of the Senate
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52		-	AMENDMENT NO. 1. Delete the stricken title, enacting clause and
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55		-	"An Act relating to landowner liability; amending 76
	49	+	An Act relating to landowner liability; amending 76
56	50		O.S. 2011, Section 10.1, as amended by Section 1,
57		-	Chapter 225, O.S.L. 2013 (76 O.S. Supp. 2020,
58		-	~~Section~~ 10.1), which relates to landowner liability;
	51	+	Chapter 225, O.S.L. 2013 (76 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
	52	+	10.1), which relates to landowner liability;
59	53		modifying provisions related to liability based on
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66	61		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
67	62		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 76 O.S. 2011, Section 10.1, as
68	63		amended by Section 1, Chapter 225, O.S.L. 2013 (76 O.S. Supp. 2020,
69	64		Section 10.1), is amended to read as follows:
	65	+	Section 10.1 A. 1. The purpose of this section is to
	66	+	encourage landowners to make land available to the public for
	67	+	outdoor recreational purposes by limiting their liability to persons
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96		-	Section 10.1 A. 1. The purpos e of this section is to
97		-	encourage landowners to make land available to the public for
98		-	outdoor recreational purposes by limiting their liability to persons
99	95		entering upon and using such land and to third persons who may be
100	96		damaged by the acts or omissions of persons going upon these lands.
101	97		2. As used in this section:
102	98		a. "land" means real property, roads, water,
103	99		watercourses, private ways, buildings, structures, and
104	100		machinery or equipment whe n attached to realty,
105	101		b. "outdoor recreational purposes" includes any of the
106	102		following, or any combination thereof: hunting,
107	103		fishing, swimming, boating, camping, picnicking,
108	104		hiking, pleasure driving, jogging, cycling, other
109	105		sporting events and activities, nature study, water
110	106		skiing, jet skiing, winter sports, viewing or enjoying
111	107		historical, archaeological, scenic, or scientific
112	108		sites, and aviation at non -public-use airports,
113	109		c. "owner" means the possessor of a fee interest, a
114	110		tenant, lessee, occupant, or p erson in control of the
115	111		land,
116	112		d. "charge" means the admission price or fee asked in
117	113		return for invitation or permission to enter or go
118	114		upon the land. The term "charge" shall not include:
	115	+	(1) a license or permit fee imposed by a governmental
	116	+	entity for the purpose of regulating the use of
	117	+	land, a water or park area, or lake reservation,
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145		-	(1) a license or permit fee imposed by a governmental
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147		-	land, a water or park area, or lak e reservation,
148	145		(2) hunting, fishing, boating, and other license and
149	146		permit fees,
150	147		(3) hunting or fishing leases, or
151	148		(4) donations made at fly -ins at non-public-use
152	149		airports, and
153	150		e. "non-public-use airport" means an airport that is
154	151		primarily used by the owner with access to the public
155	152		as permitted by the owner.
156	153		B. An owner who provides the public with land for outdoor
157	154		recreational purposes owes no duty of care to keep the land safe for
158	155		entry or use by others, or to give warning to persons entering or
159	156		using the land of any hazardous conditions, structures, or
160	157		activities.
161	158		C. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this section, an owner
162	159		who provides the public with land for outdoor recreational pu rposes
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164	161		a. be presumed to extend any assurance that the land is
165	162		safe for any purpose,
166	163		b. incur any duty of care toward a person who enters or
167	164		uses the land, or
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195	166		to persons or property caused by the act or omission
196	167		of a person who enters or uses the land.
197		-	2. This subsection applies whether the person entering or using
198		-	the land is an invitee, licensee, trespasser, or otherwise.
199		-	D. This section shall not apply if:
200		-	1. Any charge is made or is usually made for entering or using
201		-	any part of the land; or
202		-	2. Any commercial or other activity for profit directly related
203		-	to the use is conducted on any part of the land.
204		-	E. 1. An owner of land leased to the state or to other public
205		-	entity for outdoor recreational purposes owes no duty of care to
206		-	keep the land safe fo r entry or use by others, or to give warning to
207		-	persons entering or using the land of any hazardous conditions,
208		-	structures, or activities. Any owner who leases or subleases land
209		-	to the state or other public entity for outdoor recreational
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211		-	a. be presumed to extend any assurance that the land is
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213		-	b. incur any duty of care toward a person who enters or
214		-	uses the leased land, or
215		-	c. become liable or responsible for any injury to persons
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217		-	who enters or uses the leased land.
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	196	+	the land is an invitee, licensee, trespasser, or otherwise.
	197	+	D. This section shall not apply if:
	198	+	1. Any charge is made or is usually made for entering or using
	199	+	any part of the land; or
	200	+	2. Any commercial or other activity for profit directly related
	201	+	to the use is conducted on any part of the land.
	202	+	E. 1. An owner of land leased to the state or to other public
	203	+	entity for outdoor recreational purposes owes no duty of care to
	204	+	keep the land safe for entry or use by others, or to give warning to
	205	+	persons entering or using the land of any hazardous conditions,
	206	+	structures, or activities. Any owner who leases or subleases land
	207	+	to the state or other public entity for outdoor recreational
	208	+	purposes shall not:
	209	+	a. be presumed to extend any assurance that the land is
	210	+	safe for any purpose,
	211	+	b. incur any duty of care toward a person who enters or
	212	+	uses the leased land, or
	213	+	c. become liable or respon sible for any injury to persons
	214	+	or property caused by the act or omission of a person
	215	+	who enters or uses the leased land.
	216	+	2. This subsection applies whether the person entering or using
245	217		the leased land is an invitee, licensee, trespasser, or otherwise,
246	218		notwithstanding any other section of law.
247		-	F. E. 1. Except as provid ed in this section, no person is
248		-	relieved of liability which would exist for want of ordinary care or
249		-	for deliberate, willful, or malicious injury to persons or property.
250		-	The provisions shall not create or increase the liability of any
251		-	person.
252		-	2. This section shall not relieve any owner of any liability
253		-	for the operation and maintenance of structures affixed to real
254		-	property by the owner for use by the general public.
255		-	G. F. By entering or using land, no person shall be deemed to
256		-	be acting as an employee or agent of the owner whether the entry or
257		-	use is with or without the knowledge or consent of the owner.
258		-	H. G. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any
259		-	land that is used primarily for farming or ranching activities or to
260		-	roads, water, waterco urses, private ways, buildings, structures, and
261		-	machinery or equipment when attached to realty which is used
262		-	primarily for farming or ranching activities.
263		-	The Oklahoma Limitation of Liability for Farming and Ranching
264		-	Land Act shall govern such land.
265		-	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. "
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292		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 22nd day of April, 2021.
	246	+	F. E. 1. Except as provided in this section, no person is
	247	+	relieved of liability which would exist for want of ordinary care or
	248	+	for deliberate, willful, or malicious injury to persons or property.
	249	+	The provisions shall not create or increase the liability of any
	250	+	person.
	251	+	2. This section shall not relieve any owner of any liability
	252	+	for the operation and maintenance of structures affixed to real
	253	+	property by the owner for use by the general public.
	254	+	G. F. By entering or using land, no person shall be deemed to
	255	+	be acting as an employee or agent of the owner whether the entry or
	256	+	use is with or without the knowledge or consent of the owner.
	257	+	H. G. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any
	258	+	land that is used prima rily for farming or ranching activities or to
	259	+	roads, water, watercourses, private ways, buildings, structures, and
	260	+	machinery or equipment when attached to realty which is used
	261	+	primarily for farming or ranching activities.
	262	+	The Oklahoma Limitation of Liabili ty for Farming and Ranching
	263	+	Land Act shall govern such land.
	264	+	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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336		-	ENGROSSED SENATE
337		-	BILL NO. 306 By: Haste of the Senate
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346		-	[ Oklahoma Personnel Act - professions which may be
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354		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE P EOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
355		-	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2011, Section 840 -5.5, as
356		-	last amended by Section 1, Chapter 365, O.S.L. 2019 (74 O.S. Supp.
357		-	2020, Section 840-5.5), is amended to read as follows:
358		-	Section 840-5.5. A. The following offices, positions, and
359		-	personnel shall be in the unclassified service and shall not be
360		-	placed under the classified service:
361		-	1. Persons chosen by popular vote or appointment to fill an
362		-	elective office, and their employees, except the emplo yees of the
363		-	Corporation Commission, the State Department of Education and the
364		-	Department of Labor;
365		-	2. Members of boards and commissions, and heads of agencies;
366		-	also one principal assistant or deputy and one executive secretary
367		-	for each state agency;
368		-	3. All judges, elected or appointed, and their employees;
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396		-	other grant funding that is not continuing or indefinitely
397		-	renewable. The length of the unclassified employment shall not
398		-	exceed the period of time for which that specific federal funding is
399		-	provided;
400		-	5. All officers and employees of The Oklahoma State System of
401		-	Higher Education, State Board of Education and Oklahoma Department
402		-	of Career and Technology Education;
403		-	6. Persons employed in a professional or scientific capacity to
404		-	make or conduct a temporary and special inquiry, investigation, or
405		-	examination on behalf of the Legislature or a committee thereof or
406		-	by authority of the Governor. These appointments and authorizations
407		-	shall terminate on the first day of the regular legislative session
408		-	immediately following the appointment, if not terminated earlier.
409		-	However, nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the reauthorization
410		-	and reappointment of any such person. Any such appointment shall be
411		-	funded from the budget of the appointing authority;
412		-	7. Election officials and employees;
413		-	8. Temporary employees employed to work less than one thousand
414		-	(1,000) hours in any twelve -month period, and seasonal employees
415		-	employed by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department pursuant
416		-	to Section 2241 of this title who work less than one thousand six
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446		-	a. administrative aides to the Commissioner,
447		-	b. executive secretaries to the Commissioner,
448		-	c. the Governor’s representative of the Oklahoma Highway
449		-	Safety Office who shall be appointed by the Governor,
450		-	d. Highway Patrol Colonel,
451		-	e. Highway Patrol Lieutenant Colonel,
452		-	f. Highway Patrol Major,
453		-	g. Director of Finance,
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455		-	i. Information Systems Administrator,
456		-	j. Law Enforcement Telecommunications System Specialist,
457		-	k. Director of Driver Compliance,
458		-	l. Director of Transportation Division,
459		-	m. Director of the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office,
460		-	n. Civil Rights Administrator,
461		-	o. Budget Analyst,
462		-	p. Comptroller,
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494		-	v. a maximum of seven positions for the purpose of
495		-	administering programs in the Oklahoma Highway Safety
496		-	Office, within full-time employee limitations of the
497		-	Department, employed with federal funding that is
498		-	continuing or indefinitely renewable. The
499		-	authorization for such positions shall be terminated
500		-	if the federal funding for positions is discontinued;
501		-	provided, any person appointed to a position prescribed in
502		-	subparagraph d, e or f of this paragraph shall have a right of
503		-	return to the classified commissioned posit ion without any loss of
504		-	rights, privileges or benefits immediately upon completion of the
505		-	duties in the unclassified commissioned position;
506		-	10. Professional trainees only during the prescribed length of
507		-	their course of training or extension study;
508		-	11. Students who are employed on a part -time basis, which shall
509		-	be seventy-five percent (75%) of a normal forty -hour work week or
510		-	thirty (30) hours per week, or less, or on a full -time basis if the
511		-	employment is pursuant to a cooperative education program such a s
512		-	that provided for under Title I IV -D of the Higher Education Act of
513		-	1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a -1087c), as amended, and who are regularly
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515		-	a. an institution of higher learning within The Oklahoma
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544		-	coordinated with The Oklahoma State System of Higher
545		-	Education. For purposes of this section, a student
546		-	shall be considered a regularly enrolled student if
547		-	the student is enrolled in a minimum of five (5) hours
548		-	of accredited graduate courses or a minimum of ten
549		-	(10) hours of accredited undergraduate courses;
550		-	provided, however, the student shall only be required
551		-	to be enrolled in a minimum of six (6) hours of
552		-	accredited undergraduate courses during the summer, or
553		-	c. high school students regularly enrolled in a high
554		-	school in Oklahoma and regularly attending classes
555		-	during such time of enrollment;
556		-	12. The spouses of personnel who are employed on a part -time
557		-	basis to assist or work as a relief for their spouses in the
558		-	Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department;
559		-	13. Service substitute attendants who are needed to replace
560		-	museum and site attendants who are unavoidably absent. Service
561		-	substitutes may work as part -time or full-time relief for absentees
562		-	for a period of not m ore than four (4) weeks per year in the
563		-	Oklahoma Historical Society sites and museums; such substitutes will
564		-	not count towards the agency’s full -time-equivalent (FTE) employee
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592		-	14. Employees of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the
593		-	State Senate, or the Legislative Service Bureau;
594		-	15. Corporation Commission personnel occupying the following
595		-	offices and positions:
596		-	a. Administrative aides, and executive secretaries to the
597		-	Commissioners,
598		-	b. Directors of all the divisions, personnel managers and
599		-	comptrollers,
600		-	c. General Counsel,
601		-	d. Public Utility Division Chief Engineer,
602		-	e. Public Utility Division Chief Accountant,
603		-	f. Public Utility Division Chief Economist,
604		-	g. Public Utility Division Deputy Director,
605		-	h. Secretary of the Commission,
606		-	i. Deputy Conservation Director,
607		-	j. Manager of Pollution Abatement,
608		-	k. Manager of Field Operations,
609		-	l. Manager of Technical Services,
610		-	m. Public Utility Division Chief of Telecommunications,
611		-	n. Director of Information Services,
612		-	o. All Data Processing employees hired on or a fter
613		-	September 1, 2005,
614		-	p. All Public Utilities employees hired on or after
615		-	September 1, 2007,
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642		-	q. All Regulatory Program Managers hired on or after
643		-	September 1, 2007, and
644		-	r. All Pipeline Safety Department employees hired on or
645		-	after September 1, 2008;
646		-	16. At the option of the employing agency, the Supervisor,
647		-	Director, or Educational Coordinator in any other state agency
648		-	having a primary responsibility to coordinate educational programs
649		-	operated for children in state institutions;
650		-	17. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
651		-	personnel occupying the following offices and positions at each
652		-	facility:
653		-	a. Director of Facility,
654		-	b. Deputy Director for Administration,
655		-	c. Clinical Services Director,
656		-	d. Executive Secretary to Director, and
657		-	e. Directors or Heads of Departments or Services;
658		-	18. Office of Management and Enterprise Services personnel
659		-	occupying the following offices and positions:
660		-	a. State Comptroller,
661		-	b. Administrative Officers,
662		-	c. Alternator Claims Auditor,
663		-	d. Employees hired to fulfill state compliance agency
664		-	requirements under Model Tribal Gaming Compacts,
665		-	e. Employees of the Budget Division,
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692		-	f. Employees of the Fiscal and Research Division,
693		-	g. Employees hired to work on the CORE Systems Project,
694		-	and
695		-	h. The following employees of the I nformation Services
696		-	Division:
697		-	(1) Information Services Division Manager,
698		-	(2) Network Manager,
699		-	(3) Network Technicians,
700		-	(4) Security Manager,
701		-	(5) Contracts/Purchasing Manager,
702		-	(6) Operating and Applications Manager,
703		-	(7) Project Manager,
704		-	(8) Help Desk Manager,
705		-	(9) Help Desk Technicians,
706		-	(10) Quality Assurance Manager,
707		-	(11) ISD Analysts,
708		-	(12) CORE Manager,
709		-	(13) Enterprise System/Database Software Manager,
710		-	(14) Data Center Operations and Production Manager,
711		-	(15) Voice Communications Manager,
712		-	(16) Applications Development Manager,
713		-	(17) Projects Manager,
714		-	(18) PC’s Manager,
715		-	(19) Servers Manager,
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741		-
742		-	(20) Portal Manager,
743		-	(21) Procurement Specialists,
744		-	(22) Security Technicians,
745		-	(23) Enterprise Communications and Network
746		-	Administrator,
747		-	(24) Server Support Specialists,
748		-	(25) Senior Server Support Specialists,
749		-	(26) Systems Support Specialists,
750		-	(27) Senior Systems Support Specialists,
751		-	(28) Chief Technology Officer,
752		-	(29) Facility Manager,
753		-	(30) Application Development Specialists,
754		-	(31) Senior Application Development Specialists,
755		-	(32) Workstation Specialists,
756		-	(33) Senior Workstation Specialists,
757		-	(34) Cabling Infrastructure Administration,
758		-	(35) Planning Specialists,
759		-	(36) Senior Planning Specialists,
760		-	(37) Network Specialists,
761		-	(38) Senior Network Specialists,
762		-	(39) Voice Communication Specialists, and
763		-	(40) Senior Voice Communication Specialists;
764		-	19. Employees of the Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority;
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791		-	20. Those positions so specified in the annual business plan of
792		-	the Oklahoma Department of Commerce;
793		-	21. Those positions so specif ied in the annual business plan of
794		-	the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology;
795		-	22. The following positions and employees of the Oklahoma
796		-	School of Science and Mathematics:
797		-	a. positions for which the annual salary is Twenty -four
798		-	Thousand One Hundred Ninety -three Dollars ($24,193.00)
799		-	or more, as determined by the Office of Management and
800		-	Enterprise Services; provided, no position shall
801		-	become unclassified because of any change in salary or
802		-	grade while it is occupied by a classified emp loyee,
803		-	b. positions requiring certification by the State
804		-	Department of Education, and
805		-	c. positions and employees authorized to be in the
806		-	unclassified service of the state elsewhere in this
807		-	section or in subsection B of this section;
808		-	23. Office of Manageme nt and Enterprise Services employees
809		-	occupying the following positions:
810		-	a. the Carl Albert Internship Program Coordinator,
811		-	b. one Administrative Assistant,
812		-	c. one Workforce Planning Manager,
813		-	d. Assistant Administrators,
814		-	e. one Associate Administrator, and
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841		-	f. Division Directors;
842		-	24. Department of Labor personnel occupying the following
843		-	offices and positions:
844		-	a. two Deputy Commissioners,
845		-	b. two Executive Secretaries to the Commissioner,
846		-	c. Chief of Staff,
847		-	d. two Administrative Assistants,
848		-	e. Information Systems Administrator,
849		-	f. three Safety and Health Directors,
850		-	g. Research Director,
851		-	h. Employment Standards Director,
852		-	i. Asbestos Director,
853		-	j. General Counsel,
854		-	k. one Legal Secretary,
855		-	l. one Docket Clerk,
856		-	m. two Information Systems Application Specialists,
857		-	n. one Administrative Programs Officer,
858		-	o. one Industrial Hygienist Supervisor, and
859		-	p. one Public Information Officer;
860		-	25. The State Bond Advisor and his or her employees;
861		-	26. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission employees
862		-	occupying the following posi tions:
863		-	a. Associate Director,
864		-	b. Secretary to the Associate Director, and
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891		-	c. Assistant to the Executive Director;
892		-	27. Officers and employees of the State Banking Department;
893		-	28. Officers and employees of the University Hospitals
894		-	Authority except personne l in the state classified service pursuant
895		-	to Section 3211 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes and members of
896		-	the University Hospitals Authority Model Personnel System created
897		-	pursuant to subsection E of Section 3211 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma
898		-	Statutes or as otherwise provided for in Section 3213.2 of Title 63
899		-	of the Oklahoma Statutes;
900		-	29. Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission employees
901		-	occupying the following positions:
902		-	a. three Administrative Service Assistant positions,
903		-	however, employees in such positions who are in the
904		-	unclassified service on June 4, 2003, may make an
905		-	election to be in the classified service without a
906		-	loss in salary by September 1, 2003, and
907		-	b. the Deputy Director position in addition to the one
908		-	authorized by paragraph 2 of this subsection;
909		-	30. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation employees
910		-	occupying the following positions:
911		-	a. five assistant directors,
912		-	b. special investigators based upon the availability of
913		-	funds and the needs of the agency as determined by the
914		-	Director,
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941		-	c. one information representative,
942		-	d. one federally funded physical evidence technician,
943		-	e. four federally funded laboratory analysts,
944		-	f. a maximum of fourteen positions employed for the
945		-	purpose of managing the automated information systems
946		-	of the agency,
947		-	g. one executive secretary in addition to the one
948		-	executive secretary authorized pursuant to paragraph 2
949		-	of this subsection,
950		-	h. Child Abuse Response Team (CART) investigator,
951		-	i. Child Abuse Response Team (CART) forensic interviewer,
952		-	j. nine administration and research positions and five
953		-	data processing and information technology positions
954		-	transferred from the Criminal Justice Resource Center
955		-	pursuant to Section 150.17a of this title,
956		-	k. one Human Resources Director, and
957		-	l. one Comptroller;
958		-	31. The Department of Transportation, the following positions:
959		-	a. Director of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission,
960		-	b. five Department of Transportation Assistant Director
961		-	positions,
962		-	c. eight field division engineer positions,
963		-	d. one pilot position,
964		-	e. five Project Manager positions, and
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990		-
991		-	f. five Transportation Coordinators;
992		-	32. Commissioners of the Land Office employees occupying the
993		-	following positions:
994		-	a. Chief Financial Officer,
995		-	b. two Assistant Directors of Financial Services,
996		-	c. two Archivists,
997		-	d. one Audit Tech position,
998		-	e. two Auditor positions,
999		-	f. two Accounting Tech I positions,
1000		-	g. two Administrative Assistant positions,
1001		-	h. one Imaging Specialist position,
1002		-	i. one Information Systems Specialist position,
1003		-	j. Director of Communications,
1004		-	k. Director of Royalty Comp liance,
1005		-	l. Director of Mineral Management,
1006		-	m. Accountant or Certified Public Accountant,
1007		-	n. Commercial Property Manager,
1008		-	o. Assistant Secretary,
1009		-	p. Director of Real Estate Management,
1010		-	q. one executive assistant,
1011		-	r. one legal secretary,
1012		-	s. one secretary,
1013		-	t. one Assistant Commercial Property Manager,
1014		-	u. one Oil and Gas Production Advisor or Geologist,
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1041		-	v. one Soil Conservationist,
1042		-	w. one Administrative Programs Officer,
1043		-	x. one Geographic Information Systems Specialist,
1044		-	y. Director of Oil and Gas Division, and
1045		-	z. Financial Manager/Comptroller;
1046		-	33. Within the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
1047		-	Drugs Control Commission, the following positions:
1048		-	a. six Narcotics Agent positions and three Typist
1049		-	Clerk/Spanish transcriptionists , including a Typist
1050		-	Clerk Supervisor/Spanish transcriptionist; provided,
1051		-	authorization for such positions shall be terminated
1052		-	if the federal funding for the positions is
1053		-	discontinued,
1054		-	b. one executive secretary in addition to the one
1055		-	authorized pursuant to paragraph 2 of this sub section,
1056		-	c. one fiscal officer,
1057		-	d. one full-time Programmer, and
1058		-	e. one full-time Network Engineer;
1059		-	34. The Military Department of the State of Oklahoma is
1060		-	authorized such unclassified employees within full -time employee
1061		-	limitations to work in any of the Department of Defense directed
1062		-	youth programs, the State of Oklahoma Juvenile Justice youth
1063		-	programs, those persons reimbursed from Armory Board or Billeting
1064		-	Fund accounts, and skilled trade positions;
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1091		-	35. Within the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Yo uth the
1092		-	following unclassified positions:
1093		-	a. one Oversight Specialist and one Community Development
1094		-	Planner,
1095		-	b. one State Plan Grant Coordinator; provided,
1096		-	authorization for the position shall be terminated
1097		-	when federal support for the position by the Unit ed
1098		-	States Department of Education Early Intervention
1099		-	Program is discontinued,
1100		-	c. one executive secretary in addition to the one
1101		-	authorized pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection,
1102		-	and
1103		-	d. one Programs Manager;
1104		-	36. The following positions and employees o f the Office of
1105		-	Management and Enterprise Services:
1106		-	a. one Executive Secretary in addition to the Executive
1107		-	Secretary authorized by paragraph 2 of this
1108		-	subsection,
1109		-	b. the Director of Central Purchasing,
1110		-	c. one Alternate Fuels Administrator,
1111		-	d. one Director of Special Projects,
1112		-	e. three postauditors,
1113		-	f. four high-technology contracting officers,
1114		-	g. one Executive Assistant to the Purchasing Director,
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1141		-	h. four Contracts Managers,
1142		-	i. one Associate Director,
1143		-	j. one specialized HiTech/Food Contracting Officer,
1144		-	k. one State Use Contracting Officer,
1145		-	l. one Property Distribution Administrator,
1146		-	m. three licensed architects assigned to the Construction
1147		-	and Properties Division,
1148		-	n. three licensed engineers assigned to the Construction
1149		-	and Properties Division,
1150		-	o. eight construction consultants assigned to the
1151		-	Construction and Properties Division,
1152		-	p. one attorney assigned to the Construction and
1153		-	Properties Division,
1154		-	q. three positions assigned to the Information Services
1155		-	Division, which shall include one Information
1156		-	Technology Manager, one Applications Specialist and
1157		-	one Data Planning Specialist,
1158		-	r. four positions assigned to Fleet Management, which
1159		-	shall include one Deputy Fleet Manager and three
1160		-	Management Analysts,
1161		-	s. one Chief Auditor,
1162		-	t. one Assistant Director of Central Purchasing Division,
1163		-	u. one Professional Errors and Omissions Liability
1164		-	Adjuster,
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1191		-	v. three Strategic Sourcing Managers,
1192		-	w. three Strategic Sourcing Assistant Managers, and
1193		-	x. two Printing Services Brokers;
1194		-	37. Oklahoma Water Resources Board personnel occ upying the
1195		-	following offices and positions:
1196		-	a. four Water Quality Assistant Division Chiefs,
1197		-	b. four Water Resources Division Chiefs, and
1198		-	c. Director of Water Planning;
1199		-	38. J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental
1200		-	Disabilities personnel occupyi ng the following offices and
1201		-	positions:
1202		-	a. Physical Therapists,
1203		-	b. Physical Therapist Assistants,
1204		-	c. Occupational Therapists,
1205		-	d. Certified Occupational Therapist Aides, and
1206		-	e. Speech Pathologists;
1207		-	39. Oklahoma Historical Society personnel occupying the
1208		-	following offices and positions:
1209		-	a. the Development Officer,
1210		-	b. the Director of the State Museum of History,
1211		-	c. the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Director,
1212		-	d. the Director of Museums and Historic Sites,
1213		-	e. the Director of Research,
1214		-	f. the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, and
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1241		-	g. the Director of the Oklahoma Museum of Popular
1242		-	Culture;
1243		-	40. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
1244		-	personnel occupying the following positions:
1245		-	a. one Executive Secretary in addition to the Executi ve
1246		-	Secretary authorized by paragraph 2 of this subsection
1247		-	and one Executive Assistant,
1248		-	b. nineteen Agricultural Marketing Coordinator III
1249		-	positions,
1250		-	c. temporary fire suppression personnel, regardless of
1251		-	the number of hours worked, who are employed by the
1252		-	Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
1253		-	Forestry; provided, however, notwithstanding the
1254		-	provisions of any other section of law, the hours
1255		-	worked by such employees shall not entitle such
1256		-	employees to any benefits received by full -time
1257		-	employees,
1258		-	d. one Information Technology Specialist,
1259		-	e. one Director of Administrative Services,
1260		-	f. one Professional Engineer,
1261		-	g. one hydrologist position,
1262		-	h. Pet Breeder Inspectors,
1263		-	i. one Information Technology Technician,
1264		-	j. Legal Services Director,
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1291		-	k. Animal Industry Services Director,
1292		-	l. Agricultural Environmental Management Services
1293		-	Director,
1294		-	m. Forestry Services Director,
1295		-	n. Plant Industry and Consumer Services Director,
1296		-	o. one Grants Administrator position,
1297		-	p. Director of Laboratory Services,
1298		-	q. Chief of Communications,
1299		-	r. Public Information Manager,
1300		-	s. Inventory/Supply Officer,
1301		-	t. five Agriculture Field Inspector positions assigned
1302		-	the responsibility for conducting inspections and
1303		-	audits of agricultural grain storage warehouses. All
1304		-	other Agriculture Field Inspec tor positions and
1305		-	employees of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
1306		-	Food, and Forestry shall be classified and subject to
1307		-	the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel
1308		-	Administration. On November 1, 2002, all other
1309		-	unclassified Agriculture Field Insp ectors shall be
1310		-	given status in the classified service as provided in
1311		-	Section 840-4.2 of this title,
1312		-	u. Rural Fire Coordinator,
1313		-	v. one Agricultural Marketing Coordinator I,
1314		-	w. Food Safety Division Director,
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1341		-	x. two Environmental Program Specialists,
1342		-	y. two Scale Technicians,
1343		-	z. two Plant Protection Specialists,
1344		-	aa. Chief Agent,
1345		-	bb. Professional Foresters,
1346		-	cc. Forestry Education Coordinator,
1347		-	dd. Forest Data Analyst,
1348		-	ee. Executive Secretary to Chief Agent, and
1349		-	ff. Executive Secretary of State Forester;
1350		-	41. The Contracts Administrator within the Oklahoma State
1351		-	Employees Benefits Council;
1352		-	42. The Development Officer within the Oklahoma Department of
1353		-	Libraries;
1354		-	43. Oklahoma Real Estate Commission personnel occupying the
1355		-	following offices and positions:
1356		-	a. Educational Program Director, and
1357		-	b. Data Processing Manager;
1358		-	44. A Chief Consumer Credit Examiner for the Department of
1359		-	Consumer Credit;
1360		-	45. All officers and employees of the Oklahoma Capitol Complex
1361		-	and Centennial Commemoration Commission;
1362		-	46. All officers and employees of the Oklahoma Motor Vehicle
1363		-	Commission;
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1390		-	47. One Museum Archivist of The Will Rogers Memorial
1391		-	Commission;
1392		-	48. One Fire Protection Consultant of the Office of the State
1393		-	Fire Marshal;
1394		-	49. Acting incumbents employed pursuant to Section 209 of Title
1395		-	44 or Section 48 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes who shall not
1396		-	be included in any limitation on full -time equivalency imposed by
1397		-	law on an agency. Permanent classified employees may request a
1398		-	leave of absence from classified status and accep t an unclassified
1399		-	appointment and compensation as an acting incumbent with the same
1400		-	agency; provided, the leave shall expire no later than two (2) years
1401		-	from the date of the acting incumbent appointment. An appointing
1402		-	authority may establish unclassified positions and appoint
1403		-	unclassified employees to perform the duties of a permanent
1404		-	classified employee who is on leave of absence from a classified
1405		-	position to serve as an acting incumbent. All unclassified
1406		-	appointments created pursuant to this paragraph s hall expire no
1407		-	later than two (2) years from the date of appointment. Classified
1408		-	employees accepting unclassified appointments and compensation
1409		-	pursuant to this paragraph shall be entitled to participate without
1410		-	interruption in any benefit programs availa ble to classified
1411		-	employees, including retirement and insurance programs. Immediately
1412		-	upon termination of an unclassified appointment pursuant to this
1413		-	paragraph, an employee on assignment from the classified service
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1440		-	shall have a right to be restored to th e classified service and
1441		-	reinstated to the former job family level and compensation plus any
1442		-	adjustments and increases in salary or benefits which the employee
1443		-	would have received but for the leave of absence;
1444		-	50. The Oklahoma Homeland Security Director a nd all other
1445		-	positions assigned the responsibilities of working in the Oklahoma
1446		-	Office of Homeland Security;
1447		-	51. The following eighteen positions in the State Department of
1448		-	Health:
1449		-	a. one surveillance supervisor,
1450		-	b. one surveillance project monitor,
1451		-	c. two bilingual interviewers,
1452		-	d. eight senior interviewers, and
1453		-	e. six interviewers;
1454		-	52. State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and
1455		-	Land Surveyors personnel occupying the following offices and
1456		-	positions:
1457		-	a. one Director of Enforcement, and
1458		-	b. two Board Investigators;
1459		-	53. One Information Systems Data Management Analyst of the
1460		-	State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board;
1461		-	54. Office of Juvenile Affairs personnel occupying the
1462		-	following offices and positions:
1463		-	a. two Management Information Sy stems positions, and
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1490		-	b. employees hired for service at the Southwest Oklahoma
1491		-	Juvenile Center in Manitou after June 1, 2020, as
1492		-	provided in subsection C of Section 2 -7-202 of Title
1493		-	10A of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
1494		-	55. Heads of agencies, principal assista nts or deputies and
1495		-	executive secretaries of an agency that is consolidated into another
1496		-	agency.
1497		-	B. If an agency has the authority to employ personnel in the
1498		-	following offices and positions, the appointing authority shall have
1499		-	the discretion to appoint pe rsonnel to the unclassified service:
1500		-	1. Licensed medical doctors, osteopathic physicians, dentists,
1501		-	psychologists, and nurses;
1502		-	2. Certified public accountants;
1503		-	3. Licensed attorneys;
1504		-	4. Licensed veterinarians; and
1505		-	5. Licensed pharmacists ;
1506		-	6. Professional engineers;
1507		-	7. Licensed architects;
1508		-	8. Licensed landscape architects; and
1509		-	9. Licensed land surveyors .
1510		-	C. Effective July 1, 1996, authorization for unclassified
1511		-	offices, positions, or personnel contained in a bill or joint
1512		-	resolution shall terminate June 30 of the ensuing fiscal year after
1513		-	the authorization unless the authorization is codified in the
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1541		-	legislation.
1542		-	D. The appointing authority of agencies participating in the
1543		-	statewide information systems project may establish unclassified
1544		-	positions and appoint unclassified employees to the project as
1545		-	needed. Additional unclassified positions may be established, if
1546		-	required, to appoint an unclassified employee to perform the duties
1547		-	of a permanent classified employee who is temporarily absent from a
1548		-	classified position as a result of assignment to this project. All
1549		-	unclassified appointments under this authority shall expire no later
1550		-	than December 31, 2007, and all unclassified positions e stablished
1551		-	to support the project shall be abolished. Both the positions and
1552		-	appointments resulting from this authority shall be exempt from any
1553		-	agency FTE limitations and any limits imposed on the number of
1554		-	unclassified positions authorized. Permanent c lassified employees
1555		-	may request a leave of absence from classified status and accept an
1556		-	unclassified appointment and compensation with the same agency under
1557		-	the provisions of this subsection; provided, the leave shall expire
1558		-	no later than December 31, 2007 . Employees accepting the
1559		-	appointment and compensation shall be entitled to participate
1560		-	without interruption in any benefit programs available to classified
1561		-	employees, including retirement and insurance programs. Immediately
1562		-	upon termination of an unclas sified appointment pursuant to this
1563		-	subsection, an employee on assignment from the classified service
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1590		-	shall have a right to be restored to the classified service and
1591		-	reinstated to the former job family level and compensation plus any
1592		-	adjustments and increa ses in salary or benefits which the employee
1593		-	would have received but for the leave of absence.
1594		-	SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
1595		-	Passed the Senate the 11th day of March, 2021.
1596		-
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1598		-
1599		-	Presiding Officer of the Senate
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1602		-	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
1603		-	2021.
1604		-
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1607		-	Presiding Officer of the House
1608		-	of Representatives
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	266	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RULES, dated 04/08/2021 - DO PASS,
	267	+	As Amended.