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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 340 By: Rogers
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state employee compensation;
creating salary limit for state employ ees; defining
term; providing exemptions for certain employees;
providing for submission of certain compensation for
Legislature approval; providing for codification;
providing an effective date; and declar ing an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 250.8 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No state employee shall be annually compensated more t han
the Governor of the State of Oklahoma pursuant to the salary
established in Secti on 250.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section and for
the purposes of this section, “state employee” means and includes
each officer or employee elected or employed in the service of this
state.
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C. The following state employees shall be exempt from the
requirements in subsection A o f this section:
1. Officers and members of the Oklahoma State Regents for
Higher Education and state employees of institutions under the
administrative authority of the Okl ahoma State Regents for Higher
Education; and
2. Physicians and other licensed hea lth care professionals
under the administrative authority of any state department or
agency.
D. State employee compensation greater than the Governor’s may
be submitted to the Legislature by the director of the respective
state department, agency , or political subdivision. The Legislature
may approve submitted compensation by the proper pa ssage of a joint
or concurrent resolution.
SECTION 2. This act shall be come effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately nec essary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is here by
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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