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53	53		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55		1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57		SENATE BILL 719 By: Paxton
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63	63		AS INTRODUCED
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65	65		An Act relating to the State Travel Reimbursement
66	66		Act; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Sections 500.2 and 500.9,
67	67		as amended by Sections 1 and 5, C hapter 63, O.S.L.
68	68		2022, and 500.14 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Sections 500.2
69	69		and 500.9), which relate to reimbursable expenses,
70	70		overnight lodgings, and rejection of travel claims;
71	71		modifying verification requirements for direct
72	72		airline purchases; modifying approv ing official for
73	73		certain claims for reimbursement; providing
74	74		discretion to the Director of the Office of
75	75		Management and Enterprise Services for certain
76	76		rejections; updating statutory language; updating
77	77		statutory reference; and providing an effective date .
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83	83		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
84	84		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 500.2, as
85	85		amended by Section 1, Chapter 63, O.S.L. 2022 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024,
86	86		Section 500.2), is amended to read as foll ows:
87	87		Section 500.2. A. Officials and employees of the state,
88	88		traveling on authorized state business, may be reimbursed for
89	89		expenses incurred in such travel in accordance with the provisions
90	90		of the State Travel Reimbursement Act and existing statutes rela ting
91	91		to state travel. Persons who are not state employees, but who are
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143	143		performing substantial and necessary services to the state which
144	144		have been directed or approved by the appropriate department
145	145		official, shall enjoy the protection of the sovereign immu nity of
146	146		the state to the same extent as a paid employee. Such persons may
147	147		be reimbursed for expenses incurred during authorized official
148	148		travel under these same statutory provisions; provided, it is
149	149		indicated on the claim the person is not a state employe e, a
150	150		description of services performed is entered, and the agency head by
151	151		approval of the claim certifies such services were substantial and
152	152		necessary, and germane to the duties and functions of the
153	153		reimbursing agency. Travel expenses incurred by a person during the
154	154		course of seeking employment with a state agency, unless such trav el
155	155		is performed at the request of the employing agency, shall not be
156	156		considered expenses incurred in performing substantial and necessary
157	157		services to the state and shall not be r eimbursed under the
158	158		provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
159	159		B. The chief administrative officer of the Department of Public
160	160		Safety, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma
161	161		State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, t he Military
162	162		Department of the State of Oklahoma, the Department of Corrections ,
163	163		the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Alcoholic
164	164		Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, the Oklahoma Department of
165	165		Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the Oklahoma D epartment of
166	166		Emergency Management, the State Fire Marshal, and the State
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218	218		Department of Health may arrange for and charge meals and lodging
219	219		for a contingent of state personnel moved into an area for the
220	220		purpose of preserving the public health, safety, or we lfare or for
221	221		the protection of life or property. The cost for meals or lodgin g
222	222		so charged shall not exceed the amount authorized in the State
223	223		Travel Reimbursement Act. The chief administrative officer of each
224	224		agency involved in such an operation shall re quire the vendor
225	225		furnishing meals, lodging, or both meals and lodging to submit an
226	226		itemized statement for payment. When a claim for lodging is made
227	227		for a contingent of state personnel, individual members of the
228	228		contingent may not submit a claim for lodgin g. When a claim for
229	229		meals is made for a contingent of state personnel, indivi dual
230	230		members of the contingent may not submit a claim for meals.
231	231		C. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Oklahoma Center for
232	232		the Advancement of Science and Technology, and t he Oklahoma
233	233		Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry are hereby authorized
234	234		to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of food,
235	235		lodging, meeting facility and beverage expenses as may be necessary
236	236		for sponsoring seminars and receptions relat ing to economic
237	237		development and science and technology issues. Such expenses may be
238	238		paid directly to the contracting agency or business establishment.
239	239		The Director Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Department of
240	240		Commerce, the President of the Oklah oma Center for the Advancement
241	241		of Science and Technology, and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall
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293	293		each provide a quarterly report of such expenditures to the
294	294		Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
295	295		President Pro Tempore of the Senat e.
296	296		D. The Native American Cultural and Educational Authority is
297	297		hereby authorized to enter into contracts and agreements for the
298	298		payment of food, lodging, and meeting facility as may be necessary
299	299		to pursue the promotion of fundraising, marketing, and deve lopment
300	300		of Native American educational programs and cultural projects, or to
301	301		sponsor luncheons, seminars, and receptions relating to Native
302	302		American educational, cultural, museum, and economic development
303	303		issues. Such expenses may be paid directly to the contracting
304	304		agency or business establishment. The Executive Director of the
305	305		Native American Cultural and Educational Authority shall provide a
306	306		monthly report of expenditures to the Native American Cultural and
307	307		Educational Authority Board.
308	308		E. For purposes of this section:
309	309		1. “State agency” means any constitutionally or statutorily
310	310		created state board, commission, or department, including the
311	311		Legislature and the Courts;
312	312		2. State agencies are authorized to enter into contracts and
313	313		agreements for the paymen t of food and lodging expenses as may be
314	314		necessary for employees or other pers ons who are performing
315	315		substantial and necessary services to the state by attending
316	316		official conferences, meetings, seminars, workshops, or training
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368	368		sessions or in the performanc e of their duties. Such expenses may
369	369		be paid directly to the contracting agency or business
370	370		establishment;, provided the meeting qualifies for overnight travel
371	371		for the employees and the cost for food and lodging for each
372	372		employee shall not exceed the tota l daily rate as provided in the
373	373		State Travel Reimbursement Act;
374	374		3. State agencies are authorized to enter into contracts and
375	375		agreements for the payment of conference registration expenses as
376	376		may be necessary for employees or other persons who are performi ng
377	377		substantial and necessary services to the state by attending
378	378		official conferences, meetings, seminars, workshops, or training
379	379		sessions. Such expenses may be paid directly to the contracting
380	380		agency or business establishment; and
381	381		4. State agencies are a uthorized to enter into contracts and
382	382		agreements for the payment of food and l odging expenses as may be
383	383		necessary for employees attending an official course of instruction
384	384		or training conducted or sponsored by any state agency. Expenses
385	385		may be paid directly to the contracting agency or business
386	386		establishment. The cost for food and lodging for each employee
387	387		shall not exceed the total daily rate as provided in the State
388	388		Travel Reimbursement Act.
389	389		F. State agencies are authorized to make direct purchases of
390	390		commercial airline tickets for use by employees in approved out -of-
391	391		state travel. Each claim or invoice submitted to the Director of
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443	443		the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the payment of
444	444		the purchase shall bear the airline identifying ticket number, the
445	445		name of the airline, total cost of each ticket purchased, class of
446	446		accommodation, and name of the employee for whom the ticket was
447	447		purchased and shall be filed on claim forms as prescribed by the
448	448		Director of the Office of Management and Enterpr ise Services. The
449	449		employee shall sign an affidavit stating that the employee used a
450	450		direct purchase commercial airline ticket received for his or her
451	451		approved out-of-state travel, or in lieu of the affidavit, the
452	452		employee may file a travel claim in connec tion with said airline
453	453		flight.
454	454		G. 1. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
455	455		Services is hereby authorized to enter into contracts and agreements
456	456		for the payment of food, lodging, and other authorized expenses as
457	457		may be necessary to host, conduct, sponsor, or participate in
458	458		conferences, meetings, or training sessio ns. The Director may
459	459		establish accounts as necessary for the collection and distribution
460	460		of funds, including funds of sponsors and registration fees, related
461	461		to such conferences, meetings, and training sessions. Expenses
462	462		incurred may be paid directly to the contracting agency or business
463	463		establishment.
464	464		2. The cost of food for persons attending any conferences,
465	465		meetings, and training sessions that do not require overnight travel
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517	517		shall not exceed the total daily rate as provided in the State
518	518		Travel Reimbursement Act.
519	519		H. 1. The Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and
520	520		Substance Abuse Services is hereby authorized to enter into
521	521		contracts and agreements for the payment o f food, lodging, and other
522	522		authorized expenses as may be necessary to host, conduct, sponsor,
523	523		or participate in conferences, meetings, or training sessions. The
524	524		Commissioner may establish accounts as necessary for the collection
525	525		and distribution of funds, including funds of sponsors and
526	526		registration fees, related to such conference s, meetings, and
527	527		training sessions. Any expenses incurred may be paid directly to
528	528		the contracting agency or business establishment.
529	529		2. The cost of food for persons attending an y conferences,
530	530		meetings, and training sessions that do not require overnight travel
531	531		shall not exceed the total daily rate as provided in the State
532	532		Travel Reimbursement Act.
533	533		I. The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System is hereby authorized to
534	534		enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of lodging as
535	535		necessary for employees to car ry out their duties in representing
536	536		any client whom the System has been properly appointed to represent.
537	537		Such expenses may be paid directly to the contracting agency or
538	538		business establishment. The cost for lodging for each employee
539	539		shall not exceed the daily rate as provided in the State Travel
540	540		Reimbursement Act.
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592	592		J. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department is hereby
593	593		authorized to enter into contracts and agreements for th e payment of
594	594		food, lodging, and meeting facility and beverage expenses as may be
595	595		necessary for seminars and receptions relating to familiarization
596	596		tours and tourism development. The expenses may be paid directly to
597	597		the contracting agency or business estab lishment. The Executive
598	598		Director of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department shall
599	599		provide a monthly report of any such expenditures to the Oklahoma
600	600		Tourism and Recreation Commission.
601	601		K. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department is hereby
602	602		authorized to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of
603	603		exhibitor fees and display space charges at expositions to promote
604	604		the Department’s recreational facilities and the tourism and
605	605		recreation industry. The expenses may be paid directly to the
606	606		contracting agency or business establishment; provided , that no
607	607		payment shall be made prior to the event unless it conveys a
608	608		property right to the state for future availability and use.
609	609		L. 1. The Oklahoma Highway Safety Office of the Department of
610	610		Public Safety is hereby authorized to enter into contracts and
611	611		agreements for the pa yment of food, lodging, and other authorized
612	612		expenses as may be necessary to host, conduct, sponsor, or
613	613		participate in highway -safety-related conferences, workshops,
614	614		seminars, meetings, or training sessions. The payments shall be for
615	615		all persons in attendance, including, but not limited to, employees
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667	667		of political subdivisions or employees of the state or federal
668	668		government. For purposes specified in this paragraph, only federal
669	669		highway safety funds may be used in accordance with federal
670	670		guidelines and regulations, and no appropriated state funds shall be
671	671		used.
672	672		2. The cost of food for persons attending any highway safety
673	673		conferences, workshops, seminars, meetings, and training se ssions
674	674		that do not require overnight travel shall not exceed the total
675	675		daily rate as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
676	676		M. 1. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of
677	677		Investigation is hereby authorized to enter into contracts and
678	678		agreements for the payment of food, lodging and other authorized
679	679		expenses as may be n ecessary to host, conduct, sponsor or
680	680		participate in any conference, meeting, training session or
681	681		initiative to promote the mission and purposes of the Bureau. The
682	682		payments may be for all persons in attendance, including, but not
683	683		limited to, employees of political subdivisions or employees of the
684	684		state or federal government.
685	685		2. The cost of food for persons that do not require overnight
686	686		travel shall not exceed the total daily rat e as provided in the
687	687		State Travel Reimbursement Act.
688	688		N. The Oklahoma Homeland Security Director is hereby authorized
689	689		to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of food,
690	690		lodging and other authorized expenses as may be necessary to host,
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742	742		conduct, sponsor, or participate in homeland -security-related
743	743		conferences, meetings, workshops, seminars, exercises or training
744	744		sessions. The expenses may be paid directly to the contracting
745	745		agency or business establishment.
746	746		O. The State Department of Education is hereby authorized to
747	747		enter into contracts and agreements for the payment o f food, lodging
748	748		and other authorized expenses as may be necessary to host, conduct,
749	749		sponsor or participate in conferences, meetings or training
750	750		sessions. The State Department of Education may establish accounts
751	751		as necessary for the collection and distribution of funds, including
752	752		funds of sponsors and registration fees, related to such
753	753		conferences, meetings and training sessions. Any expenses incurred
754	754		may be paid directly to the contracting agency or business
755	755		establishment.
756	756		P. 1. The Insurance Commission er of the Insurance Department
757	757		of the State of Oklahoma is hereby authorized to enter into
758	758		contracts and agreements for the payment of food, lodging, and other
759	759		authorized expenses as may be necessary to host, conduct, sponsor,
760	760		or participate in conferences, meetings, or training sessions. The
761	761		Commissioner may establish accounts as necessary for the collection
762	762		and distribution of funds, including funds of sponsors and
763	763		registration fees, related to such conferences, meetings, and
764	764		training sessions. Any expe nses incurred may be paid directly to
765	765		the contracting agency or business establishment.
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817	817		2. The cost of food for persons attending any conferences,
818	818		meetings, and training session s that do not require overnight travel
819	819		shall not exceed the total daily rate as provided in the State
820	820		Travel Reimbursement Act.
821	821		Q. 1. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education is are
822	822		hereby authorized to enter into contracts and agreements for the
823	823		payment of food, lodging, and other authorized expenses as may be
824	824		necessary to host, conduct, sponsor, or participate in conferences,
825	825		meetings, or training sessions. The Oklahoma State Regents for
826	826		Higher Education may establish accounts as necessary for t he
827	827		collection and distribution of funds, including funds of sponsors
828	828		and registration fees, related to such conferences, meetings, and
829	829		training sessions. Any expenses incurred may be paid directly to
830	830		the contracting agency or business establishment.
831	831		2. The cost of food for persons attending any conferences,
832	832		meetings, and training sessions that do not require overnight travel
833	833		shall not exceed the total daily rate as provided in the State
834	834		Travel Reimbursement Act.
835	835		R. 1. The Office of Educational Quality a nd Accountability is
836	836		hereby authorized to enter into contracts and agreements for the
837	837		payment of food, lodging, and other authorized expenses as may be
838	838		necessary to host, conduct, sponsor, or participate in conferences,
839	839		meetings, or training sessions. The Office of Educational Quality
840	840		and Accountability may establish accounts as ne cessary for the
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892	892		collection and distribution of funds, including funds of sponsors
893	893		and registration fees, related to such conferences, meetings, and
894	894		training sessions. Any expens es incurred may be paid directly to
895	895		the contracting agency or business establishment.
896	896		2. The cost of food for persons attending any conferences,
897	897		meetings, and training sessions that do not require overnight travel
898	898		shall not exceed the total daily rate as provided in the State
899	899		Travel Reimbursement Act.
900	900		S. 1. The Oklahoma Department of Securities is hereby
901	901		authorized to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of
902	902		food, lodging, meeting facility, facilitator fees and travel
903	903		expenses, exhibitor fe es and other authorized expenses as may be
904	904		necessary to host, conduct, sponsor or participate in conferences,
905	905		meetings, training sessions or initiatives promoting or otherwise
906	906		relating to investor education. The Oklahoma Department of
907	907		Securities may estab lish accounts as necessary for the collection
908	908		and distribution of funds, inclu ding funds of sponsors and
909	909		registration fees, related to such conferences, meetings, training
910	910		sessions or initiatives. The payments may be for all persons in
911	911		attendance, including, but not limited to, employees of the state or
912	912		federal government or employees of political subdivisions of the
913	913		state, including employees of boards of public education. Expenses
914	914		incurred may be paid directly to the contracting agency or business
915	915		establishment.
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967	967		2. The cost of food for persons attending any conferences,
968	968		meetings and training sessions that do not require overnight travel
969	969		shall not exceed the total daily rate as provided in the State
970	970		Travel Reimbursement Act.
971	971		3. The Oklahoma Department of Securities is hereby authorized
972	972		to pay stipends to teachers participating in the investor education
973	973		program and monetary achievement awards to select participating
974	974		students. No appropriated state funds shall be used.
975	975		T. 1. The Oklahoma Department of V eterans Affairs is hereby
976	976		authorized to enter into contracts and agreements fo r the payment of
977	977		food, lodging, meeting facility, beverage and other authorized
978	978		expenses as may be necessary to host, conduct, sponsor or
979	979		participate in seminars, receptions, con ferences, meetings or
980	980		training sessions related to the support of veterans and the
981	981		development of veterans ’ services. Expenses incurred may be paid
982	982		directly to the contracting agency or business establishment. The
983	983		Executive Director of the Oklahoma Depar tment of Veterans Affairs
984	984		shall provide a monthly report of any such expenditu res to the
985	985		Oklahoma Veterans Commission.
986	986		2. The cost of food for persons attending any conferences,
987	987		meetings and training sessions that do not require overnight travel
988	988		shall not exceed the total daily rate as provided in the State
989	989		Travel Reimbursement Act.
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1041	1041		U. Whenever possible it shall be the policy of each state
1042	1042		agency to prepay airline fares and lodging expenses using a purchase
1043	1043		card issued to the agency. This policy shall ap ply to instances
1044	1044		where employees of the agency are traveling on behalf of stat e
1045	1045		government.
1046	1046		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 500.9, as
1047	1047		amended by Section 5, Chapter 63, O.S.L. 2022 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024,
1048	1048		Section 500.9), is amended to read as follows:
1049	1049		Section 500.9. A. Reimbursement for overnight lodging , while
1050	1050		in official travel status , may be made at an amount authorized by
1051	1051		the provisions of the federal Government Services Administration
1052	1052		(GSA) in its Federal Travel Regu lation (FTR), 42 C.F.R., Section
1053	1053		300-1.1 et seq., and as updated in its FTR Bulletins bulletins for
1054	1054		travel while away from home without additional documentation or the
1055	1055		actual cost, if lower, per night except as provided in subsections
1056	1056		B, C, E, and G of thi s section and Section 500.9A of this title.
1057	1057		Receipts issued by the hotel, motel or other public lodging place
1058	1058		shall accompany claims for reimbursement.
1059	1059		B. State officers or employees attending meetings, workshops,
1060	1060		conferences or other objectives of trips which are conducted at a
1061	1061		designated hotel, motel or other public lodging plac e or where
1062	1062		lodging has been arranged for by the blocking of rooms or by rate
1063	1063		reductions for the participants by the sponsor as evidenced by the
1064	1064		announcement or notice of the meet ing, workshop, conference or other
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1116	1116		objective shall be reimbursed the actual lodging expense not to
1117	1117		exceed the single occupancy room rate charged by the designated
1118	1118		hotel, motel or other public lodging place; provided, that the
1119	1119		officials or employees are in official travel status approved by the
1120	1120		agency head or designee. Provided furt her, those state officers or
1121	1121		employees attending meetings, workshops, conferences or other
1122	1122		objectives of trips, which are conducted at a designated hotel,
1123	1123		motel or other public l odging place as provided by this subsection,
1124	1124		who choose to acquire less expensive lodging at another hotel, motel
1125	1125		or other public lodging place shall be reimbursed the actual lodging
1126	1126		expense not to exceed the single occupancy room rate charged by the
1127	1127		designated hotel, motel or other public lodging place. Provided
1128	1128		further, those state officers or employees so choosing this option
1129	1129		shall be reimbursed for local transportation costs incurred
1130	1130		traveling between such optional lodging and the designated hotel,
1131	1131		motel or other public lodging place not to exceed the difference
1132	1132		between the cost of the designated lodging and the cost of the
1133	1133		optional lodging. Receipts issued by the hotel, motel or other
1134	1134		public lodging place shall accompany claims for reimbursement.
1135	1135		C. State officers and employees who have been required to
1136	1136		attend hearings or meet ings of any congressional committee or
1137	1137		subcommittee or any federal agency, board or commission shall be
1138	1138		reimbursed for their actual and necessary travel and lodging
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1190	1190		expenses; however, the agency head must approve any claims in
1191	1191		connection with such expenses.
1192	1192		D. Reimbursement for meals and lodging on out -of-state trips
1193	1193		shall not begin more than one (1) calendar day before the meeting,
1194	1194		workshop, conference or other objective of trip begins and shall not
1195	1195		continue more than one (1) calendar day after said the meeting,
1196	1196		workshop, conference or other objective of trip ends. This twenty -
1197	1197		four-hour limit shall also apply for in -state travel when the agency
1198	1198		determines that travel is of a dur ation where overnight travel prior
1199	1199		to or after the trip objective would be necessary.
1200	1200		E. Reimbursement for meals and lodging incurred in official
1201	1201		travel in areas outside of the United States to implement the
1202	1202		objectives of contracts, grants, agreements or gifts for which funds
1203	1203		from these sources are furnished shall be reimbursed fro m said such
1204	1204		funds at actual cost not to exceed the amount authorized for United
1205	1205		States Government government employees in its periodical publication
1206	1206		entitled “Standard Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign
1207	1207		Areas), Department of State, Washington, DC ”. Provided, however,
1208	1208		reimbursement for travel to points outside of the United States,
1209	1209		whether performed under authority of contract, grant, agreement or
1210	1210		otherwise, shall not begi n more than two (2) calendar days before or
1211	1211		end more than two (2) calendar day s after the objective of the trip.
1212	1212		F. Claims submitted to the Director of the Office of Management
1213	1213		and Enterprise Services for payment under the provisions of this
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1265	1265		section shall be certified to by the principal fiscal officer or
1266	1266		contract and grant administrator of each agency approving officer as
1267	1267		prescribed by Section 34.68 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes .
1268	1268		Such officer shall certify that such claim complies with and is
1269	1269		authorized under this section.
1270	1270		G. The Director of the Office of Management and En terprise
1271	1271		Services agency approving officer may authorize reimbursement for
1272	1272		overnight lodging while in official travel status within the State
1273	1273		of Oklahoma this state at a rate of up to one hundred fifty percent
1274	1274		(150%) of the amount authorized in subsection A of this section if
1275	1275		it is determined that no lodging was available at the maximum rate
1276	1276		set out in subsection A of this section. Prior to authorizing such
1277	1277		payment, the state agency approving officer or employee shall
1278	1278		certify receive in writing a verificat ion by the employee of the
1279	1279		efforts made to obtain lodging at the rate set out in subsection A
1280	1280		of this section and the reasons why such lodging was not available
1281	1281		within a reasonable distance from the state officer ’s or employee’s
1282	1282		work location.
1283	1283		SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 500.14, is
1284	1284		amended to read as follows:
1285	1285		Section 500.14. The Director of the Office of Management and
1286	1286		Enterprise Services shall may reject any travel claim or voucher not
1287	1287		in conformity with the provi sions of this act the State Travel
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1339	1339		Reimbursement Act or existing statutes relating to reimbursement for
1340	1340		travel expenses.
1341	1341		SECTION 4. This act shall become effecti ve November 1, 2025.
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