Okla. Stat. tit. 74 § 840-1.3

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 840-1.3 - Definitions

As used in this act, unless otherwise provided in Sections 840-1.1 through 840-6.9 of this title:

1. "Agency" means any office, department, board, commission or institution of the executive branch of state government;

2. "Employee" or "state employee" means an elected or appointed officer or employee of an agency unless otherwise indicated;

3. "Appointing authority" means the chief administrative officer of an agency;

4. "Job-related organization" means a membership association which collects annual dues, conducts annual meetings and provides job-related education for its members and which includes state employees, including any association for which payroll deductions for membership dues are authorized pursuant to paragraph 5 of subsection B of Section 34.70 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. "Progressive discipline" means a system designed to ensure the consistency, impartiality and predictability of discipline and the flexibility to vary penalties if justified by aggravating or mitigating conditions;

6. "Supervisor" means an officer or employee who has been assigned authority and responsibility for evaluating the performance of subordinates;

7. "Director" means the appointing authority of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services;

8. "Office" means the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; and

9. "Veteran" means a person who has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.

Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 840-1.3

Amended by Laws 2022 , c. 243, s. 2, eff. 5/11/2022.

Laws 1982, SB 339, c. 338, § 3, emerg. eff. 7/1/1982; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1609, c. 158, § 6, emerg. eff. 7/1/1986; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1984, c. 252, § 3, eff. 11/1/1986; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 2331, c. 242, § 1; Renumbered from 74 O.S. § 840.3 by Laws 1994, HB 2331, c. 242, § 54; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 2021, c. 310, § 1, emerg. eff. 6/5/1995; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2463, c. 320, § 1, emerg. eff. 6/12/1996; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1224, c. 287, § 2, emerg. eff. 7/1/1997; Amended by Laws 1998 , HB 2855, c. 256, §1, emerg. eff. 7/1/1998; Amended by Laws 1999 , SB 464, c. 410, §2, eff. 11/1/1999; Amended by Laws 2001 , HB 1768, c. 381, §1, emerg. eff. 7/1/2001; Amended by Laws 2002, SB 1384, § 3, eff. 11/1/2002; Amended by Laws 2010 , SB 1659, c. 286, §1, eff. 11/1/2010; Amended by Laws 2012 , HB 3079, c. 304, §868.