Okla. Stat. tit. 74 § 1342

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 1342 - Definitions

As used in the State Employees Flexible Benefits Act, Section 1341 et seq. of this title:

1. "Board" means the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board;

2. "Flexible benefits plan" means a written plan providing benefits to eligible employees which meets the requirements of Title 26, Section 125 et seq. of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States and regulations promulgated thereunder;

3. "Employee" means any person eligible to participate in the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Act, Section 1301 et seq. of this title, or an employee of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. "Employee" shall not include a person who is an employee of the State Regents for Higher Education or any institution under the authority of the State Regents for Higher Education or any person who is an employee of any school district or political subdivision of this state, except as provided for in Section 1348 of this title;

4. "Employer" means any state agency, board, commission, department, institution, authority, officer, bureau, council, office or other entity created by the Oklahoma Constitution or statutes, but shall not include any school district, or political subdivision of the state, except as provided for in Section 1348 of this title. Provided the term "employer" shall also mean the State Regents for Higher Education or any institution under the authority of the State Regents for Higher Education upon agreement between the State Regents for Higher Education or the appropriate governing board of an institution under the authority of the State Regents for Higher Education and the Council; and

5. "Salary adjustment agreement" means a written agreement between an eligible employee and an employer whereby the employer agrees to adjust the salary of the employee by a stated amount or an amount equal to the cost of benefits selected under a flexible benefits plan and the employer agrees to contribute such amount to cover certain costs of the benefits selected by the eligible employee.

Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 1342

Added by Laws 1989, SB 58, c. 370, § 6, emerg. eff. 7/1/1989; Amended by Laws 1991, SB 546, c. 219, § 11, emerg. eff. 5/22/1991; Amended by Laws 1992, SB 685, c. 163, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/1/1992; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 535, c. 359, § 7, emerg. eff. 7/1/1993.