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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1518 By: Paxton
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state government; amending Section
7 1, Chapter 191, O.S.L. 2025 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025,
8 Section 291.4), which relates to the Statewide
8 Official Compensation Commission; providing that no
9 salary adjustment by Commission increase the
9 emoluments for certain office in certain
10 circumstance; updating statutory language; and
10 providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 191, O.S.L.
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15 2025 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 291.4), is amended to read as
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17 Section 291.4. A. There is hereby created the Statewide
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18 Official Compensation Commission.
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19 B. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall consist
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20 of the same persons who constitute the Board on Legislative
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21 Compensation as provided by Section 21 of Article V of the Oklahoma
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1 C. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall be
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2 authorized to meet only on the same date as the Board on Legislative
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3 Compensation.
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4 D. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall set the
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5 salary for each of the following elected officials:
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6 1. The Governor;
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7 2. The Lieutenant Governor;
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8 3. The Attorney General;
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9 4. The State Treasurer;
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10 5. The State Auditor and Inspector;
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11 6. The Superintendent of Public Instruction;
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12 7. The State Insurance Commissioner;
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13 8. The Commissioner of Labor; and
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14 9. The members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
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15 E. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall not set
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16 the salary for any of the officials identified in subsection D of
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17 this section at an amount less than the salary in effect for such
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18 officials as of January 1, 2025.
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19 F. At its authorized meeting, the Statewide Official
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20 Compensation Commission shall set the salary for each of the
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21 officials identified in subsection D of this section for any term of
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22 office for such officials beginning on or after the date as of which
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1 G. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall not
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3 10 of Article XXIII of the Oklahoma Constitution.
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4 H. Pursuant to Section 23 of Article V of the Oklahoma
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5 Constitution, no attempted adjustment adopted by the Statewide
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6 Official Compensation Commission shall operate to increase the
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7 emoluments of any office for which a current member of the
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8 Legislature is elected or appointed. Any such office shall retain
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9 the emoluments in effect prior to the attempted adjustment adopted
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11 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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