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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 615 By: Prieto
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state employee compensation;
7 creating salary limit for state employees; defining
8 term; providing exemptions for certain employees;
8 providing for submission of certain compensation for
9 legislative approval; providing for codification;
9 providing an effective date; and declaring an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 250.8 of Title 74, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and on and after
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18 the effective date of this act, no state employee shall be annually
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19 compensated more than the Governor of this state pursuant to the
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20 salary established in Section 250.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
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21 Statutes.
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22 B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section and for
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23 the purposes of this section, "state employee" means and includes
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1 each officer or employee elected or employed in the service of this
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2 state.
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3 C. The following state employees shall be exempt from the
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4 requirements in subsection A of this section:
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5 1. Officers and members of the Oklahoma State Regents for
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6 Higher Education and state employees of institutions under the
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7 administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
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8 Education; and
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9 2. Physicians and other licensed health care professionals
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10 under the administrative authority of any state department or
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12 D. State employee compensation greater than the Governor's may
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13 be submitted to the Legislature by the director of the respective
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14 state department, agency, or political subdivision. The Legislature
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15 may approve such compensation by the proper passage of a joint or
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16 concurrent resolution.
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17 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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18 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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19 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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20 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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21 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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