Oklahoma SB 1826: Corporation Commission; establishing minimum salary of certain Commission employees. Effective date.

Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1826 By: Taylor

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

An Act relating to the Corporation Commission;
amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 840-5.6, which relates
to unclassified service of Corporation Commission
personnel; establishing minimum salary of certain
Commission employees; updating statutory references;
and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 840-5.6, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 840-5.6. A. The unclassified service of the state
shall include personnel employed by the Corporation Commission in
positions which do not require registration with the State Board of
Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors but which
have been employed in accordance with subparagraph 8 of paragraph 22
of Section 840.8 840-5.5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which
provides for engineer positions and employees of the Corporation
Commission to be unclassified. From and after the effective date of
this act July 29, 1985, the titles of such positions and employees

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shall be changed to reflect the specialized nature of the positions
and the intent of the Legislature that such positions be part of the
unclassified service.
This provision is not intended to change the current status,
whether classified or unclassified, of any employee or position of
the Corporation Commission. Furthermore, it is not intended to
authorize any increase in classified or unclassified full-time-
equivalent employee positions or funding limitations.
B. Upon the effective date of this act, the minimum salary for
the position of oil and gas field inspector and oil and gas
specialist under the Oil and Gas Conservation Division of the
Corporation Commission shall be Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00).
The minimum salary provided by this subsection shall not include any
calculation for longevity pay or other benefit provided by law.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.

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