Oklahoma Compensation and Unclassified Positions Review Board

§74-841.30

Unofficial Compilation as of September 1, 2009

§74-841.30. Oklahoma Compensation and Unclassified Positions Review Board.
    A.    There is hereby created the Oklahoma Compensation and Unclassified Positions Review Board.
    B.    The Oklahoma Compensation and Unclassified Positions Review Board shall be composed of the following seven (7) members:
            1.    Two members of the Oklahoma Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
            2.    Two members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
            3.    Two members appointed by the Governor, one to be from a state agency with five hundred (500) or more employees and the other to be from a state agency with fewer than five hundred (500) employees; and
            4.    The chief executive officer of the largest organization in the state that represents state employees, or a designee.
    C.    After the initial appointments, the members shall serve four-year terms, and the appointing authorities may fill any vacancies as they occur. The term of the members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall expire July 1, 2004. The term of the members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall expire July 1, 2005. The term of the members appointed by the Governor shall expire July 1, 2006. The term of the members appointed by the largest organization in the state that represents state employees shall expire July 1, 2007.
    D.    The Board shall elect one of its members as chair.
    E.    The Board shall review the study of the Office of Personnel Management, as required by paragraph 19 of Section 840-1.6A of this title, and make recommendations which may include compensation adjustments, pay band adjustments, targeted salary increases, and other recommendations related to turnover, fringe benefits and other compensation issues concerning state employees, but excluding retirement issues. The recommendations shall be made to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Governor on or before February 1 of the year following each biennial meeting.
    F.    The Board shall meet in December 2005 and in December of every odd-numbered year thereafter to consider compensation recommendations. The Board shall meet every year to consider unclassified positions recommendations. Any additional meetings shall be at the call of the chair.
    G.    The Board shall review and make recommendations concerning the unclassified service as follows:
            1.    State agencies subject to the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration shall submit requests to the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management for authorizations for unclassified positions and employees that are in addition to unclassified positions already authorized by law. The Administrator shall forward the requests to the Board. The Administrator shall review, analyze, and provide recommendations to the Board regarding the requests. The Board shall meet in December of each year and shall review any agency proposals to add unclassified positions to the state service. A representative from each appointing authority of a state agency that desires to add unclassified positions shall attend the meeting and present the proposal of the agency. The Board shall also review positions currently in the unclassified service. The Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management shall review and analyze such positions and provide recommendations to the Board. The Board may request the presence of state agency representatives to provide information concerning such positions.
            2.    On or before February 1 of each year, the Board shall present any recommendations to the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives concerning current positions in the unclassified service and agency proposals to add unclassified positions.
            3.    The Board may also meet during the regular session of the Legislature to consider any additional requests to add unclassified positions to the state service submitted pursuant to this subsection.

    H.    A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Each Board member shall be entitled to one vote on the Board. Any official action of the Board must have a majority of the votes of the members present.
    I.    Each member of the Board shall serve without compensation except that each legislative member of the Board shall receive reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with Section 456 of this title and each nonlegislative member of the Board shall receive reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act  by the Office of Personnel Management.
    J.    Staffing for the Board shall be composed of the Office of Personnel Management, Oklahoma Senate staff, and Oklahoma House of Representatives staff as needed.
Laws 2003, c. 453, § 4, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 110, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 453, § 4, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2009, c. 12, § 9, eff. July 1, 2009.

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