Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.90

A. The board of county commissioners may grant leave with pay

not to exceed fifteen (15) working days to a county employee who is

affected by a presidentially declared national disaster in Oklahoma

after May 1, 1999, if:

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1. The employee suffered a physical injury as a result of the

disaster;

2. A relative or household member of the employee suffered a

physical injury or died as a result of the disaster; or

3. The domicile of the employee or the domicile of a relative

of the employee was damaged or destroyed as a result of the

disaster.

B. As used in this section:

1. “Relative of the employee” shall be limited to the spouse,

child, stepchild, grandchild, grandparent, stepparent, or parent of

the employee; and

2. “Household members” means those persons who reside in the

same home, who have reciprocal duties to and do provide financial

support for one another. This term shall include foster children

and legal wards even if they do not live in the household. The term

does not include persons sharing the same general house, when the

living style is primarily that of a dormitory or commune.

C. The authority to grant leave with pay pursuant to subsection

A of this section shall extend for a period of not more than six (6)

months after the date of a presidentially declared national

disaster.

D. Annual leave, sick leave, or compensatory time which was

charged to a county employee as a result of the presidentially

declared national disaster resulting from the May 3, 1999, tornadoes

that would have otherwise been eligible for the leave provision in

subsection A of this section, may be reinstated by the board of

county commissioners. A county employee entitled to leave with pay

pursuant to this section who was charged leave without pay shall be

compensated at the base rate of pay of the employee.

E. The board of county commissioners may amend an existing leave

sharing program or establish a leave sharing program to allow county

employees to share sick or annual leave with county employees who

are eligible for leave pursuant to subsection A of this section.

The disaster-related leave sharing plan shall be subject to the

following conditions:

1. An employee eligible for disaster-related leave may receive

up to fifteen (15) days donated leave;

2. The donated leave must be used for disaster-related injuries

or matters;

3. The eligible employee shall not be required to take or

exhaust any of the employee’s regular sick, personal, or emergency

leave in order to receive donated leave;

4. Donated leave may be used to reinstate regular emergency,

sick, or personal leave an employee used after May 1, 1999, for

disaster-related injuries or matters;

5. An eligible employee who was required to take leave without

pay for disaster-related injuries or matters may be compensated for

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up to fifteen (15) days if leave is donated to cover the leave

without pay; and

6. The county may require documentation to support a request to

use donated leave pursuant to this section.