Okla. Stat. tit. 44, § 44-209
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Leave of absence to public officers and employees
Official statutory text
All officers and employees of the state or a political
subdivision thereof who are not members of the state military forces
shall be entitled to a leave of absence from their regular
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 44. Militia Page 32
employment with the State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision
thereof, without loss of status or efficiency rating, when detailed
as a military trial judge pursuant to Section 826 of this title
(Article 26) or when serving as an appellate military judge pursuant
to Section 866 of this title (Article 66) when the Military Court of
Appeals is convened. The rules of procedure prescribed by the State
Judge Advocate pursuant to subsection L of Section 866 of this title
(Article 66, subsection L) shall define what constitutes the
Military Court of Appeals being "convened" for purposes of this
section. During the first thirty (30) regularly scheduled work
days, not to exceed two hundred forty (240) hours, of the leave of
absence in any federal fiscal year, officers and employees of the
State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision thereof detailed or
serving as military trial judges or military appellate judges shall
receive their full regular pay from the employing state agency or
political subdivision. During the remainder of the leave of absence
in any federal fiscal year, the employing state agency or political
subdivision shall pay such officers and employees an amount equal to
the difference between the full regular pay of the officers or
employees from the employing state agency or political subdivision
and the amount of compensation established for military trial judges
in subsection H of Section 826 of this title (Article 26, subsection
H) in the case of a military trial judge or the amount of
compensation established for appellate military judges in subsection
E of Section 866 of this title (Article 66, subsection E) in the
case of a military appellate judge. Leave taken pursuant to this
section shall be characterized as military judicial leave. The
Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate rules
as necessary to implement the provisions of this section that relate
to state employees.
subdivision thereof who are not members of the state military forces
shall be entitled to a leave of absence from their regular
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 44. Militia Page 32
employment with the State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision
thereof, without loss of status or efficiency rating, when detailed
as a military trial judge pursuant to Section 826 of this title
(Article 26) or when serving as an appellate military judge pursuant
to Section 866 of this title (Article 66) when the Military Court of
Appeals is convened. The rules of procedure prescribed by the State
Judge Advocate pursuant to subsection L of Section 866 of this title
(Article 66, subsection L) shall define what constitutes the
Military Court of Appeals being "convened" for purposes of this
section. During the first thirty (30) regularly scheduled work
days, not to exceed two hundred forty (240) hours, of the leave of
absence in any federal fiscal year, officers and employees of the
State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision thereof detailed or
serving as military trial judges or military appellate judges shall
receive their full regular pay from the employing state agency or
political subdivision. During the remainder of the leave of absence
in any federal fiscal year, the employing state agency or political
subdivision shall pay such officers and employees an amount equal to
the difference between the full regular pay of the officers or
employees from the employing state agency or political subdivision
and the amount of compensation established for military trial judges
in subsection H of Section 826 of this title (Article 26, subsection
H) in the case of a military trial judge or the amount of
compensation established for appellate military judges in subsection
E of Section 866 of this title (Article 66, subsection E) in the
case of a military appellate judge. Leave taken pursuant to this
section shall be characterized as military judicial leave. The
Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate rules
as necessary to implement the provisions of this section that relate
to state employees.
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