Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-156.1

private use - Penalty - Exceptions - Temporary authorization -

Employee status report.

A. It shall be unlawful for any state official, officer or

employee, except any essential employees approved by the Governor

and those officers or employees authorized in subsection B of this

section, to ride to or from the place of residence of the employee

in a state-owned or state-leased automobile, truck or pickup, except

in the performance of the official duty of the employee, or to use

or permit the use of any such automobile, truck, ambulance or pickup

for other personal or private purposes. Any person convicted of

violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One

Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for

a period to not exceed thirty (30) days, or by both said fine and

imprisonment, and in addition thereto, shall be discharged from

state employment.

B. 1. Any state employee, other than the individuals provided

for in paragraph 2 of this subsection and any employee of the

Department of Public Safety who is a wrecker inspector or auditor of

the Wrecker Services Division as provided for in paragraph 3 of this

subsection, who receives emergency telephone calls regularly at the

residence of the employee when the employee is not on duty and is

regularly called upon to use a vehicle after normal work hours in

response to such emergency calls, may be permitted to use a vehicle

belonging to the state to provide transportation between the

residence of the employee and the assigned place of employment,

provided such distance does not exceed seventy-five (75) miles in

any round trip or is within the county where the assigned place of

employment is located. Provided further, an employee may be

permitted to use a state-owned or state-leased vehicle to provide

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temporary transportation between a specific work location other than

the assigned place of employment and the residence of the employee,

if such use shall result in a monetary saving to the agency, and

such authorization shall not be subject to the distance or area

restrictions provided for in this paragraph. Authorization for

temporary use of a state-owned or state-leased vehicle for a

specific project shall be in writing stating the justification for

this use and the saving expected to result. Such authorization

shall be valid for not to exceed sixty (60) days. Any state entity

other than law enforcement that avails itself of this provision

shall keep a monthly record of all participating employees, the

number of emergency calls received and the number of times that a

state vehicle was used in the performance of such emergency calls.

2. Any employee of the Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma

Department of Corrections, Office of the Attorney General, Oklahoma

State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, Oklahoma

State Bureau of Investigation, Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement

Commission, Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, Office of the Inspector General

within the Department of Human Services or Office of the State Fire

Marshal, who is a law enforcement officer or criminalist, Public

Information officer, Special Investigator or Assistant Director of

the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Executive Director

of CLEET, CLEET-certified Investigator for a state board or any

employee of a district attorney who is a law enforcement officer,

may be permitted to use a state-owned or state-leased vehicle to

provide transportation between the residence of the employee and the

assigned place of employment and between the residence and any

location other than the assigned place of employment to which the

employee travels in the performance of the official duty of the

employee.
of a district attorney who is a law enforcement officer,

may be permitted to use a state-owned or state-leased vehicle to

provide transportation between the residence of the employee and the

assigned place of employment and between the residence and any

location other than the assigned place of employment to which the

employee travels in the performance of the official duty of the

employee.

3. Any employee of the Department of Public Safety who is a

wrecker inspector or auditor of the Wrecker Services Division, or a

noncommissioned pilot may be permitted, as determined by the

Commissioner, to use a state-owned or state-leased vehicle to

provide transportation between the residence of the employee and the

assigned place of employment and between the residence and any

location other than the assigned place of employment to which the

employee travels in the performance of the official duty of the

employee.

4. The Director, department heads and other essential employees

of the Department of Wildlife Conservation, as authorized by the

Wildlife Conservation Commission, may be permitted to use a state-

owned or state-leased vehicle to provide transportation between the

residence of the employee and the assigned place of employment and

between the residence and any location other than the assigned place

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of employment to which the employee travels in the performance of

the official duty of the employee.

5. The Director, department heads, emergency responders and

other essential employees of the Department of Corrections, as

authorized by the Director, may be permitted to use a state-owned or

state-leased vehicle to provide transportation between the residence

of the employee and the assigned place of employment and between the

residence and any location other than the assigned place of

employment to which the employee travels in the performance of the

official duty of the employee.

6. Designated Examiner Auditors, Designated Examiner

Supervisors, Commercial Driver License Examiners, Commercial Driver

License Auditors, Commercial Driver License Supervisors, and Driver

License Supervisors, as an employee of Service Oklahoma may be

permitted, as determined by the Director of Service Oklahoma, to use

a state-owned or state-leased vehicle to provide transportation

between the residence of the employee and the assigned place of

employment and between the residence and any location other than the

assigned place.

7. The Attorney General, division heads, emergency responders,

agents, assistant attorneys general, and other essential employees

of the Office of the Attorney General, as authorized by the Attorney

General, may be permitted to use a state-owned or state-leased

vehicle to provide transportation between the residence of the

employee and the assigned place of employment and between the

residence and any location other than the assigned place of

employment to which the employee travels in the performance of the

official duty of the employee.

C. The principal administrator of the state agency with which

the employee is employed shall so designate the status of the

employee in writing or provide a copy of the temporary authorization

to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Such employee status

report shall also be provided to the State Fleet Manager of the

Division of Fleet Management if the motor vehicle for emergency use

is provided by said Division.