Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-36.4
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Payment of compensation or expenses - Notice - Duty of
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certifying officer.
No compensation or reimbursement for expenses earned or incurred
on or after July 1, 1953, shall be paid to any public officer or
employee by any public agency unless and until he has taken and
filed the oath or affirmation required by this act. Said public
officer or employee, if his name is to appear on a public payroll
claim, and who is not the certifying officer thereof, shall
immediately, after he takes and files his oath or affirmation,
notify, in writing, said certifying officer that he has taken and
filed his said oath of affirmation and the date of such filing. It
shall be the duty of the person certifying to said payroll to
certify thereon that he has taken and filed said oath or affirmation
and that every other officer or employee whose name appears on the
payroll has notified him in writing that he has taken and filed the
same.
No compensation or reimbursement for expenses earned or incurred
on or after July 1, 1953, shall be paid to any public officer or
employee by any public agency unless and until he has taken and
filed the oath or affirmation required by this act. Said public
officer or employee, if his name is to appear on a public payroll
claim, and who is not the certifying officer thereof, shall
immediately, after he takes and files his oath or affirmation,
notify, in writing, said certifying officer that he has taken and
filed his said oath of affirmation and the date of such filing. It
shall be the duty of the person certifying to said payroll to
certify thereon that he has taken and filed said oath or affirmation
and that every other officer or employee whose name appears on the
payroll has notified him in writing that he has taken and filed the
same.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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