Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-34.68
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Approval of claims and payrolls
Official statutory text
A. The elected or appointed executives of any state agency or
their designated administrative employees shall approve individual
claims of the agency which are used as the basis for the payment of
money from the State Treasury from any fund. These individuals
shall be known as the "agency approving officers".
B. Payrolls shall show the amount to be paid to each named
person for the period of time shown.
C. The number of persons authorized to make such approval shall
not exceed five people for any one state agency without the special
approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services.
D. All agency approving officers shall execute a bond issued by
a surety company licensed to do business in this state, payable to
the state in the amount required by the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services but not less than Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000.00) and conditioned for the faithful performance of
their duties, as surety, which shall be approved by the Director of
the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and filed in the
office of the Secretary of State.
E. After state claims and/or payrolls have been approved by the
above agency approving officers, they shall be filed with the
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for
auditing and settlement.
their designated administrative employees shall approve individual
claims of the agency which are used as the basis for the payment of
money from the State Treasury from any fund. These individuals
shall be known as the "agency approving officers".
B. Payrolls shall show the amount to be paid to each named
person for the period of time shown.
C. The number of persons authorized to make such approval shall
not exceed five people for any one state agency without the special
approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services.
D. All agency approving officers shall execute a bond issued by
a surety company licensed to do business in this state, payable to
the state in the amount required by the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services but not less than Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000.00) and conditioned for the faithful performance of
their duties, as surety, which shall be approved by the Director of
the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and filed in the
office of the Secretary of State.
E. After state claims and/or payrolls have been approved by the
above agency approving officers, they shall be filed with the
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for
auditing and settlement.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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