Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-35.8

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions

of the Information Technology Consolidation and Coordination Act

shall operate to maintain or increase security standards and shall

not jeopardize confidentiality or compliance with state or federal

laws or regulations. The State Governmental Technology Applications

Review Board shall consider and approve security protocols which

shall be followed by employees of the Information Services Division

of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services who are assigned

to service law enforcement agencies. The Board shall make

recommendations to state officers and employees related to

continuity of criminal justice information system security

protocols.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 35.5 of this

title, the transfer of information technology assets and positions

of the Department of Public Safety shall occur prior to the transfer

of assets and positions of other public safety agencies.

C. Unless otherwise provided for in law, the transfer of

information technology assets and positions of any state agency

pursuant to the Information Technology Consolidation and

Coordination Act shall not act to transfer to the Information

Services Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services or to the Chief Information Officer the duties of a state

agency to keep, maintain and open to any person all records of the

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agency in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Each state

agency shall continue to be responsible for records created by,

received by, under the authority of, or coming into the custody,

control or possession of the agency including the duty to organize

and categorize the records in a retrievable form and the duty to

respond to requests for records, even if the records have been

transmitted to or stored by the Information Services Division of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services or the Chief

Information Officer.

D. State employees who are members of the Teachers' Retirement

System of Oklahoma and are transferred pursuant to the Information

Technology Consolidation and Coordination Act may elect to continue

their participation in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma

in lieu of participating in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

System. Any transferred employee who wishes to make such election

shall do so in writing within thirty (30) days of the effective date

of this act. If any transferred employee has already started

participating in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System,

the employee may make an election to return to the Teachers'

Retirement System of Oklahoma if the election is made in writing

within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this act. In the

event a transferred employee who has already begun participating in

the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System elects to return to

the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System shall transfer the service credit and

contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma for any

credit that accrued after the initial transfer. The election to

continue or return to participation in the Teachers' Retirement

System of Oklahoma pursuant to this subsection shall be irrevocable

and shall be effective until the employment with the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services is terminated.