Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1256
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State acting as receiving agency
Official statutory text
(a) When any unit of government of this state acts as a
receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned
under authority of this act may be considered to be on detail to the
receiving agency.
(b) Appointments of persons so assigned may be made without
regard to the laws or regulations governing the selection of
employees of the receiving agency. Such person shall be in the
unclassified service of the state.
(c) Employees who are detailed to the receiving agency shall not
by virtue of such detail be considered to be employees thereof,
except as provided in subsection (d). The supervision of salaries
and duties of such employees during the period of detail may be
governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving
agency.
(d) Any employee of a sending agency assigned in this state who
suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising
out of and in the course of such assignment, or sustained in the
performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated for
the purpose of receiving agency's employee compensation program, as
an employee, as defined in such act, who has sustained such injury
in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits
under that act for any period for which he elects to receive similar
benefits as an employee under the sending agency's employee
compensation program.
receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned
under authority of this act may be considered to be on detail to the
receiving agency.
(b) Appointments of persons so assigned may be made without
regard to the laws or regulations governing the selection of
employees of the receiving agency. Such person shall be in the
unclassified service of the state.
(c) Employees who are detailed to the receiving agency shall not
by virtue of such detail be considered to be employees thereof,
except as provided in subsection (d). The supervision of salaries
and duties of such employees during the period of detail may be
governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving
agency.
(d) Any employee of a sending agency assigned in this state who
suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising
out of and in the course of such assignment, or sustained in the
performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated for
the purpose of receiving agency's employee compensation program, as
an employee, as defined in such act, who has sustained such injury
in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits
under that act for any period for which he elects to receive similar
benefits as an employee under the sending agency's employee
compensation program.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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