Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1604
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State Employee Suggestion Program
Official statutory text
A. Each state agency may develop a State Employee Suggestion
Program. The purpose of the program shall be to promote efficiency
and effectiveness of state governmental operations by providing
economic incentives to employees who make suggestions which result
in direct cost savings.
B. A state agency which implements a suggestion made by an
employee which results in direct cost savings to the agency of Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more may financially reward the
employee. The amount of any such award shall not exceed twenty
percent (20%) of the cost savings to the agency. No state employee
shall be eligible to receive more than one award payment in any
single fiscal year. Each agency shall be responsible for
implementing a State Employee Suggestion Program as it deems
appropriate in accordance with the provisions of this section.
C. Suggestions pertaining to the following areas shall not be
eligible for awards: grievances; classification and pay; matters
already recommended for study, review or summary; matters which are
the result of assigned or contracted audits, budget and fiscal
preparations studies, surveys, reviews or research; and matters
requiring the enactment of legislation. A suggester who applies for
patent rights to his or her suggestion shall not be eligible for an
award.
D. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall
promulgate rules and establish policies as necessary to implement
the State Employee Suggestion Program.
Program. The purpose of the program shall be to promote efficiency
and effectiveness of state governmental operations by providing
economic incentives to employees who make suggestions which result
in direct cost savings.
B. A state agency which implements a suggestion made by an
employee which results in direct cost savings to the agency of Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more may financially reward the
employee. The amount of any such award shall not exceed twenty
percent (20%) of the cost savings to the agency. No state employee
shall be eligible to receive more than one award payment in any
single fiscal year. Each agency shall be responsible for
implementing a State Employee Suggestion Program as it deems
appropriate in accordance with the provisions of this section.
C. Suggestions pertaining to the following areas shall not be
eligible for awards: grievances; classification and pay; matters
already recommended for study, review or summary; matters which are
the result of assigned or contracted audits, budget and fiscal
preparations studies, surveys, reviews or research; and matters
requiring the enactment of legislation. A suggester who applies for
patent rights to his or her suggestion shall not be eligible for an
award.
D. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall
promulgate rules and establish policies as necessary to implement
the State Employee Suggestion Program.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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