Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-500.16A
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Payment of claims pursuant to State Travel
Official statutory text
Reimbursement Act - Procedure.
A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services shall establish a procedure to expedite payment for a
proper claim of a state employee for expenses recompensable pursuant
to the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
B. The procedure provided for in subsection A of this section
shall:
1. Require payment within forty-five (45) days from the date on
which a proper claim is submitted by the employee to the appropriate
office of the agency for which the expenses were incurred; and
2. Provide for the payment of interest from the thirtieth day
after receipt by the appropriate office of a proper claim for which
payment has not been mailed, transmitted or delivered to the
employee by the close of business on the forty-fifth day. Interest
shall be at an annualized rate as reported by the State Treasurer to
the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
based on an average of the interest rate for thirty-day time
deposits of state funds during the last calendar quarter of the last
preceding fiscal year.
C. For purposes of this section, "proper claim" means a claim
for reimbursement of incurred expenses supported by all requisite
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 477
documentation and complete in all respects for processing for
payment.
D. Any employee, after the passage of the forty-five day limit
provided for in subsection B of this section, who is aggrieved by
the delay in payment of a proper claim with interest or who failed
to receive interest as provided for in this section may file a
grievance with the Office of the Governor. The grievance shall be
transmitted from the Office of the Governor to the Director of the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services who, within fifteen
(15) days after receipt of the grievance, shall:
1. Pay the claim with interest as provided for in this section;
or
2. Report to the Governor and the aggrieved employee why such
payment cannot be made.
A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services shall establish a procedure to expedite payment for a
proper claim of a state employee for expenses recompensable pursuant
to the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
B. The procedure provided for in subsection A of this section
shall:
1. Require payment within forty-five (45) days from the date on
which a proper claim is submitted by the employee to the appropriate
office of the agency for which the expenses were incurred; and
2. Provide for the payment of interest from the thirtieth day
after receipt by the appropriate office of a proper claim for which
payment has not been mailed, transmitted or delivered to the
employee by the close of business on the forty-fifth day. Interest
shall be at an annualized rate as reported by the State Treasurer to
the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
based on an average of the interest rate for thirty-day time
deposits of state funds during the last calendar quarter of the last
preceding fiscal year.
C. For purposes of this section, "proper claim" means a claim
for reimbursement of incurred expenses supported by all requisite
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 477
documentation and complete in all respects for processing for
payment.
D. Any employee, after the passage of the forty-five day limit
provided for in subsection B of this section, who is aggrieved by
the delay in payment of a proper claim with interest or who failed
to receive interest as provided for in this section may file a
grievance with the Office of the Governor. The grievance shall be
transmitted from the Office of the Governor to the Director of the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services who, within fifteen
(15) days after receipt of the grievance, shall:
1. Pay the claim with interest as provided for in this section;
or
2. Report to the Governor and the aggrieved employee why such
payment cannot be made.
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