Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.16
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Minimum annualized salary
Official statutory text
Except as otherwise provided by law, any employee of the state,
excluding members of boards and commissions, institutions under the
administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education, employees of public school districts and elected
officials, on July 1 of each year, earning less than the amount
established in the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a three-person
household, issued each year in the Federal Register by the United
States Department of Health and Human Services, shall receive the
necessary grade or salary adjustment to provide for a minimum
annualized salary equal to the amount established in the Federal
Poverty Guidelines for a three-person household, issued each year in
the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and
Human Services. Any employee of the state, excluding members of
boards and commissions, institutions under the administrative
authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education,
employees of public school districts and elected officials, employed
after July 1, 2007, shall receive a minimum annualized salary equal
to the amount established in the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a
three-person household, issued each year in the Federal Register by
the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This
section shall not apply to those persons employed pursuant to
Section 2241 of this title or those persons employed pursuant to
Section 1.6a of Title 53 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
excluding members of boards and commissions, institutions under the
administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education, employees of public school districts and elected
officials, on July 1 of each year, earning less than the amount
established in the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a three-person
household, issued each year in the Federal Register by the United
States Department of Health and Human Services, shall receive the
necessary grade or salary adjustment to provide for a minimum
annualized salary equal to the amount established in the Federal
Poverty Guidelines for a three-person household, issued each year in
the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and
Human Services. Any employee of the state, excluding members of
boards and commissions, institutions under the administrative
authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education,
employees of public school districts and elected officials, employed
after July 1, 2007, shall receive a minimum annualized salary equal
to the amount established in the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a
three-person household, issued each year in the Federal Register by
the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This
section shall not apply to those persons employed pursuant to
Section 2241 of this title or those persons employed pursuant to
Section 1.6a of Title 53 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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