Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.3

Encouragement of certain purchases - Conflict of interest.

A. There is hereby created and established in the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services a Purchasing Division, the

administrative head of which shall be the State Purchasing Director.

B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall hire the State Purchasing Director. The State

Purchasing Director shall:

1. Have a thorough knowledge of office practices and buying

procedures in volume purchasing; and

2. Be a graduate of an accredited college or university with at

least five (5) years' experience in commercial or governmental

purchasing, or, in lieu of such education, have at least ten (10)

years' experience in commercial or governmental purchasing.

C. The State Purchasing Director, with the approval of the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, may

employ such personnel as may be necessary to exercise authority and

perform duties under the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act.

D. All activities of any state agency, department, or

institution relating to purchasing shall be under the direction of

the Purchasing Division unless otherwise provided by the Oklahoma

Central Purchasing Act.

E. The Purchasing Division shall provide qualified personnel to

assist the purchasing activities of state agencies, departments, and

institutions, as required by the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act.

F. Each state agency, department, and institution shall

designate personnel to coordinate its purchasing functions with the

Purchasing Division.

G. The Purchasing Division may, if the needs of a state agency,

department, or institution are such as to so require, employ, and

establish a buyer within a state agency. The state agency shall pay

all expenses incurred for any buyer required to be placed within its

agency.

H. Except as provided in Section 34.36 of Title 62 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, no state agency subject to the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act shall have or maintain a purchasing section without

the prior approval in writing of the Purchasing Division unless

otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act nor shall

such purchasing section perform purchasing functions for another

state agency.

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I. The Purchasing Division shall make acquisitions from

industries operated by the Department of Corrections pursuant to the

provisions of Section 549.1 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

J. None of the personnel authorized by this section shall:

1. Sell to or otherwise provide acquisitions to any state

agency subject to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act;

2. Be employees, partners, associates, officers, or

stockholders in or with any business entity that sells to or

otherwise provides acquisitions to any state agency subject to the

Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act;

3. Be employed in any of the positions authorized by this

section if a spouse or child owns any stock in any business entity

which sells to or otherwise provides acquisitions to any agency

subject to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act;

4. Be employed in any of the positions authorized by this

section if a relative within the third degree of consanguinity or

affinity sells to or otherwise provides acquisitions to any state

agency subject to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act or is

interested in any business entity which does so, except that such

relative, excluding a spouse or child, may own Twenty-five Thousand

Dollars ($25,000.00) worth or less, or one percent (1%) or less,

whichever amount is the lesser amount, of the stock of a corporation

or any business entity which sells to or otherwise provides

acquisitions to any state agency subject to the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act; or

5. Violate applicable rules of the Ethics Commission

promulgated pursuant to Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution
llars ($25,000.00) worth or less, or one percent (1%) or less,

whichever amount is the lesser amount, of the stock of a corporation

or any business entity which sells to or otherwise provides

acquisitions to any state agency subject to the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act; or

5. Violate applicable rules of the Ethics Commission

promulgated pursuant to Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution

that relate to accepting gifts from a vendor or a vendor's agent.

K. Any state agency, department, institution, or satellite

office thereof that is otherwise subject to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, but is located in a county without

statewide contracted vendors, may elect to purchase necessary

equipment and supplies from a local business at or below state

contract pricing without first obtaining a waiver from or the

permission of the Purchasing Division after seventy-two (72) hours

from providing written or electronic notice to the Central

Purchasing Director of said purchase in an amount not to exceed Two

Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00). Any state agency that

elects to make purchases from local vendors pursuant to this

subsection shall maintain a document file for each acquisition the

state agency makes, which shall include, at a minimum, justification

for the acquisition, supporting documentation, copies of all

contracts, if any, pertaining to the acquisition, evaluations,

written reports, if required by contract, and any other information

the State Purchasing Director requires.