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Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 85A-124

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Transfers from Workers' Compensation Court

Official statutory text

A. 1. All unexpended funds, assets, property, records,

personnel and any outstanding financial obligations and encumbrances

of the Workers' Compensation Court before February 1, 2014, are

hereby transferred to the Workers' Compensation Commission. The

personnel transferred shall retain leave, sick and annual time

earned and any retirement and longevity benefits which have accrued

during their employment with the state. The salaries of employees

who are transferred shall not be reduced as a direct and immediate

result of the transfer. There shall be no reduction-in-force as a

result of the transfer.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 85A. Workers' Compensation Page 136

2. Any unexpended funds, including interest thereon, held by

the State Treasurer in an interest-bearing division special account

maintained by the Workers' Compensation Court before February 1,

2014, from which a self-insured employer's workers' compensation

obligations are paid following nonpayment by the self-insured

employer for any reason, including insolvency, shall be transferred

to the Workers' Compensation Commission. Such funds shall be

expended by the Commission only for the purpose of paying workers'

compensation obligations of the self-insured employer, and costs

related to the administration of such obligations, to the extent of

the availability of such funds.

B. 1. All unexpended funds, assets, property, and records and

any outstanding financial obligations and encumbrances of the

Workers' Compensation Self-insurance Guaranty Fund Board before

February 1, 2014, are hereby transferred to the Self-insurance

Guaranty Fund Board created in the Administrative Workers'

Compensation Act.

2. Any unexpended funds, including interest thereon, held by

the State Treasurer in the Workers' Compensation Self-insurance

Guaranty Fund before February 1, 2014, shall be transferred to the

Self-insurance Guaranty Fund Board created by the Administrative

Workers' Compensation Act. Such funds shall be expended by the

Board only as authorized in the Administrative Workers' Compensation

Act.

3. Any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by,

against or before the Workers' Compensation Self-insurance Guaranty

Fund Board when the Board ceased existence may be continued as if

the Self-insurance Guaranty Fund Board was not created, or the Self-

insurance Guaranty Fund Board may be substituted in the matter. The

Self-insurance Guaranty Fund Board shall be responsible and liable

for all liabilities and obligations of the Workers' Compensation

Self-insurance Guaranty Fund Board.

C. All property and records of the Physician Advisory Committee

before February 1, 2014, are hereby transferred to the Physician

Advisory Committee created in the Administrative Workers'

Compensation Act.

D. All property and records of the Advisory Council on Workers'

Compensation before February 1, 2014, are hereby transferred to the

Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation created in the

Administrative Workers' Compensation Act.

E. All unexpended funds, assets, property, records, personnel

and any outstanding financial obligations and encumbrances of the

Multiple Injury Trust Fund before February 1, 2014, are hereby

transferred to the Multiple Injury Trust Fund created in the

Administrative Workers' Compensation Act. The personnel transferred

shall retain leave, sick and annual time earned and any retirement

and longevity benefits which have accrued during their employment

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with the state. The salaries of employees who are transferred shall

not be reduced as a direct and immediate result of the transfer.

There shall be no reduction-in-force as a result of the transfer.

F. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services is hereby directed to coordinate the transfer of funds,

allotments, purchase orders, outstanding financial obligations or
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with the state. The salaries of employees who are transferred shall

not be reduced as a direct and immediate result of the transfer.

There shall be no reduction-in-force as a result of the transfer.

F. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services is hereby directed to coordinate the transfer of funds,

allotments, purchase orders, outstanding financial obligations or

encumbrances provided for in subsections A and E of this section,

and the transfer of funds, outstanding financial obligations or

encumbrances provided for in subsection B of this section.

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