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§47-156.1.


§47-156.1.
   
   A. It shall be unlawful for any state official, officer, or employee,
   except any essential employees approved by the Governor and those
   officers or employees authorized in subsection B of this section, to
   ride to or from the employee's place of residence in a state-owned
   automobile, truck, or pickup, except in the performance of the
   employee's official duty, or to use any such automobile, truck,
   ambulance, or pickup for other personal or private purposes. Any
   person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be
   guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more
   than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county
   jail for a period to not exceed thirty (30) days, or by both said fine
   and imprisonment, and in addition thereto, shall be discharged from
   state employment.
   
   B. 1. Any state employee, other than the law enforcement officers
   provided for in paragraph 2 of this subsection, who receives emergency
   telephone calls regularly at the employee's residence when the
   employee is not on duty and is regularly called upon to use a vehicle
   after normal work hours in response to such emergency calls, may be
   permitted to use a vehicle belonging to the State of Oklahoma to
   provide transportation between the employee's residence and the
   assigned place of employment, provided such distance does not exceed
   seventy-five (75) miles in any round trip or is within the county
   where the assigned place of employment is located. Provided further,
   an employee may be permitted to use a state-owned vehicle to provide
   temporary transportation between a specific work location other than
   the assigned place of employment and the employee's residence, if such
   use shall result in a monetary saving to the agency, and such
   authorization shall not be subject to the distance or area
   restrictions provided for in this paragraph. Authorization for
   temporary use of a state-owned vehicle for a specific project shall be
   in writing stating the justification for this use and the saving
   expected to result. Such authorization shall be valid for not to
   exceed sixty (60) days. Any state entity other than law enforcement
   that avails itself of this provision shall keep a monthly record of
   all participating employees, the number of emergency calls received,
   and the number of times that a state vehicle was used in the
   performance of such emergency calls.
   
   2. Any employee of the Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma State
   Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, Oklahoma State Bureau
   of Investigation, Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission,
   Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, Office of the Inspector General
   within the Department of Human Services or Office of the State Fire
   Marshal, who is a law enforcement officer, or any employee of a
   district attorney who is a law enforcement officer, may be permitted
   to use a state-owned vehicle to provide transportation between the
   employee's residence and the assigned place of employment and between
   the residence and any location other than the assigned place of
   employment to which the employee travels in the performance of the
   employee's official duty.
   
   3. The Director, department heads and other essential employees of the
   Department of Wildlife Conservation, as authorized by the Wildlife
   Conservation Commission, may be permitted to use a state-owned vehicle
   to provide transportation between the employee's residence and the
   assigned place of employment and between the residence and any
   location other than the assigned place of employment to which the
   employee travels in the performance of the employee's official duty.
   
   C. The principal administrator of the state agency with which the
   employee is employed shall so designate the employee's status in
   writing or provide a copy of the temporary authorization to the
   Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of
   the House of Representatives. Such employee status report shall also
   be provided to the State Fleet Manager of the Division of Fleet
   Management if the motor vehicle for emergency use is provided by said
   Division.
   

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