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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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