§47-2-104.

§47-2-104.
   
   A. The Commissioner, subject to the Merit System laws, shall appoint
   an Assistant Commissioner and such other deputies, subordinates,
   officers, investigators, and other employees as may be necessary to
   implement the provisions of Sections 2-101 through 2-133 of this
   title. Any employee of the Department appointed to the position of
   Assistant Commissioner shall have a right to return to the previous
   position of the employee without any loss of rights, privileges or
   benefits immediately upon completion of the duties as Assistant
   Commissioner, provided the employee is not otherwise disqualified.
   
   B. When traveling with the Governor or at his request, personnel
   assigned by the Commissioner for executive security shall be allowed
   their actual and necessary traveling expenses, upon claims approved by
   the Commissioner, and shall receive, in addition to base salary, an
   additional One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) per month.
   
   C. Any person appointed to the position of Assistant Commissioner of
   Public Safety shall be eligible for retirement participation as a
   member of the Highway Patrol Division in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
   Retirement System if such person at the time of appointment satisfies
   the age qualifications of an Oklahoma Highway Patrolman as provided in
   subsection (g) of Section 2-105 of this title, however the Assistant
   Commissioner shall be eligible for participation in only one
   retirement system and shall elect in writing the system in which he
   intends to participate.
   
   D. The salaries of the employees of the Department of Public Safety,
   shall be governed by and in accordance with the procedures established
   by the Office of Personnel Management, unless otherwise provided by
   law. The Commissioner of Public Safety may appoint an employee to the
   position of Director of Finance for the Department of Public Safety.
   The Director of Finance for the Department of Public Safety and those
   employees serving as noncommissioned pilots in the Department of
   Public Safety shall be unclassified and exempt from the rules and
   procedures of the Office of Personnel Management, except leave
   regulations. Those employees serving as noncommissioned pilots in the
   Department of Public Safety shall be allowed their actual and
   necessary traveling expenses, upon claims approved by the
   Commissioner, when on executive assignment.