§ 74-840-1-3

As used in this act, unless otherwise provided in Sections 840-1.1 through 840-6.9 of this title: 1. 'Agency' means any office, department, board, commission or institution of the executive branch of state government;2. 'Employee' or 'state employee' means an elected or appointed officer or employee of an agency unless otherwise indicated;3. 'Appointing authority' means the chief administrative officer of an agency;4. 'Job-related organization' means a membership association which collects annual dues, conducts annual meetings and provides job-related education for its members and which includes state employees, including any association for which payroll deductions for membership dues are authorized pursuant to paragraph 5 of subsection B of Section 34.70 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;5. 'Progressive discipline' means a system designed to ensure the consistency, impartiality and predictability of discipline and the flexibility to vary penalties if justified by aggravating or mitigating conditions;6. 'Supervisor' means an officer or employee who has been assigned authority and responsibility for evaluating the performance of subordinates;7.

if justified by aggravating or mitigating conditions;6. 'Supervisor' means an officer or employee who has been assigned authority and responsibility for evaluating the performance of subordinates;7. 'Director' means the appointing authority of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services;8. 'Office' means the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; and9. 'Veteran' means a person who has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 3, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 158, § 6, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 252, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1994, c. 242, § 1. Renumbered from § 840.3 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 310, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 320, § 1, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 287, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 256, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 410, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 381, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 347, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2010, c. 286, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 868; Laws 2022, c. 243, § 2, emerg. eff. May 11, 2022.