Okla. Stat. tit. 44, § 44-209: Leave of absence to public officers and employees

All officers and employees of the state or a political

subdivision thereof who are not members of the state military forces

shall be entitled to a leave of absence from their regular

employment with the State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision

thereof, without loss of status or efficiency rating, when detailed

as a military trial judge pursuant to Section 826 of this title

(Article 26) or when serving as an appellate military judge pursuant

to Section 866 of this title (Article 66) when the Military Court of

Appeals is convened. The rules of procedure prescribed by the State

Judge Advocate pursuant to subsection L of Section 866 of this title

(Article 66, subsection L) shall define what constitutes the

Military Court of Appeals being "convened" for purposes of this

section. During the first thirty (30) regularly scheduled work

days, not to exceed two hundred forty (240) hours, of the leave of

absence in any federal fiscal year, officers and employees of the

State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision thereof detailed or

serving as military trial judges or military appellate judges shall

receive their full regular pay from the employing state agency or

political subdivision. During the remainder of the leave of absence

in any federal fiscal year, the employing state agency or political

subdivision shall pay such officers and employees an amount equal to

the difference between the full regular pay of the officers or

employees from the employing state agency or political subdivision

and the amount of compensation established for military trial judges

in subsection H of Section 826 of this title (Article 26, subsection

H) in the case of a military trial judge or the amount of

compensation established for appellate military judges in subsection

E of Section 866 of this title (Article 66, subsection E) in the

case of a military appellate judge. Leave taken pursuant to this

section shall be characterized as military judicial leave. The

Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate rules

as necessary to implement the provisions of this section that relate

to state employees.