Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-34.68: Approval of claims and payrolls

A. The elected or appointed executives of any state agency or

their designated administrative employees shall approve individual

claims of the agency which are used as the basis for the payment of

money from the State Treasury from any fund. These individuals

shall be known as the "agency approving officers".

B. Payrolls shall show the amount to be paid to each named

person for the period of time shown.

C. The number of persons authorized to make such approval shall

not exceed five people for any one state agency without the special

approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services.

D. All agency approving officers shall execute a bond issued by

a surety company licensed to do business in this state, payable to

the state in the amount required by the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services but not less than Fifty Thousand

Dollars ($50,000.00) and conditioned for the faithful performance of

their duties, as surety, which shall be approved by the Director of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and filed in the

office of the Secretary of State.

E. After state claims and/or payrolls have been approved by the

above agency approving officers, they shall be filed with the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

auditing and settlement.