Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-283: Salaries fixed by statute are maximum salaries - No claim

for excess above appropriation.

he amount of salary as fixed by any statute, heretofore or

hereafter enacted, creating positions or fixing salaries for

positions of any officer or employee of the State of Oklahoma,

except as limited by Section 10 of Article XXIII of the Constitution

of the State of Oklahoma, shall be and it is intended by the

Legislature to be the maximum salary which each of the respective

officers or employees shall receive or be entitled to receive; and

none of such salaries, nor any part of any such salary shall

constitute a valid claim against the State of Oklahoma in excess of

the amount or amounts specifically appropriated therefor.