{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-22-135","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-22-135","heading":"National disaster leave","body":"A. The governing body of a municipality may grant leave with\n\npay not to exceed fifteen (15) working days to a municipal employee\n\nwho is affected by a presidentially declared national disaster in\n\nOklahoma after May 1, 1999, if:\n\n1. The employee suffered a physical injury as a result of the\n\ndisaster;\n\n2. A relative or household member of the employee suffered a\n\nphysical injury or died as a result of the disaster; or\n\n3. The domicile of the employee or the domicile of a relative\n\nof the employee was damaged or destroyed as a result of the\n\ndisaster.\n\nB. As used in this section:\n\n1. “Relative of the employee” shall be limited to the spouse,\n\nchild, stepchild, grandchild, grandparent, stepparent, or parent of\n\nthe employee; and\n\n2. “Household members” means those persons who reside in the\n\nsame home, who have reciprocal duties to and do provide financial\n\nsupport for one another. This term shall include foster children\n\nand legal wards even if they do not live in the household. The term\n\ndoes not include persons sharing the same general house, when the\n\nliving style is primarily that of a dormitory or commune.\n\nC. The authority to grant leave with pay pursuant to subsection\n\nA of this section shall extend for a period of not more than six (6)\n\nmonths after the date of a presidentially declared national\n\ndisaster.\n\nD. Annual leave, sick leave, or compensatory time which was\n\ncharged to a municipal employee as a result of the presidentially\n\ndeclared national disaster resulting from the May 3, 1999, tornadoes\n\nthat would have otherwise been eligible for the leave provision in\n\nsubsection A of this section, may be reinstated by the governing\n\nbody. A municipal employee entitled to leave with pay pursuant to\n\nthis section who was charged leave without pay shall be compensated\n\nat the base rate of pay of the employee.\n\nE. A governing body of a municipality may amend an existing\n\nleave sharing program or establish a leave sharing program to allow\n\nmunicipal employees to share sick or annual leave with municipal\n\nemployees who are eligible for leave pursuant to subsection A of\n\nthis section. The disaster-related leave sharing plan shall be\n\nsubject to the following conditions:\n\n1. An employee eligible for disaster-related leave may receive\n\nup to fifteen (15) days donated leave;\n\n2. The donated leave must be used for disaster-related injuries\n\nor matters;\n\n3. The eligible employee shall not be required to take or\n\nexhaust any of the employee’s regular sick, personal, or emergency\n\nleave in order to receive donated leave;\n\n4. Donated leave may be used to reinstate regular emergency,\n\nsick, or personal leave an employee used after May 1, 1999, for\n\ndisaster-related injuries or matters;\n\n5. An eligible employee who was required to take leave without\n\npay for disaster-related injuries or matters may be compensated for\n\nup to fifteen (15) days if leave is donated to cover the leave\n\nwithout pay; and\n\n6. The municipality may require documentation to support a\n\nrequest to use donated leave pursuant to this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 11"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os11.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"8e0375ce3ef6ffa58b46a1fc09df6d3504ed9c341d089e784e0c2f4ccc76ec16","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-22-134","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-22-136"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}