{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-44-44-209","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 44, § 44-209","heading":"Leave of absence to public officers and employees","body":"All officers and employees of the state or a political\n\nsubdivision thereof who are not members of the state military forces\n\nshall be entitled to a leave of absence from their regular\n\nemployment with the State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision\n\nthereof, without loss of status or efficiency rating, when detailed\n\nas a military trial judge pursuant to Section 826 of this title\n\n(Article 26) or when serving as an appellate military judge pursuant\n\nto Section 866 of this title (Article 66) when the Military Court of\n\nAppeals is convened. The rules of procedure prescribed by the State\n\nJudge Advocate pursuant to subsection L of Section 866 of this title\n\n(Article 66, subsection L) shall define what constitutes the\n\nMilitary Court of Appeals being \"convened\" for purposes of this\n\nsection. During the first thirty (30) regularly scheduled work\n\ndays, not to exceed two hundred forty (240) hours, of the leave of\n\nabsence in any federal fiscal year, officers and employees of the\n\nState of Oklahoma or a political subdivision thereof detailed or\n\nserving as military trial judges or military appellate judges shall\n\nreceive their full regular pay from the employing state agency or\n\npolitical subdivision. During the remainder of the leave of absence\n\nin any federal fiscal year, the employing state agency or political\n\nsubdivision shall pay such officers and employees an amount equal to\n\nthe difference between the full regular pay of the officers or\n\nemployees from the employing state agency or political subdivision\n\nand the amount of compensation established for military trial judges\n\nin subsection H of Section 826 of this title (Article 26, subsection\n\nH) in the case of a military trial judge or the amount of\n\ncompensation established for appellate military judges in subsection\n\nE of Section 866 of this title (Article 66, subsection E) in the\n\ncase of a military appellate judge. Leave taken pursuant to this\n\nsection shall be characterized as military judicial leave. The\n\nOffice of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate rules\n\nas necessary to implement the provisions of this section that relate\n\nto state employees.","path":["OK Code","Title 44"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os44.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b99404cdd42a9b172466fc88564eabafc67b296499fbbe9e5a8d9859bdd051b1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-44-44-208.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-44-44-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}