{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-688","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-688","heading":"Duties relating to administration – Transfer from Tax","body":"Commission to State Treasurer – Transfer of administrative rules.\n\nA. Effective July 1, 1999, all duties relating to\n\nadministration of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act shall be\n\ntransferred from the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the State Treasurer.\n\nFunds sufficient to administer the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act\n\nshall be appropriated to the State Treasurer for fiscal year 2000.\n\nAll funds related to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act shall be\n\ntransferred to the control of the State Treasurer on July 1, 1999.\n\nProvided, fiscal year 2000 shall be a transitional year in which the\n\nState Treasurer shall gradually assume complete administration and\n\nmanagement over the program and staff currently carrying out the\n\nadministration of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. The State\n\nTreasurer and the Tax Commission shall enter into a contract whereby\n\nfunds shall be paid to the Tax Commission by the State Treasurer\n\nthroughout fiscal year 2000 in exchange for the Tax Commission’s\n\nagreement to continue to operate the program. During this\n\ntransition year, the employees assigned to the Unclaimed Property\n\nDivision shall continue to be employees of the Tax Commission\n\nwithout loss of classified status. Effective July 1, 2000, the\n\nUnclaimed Property Division shall be administered by the Office of\n\nthe State Treasurer. Prior to July 1, 2000, the State Treasurer\n\nshall identify initial staffing needs for the Unclaimed Property\n\nDivision. The State Treasurer shall give due consideration for\n\nemployment to any employee of the Tax Commission who desires to\n\nremain employed in the Unclaimed Property Division after July 1,\n\n2000. The State Treasurer shall have complete discretion in\n\nselecting staff to perform those duties effective July 1, 2000.\n\nEmployees of the Tax Commission who are selected and employed by the\n\nState Treasurer to perform duties associated with the Uniform\n\nUnclaimed Property Act, or other duties, shall not retain their\n\nclassified status. The Tax Commission shall make every effort to\n\nretain any classified employee in the Unclaimed Property Division in\n\nother comparable classified positions at the Tax Commission if the\n\nemployee is not offered employment with the State Treasurer.\n\nB. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of this\n\nsection, nothing shall preclude the State Treasurer from entering\n\ninto cooperative arrangements with other state agencies, including\n\nthe Tax Commission, to provide services relating to the\n\nadministration of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act after July 1,\n\n2000.\n\nC. The Tax Commission shall not use any information or evidence\n\nobtained in the course of examination of records of any person\n\npursuant to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act for purposes of\n\ninvestigation or enforcement of any state tax law.\n\nD. Effective July 1, 1999, all administrative rules promulgated\n\nby the Tax Commission pursuant to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act\n\nshall be transferred to and become a part of the administrative\n\nrules of the State Treasurer. The Office of Administrative Rules in\n\nthe Secretary of State’s office shall provide adequate notice in the\n\nOklahoma Register of the transfer of rules, and shall place the\n\ntransferred rules under the Administrative Code section of the State\n\nTreasurer. From and after July 1, 1999, any amendment, repeal or\n\naddition to the transferred rules shall be under the jurisdiction of\n\nthe State Treasurer.","path":["OK Code","Title 60"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os60.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"fdd9209a31222e8e4500423e5b47cf6c9ec835ba972613e52c0ba2712bddb67d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-686","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-69"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}