A. A member of the Court on the Judiciary shall certify his actual and necessary travel expenses to the Administrative Director of the Courts, and, upon the latter's approval thereof reimbursement shall be as provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act, the State Treasurer shall issue a warrant, to be paid out of any funds appropriated for such purpose. Prosecutors before the Court on the Judiciary shall certify to the Administrative Director of the Courts the amount that has been allowed as compensation by the Court, and upon the latter's approval thereof, the State Treasurer shall issue a warrant, to be paid out of any funds appropriated for such purpose. Any claim certified for payment by the trial division of the Court on the Judiciary or by any of its members, when disapproved by the Administrative Director of the Courts, may be reviewed by the appellate division of that Court under such rules of procedure as that division shall prescribe. The appellate division shall have exclusive power over claims that are disapproved by the Administrative Director of the Courts. Its decision in the matter shall be final.

B. 1. Any employee of the state or any political subdivision thereof who is subpoenaed as a witness to testify before the Court on the Judiciary on any matter related to their employment shall receive reimbursement for expenses in the same manner and to the same extent as is prescribed in Section 84.1 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

2. Any other person subpoenaed as a witness to testify before the Court on the Judiciary shall receive the fees prescribed in Section 81 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. All fees and reimbursement for expenses provided for in this subsection shall be payable from funds appropriated to the State Supreme Court for the use of the Court on the Judiciary, subject to the approval of the Administrative Director of the Courts.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 379, § 6, eff. July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 271, § 8, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 8, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1986, c. 153, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 1986.