Except as otherwise provided by law, any classified, unclassified or exempt employee of the state, excluding members of boards and commissions, institutions under the administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, employees of public school districts and elected officials, on July 1 of each year, earning less than the amount established in the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a three-person household, issued each year in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, shall receive the necessary grade or salary adjustment to provide for a minimum annualized salary equal to the amount established in the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a three-person household, issued each year in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Any classified, unclassified or exempt employee of the state, excluding members of boards and commissions, institutions under the administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, employees of public school districts and elected officials, employed after July 1, 2007, shall receive a minimum annualized salary equal to the amount established in the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a three-person household, issued each year in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This section shall not apply to those persons employed pursuant to paragraph 8 and paragraph 12 of subsection A of Section 840-5.5 and Section 2241 of this title or those persons employed pursuant to Section 1.6a of Title 53 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 204, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 266, § 94, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 239, § 2, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 367, § 11, eff. July 1, 1992. Renumbered from Title 62, § 7.12 by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 274, § 1; Laws 1995, c. 310, § 6, emerg. eff. June 5, 1995; Laws 2007, c. 207, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2009, c. 273, § 4.

NOTE: Laws 1994, c. 242, § 46 repealed by Laws 1995, c. 310, § 23, emerg. eff. June 5, 1995.