Oklahoma Statutes
Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors
§72-402v2. Definitions.

THIS TEXT EFFECTIVE BEGINNING NOV. 1, 2020. FOR TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOV. 1, 2020, SEE OS 72-402v1.

As used in the Special Disabled Veterans Employment Act:
1. "Special disabled veterans" means those honorably discharged persons who:
2. "Agency" means any office, department, board, commission or institution of the state government.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 175, § 2, emerg. eff. June 7, 1983. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 252, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 2017, c. 229, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.

Structure Oklahoma Statutes

Oklahoma Statutes

Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors

§72-2. "Ex-service person", "veteran", and "war veteran" defined.

§72-5. Veterans to whom provisions available.

§72-6. Nontransferability of privileges - Penalty.

§72-6-1. Impersonating member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces - Punishment.

§72-6-2. Wearing uniform of the United States Armed Forces or Public Health Service - Punishment.

§72-6-3. Manufacture, reproduction, or sale of objects related to certain Veterans' organizations - Punishment.

§72-7. State-operated parks and museum admission.

§72-22. Duties of county clerk - Violation a misdemeanor.

§72-23. Copies of records - Court clerks - Judges of the district courts - Registrar of vital statistics.

§72-31a. State Veterans' Cemetery System.

§72-34. Interment or cremation assistance for indigent veterans.

§72-35. K-I-A Reinterment Fund.

§72-36. Short title - Dignity in Burial Act.

§72-47. Private employment - Restoration to position or employment at expiration of military service.

§72-48. Leave of absence during active or inactive duty or service - Public employees.

§72-48.1. Leave of absence during active service - Private sector employees.

§72-48.2. Extension of professional license during active duty.

§72-49.1. Removal of disability of minority.

§72-50.1. Powers of military officers.

§72-50.2. Rank of officer - Spouse's acknowledgment - Authentication - Acknowledgment before notary.

§72-50.21. Qualifications of recipients.

§72-50.22. Procedure for applications and approval.

§72-50.23. Design - Payment of cost.

§72-50.24. Korean Conflict Medallion Program.

§72-50.25. Oklahoma Legislative Medal of Honor.

§72-50.26. Oklahoma Gold Star Medal.

§72-63.1. Commission and Department created - Cabinet-level status - Composition - Administration.

§72-63.2. Members of Commission - Filing copy of audits by veterans' organizations.

§72-63.3. Powers and duties of Commission - Travel expenses.

§72-63.4. Partial invalidity.

§72-63.5. Collections from patients and members for care and maintenance.

§72-63.5a. Authorization through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and Medicare Services.

§72-63.6. Workers' compensation for certain employees of State War Veterans Home Facilities.

§72-63.7. Requirements for administrative personnel.

§72-63.7A. Classification of certain positions to Merit System of Personnel Administration.

§72-63.8. Administration of various departments, agencies and funds.

§72-63.9. Muskogee and Tulsa Claims Offices - Managers and assistant managers.

§72-63.10. Employee training programs - Funding - Salary, tuition, and subsistence contracts.

§72-63.10a. Department of Veterans Affairs on-the-job employee safety program.

§72-63.11. State flag for certain deceased national guard members and peace officers.

§72-63.11a. State flag for death of soldiers - Letter of condolence.

§72-63.12. Lease and/or loan agreement for hospital or health care facilities improvements.

§72-63.13. Power to be exercised in conjunction with local public trust.

§72-63.14. Payment of certain bonds.

§72-63.15. Cooperative agreements with local public trusts.

§72-63.16. Public trusts - Issuance of evidence of indebtedness - Department of Veterans Affairs Trust Fund.

§72-63.17. Limits on expenditure for capital projects.

§72-63.18A. Department of Veterans Affairs - Unclassified positions and personnel.

§72-63.19. Donation from tax refund to Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Equipment and Capital Improvement Program - Disposition of donated funds - Erroneous donation, claim for refund.

§72-63.20. Deposit of proceeds.

§72-63.21. Certified volunteers - Provision of meals for services rendered.

§72-63.22. Preference for veteran vendors.

§72-64. Certain positions to remain exempt or unclassified.

§72-65.1. Department directed to proceed on certain projects.

§72-67.11. W.V.C. Revolving Fund.

§72-67.12. Nature of fund.

§72-67.13. Expenditures and loans from fund.

§72-67.13a. War veterans defined - Retirement benefits.

§72-67.13b. Benefits for persons serving after January 31, 1955.

§72-67.14. Petty Cash Fund.

§72-67.15. Invalidity clause.

§72-68.1. Purpose of act.

§72-68.2. Contracts with educational institutions for establishment of training courses.

§72-165. Union Soldiers Cemetery – Certification as State Veterans Cemetery – Transfer to Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.

§72-191. Short title - Veterans Volunteer Guardianship Act.

§72-192. Guardianship created under prior law.

§72-193. Appointment as guardian – Procedure - Duties.

§72-194. Requirements for subject and guardian.

§72-195. Bond requirements.

§72-196. Guardian as fiduciary.

§72-197. Treatment in institution - Commitment - Transfer.

§72-202. Management and control.

§72-221. Establishment - Site - Purpose - Administration and control.

§72-221.1. State Veterans Home at Norman - Operation and administration - Legal description.

§72-221.2. State Veterans Home, Claremore Division - Operation and administration - Legal description.

§72-221.2A. State Veterans Home at Lawton - Development - Operation and administration - Legal description.

§72-221.3. Competitive bidding for provision of supplies and services under Medicare Part B.

§72-221.4. Purchase of products available through General Services Administration contracts.

§72-221.5. Individual purchasing entity.

§72-222. Revolving fund.

§72-223. Acceptance of Act of Congress – Participation in per diem grant program.

§72-223.1. Employer-based nurse aide training programs.

§72-225. Duties and powers.

§72-226. State Veterans Home at Clinton - Establishment – Employees – Legal description.

§72-229. State Veterans Home at Talihina - Establishment - Employees.

§72-229.1. Authority to plan, develop and construct Oklahoma veterans facilities.

§72-240. Petty cash funds.

§72-241. State Accrediting Agency - Members - Contracts with federal agencies.

§72-242. Officers - Rules and regulations - Qualifications and duties of staff.

§72-301. Short title.

§72-302. Tuition-free career and technology education - Exception.

§72-303. Eligibility of veterans.

§72-304. Number of months.

§72-305. Eligibility of descendants of servicemen.

§72-306. Quota system.

§72-307. Benefits prohibited in certain instances.

§72-350. Definitions.

§72-351. Report of veterans who may have been exposed to certain defoliants or herbicides - Report form.

§72-352. Compilation, evaluation and distribution of information.

§72-353. Identity of veteran not to be disclosed - Exception - Statistical information.

§72-354. Privileges and immunities.

§72-355. Attorney General to represent veterans in certain class actions.

§72-356. Certain state health and medical facilities to cooperate in referring and screening certain veterans - Rules and regulations.

§72-357. Referral and screening functions to be discontinued under certain conditions.

§72-360. Definitions.

§72-361. Report of veterans who may have been exposed to certain causative agents during the Gulf War - Report form.

§72-362. Compilation, evaluation and distribution of information.

§72-363. Privileges and immunities.

§72-365. Rulemaking.

§72-401. Short title.

§72-402. Definitions.

§72-402v2. Definitions.

§72-403. Exemption from entrance examinations and hiring procedures - Probationary period - Permanent status.

§72-404. Reporting names of employed special disabled veterans.

§72-410. Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Act.

§72-411. Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Revolving Fund.

§72-412. Special housing grant program for disabled veterans.

§72-421. Oklahoma Veterans Registry.

§72-422. Oklahoma Women Veterans Program.

§72-440. Acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests, grants or contracts.

§72-450. Administrative leave.