A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of the Information Technology Consolidation and Coordination Act shall operate to maintain or increase security standards and shall not jeopardize confidentiality or compliance with state or federal laws or regulations. The State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board shall consider and approve security protocols which shall be followed by employees of the Information Services Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services who are assigned to service law enforcement agencies. The Board shall make recommendations to state officers and employees related to continuity of criminal justice information system security protocols.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 35.5 of this title, the transfer of information technology assets and positions of the Department of Public Safety shall occur prior to the transfer of assets and positions of other public safety agencies.
C. Unless otherwise provided for in law, the transfer of information technology assets and positions of any state agency pursuant to the Information Technology Consolidation and Coordination Act shall not act to transfer to the Information Services Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or to the Chief Information Officer the duties of a state agency to keep, maintain and open to any person all records of the agency in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Each state agency shall continue to be responsible for records created by, received by, under the authority of, or coming into the custody, control or possession of the agency including the duty to organize and categorize the records in a retrievable form and the duty to respond to requests for records, even if the records have been transmitted to or stored by the Information Services Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or the Chief Information Officer.
D. State employees who are members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma and are transferred pursuant to the Information Technology Consolidation and Coordination Act may elect to continue their participation in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma in lieu of participating in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. Any transferred employee who wishes to make such election shall do so in writing within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this act. If any transferred employee has already started participating in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the employee may make an election to return to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma if the election is made in writing within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this act. In the event a transferred employee who has already begun participating in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System elects to return to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall transfer the service credit and contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma for any credit that accrued after the initial transfer. The election to continue or return to participation in the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma pursuant to this subsection shall be irrevocable and shall be effective until the employment with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is terminated.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 296, § 8. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 292, § 5; Laws 2013, c. 15, § 64, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013; Laws 2013, c. 227, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2013, c. 358, § 24, eff. July 1, 2013.
NOTE: Laws 2012, c. 304, § 417 repealed by Laws 2013, c. 15, § 65, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.