§ 74-2241. Seasonal employees.

A.  For the purposes of the Oklahoma Tourism, Parks and Recreation Enhancement Act, seasonal employees shall be unclassified employees employed by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department who work less than one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours in any twelve-month period.

B.  The Department may employ seasonal employees throughout the calendar year.  Project labor employed by the Department for a period of time necessary to complete a project shall be in the unclassified service of the state as provided by the Oklahoma Personnel Act of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Such employees shall not be entitled to paid leave, paid holidays, retirement, health, dental or life insurance, and shall be exempt from any laws, rules or practices providing for such benefits.

C.  The Department, in its annual budget request, shall include a summary of the use of project labor, which shall include the number of workers employed under the provisions of this section and the total wages paid to these employees.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 363, § 42, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.  Amended by Laws 2006, c. 189, § 2, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2007, c. 208, § 4, eff. July 1, 2007.