2021 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74. State Government
§74-85.5a. State purchase card program.
A. Except for the state fleet card, the state purchase card program administered by the Purchasing Division is the only card program authorized for use by state agencies.
B. On a monthly basis the State Purchasing Director and institutions of higher education shall provide to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) a complete listing in electronic format of all transactions paid by a state purchase card. The list shall contain the name of the purchaser and purchasing agency, amount of purchase and all available descriptions of items purchased.
C. Upon receipt of the list described in subsection B of this section, the Director of the OMES shall allow the public access to the list in searchable format through its website defined in Section 46 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. The State Purchasing Director may authorize the use of a state purchase card for acquisitions within the following parameters:
1. No limit on the amount of the transaction for the following:
- a.purchases from statewide contracts and from contracts awarded by the State Purchasing Director for the benefit of a state agency,
- b.utilities,
- c.interagency payments,
- d.emergency acquisitions; provided, requirements to establish an emergency pursuant to Section 5 of this act or other applicable statute or rule have been met, and
- e.professional services as defined in Section 803 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
2. For any other transaction with a state purchase card, the transaction shall not exceed the greater of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or the limit determined by the State Purchasing Director, not to exceed the fair and reasonable acquisition threshold amount.
E. The State Purchasing Director may authorize personnel of the Department of Commerce, upon a finding by the Secretary of Commerce that such personnel have a legitimate need therefore, to utilize a state purchase card for acquisitions for programs, functions or services essential to the mission of the agency while traveling on Department of Commerce business in foreign locations with transaction limits not to exceed Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00). The purchase cardholders are required to sign a purchase card agreement prior to becoming a cardholder and to attend purchase card procedure training. The Department of Commerce will conduct quarterly internal auditing on all purchase card transactions associated with business and travel in foreign locations.
Added by Laws 2005, c. 467, § 26, eff. July 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2020, c. 98, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
