State employees; directing Office of Management and Enterprise Services to establish procedure for conversion of certain unused leave. Effective date.

SB 89 directs Oklahoma's Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to create a procedure allowing state employees to convert certain unused sick leave into service credit, instead of purchasing it. This change directly affects current state employees who have accrued unused sick leave and wish to purchase additional service credit toward retirement. The bill amends existing statutes (74 O.S. § 840-2.20) to establish this transfer option as a formal process. The policy change simplifies how employees can utilize accrued sick leave for retirement purposes, replacing the prior purchase method with a direct conversion mechanism.