A. Unless otherwise provided by the Oklahoma Constitution, statutory authority to set or fix compensation, pay or salary of state officers and employees shall not be construed to authorize any agency, board, commission, department, institution, bureau, executive officer or other entity of the executive branch of state government to award, grant, give, authorize, or promise any officer or employee of the State of Oklahoma a raise that is inconsistent with the compensation schedules established by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for all state officers and employees in the executive branch pursuant to Section 840-4.6 of this title, including, but not limited to, a cost-of-living raise or any other type of raise that would be given to state employees on an across-the-board basis, except as herein provided. Such raises are prohibited unless authorized by the Legislature and by rules promulgated by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. This prohibition applies to all officers and employees in the executive branch of state government, excluding institutions under the administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

B. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the following actions if the action is made in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing subsection A of this section, and if the appointing authority certifies that the action can be implemented for the current fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year without the need for additional funding to increase the personal services budget of the agency, and if the Office of Management and Enterprise Services certifies that the action is consistent with the compensation schedules established pursuant to the provisions of Section 840-4.6 of this title:

C. The pay movement mechanisms described in paragraphs 6 through 11 in subsection B of this section shall be implemented pursuant to rules promulgated by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

D. Appointing authorities may implement the pay movement mechanisms in paragraphs 6 through 12 in subsection B of this section subject to the availability of funds within the agency's budget for the current fiscal year and subsequent fiscal year without the need for additional funding to increase the personal services budget of the agency. Failure by the appointing authority to follow the provisions of this subsection may cause the withdrawal of the use of the pay movement mechanisms provided in paragraphs 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 of subsection B of this section within the agency during the next appropriations cycle.

E. The provisions in subsection B of this section shall not apply to chief executive officers of any agency, board, commission, department or program except for paragraphs 3 and 5 of subsection B of this section.

F. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall file a quarterly report with the Offices of the Governor, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate listing, by agency, all increases in wages, salaries or rates of pay and any changes to title or classification of each employee.