STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 449	By:	Brecheen

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to chaplains; requiring certain minimum qualifications for certain position; providing limitation; directing adoption of certain rules; specifying type of educational requirement; providing for noncodification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
A.  Except as provided in Section 2-105B of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes and upon the effective date of this act, the position of chaplain and any minimum qualifications as designated pursuant to rule by the Office of Personnel Management shall be subject to the minimum qualifications pursuant to subsection B of this section.  The Office of Personnel Management shall adopt rules consistent with the provisions of this section.
B.  A bachelor’s or master’s degree in the field of divinity, theology or religious education shall not be an educational requirement for the position of chaplain.  However, a bachelor’s or master’s degree in any other field of study in addition to experience related to religious practices may be required.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

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