STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

SENATE BILL 557	By:	Jolley

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the Oklahoma Ethics Commission; amending 74 O.S. 2011, Section 840-5.19, which relates to employees; providing that employees be in unclassified service; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2011, Section 840-5.19, is amended to read as follows:
Section 840-5.19.  A.  The Ethics Commission shall be under the Merit System.  Except as provided in subsection B of this section, all All positions and personnel of the Ethics Commission shall be classified and subject to the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration as provided in the Oklahoma Personnel Act.  This section shall supersede and repeal any and all executive orders issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Personnel Act to place the agency under the Merit System.
B.  In addition to positions and personnel that are unclassified pursuant to Section 840-5.5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the following offices, positions, and personnel of the Ethics Commission shall be in the unclassified service:  One investigator in the unclassified service.
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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