Title: IN RE: RULES CREATING AND CONTROLLING THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION

State: oklahoma

Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court

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IN RE: RULES CREATING AND CONTROLLING THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION2011 OK 92Case Number: SCBD-4483Decided: 10/27/2011THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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IN RE: Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association
ORDER GRANTING AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VIII OF THE
OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT RULES CREATING AND
CONTROLLING THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION
This matter comes on before this Court upon an Application to Amend Article VIII of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association, 5 O.S.Supp.2010, ch. 1, app. 1, to allow waiver of annual bar dues for deployed military members. This Court finds that it has jurisdiction over this matter and that Section 1 of Article VIII should be amended. 
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED by the Court that Section 1 of Article VIII of the Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association, 5 O.S.Supp.2010, ch. 1, app.1, is hereby amended as set out in its entirety on Exhibit "A" attached hereto.
DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT this 27th day of October, 2011.
/S/CHIEF JUSTICE
EXHIBIT A
ARTICLE VIII
Section 1. ANNUAL DUES. The annual dues for each member of the Association shall be based upon the financial requirements of the Association including maintenance of an adequate reserve fund for contingencies and emergencies. 
Until otherwise provided the annual dues for each active member shall be $275.00 per year; except that dues for active members who have been admitted to practice in any State less than three (3) years, as of the first day of January of the dues paying year, shall be $137.50 for each such year. All dues shall be due and payable, on or before January 2 of each year, to the Executive Director of the Association. Persons admitted to the Bar of this State after January 2 of any year shall not be liable for dues until January 2 of the following year. Nothing in these rules shall prevent the establishment of Sections with the approval of the Board of Governors, nor the charging of voluntary dues to members of any such section. 
Active OBA Members who are in an active duty and deployed status serving outside of the United States or one of its territories with the Armed Forces of the United States in a combat zone or receiving "Imminent Danger Pay" (Combat Pay) or "hardship duty pay" in any given year may request that dues be waived for that year. A request for a waiver of dues, along with sufficient supporting documentation of service, shall be submitted to the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association as soon as reasonably practical. Members requesting such dues waiver shall have the right to appeal any administrative decisions made by the Executive Director to the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association and ultimately to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. In the event the member is not able to submit the request personally, such request can be made by a family member, law partner or other such person having authority to act on behalf of the member.