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51 OK Stat § 51-92 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-92. Supreme Court and district court - Jurisdiction.

|The Supreme Court shall have and is hereby given concurrent with the district court, original jurisdiction of all special proceedings and actions authorized as provided for by this act, and either said Supreme Court or any district court wherein the petition shall be filed by the Attorney General as hereinafter provided, shall take full and complete original jurisdiction. |Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 379, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-93 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-93. Official misconduct defined - Suspension.

|Official misconduct within the meaning of this act is hereby defined to be: |1. Any willful failure or neglect to diligently and faithfully perform any duty enjoined upon such officer by the laws of this state.2. Intoxication in any public place within the state produced by strong drink voluntarily taken.3. Committing any act constituting a violation of any penal statute involving moral turpitude. Such an act has been committed, in the sense of this section, when the official involved has been convicted thereof by a court of record; and suspension from office as provided by Section 98 of this title shall be sought and is hereby authorized upon such conviction, even though the official so convicted has appealed such conviction.Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 379, § 3, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917. Amended by Laws 1959, p. 211, § 1, emerg. eff. July 15, 1959.
51 OK Stat § 51-94 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-94. Attorney General - Duties.

|It shall be the duty of the Attorney General of this state, when directed by the Governor, or upon notice being received by the Attorney General in writing and verified by fifteen or more reputable citizens of the county or by one percent (1%) of the registered voters that voted in the previous election for the political subdivision of which the officer who is the subject of the complaint is an official, whichever is greater, before some officer authorized to administer oaths, that any officer herein mentioned has been guilty of any of the acts, omissions or offenses as set out in Section 93 of this title, to investigate such complaint, and if on such investigation the Attorney General shall find that there is reasonable cause for such complaint, the Attorney General shall institute proceedings in the Supreme Court, or any district court of the county of the residence of the accused, to oust such officer from office. |Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 380, § 4, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 437, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
51 OK Stat § 51-95 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-95. Speedy trial - Continuances.

|Said proceedings in ouster shall be tried in a speedy manner, and shall have precedence in said court and shall be tried at the first term after the filing of the complaint or petition herein named; provided, the answer hereinafter mentioned shall have been on file at least ten (10) days before the day of trial. |A continuance may be granted either side for good cause shown, but no continuance shall be granted by an agreement of the parties.Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 380, § 5, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-96 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-96. Summons and pleadings.

|Upon the filing of the complaint or petition for the writ of ouster, a summons shall issue for the defendant to appear and answer the same within twenty (20) days of the service thereof, and there shall accompany the summons and be served upon the defendant a copy of the complaint or petition filed against him. |The petition and answer shall constitute the only pleadings allowed, and all allegations in the answer shall be deemed controverted, and any and all questions as to the sufficiency of the petition or complaint shall be raised and determined upon the trial of the cause; and if said petition is held insufficient in form, the same shall be amended at once, and such amendment shall not delay the trial of the case.Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 380, § 6, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-97 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-97. Defendant guilty - Judgment of ouster.

|If the defendant shall be found guilty, judgment of ouster shall be rendered against him. |Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 381, § 7, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-98 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-98. Suspension during proceedings - Temporary appointment - Right to salary.

|When the complaint or petition for removal is filed, if in addition to the matter charged as ground for removal, the complaint shall also pray that the officer charged be suspended from office pending an investigation or trial. The Supreme Court or any Judge thereof, or any district judge or court of the county of the residence of the accused, may, upon not less than ten (10) days' notice to the respondent, if sufficient cause appear from the petition and the affidavits or depositions then filed and presented, order the suspension of the accused from the functions of his office until the determination of the matter, and upon such suspension the court shall immediately appoint some proper and qualified person temporarily to fill said office and perform its duties until such proceedings for removal shall be finally determined, and in the event of the removal of the officer so suspended the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies in such office. |If on the final hearing of the complaint or petition herein, provided the officer is not removed from his office he shall receive the salary allowed him by law during the time of his suspension.Such officer so temporarily appointed shall also in any event receive the same salary as is provided by law to be paid to the officer filling such position.Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 381, § 8, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-99 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-99. Name in which action commenced.

|All actions under the provisions of this act shall be commenced in the name of the State of Oklahoma on the relation of the Attorney General of the state. |Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 381, § 9, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-100 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-100. Attorney General - Powers.

|The Attorney General of the state shall have the power, and he is hereby authorized and directed whenever complaint has been made and the names of witnesses furnished him, or whenever he deems necessary to issue subpoenas for such witnesses so furnished him, and for such other persons as he shall have reason to believe to have any knowledge of the truth of the complaint made, to cause said witnesses to appear before the Attorney General, or any magistrate or notary public, at the time and place in the county of the accused officer's residence, to be designated in the subpoena then and there to testify concerning the subject matter of such investigation. |Each witness shall be sworn to make true answers to all questions propounded to him touching the matter under investigation, and the testimony of each witness shall be reduced to writing and be signed by the witnesses.The Attorney General is hereby authorized and empowered to administer the necessary oaths and affirmations to such witnesses.All witnesses subpoenaed or used by the Attorney General in such special investigation, or upon the hearing of the complaint or petition in the district court, or the Supreme Court, shall be entitled to receive the same per diem and mileage as is allowed witnesses in the district court of the state, said fees to be paid by the Attorney General out of any funds of his office available for such purpose.Any disobedience to such subpoena, or refusal to answer any proper question propounded by the Attorney General at such inquiry shall be a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 381, § 10, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-101. Witnesses.

|No person shall be excused from testifying before said Attorney General, magistrate, or notary public, at any such investigation, or be excused from testifying in any proceeding brought in any court of competent jurisdiction under the provisions of this act, on the ground that his testimony may tend to incriminate him; but no person shall be prosecuted, or subjected to any penalty, or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing, concerning which he may testify or produce evidence; nor shall such testimony be used against him for any crime or misdemeanor under the laws of this state, or in any subsequent civil proceeding against said witness. |Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 382, § 11, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-102. Ouster proceedings for open and notorious violation of penal laws.

|The Attorney General shall have power and is hereby authorized on his own initiative, when he has reason to believe that the gambling or prohibitory liquor laws, or other penal statutes of the state, are being openly and notoriously violated in any county of the state, or subdivision thereof, to institute proceedings in ouster against any and all officers mentioned and included within the terms of this act, whose duties charge them with the enforcement of the laws of this state, as fully as he is hereinbefore authorized to do. |Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 382, § 12, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-103. Jury trial.

|Upon the trial either party shall be entitled to a jury, and if the cause be tried in the Supreme Court of the state the jury shall be drawn and impaneled in the manner now provided by law for drawing and impaneling juries in the Supreme Court of the state, provided, that not more than two jurors from the same county shall serve thereon, and provided further, that in the event of the acquittal of the accused all the costs of the action shall be taxed against the state. |Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 383, § 13, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-104. Evidence on motion to suspend - Taking of depositions.

|The evidence procured by the Attorney General upon the separate investigations and examination of witnesses herein authorized to be made, may be presented by him on the motion to suspend the officer. The Attorney General and the defendant shall have the right to take depositions of witnesses to be used in said action, upon the giving of five days' written notice to the adverse party of the time and particular place when and where such witnesses will be examined, and the name of the officer before whom they will be examined. |Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 383, § 14, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-105. Prima facie evidence.

|Proof that any of the penal statutes of the state which any such officer is enjoined by law to enforce, have been openly and notoriously violated within the jurisdiction of such officer shall be prima facie evidence of willful official misconduct on the part of such officer and unless controverted shall be sufficient ground for suspension or removal under the terms of this act. |Provided, nothing in this act shall relieve the state of the burden of proving the allegations against the accused by a preponderance of the evidence.Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 383, § 15, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
51 OK Stat § 51-121 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-121. Declaration of policy.

|In order to extend to employees of the state and its political subdivisions and of the instrumentalities of either, and to the dependents and survivors of such employees, the basic protection accorded to others by the old-age and survivors insurance system embodied in the Social Security Act, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature, subject to the limitations of this act, that such steps be taken as to provide such protection to employees of the state and local governments on as broad a basis as is permitted under applicable federal law. It is also the policy of the Legislature that the protection afforded employees in positions covered by a retirement system on the date an agreement under this act is made applicable to service performed in such position, or receiving periodic benefits under such retirement system at such time, will not be impaired as a result of making the agreement so applicable or as a result of legislative enactment in anticipation thereof. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 375, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 1949. Amended by Laws 1955, p. 277, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 1955.
51 OK Stat § 51-124 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-124. Contributions by state employees.

|(a) Every employee of the state whose services are covered by an agreement entered into under Section 123 shall be required to pay for the period of such coverage, into the Contribution Fund established by Section 126, contributions, with respect to wages (as defined in Section 122 of this title), equal to the amount of the employee tax which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act if such services constituted employment within the meaning of that Act. Such liability shall arise in consideration of the employee's retention in the service, or his entry upon such service, after the enactment of this act. |(b) The contribution imposed by this section shall be collected by the state by deducting the amount of the contribution from wages as and when paid, but failure to make such deduction shall not relieve the employee from liability for such contribution.(c) If more or less than the correct amount of the contribution imposed by this section is paid or deducted with respect to any remuneration, proper adjustments or refund if adjustment is impracticable shall be made, without interest, in such manner and at such times as the state agency shall prescribe.Added by Laws 1949, p. 377, § 4, emerg. eff. June 1, 1949. Amended by Laws 1955, p. 279, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 1955.
51 OK Stat § 51-127 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-127. Administrative appropriation.

|For the purpose of administering the provisions of this act there is hereby appropriated from any surplus accruing to the credit of the Emergency Appropriation Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, the sum of ____ to be expended by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission to carry out the purposes of this act. The funds herein appropriated shall not be subject to fiscal year limitations and may be contracted or expended at any time within thirty (30) months from passage of this act. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission may create positions, employ necessary personnel and fix the salary of officials and employees required to administer this act. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 379, § 7, emerg. eff. June 1, 1949.
51 OK Stat § 51-128 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-128. Rules and regulations.

|The state agency shall make and publish rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as it finds necessary or appropriate to the efficient administration of the functions with which it is charged under this act. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 380, § 8, emerg. eff. June 1, 1949.
51 OK Stat § 51-129 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-129. Studies and reports.

|The state agency shall make studies concerning the problem of old-age and survivors insurance protection for employees of the state and local governments and their instrumentalities and concerning the operation of agreements made and plans approved under this act and shall submit a report to the legislature at the beginning of each regular session, covering the administration and operation of this act during the preceding calendar year, including such recommendations for amendments to this act as it considers proper. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 380, § 9, emerg. eff. June 1, 1949.
51 OK Stat § 51-130 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-130. Separability.

|If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 380, § 10, emerg. eff. June 1, 1949.
51 OK Stat § 51-131 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-131. Referenda and certification.

|(a) With respect to employees of the state in positions covered by a retirement system established by the state, the Governor is empowered to authorize a referendum upon the question of whether service in positions covered by such retirement system should be excluded from or included under an agreement, or modification thereof, under Section 123 of this title; and, with respect to employees of any political subdivision or instrumentality in positions covered by a retirement system established by the state or by such subdivision or instrumentality, the Governor, upon written request of the governing body of such subdivision or instrumentality, shall authorize a referendum upon the question of whether positions covered by such retirement system should be excluded from or included under a plan submitted by such subdivision or instrumentality under Section 125 of this title. In either case the referendum shall be conducted, and the Governor shall designate an agency or individual to supervise its conduct, in accordance with the requirement of Section 218(d) (3) of the Federal Social Security Act; and the notice of referendum required by said Section 218(d) (3) of the Federal Social Security Act shall contain, or shall be accompanied by, a statement in such form and in such detail as the agency or individual designated by the Governor to conduct such referendum shall deem necessary to inform the eligible employees of the rights which will accrue to them and their dependents and survivors, and the liabilities to which they will be subject, in event their services are included under such an agreement or plan. |(b) Upon receiving evidence satisfactory to him that, with respect to any such referendum, the conditions specified in Section 218(d) (3) of the Federal Social Security Act have been met, the Governor shall so certify to the appropriate federal agency.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as allowing or providing for coverage of services in a policeman's or fireman's position, unless and until the Federal Social Security Act be amended to allow coverage of services in such a position.Added by Laws 1955, p. 282, § 7, emerg. eff. June 6, 1955.
51 OK Stat § 51-132 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-132. Withholding by board of education - Determination of coverage.

|Upon request of any employee, the board of education of the school district by which he is employed may withhold two percent (2%) of the employee's wages paid after December 31, 1954, and, in the event that any such amounts are so withheld from an employee's wages, the board of education shall also set aside an equal amount from school district enrichment funds. All amounts withheld from employees' salaries or set aside from funds of a school district, as provided above, shall be held in a special account by the board of education of such district until it has been determined that the employees of such school district will or will not be covered by the Federal Social Security Program. |If it is determined that the employees of the school district will be covered by the Federal Social Security Program, the board of education of the school district shall forthwith pay, from funds withheld or set aside as hereinbefore provided, to the state agency designated to receive social security contributions of political subdivisions, an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the wages of such employees.If it is determined that the employees of a school district will not be covered by the Federal Social Security Program, or if no determination has been made by December 31, 1957, all amounts withheld from employees' salaries shall forthwith be returned to the employees from whom they are withheld, and the amounts set aside from school district funds shall forthwith be replaced in the General Fund of the school district and made available for financing the appropriations of the district, but shall not be considered as income chargeable to the support of the minimum program of the school district.Added by Laws 1955, p. 282, § 8, emerg. eff. June 6, 1955.
51 OK Stat § 51-151 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-151. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Governmental Tort Claims Act". |Added by Laws 1978, c. 203, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 226, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1985.
51 OK Stat § 51-152 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-152. See the following versions:

|OS 51-152v1 (HB 2508, Laws 2021, c. 12, § 28). |OS 51-152v2 (SB 28, Laws 2021, c. 41, § 1).OS 51-152v3 (SB 967, Laws 2021, c. 241, § 1).
51 OK Stat § 51-152.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-152.1. Sovereign immunity.

|A. The State of Oklahoma does hereby adopt the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The state, its political subdivisions, and all of their employees acting within the scope of their employment, whether performing governmental or proprietary functions, shall be immune from liability for torts. |B. The state, only to the extent and in the manner provided in this act, waives its immunity and that of its political subdivisions. In so waiving immunity, it is not the intent of the state to waive any rights under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.Added by Laws 1984, c. 226, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1985.