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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.16. Educational records and materials - Confidentiality.

A. Except as set forth in subsection B of this section, public educational institutions and their employees may keep confidential:
1. Individual student records;
2. Teacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching material; and
3. Personal communications concerning individual students.
B. If kept, statistical information not identified with a particular student and directory information shall be open for inspection and copying. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, each educational institution may choose to designate specific information which shall be classified as directory information for students attending the educational institution. In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and Part 99 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, "directory information" includes a student's name, address, telephone listing, date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, and the most recent previous educational institution attended by the student. Any educational agency or institution making public directory information shall give public notice of the categories of information which it has designated as directory information with respect to each student attending the institution or agency and shall allow a reasonable period of time after the notice has been given for a parent to inform the institution or agency that any or all of the information designated should not be released without prior consent of the parent or guardian or the student if the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
C. All educational agencies or institutions which are not the primary custodians of student directory information of students attending the educational institution, but which are allowed to access the information for educational purposes, shall be prohibited from releasing or selling any or all student directory information unless disclosure is authorized by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and Part 99 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or Section 3-168 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. A public school district may release individual student records for the current or previous school year to a school district at which the student was previously enrolled for purposes of evaluating educational programs and school effectiveness.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 355, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 116, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1986; Laws 2003, c. 430, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2021, c. 451, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.16a. Higher education – Donor or prospective donor information – Confidentiality.

Institutions or agencies of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education may keep confidential all information pertaining to donors and prospective donors to or for the benefit of the institutions or agencies.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 170, § 2, emerg. eff. May 31, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.17. Violations - Penalties - Civil liability.

A. Any public official who willfully violates any provision of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Any person denied access to records of a public body or public official:
1. May bring a civil suit for declarative or injunctive relief, or both, but such civil suit shall be limited to records requested and denied prior to filing of the civil suit; and
2. If successful, shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees.
C. If the public body or public official successfully defends a civil suit and the court finds that the suit was clearly frivolous, the public body or public official shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees.
D. A public body or public official shall not be civilly liable for damages for providing access to records as allowed under the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 355, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 199, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.18. Additional recordkeeping not required.

Except as may be required in Section 24A.4 of this title, this act does not impose any additional recordkeeping requirements on public bodies or public officials.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 355, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 199, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.19. Research records - Confidentiality.

In addition to other records that a public body may keep confidential pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, a public body may keep confidential:
1. Any information related to research, the disclosure of which could affect the conduct or outcome of the research, the ability to patent or copyright the research, or any other proprietary rights any entity may have in the research or the results of the research including, but not limited to, trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from an entity financing or cooperating in the research, research protocols, and research notes, data, results, or other writings about the research; and
2. The specific terms and conditions of any license or other commercialization agreement relating to state owned or controlled technology or the development, transfer, or commercialization of the technology. Any other information relating to state owned or controlled technology or the development, transfer, or commercialization of the technology which, if disclosed, will adversely affect or give other persons or entities an advantage over public bodies in negotiating terms and conditions for the development, transfer, or commercialization of the technology. However, institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall:
a.
report to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education as requested, on forms provided by the Regents, research activities funded by external entities or the institutions, the results of which have generated new intellectual property, and
b.
report to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education annually on forms provided:
(1)
expenditures for research and development supported by the institution,
(2)
any financial relationships between the institution and private business entities,
(3)
any acquisition of an equity interest by the institution in a private business,
(4)
the receipt of royalty or other income related to the sale of products, processes, or ideas by the institution or a private business entity with which the institution has established a financial arrangement,
(5)
the gains or losses upon the sale or other disposition of equity interests in private business entities, and
(6)
any other information regarding technology transfer required by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
The reports required in subparagraphs a and b of this paragraph shall not be deemed confidential and shall be subject to full disclosure pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 68, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 287, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.20. Records in litigation or investigation file - Access.

Access to records which, under the Oklahoma Open Records Act, would otherwise be available for public inspection and copying, shall not be denied because a public body or public official is using or has taken possession of such records for investigatory purposes or has placed the records in a litigation or investigation file. However, a law enforcement agency may deny access to a copy of such a record in an investigative file if the record or a true and complete copy thereof is available for public inspection and copying at another public body.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 187, § 7, emerg. eff. June 6, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.21. Increment district reports - Exemption from copying fees.

The fees that may be charged by a public body pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 3 of Section 24A.5 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be charged when a state agency or taxing entity located within the boundaries of any district created pursuant to the provisions of the Local Development Act request a copy of the reports required by subsections A and B of Section 18 of this act.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 342, § 21.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.22. Public utilities - Confidential books, records and trade secrets.

A. The Corporation Commission shall keep confidential those records of a public utility, its affiliates, suppliers and customers which the Commission determines are confidential books and records or trade secrets.
B. As used in this section, "public utility" means any entity regulated by the Corporation Commission, owning or operating for compensation in this state equipment or facilities for:
1. Producing, generating, transmitting, distributing, selling or furnishing electricity;
2. The conveyance, transmission, or reception of communication over a telephone system; or
3. Transmitting directly or indirectly or distributing combustible hydrocarbon natural or synthetic natural gas for sale to the public.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 315, § 12, eff. July 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.23. Department of Wildlife Conservation - Confidentiality of information relating to hunting and fishing licenses – Exceptions – Disclosure of antler descriptions.

A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall keep confidential the information provided by persons, including the name and address of the person, applying for or holding any permit or license issued by the Department, to the extent the information individually identifies the person. The Department may use the information for Department purposes or allow the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to use the information for survey purposes only. The Department shall allow any public body to have access to the information for purposes specifically related to the public body's function.
B. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to information provided by persons applying for or holding a commercial hunting or fishing license.
C. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to information voluntarily provided by persons for promotional purposes by the Department.
D. Based upon the information required to be submitted through the electronic game harvest check system for harvested deer, the Department shall publicly disclose, in a timely manner, online or in published listings, by county of harvest, an antler description of each deer harvested and the name of the hunter who harvested the deer. The hunter shall be allowed to choose when entering the harvest information whether or not the name of the hunter is released. The Department shall not release the name of the hunter if the hunter elects not to release that information.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 32, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 288, § 2, emerg. eff. May 15, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.24. Office of Juvenile System Oversight - Confidentiality of investigatory records and notes.

Unless otherwise provided by law, the Office of Juvenile System Oversight may keep its investigatory records and notes confidential, unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to disclose the information.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 247, § 42, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.25. Order of court for removal of materials from public record.

Any order of the court for removal of materials from the public record shall require compliance with the provisions of paragraphs 2 through 7 of subsection C of Section 3226 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2000, c. 172, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.26. Intergovernmental self-insurance pools.

An intergovernmental self-insurance pool may keep confidential proprietary information, such as actuarial reports, underwriting calculations, rating information, records received from risk pool participants that can otherwise be obtained from risk pool participants and records that are created based on conclusions of such information that are developed through the operation of the intergovernmental self-insurance pool.
Added by Laws 2000, c. 226, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2000. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 18, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 24A.25 of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.27. Vulnerability assessments of critical assets in water and wastewater systems.

A. Any state environmental agency or public utility shall keep confidential vulnerability assessments of critical assets in both water and wastewater systems. State environmental agencies or public utilities may use the information for internal purposes or allow the information to be used for survey purposes only. The state environmental agencies or public utilities shall allow any public body to have access to the information for purposes specifically related to the public bodies function.
B. For purposes of this section:
1. “State environmental agencies” includes the:
a.
Oklahoma Water Resources Board,
b.
Oklahoma Corporation Commission,
c.
State Department of Agriculture,
d.
Oklahoma Conservation Commission,
e.
Department of Wildlife Conservation,
f.
Department of Mines, and
g.
Department of Environmental Quality;
2. “Public Utility” means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation or any combination thereof, municipal corporations or their lessees, trustees and receivers, owning or operating for compensation in this state equipment or facilities for:
a.
producing, generating, transmitting, distributing, selling or furnishing electricity,
b.
the conveyance, transmission, reception or communications over a telephone system,
c.
transmitting directly or indirectly or distributing combustible hydrocarbon natural or synthetic natural gas for sale to the public, or
d.
the transportation, delivery or furnishing of water for domestic purposes or for power.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 166, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.30. Court records – Confidentiality – Sealed records – Order requirement.

All court records, as defined by Section 32.1 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be considered public records and shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, unless otherwise identified by statute to be confidential. If confidentiality is not required by statute, the court may seal a record or portion of a record only if a compelling privacy interest exists which outweighs the public's interest in the record. In all cases where the court is sealing a record or portion of a record, the court shall enter an order which shall be public and shall:
1. Make findings of fact which identify the facts which the court relied upon in entering its order;
2. Make conclusions of law specific enough so that the public is aware of the legal basis for the sealing of the record;
3. Utilize the least restrictive means for achieving confidentiality; and
4. Be narrowly tailored so that only the portions of the record subject to confidentiality are sealed and the remainder of the record is kept open.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 87, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.31. Confidential Wine Shipment Reports.

Reports produced according to the provisions established in Section 3-106 of Title 37A of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be known as "Confidential Wine Shipment Reports", and may be kept confidential by a public body.
Added by Laws 2018, c. 113, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.32. Confidential multidisciplinary child abuse reports or elderly and vulnerable adult abuse reports.

Any reports produced or information received by the multidisciplinary child abuse team established according to the provisions in Section 1-9-102 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or the multidisciplinary elderly and vulnerable adult abuse team established according to the provisions in Section 2 of this act, shall be confidential and may be kept confidential by the team.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 81, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 123, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-24A.33. Contact information for people or entities responsible for property.

Any contact information of persons or entities responsible for emergency contracts and property maintenance for property and the names of persons or entities in this state authorized to receive notice and service of process for property outlined in Section 22-110.1 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be kept confidential by the requesting municipal governments.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 403, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-36.1. Persons required to take oath or affirmation.

Every officer and employee of the State of Oklahoma, or of a county, school district, municipality, public agency, public authority, or public district thereof, who, on or after July 1, 1953, is appointed or elected to office, or who after said date is employed, for a continuous period of thirty (30) days or more, in order to qualify and enter upon the duties of his office or employment and/or receive compensation, if any, therefor, shall first take and subscribe to the loyalty oath or affirmation required by this act and file the same as hereinafter set forth. Provided, that a public employee who is employed or whose employment is extended on a fiscal year basis and who has duly taken and filed the oath required by this act in order to qualify for and enter upon, or continue in, the duties of his employment, need not again take and file such an oath so long as his said employment, or reemployment is continuous or consecutive.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 216, § 1, emerg. eff. April 8, 1953.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-36.2A. Form of loyalty oath or affirmation.

The oath or affirmation required by this act, same being cumulative to the oath of office required by Section 1 of Article XV of the Oklahoma Constitution, shall be as follows:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America and the Constitution and the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and that I will faithfully discharge, according to the best of my ability, the duties of my office or employment during such time as I am _______ __________________________________________________________________
(Here put name of office, or, if an employee, insert “An Employee Of _____________” followed by the complete designation of the employing officer, agency, authority, commission, department or institution.)
___________________________
Affiant
Subscribed and sworn to before me this __ day of _______, ___.
_________________________________
Notary Public, or other officer authorized to administer oaths or affirmations.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 260, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 1968. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 408, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-36.3. Filing oath or affirmation - Blanks.

A. The oath or affirmation required by Section 36.2A of this title and taken and subscribed to by:
1. Every state officer shall be filed with the Secretary of State;
2. Every state employee shall be filed with the personnel officer of the state entity employing the state employee;
3. All other officers shall be filed with the office of the county clerk of the county of official residence of the officer;
4. All other employees shall be filed with the office of the county clerk of the county in which the entity employing the employee is located; and
5. Every notary public shall be filed with the office of the Secretary of State.
B. No fee shall be charged for the filings or for the administration of the oaths or affirmation.
C. Blank oath forms will be furnished, without charge, by the Secretary of State to such officers and employees upon request.
D. The provisions of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of subsection A of this section shall not apply to municipal officers and employees or school district officers and employees. All oaths or affirmations of municipal officers or employees or school district officers or employees shall be filed in the office of the municipal clerk of the municipality or in the office of the school clerk of the school district for which the officer or employee serves or by which the officer or employee is employed.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 217, § 3, emerg. eff. April 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 75, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 65, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 406, § 19, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 447, § 7, emerg. eff. June 4, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 1, § 81, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005.
NOTE: Laws 2004, c. 101, § 3 repealed by Laws 2005, c. 1, § 82, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-36.4. Payment of compensation or expenses - Notice - Duty of certifying officer.

No compensation or reimbursement for expenses earned or incurred on or after July 1, 1953, shall be paid to any public officer or employee by any public agency unless and until he has taken and filed the oath or affirmation required by this act. Said public officer or employee, if his name is to appear on a public payroll claim, and who is not the certifying officer thereof, shall immediately, after he takes and files his oath or affirmation, notify, in writing, said certifying officer that he has taken and filed his said oath of affirmation and the date of such filing. It shall be the duty of the person certifying to said payroll to certify thereon that he has taken and filed said oath or affirmation and that every other officer or employee whose name appears on the payroll has notified him in writing that he has taken and filed the same.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 217, § 4, emerg. eff. April 8, 1953.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-36.5. False oath or affirmation.

Every public officer or employee who, in taking and subscribing to the oath or affirmation required by this act, states as true any material matter which he knows to be false, shall be guilty of the felony of perjury, and upon conviction be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one (1) year nor more than fourteen (14) years, and in addition thereto, the person shall forfeit any public office or employment held by the person.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 217, § 5, emerg. eff. April 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 487, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 352, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 487 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-36.6. Violation of oath or affirmation.

Every public officer or employee having taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this act and having entered upon the duties of his office or employment, who, while holding his office or while being so employed, advocates by the medium of teaching, or justifies, directly or indirectly, or becomes a member of or affiliated with the Communist Party or the Cominform, or with any party or organization, political or otherwise, known by him to advocate by the medium of teaching, or justify, directly or indirectly, revolution, sedition, treason or a program of sabotage, or the overthrow of the government of the United States or of the State of Oklahoma or a change in the form of government thereof by force, violence, or other unlawful means, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one (1) year nor more than fourteen (14) years; and in addition thereto, the person shall forfeit his or her office or employment.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 218, § 6, emerg. eff. April 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 488, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 353, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 488 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-51. Liability to impeachment - Grounds for impeachment.

The Governor and other elective state officers, including the Justices of the Supreme Court, shall be liable and subject to impeachment for willful neglect of duty, corruption in office, habitual drunkenness, incompetency, or any offense involving moral turpitude committed while in office.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 1, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-52. Presiding officer of court of impeachment - Presentation of impeachment.

When sitting as a court of impeachment, the Senate shall be presided over by the Chief Justice, or if he is absent or disqualified, then one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, to be selected by it, except in cases where all the members of said Court are absent or disqualified, or in cases of impeachment of any Justice of the Supreme Court, then the Senate shall elect one of its own members as a presiding officer for such purpose. The House of Representatives shall present all impeachments.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 2, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-53. Oath - Concurrence of Senators.

When the Senate is sitting as a court of impeachment the Senators shall be on oath or affirmation, impartially to try the party impeached, and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of the Senators present.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 3, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-55. Impeachment defined.

An impeachment is the prosecution, by the House of Representatives, before the Senate, of the Governor or other elective state officer, under the Constitution, for willful neglect of duty, corruption in office, drunkenness, incompetency, or any offense involving moral turpitude committed while in office.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 5, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-58. Prosecution of impeachment - Board of managers.

When the articles of impeachment have been approved by the House of Representatives, and an impeachment ordered, a board of managers shall be appointed by the House of Representatives, of its own members, to prosecute it, whose chairman, within five (5) days, shall lay the same before the Senate.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 8, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-59. Court of impeachment - Organization.

When articles of impeachment shall be presented to the Senate, the Senate shall within ten (10) days thereafter organize as a court of impeachment, and may for the purpose of conducting the business of such court, appoint a clerk, who may be the secretary of the Senate. The clerk shall issue all process and keep a record of the proceedings of such court. The said court shall also appoint a marshal and an assistant marshal who shall be its executive officers. It may employ such stenographic, clerical and other help as may be required.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 9, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-60. Hearing and summons.

The Senate, when sitting as a court of impeachment, shall appoint a day for hearing the impeachment, and the accused shall be required by a summons by the clerk to appear on that day. The summons shall be served by delivering a copy of the same and of the articles of impeachment to the accused, in person if to be found, or by leaving the copies at his residence with some member of his family over sixteen (16) years of age.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 10, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-61. Witness - Evidence - Process.

The clerk of such court, at the request of the chairman of the Board of Managers, or of the accused, shall issue subpoena for witnesses, and for the production of books or papers, and in case of disobedience of any such process, the court may order its clerk to issue process for the arrest of such witness or for the seizure of books or papers. All process shall be served or executed by the marshal or his assistant, or by any sheriff or deputy in the several counties of the state.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 11, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-62. Powers of court of impeachment - Orders and judgments - Power to enforce.

The Senate sitting as a court of impeachment shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, to enforce obedience to its orders, mandates, writs, precepts and judgments to preserve order, and to punish in a summary way contempts of and disobedience to its authority, orders, mandates, writs, process, precepts and judgments, and to make all orders, rules and regulations which it may deem essential or necessary for the orderly transaction of its business.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 12, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-63. Fees for witnesses and executions of processes.

Witnesses shall have the same compensation for travel and attendance, and the same exemptions in going, remaining and returning, as witnesses in the district court; and officers executing the process and orders of the Senate when sitting as a court of impeachment shall have the same fees as are allowed sheriffs for like services in the district court.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 13, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-64. Oath.

Before the Senate shall proceed to consider the articles of impeachment, it shall organize itself into a court of impeachment, as provided herein, and every Senator present shall take the following oath or affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully and impartially try the impeachment against A. B., and do justice according to the law and the evidence."
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 14, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-66. Costs - How paid - Cost of accused if acquitted.

If the accused is acquitted, he shall be entitled to his costs, to be taxed by the clerk and paid by the House of Representatives out of any funds available for paying the per diem and expenses of the members of the Legislature, and if convicted, he shall pay the costs, unless the Senate as a court of impeachment otherwise directs.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 16, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-68. Trial after adjournment - Per diem of Senators - How paid.

In case the court of impeachment shall sit and hold its sessions after the Legislature has adjourned, the Senators composing such court and the managers representing the House of Representatives shall be paid the same per diem and mileage as is prescribed for members of the Legislature when convened in regular session. The clerk, marshal, stenographers, and other employees shall receive the same compensation as is prescribed for like officers and employees in the Senate. The members, officers and employees of the court shall be paid upon certificates signed by the presiding Justice of the court, attested by its clerk.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 18, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-69. Managers of trial - Powers of after-adjournment trial.

If the Senate shall sit as a court of impeachment after the adjournment of the House of Representatives, the managers appointed by the House to present and prosecute any impeachment proceedings shall have full power and authority after such adjournment to carry on and conduct such prosecution, and may appoint such stenographic or clerical assistants as may be required.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 19, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-70. Expenses - How paid.

All expenses of any impeachment proceedings, after the Legislature shall have adjourned, shall be paid out of any legislative appropriation made for the payment of the per diem and expenses of any such Legislature, and shall be approved by the presiding Justice of the court and attested by its clerk; provided, that before any such claim shall be allowed against any said appropriation, the person making the claim must first make and submit an affidavit that such services have been actually rendered, or such expenses incurred, under the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 20, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-71. Procedure - Vote - Records.

The Senate, when sitting as a court of impeachment, shall have power to prescribe and adopt such rules of procedure as it may deem expedient for the orderly trial of the impeachment cases. When an accused person has been placed upon trial and the case is ready to be submitted to the Senators, sitting as members of a court of impeachment, for their decision, the roll of the members shall be called in open session upon each separate charge or count, contained in the articles of impeachment. Each Senator, when his name is called shall, if in his judgment the particular charge submitted has been proven, vote "yea" otherwise he shall vote "nay" which yea and nay vote shall be recorded in the journal of the court. If two-thirds (2/3) of the Senators present shall vote yea upon any charge or count contained in the article of impeachment, the accused shall be adjudged guilty, and the judgment of the court shall be that he be removed from office. The proceedings of the court of impeachment shall be recorded by the clerk in a record kept for such purpose, when any case is finally concluded the record shall be signed by the presiding Justice or presiding officer, attested by the clerk and by him filed in the office of the Secretary of State as a permanent record.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 21, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 51. Officers › §51-91. Officers subject to removal.

All state officers not subject to impeachment under Section 1, Article 8 of the Constitution, and all county, city and municipal officers may, in addition to the methods now and causes provided by law, be removed from office as herein provided.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 379, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1917.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.