2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 20. Courts
§20-1659. Filing of petition invoking jurisdiction of Court on the Judiciary.
In the event the Council on Judicial Complaints finds that the complaint should be made the subject of proceedings before the Court on the Judiciary, it shall forward all papers concerning the same, together with its findings, to either the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice thereof, the Governor, the Attorney General, the Executive Secretary of the Oklahoma Bar Association, or the House of Representatives, who shall promptly file a petition invoking the jurisdiction of the trial division of the Court on the Judiciary in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 4 of Article 7-A of the Constitution of Oklahoma; provided, however, filing by the Executive Secretary of the Oklahoma Bar Association shall be at the direction of the majority of the members of the Executive Council or by resolution of the House of Delegates of the Oklahoma Bar Association. Thereafter, the matter shall proceed in accordance with the applicable constitutional provisions, statutes, and rules of the Court on the Judiciary.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 251, § 9, emerg. eff. May 23, 1974. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 368, § 8, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 423, § 7, emerg. eff. June 10, 1999.
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