2022 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74. State Government
§74-840-1.7. Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission – Transfer to Human Capital Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

A. The Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission shall continue until December 31, 2022. Whenever the terms "Ethics and Merit Commission", "Special Counsel of the Ethics and Merit Commission", or the "Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission" appear in the Oklahoma Statutes, they shall mean the Human Capital Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

B. Any funds appropriated to, in the possession of, or allocated to the Commission shall be deemed to be funds of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

C. Upon request of the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the personnel of the Commission shall deliver to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services all books, papers, records, and property of the Commission.

D. All functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously assigned to the Commission are hereby transferred to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

E. All rules, regulations, acts, orders, determinations, and decisions of the Commission pertaining to the functions and powers herein transferred and assigned to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in force at the time of such transfer, assignment, assumption, or devolution shall continue in force and effect as rules, regulations, acts, orders, determinations, and decisions of the Commission until duly modified or abrogated by the appropriate body or until otherwise provided by law.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 22, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 178, § 72, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 158, § 10, operative July 1, 1986. Renumbered from § 841.1 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 206, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2022; Laws 2022, c. 243, § 5, emerg. eff. May 11, 2022.