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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 944 By: Taylor of the Senate
and
Martinez of the House
An Act relating to the Corporation Commission ;
providing that certain employees be in the
unclassified service; providing tha t certain
appointees be in the unclassified service; providing
option to remain classified to certain employees;
requiring certain elections be in writing; providing
for codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 40.2 of Title 17, unless there
is created a duplication in numberi ng, reads as follows:
Any employee hired by the Corporation Commission on or after the
effective date of this act shall be in the unclassified service
unless the position is required to be subject to merit protections
as required by a federal program admin istered by the Oklahoma
Corporation Commission.
1. All future appointees to positions not required to be
subject to merit protections as required by a federal program
administered by the Commission shall be in the unclassified service .
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2. In accordance with existing law, any classified employee who
is serving in a posi tion on the effective date of the removal of the
position from classified service and placement into the unclassified
service shall have the option of retaining the employee ’s classified
status. If the employee chooses to remain in the classified
service, the position occupied by the employee shall remain in the
classified service until the employee either vacates the position or
elects unclassified status in writing. All future appointees to
such positions shall be in the unclassified service .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
Passed the Senate the 8th day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives