Okla. Stat. tit. 20 § 1651

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 1651 - Public policy

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state:

1. To afford a means for efficiently and impartially investigating complaints by any person concerning the conduct of persons occupying positions subject to the jurisdiction of the Court on the Judiciary;

2. To provide an agency which can determine whether such complaints should:

a. be made the subject of action before the Court on the Judiciary for the purpose of removal, reprimand, or admonition, or

b. be dismissed;

3. To provide means for procuring necessary information to enable the agency to perform its functions, including the power to issue and enforce subpoenas to testify or to produce tangible evidentiary materials; and

4. To better the administration of justice in this state through the means enumerated in Sections 1651 through 1662 of this title.

Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 1651

Laws 1974, SB 480, c. 251, § 1, emerg. eff. 5/23/1974; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1588, c. 239, § 9, emerg. eff. 7/1/1997; Amended by Laws 1998 , HB 3068, c. 368, §1, emerg. eff. 7/1/1998; Amended by Laws 1999, SB 726, c. 423. §1, emerg. eff. 6/10/1999.