Oklahoma § 20-1651 - Public policy

§ 20-1651. Public policy

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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 20. Courts

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.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 251, § 1, emerg. eff. May 23, 1974. Amended

by Laws 1997, c. 239, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 368, §

1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 423, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10,

1999.