Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-360
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Coercing political participation of state employees
Official statutory text
No public employee or public official, as defined in Section 304
of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall directly or indirectly
coerce, attempt to coerce, command, advise or direct any state
employee to pay, lend or contribute any part of his or her salary or
compensation, time, effort or anything else of value to any party,
committee, organization, agency or person for political purposes.
No public employee or official shall retaliate against any employee
for exercising his or her rights or for not participating in
permitted political activities as provided in Ethics Commission Rule
10-1-4. Any person convicted of willfully violating the provisions
of this section shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and
shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not more than Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by both
said fine and imprisonment.
of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall directly or indirectly
coerce, attempt to coerce, command, advise or direct any state
employee to pay, lend or contribute any part of his or her salary or
compensation, time, effort or anything else of value to any party,
committee, organization, agency or person for political purposes.
No public employee or official shall retaliate against any employee
for exercising his or her rights or for not participating in
permitted political activities as provided in Ethics Commission Rule
10-1-4. Any person convicted of willfully violating the provisions
of this section shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and
shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not more than Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by both
said fine and imprisonment.
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