Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-1-111
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State officers and employees - Involvement in alcoholic
Official statutory text
beverage business - State lodges.
A. Employees of the State of Oklahoma and its political
subdivisions are hereby permitted to obtain licenses from the ABLE
Commission and to be involved in the alcoholic beverage business
unless such involvement and licensing is prohibited by law.
B. The following officers and employees of the State of
Oklahoma and its political subdivisions are hereby prohibited from
engaging in the alcoholic beverage business:
1. All judges, district attorneys, assistant district attorneys
and any public official who sits in a judicial capacity with
jurisdiction over the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act;
2. With the exception of those peace officers who are working
as off-duty security, all employees certified as peace officers
engaging in law enforcement activities; and
3. All employees of the Oklahoma Tax Commission who engage in
the auditing, enforcement and collection of alcoholic beverage
taxes.
C. The holding of membership or elective or appointed office in
fraternal organizations which obtain mixed beverage or bottle club
licenses by employees of the state or a political subdivision shall
not be considered to be engagement in the alcoholic beverage
business.
D. If the voters of a county in which a state lodge is located
approve sale of alcoholic beverages by the individual drink for on-
premises consumption, then such sale of alcoholic beverages on the
premises of such lodge shall be authorized if a license for such
sale, issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act, is obtained. Provided, further, that a bottle
club may be licensed on the premises of a state lodge located in a
county where sale of alcoholic beverages by the individual drink for
on-premises consumption is not authorized.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 37a. Alcoholic Beverages Page 25
E. The provisions of subsection D of this section shall not
prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the state from
leasing a public building or facility to a person who obtains a
mixed beverage license, bottle club license, special event license,
contracts for the services of a licensed caterer or subleases the
building or facility to a person who obtains a mixed beverage
license, bottle club license, special event license or contracts for
the services of a licensed caterer.
F. Provided, that nothing in this section shall prohibit the
sale of alcoholic beverages legally confiscated as provided by law.
A. Employees of the State of Oklahoma and its political
subdivisions are hereby permitted to obtain licenses from the ABLE
Commission and to be involved in the alcoholic beverage business
unless such involvement and licensing is prohibited by law.
B. The following officers and employees of the State of
Oklahoma and its political subdivisions are hereby prohibited from
engaging in the alcoholic beverage business:
1. All judges, district attorneys, assistant district attorneys
and any public official who sits in a judicial capacity with
jurisdiction over the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act;
2. With the exception of those peace officers who are working
as off-duty security, all employees certified as peace officers
engaging in law enforcement activities; and
3. All employees of the Oklahoma Tax Commission who engage in
the auditing, enforcement and collection of alcoholic beverage
taxes.
C. The holding of membership or elective or appointed office in
fraternal organizations which obtain mixed beverage or bottle club
licenses by employees of the state or a political subdivision shall
not be considered to be engagement in the alcoholic beverage
business.
D. If the voters of a county in which a state lodge is located
approve sale of alcoholic beverages by the individual drink for on-
premises consumption, then such sale of alcoholic beverages on the
premises of such lodge shall be authorized if a license for such
sale, issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act, is obtained. Provided, further, that a bottle
club may be licensed on the premises of a state lodge located in a
county where sale of alcoholic beverages by the individual drink for
on-premises consumption is not authorized.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 37a. Alcoholic Beverages Page 25
E. The provisions of subsection D of this section shall not
prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the state from
leasing a public building or facility to a person who obtains a
mixed beverage license, bottle club license, special event license,
contracts for the services of a licensed caterer or subleases the
building or facility to a person who obtains a mixed beverage
license, bottle club license, special event license or contracts for
the services of a licensed caterer.
F. Provided, that nothing in this section shall prohibit the
sale of alcoholic beverages legally confiscated as provided by law.
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