Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-4-106
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Enforcement of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control
Official statutory text
Act.
All sheriffs, marshals and police officers, all district and
city or town attorneys and all employees of the ABLE Commission,
shall diligently enforce all provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act. If any such person shall fail or refuse to do
or perform any duty required by the provisions of such statutes, he
or she shall be removed from office as hereinafter provided. In all
cases where any sheriff, marshal, police officer, district or city
or town attorney shall fail or refuse to perform any such duty, a
petition shall be filed in the district court of the county wherein
such person resides, in the name of the state, upon the
recommendation of a grand jury or on the relation of the board of
county commissioners or of any attorney appointed by the Governor
under the provisions of applicable statutes. In all cases where an
employee of the ABLE Commission fails to perform any duty imposed
upon him or her, such failure shall constitute cause for the
termination of any such employee as provided by law. The Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation and the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control shall also have enforcement
authority for the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act with the power to initiate complaints with the ABLE
Commission and by filing charges, if appropriate, with the district
attorney in the county where the violation occurred.
All sheriffs, marshals and police officers, all district and
city or town attorneys and all employees of the ABLE Commission,
shall diligently enforce all provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act. If any such person shall fail or refuse to do
or perform any duty required by the provisions of such statutes, he
or she shall be removed from office as hereinafter provided. In all
cases where any sheriff, marshal, police officer, district or city
or town attorney shall fail or refuse to perform any such duty, a
petition shall be filed in the district court of the county wherein
such person resides, in the name of the state, upon the
recommendation of a grand jury or on the relation of the board of
county commissioners or of any attorney appointed by the Governor
under the provisions of applicable statutes. In all cases where an
employee of the ABLE Commission fails to perform any duty imposed
upon him or her, such failure shall constitute cause for the
termination of any such employee as provided by law. The Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation and the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control shall also have enforcement
authority for the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act with the power to initiate complaints with the ABLE
Commission and by filing charges, if appropriate, with the district
attorney in the county where the violation occurred.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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