Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-203.3

Duties and compensation - Equal opportunity plan - Law enforcement

division - Surety bond.

A. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission shall appoint an

executive director who shall have the same qualifications as a

member of the Commission. The qualification regarding the residency

requirement for Commission members shall not apply to the executive

director. The executive director shall have experience in the horse

racing industry of a character and for a length of time sufficient,

in the opinion of the Commission, to fulfill the duties required of

the executive director. The Commission shall determine the duties

and compensation of the executive director.

B. The executive director shall recommend to the Commission the

administrative organization and the number and qualifications of

employees necessary without regard to race, color, gender, creed or

national origin, to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse

Racing Act. A written equal opportunity plan will be developed for

the Commission, by the executive director as part of the

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organizational plan. Upon approval of the organizational plan by

the Commission, the executive director may employ such persons as

are deemed necessary to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma

Horse Racing Act.

C. 1. The organizational plan adopted by the Commission shall

provide for a law enforcement division which shall have the

responsibility for conducting investigations relating to the proper

conduct of horse racing and the pari-mutuel system of wagering

including but not limited to barring undesirables from horse racing,

undercover investigations, fingerprinting persons licensed by the

Commission, and reviewing license applications. The person in

charge of the law enforcement division shall be a professional law

enforcement officer with a minimum of five (5) years of experience

in the field of law enforcement and a graduate of a four-year

college with a degree in law enforcement administration, law,

criminology or a related science, or in lieu thereof a minimum of

ten (10) years of experience in the field of law enforcement.

2. The officers and agents of the law enforcement division of

the Commission, and such other employees as the person in charge of

said division shall designate to perform duties in the investigation

and prevention of crime and the enforcement of the criminal laws of

the state, shall have and exercise all the powers and authority of

peace officers, including the right and power of search and seizure.

3. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall provide

such information within its possession as is requested by the law

enforcement division of the Commission for the purpose of reviewing

license applications.

4. If upon investigation by the Commission there is substantial

evidence indicating that the security at any track is not

satisfactory, the Commission may order the organization licensee to

remedy the deficiency. If after ten (10) days following the order

the organization licensee has not remedied the deficiency, the

Commission may institute its own security personnel program until

the deficiency in security is remedied, and may charge the

organization licensee the actual costs incurred for said security.

The organization licensee may petition the Commission for a hearing

at any time to review the necessity of the Commission further

maintaining its own security personnel.

5. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to

restrict or prohibit any federal, state, or local law enforcement

officer from performing any duties imposed upon the law enforcement

officer by law.

6. The executive director is authorized to purchase and

maintain motor vehicles, to authorize the purchase and issuance of

uniforms for all law enforcement officers within the law enforcement

division of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission and to purchase and
ibit any federal, state, or local law enforcement

officer from performing any duties imposed upon the law enforcement

officer by law.

6. The executive director is authorized to purchase and

maintain motor vehicles, to authorize the purchase and issuance of

uniforms for all law enforcement officers within the law enforcement

division of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission and to purchase and

issue necessary equipment for all employees of the Commission. All

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uniforms and equipment shall be used only in the performance of the

official duties of the law enforcement officers and other personnel

of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission as designated by the

executive director and shall remain the property of the Oklahoma

Horse Racing Commission.

D. The executive director shall obtain a surety bond in the

amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) before entering

into the duties of the office. The surety bond shall be conditioned

upon the faithful performance of the duties of the executive

director and the proper accounting of all moneys and property

received by the executive director by virtue of the office. The

cost of the surety bond shall be paid by the Commission.