Okla. Stat. tit. 44, § 44-71
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Duty to attend assembly - Refusal of employer to permit
Official statutory text
attendance - Drills, exercises, etc.
It shall be the duty of each commissioned officer and enlisted
person of the Oklahoma National Guard to be present and perform all
the duties required of him or her at each assembly for drill and
instruction, encampment, maneuvers or other exercises, unless
regularly excused by competent authority. Any employer who refuses
to permit an employee who may be a member of the National Guard of
this state to attend any drill, ceremony, exercise, or any duty
which he or she may be legally called upon to perform shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more
than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment for not less
than ten (10) days, nor more than sixty (60) days in the county
jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
It shall be the duty of each commissioned officer and enlisted
person of the Oklahoma National Guard to be present and perform all
the duties required of him or her at each assembly for drill and
instruction, encampment, maneuvers or other exercises, unless
regularly excused by competent authority. Any employer who refuses
to permit an employee who may be a member of the National Guard of
this state to attend any drill, ceremony, exercise, or any duty
which he or she may be legally called upon to perform shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more
than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment for not less
than ten (10) days, nor more than sixty (60) days in the county
jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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