Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-36.1
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Persons required to take oath or affirmation
Official statutory text
Every officer and employee of the State of Oklahoma, or of a
county, school district, municipality, public agency, public
authority, or public district thereof, who, on or after July 1,
1953, is appointed or elected to office, or who after said date is
employed, for a continuous period of thirty (30) days or more, in
order to qualify and enter upon the duties of his office or
employment and/or receive compensation, if any, therefor, shall
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first take and subscribe to the loyalty oath or affirmation required
by this act and file the same as hereinafter set forth. Provided,
that a public employee who is employed or whose employment is
extended on a fiscal year basis and who has duly taken and filed the
oath required by this act in order to qualify for and enter upon, or
continue in, the duties of his employment, need not again take and
file such an oath so long as his said employment, or reemployment is
continuous or consecutive.
county, school district, municipality, public agency, public
authority, or public district thereof, who, on or after July 1,
1953, is appointed or elected to office, or who after said date is
employed, for a continuous period of thirty (30) days or more, in
order to qualify and enter upon the duties of his office or
employment and/or receive compensation, if any, therefor, shall
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 51. Officers Page 58
first take and subscribe to the loyalty oath or affirmation required
by this act and file the same as hereinafter set forth. Provided,
that a public employee who is employed or whose employment is
extended on a fiscal year basis and who has duly taken and filed the
oath required by this act in order to qualify for and enter upon, or
continue in, the duties of his employment, need not again take and
file such an oath so long as his said employment, or reemployment is
continuous or consecutive.
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