Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-98
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Suspension during proceedings - Temporary appointment -
Official statutory text
Right to salary.
When the complaint or petition for removal is filed, if in
addition to the matter charged as ground for removal, the complaint
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 51. Officers Page 71
shall also pray that the officer charged be suspended from office
pending an investigation or trial. The Supreme Court or any Judge
thereof, or any district judge or court of the county of the
residence of the accused, may, upon not less than ten (10) days'
notice to the respondent, if sufficient cause appear from the
petition and the affidavits or depositions then filed and presented,
order the suspension of the accused from the functions of his office
until the determination of the matter, and upon such suspension the
court shall immediately appoint some proper and qualified person
temporarily to fill said office and perform its duties until such
proceedings for removal shall be finally determined, and in the
event of the removal of the officer so suspended the vacancy shall
be filled in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies in
such office.
If on the final hearing of the complaint or petition herein,
provided the officer is not removed from his office he shall receive
the salary allowed him by law during the time of his suspension.
Such officer so temporarily appointed shall also in any event
receive the same salary as is provided by law to be paid to the
officer filling such position.
When the complaint or petition for removal is filed, if in
addition to the matter charged as ground for removal, the complaint
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 51. Officers Page 71
shall also pray that the officer charged be suspended from office
pending an investigation or trial. The Supreme Court or any Judge
thereof, or any district judge or court of the county of the
residence of the accused, may, upon not less than ten (10) days'
notice to the respondent, if sufficient cause appear from the
petition and the affidavits or depositions then filed and presented,
order the suspension of the accused from the functions of his office
until the determination of the matter, and upon such suspension the
court shall immediately appoint some proper and qualified person
temporarily to fill said office and perform its duties until such
proceedings for removal shall be finally determined, and in the
event of the removal of the officer so suspended the vacancy shall
be filled in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies in
such office.
If on the final hearing of the complaint or petition herein,
provided the officer is not removed from his office he shall receive
the salary allowed him by law during the time of his suspension.
Such officer so temporarily appointed shall also in any event
receive the same salary as is provided by law to be paid to the
officer filling such position.
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