Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1704
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Status of employees under Merit System not changed
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 652
This act, or the repeal of any law by this act, shall not change
or affect the status, rights, and privileges accrued to employees of
the State Commissioner of Health under the State Merit System of
Personnel Administration when this act becomes effective. For the
purposes of 74 O.S.1961, Sections 801 - 839, the position of State
Commissioner of Health established by 63 O.S.1961, Sec. 1.2 and the
position of State Commissioner of Health provided for by this Code
shall be deemed to be a single continuing agency of the state
government, and persons employed by the former Commissioner and
continuing as employees of the latter Commissioner shall be entitled
to the same status, rights, and privileges under such statutes that
they would have had if the former position had remained in
existence.
This act, or the repeal of any law by this act, shall not change
or affect the status, rights, and privileges accrued to employees of
the State Commissioner of Health under the State Merit System of
Personnel Administration when this act becomes effective. For the
purposes of 74 O.S.1961, Sections 801 - 839, the position of State
Commissioner of Health established by 63 O.S.1961, Sec. 1.2 and the
position of State Commissioner of Health provided for by this Code
shall be deemed to be a single continuing agency of the state
government, and persons employed by the former Commissioner and
continuing as employees of the latter Commissioner shall be entitled
to the same status, rights, and privileges under such statutes that
they would have had if the former position had remained in
existence.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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