Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-683.16
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Restriction on employment - Loyalty oath
Official statutory text
No person shall be employed in any capacity in any emergency
management organization who advocates or has advocated a change by
force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of
the United States or in this state or the overthrow of any
government in the United States by force or violence, or who has
been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any
subversive act against the United States. Each person who is
appointed to serve in an organization of emergency management shall,
before entering upon employment duties, take the Oklahoma Loyalty
Oath, in writing, before a person authorized to administer oaths in
this state.
management organization who advocates or has advocated a change by
force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of
the United States or in this state or the overthrow of any
government in the United States by force or violence, or who has
been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any
subversive act against the United States. Each person who is
appointed to serve in an organization of emergency management shall,
before entering upon employment duties, take the Oklahoma Loyalty
Oath, in writing, before a person authorized to administer oaths in
this state.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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