Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-686.7
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Effective date of designations and removals - Recording
Official statutory text
Each designation of an emergency interim successor shall become
effective when the legislator or party floor leader making the
designation files with the Secretary of State the successor's name,
address and rank in order of succession. The removal of an
emergency interim successor or change in order of succession shall
become effective when the legislator or party floor leader, so
acting, files this information with the Secretary of State. All
such data shall be open to public inspection. The Secretary of
State shall inform the Governor, the Oklahoma Department of
Emergency Management, the journal clerk of the house concerned and
all emergency interim successors, of all such designations, removals
and changes in order of succession. The journal clerk of each house
shall enter all information regarding emergency interim successors
for the house in its public journal at the beginning of each
legislative session and shall enter all changes in membership or
order of succession as soon as possible after the occurrence.
effective when the legislator or party floor leader making the
designation files with the Secretary of State the successor's name,
address and rank in order of succession. The removal of an
emergency interim successor or change in order of succession shall
become effective when the legislator or party floor leader, so
acting, files this information with the Secretary of State. All
such data shall be open to public inspection. The Secretary of
State shall inform the Governor, the Oklahoma Department of
Emergency Management, the journal clerk of the house concerned and
all emergency interim successors, of all such designations, removals
and changes in order of succession. The journal clerk of each house
shall enter all information regarding emergency interim successors
for the house in its public journal at the beginning of each
legislative session and shall enter all changes in membership or
order of succession as soon as possible after the occurrence.
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