Okla. Stat. tit. 73, § 73-83.13
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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building Page 26
A. Whenever the Commission determines there are reasonable
grounds to believe there has been a violation of any of the
provisions of Sections 82.1 through 83.12 of this title or any order
of the Commission issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 82.1
through 83.12 of this title, said Commission shall give written
notice to the alleged violator specifying the cause of the
complaint. Such notice shall require that the matters of which
complained be corrected within a specified time or that the alleged
violator appear before the Commission at a time and place specified
in the notice to answer the charges. The notice shall be delivered
to the alleged violator in accordance with the provisions of
subsection C of this section not less than ten (10) days before the
time set for the hearing.
B. The Commission shall afford the alleged violator an
opportunity for a fair hearing in conformity with the Administrative
Procedures Act, Sections 301 through 326 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. On the basis of the evidence produced at the hearing, the
Commission shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and
enter an order thereon. The Commission shall give written notice of
such order to the alleged violator. The order of the Commission
shall become final and binding on all parties unless appealed to the
district court as provided for in Section 83.9 of this title within
thirty (30) days after notice has been sent to the parties.
C. Any notice, order, or other instrument issued by the
Commission pursuant to this section may be served either personally
or by mailing a copy by certified mail, return receipt requested, to
the alleged violator at his last-known address as shown by the files
or records of the Commission. If such alleged violator cannot be
found by either of the methods described in this subsection, service
may be accomplished by publishing the notice one time in a newspaper
of general circulation.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building Page 26
A. Whenever the Commission determines there are reasonable
grounds to believe there has been a violation of any of the
provisions of Sections 82.1 through 83.12 of this title or any order
of the Commission issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 82.1
through 83.12 of this title, said Commission shall give written
notice to the alleged violator specifying the cause of the
complaint. Such notice shall require that the matters of which
complained be corrected within a specified time or that the alleged
violator appear before the Commission at a time and place specified
in the notice to answer the charges. The notice shall be delivered
to the alleged violator in accordance with the provisions of
subsection C of this section not less than ten (10) days before the
time set for the hearing.
B. The Commission shall afford the alleged violator an
opportunity for a fair hearing in conformity with the Administrative
Procedures Act, Sections 301 through 326 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. On the basis of the evidence produced at the hearing, the
Commission shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and
enter an order thereon. The Commission shall give written notice of
such order to the alleged violator. The order of the Commission
shall become final and binding on all parties unless appealed to the
district court as provided for in Section 83.9 of this title within
thirty (30) days after notice has been sent to the parties.
C. Any notice, order, or other instrument issued by the
Commission pursuant to this section may be served either personally
or by mailing a copy by certified mail, return receipt requested, to
the alleged violator at his last-known address as shown by the files
or records of the Commission. If such alleged violator cannot be
found by either of the methods described in this subsection, service
may be accomplished by publishing the notice one time in a newspaper
of general circulation.
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