Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.8
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Appointment of employees - Powers of peace officers -
Official statutory text
Probationary period - Classified service - Rights under additional
pension systems.
A. The Director shall appoint as employees only persons of
outstanding honesty, integrity and ability. An agent, at the time
of appointment to the Bureau, shall be at least twenty-one (21)
years of age and shall possess a bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university.
B. The officers and agents of the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation, and such other employees as the Director of the
Bureau of Investigation shall designate to perform duties in the
investigation and prevention of crime and the enforcement of the
criminal laws of the state, shall have and exercise all the powers
and authority of peace officers, including the right and power of
search and seizure.
C. Any Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation employee
promoted, voluntarily demoted or transferred into an agent or
criminalist position within the Bureau shall serve a twelve-month
trial period. Any state employee in a classified position with an
agency other than the Bureau who is selected for an agent or
criminalist position within the Bureau shall resign his or her
position and be reinstated in accordance with the merit rules.
D. Any employee in a classified position under the Merit System
of Personnel Administration who is appointed Director, Deputy
Director, Acting Director, Acting Deputy Director, or Assistant
Director shall have a right to return to the classified service
without any loss of rights, privileges or benefits immediately upon
completion of the duties of the employee provided the employee is
not otherwise disqualified.
E. All other employees of the State Bureau of Investigation
shall be in the classified service of the state and members of the
Merit System of Personnel Administration, unless otherwise provided
by law.
F. Appointment to any position in the State Bureau of
Investigation shall not jeopardize the rights of any person under
any other system under which peace officers of this state or its
subdivisions may become pensioned, provided that the individual
contributions are continued as if such person were in the original
organization within which the person qualified for such pension.
pension systems.
A. The Director shall appoint as employees only persons of
outstanding honesty, integrity and ability. An agent, at the time
of appointment to the Bureau, shall be at least twenty-one (21)
years of age and shall possess a bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university.
B. The officers and agents of the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation, and such other employees as the Director of the
Bureau of Investigation shall designate to perform duties in the
investigation and prevention of crime and the enforcement of the
criminal laws of the state, shall have and exercise all the powers
and authority of peace officers, including the right and power of
search and seizure.
C. Any Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation employee
promoted, voluntarily demoted or transferred into an agent or
criminalist position within the Bureau shall serve a twelve-month
trial period. Any state employee in a classified position with an
agency other than the Bureau who is selected for an agent or
criminalist position within the Bureau shall resign his or her
position and be reinstated in accordance with the merit rules.
D. Any employee in a classified position under the Merit System
of Personnel Administration who is appointed Director, Deputy
Director, Acting Director, Acting Deputy Director, or Assistant
Director shall have a right to return to the classified service
without any loss of rights, privileges or benefits immediately upon
completion of the duties of the employee provided the employee is
not otherwise disqualified.
E. All other employees of the State Bureau of Investigation
shall be in the classified service of the state and members of the
Merit System of Personnel Administration, unless otherwise provided
by law.
F. Appointment to any position in the State Bureau of
Investigation shall not jeopardize the rights of any person under
any other system under which peace officers of this state or its
subdivisions may become pensioned, provided that the individual
contributions are continued as if such person were in the original
organization within which the person qualified for such pension.
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