Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4257

commission members.

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no state board or

commission shall employ any former member of the board or

commission.

B. 1. A state board or commission may employ a former member

of the board or commission if at least one (1) year has passed since

the term of office of the former member has expired or since the

date the former member resigned from the board or commission.

2. An institution of higher education may employ a former

member of the board of regents which has oversight over the

institution if at least six (6) months have passed since the term of

office of the former member has expired or since the date the former

member resigned from the board of regents.

C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, a state board

or commission may employ:

1. A state employee who is an ex officio member of that board

or commission and who is required by law to be a member of that

board or commission; or

2. A former statewide elected official who was an ex officio

member of that board or commission if the former statewide elected

official completed the term in office. This subsection shall not

apply to a statewide elected official who is an ex officio member of

a board or commission.

D. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this

section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof

shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00)

nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment

for not longer than six (6) months or by both such fine and

imprisonment, and upon conviction shall be ineligible for

appointment to or employment in a position in state service and, if

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at the time of conviction is an employee of the state, the employee

shall forfeit the position.