Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5017.1
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Enforcement of energy conservation programs - Abolition
Official statutory text
of Energy Conservation Services Division of Corporation Commission -
Classification of transferred employees.
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall have the authority to
establish, administer and enforce state and federal energy
conservation programs including, but not limited to, implementing
The Energy Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163), National Energy
Extension Service Act (P.L. 95-39, 42 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.)
and the National Conservation Policy Act (P.L. 95-619), except as
otherwise provided by law.
The Energy Conservation Services Division of the Oklahoma
Corporation Commission is hereby abolished. All personnel,
equipment, files, fixtures, funds, furniture, publications and
supplies, and all duties, functions, authority and contractual
obligations that relate to the Energy Conservation Services Division
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1048
of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are hereby transferred to and
vested in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
Employees transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
shall be classified and subject to the provisions of the Merit
System of Personnel Administration as provided for in the Oklahoma
Personnel Act. The salaries, grade and/or class of the employees
transferred shall be adjusted to be commensurate with comparable
positions in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
The full-time-equivalent employee positions funded through the
federal energy conservation programs outlined in this section shall
terminate upon the exhaustion of said federal funding.
Classification of transferred employees.
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall have the authority to
establish, administer and enforce state and federal energy
conservation programs including, but not limited to, implementing
The Energy Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163), National Energy
Extension Service Act (P.L. 95-39, 42 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.)
and the National Conservation Policy Act (P.L. 95-619), except as
otherwise provided by law.
The Energy Conservation Services Division of the Oklahoma
Corporation Commission is hereby abolished. All personnel,
equipment, files, fixtures, funds, furniture, publications and
supplies, and all duties, functions, authority and contractual
obligations that relate to the Energy Conservation Services Division
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1048
of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are hereby transferred to and
vested in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
Employees transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
shall be classified and subject to the provisions of the Merit
System of Personnel Administration as provided for in the Oklahoma
Personnel Act. The salaries, grade and/or class of the employees
transferred shall be adjusted to be commensurate with comparable
positions in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
The full-time-equivalent employee positions funded through the
federal energy conservation programs outlined in this section shall
terminate upon the exhaustion of said federal funding.
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