When any officer or employee of the state is in doubt as to the application of the Oklahoma Personnel Act as to himself or to any employee under his supervision, he may submit to the Attorney General a full written statement of the facts and questions he may have. The Attorney General shall then render an opinion to such person and may publish these opinions, or abstracts thereof, with the use of the name of the person advised unless such person requests otherwise in writing. The Attorney General shall be the legal counsel for the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission and represent it when its decisions are appealed to higher courts. The Office of the Attorney General shall be legal counsel for and represent the Merit Protection Commission notwithstanding its representation of any other state department, agency, board or commission in the same or related matters pending before the Merit Protection Commission or before any court. The Attorney General shall establish internal administrative procedures to ensure that both such agencies are provided independent legal representation, and such simultaneous representation shall not, of itself, be deemed to constitute a conflict of interest. In the event the Attorney General determines an irreconcilable conflict of interest exists, to the extent that he is unable to provide simultaneous representation to both the Merit Protection Commission and another state department, agency, board or commission the provision of Section 18c-2 of this title shall apply.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 32, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 158, § 17, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1990, c. 264, § 69, operative July 1, 1990. Renumbered from § 841.11 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54.