The appointing authority of the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission shall be the Executive Director. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Commission to serve at its pleasure. The Executive Director, with the approval of the Commission, may employ and compensate an attorney and shall select, compensate and employ such administrative hearing officers and other personnel as deemed necessary for the proper administration of the duties and functions of the Commission. Effective September 1, 1994, employees of the Commission shall become classified employees, except those employees with less than six (6) months of service from their enter-on-duty date will remain in probationary status until obtaining permanent status in accordance with applicable rules of the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management or as provided in Section 8 of this act.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 23, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 17, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 158, § 11, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1994, c. 242, § 29. Renumbered from § 841.2 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54.