The duties of the Commission shall be:

1. To oversee a professional development program for training Oklahoma county commissioners, county clerks, county treasurers, county assessors, court clerks, their deputies and employees, county sheriffs, excise board members, candidates for county office and any other persons through the Cooperative Extension Service at Oklahoma State University;

2. To provide guidance to the Cooperative Extension Service in designing curricula to be used in educational programs and materials;

3. To identify needs and set priorities for research to be conducted in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service in areas relevant to the study and improvement of Oklahoma county government and its functions and to accept gifts and grants for such purposes;

4. To cooperate with the advisory boards authorized in Section 130.4 of this title in determining the educational needs of county officials and their employees so that they can perform their duties and responsibilities efficiently and professionally; and

5. To contract with the Cooperative Extension Service at Oklahoma State University to administer personnel education and training for counties and other political subdivisions.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 250, § 2, emerg. eff. May 11, 1982. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 181, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2000, c. 418, § 7, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 348, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 2002; Laws 2006, c. 125, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2013, c. 189, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 181, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.