A. The Commission:

1. May employ an Executive Director and any technical experts and other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as may be required, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation;

2. May call upon the Attorney General of the state for any legal services as may be required. In addition, the Commission, if it determines that it is needed, may employ or appoint attorneys or in-house counsel to advise or represent the Commission; and

3. Shall have authority to delegate to its chairman, to one or more of its members, or to one or more agents or employees, any powers and duties as it may deem proper.

B. Offices shall be provided by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in Oklahoma City. Upon request of the Commission for the purpose of carrying out any of its functions, the supervising officer of any state agency, or of any state institution of learning, shall, insofar as may be possible under available appropriations and having due regard to the needs of the agency to which the request is directed, assign or detail to the Commission members of the staff or personnel of the agency or institution of learning, and make any special reports, surveys, or studies as the Commission may request.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 346, § 15-202, operative July 1, 1971. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 166, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 209, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from § 1501-202 of Title 82 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 264, § 8; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 107.