Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-1-108: Commission Director - Powers and duties

A. The ABLE Commission shall appoint a Director, who shall

employ an Assistant Director and such other personnel as are

necessary to properly enforce and administer the Oklahoma Alcoholic

Beverage Control Act. The Director shall require bonds in such

instances and amounts as the ABLE Commission may direct, and shall

be in direct charge of all records. The Director shall further have

the following specific powers and duties:

1. To issue licenses provided for in the Oklahoma Alcoholic

Beverage Control Act, and to approve or reject any official bond

required to be filed with the Director or the ABLE Commission;

2. To appoint and employ, supervise and discharge such

employees as may be determined necessary for the proper discharge of

the duties of the office of Director, upon duties and salary fixed

and determined by the ABLE Commission and subject to all the rules

that may be promulgated by the ABLE Commission. The Director and

the ABLE Commission, in appointing and employing personnel, shall

give preference to honorably discharged members of the Armed Forces

of the United States;

3. To conduct such investigations and make such reports as may

be necessary to keep the ABLE Commission advised concerning any

violations of the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage

Control Act and make orders for its enforcement;

4. To make recommendations to the ABLE Commission concerning

the suspension or revocation of any licenses, the levying of fines

against licensees for violations of the provisions of the Oklahoma

Alcoholic Beverage Control Act or rules of the ABLE Commission or

any action that should be filed or commenced against any official

bond theretofore approved by the Director or the ABLE Commission;

5. To regularly inspect all places of business of licensees,

and all other persons, firms or corporations dealing in the

manufacture, distribution, transportation, sale or service of

alcoholic beverages under the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic

Beverage Control Act and report to the ABLE Commission concerning

any and all violations with a recommendation to the ABLE Commission

for its determination;

6. To refer any evidence of a violation of any provision of the

Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act which carries a criminal

penalty to the appropriate law enforcement authority for action;

7. To aid the enforcement authorities of this state or any

county or municipality of the state, or the federal government, in

prosecutions of violations of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage

Control Act;

8. To enforce the provisions of the Prevention of Youth Access

to Tobacco Act including but not limited to the levying of

administrative fines against persons violating the provisions of the

Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco Act, and to at least annually

conduct random unannounced inspections at locations where tobacco

products are sold or distributed and conduct targeted inspections at

those locations which have been in violation of the provisions of

the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco Act; and

9. To enter into interagency transfers with the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and

Dangerous Drugs and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol as provided for in

Section 1 of this act.

B. The Director may employ or contract with attorneys, as

needed, to advise the Director and the ABLE Commission on all legal

matters and shall appear for and represent the Director and the ABLE

Commission in all administrative hearings and all litigation or

other proceedings which may arise in the discharge of their duties.

At the request of the ABLE Commission, such attorneys shall assist

district attorneys in prosecuting charges of violators of the

Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.