Okla. Stat. tit. 72, § 72-63.9: Muskogee and Tulsa Claims Offices - Managers and

assistant managers.

The Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized

to employ a manager and an assistant manager for the Muskogee Claims

Office and for the Tulsa Claims Office whose positions shall be

unclassified and exempt from the rules and procedures of the Merit

System of Personnel Administration, except leave regulations.

Personnel employed in these classifications at the time of the

passage and approval of this act may elect to remain in the

classified service and be subject to the merit system rules and

regulations.