Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-1.14: Attorney General as legal counsel - Opinions to

officers or employees - Representation of Commission - Conflict of

interest - Appointment of alternate counsel.

When any officer or employee of the state is in doubt as to the

application of the Oklahoma Personnel Act as to himself or to any

employee under his supervision, he may submit to the Attorney

General a full written statement of the facts and questions he may

have. The Attorney General shall then render an opinion to such

person and may publish these opinions, or abstracts thereof, with

the use of the name of the person advised unless such person

requests otherwise in writing. The Attorney General shall be the

legal counsel for the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission and

represent it when its decisions are appealed to higher courts. The

Office of the Attorney General shall be legal counsel for and

represent the Merit Protection Commission notwithstanding its

representation of any other state department, agency, board or

commission in the same or related matters pending before the Merit

Protection Commission or before any court. The Attorney General

shall establish internal administrative procedures to ensure that

both such agencies are provided independent legal representation,

and such simultaneous representation shall not, of itself, be deemed

to constitute a conflict of interest. In the event the Attorney

General determines an irreconcilable conflict of interest exists, to

the extent that he is unable to provide simultaneous representation

to both the Merit Protection Commission and another state

department, agency, board or commission the provision of Section

18c-2 of this title shall apply.