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Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 85A-21: Officers - Quorum

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  2. Title 85A

A. Commissioners shall be considered officers and shall take

the oath prescribed by the Oklahoma Constitution and the laws of

this state.

B. 1. A majority of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall

constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and vacancies

shall not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to

exercise all the powers of the full Commission, so long as a

majority remains.

2. Any investigation, inquiry, or hearing which the Commission

is authorized to hold or undertake may be held or undertaken by or

before any one commissioner of the Commission, or appointee acting

for him or her, under authorization of the Commission.

C. The Commission shall have a seal for authentication of its

judgments, awards, and proceedings, on which shall be inscribed the

words: "Workers' Compensation Commission, State of Oklahoma".

D. Except with respect to the Commission's authority to hear

appeals of decisions from administrative law judges, any reference

in this title to the Commission's ability to hear and decide the

rights of interested parties under this title shall not prevent it

from delegating that responsibility to an administrative law judge.

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