{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-255","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-255","heading":"Appointments and tenure - Citizenship - Exceptions","body":"The heads of the departments except as otherwise herein provided\n\nare hereby authorized and empowered to appoint persons to hold\n\npositions created in their respective departments. The persons so\n\nappointed shall hold office at the will of such state officer and in\n\nthe case of all boards and commissioners, such board or commission\n\nshall, by vote thereof, except as otherwise provided, appoint\n\npersons to hold positions created under such boards or commissions\n\nby this act, and the persons so appointed shall hold office at the\n\nwill of such officer, boards or commissions making the appointment,\n\nprovided that any board or commission may authorize the secretary of\n\nsuch board or commission to make the appointment.\n\nProvided further, that it shall be unlawful for the heads of any\n\ndepartment, or any departments, except institutions of higher\n\nlearning and state hospitals, the State Health Department, the\n\nHighway Department in the employment of engineers and technicians,\n\nschools for individuals with intellectual disabilities and State\n\nVeterans Facilities as pertains to doctors, dentists, nurses and\n\nother trained technicians, to employ in any way any person who is\n\nnot a citizen of the United States, and repealing all laws in\n\nconflict herewith. The provisions of this act shall in no way be\n\ninterpreted to repeal any provision of the laws heretofore enacted\n\ncreating the Merit System of the State of Oklahoma.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"64bcd7157598cb77379960f261c68db7f2bc32c69bda7d6ad85de29e8ff63ca0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-250.7","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-271"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}