1. A. The Corporation Commission shall employ one (1) General Administrator. Said position shall be in the unclassified service and shall have a maximum annual salary, payable monthly, which shall be specified in the Commission's annual appropriation bill.
2. B. The General Administrator shall be required to hold at least a bachelor's degree in marketing, business administration, accounting, personnel management, public administration, counseling, political science, related fields or experience equivalent thereto, or shall hold a juris doctorate degree, and shall have experience in a supervisory capacity in administrative or personnel management work.

3. C. The General Administrator shall provide for the administration of the Commission and shall:

   1. 1. Be the chief administrative officer and appointing authority of the Commission and shall have supervision and control over all Commission employees except for the administrative aide and executive secretary for each Commissioner;
   2. 2. Employ, discharge, appoint or contract with, and fix the duties and compensation of all personnel, except for the administrative aide and executive secretary for each Commissioner either on a full-time, part-time, fee or contractual basis, as in his or her judgment and discretion shall be deemed necessary, expedient, convenient or appropriate to the performance of carrying out the provisions of the laws of the State of Oklahoma and the rules of the Commission; and
   3. 3. Establish internal procedures for the proper and efficient administration of the Commission.
4. D. The General Administrator shall not be an owner, stockholder, employee or officer of, nor have any other business relationship with or receive compensation from, any corporation, partnership, or other business or entity which is subject to regulation by the Commission.
5. E. In the event of the General Administrator's temporary absence, the General Administrator may delegate the exercise of such powers and duties to a designee during the General Administrator's absence. In the event of a vacancy in the position of General Administrator, the Commission may designate an interim or acting General Administrator who is authorized to exercise such powers and duties until a permanent General Administrator is employed. Any designee exercising such powers and duties of the General Administrator on a temporary, acting or interim basis shall meet the requirements of subsection D of this section.
6. F. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the General Administrator's position, the new General Administrator shall be chosen by a majority vote of the Commissioners from at least three (3) candidates recruited and screened by the Office of Personnel Management.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 298, § 6, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980; Amended by Laws 1990, c. 266, § 55, operative July 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1994, c. 315, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994.