1. A. The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission may employ an administrator to oversee the organization and activities of the Commission and to ensure compliance with rules promulgated by the Commission. The administrator shall perform such other duties as the Commission may prescribe. The salary of the administrator shall be set by the Commission. The position of administrator shall be an unclassified position.
2. B. The Commission may employ an assistant to keep records of all proceedings relating to professional combative sports and amateur mixed martial arts and to preserve all books, documents, and papers belonging to the Commission. The assistant shall perform such other duties as the Commission may prescribe. The Commission may employ such other personnel as necessary.
3. C. Persons employed by the Commission shall serve at the direction and pleasure of the Commission and shall answer directly to the Commission administrator and the Commission.
4. D. The administrator, the assistant, and any other employees of the Commission or any persons related to said employees within the third degree by either consanguinity or affinity shall be prohibited from promoting, sponsoring, or having any pecuniary interest in any professional combative sports event or amateur mixed martial arts event regulated by the Commission with the exception of medical personnel.
5. E. Beginning on the effective date of this act, the Commission shall cease all support from the State Department of Health and shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct agency. All records, property, equipment, assets, monies, financial interests, liabilities, matters pending, and funds of the Commission shall be transferred to the Commission.
6. F. The State Department of Health and the Commission may enter into an agreement for the transfer of personnel from the State Department of Health to the Commission. No employees of the Commission shall be required to accept a lesser grade or salary than presently received. All employees shall retain leave, sick and annual time earned, and any retirement and longevity benefits which have accrued during their tenure with the State Department of Health. The transfer of personnel shall be coordinated with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
7. G. The expenses incurred by the Commission as a result of the transfer required by this section shall be paid by the Commission.

Laws 1994, SB 1196, c. 240, § 5, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1995, SB 666, c. 202, § 3, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995; Amended by Laws 1996, SB 1254, c. 362, § 1, eff. September 1, 1996; Amended by Laws 1999, SB 600, c. 210, § 5, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2004, SB 1095, c. 184, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 2004 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2005, HB 1774, c. 462, § 1, eff. November 1, 2005 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2007, HB 1631, c. 178, § 1, eff. November 1, 2007 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2008, HB 3070, c. 329, § 6, emerg. eff. July 1, 2008 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2012, HB 2746, c. 359, § 5 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2025, HB 1122, c. 20, § 3, eff. November 1, 2025 (superseded document available).