Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 162
Duties and Powers of Governor and Director of Human Services
Effective May 9, 1939State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 2, adopted July 7, 1936; Amended by Laws 1939, SB 94, p. 86, § 2, emerg. eff. May 9, 1939.
The Commission shall have the power and it shall be its duty to:
- (a) Select a Director of Public Welfare who shall not be a member of the Commission and who shall serve as executive and administrative officer of the Department. The Director shall be appointed wholly on the basis of ability, training and experience qualifying him or her for public welfare administration. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission. The salary of the Director shall be fixed by the Commission;
- (b) Formulate the policies and adopt rules and regulations for the effective administration of the duties of the Department;
- (c) Require and set the amount of the bond for employees within its discretion;
- (d) [Deleted by Laws 1939, SB 94, p. 86, § 2.]
- (e) Cooperate with the Federal Social Security Board, created under Title 7 of the Social Security Act, enacted by the Seventy-Fourth Congress and approved August 14, 1935, or other like agency created by Congress, in any reasonable manner as may be necessary to qualify for federal aid to states in providing assistance to needy persons in conformity with the provisions of this act, including the making of such reports in such form and containing such information as the Social Security Board or other similar federal agency may from time to time require, and comply with such provisions as the Social Security Board, or other similar federal agency may find necessary to insure the correctness and verification of such reports; and
- (f) Publish an annual report, not later than four (4) months after the close of each fiscal year, showing for such year the total amount paid to needy persons in this state under the provisions of this act, and the total number of such needy persons given assistance, classified by age, sex, race, residence of persons assisted, and such other particulars as may be deemed advisable. Such report shall be presented to the Governor.
- (g) Present to the Federal Social Security Board a new or modified plan for old-age assistance, aid to dependent children and aid to needy blind.
State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 2, adopted July 7, 1936; Amended by Laws 1939, SB 94, p. 86, § 2, emerg. eff. May 9, 1939.