No person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or serve on a board of education if he or she is currently employed by the school district governed by that board of education or is related within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity to any other member of the board of education or to any employee of the school district governed by the board of education, it being the purpose of this section both to prohibit persons who are related within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity from serving simultaneously on the same board of education of any school district of this state and to prohibit persons who are related within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity to an employee of a school district from serving on the board of education governing the school district while such relative is employed. If the relationship is based on affinity, these prohibitions shall not apply to prevent members of boards of education who are serving on September 1, 1995, from serving the term for which they were elected or from serving successive terms for which they may be elected, unless it is the member's spouse who is a member of the board of education or an employee of the school district, then such prohibitions shall apply.

Any member of a board of education who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by Sections 485 and 486 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Laws 1971, HB 1155, c. 281, § 5-113, emerg. eff. July 2, 1971; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 2063, c. 254, § 3, eff. September 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 2148, c. 360, § 8, emerg. eff. July 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1694, c. 257, § 2, emerg. eff. May 25, 1995.