All sheriffs, marshals and police officers, all district and city or town attorneys and all employees of the ABLE Commission, shall diligently enforce all provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. If any such person shall fail or refuse to do or perform any duty required by the provisions of such statutes, he or she shall be removed from office as hereinafter provided. In all cases where any sheriff, marshal, police officer, district or city or town attorney shall fail or refuse to perform any such duty, a petition shall be filed in the district court of the county wherein such person resides, in the name of the state, upon the recommendation of a grand jury or on the relation of the board of county commissioners or of any attorney appointed by the Governor under the provisions of applicable statutes. In all cases where an employee of the ABLE Commission fails to perform any duty imposed upon him or her, such failure shall constitute cause for the termination of any such employee as provided by law. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control shall also have enforcement authority for the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act with the power to initiate complaints with the ABLE Commission and by filing charges, if appropriate, with the district attorney in the county where the violation occurred.

Added by Laws 2016, c. 366, § 103, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.

NOTE: Laws 2016, c. 366, was conditionally effective upon passage of State Question No. 792, Legislative Referendum No. 370, which was adopted at election held on Nov. 8, 2016.