Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74E. Ethics Rules

Rule 2.5. Elective Officer Prohibited From Soliciting Contributions from Employees. - No elected state officer shall knowingly solicit, directly or indirectly,...

Rule 2.6. Political Fund - No person shall solicit or accept a contribution for a...

Rule 2.7. Prohibition on distribution of campaign materials on state property - No materials designed to influence the results of an election...

Rule 2.8. Use of Public Property for Political Purposes - Public meeting rooms, auditoriums, parks, colleges and other educational campuses...

Rule 2.9. Prohibitions on Activities of State Officers and Employees Designed to Influence Elections. - No state officer or employee shall engage in activities designed...

Rule 2.10. Use of Public Facilities for Voter Registration. - Voter registration activities may be conducted in public facilities, provided...

Rule 2.11. Newsletters and Informational Materials by Elected State Officers. - If otherwise permitted by law, elected state officers may use...

Rule 2.12. Posting of Material by Elected State Officers Indicating Positions on Issues. - If otherwise permitted by law, elected state officers, other than...

Rule 2.13. State Employees Maintaining Schedule for Elected Officers. - State employees whose regular duties include scheduling meetings, activities and...

Rule 2.14. Prohibition on Use of State Owned Equipment and Resources for Campaigns. - No state officer or employee shall use a state-owned telephone,...

Rule 2.15. Prohibition on Use of State Owned Equipment to Make a Campaign Contribution. - No state officer or employee shall use a state-owned telephone,...

Rule 2.16. Use of Social Media Account by State Officer. - No Internet social-media account maintained in the name of a...

Rule 2.17. General Rule for Contributions. - A. Unless otherwise prohibited or limited by law or these...

Rule 2.18. Contribution in Name of Another. - No contribution shall be made in the name of another....

Rule 2.19. Cash Contributions. - No contribution of more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in cash...

Rule 2.20. Anonymous Contributions. - No anonymous contribution of more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) may...

Rule 2.21. Contribution Deemed Accepted if Not Returned. - A contribution shall be deemed to have been accepted by...

Rule 2.22. Deposit of Contributions. - A contribution shall be deposited in the account of a...

Rule 2.23. Corporate and Labor Union Contributions Prohibited. - No corporation or labor union may make a contribution to...

Rule 2.24. Contributions by Limited Liability Companies. - No limited liability company that has one or more incorporated...

Rule 2.25. Contributions by Partnerships. - No partnership that has one or more incorporated partners may...

Rule 2.26. Use of Corporate Funds for Political Action Committees. - A corporation may use its funds to pay for the...

Rule 2.27. Use of Labor Union Funds for Political Action Committees. - A labor union may use its funds to pay for...

Rule 2.28. Payroll Deduction. - If a corporation or labor union uses payroll deduction or...

Rule 2.29. Corporate and Labor Union Communications Not Considered as Contributions. - A communication by a corporation intended to be received only...

Rule 2.30. Candidate Committee Prohibited from Receiving Federal Candidate Committee Contributions. - A candidate committee shall not accept a contribution from the...

Rule 2.31. Contributions to Political Party. - No person shall make, and no political party shall accept,...

Rule 2.32. Contributions by Political Party Committee. - No political party committee shall make, and no candidate shall...

Rule 2.33. Contributions to and by Limited Committee. - (A) No person shall make, and no limited committee shall...

Rule 2.34. Contributions by Limited Committees Registered for Less than One Year or Fewer than Twenty - (A) No limited committee that has been registered with the...

Rule 2.35. Contributions to and by Unlimited Committee. - Any person not otherwise prohibited by law, including but not...

Rule 2.36. Contributions to State Question Committee. - Any person not otherwise prohibited by law, including but not...

Rule 2.37. Contributions to candidate committees - (A) No person shall make a contribution in excess of...

Rule 2.38. Candidate Contributions to Own Committee. - No candidate or candidate committee shall receive contributions from a...

Rule 2.39. Personal Use of Contributions Prohibited. - No contributions accepted by a political party committee, a political...

Rule 2.40. Political Party Expenditures. - Contributions to a political party committee may be used to...

Rule 2.41. Limited Committee Expenditures. - Contributions to a limited political action committee may be used...

Rule 2.42. Unlimited Committee Expenditures. - Contributions to an unlimited political action committee may be used...

Rule 2.43. Candidate Committee Expenditures. - Contributions to a candidate committee may be used to make...

Rule 2.44. Officeholder Expenses. - A. Contributions to a candidate committee of a candidate who...

Rule 2.45. Calculation of Travel Expenditures. - Calculation of Travel Expenditures. Expenditures for travel shall be calculated...

Rule 2.46. Political Party Committee Surplus Funds. - Surplus funds of a political party committee are funds not...

Rule 2.47. Political Action Committee Surplus Funds. - Surplus funds of a political action committee are funds not...

Rule 2.48. Candidate Committee Surplus Funds. - Surplus funds of a candidate committee are those funds not...

Rule 2.49. Candidate Committee Prohibition on Independent Expenditures. - A candidate committee shall not make an independent expenditure. Promulgated...

Rule 2.50. Unlimited Independent Expenditures. - An independent expenditure may be made in any amount by...

Rule 2.51. Electioneering Communications by Candidate Committees. - A candidate committee shall not make an electioneering communication for...

Rule 2.52. Unlimited Electioneering Communications. - An electioneering communication may be made in any amount by...

Rule 2.53. Political Party Electronic Advertisement Disclosure Requirements. - Whenever a political party committee makes an expenditure for the...

Rule 2.54. Political Party Printed Advertisement Disclosure Requirements. - Whenever a political party committee makes an expenditure for the...

Rule 2.55. Candidate Committee Electronic Advertisement Disclosure Requirements. - Whenever a candidate committee makes an expenditure for the purpose...

Rule 2.56. Candidate Committee Printed Advertisements Disclosure Requirements. - Whenever a candidate committee makes an expenditure for the purpose...

Rule 2.57. Independent Expenditure and Electioneering Communication Electronic Advertisement Disclosure Requirements. - (A.) Whenever an independent expenditure or electioneering communication is made...

Rule 2.58. Independent Expenditure and Electioneering Communication Printed Advertisement Disclosure Requirements. - (A) Whenever an independent expenditure or electioneering communication is made...

Rule 2.59. Joint Candidate Fund - Two or more candidates for state office, except judicial office,...

Rule 2.60. Hosting Fundraisers in Residence. - An individual who holds a fund-raising event for a political...

Rule 2.61. Hosting Fund - An individual who holds a fund-raising event for a political...

Rule 2.62. Golf Fund - Any goods or services donated to a golfing fund-raising event...

Rule 2.63. Fund - Any goods or services donated to an auction or other...

Rule 2.64. Free Campaign Related Goods or Services and Sale of Campaign Related Goods or Services. - Campaign-related goods of modest value such as coffee mugs, t-shirts,...

Rule 2.65. Loans to Committees by Commercial Financial Institutions. - A loan made to a political party committee, a political...

Rule 2.66. Loans to Political Party or Political Action Committees by Non - A loan by any person other than a commercial financial...

Rule 2.67. Loans to Candidate Committees by Candidate and Other Non - (A) A loan by any person other than a commercial...

Rule 2.68. Designation of Candidate Committee. - A candidate for state office shall designate one (1) candidate...

Rule 2.69. Permissible number of candidate committees - A candidate may have no more than one (1) candidate...

Rule 2.70. When to File a Candidate Committee Statement of Organization. - A Statement of Organization for a candidate committee shall be...

Rule 2.71. Candidate Committee Officers - A candidate committee shall have a Chair and a Treasurer,...

Rule 2.72. Vacancy in Treasurer Office - A candidate committee cannot accept or expend funds at any...

Rule 2.73. Candidate Committee Treasurer Responsibilities. - The Treasurer shall be responsible for keeping the candidate committee’s...

Rule 2.74. Filling Candidate Committee Officer Vacancy. - Any vacancy in the office of Chair, Treasurer or Deputy...

Rule 2.75. Candidate Committee Statement of Organization Requirements. - The Statement of Organization for a candidate committee shall include,...

Rule 2.76. Executive Director Authority to Require Additional Information. - The Executive Director shall be authorized to require additional information...

Rule 2.77. Judicial Candidates Exclusively Responsible for Compliance with Rules. - Candidates for elective judicial offices, including judicial offices subject to...

Rule 2.78. Exploratory Activities. - An individual may conduct exploratory activities, such as polling and...

Rule 2.79. Political Action Committee Definition. - A political action committee is any group of two or...

Rule 2.80. Statement of Organization - A political action committee shall file a Statement of Organization...

Rule 2.81. Political Action Committee Officers. - A political action committee shall have a Chair and a...

Rule 2.82. Vacancy in Treasurer Office - A political action committee cannot accept or expend funds at...

Rule 2.83. Political Action Committee Treasurer Responsibilities. - The Treasurer shall be responsible for keeping the political action...

Rule 2.84. Filling Political Action Committee Office Vacancy. - Any vacancy in the office of Chair, Treasurer or Deputy...

Rule 2.85. Political Action Committee Statement of Organization Requirements. - The Statement of Organization for a political action committee shall...

Rule 2.86. Political Action Committee Statement of Organization Additional Requirements for Affiliated Entities. - In addition to other information required on the Statement of...

Rule 2.87. Limitations on Solicitations by Political Action Committee Affiliated with Corporation. - A limited committee affiliated with a corporation may solicit contributions...

Rule 2.88. Limitation on Solicitation by Political Action Committee Affiliated with Membership Organization. - A limited committee affiliated with an incorporated not-for-profit membership organization...

Rule 2.89. Limitations on Solicitations by Political Action Committee Affiliated with Labor Union. - A limited committee affiliated with a labor union may solicit...

Rule 2.90. Solicitations by Non - Unless otherwise prohibited or limited by law or these Rules,...

Rule 2.91. Contributions to Be Voluntary. - A political party committee, political action committee or candidate committee...

Rule 2.92. Registration Requirements for Out of State Political Action Committee. - A political action committee that is not registered with the...

Rule 2.93. Executive Director - The Executive Director shall be authorized to require additional information...

Rule 2.94. Campaign Depository in Financial Institution. - Every candidate committee, political action committee and political party committee...

Rule 2.95. Campaign Depository Account Requirements. - Every candidate committee, political action committee and political party committee...

Rule 2.96. Political Action Committee Registered with Federal Election Commission. - A political action committee registered with the Federal Election Commission...

Rule 2.97. Payment of Costs of Affiliated Limited Committee. - Payment of costs for the establishment of, administration of and...

Rule 2.98. Reports for Political Action Committee Registered with Federal Election Committee. - A political action committee registered with the Federal Election Commission...

Rule 2.99. Reports for Out of State Political Action Committees. - A political action committee registered in another state that makes...

Rule 2.100. Quarterly Report of Contributions and Expenditures - Each state political party committee, political action committee and candidate...

Rule 2.101. Candidate committees - A. Regular Elections. Each candidate committee for a candidate who...

Rule 2.102. Continuing Reports by Candidate Committee Between Pre - Each candidate committee shall file a Continuing Report of Contributions...

Rule 2.103. First Report for Candidate Committee or Political Action Committee. - The first Report of Contributions and Expenditures by a candidate...

Rule 2.104. Report by political party committee - State political party committees shall file a Statement of Organization...

Rule 2.105. Report Requirements for Political Action Committee. - A Report of Contributions and Expenditures by a political action...

Rule 2.106. Report Requirements for Candidate Committee. - A Report of Contributions and Expenditures by a candidate committee...

Rule 2.107. Independent expenditure reports - (A) Any person other than an individual, including a political...

Rule 2.108. Electioneering communication reports - (A) Any person other than an individual, including a political...

Rule 2.110. Campaign Communications Received on State Equipment by State Officer or Employee. - When an unsolicited campaign communication is received on a state-owned...

Rule 2.111. Use of Personal Resources for Volunteer Campaign Communications. - Use by an individual of personal telephone, electronic mail, Internet...

Rule 2.112. Use of Commercial Resources for Campaign Communications. - Use by a commercial entity, including corporations, of telephone, electronic...

Rule 2.113. Website Development - Expenditures for development of Internet websites, Internet advertising, electronic mail...

Rule 2.114. Dissolution of Political Party Committee. - A political party committee may dissolve when the political party...

Rule 2.115. Dissolution of Political Action Committee. - A political action committee may dissolve at any time by...

Rule 2.116. Dissolution of Candidate Committee. - A candidate committee may dissolve at any time by filing...

Rule 2.117. Resolution of Committee Debt. - If a political party committee, political action committee or candidate...

Rule 2.118. Final report of contributions and expenditures - A Final Report of Contributions and Expenditures shall include, but...

Rule 2.119. Special purpose committees - A. When an elected state officer solicits or authorizes the...

Rule 2.120. Litigation Funds. - When an elected state officer solicits or authorizes the solicitation...

Rule 2.121. Special Committee Reports. - The Executive Director of the Commission shall devise Statements of...

Rule 2.122. Electronic Filing. - All documents required to be filed with the Commission under...

Rule 3.15. Financial disclosure statements - A. An initial financial disclosure statement shall be filed within...

Rule 3.16. Financial disclosure by elected or appointed state officers. - A. All state officers who are elected, who are appointed...

Rule 4.1. Purpose of Rule 4. - The purpose of Rule 4 is to establish rules of...

Rule 4.2. Definitions. - As used in Rule 4: 1. “Agency” means any entity...

Rule 4.3. Rules or Policies More Restrictive than Ethics Rules. - In addition to these Rules, a state officer or employee...

Rule 4.4. Misuse of Office. - Except as permitted by law or these Rules, a state...

Rule 4.5. Misuse of Authority. - A state officer or employee shall not use or permit...

Rule 4.6. State Officer or Employee Emergency Relief Efforts. - A state officer or employee participating in emergency rescue or...

Rule 4.7. State Officer Impartiality. - In the event a state officer or employee: (1) knows...

Rule 4.8. Gifts from Vendors to Persons Engaged in Purchasing Decisions. - No state officer or employee shall accept any gift for...

Rule 4.9. Gifts from Successful Vendors. - No state officer or state employee shall accept any gift...

Rule 4.10. Gifts to State Officers or Employees from Regulated and Licensed Entities. - Except as permitted by these Rules, no state officer or...

Rule 4.11. Gratuities Offered at Seminars - A state officer or employee attending a conference, seminar or...

Rule 4.12. Modest Items of Food and Refreshments - A state officer or employee occasionally may accept modest items...

Rule 4.13. Acceptance of Meals - A state officer or employee may accept meals, lodging, transportation...

Rule 4.14. Acceptance of Meals - A state officer or employee may accept meals, lodging, transportation...

Rule 4.15. Benefits arising from presenting information at a conference or other event - A. A state officer or employee approved by the chief...

Rule 4.16. Acceptance of meals for professional - Any elected state officer or any state officer or employee...

Rule 4.17. Gifts to Superiors by State Officers or Employees. - A state officer or employee may not directly or indirectly...

Rule 4.18. State Officer or Employee Representation of Others in Transactions involving the State. - No state officer or employee shall receive or agree to...

Rule 4.19. State Officer or Employee Representation of Others Before Employing Agency. - No state officer or employee shall represent another individual or...

Rule 4.20. Acceptance of Things of Value When Representing the State in an Official Capacity. - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate...

Rule 4.21. Representation of Constituents by Governor and Legislature. - Neither the Governor nor any member of the Legislature, nor...

Rule 4.23. State Officer or Employee Violation of Rules through Indirect Action. - In no event may a state officer or state employee...

Rule 5.1. Purpose of Rule 5. - The purpose of Rule 5 is to establish rules for...

Rule 5.2. Definitions - As used in Rule 5: 1. “Agency” means any entity...

Rule 5.3. Annual Registration for Legislative Liaison and Legislative Lobbyist. - Each legislative liaison or legislative lobbyist shall be required to...

Rule 5.4. Expiration or Termination of Registration for Legislative Liaison and Legislative Lobbyist. - The registration of each legislative liaison or legislative lobbyist shall...

Rule 5.5. Annual Registration and Termination of Registration for Executive Lobbyist. - Each executive lobbyist shall be required to register with the...

Rule 5.6. Nothing of value to be provided or accepted except as provided in these Rules - Except as provided in these Rules, a legislative liaison, a...

Rule 5.7. Meal Limits for Legislative Liaisons or Legislative Lobbyist. - A legislative liaison or a legislative lobbyist shall pay no...

Rule 5.8. Gift Limits for Legislative Liaison or LegislativeLobbyist. - A. A legislative liaison or a legislative lobbyist may make...

Rule 5.9. Meals Provided by Non - An employee of a lobbyist principal who is not a...

Rule 5.10. Meal Limits for Executive Lobbyist. - An executive lobbyist shall pay no more than Five Hundred...

Rule 5.11. Gift Limits for Executive Lobbyist. - A. An executive lobbyist may make a gift to a...

Rule 5.12. Modest Items of Food and Refreshments. - A legislative liaison, legislative lobbyist, executive lobbyist or lobbyist principal...

Rule 5.13. Lobbyist Principal Gifts for Public Service to Individual State Officer or Employee. - A. A lobbyist principal may give a plaque, trophy or...

Rule 5.14. Food and Beverage Provided by a Lobbyist Principal to an Event to Which All Members of Legislature are Invited. - A lobbyist principal that employs or retains a legislative liaison...

Rule 5.15. Food and Beverage Provided by a Lobbyist Principal to a Political Caucus. - A lobbyist principal that employs or retains a legislative liaison...

Rule 5.16. Food and beverage for events at the Capitol building to which all members of a committee or subcommittee of the Legislature are invited - A lobbyist principal that employs or retains a legislative liaison...

Rule 5.17. Food and Beverage Provided by a Lobbyist Principal for Out of State Events. - A lobbyist principal that employs or retains a legislative liaison...

Rule 5.18. Lobbyist Principal Purchase of Tickets or Sponsorship of Bona Fide Community - A lobbyist principal may purchase tickets for or otherwise provide...

Rule 5.19. Legislative Liaison and Legislative Lobbyist Report Deadlines. - Each legislative liaison and legislative lobbyist shall file a Legislative...

Rule 5.20. Executive Lobbyist Report Deadlines. - Each executive lobbyist shall file an Executive Lobbyist Report before...

Rule 5.21. Legislative Lobbyist Report Required Information. - Each Legislative Lobbyist Report shall include, but not be limited...

Rule 5.22. Executive Lobbyist Report Required Information. - Each Executive Lobbyist Report shall include, but not be limited...

Rule 5.23. Legislative Liaison - A legislative liaison or legislative lobbyist may file an Amended...

Rule 5.24. Executive Director Authority to Require Additional Information. - The Executive Director of the Commission shall be authorized to...

Rule 5.25. Waiver based on preexisting relationships - A state officer or employee may apply to the Commission...

Rule 5.26. Legislative Liaison - A legislative liaison, legislative lobbyist or executive lobbyist shall be...

Rule 5.27. Lobbying Activity Disclosure Requirements. - When engaged in lobbying activities, either orally or in writing,...

Rule 5.28. State Officer or Employee Prohibition on Legislative or Executive Lobbying. - No state officer or employee, including members of boards, commissions,...

Rule 5.29. Lobbyist or Legislative Liaison Violation of Rules through Indirect Action - In no event may a legislative liaison, a legislative lobbyist,...

Rule 6.1. Purpose of Rule 6 - The purpose of Rule 6 is to set forth the...

Rule 6.2. Definitions - As used in Rule 6: 1. “Commission” shall mean the...

Rule 6.3. Source of a complaint - A. A member of the Commission or an employee of...

Rule 6.4. Blackout Period. - The Commission shall not accept a complaint from any person...

Rule 6.5. Preliminary Investigation of Complaint. - The Executive Director may conduct or authorize any Commission employee...

Rule 6.6. Commission Review of Complaint or Investigation. - The Executive Director shall advise or authorize the General Counsel...

Rule 6.7. Formal Investigation. - The Commission, upon determining that there is reasonable cause to...

Rule 6.8. Subpoena Power. - When the Commission authorizes a formal investigation, the Executive Director...

Rule 6.9. Confidentiality of Complaint or Investigation. - Unless the Commission determines that a complaint or a formal...

Rule 6.10. Commission Action During Formal Investigation. - At any time during a formal investigation or at the...

Rule 6.11. Commission Transmittal of Information to Appropriate Authorities. - The Commission may at any time transmit to appropriate civil...

Rule 6.12. Civil Lawsuits for Violation of Rules. - If authorized by the Commission as provided in Rule 6.10(2)...

Rule 6.13. Civil Penalties for Violation of Rules. - Monetary penalties that may be assessed by the District Court...

Rule 6.14. Other Remedies. - In addition to the monetary penalties provided in Rule 6.13,...

Rule 6.15. Monetary Liability for Violation of Rules. - Liability for payment of a monetary penalty, fees, costs and...

Rule 6.16. Monetary Liability Assessed by District Court. - Liability for payment of a monetary penalty, fees, costs and...

Rule 6.17. Separate Liability Assessed by District Court. - In the event the District Court finds more than one...

Rule 6.18. Settlement Agreements. - Irrespective of any penalties provided in these Rules, any monetary...

Rule 6.19. Late filing fees - Beginning July 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Commission shall...

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Oklahoma Statutes Title 74E. Ethics Rules

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