SECTION 240:10-11-3. Organization

(a)   The Director of the Appellate Division of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall administer the Assessment Board. The Director shall have supervisory authority over the chief hearing officer, hearing officers, and support staff of the Assessment Board. The Director, or designee, may reschedule hearings upon notice to the parties, administratively vacate decisions for good cause, grant or deny requests for continuances, and issue subpoenas in Assessment Board cases.

(b)   All hearing officers appointed to the Appeal Tribunal shall also be hearing officers for the Assessment Board.

(c)   The Director of the Appellate Division of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission may appoint a qualified Appellate Division staff member who is not designated as a hearing officer, to be a special referee to hear base period employer protests to benefit wage charges made by the Commission pursuant to 40 O.S. Section 3-106.

[Source: Amended at 9 Ok Reg 3549, eff 7-20-92 (emergency); Amended at 10 Ok Reg 1393, eff 4-26-93; Amended at 10 Ok Reg 4191, eff 7-7-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 1605, eff 5-12-94; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1375, eff 5-26-95; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2905, eff 7-11-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1496, eff 5-11-98; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1233, eff 5-25-07; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 1239, eff 9-12-14]