AG Opinion 2023-15

The Attorney General looks at article X, sections 14, 15, and 17, of the Oklahoma Constitution and concludes that neither these sections nor any other provision of law prohibits a charter municipality from establishing a leave-sharing program for members of a paid fire department or police department. And, this opinion also determines that because the rights of members of a fire department to collectively bargain for all terms of labor is a matter of statewide concern, and not purely municipal, a charter municipality may not enact or construe an ordinance that irreconcilably conflicts with these rights.