City of Enid v. Public Employees Relations Board

¶ 1 The issue before us concerns the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Municipal Employee Collective Bargaining Act (hereinafter the Act).1 We hold that the Act is a general law of state-wide concern that contains a proper and legitimate classification of municipalities with a population greater than 35,-000. This population classification bears a reasonable relationship to the Act’s objective codified at 11 O.S.Supp.2005, § 51-201, “to promote orderly and constructive employment relations between municipal employers and their employees.” The Act grants municipal employees of these…