Opinion No. (1988)

Dear Representative Leist,

¶ 0 The Attorney General has received your request for an official opinion asking in effect:

1. How is the determination made as to whether the office ofCounty Superintendent of Schools has been vacant for one year forpurposes of its abolishment under 70 O.S. 4-101 (1981)? 2. What effect does the answer to question No. 1 have uponcandidates who have filed for vacant but not yet abolishedoffices of County Superintendent of Schools in this year'selections?

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 These questions concern the implementation of a proviso added to 70 O.S. 4-101 (1981), in 1971,…