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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 74. STATE GOVERNMENT

  § 74-2203. Commission membership - Appointment and tenure - Organization - Meetings.  

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  • A.  The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission shall consist of eight (8) members who shall serve a term of six (6) years.  No more than one Commission member shall be from any one county.  The Lieutenant Governor shall serve as an ex officio voting member of the Commission.

    B.  One member shall be appointed from each congressional district, who shall be a resident and a qualified elector in the district from which appointed, and the remaining members shall be appointed from the state at large.  If congressional districts are redrawn each member appointed shall complete the current term of office at which time a new appointment shall be made in compliance with the redrawn congressional district.

    C.  Commission members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  Whenever a vacancy on the Commission occurs by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Governor shall fill the same by appointment, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the appointee shall hold office during the unexpired term.  Each member shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and qualified.  Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, and the vote of the majority of members present shall be necessary for any action to be taken by the Commission.  No vacancy in the membership of the Commission shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise and perform all the rights and duties of the Commission.

    D.  With the exception of the ex officio, no member of the Commission shall seek election to a federal, state, or county office while serving on the Commission.

    E.  Each member of the Commission, before serving on the Commission, shall take and subscribe to the constitutional and statutory oaths of office and file said oaths with the Secretary of State.  Members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for travel expenses to Commission meetings as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act of the Oklahoma Statutes.

    F.  The Commission shall be organized by the Governor who shall appoint from the Commission the Chair, the Vice Chair, and the Secretary.  The Commission is authorized and directed to adopt rules pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act to execute the powers and duties of the Commission and Department.

    G.  The Commission may meet monthly and shall meet at least quarterly.  The Commission may meet at such other times as it deems necessary for effectively performing its duties and responsibilities.  Special meetings may be called by the Chair or by any three members of the Commission.  The meetings of the Commission shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.

    H.  The Commission is hereby declared to be a governmental agency and instrumentality of the State of Oklahoma with authority to exercise, in addition to those it now has, the rights, privileges and functions hereinafter specified.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 363, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.  Amended by Laws 2008, c. 112, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008.