§ 74-480. Creation - Composition - Terms - Officers - Travel reimbursement - Quorum.

A.  There is hereby created the Oklahoma Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations which shall be an advisory committee to the Oklahoma Legislature.

B.  The Oklahoma Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall be composed as follows:

1.  One elected municipal official or designee from a municipality with a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000) persons, one elected municipal official or designee from a municipality with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) persons or more and one elected county official, all of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

2.  One elected municipal official or designee from a municipality with a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000) persons, one elected municipal official or designee from a municipality with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) persons or more and one elected county official, all of whom shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

3.  The President of the Oklahoma County Officers Association or designee;

4.  The President of the Oklahoma Association of County Commissioners or designee;

5.  The President of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Municipal League or designee;

6.  The members of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation or staff members designated by the members of the delegation;

7.  Four members of the House of Representatives who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

8.  Four members of the Senate who shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

9.  The Director of the State Department of Transportation or designee;

10.  The Chairman of the Oklahoma Tax Commission or designee;

11.  The Governor or designee; and

12.  The President of the Oklahoma State School Board Association or designee.

C.  The terms of office of the members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be two (2) years.  Legislative members currently serving on the Committee may serve until July 1, 1996.  Legislative members may be reappointed to successive office for one additional term.

D.  The chairman and vice-chairman of the Committee shall be designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate as provided for in this subsection.  The appointment of the chairman and vice-chairman shall be from the legislators appointed to the Committee.  The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate the initial chairman who shall serve until the convening of the First Regular Session of the 42nd Oklahoma Legislature.  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall designate the initial vice-chairman who shall serve until the convening of the First Regular Session of the 42nd Oklahoma Legislature.  Thereafter, the chairmanship shall alternate every two (2) years between the House of Representatives and the Senate, beginning with the convening of the First Regular Session of the Legislature.  In the event of the absence or disability of both the chairman and the vice-chairman, the members of the Committee shall elect a temporary chairman by a majority vote of those present and voting.

E.  The appointed members of the Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

F.  Any legislative members of the Advisory Committee shall be reimbursed for their necessary travel incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Nonlegislative members of the Advisory Committee shall receive necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties according to provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.  All such travel reimbursement authorized by this subsection shall be paid by the Legislative Service Bureau.

G.  A majority of the membership of the Committee, excluding the congressional membership, shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting Committee business.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 203, § 65, operative July 1, 1987.  Amended by Laws 1995, c. 140, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 1995.