Oklahoma § 53-1.6 - Board of Directors - Membership - Succession - Agents of

§ 53-1.6. Board of Directors - Membership - Succession - Agents of

state.

A. The Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society

shall consist of not more than twenty-five (25) members, with the

Governor as an ex officio member. In addition to any appointing

authority of the Governor, the Governor shall appoint one at-large

member of the Board of Directors who shall be a surviving lineal

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations

descendant of Will Rogers, if there is a descendant who chooses to

serve and if such descendant otherwise satisfies the conditions and

qualifications of the Society’s constitution or bylaws for

appointment as an at-large member. The number of members of the

Board may be decreased by act of the Legislature or by act of the

Society by amending its constitution. Each member of the Board of

Directors shall hold office until the successor of the member is

elected and qualified pursuant to the provisions of the constitution

of the Society or as otherwise provided by the Oklahoma Historical

Preservation Act, Section 1.1 et seq. of this title. If at any time

the provisions of the Society's constitution or bylaws are in

conflict with statutory provisions relating to appointment of

members by congressional district, statutory provisions shall

prevail.

B. Members of the Board of Directors are hereby declared to be

agents of the State of Oklahoma.

Laws 1935, p. 63, § 1; Laws 1988, c. 217, § 7, emerg. eff. June 21,

1988. Renumbered from § 6 by Laws 1988, c. 217, § 15, emerg. eff.

June 21, 1988. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 364, § 4, emerg. eff. June

4, 1992; Laws 2016, c. 1, § 10, emerg. eff. March 7, 2016.

§53-1.6a. Seasonal employees.

The Oklahoma Historical Society may employ seasonal employees

throughout the calendar year. Project labor employed by the

Oklahoma Historical Society for a period of time necessary to

complete a project shall be in the unclassified service of the state

as provided by the Oklahoma Personnel Act. Such employees shall not

be entitled to paid leave, paid holidays, retirement, health, dental

or life insurance, and shall be exempt from any laws, rules or

practices providing for such benefits.

The Oklahoma Historical Society shall include in its annual

budget request a summary of the use of project labor which shall

include the number of workers employed under the provisions of this

section and the total wages paid to these employees.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 367, § 10, eff. July 1, 1992. Amended by

Laws 2003, c. 289, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.