Oklahoma § 57-332.4 - Selection of Chairman - Compensation and expenses

§ 57-332.4. Selection of Chairman - Compensation and expenses

A. The Chair of the Pardon and Parole Board shall be selected

by the Board. The Chair of the Pardon and Parole Board shall

receive Twenty-four Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($24,800.00) per

annum, payable monthly, in the following allotment:

1. Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for preparation for said

meeting; and

2. One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars ($1,667.00) for

the regular monthly Board meeting.

B. The members of the Board shall receive Twenty-two Thousand

Eight Hundred Dollars ($22,800.00) per annum, payable monthly in the

following allotment:

1. Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for preparation for said

meeting; and

2. One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for the

regular monthly Board meeting.

C. 1. Failure of any member to attend one Board meeting in any

calendar year, except for justifiable excuse as determined by the

Chair pursuant to written policy established by the Board, shall

preclude the right of the member to receive his or her monthly

compensation established by subsection A or B of this section.

2.

In addition, any member who fails to attend two or more

Board meetings in any calendar year except for extraordinary

circumstances as determined by the Chair pursuant to written policy

established by the Board shall be deemed to have committed official

misconduct as such term is defined by Section 93 of Title 51 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. To initiate a removal from office pursuant to

this paragraph, the Board shall pass a resolution by a majority of

the members of the Board detailing the alleged misconduct. Such

removal shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 3 of Title 51

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. Failure to attend meetings of the Board, pursuant to the

policy established by the Board, shall constitute cause for removal

pursuant to Section 10 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution.

Added by Laws 1945, p. 185, § 1. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 211, § 1,

emerg. eff. April 22, 1968; Laws 1973, c. 172, § 3, emerg. eff. May

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories

16, 1973; Laws 1975, c. 233, § 5, emerg. eff. May 30, 1975; Laws

1979, c. 47, § 31, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1980, c. 243, §

3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1980; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 25, operative July

1, 1985; Laws 1988, c. 257, § 3, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1992,

c. 293, § 2, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992; Laws 1998, c. 51, § 7, emerg.

eff. April 2, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 415, § 16, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws

2001, c. 292, § 17, emerg. eff. May 31, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 7, § 2,

emerg. eff. Feb. 15, 2002.

NOTE: Laws 2001, c. 433, § 75 repealed by Laws 2002, c. 7, § 4,

emerg. eff. Feb. 15, 2002.

§57-332.4a. Pardon and Parole Board - Reimbursements.

The Chair and members of the Pardon and Parole Board shall

receive reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses,

according to the State Travel Reimbursement Act, while attending and

going to and from meetings of the Board and in performing their

official duties. Such compensation shall be paid by the State

Treasurer by state warrant drawn against funds appropriated for such

purpose by the Legislature. Hours worked by Board members shall be

exempt from full-time-equivalent employee limits.

Added by Laws 2002, c. 7, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 15, 2002.