Oklahoma § 59-15.2 - Oklahoma Accountancy Board - Membership - Qualifications

§ 59-15.2. Oklahoma Accountancy Board - Membership - Qualifications

- Terms.

A. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2028,

in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the

Oklahoma Accountancy Board. The Oklahoma Accountancy Board shall

have the responsibility for administering and enforcing the Oklahoma

Accountancy Act. The Oklahoma Accountancy Board shall be composed

of seven (7) members, who shall have professional or practical

experience in the use of accounting services and financial matters,

so as to be qualified to make judgments about the qualifications and

conduct of persons and firms subject to regulation under the

Oklahoma Accountancy Act to be appointed by the Governor and

confirmed by the Senate. The number of registrant members shall not

be more than five, not including a firm, who shall serve terms of

five (5) years. No member who has served two successive complete

terms shall be eligible for reappointment, but an appointment to

fill an unexpired term shall not be considered a complete term for

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this purpose. One public member shall serve coterminously with the

Governor appointing the public member. The other public member

shall serve a term of five (5) years.

B. Five members shall be certified public accountants holding

certificates and four shall hold permits issued pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Accountancy Act, at least four of whom

shall have been engaged in the practice of public accounting as a

certified public accountant continuously for not less than five (5)

out of the last fifteen (15) years immediately preceding their

appointments. A list of qualified persons shall be compiled and

submitted to the Governor by the Oklahoma Society of Certified

Public Accountants from time to time as appointments of the

certified public accountant Board members are required. A list of

three names shall be submitted for each single appointment from

which the Governor may make the appointment.

C. Two members shall be public members who are not certified

public accountants. One public member shall be appointed by the

Governor to a term coterminous with the Governor, to serve at his or

her pleasure. The other public member shall serve a term of five

(5) years and have professional or practical experience in the use

of accounting services and financial matters. A list of qualified

persons shall be compiled and submitted to the Governor by the

Oklahoma Society of Public Accountants, Oklahoma Society of

Certified Public Accountants, or successor organizations from time

to time as appointment of the Board member is required. A list of

three (3) names shall be submitted for each single appointment from

which the Governor may make the appointment.

D. Upon the expiration of the term of office, a member shall

continue to serve until a qualified successor has been appointed.

Confirmation by the Senate is required during the next regular

session of the Senate for the member to continue to serve.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 188, § 2, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965. Amended

by Laws 1968, c. 271, § 2, emerg. eff. April 30, 1968; Laws 1980, c.

274, § 1, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1986, c. 79, § 1, eff. July 1,

1986; Laws 1992, c. 272, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1998, c. 38,

§ 1; Laws 2004, c. 125, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 1, §

85, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005; Laws 2010, c. 30, § 1; Laws 2010, c.

85, § 2, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2014, c. 55, § 1; Laws 2019, c.

327, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2020, c. 116, § 6, eff. July 1,

2020; Laws 2022, c. 26, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2022; Laws 2023, c. 33, §

1, eff. July 1, 2023.

NOTE: Laws 1992, c. 10, § 1 repealed by Laws 1992, c. 343, § 4,

eff. July 1, 1992. Laws 2004, c. 27, § 1 repealed by Laws 2005, c.

1, § 86, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005.