Oklahoma § 82-863.3 - Joint Legislative Task Force on the Grand River Dam

§ 82-863.3. Joint Legislative Task Force on the Grand River Dam

Authority - Members - Travel reimbursements.

A. There is hereby created the Joint Legislative Task Force on

the Grand River Dam Authority for the purpose of studying the

functions, activities, policies, procedures and expenditures

performed by the district and any related issues the task force

deems appropriate. Members of the task force shall be appointed in

January of each year following a state general election by the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

Representatives. Membership shall be made up of five members of the

Senate and five members of the House of Representatives whose

legislative districts include a portion of the Grand River Dam

Authority district to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of

the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

respectively. The President Pro Tempore and Speaker shall each

designate one of their members to be cochairs of the task force.

The task force shall be required to meet at least once biennially

during the first session of each new legislature. Additional

meetings may be called as the cochairs determine necessary.

Meetings of the task force shall be called by the cochairs. A

majority of the appointed members shall constitute a quorum for any

meeting of the task force. Staffing assistance shall be provided by

the staff of the Senate and House of Representatives.

B. The members of the task force created herein shall continue

to serve until new members are appointed pursuant to the provisions

of subsection A of this section. The task force is authorized to

adopt any recommendations or issue any report it deems necessary.

Any recommendations or reports shall be approved by a majority of

the appointed members. Copies of any recommendations or reports

issued by the task force shall be distributed to the Governor, the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, the members of the Grand River Dam Authority Board

of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Grand River Dam

Authority.

C. The Grand River Dam Authority shall annually provide a copy

of the district's most recent annual report to the members of the

task force in addition to any information requested pursuant to the

provisions of this section.

D. Members serving on the task force shall not be entitled to

travel reimbursement.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights

Added by Laws 2007, c. 192, § 3. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 247, § 1;

Laws 2019, c. 507, § 5, eff. July 1, 2019.