Oklahoma § 19-863.5 - Commission membership - Appointment and tenure Compensation - Vacancies—Removal

§ 19-863.5. Commission membership - Appointment and tenure Compensation - Vacancies—Removal

The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission shall consist of

eleven (11) members, selected as follows: six shall be appointed by

the mayor and approved by the city council and three shall be

appointed by the board. The mayor of the municipality or a person

designated by the mayor as an alternate and the chair of the board

or a person designated by the chair of the board as an alternate

shall be ex officio members of the Commission and shall be entitled

to vote on all matters. Members selected by the mayor other than

the alternate of the mayor shall serve for terms of three (3) years,

except that the respective terms of the first two members appointed

shall be one (1) year, the next two members appointed two (2) years,

and the next two members three (3) years. Members selected by the

chair of the board other than the alternate of the chair, shall

serve for terms of three (3) years, except that the respective term

of the members first appointed shall be one, two, and three years.

All members of the Commission shall serve as such without

compensation, except the commissioners may receive a per diem as set

by the local board and council not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars

($25.00) for each meeting attended not to exceed One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) per month, and the appointed members other than the

alternates shall hold no other municipal or county office.

Vacancies occurring otherwise than through the expiration of term

shall be filled for the unexpired term by the official appointing

the original holder of said membership.

A member of such Commission, other than an alternate, once

qualified, can thereafter be removed during his or her term of

office only for cause and after a hearing held before the governing

body by which he or she was appointed.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

Added by Laws 1955, p. 165, § 5, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended

by Laws 1963, c. 179, § 2, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963; Laws 1977, c.

157, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1977; Laws 1990, c. 215, § 5, emerg. eff. May

18, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 47, § 1, emerg. eff. April 8, 1992; Laws

2009, c. 267, § 2, eff. July 1, 2009.