Oklahoma § 2-4005 - Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority —

§ 2-4005. Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority —

Creation — Membership.

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma State University

Veterinary Medicine Authority, known and cited also as "OSUVMA", an

agency of the State of Oklahoma, a body corporate and politic, with

powers of government and with the authority to exercise the rights,

privileges, and functions as specified in the Oklahoma State

University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act. The Oklahoma State

University Veterinary Medicine Authority is covered by the

Governmental Tort Claims Act.

B. The Authority shall consist of eight (8) members as follows:

1. One member shall be appointed by the Governor, with the

advice and consent of the Oklahoma State Senate;

2. One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma

House of Representatives;

3. One member shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore

of the Oklahoma State Senate;

4. One member shall be the Dean of the Oklahoma State

University College of Veterinary Medicine;

5. One member to be appointed from the veterinarian community

by the President of Oklahoma State University;

6. One member shall be a member of the Board of Regents for the

Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges;

7. One member shall be appointed by the Chair of the Board of

Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges; and

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8. One ex-officio, non-voting member shall be the Chief

Executive Officer of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary

Medicine Authority who shall be appointed by the President of

Oklahoma State University.

C. All appointed members shall be appointed by July 1, 2023.

Of the members of the Authority initially appointed, the member

appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall serve a

term of three (3) years; the member appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives shall serve a term of two (2) years; and

the member appointed by the Governor shall serve a term of one (1)

year. Successors shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years.

D. Each member of the Authority, prior to appointment, shall be

a resident of the state and a qualified elector. Each member of the

Authority shall possess dual office holding exemption privileges and

shall be exempt from any statutory dual office holding prohibitions.

E. Members shall be removable only for cause by the appointing

authority. Any vacancy occurring on the Authority shall be filled

by the original appointing authority.

F. The members of the Authority shall serve without

compensation but may be reimbursed for all actual and necessary

travel expenses incurred in performance of their duties in

accordance with the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement

Act.

G. All members of the Authority and administrative personnel of

the Authority shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Ethics Commission Rules, Chapter 62 Appendix of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

H. A quorum of the Authority shall be four (4) voting members.

The Authority shall elect a chair and vice-chair from among its

members.

I. The Authority shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act but shall be subject to the purchasing policies of

Oklahoma State University and shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open

Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act, except as otherwise

provided by this act. Any information submitted to or compiled by

the Authority except for budgetary information related to

appropriations or the appropriations process with respect to the

marketing plans, financial statements, trade secrets, research

concepts, methods or products, or any other proprietary information

of the Authority, persons, firms, associations, partnerships,

agencies, corporations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit

research institutions or other entities shall be confidential,

except to the extent that the person or entity which provided the

information or which is the subject of the information consents to

disclosure. Executive sessions may be held to discuss such

materials if deemed necessary by the Authority.

Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 5, eff. July 1, 2023.

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