Oklahoma § 21-143.1 - Board composition
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 21-143.1 — Board composition, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-143.1. Board composition
A. The Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence (SAFE) Board shall
consist of seventeen (17) members as follows:
1. Four nonvoting members as follows:
a.
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint
two members of the Senate who shall not be members of
the same political party, and
b.
the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
appoint two members of the House of Representatives
who shall not be members of the same political party;
2. Seven voting members as follows:
a.
the Attorney General or designee,
b.
the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation or designee,
c.
the Chief of the Oklahoma City Police Department or
designee,
d.
the Chief of the Tulsa Police Department or designee,
e.
the Executive Coordinator of the District Attorneys
Council or designee,
f.
the Executive Director of the Native Alliance Against
Violence or designee, and
g.
the Executive Director of the Council on Law
Enforcement Education and Training or designee; and
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3. Six voting members to be appointed by the Attorney General
to serve for terms of two (2) years and who shall be eligible for
reappointment. Such members shall be persons having training or
experience in matters related to sexual assault. The appointed
members shall include:
a.
a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner selected from a list
of three names submitted by the Oklahoma Nurses
Association,
b.
a chief of a municipal police department, not
designated in subparagraph c or d of paragraph 2 of
this subsection, selected from a list of three names
submitted by the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of
Police,
c.
a county sheriff selected from a list of three names
submitted by the executive board of the Oklahoma
Sheriffs’ Association,
d.
an attorney from an office of public defenders with
criminal defense experience from a list of three names
submitted by the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System or
other public defenders organization,
e.
an advocate of sexual assault victims from a
community-based organization, and
f.
a person who is a survivor of sexual assault and who
has experience with sexual assault forensic evidence
kit collection or is a survivor of sexual assault
committed in this state who has participated in the
justice system process.
B. Every two (2) years the Board shall elect from among its
membership a chair and a vice chair. The Board shall meet at least
quarterly and may meet more frequently as necessary as determined by
the chair. Seven (7) voting members or their designees, as
specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection A of this section,
shall constitute a quorum.
C. Members shall serve without compensation but may be
reimbursed for necessary travel out of funds available to the Office
of the Attorney General pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement
Act; provided, that the reimbursement shall be paid in the case of
state employee members by the agency employing the member.
D. The Office of the Attorney General shall provide
administrative assistance and services to the Sexual Assault
Forensic Evidence Board with funds appropriated or otherwise
available for that purpose.
Added by Laws 2024, c. 180, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.
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