Oklahoma § 40-142.6 - Committee of Alternative Fuels Technician Examiners Members - Terms - Vacancies - Duties - Expenses - Quorum

§ 40-142.6. Committee of Alternative Fuels Technician Examiners Members - Terms - Vacancies - Duties - Expenses - Quorum

A. There is hereby established the Committee of Alternative

Fuels Technician Examiners which shall consist of eight (8) members.

All members of the Committee shall be residents of this state.

B. Five voting members of the Committee shall be appointed by

the Commissioner of Labor as follows:

1. Three members shall be alternative fuels technicians

selected from a list of names submitted by the State Board of Career

and Technology Education, with at least one member being an

alternative fuels equipment technician and at least one member being

an alternative fuels compression technician;

2. One member shall be a person involved in compressed natural

gas technology in an oil and/or gas industry; and

3. One member shall be a person involved in liquefied petroleum

gas technology in an oil and/or gas industry.

C. Two additional voting members shall be appointed by the

Commissioner of Labor, one of whom shall be an electric vehicle

technician, and one of whom shall be a person involved in

manufacturing, conversion, or research in the electric vehicle

industry.

D. All members shall each have at least two (2) years of active

experience in alternative fuels technology. The terms of the voting

members initially appointed to the Committee shall be staggered as

follows:

1. One alternative fuels technician shall be appointed for a

term of two (2) years;

2. One alternative fuels technician shall be appointed for a

term of three (3) years;

3. One alternative fuels technician shall be appointed for a

term of four (4) years;

4. One person involved in compressed natural gas technology in

an oil and/or gas industry shall be appointed for a term of three

(3) years;

5. One person involved in liquefied petroleum gas technology in

an oil and/or gas industry shall be appointed for a term of four (4)

years;

6. One electric vehicle technician shall be appointed for a

term of two (2) years; and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor

7. One person involved in manufacturing, conversion, or

research in the electric vehicle industry shall be appointed for a

term of three (3) years.

Thereafter, each voting member of the Committee shall be

appointed for a term of five (5) years, or until their successors

are appointed and qualified.

The nonvoting member shall be designated by the Commissioner of

Labor to serve as Recording Secretary to the Committee.

E. Vacancies which may occur in the membership of the Committee

shall be filled by appointment of the Commissioner of Labor. Each

person who has been appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the

remainder of the term for which the member such person succeeds was

appointed and until a successor has been appointed and has

qualified. Members of the Committee may be removed from office by

the Commissioner of Labor for cause in the manner provided by law

for the removal of officers not subject to impeachment.

F. The Committee shall assist and advise the Commissioner of

Labor on all matters relating to the formulation of rules and

standards in accordance with the Alternative Fuels Technician

Certification Act. The Commissioner of Labor or designee shall

administer the examinations of applicants for certification as

alternative fuels equipment technicians, alternative fuels

compression technicians, and electric vehicle technicians provided

that such examinations shall be in accordance with the provisions of

the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act.

G. All members of the Committee shall be reimbursed for

expenses incurred while in the performance of their duties in

accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

H. A majority of the total membership of the Committee shall

constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 294, § 4, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by

Laws 1991, c. 235, § 9, eff. July 1, 1991. Renumbered from § 420.54

of Title 52 by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended

by Laws 1994, c. 379, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1998, c. 160, §

6, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 171, eff. July 1, 2001;

Laws 2012, c. 304, § 825; Laws 2014, c. 328, § 4. Renumbered from §

130.14 of Title 74 by Laws 2014, c. 328, § 18. Amended by Laws

2015, c. 181, § 2, emerg. eff. April 27, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 132, §

1, emerg. eff. April 21, 2016.

NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 142.5 of this title to avoid a

duplication in numbering.