Oklahoma § 59-396.1 - Oath of office

§ 59-396.1. Oath of office

Members of said Board, before entering upon their duties, shall

take and subscribe to the oath of office provided for state

officers, and the same shall be filed in the office of the Secretary

of State.

Added by Laws 1941, p. 235, § 2, emerg. eff. May 20, 1941.

§59-396.1A. Removal of Board members.

The Governor shall remove from membership of the Oklahoma

Funeral Board, at any time, any member of the Board for continued

neglect of duty required by the Funeral Services Licensing Act,

conduct involving moral turpitude or any violation of the provisions

of Section 396.12c of this title.

Added by Laws 1941, p. 242, § 22, emerg. eff. May 20, 1941. Amended

by Laws 2003, c. 57, § 21, emerg. eff. April 10, 2003. Renumbered

from § 396.21 of this title by Laws 2003, c. 57, § 31, emerg. eff.

April 10, 2003.

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§59-396.1B. Expenses of Board members - Executive director - Other

personnel.

All of the members of the Oklahoma Funeral Board shall be

reimbursed for travel expenses incident to attendance upon the

business of the Board as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement

Act. The Board is hereby authorized to employ an executive director

at an annual salary to be set by the Board, payable monthly, and to

rent and equip an office therefor in some city in the state to be

selected by the Board. The Board shall not employ any of its

members for a period of three (3) years following their expiration

of term of office. The executive director shall keep such books,

records, and perform such other lawful duties as are required by or

placed upon the executive director by the Board, and shall be

entitled to receive traveling expenses while in the performance of

the duties as directed and prescribed by the Board. The executive

director shall not accept any employment from any funeral home or

wholesale house dealing in funeral supplies or equipment while

acting as the executive director. The Board shall have the right

and authority to employ necessary personnel to carry out the

provisions of the Funeral Services Licensing Act. The expenses of

the Board shall at no time exceed the monies available to the Fund

of the Oklahoma Funeral Board.

Added by Laws, 1941, p. 241, § 19, emerg. eff. May 20, 1941.

Amended by Laws 1945, p.195, § 8, emerg. eff. April 28, 1945; Laws

1961, p. 456, § 6, emerg. eff. July 11, 1961; Laws 1970, c. 311, §

5, emerg. eff. April 27, 1970; Laws 1978, c. 96, § 3, emerg. eff.

March 29, 1978; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 32, operative July 1, 1985;

Laws 1999, c. 64, § 15, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 57, § 19,

emerg. eff. April 10, 2003. Renumbered from § 396.18 of this title

by Laws 2003, c. 57, § 31, emerg. eff. April 10, 2003.

§59-396.1C. Executive director of Board - Powers and duties –

Collection and disposition of funds.

The executive director of the Board shall keep and preserve all

records of the Board, issue all necessary notices to the embalmers,

funeral directors and apprentices of the state, and perform such

other duties as may be imposed upon the executive director by the

Board. The executive director is hereby authorized and empowered to

collect, in the name and on behalf of the Board, the fees prescribed

in the Funeral Services Licensing Act, and all fees so collected

shall at the end of each month be deposited by the executive

director with the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall place

ten percent (10%) of the money so received in the general fund of

the state, and the balance in a special fund to be known as the

"Fund of the Oklahoma Funeral Board". Payment from the fund shall

be upon warrants drawn by the State Treasurer against claims

submitted by the Board to the Director of the Office of Management

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and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. All monies so

received by the fund may be used by the Board in carrying out the

provisions of the Funeral Services Licensing Act.

Added by Laws 1941, p. 240, § 15, emerg. eff. May 20, 1941. Amended

by Laws 1945, p. 194, § 6, emerg. eff. April 28, 1945; Laws 1970, c.

311, § 4, emerg. eff. April 27, 1970; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 37, emerg.

eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1999, c. 64, § 14, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws

2003, c. 57, § 17, emerg. eff. April 10, 2003. Renumbered from §

396.14 of this title by Laws 2003, c. 57, § 31, emerg. eff. April

10, 2003. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 264.