Oklahoma § 62-8013 - Oversight committee

§ 62-8013. Oversight committee

A. There is hereby created within the Legislature a committee

to oversee the operations of the Legislative Office of Fiscal

Transparency. The committee shall consist of fourteen (14) members,

as follows:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 62. Public Finance

1. Seven members of the Senate, at least two of whom shall be

members of the minority party, to be appointed by the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate; and

2. Seven members of the House of Representatives, at least two

of whom shall be members of the minority party, to be appointed by

the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

B. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of

the House of Representatives shall each designate a co-chair of the

oversight committee from among the members from their respective

houses.

C. A quorum of the oversight committee shall consist of at

least eight members; provided, any action by the oversight committee

shall require the vote of at least four members from each house of

the Legislature. The agenda for each meeting shall be set by the

co-chairs and shall be made available to the public, by posting on

the Senate and House websites, at least twenty-four (24) hours prior

to the time of the meeting. Meetings of the oversight committee

shall be governed by joint rules of the Legislature. Members of the

oversight committee shall receive reimbursement from the Legislative

Service Bureau for actual and necessary expenses incurred in

connection with their duties as members of the oversight committee

in accordance with other provisions of law relating to travel

reimbursement for members of the Legislature.

D. The members and co-chairs of the oversight committee shall

be appointed no later than July 1, 2019, and the oversight committee

shall hold its first meeting no later than August 1, 2019.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 451, § 3, emerg. eff. May 24, 2019.