Oklahoma § 63-2863 - Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority – Creation - Members

§ 63-2863. Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority – Creation - Members

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management

Authority which shall be the governing board overseeing the

development and regulation of 9-1-1 emergency systems in this state

and managing the distribution of all 9-1-1 telephone fees collected

pursuant to the provisions of Section 2865 of this title.

B. The Authority shall be composed of the following members:

1. One member representing a tribal authority that operates a

9-1-1 system to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate;

2. One member representing a statewide organization dedicated

to public safety to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate;

3. One member representing a statewide organization dedicated

to career development for emergency number professionals to be

appointed by the Governor;

4. One member representing a statewide organization dedicated

to representing Oklahoma municipalities to be appointed by the

Speaker of the House of Representatives;

5. One member representing a statewide organization

representing Oklahoma county commissioners to be appointed by the

Governor;

6. One member representing a statewide association of regional

councils of government to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore

of the Senate;

7. The Chief Information Officer for the state, or designee;

8. One member representing a substate planning district to be

appointed by the Governor;

9. Two members each representing a municipal government

operating a 9-1-1 system and having a population of less than one

hundred thousand (100,000), one to be appointed by the Speaker of

the House of Representatives, and one to be appointed by the

Governor;

10. One member representing a municipal government operating a

9-1-1 system and having a population of more than one hundred

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thousand (100,000) but less than four hundred fifty thousand

(450,000) to be appointed by the Governor;

11. One member representing a municipal government operating a

9-1-1 system and having a population of more than four hundred fifty

thousand (450,000) to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives;

12. One member representing an organization created by an

interlocal agreement for the purpose of sharing public safety

answering point duties and whose members are municipal governments

with a population of less than four hundred fifty thousand (450,000)

to be appointed by the Governor;

13. One member representing an organization created by an

interlocal agreement for the purpose of sharing public safety

answering point duties and whose members are municipal governments

with a population of more than four hundred fifty thousand (450,000)

to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

14. One member who is a 9-1-1 coordinator for a county with a

population of less than twenty thousand (20,000) to be appointed by

the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

15. One member who is a 9-1-1 coordinator for a county with a

population of more than twenty thousand (20,000) to be appointed by

the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

16. One member who is a 9-1-1 coordinator for a county to be

appointed by the Governor; and

17. The Oklahoma Secretary of Public Safety or designee.

C. There shall be five (5) nonvoting 9-1-1 industry members.

Nonvoting members are not required for a quorum. Nonvoting members

shall not be included in executive sessions. The nonvoting members

shall be made up of the following:

1. One member representing a local exchange telecommunications

service provider which serves less than fifty thousand (50,000)

access lines in the state or a telephone cooperative, to be

appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

2. One member representing a local exchange telecommunications

service provider which serves more than fifty thousand (50,000)

access lines in the state, to be appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives;

3. One member representing a Tier I wireless carrier, as

defined by the Federal Communications Commission, to be appointed by

the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

4. One member representing a Tier III wireless carrier, as

defined by the Federal Communications Commission, to be appointed by

the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and

5. One member representing the telephone industry, to be

appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

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D. Members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing

authority and vacancies shall be filled by the original appointing

authority.

E. Members shall receive no compensation for serving on the

Authority.

F. The Authority shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records

Act and the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.

G. The members of the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority shall

be reimbursed for mileage or actual travel expense, whichever is

less, to attend regular and special meetings when the travel exceeds

fifty (50) miles from their home or business, whichever is closer to

the meeting location.

H. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland

Security shall provide administrative, fiscal and staff support for

the Authority. Expenses related to the provision of such services

may be paid from funds available in the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management

Authority Revolving Fund created in Section 2869 of this title, upon

approval by a majority of the members of the Authority.

I. Members serving on the Statewide Nine-One-One Advisory Board

appointed pursuant to Section 2847 of this title on November 1,

2016, shall continue serving as members of the Oklahoma 9-1-1

Management Authority unless replaced by their appointing authority.

Added by Laws 2016, c. 324, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2016. Amended by Laws

2023, c. 258, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.