Oklahoma § 70-3204 - State Regents - Body corporate - Official seal - officers

Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 70-3204 — State Regents - Body corporate - Official seal - officers, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 70-3204. State Regents - Body corporate - Official seal - officers

- Terms - Powers and duties - Proceedings.

(a) The State Regents shall be a body corporate, and shall adopt

an official seal; and all contracts, official documents, awards,

degrees or other papers or instruments issued by the State Regents

and requiring the official signature of the State Regents shall have

the impression of such seal.

(b) The State Regents shall annually elect from its membership a

chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, and assistant secretary, each of

whom shall serve for a term of one (1) fiscal year. The chairman

shall be the presiding officer of the State Regents. He shall, on

behalf of the State Regents, subscribe the official name thereof,

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and the secretary shall affix the official seal to all contracts,

official documents, awards, degrees or other papers or instruments

issued by the State Regents and requiring the official signature of

the State Regents. In the absence, disqualification or disability

of the chairman or secretary to act, the vice-chairman and assistant

secretary shall perform the duties of such respective officers. The

officers of the State Regents shall have such other powers and

perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the State Regents,

which shall also adopt such rules and regulations as it deems

necessary to govern its proceedings and the conduct of its business.

Laws 1965, c. 396, § 204; Laws 1980, c. 159, § 23, emerg. eff. April

2, 1980.

Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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