Oklahoma § 74-166.2 - Commission for Rehabilitation Services - Powers and

§ 74-166.2. Commission for Rehabilitation Services - Powers and

duties.

A. Effective July 1, 1993, there is hereby created the

Commission for Rehabilitation Services, an agency of this state, a

body corporate and politic, with powers of government and with the

authority to exercise the rights, privileges and functions as herein

specified, with its lawful operations deemed to be an essential

governmental function of this state with all the attributes thereof.

B. The Commission shall appoint and remove the Director of the

State Department of Rehabilitation Services, approve programs,

policy and budget, and perform the necessary functions of a

governing board for the State Department of Rehabilitation Services.

C. l. The Commission shall consist of seven (7) members, to be

appointed as follows:

a.

two members shall be appointed by the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate,

b.

two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives, and

c.

three members shall be appointed by the Governor.

2. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, members

shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years. Each term shall

begin on July 1 of the respective year and end on June 30 three (3)

years later.

3. The current appointee of the Speaker of the House of

Representatives shall serve until June 30, 2025. The current

appointee of the Governor shall serve until June 30, 2026. The

current appointee of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall

serve until June 30, 2027.

4. For the purpose of expanding the Commission to seven (7)

members, the following additional members shall be appointed:

a.

one member shall be appointed by the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate for a term beginning on July 1,

2025, and ending on June 30, 2027,

b.

two members shall be appointed by the Governor, each

for a term beginning on July 1, 2025, and ending on

June 30, 2026, and

c.

one member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives for a term beginning on July

1, 2025, and ending on June 30, 2028, in addition to

the member the Speaker shall appoint to fill the seat

of the current member whose term expires on June 30,

2025.

5. Thereafter, at the expiration of the term, or termination of

the member’s service for any reason, the original appointing

authority shall appoint a successor for a term of three (3) years,

or for the remainder of an unexpired term.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

D. Members of the Commission shall be knowledgeable of and have

concern for rehabilitation issues and disability issues; provided,

that such requirement shall not exclude participation of lay persons

as Commission members. All members shall be residents of the state

and qualified electors at the time of their appointment. Before

entering upon the duties of their office, members of the Commission

shall take the Constitutional oath of office and the same shall be

filed with the Secretary of State. A member of the Commission may

be reappointed to succeed himself or herself. Commission members

shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in the performance

of their duties as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

E. The original appointing authority may remove any

commissioner for misconduct, incompetency or neglect of duty, after

giving such commissioner a written statement of charges, and

opportunity for a hearing.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 364, § 2, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993. Amended

by Laws 2004, c. 543, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2025, c. 356, §

1, emerg. eff. May 29, 2025.