Oklahoma § 74-2203 - Commission membership - Appointment and tenure

§ 74-2203. Commission membership - Appointment and tenure

A. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission shall be an

advisory body to the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Tourism and

Recreation Department and shall consist of eight (8) members who

shall serve a term of six (6) years. Effective January 14, 2019,

all duties and powers of the Commission shall be transferred to the

Executive Director. Any provision in statute that provides to the

Commission authority that is not advisory in nature shall be deemed

to grant the duty or power to the Executive Director. No more than

one Commission member shall be from any one county. The Lieutenant

Governor shall serve as an ex officio voting member of the

Commission.

B. One member shall be appointed from each congressional

district, who shall be a resident and a qualified elector in the

district from which appointed, and the remaining members shall be

appointed from the state at large. If congressional districts are

redrawn each member appointed shall complete the current term of

office at which time a new appointment shall be made in compliance

with the redrawn congressional district.

C. Commission members shall be appointed by the Governor, with

the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve at the

pleasure of the Governor. Whenever a vacancy on the Commission

occurs by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Governor shall fill

the same by appointment, with the advice and consent of the Senate,

and the appointee shall hold office during the unexpired term. Each

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member shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and

qualified.

D. With the exception of the ex officio, no member of the

Commission shall seek election to a federal, state, or county office

while serving on the Commission.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 363, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2005. Amended by Laws

2008, c. 112, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008; Laws 2018, c. 187, § 1, eff.

Jan. 14, 2019.