Oklahoma § 74-480 - Creation - Composition - Terms - Officers - Travel

§ 74-480. Creation - Composition - Terms - Officers - Travel

reimbursement - Quorum.

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Advisory Committee on

Intergovernmental Relations which shall be an advisory committee to

the Oklahoma Legislature.

B. The Oklahoma Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental

Relations shall be composed as follows:

1. One elected municipal official or designee from a

municipality with a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000)

persons, one elected municipal official or designee from a

municipality with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) persons or

more and one elected county official, all of whom shall be appointed

by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

2. One elected municipal official or designee from a

municipality with a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000)

persons, one elected municipal official or designee from a

municipality with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) persons or

more and one elected county official, all of whom shall be appointed

by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

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3. The President of the Oklahoma County Officers Association or

designee;

4. The President of the Oklahoma Association of County

Commissioners or designee;

5. The President of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma

Municipal League or designee;

6. The members of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation or

staff members designated by the members of the delegation;

7. Four members of the House of Representatives who shall be

appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

8. Four members of the Senate who shall be appointed by the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

9. The Director of the State Department of Transportation or

designee;

10. The Chairman of the Oklahoma Tax Commission or designee;

11. The Governor or designee; and

12. The President of the Oklahoma State School Board Association or

designee.

C. The terms of office of the members appointed by the Speaker

of the House of Representatives and the members appointed by the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be two (2) years.

Legislative members currently serving on the Committee may serve

until July 1, 1996. Legislative members may be reappointed to

successive office for one additional term.

D. The chairman and vice-chairman of the Committee shall be

designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate as provided for in this

subsection. The appointment of the chairman and vice-chairman shall

be from the legislators appointed to the Committee. The Speaker of

the House of Representatives shall designate the initial chairman

who shall serve until the convening of the First Regular Session of

the 42nd Oklahoma Legislature. The President Pro Tempore of the

Senate shall designate the initial vice-chairman who shall serve

until the convening of the First Regular Session of the 42nd

Oklahoma Legislature. Thereafter, the chairmanship shall alternate

every two (2) years between the House of Representatives and the

Senate, beginning with the convening of the First Regular Session of

the Legislature. In the event of the absence or disability of both

the chairman and the vice-chairman, the members of the Committee

shall elect a temporary chairman by a majority vote of those present

and voting.

E. The appointed members of the Committee shall serve at the

pleasure of the appointing authority.

F. Any legislative members of the Advisory Committee shall be

reimbursed for their necessary travel incurred in the performance of

their duties pursuant to Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. Nonlegislative members of the Advisory Committee shall

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receive necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of

their duties according to provisions of the State Travel

Reimbursement Act. All such travel reimbursement authorized by this

subsection shall be paid by the Legislative Service Bureau.

G. A majority of the membership of the Committee, excluding the

congressional membership, shall constitute a quorum for the purpose

of conducting Committee business.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 203, § 65, operative July 1, 1987. Amended

by Laws 1995, c. 140, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 1995.