Oklahoma § 74-5401 - Creation – Members – Meetings – Sunset – Authority of

§ 74-5401. Creation – Members – Meetings – Sunset – Authority of

members.

A. There is hereby re-created the Oklahoma Strategic Military

Planning Commission.

B. The Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission shall

consist of nine (9) members as follows:

1. Five persons to be appointed by the Governor, each of whom

shall represent, respectively, the interests of communities that

would be affected by realignment or closure of the following

military installations:

a.

Altus Air Force Base,

b.

Vance Air Force Base,

c.

Fort Sill,

d.

the Army Ammunition Plant located near McAlester, and

e.

Tinker Air Force Base;

2. One person to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives from the membership of the House and one person to

be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate from the

membership of the Senate. The members appointed pursuant to this

paragraph shall be ex officio and nonvoting members of the

Commission; and

3. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or successor member of

the Governor's Executive Cabinet who has responsibility for Veterans

Affairs, and the Adjutant General of the Oklahoma Army and Air

National Guard. The members appointed pursuant to this paragraph

shall be ex officio and nonvoting members of the Commission.

C. The members of the Commission shall serve at the pleasure of

the appointing authority. The members of the Commission shall

select from among their membership a chair and vice-chair. The

chair and vice-chair shall serve for a period of one (1) year and

may succeed themselves in office.

D. The Commission shall be subject to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

E. The Commission shall be authorized to meet at such times as

may be required in order to fulfill the duties and responsibilities

imposed upon it by law.

F. The provisions of this section shall cease to have the force

and effect of law and the Commission shall be dissolved by operation

of law on December 31, 2025.

G. The members of the Commission shall not be deemed to be

officers or to hold public office for purposes of Section 6 of Title

51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

Added by Laws 2003, c. 303, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 2003. Amended

by Laws 2010, c. 359, § 2; Laws 2011, c. 209, § 6, eff. Nov. 1,

2011; Laws 2014, c. 58, § 1; Laws 2021, c. 7, § 1, emerg. eff. April

7, 2021.