§ 22. Oklahoma Abstractors Board
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 1. AbstractingEffective: November 1, 2021 to August 24, 2023
Effective: November 1, 2021 to August 24, 2023
1 Okl.St.Ann. § 22
§ 22. Oklahoma Abstractors Board
A. There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2023, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law1 the Oklahoma Abstractors Board. Beginning January 1, 2008, the Oklahoma Abstractors Board shall have the total responsibility of administering and enforcing the Oklahoma Abstractors Act.
C. The Board shall have the power and duty to obtain and secure an office in Oklahoma City, and employ, direct, discharge, and define the duties and set the salaries of employees of the Board, including an executive director, as are necessary to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Abstractors Act.
1. Six of the members shall be residents of this state who are either a holder of a current valid Certificate of Authority or an employee of a holder of a current valid Certificate of Authority for not less than five (5) years in a county in the district from which the member is appointed prior to appointment. One member shall be appointed from each of the following districts:
District 1: Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kingfisher, Major, Roger Mills, Texas, Woods, and Woodward Counties.
District 2: Beckham, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Love, McClain, Murray, Stephens, Tillman, and Washita Counties.
District 3: Canadian, Cleveland, Logan, and Oklahoma Counties.
District 4: Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Kay, Mayes, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Sequoyah, and Washington Counties.
District 5: Creek, Lincoln, Rogers, Tulsa, and Wagoner Counties.
District 6: Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Marshall, McCurtain, Okfuskee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, and Seminole Counties;
E. The Governor shall make the initial appointments to the Board within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act:2
G. Members of the Board shall receive no salary or compensation for service on the Board, but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred on behalf of their service on the Board pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.3
d. the member has been absent from three meetings, or is absent for more than one-half (1/2) the number of minutes for which a meeting is conducted of three meetings as determined by the Board during any twelve-month period, unless such absence is determined to be unavoidable in the opinion of a majority of the remaining members;
2. Upon receipt of the written notification, the Governor, after a hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, may remove any member of the Board for any of the reasons set out in the notice from the Board or for any other reason specified in this act, provided:
Credits
Laws 2007, c. 359, § 3, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2013, c. 350, § 1; Laws 2019, c. 44, § 1; Laws 2020, c. 116, § 12, eff. July 1, 2020; Laws 2021, c. 456, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
Footnotes
Title 74, § 3901 et seq.
O.S.L.2007, c. 359, § 3, effective July 1, 2007.
Title 74, § 500.1 et seq.
1 Okl. St. Ann. § 22, OK ST T. 1 § 22
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 3 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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