Any person who attains the status of honorary or lifetime member of the National Conference on Uniform State Laws shall continue to be recognized as a commissioner of the State of Oklahoma with full power to represent the State of Oklahoma in all votes and other proceedings of the Conference in addition to the three whose appointment is otherwise provided by law and shall continue to receive reimbursement for all necessary and proper expenses incurred in the performance of his duties as such official commissioner of the State of Oklahoma of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, including attendance at meetings at the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws which reimbursement shall be paid out of the funds provided for the expenses of the Office of the Governor. Upon such elevation to lifetime membership status of any of the official commissioners of Oklahoma in the National Conference on Uniform State Laws there shall be deemed a vacancy in the three regular memberships provided by Title 74, Oklahoma Statutes 1961, Section 471, and the Governor is hereby authorized to fill such vacancies as and in the manner provided by law.