§ 2-2-101. Environmental Quality Board--Creation--Eligibility--Composition--Terms--Meetings--Po...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 27A. Environment and Natural Resources
27A Okl.St.Ann. § 2-2-101
§ 2-2-101. Environmental Quality Board--Creation--Eligibility--Composition--Terms--Meetings--Powers and duties--Promulgation of rules
E. 1. An appointment shall be made by the Governor within ninety (90) days after a vacancy has occurred due to resignation, death, or any cause resulting in an unexpired term. In the event of a vacancy on the Board due to resignation, death, or for any cause resulting in an unexpired term, if not filled within ninety (90) days following such vacancy, the Board may appoint a provisional member to serve in the interim until the Governor acts.
F. 1. The Board shall hold meetings as necessary at a place and time to be fixed by the Board. The Board shall select, at its first meeting, one of its members to serve as chair and another of its members to serve as vice-chair. At the first meeting in each calendar year thereafter, the chair and vice-chair for the ensuing year shall be elected. Special meetings may be called by the chair or by five members of the Board by delivery of written notice to each member of the Board. A majority of the Board present at the meeting shall constitute a quorum of the Board.
2. Members of the Board shall receive necessary travel expenses according to the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.1
5. In conjunction with each regular meeting of the Board pursuant to subsection F and at such other times as the Board may determine to be necessary and appropriate, provide a public forum for receiving comments and disseminating information to the public and the regulated community regarding goals, objectives, priorities, and policies of the Department. The Board shall have the authority to adopt nonbinding resolutions requesting action by the Department in response to comments received or upon the Board's own initiative; and
H. As the rulemaking body for the Department of Environmental Quality, the Board is specifically charged with the duty of promulgating rules which will implement the duties and responsibilities of the Department pursuant to this Code.2 Except as provided in this subsection, rules within the jurisdiction of a Council provided for by this act3 shall be promulgated with the advice of such Council. Proposed permanent rules within the jurisdiction of a Council shall not be considered by the Board for promulgation until receipt of the appropriate Council's recommendation on such promulgation; however, the Board may promulgate emergency rules without the advice of the appropriate Council when the time constraints of the emergency, as determined by the Board, do not permit the timely development of recommendations by the Council. All actions of the Councils with regard to rulemaking shall be deemed actions of the Board for the purposes of complying with the Administrative Procedures Act.4
Credits
Laws 1992, c. 398, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 27A, § 7 and amended by Laws 1993, c. 145. §§ 14, 359, eff. July 1, 1993. Laws 1993, c. 324, § 55, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 110, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001; Laws 2005, c. 20, § 1, emerg. eff. April 5, 2005.
Footnotes
Title 74, § 500.1 et seq.
Title 27A, § 2-1-101 et seq.
Title 27A, § 1-1-101 et seq.
Title 75, § 250 et seq.
27A Okl. St. Ann. § 2-2-101, OK ST T. 27A § 2-2-101
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 316 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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