A. The chair of the board of trustees of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission shall appoint a Lottery Retailer Advisory Board to be composed of ten (10) lottery retailers representing the broadest possible spectrum of geographical, racial, and business characteristics of lottery retailers. The function of the advisory board shall be to advise the board of trustees on retail aspects of the lottery and to present the concerns of lottery retailers throughout the state.

B. Members appointed to the Lottery Retailer Advisory Board shall serve terms of two (2) years. Five of the initial appointees shall serve initial terms of one (1) year.

C. Meetings of the advisory board shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.¹ Members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation or reimbursement of expenses. The advisory board may report to the board of trustees or to the oversight committee created in Section 35 of this act² in writing at any time. The board of trustees may invite the advisory board to make an oral presentation to the board of trustees at regular meetings of the board.