§ 1085.1. Creation--Status--Membership and tenure--Meetings--Removal--Vacancies--Oath--Officers
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 82. Waters and Water Rights
82 Okl.St.Ann. § 1085.1
§ 1085.1. Creation--Status--Membership and tenure--Meetings--Removal--Vacancies--Oath--Officers
A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, consisting of nine (9) members to be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Board shall constitute a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality, agency and department of the State of Oklahoma, and exercise by the Board of the powers conferred by this act shall be deemed and shall be held to be an essential governmental function of the State of Oklahoma.
E. Each member shall be a qualified elector of this state. At all times the membership of the Board shall have represented on it at least one member well versed in each of the following major types of water use: recreational, industrial, irrigational, municipal, rural residential, agricultural, soil conservation work and oil and gas production. Not more than two members may be selected representing any one of the major types of water use. The Board shall meet at least nine times per calendar year at the discretion of the chair with not more than two consecutive calendar months between meetings. The members of the Board may be removed only for cause. Whenever a vacancy shall occur, the Governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the unexpired term of the vacant office. Upon entering, each member of the Board shall take and subscribe to the constitutional and statutory oath of office and file the same with the Secretary of State.
Credits
Laws 1972, c. 253, § 1; Laws 1982, c. 306, § 1, eff. May 28, 1982; Laws 1992, c. 364, § 12, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992; Laws 2002, c. 375, § 24, eff. Nov. 5, 2002; Laws 2013, c. 406, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2016, c. 78, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 2016.
82 Okl. St. Ann. § 1085.1, OK ST T. 82 § 1085.1
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 106 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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