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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.7: Commission membership - Appointment and tenure -

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  2. Title 19

Compensation - Vacancies - Removal.

The commission shall consist of the following members: four (4)

members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council; four

(4) members appointed by the board of county commissioners which

members shall not be residents of any incorporated city or town; and

one (1) member appointed by each incorporated city or town within

the jurisdiction of the commission. The mayor, or a member of the

governing body of the city appointed by the mayor, and chairman of

the board of county commissioners, or a member of the board of

county commissioners appointed by the chairman, shall be ex officio

members of the commission. Members appointed by the mayor shall

serve for a term of four (4) years except that the respective terms

of the first two appointed shall be for a term of two (2) years and

the next two appointed shall be for a term of four (4) years.

Members appointed by the board shall serve a term of four (4) years

except that the respective terms of the first two appointed shall be

for a term of two (2) years and the next two appointed shall be for

a term of four (4) years. Members appointed by an incorporated city

or town shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing city or town.

All members of the commission shall serve as such without

compensation. The appointed members shall be residents for a period

of three (3) years or more immediately preceding appointment and

shall hold no other municipal or county office. Vacancies occurring

otherwise than through the expiration of term shall be filled for

the unexpired term by the official appointing the original holder of

said membership.

A member of such commission, once qualified, can thereafter be

removed during his term of office only for cause and after a hearing

held before the governing body by which he was appointed.

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