Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1108a: Establishment of boundaries for planning regions

(1) It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Industrial Development

and Park Commission to establish criteria for boundaries of planning

regions within the state in the following manner:

(a) The Director shall within six (6) months after the

effective date of this act recommend to the Commission proposed

criteria to be used in the establishment of planning regions;

(b) The Commission shall within three (3) months after the date

of submission of the criteria by the Director establish and adopt

criteria to be used in the delineation of planning regions following

at least one public hearing with notice to all regional planning

agencies, counties and municipalities included therein.

(2) The Commission shall establish boundaries for planning

regions in the following manner:

(a) Based upon criteria adopted by the Commission the Director

shall within thirty (30) days recommend to the Commission planning

regional boundaries;

(b) The Commission shall within sixty (60) days after the

Director's recommendation adopt and establish planning regional

boundaries following at least one public hearing with notice to all

regional planning agencies, counties and municipalities included

therein.

(3) Any regional planning agency may, within forty-five (45)

days after a final decision of the Commission on delineation of

planning regional boundaries, file an appeal in writing to the

Governor with a copy to the Commission. In the event of such appeal

the Governor may approve or modify the decision of the Commission.

(4) When any two or more regional planning agencies shall

propose to the Director in writing a modification of existing

boundaries, the Director shall within thirty (30) days after receipt

of such request forward said request with his recommendations to the

Commission which shall conduct a public hearing with notice to the

regional planning agencies, counties and municipalities affected

therein before final action on such request.

(5) The Commission may delegate to the Director the holding of

public hearings as required by this section, in which case the full

proceedings of the hearing shall be transcribed and transmitted to

the Commission.

(6) Where a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), as

determined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget, crosses

the state line and includes counties both from Oklahoma and another

state, the regional and areawide planning covering the Oklahoma

counties shall be the sole responsibility of the Oklahoma Regional

Planning Agency established for the area delineated in accordance

with this section, and not a regional organization operating across

the state line. The Oklahoma Regional Planning Agency shall have

the sole responsibility for determining eligibility and for clearing

all grants and all projects.

(7) As used in this section:

(a) "Regional planning agency" means an agency of state

government or other entity which has planning responsibilities for

two or more counties; and

(b) "Notice" means written notifications at least fifteen (15)

days prior to public hearing.