{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-2-2-101","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-2-101","heading":"Environmental Quality Board - Creation - Eligibility","body":"- Composition - Terms - Meetings - Powers and duties - Promulgation\n\nof rules.\n\nA. There is hereby created the Environmental Quality Board to\n\nrepresent the interests of the State of Oklahoma which shall consist\n\nof thirteen (13) members appointed by the Governor with the advice\n\nand consent of the Senate.\n\nB. To be eligible for appointment to the Board a person shall:\n\n1. Be a citizen of the United States;\n\n2. Be a resident of this state;\n\n3. Be a qualified elector of this state; and\n\n4. Not have been convicted of a felony pursuant to the laws of\n\nthis state, the laws of any other state or the laws of the United\n\nStates.\n\nC. The Board shall be composed of:\n\n1. One member who shall be a certified or registered\n\nenvironmental professional. Such member shall be an environmental\n\nprofessional experienced in matters of pollution control, who shall\n\nnot be an employee of any unit of government;\n\n2. One member who shall be selected from industry in general.\n\nSuch member shall be employed as a manufacturing executive carrying\n\non a manufacturing business within the state;\n\n3. One member who shall be selected from the hazardous waste\n\nindustry within the state;\n\n4. One member who shall be selected from the solid waste\n\nindustry within this state;\n\n5. One member who shall be well versed in recreational,\n\nirrigational, municipal or residential water usage;\n\n6. One member who shall be selected from the petroleum\n\nindustries being regulated by the Department of Environmental\n\nQuality;\n\n7. One member who shall be selected from the agriculture\n\nindustries regulated by the Department of Environmental Quality;\n\n8. One member who shall be selected from the conservation\n\ndistricts of the state;\n\n9. Three members who shall be citizen members of any statewide\n\nnonprofit environmental organization;\n\n10. One member who shall be a member of the local governing\n\nbody of a city or town; and\n\n11. One member who shall be from a rural water district\n\norganized pursuant to the laws of this state.\n\nD. The term of office of a member of the Board shall be for\n\nfive (5) years and until a successor is appointed and qualified.\n\nE. 1. An appointment shall be made by the Governor within\n\nninety (90) days after a vacancy has occurred due to resignation,\n\ndeath, or any cause resulting in an unexpired term. In the event of\n\na vacancy on the Board due to resignation, death, or for any cause\n\nresulting in an unexpired term, if not filled within ninety (90)\n\ndays following such vacancy, the Board may appoint a provisional\n\nmember to serve in the interim until the Governor acts.\n\n2. A member may be reappointed.\n\n3. In making appointments to the Environmental Quality Board,\n\nthe Governor shall recognize the geographic diversity of the state\n\nand endeavor to appoint members representing each quadrant of the\n\nstate.\n\nF. 1. The Board shall hold meetings as necessary at a place\n\nand time to be fixed by the Board. The Board shall select, at its\n\nfirst meeting, one of its members to serve as chair and another of\n\nits members to serve as vice-chair. At the first meeting in each\n\ncalendar year thereafter, the chair and vice-chair for the ensuing\n\nyear shall be elected. Special meetings may be called by the chair\n\nor by five members of the Board by delivery of written notice to\n\neach member of the Board. A majority of the Board present at the\n\nmeeting shall constitute a quorum of the Board.\n\n2. Members of the Board shall receive necessary travel expenses\n\naccording to the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.\n\nG. The Board shall:\n\n1. Appoint and fix the compensation of the Executive Director\n\nof the Department of Environmental Quality;\n\n2. Be the rulemaking body for the Department of Environmental\n\nQuality;\n\n3. Review and approve the budget request of the Department to\n\nthe Governor;\n\nvisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.\n\nG. The Board shall:\n\n1. Appoint and fix the compensation of the Executive Director\n\nof the Department of Environmental Quality;\n\n2. Be the rulemaking body for the Department of Environmental\n\nQuality;\n\n3. Review and approve the budget request of the Department to\n\nthe Governor;\n\n4. Assist the Department in conducting periodic reviews and\n\nplanning activities related to the goals, objectives, priorities and\n\npolicies of the Department;\n\n5. In conjunction with each regular meeting of the Board\n\npursuant to subsection F and at such other times as the Board may\n\ndetermine to be necessary and appropriate, provide a public forum\n\nfor receiving comments and disseminating information to the public\n\nand the regulated community regarding goals, objectives, priorities,\n\nand policies of the Department. The Board shall have the authority\n\nto adopt nonbinding resolutions requesting action by the Department\n\nin response to comments received or upon the Board's own initiative;\n\nand\n\n6. Review and evaluate the need for amendments or additions to\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes regarding the programs and functions of the\n\nDepartment and make legislative recommendations to the Legislature.\n\nH. As the rulemaking body for the Department of Environmental\n\nQuality, the Board is specifically charged with the duty of\n\npromulgating rules which will implement the duties and\n\nresponsibilities of the Department pursuant to this Code. Except as\n\nprovided in this subsection, rules within the jurisdiction of a\n\nCouncil provided for by this act shall be promulgated with the\n\nadvice of such Council. Proposed permanent rules within the\n\njurisdiction of a Council shall not be considered by the Board for\n\npromulgation until receipt of the appropriate Council's\n\nrecommendation on such promulgation; however, the Board may\n\npromulgate emergency rules without the advice of the appropriate\n\nCouncil when the time constraints of the emergency, as determined by\n\nthe Board, do not permit the timely development of recommendations\n\nby the Council. All actions of the Councils with regard to\n\nrulemaking shall be deemed actions of the Board for the purposes of\n\ncomplying with the Administrative Procedures Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 27A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os27A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"30fa5e2766ab3748ab6f80dc45ce8a18ca318c4c6beabae5eb3ebb2673a6780a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-2-16-107","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-2-2-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}