{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2-104.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2-104.1","heading":"Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs","body":"Control Commission.\n\nA. There is hereby created an Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nNarcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Commission which shall consist\n\nof seven (7) members, not more than two of whom shall be from the\n\nsame congressional district. However, when congressional districts\n\nare redrawn, each member appointed prior to July 1 of the year in\n\nwhich such modification becomes effective shall complete the current\n\nterm of office and appointments made after July 1 of the year in\n\nwhich such modification becomes effective shall be based on the\n\nredrawn districts. No appointments may be made after July 1 of the\n\nyear in which such modification becomes effective if such\n\nappointment would result in more than two members serving from the\n\nsame modified district. The members shall be appointed by the\n\nGovernor and confirmed by the Senate and shall be removable only for\n\ncause, as provided by law for the removal of officers not subject to\n\nimpeachment. The term of office of each member shall be seven (7)\n\nyears. The first appointments shall be for the following terms as\n\ndesignated by the Governor: one member for a term of one (1) year;\n\none member for a term of two (2) years; one member for a term of\n\nthree (3) years; one member for a term of four (4) years; one member\n\nfor a term of five (5) years; one member for a term of six (6)\n\nyears; and one member for a term of seven (7) years. A member may\n\nserve more than one term on the Commission. Each member shall\n\ncontinue to serve so long as the member is qualified until a\n\nsuccessor has been appointed and confirmed by the Senate. Vacancies\n\noccurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired portion of\n\nthe term by the same procedure used to make the regular\n\nappointments.\n\nB. Four of the members shall represent the lay citizenry, one\n\nmember shall be a district attorney while serving in that capacity,\n\none member shall be a sheriff while serving in that capacity, and\n\none member shall be a chief of police while serving in that\n\ncapacity; provided that the sheriff and police chief members shall\n\nhave successfully completed an approved course of instruction for\n\npeace officers as required by law.\n\nC. Annually the Commission shall select one of the Commission\n\nmembers to serve as chair and one member to serve as vice-chair.\n\nThe Commission shall meet at least quarterly. The chair shall\n\npreside at all meetings of the Commission and shall have the power\n\nto call meetings of the Commission. In addition, meetings of the\n\nCommission may be called by a majority of the members. The vice-\n\nchair shall perform these functions in the absence or incapacity of\n\nthe chair. A quorum of four members of the Commission shall be\n\nnecessary to conduct any official business. All actions taken by\n\nthe Commission shall be by a simple majority vote of a quorum. In\n\nthe event of a tie vote, the measure being voted upon shall be\n\ndeemed to have failed.\n\nThe Commission shall adopt rules of procedure for the orderly\n\nperformance of its functions.\n\nD. Members of the Commission shall serve without salary but may\n\nbe reimbursed for travel expenses in attending meetings and\n\nperforming their duties in the manner provided for other state\n\nofficers and employees under the State Travel Reimbursement Act. No\n\nother provisions of law shall be construed as prohibiting public\n\nofficers from also serving as members of the Commission, nor shall\n\nany other provisions of law be construed as prohibiting public\n\nofficers or public employees from performing services for the\n\nCommission without compensation. It is further provided that no\n\ntown, city, county, or other subdivision or other agency of state\n\ngovernment shall be prohibited from receiving a grant or from\n\nbenefiting from grants or expenditures of the Commission for the\n\nreason that an officer or employee of such town, city, county, or\nng public\n\nofficers or public employees from performing services for the\n\nCommission without compensation. It is further provided that no\n\ntown, city, county, or other subdivision or other agency of state\n\ngovernment shall be prohibited from receiving a grant or from\n\nbenefiting from grants or expenditures of the Commission for the\n\nreason that an officer or employee of such town, city, county, or\n\nother subdivision or agency of state government is a Commission\n\nmember or employee.\n\nE. The Commission shall have the following powers and duties\n\nand responsibilities:\n\n1. To appoint the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nNarcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, whose compensation shall be\n\ndetermined by the Legislature.\n\n2. To hear any complaint against the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nNarcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control or any of its employees\n\naccording to the following procedure:\n\na. Only those complaints which have been submitted in\n\nwriting and are signed will be acted upon by the\n\nCommission.\n\nb. All hearings on complaints shall be conducted in\n\nexecutive sessions, and shall not be open to the\n\npublic.\n\nc. The Commission shall have limited access to pertinent\n\ninvestigative files when investigating a complaint.\n\nThe Director shall provide a procedure whereby the\n\nidentification of all persons named in any\n\ninvestigative file except the subject of the complaint\n\nand the complaining witness shall not be revealed to\n\nthe members of the Commission. Any consideration of\n\nfiles shall be in executive session not open to the\n\npublic. No information or evidence received in\n\nconnection with the hearings shall be revealed to any\n\nperson or agency. Any violation hereof shall be\n\ngrounds for removal from the Commission, and shall\n\nconstitute a misdemeanor.\n\n3. To make recommendations to the Director of any needed\n\ndisciplinary action necessary as a result of an investigation\n\nconducted upon a complaint received.\n\n4. To establish general procedures with regard to assisting law\n\nenforcement officers and district attorneys.\n\n5. To establish a program of training for agents utilizing such\n\ncourses as the National Police Academy conducted by the Federal\n\nBureau of Investigation.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"3c9db686445bb23ae8a0e507825b77b78afc479e9e688493fcf141789c1b2f50","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2-103.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}