{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.3","heading":"State Bureau of Investigation Commission","body":"A. There is hereby created an Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation Commission which shall consist of seven (7) members,\n\nnot more than two of whom shall be from the same congressional\n\ndistrict. When congressional districts are redrawn, each member\n\nappointed prior to July 1 of the year in which such modification\n\nbecomes effective shall complete the current term of office and\n\nappointments made after July 1 of the year in which such\n\nmodification becomes effective shall be based on the redrawn\n\ndistricts. No appointments may be made after July 1 of the year in\n\nwhich such modification becomes effective if such appointment would\n\nresult in more than two members serving from the same modified\n\ndistrict. The members shall be appointed by the Governor and\n\nconfirmed by the Senate and shall be removable only for cause, as\n\nprovided 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 and other expenses in attending meetings\n\nand performing their duties in the manner provided for other state\n\nofficers and employees under the State Travel Reimbursement Act.\n\nThe lay-citizen members shall be paid Thirty Dollars ($30.00) per\n\ndiem for attendance at meetings of the Commission. No other\n\nprovisions of law shall be construed as prohibiting public officers\n\nfrom also serving as members of the Commission, nor shall any other\n\nprovisions of law be construed as prohibiting public officers or\n\npublic employees from performing services for the Commission without\n\ncompensation. It is further provided that no town, city, county or\n\nother subdivision or other agency of state government shall be\n\nprohibited from receiving a grant or from benefiting from grants or\n\nexpenditures of the Commission for the reason that an officer or\nrovisions of law be construed as prohibiting public officers or\n\npublic employees from performing services for the Commission without\n\ncompensation. It is further provided that no town, city, county or\n\nother subdivision or other agency of state government shall be\n\nprohibited from receiving a grant or from benefiting from grants or\n\nexpenditures of the Commission for the reason that an officer or\n\nemployee of such town, city, county or other subdivision or agency\n\nof state government is a Commission member or employee.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b765a1053ca3b5d81d99f5c37fab8575c97dfb4c3120d6be5a9683f77714de53","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.29","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}