{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-1103","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1103","heading":"Board of directors - Appointment and tenure -","body":"Qualifications - Vacancies - Removal - Officers - Compensation.\n\n(a) A port authority created in accordance with this act shall\n\nbe governed by a board of directors. Members of a board of\n\ndirectors of a port authority created by the exclusive action of a\n\nmunicipal corporation shall consist of the number of members it\n\ndeems necessary and be appointed by the mayor with the advice and\n\nconsent of the council. Members of a board of directors of a port\n\nauthority created by the exclusive action of a county shall consist\n\nof such members as it deems necessary and be appointed by the county\n\ncommissioners of such county. Members of a board of directors of a\n\nport authority created by a combination of political subdivisions\n\nshall be divided among such political subdivisions in such\n\nproportions as such political subdivisions may agree and appointed\n\nin the same manner as this section provides for their appointment\n\nwhen such political subdivision creates its own port authority. When\n\na port authority is created by a combination of political\n\nsubdivisions, the number of directors composing the board shall be\n\ndetermined by agreement between such political subdivisions. The\n\nappointing body may at any time remove a director appointed by it\n\nfor misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office.\n\n(b) Each director shall have been a qualified elector in the\n\npolitical subdivision from which he is appointed for a period of at\n\nleast three (3) years next preceding his appointment.\n\n(c) The directors of any port authority first appointed shall\n\nserve staggered terms. Thereafter each successor shall serve for a\n\nterm of four (4) years, except that any person appointed to fill a\n\nvacancy shall be appointed to only the unexpired term and any\n\ndirector shall be eligible for reappointment, and no director shall\n\nbe removed except for cause, and if removed shall have the right of\n\nappeal to the district court of the county from which he was\n\nappointed.\n\n(d) The directors shall elect one of their membership as\n\nchairman and another as vice-chairman, and shall designate their\n\nterms of office, and shall appoint a secretary who need not be a\n\ndirector. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a\n\nquorum, the affirmative vote of which shall be necessary for any\n\naction taken by the port authority. No vacancy in the membership of\n\nthe board shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all the\n\nrights and perform all the duties of the port authority.\n\n(e) Each member of the board of directors of a port authority\n\nshall be entitled to receive from the port authority such sum of\n\nmoney as the board of directors may determine as compensation for\n\nhis service as director and reimbursement for his reasonable\n\nexpenses in the performance of his duties.","path":["OK Code","Title 82"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os82.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b239d3a30936d99ee2130c8d7fe3a561db3ffd69a7891424fb6cfadfb93416ba","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-1102","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-1104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}