IN RE RULES CREATING AND CONTROLLING THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION

IN RE RULES CREATING AND CONTROLLING THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION
2011 OK 65
Case Number: SCBD-4483
Decided: 06/27/2011

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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IN RE: Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association

ORDER AMENDING THE RULES CREATING AND CONTROLLING
THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION

¶1 On June 22, 2011, the Oklahoma Bar Association by and through John Morris Williams, Executive Director, filed an application to amend the Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association (Rules), 5 O.S.2001, ch. 1, app.1, art. VII, § 1. This Court finds that it has jurisdiction over this matter and that Article VII, Section 1 should be amended.

¶2 It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that Article VII, Section 1 of the Rules is hereby amended as set out in its entirety as Exhibit A attached hereto. It is also ordered that the amendment to the Rules as attached hereto as Exhibit A shall be available for access via the internet from the Court's website at www.oscn.net and shall be provided to West Publishing Company for publication. The amendment to the Rules as provided herein is effective immediately.

¶3 DONE BY THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE this 27th day of June, 2011.

/S/CHIEF JUSTICE

ALL JUSTICES CONCUR.

EXHIBIT A

ARTICLE VII

Section 1. BUDGET COMMITTEE. There shall be a Budget Committee, composed of the President-Elect, who shall be Chairman, the Executive Director of the Association, as a member ex officio, at least five (5) members, chosen from the House of Delegates and at least three (3) members chosen from the Board of Governors. The President-Elect, subject to the approval of the Board of Governors, shall select the appointive members for the Committee not later than August 1 in each year. The Budget Committee shall prepare a proposed annual budget of the financial needs of the Association for the following year. On or before October 20th the proposed budget shall be published in one issue of the Bar Journal, together with a notice that a public hearing thereon will be held by the Budget Committee at the Oklahoma Bar Center on a date and at a time fixed in the notice, but not later than November 15. The budget shall be approved by the Board of Governors prior to being submitted to the Supreme Court.

Members of the Association may appear to protest any items included or excluded from the proposed budget. On or before December 10, the finalized budget shall be submitted by the Budget Committee, with its recommendation, to the Supreme Court. The Committee in making its report shall take into consideration any action taken by the House of Delegates which affects the Association's financial requirements. The Supreme Court shall review said proposed budget to determine if the proposed items of expenditure are within the Court's police powers and necessary in the administration of justice, and will act on said budget prior to December 25 of each year.

No funds of the Association shall be used or expended for any items not included in the annual budget as approved by the Supreme Court, or as subsequently amended by order of the Supreme Court.