2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-18-52. Oklahoma Peanut Commission – Meetings – Newspaper – Election and appointments – Terms of office.

A. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2016, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Oklahoma Peanut Commission composed of six (6) members selected from districts described as follows:

1. District I shall consist of the following counties: Carter, Creek, Cleveland, Garvin, Johnston, Lincoln, Logan, Love, McClain, Marshall, Murray, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Payne, Pawnee, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Tulsa, Wagoner, Noble, Kay, Osage, Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, LeFlore, McCurtain, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Latimer, Sequoyah, Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Ottawa, Craig, Mayes, Rogers, Nowata and Washington;

2. District II shall consist of the following counties: Alfalfa, Grant, Major, Garfield, Kingfisher, Canadian, Caddo, Grady, Comanche, Stephens, Jefferson, Cotton and Blaine; and

3. District III shall consist of the following counties: Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woods, Woodward, Ellis, Dewey, Roger Mills, Custer, Beckham, Washita, Kiowa, Tillman, Jackson, Harmon and Greer.

B. A meeting shall be held annually by the Commission within each district at which all producers in the district may attend and be present for the purpose of:

1. Nominating producers to fill any expiring district appointments;

2. Ascertaining the needs of the producers within the district; and

3. Determining whether or not the policies and activities of the Commission are meeting those needs.

C. District meetings shall be advertised in the “Oklahoma Peanut”, the official newspaper of the Oklahoma Peanut Commission, stating the date, the time and the place of each meeting to be held.

D. Election of four nominees from each district shall be conducted by the Oklahoma Peanut Commission. Appointments to the Commission shall be made by the Governor from the list of four nominees in each district. The manner in which these four nominees are elected shall be at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Peanut Commission.

E. All elections for selection of a nominee by the districts shall be held by September 1, 2004. Members of the Commission serving on the effective date of this act shall continue to serve until the Governor appoints a new member.

F. The members of the Commission appointed for service effective July 1, 2004, shall hold their offices as follows:

1. Commissioners for District I shall serve for one (1) year;

2. Commissioners for District II shall serve for three (3) years; and

3. Commissioners for District III shall serve for two (2) years; thereafter, the Commissioners shall be appointed for three-year terms.

Re-creation of the Commission will not alter the existing staggered terms.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 349, § 3, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 209, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1969; Laws 1978, c. 134, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 1978; Laws 1982, c. 55, § 1, operative July 1, 1982; Laws 1988, c. 225, § 2; Laws 1994, c. 10, § 1; Laws 2000, c. 93, § 1; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 39, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1103 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 251, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 252, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2006, c. 47, § 1; Laws 2008, c. 65, § 1, emerg. eff. April 22, 2008; Laws 2012, c. 63, § 1.