2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-683.6. State Hazard Mitigation Team.

A. There is hereby created the State Hazard Mitigation Team, composed of the administrative heads of the following agencies or their designees:

1. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, who shall serve as the Team Coordinator;

2. Oklahoma Water Resources Board;

3. Oklahoma Climatological Survey;

4. Oklahoma Conservation Commission;

5. Corporation Commission;

6. Oklahoma Department of Commerce;

7. Department of Environmental Quality;

8. Department of Human Services;

9. State Department of Health;

10. Department of Transportation;

11. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry or the Secretary of Agriculture;

12. Department of Wildlife Conservation;

13. Oklahoma Historical Society;

14. Oklahoma Insurance Department;

15. Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma;

16. Oklahoma Municipal League;

17. State Fire Marshal;

18. Department of Labor;

19. A local Emergency Management Director as determined by the President of the Oklahoma Emergency Management Association;

20. State Chancellor or his or her representative for The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; and

21. State Director or his or her representative for the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.

B. Depending on the circumstances, the Team Coordinator may request participation of the heads of any other state agencies as deemed appropriate.

C. The Team Coordinator shall also request that a representative of the United States Army Corps of Engineers be appointed by the administrative head of the Tulsa District to participate on the Team.

D. The Team Coordinator shall also request a representative of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development be appointed by the administrative head of the Oklahoma City office to participate on the team.

E. The State Hazard Mitigation Team will meet as determined by the Team Coordinator to review and recommend updates to the State Comprehensive All-hazard Mitigation Plan, and shall have those additional responsibilities as provided by the Team Coordinator, including, but not limited to, the review and recommendation for loan and grant application under the Oklahoma Flood Hazard Mitigation Program.

Added by Laws 1967, c. 33, § 6, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 241, § 7, operative July 1, 1979; Laws 1999, c. 57, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 7, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2008, c. 359, § 12, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008; Laws 2010, c. 258, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2013, c. 227, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.