2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74. State Government
§74-5401. Creation – Members – Meetings – Sunset – Authority of members.

A. There is hereby re-created the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission.

B. The Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission shall consist of nine (9) members as follows:

1. Five persons to be appointed by the Governor, each of whom shall represent, respectively, the interests of communities that would be affected by realignment or closure of the following military installations:

a.Altus Air Force Base,

b.Vance Air Force Base,

c.Fort Sill,

d.the Army Ammunition Plant located near McAlester, and

e.Tinker Air Force Base;

2. One person to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of the House and one person to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate from the membership of the Senate. The members appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be ex officio and nonvoting members of the Commission; and

3. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or successor member of the Governor's Executive Cabinet who has responsibility for Veterans Affairs, and the Adjutant General of the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard. The members appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be ex officio and nonvoting members of the Commission.

C. The members of the Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The members of the Commission shall select from among their membership a chair and vice-chair. The chair and vice-chair shall serve for a period of one (1) year and may succeed themselves in office.

D. The Commission shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

E. The Commission shall be authorized to meet at such times as may be required in order to fulfill the duties and responsibilities imposed upon it by law.

F. The provisions of this section shall cease to have the force and effect of law and the Commission shall be dissolved by operation of law on December 31, 2020.

G. The members of the Commission shall not be deemed to be officers or to hold public office for purposes of Section 6 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 303, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 2003. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 359, § 2; Laws 2011, c. 209, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2014, c. 58, § 1.