2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries
§69-1953. Highway Construction Materials Technician Certification Board - Membership.

A. There is hereby created the Highway Construction Materials Technician Certification Board which shall consist of eleven (11) members to be appointed by the Governor as follows:

1. The chair and three members may be appointed from a list of nine persons submitted by the Director of the Department of Transportation;

2. One member may be appointed from a list of three persons submitted by the Director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority;

3. One member may be appointed from a list of three persons submitted by the Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma;

4. Two members may be appointed from a list of six persons submitted by the Association of Oklahoma General Contractors;

5. One member may be appointed from a list of three persons submitted by the Oklahoma Asphalt Pavement Association;

6. One member may be appointed from a list of three persons submitted by the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Concrete Pavement Association; and

7. One member may be appointed from a list of three persons submitted by the Federal Highway Administration.

B. The chair and all other Board members appointed in subsection A of this section shall serve three-year terms and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Members may be appointed for subsequent three-year terms.

C. The Board shall select from its membership a vice-chair and other officers as needed to serve one-year terms. The chair or vice-chair shall preside at all meetings.

D. A majority of Board members shall constitute a quorum to transact official business.

E. The Board shall meet quarterly. In addition, the Board shall meet when called by the chair or the vice-chair in the absence of the chair.

F. Beginning with the appointments due to expire in 2008, the Governor shall implement a system of staggered terms of office for the appointed members so that no more than four members’ terms shall expire in any year. Following the initial staggered terms, all subsequent appointments shall be for three-year terms.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 219, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999; Amended by Laws 2006, c. 64, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.