2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries
§69-302.2. Department of Transportation Tribal Advisory Board.
A. There is hereby created the Department of Transportation Tribal Advisory Board. The Board shall consist of nine (9) members. The Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make three appointments each from a list of qualified persons nominated by the Oklahoma Tribal Transportation Council. Four members shall be members of tribes served by each Bureau of Indian Affairs Area Office in Oklahoma and one member shall be selected at large by the Governor. Each member shall hold office for a two-year term or until the successor of the member takes office. Their terms of office shall begin on July 1 of the succeeding fiscal year.
B. It shall be the duty of the Board to act in an advisory capacity to the Director of the Department of Transportation. The Board may review the Department’s policy and procedures for transportation programs that affect tribal governments. The Board shall meet no less than on a quarterly basis with the Director of the Department of Transportation and the staff of the Director to discuss areas of mutual concern.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 199, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 1999.
