Oklahoma HB 2482: Department of Transportation; modifying appointment of members of the Transportation Commission; authorizing Governor to appoint the Director of the Department of Transportation; emergency.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 57th Legislature (2019)

HOUSE BILL 2482 By: McCall

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the Department of Transportation;
amending 69 O.S. 2011, Sections 302 and 305, which
relate to transportation; modifying appointment of
members of the Transportation Commission; authorizing
Governor to appoint the Director of the Department of
Transportation; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2011, Section 302, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 302. (a) A. The State Transportation Commission shall
consist of one (1) member from each of eight districts of the state,
such districts to serve as the maintenance districts and to include
the area as follows:
District 1. Wagoner, Cherokee, Adair, Sequoyah, Muskogee,
Okmulgee, McIntosh and Haskell Counties.
District 2. Pittsburg, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha,
Atoka, Choctaw, Bryan and Marshall Counties.

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District 3. Lincoln, Cleveland, McClain, Garvin, Pottawatomie,
Okfuskee, Seminole, Hughes, Pontotoc, Coal and Johnston Counties.
District 4. Payne, Logan, Canadian, Kingfisher, Garfield,
Grant, Kay, Noble and Oklahoma Counties.
District 5. Roger Mills, Dewey, Custer, Washita, Beckham,
Greer, Kiowa, Harmon, Jackson, Blaine, and Tillman Counties.
District 6. Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woods, Alfalfa,
Ellis, Major and Woodward Counties.
District 7. Carter, Love, Murray, Grady, Comanche, Stephens,
Cotton, Caddo and Jefferson Counties.
District 8. Osage, Pawnee, Nowata, Creek, Craig, Ottawa,
Rogers, Mayes, Delaware, Washington and Tulsa Counties.
(b) The members of the Commission shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, such appointment to
have full force and effect and to be submitted to the Senate for its
confirmation at the first session of the Senate after such
appointment is made. No Commissioner shall be entitled to the
payment of salary, or to perform any service, until his appointment
is confirmed by the Senate, if the Senate then be in session; if the
Senate be not in session, then such Commissioner may serve and draw
his salary until a special or regular session convenes; and if his
appointment is not then confirmed within twenty (20) days, he shall
cease to perform such services and cease to draw his salary. Each
of the Commissioners thus appointed shall, at the time of his

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appointment, be a citizen and resident of the district for which he
shall have been appointed for at least three (3) years prior to the
date of his appointment. Not more than one Commissioner shall
reside in any one district, as defined herein, at any time while
serving on the Commission. Each Commissioner thus appointed and
confirmed shall, after the first term of office as herein provided,
serve for a term of eight (8) years, and unless he is reappointed by
the Governor and confirmed by the Senate within twenty (20)
legislative days his services are automatically terminated and he
shall cease to draw his salary, or any perquisites or emoluments as
a Commissioner; provided, that in the event the Governor's appointee
is not confirmed by the Senate within ten (10) days from the date
his name is submitted, then the Governor shall submit a further
appointee for confirmation; and during his term of office may be
removed by the Governor at his pleasure. The terms of office shall
be as follows: Two Commissioners shall serve until the 15th day of
February, 1969; two Commissioners shall serve until the 15th day of
February, 1971; two Commissioners shall serve until the 15th day of
February, 1973; and two Commissioners shall serve until the 15th day
of February, 1975; and the Governor, at the time of making the first
appointment, shall, in his order of appointment, designate the term
each Commissioner so appointed shall serve. Thereafter the term of
each Commissioner appointed and confirmed shall expire the 15th day
of February in the eighth year after his appointment, and in case of

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death, resignation, or removal, the place shall be filled by
appointment by the Governor for the remainder of the term. Such
appointments also shall be confirmed by the Senate. The members of
the Commission each shall receive an annual salary of Four Thousand
Eight Hundred Dollars ($4,800.00), payable monthly, and each shall
be entitled to receive travel expenses pursuant to the State Travel
Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
Statutes the following eight (8) members:
1. Four members appointed by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the House of Representatives and the Senate;
2. Two members