Okla. Stat. tit. 1, § 1-22

A. There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2026,

in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Oklahoma Abstractors

Board. Beginning January 1, 2008, the Oklahoma Abstractors Board

shall have the total responsibility of administering and enforcing

the Oklahoma Abstractors Act.

B. The Board shall have the power and duty to prescribe,

promulgate and implement rules as deemed necessary to implement all

the provisions of the Oklahoma Abstractors Act.

C. The Board shall have the power and duty to obtain and secure

an office in Oklahoma City, and employ, direct, discharge, and

define the duties and set the salaries of employees of the Board,

including an executive director, as are necessary to implement the

provisions of the Oklahoma Abstractors Act.

D. The Board shall consist of nine (9) members who shall be

appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate:

1. Six of the members shall be residents of this state who are

either a holder of a current valid Certificate of Authority or an

employee of a holder of a current valid Certificate of Authority for

not less than five (5) years in a county in the district from which

the member is appointed prior to appointment. One member shall be

appointed from each of the following districts:

District 1: Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey,

Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kingfisher, Major, Roger Mills,

Texas, Woods, and Woodward Counties.

District 2: Beckham, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin,

Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Love, McClain,

Murray, Stephens, Tillman, and Washita Counties.

District 3: Canadian, Cleveland, Logan, and Oklahoma Counties.

District 4: Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Kay, Mayes,

Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne,

Sequoyah, and Washington Counties.

District 5: Creek, Lincoln, Rogers, Tulsa, and Wagoner Counties.

District 6: Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes,

Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Marshall, McCurtain, Okfuskee,

Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, and Seminole

Counties;

2. One member shall be a resident of this state who has been a

licensed real estate broker in Oklahoma for not less than five (5)

years;

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3. One member shall be an attorney who is a resident of this

state who has been licensed to practice in Oklahoma for not less

than five (5) years; and

4. One member shall be a resident of this state who has been an

officer in a bank in Oklahoma for not less than five (5) years.

E. The Governor shall make the initial appointments to the

Board within ninety (90) days of July 1, 2007:

1. The initial appointments for the members of the Board shall

be as follows:

a. members appointed from Districts 1 and 3 shall serve

until July 1, 2008,

b. members appointed from Districts 2 and 4 shall serve

until July 1, 2009,

c. members appointed from Districts 5 and 6 shall serve

until July 1, 2010,

d. the real estate broker member shall serve until July

1, 2010,

e. the attorney member shall serve until July 1, 2009,

and

f. the bank officer member shall serve until July 1,

2010; and

2. Thereafter, all members shall serve four-year terms.

F. Each member shall hold office until the expiration of the

term of office for which appointed or until a successor has been

appointed and confirmed:

1. Vacancies on the Board due to death, resignation, or removal

occurring during a term shall be filled by the Governor for the

unexpired portion of the term in a manner as provided for regular

appointments to the Board;

2. Members filling the remainder of an unexpired term shall

assume office immediately upon appointment by the Governor and shall

serve until confirmation or denial of confirmation by the Senate;

and

3. A member may be reappointed to the Board, but shall not

serve more than two consecutive terms. A member that has previously
term in a manner as provided for regular

appointments to the Board;

2. Members filling the remainder of an unexpired term shall

assume office immediately upon appointment by the Governor and shall

serve until confirmation or denial of confirmation by the Senate;

and

3. A member may be reappointed to the Board, but shall not

serve more than two consecutive terms. A member that has previously

served two consecutive terms may be reappointed after the expiration

of at least one full term.

G. Members of the Board shall receive no salary or compensation

for service on the Board, but shall be reimbursed for travel

expenses incurred on behalf of their service on the Board pursuant

to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

H. Members may be removed from office by the Governor:

1. For inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office

in the manner provided for by law for the removal of officers not

subject to impeachment;

2. For cause which shall include, but not be limited to:

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a. the member has ceased to be qualified. A member of

the Board is no longer qualified to serve if that

member:

(1) is a member whose Certificate of Authority,

license, or permit pursuant to the laws of this

state has become void or has been revoked or

suspended, or

(2) is a member who has moved from this state,

b. the member has been convicted, pled guilty or nolo

contendere to a felony pursuant to the laws of the

United States or any jurisdiction,

c. the member has become medically incapacitated as

determined in writing by a medical doctor upon request

by the Board, or

d. the member has been absent from three meetings, or is

absent for more than one-half (1/2) the number of

minutes for which a meeting is conducted of three

meetings as determined by the Board during any twelve-

month period, unless such absence is determined to be

unavoidable in the opinion of a majority of the

remaining members;

3. Upon being found guilty, through due process, of

malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in relation to Board duties;

or

4. Upon being found mentally incompetent by a court of

competent jurisdiction.

I. Removal pursuant to the provisions of subsection H of this

section shall be accomplished in the following manner:

1. After a majority vote of the remaining members setting out

the dates of absences or other grounds for removal and the fact of

the disqualification of the member, a written notification of the

said vote shall be sent to the Governor; and

2. Upon receipt of the written notification, the Governor,

after a hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of the

Administrative Procedures Act, may remove any member of the Board

for any of the reasons set out in the notice from the Board or for

any other reason specified in this act, provided:

a. removal pursuant to the provisions of this subsection

shall occur upon the Governor filing a written

statement of findings after the hearing as to the

reasons and basis for removal of the member with the

secretary of the Board, and

b. the Governor shall appoint another member in the

manner provided for appointments to the Board.