Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-9-104

ARTICLE III

INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR JUVENILES

A. The compacting states hereby create the “Interstate

Commission for Juveniles”. The Interstate Commission shall be a

body corporate and joint agency of the compacting states. The

Interstate Commission shall have all the responsibilities, powers

and duties set forth herein, and such additional powers as may be

conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective

legislatures of the compacting states in accordance with the terms

of this compact.

B. The Interstate Commission shall consist of commissioners

appointed by the appropriate appointing authority in each state

pursuant to the rules and requirements of each compacting state and

in consultation with the State Council for Interstate Juvenile

Supervision created hereunder. The commissioner shall be the

compact administrator, deputy compact administrator or designee from

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that state who shall serve on the Interstate Commission in such

capacity under or pursuant to the applicable law of the compacting

state.

C. In addition to the commissioners who are the voting

representatives of each state, the Interstate Commission shall

include individuals who are not commissioners, but who are members

of interested organizations. Such noncommissioner members must

include a member of the national organizations of governors,

legislators, state chief justices, attorneys general, Interstate

Compact for Adult Offender Supervision, Interstate Compact for the

Placement of Children, juvenile justice and juvenile corrections

officials, and crime victims. All noncommissioner members of the

Interstate Commission shall be ex officio (nonvoting) members. The

Interstate Commission may provide in its bylaws for such additional

ex officio (nonvoting) members, including members of other national

organizations, in such numbers as shall be determined by the

Interstate Commission.

D. Each compacting state represented at any meeting of the

Interstate Commission is entitled to one vote. A majority of the

compacting states shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of

business, unless a larger quorum is required by the bylaws of the

Interstate Commission.

E. The Interstate Commission shall meet at least once each

calendar year. The chairperson may call additional meetings and,

upon the request of a simple majority of the compacting states,

shall call additional meetings. Public notice shall be given of all

meetings and meetings shall be open to the public.

F. The Interstate Commission shall establish an executive

committee, which shall include Interstate Commission officers,

members, and others as determined by the bylaws. The executive

committee shall have the power to act on behalf of the Interstate

Commission during periods when the Interstate Commission is not in

session, with the exception of rulemaking and/or amendment to the

compact. The executive committee shall oversee the day-to-day

activities of the administration of the compact managed by an

executive director and Interstate Commission staff; administers

enforcement and compliance with the provisions of the compact, its

bylaws and rules, and performs such other duties as directed by the

Interstate Commission or set forth in the bylaws.

G. Each member of the Interstate Commission shall have the

right and power to cast a vote to which that compacting state is

entitled and to participate in the business and affairs of the

Interstate Commission. A member shall vote in person and shall not

delegate a vote to another compacting state. However, a

commissioner, in consultation with the state council, shall appoint

another authorized representative, in the absence of the

commissioner from that state, to cast a vote on behalf of the

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compacting state at a specified meeting. The bylaws may provide for
on and shall not

delegate a vote to another compacting state. However, a

commissioner, in consultation with the state council, shall appoint

another authorized representative, in the absence of the

commissioner from that state, to cast a vote on behalf of the

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compacting state at a specified meeting. The bylaws may provide for

members’ participation in meetings by telephone or other means of

telecommunication or electronic communication.

H. The Interstate Commission’s bylaws shall establish

conditions and procedures under which the Interstate Commission

shall make its information and official records available to the

public for inspection or copying. The Interstate Commission may

exempt from disclosure any information or official records to the

extent they would adversely affect personal privacy rights or

proprietary interests.

I. Public notice shall be given of all meetings and all

meetings shall be open to the public, except as set forth in the

rules or as otherwise provided in the compact. The Interstate

Commission and any of its committees may close a meeting to the

public where it determines by two-thirds vote that an open meeting

would be likely to:

1. Relate solely to the Interstate Commission’s internal

personnel practices and procedures;

2. Disclose matters specifically exempted from disclosure by

statute;

3. Disclose trade secrets or commercial or financial

information which is privileged or confidential;

4. Involve accusing any person of a crime, or formally

censuring any person;

5. Disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure

would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;

6. Disclose investigative records compiled for law enforcement

purposes;

7. Disclose information contained in or related to examination,

operating or condition reports prepared by, or on behalf of or for

the use of, the Interstate Commission with respect to a regulated

person or entity for the purpose of regulation or supervision of

such person or entity;

8. Disclose information, the premature disclosure of which

would significantly endanger the stability of a regulated person or

entity; or

9. Specifically relate to the Interstate Commission’s issuance

of a subpoena, or its participation in a civil action or other legal

proceeding.

J. For every meeting closed pursuant to this provision, the

Interstate Commission’s legal counsel shall publicly certify that,

in the legal counsel’s opinion, the meeting may be closed to the

public, and shall reference each relevant exemptive provision. The

Interstate Commission shall keep minutes which shall fully and

clearly describe all matters discussed in any meeting and shall

provide a full and accurate summary of any actions taken, and the

reasons therefore, including a description of each of the views

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expressed on any item and the record of any roll call vote

(reflected in the vote of each member on the question). All

documents considered in connection with any action shall be

identified in such minutes.

K. The Interstate Commission shall collect standardized data

concerning the interstate movement of juveniles as directed through

its rules which shall specify the data to be collected, the means of

collection and data exchange and reporting requirements. Such

methods of data collection, exchange and reporting shall insofar as

is reasonably possible conform to up-to-date technology and

coordinate its information functions with the appropriate repository

of records.