Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-1
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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 42
A. 1. The State Board of Agriculture shall be the Board of
Agriculture created by Section 31 of Article VI of the Oklahoma
Constitution. The Board shall consist of five (5) members appointed
by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Four of
such members shall be appointed from within and represent the
agricultural district established by subsection B of this section.
One member shall be appointed from the state at large.
2. The members shall be farmers who have:
a. at least five (5) years practical experience during
the ten (10) years immediately preceding their
appointment, and
b. lived on and operated a farm after reaching the age of
twenty-one (21) years.
B. For the purpose of appointments to the Board, four
agricultural districts are hereby created and shall consist of the
following counties:
DISTRICT COUNTIES
NO.
Latimer, LeFlore, Marshall, McCurtain, McIntosh, Muskogee,
Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie,
Pushmataha, Seminole and Sequoyah.
Logan, Mayes, Noble, Nowata, Oklahoma, Osage, Ottawa,
Pawnee, Payne, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington.
Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kingfisher, Major, Roger Mills,
Texas, Woods and Woodward.
Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson,
Kiowa, Love, McClain, Murray, Stephens, Tillman and
Washita.
C. One member of the Board shall be appointed from each
district.
D. 1. On the effective date of this act, each district
established by subsection B of this section shall be represented by
the current board member position as follows:
a. the board member position currently representing
District 5 shall represent the new District 1,
b. the board member position currently representing
District 2 shall represent the new District 2,
c. the board member position currently representing
District 1 shall represent the new District 3, and
d. the board member position currently representing
District 4 shall represent the new District 4.
2. The board member position currently serving District 3 shall
be terminated.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 43
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all board
members serving on the effective date of this act shall serve the
remainder of the term of office to which the board member was
originally appointed. Thereafter, successor board members shall be
appointed for terms of four (4) years. The at-large member shall
serve a term coterminous with that of the Governor.
4. In case of vacancy caused by the removal, death,
resignation, or disability of any member, the Governor shall appoint
a new member from the same district for which a vacancy was vacated
to serve for the unexpired term.
A. 1. The State Board of Agriculture shall be the Board of
Agriculture created by Section 31 of Article VI of the Oklahoma
Constitution. The Board shall consist of five (5) members appointed
by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Four of
such members shall be appointed from within and represent the
agricultural district established by subsection B of this section.
One member shall be appointed from the state at large.
2. The members shall be farmers who have:
a. at least five (5) years practical experience during
the ten (10) years immediately preceding their
appointment, and
b. lived on and operated a farm after reaching the age of
twenty-one (21) years.
B. For the purpose of appointments to the Board, four
agricultural districts are hereby created and shall consist of the
following counties:
DISTRICT COUNTIES
NO.
Latimer, LeFlore, Marshall, McCurtain, McIntosh, Muskogee,
Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie,
Pushmataha, Seminole and Sequoyah.
Logan, Mayes, Noble, Nowata, Oklahoma, Osage, Ottawa,
Pawnee, Payne, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington.
Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kingfisher, Major, Roger Mills,
Texas, Woods and Woodward.
Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson,
Kiowa, Love, McClain, Murray, Stephens, Tillman and
Washita.
C. One member of the Board shall be appointed from each
district.
D. 1. On the effective date of this act, each district
established by subsection B of this section shall be represented by
the current board member position as follows:
a. the board member position currently representing
District 5 shall represent the new District 1,
b. the board member position currently representing
District 2 shall represent the new District 2,
c. the board member position currently representing
District 1 shall represent the new District 3, and
d. the board member position currently representing
District 4 shall represent the new District 4.
2. The board member position currently serving District 3 shall
be terminated.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 43
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all board
members serving on the effective date of this act shall serve the
remainder of the term of office to which the board member was
originally appointed. Thereafter, successor board members shall be
appointed for terms of four (4) years. The at-large member shall
serve a term coterminous with that of the Governor.
4. In case of vacancy caused by the removal, death,
resignation, or disability of any member, the Governor shall appoint
a new member from the same district for which a vacancy was vacated
to serve for the unexpired term.
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