Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-201

Appointment - Term - Removal - Vacancies.

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Horse Racing

Commission, which shall consist of the following nine (9) members:

1. One member who shall be from the First Congressional

District, one member who shall be from the Second Congressional

District, one member who shall be from the Third Congressional

District, one member who shall be from the Fourth Congressional

District, and one member who shall be from the Fifth Congressional

District appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate;

2. One at large member who shall be experienced in the horse

racing industry and from the state and one at large member who may

be experienced in the horse racing industry and who shall be from

the state appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives; and

3. One at large member who shall be experienced in the horse

racing industry and from the state and one at large member who shall

be experienced in the horse racing industry and from the state

appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate.

In the event of a vacancy that qualifies for an appointment

under paragraph 2 or 3 of this subsection, the Speaker of the House

and the President Pro Tempore shall have alternating appointments;

provided, however, the Speaker of the House shall make the initial

appointment.

When congressional districts are redrawn, each member appointed

and confirmed by the Senate, if applicable, prior to July 1 of the

year in which such modification becomes effective shall complete the

current term of office, and appointments made and confirmed by the

Senate, if applicable, after July 1 of the year in which such

modification becomes effective shall be based on the redrawn

districts. Appointments made after July 1 of the year in which such

modification becomes effective shall be from any redrawn districts

which are not represented by a board member until such time as each

of the modified congressional districts is represented by a board

member.

B. To be eligible for appointment to the Commission, a person

shall:

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1. Be a citizen of the United States;

2. Have been a resident of this state for five (5) years

immediately preceding the appointment; and

3. Not have been convicted of a felony pursuant to the laws of

this state, the laws of any other state, or the laws of the United

States as established by a national criminal history record check as

defined by Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. The term of office of a member of the Commission shall be

for six (6) years and until a successor is appointed and qualified.

D. Each appointing authority may remove any member he or she

appointed to the Commission for incompetence, neglect of duty, or

malfeasance in office upon first giving the member a copy of the

charges and an opportunity to be heard. A vacancy on the Commission

shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment made by the

appropriate appointing authority.

Added by State Question No. 553, Initiative Petition No. 315,

adopted at election held Sept. 21, 1982. Amended by Laws 1983, c.

11, § 3, emerg. eff. March 22, 1983; Laws 1992, c. 364, § 3, emerg.

eff. June 4, 1992; Laws 2002, c. 375, § 2, eff. Nov. 5, 2002; Laws

2003, c. 204, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2005, c. 217, § 1, emerg.

eff. May 24, 2005; Laws 2006, c. 177, § 2, emerg. eff. May 23, 2006;