Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-3-103

A. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma shall be

appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.

The Executive Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor

and may be removed or replaced without cause. Compensation for the

Executive Director shall be determined pursuant to Section 3601.2 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Executive Director may be

removed from office by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members

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elected to and constituting each chamber of the Oklahoma

Legislature.

B. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma shall be the

chief executive officer of Service Oklahoma and shall act for

Service Oklahoma in all matters except as may be otherwise provided

by law. The powers and duties of the Executive Director shall

include, but not be limited to:

1. Organize Service Oklahoma in a manner to efficiently achieve

the objectives of Service Oklahoma;

2. Supervise all activities of Service Oklahoma;

3. Administer programs and policies of Service Oklahoma;

4. Employ, discharge, appoint, contract, and fix duties and

compensation of employees at the discretion of the Executive

Director;

5. Appoint assistants, deputies, officers, investigators,

attorneys, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out

functions of Service Oklahoma;

6. Prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of Service

Oklahoma;

7. Provide input and recommendations to the Service Oklahoma

Operator Board on all matters including branding and physical

standardization requirements, customer service metrics, analysis,

and improvement processes for licensed operators, and processes for

termination of licensed operators for failure to comply with the

customer service metrics;

8. Establish internal policies and procedures;

9. Prescribe and provide suitable forms deemed necessary to

carry out the functions of Service Oklahoma and any other laws the

enforcement and administration of which are vested in Service

Oklahoma;

10. Establish such divisions, sections, committees, advisory

committees, offices, and positions in Service Oklahoma as the

Executive Director deems necessary to carry out the functions of

Service Oklahoma;

11. Accept and disburse grants, allotments, gifts, devises,

bequests, funds, appropriations, and other property made or offered

to Service Oklahoma; and

12. Create the budget for Service Oklahoma to be submitted to

the Legislature each year.

C. The salary and other expenses for the Executive Director

shall be budgeted as a separate line item through Service Oklahoma.

The operating expenses of Service Oklahoma shall be set by the

Executive Director and shall be budgeted as a separate line item

through Service Oklahoma.

D. 1. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma shall direct

all purchases, hiring, procurement, and budget for Service Oklahoma

and establish, implement, and enforce policies and procedures

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related thereto, consistent with the Oklahoma Central Purchasing

Act. Service Oklahoma and the Executive Director shall be subject

to the requirements of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974,

the Oklahoma Lighting Energy Conservation Act, and the Public

Facilities Act.

2. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma, or any employee

or agent of the Executive Director of Service Oklahoma acting within

the scope of delegated authority, shall have the same power and

authority related to purchases, hiring, procurement, and budget for

Service Oklahoma as outlined in paragraph 1 of this subsection for

Service Oklahoma as the State Purchasing Director has for all

acquisitions used or consumed by state agencies as established in

the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. Such authority shall,

consistent with the authority granted to the State Purchasing

Director, include the power to designate financial or proprietary
d budget for

Service Oklahoma as outlined in paragraph 1 of this subsection for

Service Oklahoma as the State Purchasing Director has for all

acquisitions used or consumed by state agencies as established in

the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. Such authority shall,

consistent with the authority granted to the State Purchasing

Director, include the power to designate financial or proprietary

information submitted by a bidder confidential and reject all

requests to disclose the information so designated, if the Executive

Director of Service Oklahoma requires the bidder to submit the

financial or proprietary information with a bid, proposal, or

quotation.

E. Service Oklahoma shall determine the compensation to be

retained by licensed operators.

1. Before the last day in September in every even-numbered

year, Service Oklahoma shall review the compensation paid to

licensed operators and, if necessary, change the compensation.

Service Oklahoma shall engage an independent third party to evaluate

the compensation paid to licensed operators who shall provide any

recommendations no later than November 1 in the even-numbered year.

Any recommended change in licensed operator compensation shall be

finalized by Service Oklahoma no later than the third Tuesday of

November in the even-numbered year. Notice of such recommendation

shall be provided to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore and the

Chair of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, and the Speaker

and the Chair of the Appropriations and Budget Committee of the

House of Representatives.

2. Any change in licensed operator compensation, unless

rejected or amended as provided by this subsection, shall become

effective on July 1 of the following calendar year. Any amendment

passed by a majority vote of each house of the Legislature shall

become effective as provided by the amendment unless vetoed by the

Governor.