Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.3

A. There is hereby re-created the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum

Gas Board, hereinafter sometimes referred to as "LP-Gas Board" or

"Board". The Board shall be composed of seven (7) members, one each

from the southeastern, northeastern, northwestern and southwestern

quarters of the state, one from central Oklahoma, and two from the

state at large. Each appointment shall be made by the Governor,

from a list of three or more nominees who have certified in writing

their willingness to serve, to be submitted to him by the persons,

firms or corporations required to be registered pursuant to the

provisions of Sections 420.1 through 420.15 of this title, or by

their representatives, and shall be subject to confirmation by the

Senate.

B. No person shall be appointed as a member of the Board unless

at the time of his or her appointment he or she has been a legal

resident of the State of Oklahoma for at least five (5) years

preceding the date of his or her appointment and, except for the two

members at large, shall have actively engaged in the retail

distribution of liquefied petroleum gas in Oklahoma for a period of

one (1) year, or more. One of the members at large shall be engaged

in and representative of the container and appliance phases of the

LPG business in Oklahoma, and the other shall have a general

familiarity with the regulatory problems of the industry and the

consuming public. Provided, however, that the appointment of such

public member shall not be subject to the aforementioned list which

is required to be submitted to the Governor. Members shall be

eligible for reappointment for successive terms, and shall be

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removable for cause by the Governor. A member shall automatically

be disqualified to hold such office in event he or she ceases to be

a legal resident of the State of Oklahoma or ceases to be actively

engaged in the LPG business in Oklahoma.

C. Re-creation shall not alter existing membership or terms of

office. Members shall serve until their successors in office are

duly appointed and qualified. Initial appointments of those members

of the Board from the designated geographical areas of the state

shall be for terms ranging from one (1) to five (5) years, the

Governor to designate same, and the initial terms of office of the

members at large on the Board shall be for one (1) and two (2)

years, respectively, as designated by the Governor. Thereafter, the

terms of all members shall be for four (4) years. In the event of

the death, resignation, disqualification or incapacity of one or

more members of the Board, a recess appointment for the unexpired

term of each such member may be made by the Governor as hereinabove

provided. Members of the Board shall be entitled to be reimbursed

for necessary travel expenses as provided in the State Travel

Reimbursement Act.

D. The Board shall organize by electing one of its members as

chairman and one member as vice-chairman. The Board shall hold

regular meetings. The date, time and place of any regular meeting

shall be as designated by vote of the majority of the membership.

Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for all

purposes. The chairman or vice-chairman may, upon approval of a

majority of the members present and voting at any meeting, designate

the time, place and date of any scheduled special meeting, and the

chairman or vice-chairman shall have the power to call an

unscheduled special meeting of the Board upon not less than five (5)

days' notice in writing to each member thereof.

E. The standards for the storage and handling of liquefied

petroleum gases adopted by the National Fire Protection Association

and published in Pamphlet No. 58 including current and subsequent

editions and any subsequent changes and/or additions to the

pamphlet, and the standards for the installation of gas appliances
pon not less than five (5)

days' notice in writing to each member thereof.

E. The standards for the storage and handling of liquefied

petroleum gases adopted by the National Fire Protection Association

and published in Pamphlet No. 58 including current and subsequent

editions and any subsequent changes and/or additions to the

pamphlet, and the standards for the installation of gas appliances

and gas piping adopted by the National Fire Protection Association

and published in Pamphlet No. 54 including the current and any

subsequent editions and any subsequent changes and/or additions to

the pamphlet shall be the accepted standards for this state. The

Board is hereby empowered and authorized, and it shall be its duty

to prescribe, adopt and promulgate, in the manner set forth in

Section 420.1 et seq. of this title, rules relating to safety in the

storage, distribution, dispensing, transporting and utilization of

LPG in this state and in the manufacture, fabrication, assembly,

sale, installation or use in this state of LPG systems, containers,

apparatus or appliances, and reasonable rules governing the issuance

of such permits and operations thereunder, and not inconsistent with

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the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act, as it shall

deem just and reasonable, and to revoke, amend or supersede such

supplementary rules.

F. The Administrator shall administer and enforce all rules

formulated and adopted by the Board and administer and enforce the

safety rules prescribed, adopted or promulgated by the Board under

and by virtue of the provisions of the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum

Gas Regulation Act, and incur all necessary expenditures in

effectuating the purposes of this subsection. The Administrator

shall serve as secretary to the Board, and shall be subject to

confirmation by the Senate.

G. Before any rules are revised, amended, adopted or

promulgated hereunder, the Administrator, acting on behalf of the

Board, shall give ten (10) days' notice to all Class I and Class II

permit holders under the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation

Act, by mailing to the permit holders a written notice, signed by

the Administrator, on behalf of the Board, containing either a

statement of the terms or substance of the intended action, a

description of the subjects and issues involved, or an accurate copy

of the new, revised or amended rules which the Board proposes to

adopt and promulgate, stating the date, time and place of a public

hearing at which oral or written objections to such proposals shall

be heard and considered. Notice shall also be given as required by

the Administrative Procedures Act. Nothing in this subsection shall

prevent the furnishing of such other or additional notice as the

Board shall direct.

H. At any hearing held under this section, not less than a

quorum of the Board shall be present and shall preside; provided,

however, that by unanimous vote and resolution, the Board may

authorize the Administrator to preside at any or all such hearings,

and in such event no Board member need be present. After any such

hearing the Board may, by majority vote, adopt any proposed new,

revised or amended rules with such amendments and modifications

thereof as the the Board shall deem just and reasonable, and a

certificate reciting such adoption and the effective date thereof

shall be signed by the members comprising the majority of the Board.