Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-350

A. There is hereby created the Task Force on Municipal Finance.

B. The Task Force shall be composed of nine (9) persons to be

selected as follows:

1. The Governor shall appoint two persons representing

municipalities as follows:

a. one person representing a municipality with a

population of less than fifty thousand (50,000)

persons, and

b. one person representing a municipality with a

population in excess of fifty thousand (50,000)

persons but not in excess of one hundred thousand

(100,000) persons;

2. The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives shall

appoint:

a. one person representing a municipality with a

population in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000)

but not in excess of four hundred thousand (400,000)

persons according to the latest Federal Decennial

Census, and

b. a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives;

3. The President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate shall

appoint:

a. one person representing a municipality with a

population in excess of four hundred thousand

(400,000) persons according to the latest Federal

Decennial Census, and

b. a member of the Oklahoma State Senate;

4. One member to be appointed by a statewide nonprofit

organization the membership of which consists primarily of

municipalities organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma and

which organization supports the functions of such municipalities;

5. One member who shall be the Director of the Office of State

Finance or a designee; and

6. One member to be appointed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

C. Members of the Task Force shall serve at the pleasure of the

appointing authority. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner

as the original appointment.

D. The Task Force shall hold an organizational meeting not

later than September 30, 2010.

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E. The Task Force shall select from among its membership a

chair and cochair.

F. A quorum of the members present at a meeting of the Task

Force shall be sufficient to conduct any business or to take any

action authorized or required.

G. The Task Force shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Open

Meeting Act, but shall provide a reasonable notice of its meetings

at least seven (7) days prior to a meeting. The notice shall be

posted electronically on the website of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives or the Oklahoma State Senate or both. Notices may

be posted at such location or locations within the Oklahoma State

Capitol as the Task Force may direct.

H. Travel reimbursement for members of the Task Force who are

legislators shall be made pursuant to Section 456 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. Travel reimbursement for other members of the

Task Force shall be made by the respective appointing authorities

pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

I. Staff assistance for the Task Force shall be provided by the

staff of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma

State Senate.

J. The Task Force shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Open

Records Act.

K. The Task Force shall examine the laws governing municipal

finance for all forms of municipal government and shall give

specific attention to:

1. The existing sources of revenues available to municipal

government;

2. The requirements for establishing and maintaining sinking

funds;

3. The laws governing the creation and maintenance of separate

accounts within municipal general funds;

4. The laws governing the investment or other use of municipal

revenues;

5. The laws governing the establishment of municipal reserve

funds similar to the Constitutional Reserve Fund created pursuant to

Section 23 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution for the State

of Oklahoma; and

6. Such other matters related to municipal finance as the Task

Force may deem to be relevant.

L. The Task Force shall make a final report containing any

recommendations for changes in the law governing municipal finance
of municipal reserve

funds similar to the Constitutional Reserve Fund created pursuant to

Section 23 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution for the State

of Oklahoma; and

6. Such other matters related to municipal finance as the Task

Force may deem to be relevant.

L. The Task Force shall make a final report containing any

recommendations for changes in the law governing municipal finance

to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State

Senate not later than January 31, 2011.

M. The Task Force shall terminate by operation of law on

February 1, 2011.