Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-203
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Board of trustees - Membership - Terms
Official statutory text
A. The board of trustees of a rural single county library
system shall consist of at least five (5) members. One member shall
be appointed from each county commissioner district by the board of
county commissioners. One member shall be appointed by the
governing body of the county seat city or town. A member shall be
appointed from the city or town with the largest population that is
not the county seat.
B. Initial appointments shall be for one-, two-, and three-year
terms. Subsequent appointments shall be for three-year terms,
except in the case of an appointment to fill an unexpired term which
appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. No
person shall serve more than two full consecutive terms in addition
to any partial term served by appointment to fill an unexpired term.
A person who previously served for two consecutive terms or less may
be reappointed if two (2) years has expired since the last service
on the board. All terms shall expire on June 30 of the designated
year. A member of a system board can be removed by the appointing
authority during the term for which appointed only for misconduct or
neglect of duty.
C. Appointments to the system board shall be made on the basis
of ability, a sound understanding of the total responsibilities and
objectives of public libraries and active interest in the attainment
of system goals. Appointive members shall be qualified electors and
bona fide residents of the county. No member of the system board
shall be in the business of publishing or selling books, periodicals
or other forms of library materials or the business of manufacturing
or selling library supplies or equipment.
D. All system board members shall serve without compensation
except for actual and necessary travel expenses which shall be
compensated from library funds upon proper authorization of the
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board of trustees of the system at the rate provided in the State
Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes. Individual memberships for system board members
in state, regional, and national library associations and expenses
incurred in attending conferences of these associations, board
meetings and other library and library-related meetings may be paid
from library funds upon proper authorization of the board of
trustees of the system.
system shall consist of at least five (5) members. One member shall
be appointed from each county commissioner district by the board of
county commissioners. One member shall be appointed by the
governing body of the county seat city or town. A member shall be
appointed from the city or town with the largest population that is
not the county seat.
B. Initial appointments shall be for one-, two-, and three-year
terms. Subsequent appointments shall be for three-year terms,
except in the case of an appointment to fill an unexpired term which
appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. No
person shall serve more than two full consecutive terms in addition
to any partial term served by appointment to fill an unexpired term.
A person who previously served for two consecutive terms or less may
be reappointed if two (2) years has expired since the last service
on the board. All terms shall expire on June 30 of the designated
year. A member of a system board can be removed by the appointing
authority during the term for which appointed only for misconduct or
neglect of duty.
C. Appointments to the system board shall be made on the basis
of ability, a sound understanding of the total responsibilities and
objectives of public libraries and active interest in the attainment
of system goals. Appointive members shall be qualified electors and
bona fide residents of the county. No member of the system board
shall be in the business of publishing or selling books, periodicals
or other forms of library materials or the business of manufacturing
or selling library supplies or equipment.
D. All system board members shall serve without compensation
except for actual and necessary travel expenses which shall be
compensated from library funds upon proper authorization of the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 33
board of trustees of the system at the rate provided in the State
Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes. Individual memberships for system board members
in state, regional, and national library associations and expenses
incurred in attending conferences of these associations, board
meetings and other library and library-related meetings may be paid
from library funds upon proper authorization of the board of
trustees of the system.
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