Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-854
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Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority – Membership -
Official statutory text
Public meetings - Executive sessions.
A. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic,
constituting a public corporation and governmental instrumentality
of this state, to be known and identified as "The Oklahoma
Industrial Finance Authority". Said Authority shall be under the
control of a Board of Directors, to be composed of seven (7) members
appointed by the Governor for overlapping terms, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, one of whom shall be the Director of the
Oklahoma Department of Commerce, representing the state at large.
One member shall be appointed from each congressional district as
the districts were configured in 1960. At least five of the
members, other than the Director of the Oklahoma Department of
Commerce, shall have had at least fifteen (15) years' experience in
banking, mortgage loans or financial management, and the remaining
member shall have demonstrated outstanding ability in business or
industry. Members initially appointed shall continue in office for
terms of from one (1) to six (6) years, respectively, from the date
of their appointment and until their respective successors shall be
duly appointed and qualified, the term of each appointed member to
be designated by the Governor at the time of appointment; but their
successors shall each be appointed for a term of six (6) years,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 575
except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only
for the unexpired term. Any appointed member of the Authority shall
be eligible for reappointment, and no member shall be removed from
office except for good cause shown.
B. The chair and other officers of the Board shall be elected
annually by the Board from its own membership. Members of the
Authority shall be compensated for their travel expenses pursuant to
the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
C. The State Treasurer shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member
of said Board of Directors, and shall serve without compensation.
All other Board members, excluding the Director of the Oklahoma
Department of Commerce, shall receive a stipend of Three Hundred
Dollars ($300.00) for each Board meeting attended not to exceed
Three Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($3,600.00) per annum. In
addition, the actual expenses, documented by receipts, incurred by
employees of the Authority for necessary travel and subsistence to
attend Board meetings and to carry out the powers and duties of the
Authority under Section 851 et seq. of this title shall be
reimbursed to such Board member or employee. All such stipends and
expenses must be approved by the Board prior to reimbursement. No
state appropriated monies shall be used for said reimbursement.
D. The meetings of the Board of Directors of the Authority
shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma
Open Records Act. Any information submitted to or compiled by the
Authority with respect to the marketing plans, financial statements,
trade secrets or any other commercially sensitive information of
persons, firms, associations, partnerships, agencies, corporations
or other entities shall be confidential, except to the extent that
the person or entity which provided such information or which is the
subject of such information consents to disclosure. Executive
sessions may be held to discuss such materials if deemed necessary
by the Board of Directors.
A. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic,
constituting a public corporation and governmental instrumentality
of this state, to be known and identified as "The Oklahoma
Industrial Finance Authority". Said Authority shall be under the
control of a Board of Directors, to be composed of seven (7) members
appointed by the Governor for overlapping terms, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, one of whom shall be the Director of the
Oklahoma Department of Commerce, representing the state at large.
One member shall be appointed from each congressional district as
the districts were configured in 1960. At least five of the
members, other than the Director of the Oklahoma Department of
Commerce, shall have had at least fifteen (15) years' experience in
banking, mortgage loans or financial management, and the remaining
member shall have demonstrated outstanding ability in business or
industry. Members initially appointed shall continue in office for
terms of from one (1) to six (6) years, respectively, from the date
of their appointment and until their respective successors shall be
duly appointed and qualified, the term of each appointed member to
be designated by the Governor at the time of appointment; but their
successors shall each be appointed for a term of six (6) years,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 575
except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only
for the unexpired term. Any appointed member of the Authority shall
be eligible for reappointment, and no member shall be removed from
office except for good cause shown.
B. The chair and other officers of the Board shall be elected
annually by the Board from its own membership. Members of the
Authority shall be compensated for their travel expenses pursuant to
the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
C. The State Treasurer shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member
of said Board of Directors, and shall serve without compensation.
All other Board members, excluding the Director of the Oklahoma
Department of Commerce, shall receive a stipend of Three Hundred
Dollars ($300.00) for each Board meeting attended not to exceed
Three Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($3,600.00) per annum. In
addition, the actual expenses, documented by receipts, incurred by
employees of the Authority for necessary travel and subsistence to
attend Board meetings and to carry out the powers and duties of the
Authority under Section 851 et seq. of this title shall be
reimbursed to such Board member or employee. All such stipends and
expenses must be approved by the Board prior to reimbursement. No
state appropriated monies shall be used for said reimbursement.
D. The meetings of the Board of Directors of the Authority
shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma
Open Records Act. Any information submitted to or compiled by the
Authority with respect to the marketing plans, financial statements,
trade secrets or any other commercially sensitive information of
persons, firms, associations, partnerships, agencies, corporations
or other entities shall be confidential, except to the extent that
the person or entity which provided such information or which is the
subject of such information consents to disclosure. Executive
sessions may be held to discuss such materials if deemed necessary
by the Board of Directors.
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