A. 1. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission within the Construction Industries Board which shall consist of thirteen (13) members, eleven of whom shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows:
2. The members shall be appointed for staggered terms of four (4) years. The initial appointment of the members added by this act shall be made within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act. A full term of office for purposes of determining term limits provided in subsection C of this section shall be the completion of a full four-year term of appointment.
B. The remaining two members of the Commission shall be the State Fire Marshal, or a designee, and an appointee of the Construction Industries Board.
C. Appointed members shall continue in office until a successor is appointed by the Governor, notwithstanding the term limitations. No appointed member shall serve more than two consecutive full four-year terms; provided, such a member shall be eligible to serve until a successor is appointed, and such member may be reappointed after a two-year absence from the Commission. The Governor shall fill all vacancies and unexpired terms in the same manner as the original appointment of the member whose position is to be filled. No initial appointment to a term of less than four (4) years or any partial-term appointment to fill a vacancy or unexpired term of another member shall be counted for purposes of determining term limits. An appointed member may be removed by the Governor for cause.
D. Whenever a member of the Commission is absent from more than one-half (1/2) of all meetings of the governing body, regular and special, held within any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, the member shall thereupon cease to hold office by operation of law.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 439, § 3, emerg. eff. June 2, 2009. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 223, § 2; Laws 2021, c. 266, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.