A. The Executive Director of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors shall be responsible for accounting for all monies derived under the provisions of Section 475.1 et seq. of this title. This fund shall be known as the "Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Fund", and shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, and shall be paid out only upon requisitions submitted by the Secretary or Executive Director. All monies in this fund are hereby specifically appropriated for the use of the Board, and at the end of each fiscal year the Board shall pay into the General Revenue Fund of the state an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of all licensure and certification fees in compliance with Section 211 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The Board shall obtain an office, secure such facilities, and employ, direct, discharge and define the duties and salaries of an Executive Director, Principal Assistant, Director of Enforcement, Board Investigator and all other such clerical or other assistants as are necessary for the proper performance of its work. Effective November 1, 2017, all employees of the Board, current or future, shall be considered in the unclassified service and shall not be placed under the classified service. The Board shall make expenditures from the fund created in subsection A of this section for any purpose which, in the opinion of the Board, is reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties under Section 475.1 et seq. of this title, including examination administration fees, the expenses of the Board's delegates to meetings of and membership fees to the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, meaning the national nonprofit organization composed of engineering and land surveying licensing boards commonly called NCEES, and any of its subdivisions, as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Under no circumstances shall the total amount of warrants issued in payment of the expenses and compensation provided for in Section 475.1 et seq. of this title exceed the amount of monies in the fund.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 245, § 9, emerg. eff. April 26, 1968. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 159, § 11, emerg. eff. April 2, 1980; Laws 1982, c. 297, § 9; Laws 1992, c. 165, § 7, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2005, c. 115, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2008, c. 312, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 17, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 139, § 3; Laws 2017, c. 259, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.