A. The State Transportation Commission shall consist of an at-large member and one (1) member from each of eight districts of the state, such districts to serve as the maintenance districts and to include the area as follows:
District 1. Wagoner, Cherokee, Adair, Sequoyah, Muskogee, Okmulgee, McIntosh and Haskell Counties.
District 2. Pittsburg, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha, Atoka, Choctaw, Bryan and Marshall Counties.
District 3. Lincoln, Cleveland, McClain, Garvin, Pottawatomie, Okfuskee, Seminole, Hughes, Pontotoc, Coal and Johnston Counties.
District 4. Payne, Logan, Canadian, Kingfisher, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble and Oklahoma Counties.
District 5. Roger Mills, Dewey, Custer, Washita, Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Harmon, Jackson, Blaine, and Tillman Counties.
District 6. Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woods, Alfalfa, Ellis, Major and Woodward Counties.
District 7. Carter, Love, Murray, Grady, Comanche, Stephens, Cotton, Caddo and Jefferson Counties.
District 8. Osage, Pawnee, Nowata, Creek, Craig, Ottawa, Rogers, Mayes, Delaware, Washington and Tulsa Counties.
B. The members of the Commission shall be appointed as follows:
1. Members from Districts 5, 6, 7 and 8 and the at-large member shall be appointed by the Governor;
2. Members from Districts 2 and 3 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
3. Members from Districts 1 and 4 shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
C. Each member shall serve at the pleasure of his or her appointing authority and may be removed or replaced without cause. Any member of the Commission shall be prohibited from voting on any issue in which the member has a direct financial interest. The Director of the Department of Transportation shall be an ex officio member of the Commission, but shall be entitled to vote only in case of a tie vote.
D. The members of the Commission each shall receive an annual salary of Four Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($4,800.00), payable monthly, and each shall be entitled to receive travel expenses pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 302, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 58, § 1, emerg. eff. April 2, 1971; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 51, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1990, c. 316, § 1; Laws 2019, c. 10, § 1, emerg. eff. March 13, 2019.