ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1985	By:	Brumbaugh of the House

				and

		Stanislawski of the Senate

An Act relating to roads, bridges and ferries; creating the Oklahoma Port Task Force; providing purpose; providing for appointment of members; requiring organizational meeting; providing for task force chair, vacancies, quorum and meetings; providing for staff assistance; requiring task force to submit final report; providing for expiration of task force; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

SUBJECT:  Oklahoma Port Task Force

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4019 of Title 69, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  There is hereby created the Oklahoma Port Task Force.  The purpose of the task force is to study and develop a comprehensive plan to accommodate the added burden on Oklahoma ports, roads and bridges resulting from the reopening of the expanded Panama Canal.

B.  The Oklahoma Port Task Force shall be composed of the following nine (9) members:

1.  The Governor or designee;

2.  Two members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
3.  Two members of the Oklahoma State Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

4.  The Director of the Department of Transportation or designee;

5.  The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce or designee; and

6.  Two of the executive directors of active public ports in this state appointed by the Governor.

C.  The task force shall conduct an organizational meeting no later than ninety (90) days after the sine die adjournment of the 1st Regular Session of the 54th Oklahoma Legislature.  A majority of the members present at the organizational meeting or any subsequent meeting shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of any action taken including the preparation and approval of the final report as required by subsection H of this section.

D.  The chair of the task force shall be chosen by a majority vote of the members of the task force present at the organizational meeting required by subsection C of this section.

E.  Any vacancy in appointments shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.

F.  The task force shall be authorized to meet as necessary in order to perform the duties imposed upon it.  Legislative members of the task force shall be reimbursed for travel expenses pursuant to the provisions of Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Other members of the task force shall be reimbursed as provided by the appointing authority.

G.  Staff support for the task force shall be provided by the Department of Transportation.  Entities of state government having information that would be helpful to the task force shall provide such assistance and information to the task force as may be required.

H.  The task force shall submit a final report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on or before December 31, 2014, regarding the findings and recommendations of the task force.

I.  The task force shall cease to have any authority to take any official action after January 1, 2015, and shall be dissolved by operation of law on February 1, 2015.

SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
Passed the House of Representatives the 13th day of March, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 9th day of April, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

	_________________________________
	Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________