STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 54th Legislature (2014)

SENATE BILL 1253	By:	Dahm

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission; amending 73 O.S. 2011, Sections 83.1, as last amended by Section 11, Chapter 209, O.S.L. 2013, and 83.7 (73 O.S. Supp. 2013, Section 83.1), which relate to the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission; modifying certain termination date; requiring Commission to comply with Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     73 O.S. 2011, Section 83.1, as last amended by Section 11, Chapter 209, O.S.L. 2013 (73 O.S. Supp. 2013, Section 83.1), is amended to read as follows:
Section 83.1.  A.  There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2014 2015, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, a Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission to exercise the functions and perform the duties hereinafter prescribed.
B.  The Commission shall be composed of eleven (11) members as follows:
1.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or his or her designee, who shall be ex officio chair of the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission;
2.  The Director of the Transportation Commission or his or her designee;
3.  The President of the University of Oklahoma or his or her designee;
4.  Two members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
5.  Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
6.  The Chair of the Planning Commission of Oklahoma City or his or her designee;
7.  The Chair of the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission; and
8.  Two members of the Commission appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the State Senate, for four-year staggered terms with one term expiring on January 31 of each even-numbered year.
C.  One of the two members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the Citizens' Advisory Committee.  The Commission is authorized to appoint and hire a Director, who shall serve as the chief administrative officer of the Commission, and other necessary personnel.  The Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma shall be the legal advisor to the Commission in the same capacity as he or she is to other boards and commissions.
D.  At least one of the members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be a resident within the boundaries of the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning District as set forth in Section 83 of this title.
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     73 O.S. 2011, Section 83.7, is amended to read as follows:
Section 83.7.  Prior to the adoption of any zoning regulations, or any amendment thereto or any other acts which may have an impact on the residents of the District, the Commission shall hold a public hearing on the same after first having given notice by publication of the time and place of said hearing by publication, for not less than ten (10) days prior to said hearing, in a legal publication published in Oklahoma County in accordance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2014.
SECTION 4.  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.

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