1. A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Police Corps Advisory Council.

2. B. The Council shall be composed of eleven (11) members as follows:

   1. 1. The Commissioner of Public Safety, or the Commissioner’s designee, who shall serve as chair of the Council;
   2. 2. The Director of the Oklahoma Police Corps;
   3. 3. The Deputy Director of the Oklahoma Police Corps;
   4. 4. The Director of the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, or the Director’s designee;
   5. 5. An attorney of the Department of Public Safety, appointed by the Commissioner; and

   6. 6. The following members who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner; provided, no member listed in this paragraph shall be appointed from the jurisdiction of a participating agency whose jurisdiction is the same as or overlaps or shares any geographical area with the jurisdiction of the participating agency of any other member listed in this paragraph:

      1. a. a district attorney, or a designee of the district attorney,
      2. b. a sheriff, or a designee of the sheriff,
      3. c. two chiefs of police, or a designee of each chief,
      4. d. an Oklahoma resident who is a business or civic leader, and
      5. e. a faculty member from a college or university in this state.
3. C. The Council shall meet quarterly at the call of the chair or the Director. A vice-chair shall be elected by the Council from among its members. The vice-chair shall act as chair of the Council only in the absence of the chair at officially called meetings of the Council.
4. D. The Council shall advise and assist the Director in the development, administration, and operation of the Program, and the setting of goals, objectives, and priorities for the Program.
5. E. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the creation of any additional salaried position within the Department of Public Safety.
6. F. Members of the Council who are not employees of the state or a political subdivision thereof shall receive no compensation from the state for serving on the Council. All members of the Council shall be entitled to reimbursement for any actual and necessary traveling expenses pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act, as authorized by the Oklahoma Police Corps Act.

Added by Laws 2001, HB 1231, c. 167, § 5, emerg. eff. May 2, 2001.