1. A. The Oklahoma State Committee of Plumbing Examiners is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2002, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, as provided by Sections 3901 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and shall consist of six (6) members, each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident of this state, and reside in a different Congressional district of this state. Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the State Board of Health which may also remove them for cause. They will hold office for terms of two (2) years, or until their successors are appointed. Two members of the Committee shall have had at least five (5) years' practical experience as a licensed master plumber and/or plumbing contractor, and two members shall have had at least five (5) years' practical experience as a licensed journeyman plumber. One member shall be a plumbing inspector selected from lists of names submitted from plumbing inspection industries and one member shall be a lay person. Whenever appointments of initial, new, or replacement plumbing members of the Committee are to be made, the State Board of Health shall choose them only from lists of at least three names to be furnished whenever needed as follows:

   1. 1. Master plumber and/or plumbing contractor member - lists to be furnished by associated plumbing and heating contractors of this state;
   2. 2. Journeyman plumber member - lists to be furnished by state pipe trades associations;
   3. 3. One licensed master plumber and/or plumbing contractor who is not a member of an association of plumbing, heating, and cooling contractors of this state; and
   4. 4. One licensed journeyman plumber who is not a member of a state pipe trades association.
2. B. Duties of the Committee shall be to serve the Commissioner in an advisory capacity, to formulate rules pursuant to the Plumbing Licensing Law of 1955, and to assist and advise the Department on the examination of applicants for licenses as journeyman plumber and/or plumbing contractor, in accordance with such rules and the terms and conditions hereof. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Each examiner shall be reimbursed his or her travel expenses in accordance with the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Laws 1955, SB 168, c. 18, § 4; Amended by Laws 1978, HB 1456, c. 58, § 1, emerg. eff. March 20, 1978; Amended by Laws 1980, HB 1314, c. 1, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1980; Amended by Laws 1984, SB 421, c. 115, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1984; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1164, c. 178, § 39, emerg. eff. July 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 1990, SB 670, c. 157, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2141, c. 63, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1996.