Oklahoma Emergency Management Interim Legislative Succession Act

Oklahoma Emergency Management Interim Legislative Succession Act
Seal of Oklahoma.svg
Emergency Management Interim Legislative Succession Act
Full title Emergency Management Interim Legislative Succession Act
Enacted by the 49th Oklahoma Legislature
Effective May 29, 2003
Purpose
Purpose Establishes interim successors to exercise the duties the members of the Oklahoma Legislature in the event of a vancancy until a successor assumes powers as provided by the Constitution.
Citations
State Law 63 O.S. Section 686.1
Codification
Act(s) amended Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003
Title(s) amended Title 63 (Public Health and Safety)
Oklahoma Code sections created Sections 686.1 - 686.14
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House of Representatives as House Bill 1512 by Representative William Paulk on
  • Committee consideration by: House Judiciary and Public Safety Committee
  • Passed the House of Representatives on May 21, 2003 (90 - 8)
  • Passed the Senate on May 28, 2003 ()
  • Signed into law by Governor Brad Henry on May 29, 2003
Major amendments


The Emergency Management Interim Legislative Succession Act (63 O.S. Sections 688.1 - 688.14) is an Oklahoma state law governing emergency succession to the all offices members of the Oklahoma Legislature. The similar Act governing the members of the state and local governments is the Oklahoma Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act.

The Emergency Legislative Succession Act was signed into law by Governor Brad Henry on August 29, 2003.

In General

Each legislator must designate no less than three and no more than seven Emergency Interim Successors to his powers and duties and specify their order of succession. Each house of the Legislature, in accordance with its own rules, determines who is entitled under the provisions of the Emergency Legislative Succession Act to exercise the powers and assume the duties of its members. When an Emergency Interim Successor exercises the powers and assumes the duties of a legislator, the Successor is accorded the privileges and immunities, compensation, allowances and other perquisites of office to which a legislator is entitled.

See also


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 — Emergency Management Act Full title Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 Enacted by the 49th Oklahoma Legislature Effective May 29, 2003 Purpose …   Wikipedia

  • Oklahoma Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act — Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act Full title Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act Enacted by the 49th Oklahoma Legislature Effective May 29, 2003 …   Wikipedia

  • Oklahoma Emergency Response Act — Emergeceny Response Act Full title Oklahoma Emergency Response Act Enacted by the 49th Oklahoma Legislature Effective July 1, 1993 Purpose …   Wikipedia

  • Governor of Oklahoma — Governor of the State of Oklahoma Flag of the Governor …   Wikipedia

  • United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Calendar of 2002 — ▪ 2003 January I will not wait on events while dangers gather. I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world s most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world s most destructive… …   Universalium

  • George W. Bush — This article is about the 43rd U.S. president. For his father, the 41st U.S. president, see George H. W. Bush. For other persons of the same name, see George Bush. George W. Bush …   Wikipedia

  • china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

  • China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”