2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 40. Labor › §40-142.6. Committee of Alternative Fuels Technician Examiners - Members - Terms - Vacancies - Duties - Expenses - Quorum.

A. There is hereby established the Committee of Alternative Fuels Technician Examiners which shall consist of eight (8) members. All members of the Committee shall be residents of this state.
B. Five voting members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Labor as follows:
1. Three members shall be alternative fuels technicians selected from a list of names submitted by the State Board of Career and Technology Education, with at least one member being an alternative fuels equipment technician and at least one member being an alternative fuels compression technician;
2. One member shall be a person involved in compressed natural gas technology in an oil and/or gas industry; and
3. One member shall be a person involved in liquefied petroleum gas technology in an oil and/or gas industry.
C. Two additional voting members shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Labor, one of whom shall be an electric vehicle technician, and one of whom shall be a person involved in manufacturing, conversion, or research in the electric vehicle industry.
D. All members shall each have at least two (2) years of active experience in alternative fuels technology. The terms of the voting members initially appointed to the Committee shall be staggered as follows:
1. One alternative fuels technician shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years;
2. One alternative fuels technician shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years;
3. One alternative fuels technician shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years;
4. One person involved in compressed natural gas technology in an oil and/or gas industry shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years;
5. One person involved in liquefied petroleum gas technology in an oil and/or gas industry shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years;
6. One electric vehicle technician shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years; and
7. One person involved in manufacturing, conversion, or research in the electric vehicle industry shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.
Thereafter, each voting member of the Committee shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
The nonvoting member shall be designated by the Commissioner of Labor to serve as Recording Secretary to the Committee.
E. Vacancies which may occur in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by appointment of the Commissioner of Labor. Each person who has been appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term for which the member such person succeeds was appointed and until a successor has been appointed and has qualified. Members of the Committee may be removed from office by the Commissioner of Labor for cause in the manner provided by law for the removal of officers not subject to impeachment.
F. The Committee shall assist and advise the Commissioner of Labor on all matters relating to the formulation of rules and standards in accordance with the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act. The Commissioner of Labor or designee shall administer the examinations of applicants for certification as alternative fuels equipment technicians, alternative fuels compression technicians, and electric vehicle technicians provided that such examinations shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act.
G. All members of the Committee shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred while in the performance of their duties in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
H. A majority of the total membership of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 294, § 4, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 9, eff. July 1, 1991. Renumbered from § 420.54 of Title 52 by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 379, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1998, c. 160, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 171, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 825; Laws 2014, c. 328, § 4. Renumbered from § 130.14 of Title 74 by Laws 2014, c. 328, § 18. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 181, § 2, emerg. eff. April 27, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 132, § 1, emerg. eff. April 21, 2016.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 142.5 of this title to avoid a duplication in numbering.