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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.3. General implementation.

ARTICLE II
General Implementation
Each party state entering into this compact recognizes that many emergencies transcend political jurisdictional boundaries and that intergovernmental coordination is essential in managing these and other emergencies under this compact. Each state further recognizes that there will be emergencies which require immediate access and present procedures to apply outside resources to make a prompt and effective response to such an emergency. This is because few, if any, individual states have all the resources they need in all types of emergencies or the capability of delivering resources to the area where emergencies occur.
The prompt, full, and effective utilization of resources of the participating states, including any resources on hand or available from the federal government or any other source, that are essential to the safety, care and welfare of the people in the event of any emergency or disaster declared by a party state, shall be the underlying principle on which all articles of this compact shall be understood.
On behalf of the governor of each state participating in the compact, the legally designated state official who is assigned responsibility for emergency management will be responsible for formulation of the appropriate interstate mutual aid plans and procedures necessary to implement this compact.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 3, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.5. Limitations.

ARTICLE IV
Limitations
Any party state requested to render mutual aid or conduct exercises and training for mutual aid shall take such action as is necessary to provide and make available the resources covered by this compact in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that it is understood that the state rendering aid may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection for such state.
Each party state shall afford to the emergency forces of any party state, while operating within its state limits under the terms and conditions of this compact, the same powers, except that of arrest unless specifically authorized by the receiving state, duties, rights, and privileges as are afforded forces of the state in which they are performing emergency services. Emergency forces will continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the organizational units will come under the operational control of the emergency services authorities of the state receiving assistance. These conditions may be activated, as needed, only subsequent to a declaration of a state emergency or disaster by the governor of the party state that is to receive assistance or upon commencement of exercises or training for mutual aid and shall continue as long as the exercises or training for mutual aid are in progress, the state of emergency or disaster remains in effect, or loaned resources remain in the receiving state, whichever is longer.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 5, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.6. Licenses and permits.

ARTICLE V
Licenses and Permits
Whenever any person holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by any state party evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical, or other skills, and when such assistance is requested by the receiving party state, such person shall be deemed licensed, certified, or permitted by the state requesting assistance to render aid involving such skill to meet a declared emergency or disaster, subject to such limitations and conditions as the governor of the requesting state may prescribe by executive order or otherwise.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 6, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.7. Liability.

ARTICLE VI
Liability
Officers or employees of a party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be considered agents of the requesting state for tort liability and immunity purposes. No party state or its officers or employees rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be liable on account of any act or omission in good faith on the part of such forces while so engaged or on account of the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection therewith. Good faith in this article shall not include willful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 7, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.8. Supplementary agreements.

ARTICLE VII
Supplementary Agreements
Inasmuch as it is probable that the pattern and detail of the machinery for mutual aid among two or more states may differ from that among the states that are party hereto, this compact contains elements of a broad base common to all states, and nothing herein shall preclude any state entering into supplementary agreements with another state or affect any other agreements already in force between states. Supplementary agreements may include, but shall not be limited to, provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire, police, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel, and equipment and supplies.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 8, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.9. Compensation.

ARTICLE VIII
Compensation
Each state shall provide for the payment of compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that state and representatives of deceased members of such forces who sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within their own state.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 9, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.10. Reimbursement.

ARTICLE IX
Reimbursement
Any party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be reimbursed by the party state receiving such aid for any loss or damage to or expense incurred in the operation of any equipment and the provision of any service in answering a request for aid and for the costs incurred in connection with such requests; provided, that any aiding party state may assume in whole or in part such loss, damage, expense, or other cost, or may loan such equipment or donate such services to the receiving party state without charge or cost; and provided further, that any two or more party states may enter into supplementary agreements establishing a different allocation of costs among those states. Article VIII expenses shall not be reimbursable under this article.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 10, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.11. Evacuation.

ARTICLE X
Evacuation
Plans for the orderly evacuation and interstate reception of portions of the civilian population as the result of any emergency or disaster of sufficient proportions to so warrant, shall be worked out and maintained between the party states and the emergency management or services directors of the various jurisdictions where any type of incident requiring evacuations might occur. Such plans shall be put into effect by request of the state from which evacuees come and shall include the manner of transporting such evacuees, the number of evacuees to be received in different areas, the manner in which food, clothing, housing, and medical care will be provided, the registration of the evacuees, the providing of facilities for the notification of relatives or friends, and the forwarding of such evacuees to other areas or the bringing in of additional materials, supplies, and all other relevant factors. Such plans shall provide that the party state receiving evacuees and the party state from which the evacuees come shall mutually agree as to reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred in receiving and caring for such evacuees, for expenditures for transportation, food, clothing, medicines and medical care, and like items. Such expenditures shall be reimbursed as agreed by the party state from which the evacuees come. After the termination of the emergency or disaster, the party state from which the evacuees come shall assume the responsibility for the ultimate support of repatriation of such evacuees.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 11, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.12. Implementation.

ARTICLE XI
Implementation
A. This compact shall become effective immediately upon its enactment into law by any two states. Thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any other state upon enactment by that state.
B. Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until thirty (30) days after the governor of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of such withdrawal to the governors of all other party states. Such action shall not relieve the withdrawing state from obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date of withdrawal.
C. Duly authenticated copies of this compact and of such supplementary agreements as may be entered into shall, at the time of their approval, be deposited with each of the party states and with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other appropriate agencies of the United States government.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 12, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.13. Validity.

ARTICLE XII
Validity
Nothing in this compact shall authorize or permit the use of military force by the National Guard of a state at any place outside that state in any emergency for which the President is authorized by law to call into federal service the militia, or for any purpose for which the use of the Army or the United States Air Force would in the absence of express statutory authorization be prohibited under Section 1385 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
Nothing in this compact shall limit or prohibit the Governor's authority to send troops out of state as specified in Section 229 of Title 44 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 13, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.25. Short title - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act.

Sections 3 through 13 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act".
Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 3, § 3, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 63, § 684.14, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 31, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.27. Applicability to volunteer health practitioners.

The Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act applies to volunteer health practitioners registered with a registration system that complies with Section 7 of this act and who provide health or veterinary services in this state for a host entity while an emergency declaration is in effect.
Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 3, § 5, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 63, § 684.16, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 33, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.28. Regulation of services during emergency.

A. While an emergency declaration is in effect, the State Department of Health may limit, restrict, or otherwise regulate:
1. The duration of practice by volunteer health practitioners;
2. The geographical areas in which volunteer health practitioners may practice;
3. The types of volunteer health practitioners who may practice; and
4. Any other matters necessary to coordinate effectively the provision of health or veterinary services during the emergency.
B. An order issued pursuant to subsection A of this section may take effect immediately, without prior notice or comment, and is not a rule within the meaning of the Administrative Procedures Act.
C. A host entity that uses volunteer health practitioners to provide health or veterinary services in this state shall:
1. Consult and coordinate its activities with the State Department of Health to the extent practicable to provide for the efficient and effective use of volunteer health practitioners; and
2. Comply with any laws other than this act relating to the management of emergency health or veterinary services, including the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 and the Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act.
Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 3, § 6, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 63, § 684.17, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 34, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.29. Volunteer health practitioner registration systems.

A. To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, a system must:
1. Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before or during an emergency;
2. Include information about the licensure and good standing of health practitioners which is accessible by authorized persons;
3. Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services or veterinary services are provided under the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; and
4. Meet one of the following conditions:
a.
be an emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health practitioners established by a state and funded through the Health Resources Services Administration under Section 319I of the Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 247d-7b,
b.
be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped emergency response, public health, and medical personnel formed pursuant to Section 2801 of the Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 300hh,
c.
be operated by a:
(1)
disaster relief organization,
(2)
licensing board,
(3)
national or regional association of licensing boards or health practitioners,
(4)
health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health-care services, including a tertiary care and teaching hospital, or
(5)
governmental entity, or
d.
be designated by the State Department of Health as a registration system for purposes of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act.
B. While an emergency declaration is in effect, the State Department of Health, a person authorized to act on behalf of the Department, or a host entity may confirm whether volunteer health practitioners utilized in this state are registered with a registration system that complies with subsection A of this section. Confirmation is limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners from the system and determining whether the system indicates that the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
C. Upon request of a person in this state authorized under subsection B of this section, or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration system located in this state shall notify the person of the identities of volunteer health practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
D. A host entity shall not be required to use the services of a volunteer health practitioner even if the practitioner is registered with a registration system that indicates that the practitioner is licensed and in good standing.
Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 3, § 7, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 63, § 684.18, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 35, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.30. Recognition of volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states.

A. While an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner, registered with a registration system that complies with Section 7 of this act and licensed and in good standing in the state upon which the registration of the practitioner is based, may practice in this state to the extent authorized by the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act as if the practitioner were licensed in this state.
B. A volunteer health practitioner qualified under subsection A of this section is not entitled to the protections of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act if the practitioner is licensed in more than one state and any license of the practitioner is suspended, revoked, or subject to an agency order limiting or restricting practice privileges, or has been voluntarily terminated under threat of sanction.
Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 3, § 8, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 63, § 684.19, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 36, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.31. No effect on credentialing and privileging.

A. For purposes of this section:
1. "Credentialing" means obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services in or for a health facility; and
2. "Privileging" means the authorizing by an appropriate authority, such as a governing body, of a health practitioner to provide specific treatment, care, or services at a health facility subject to limits based on factors that include license, education, training, experience, competence, health status, and specialized skill.
B. The Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act does not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility and does not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect.
Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 3, § 9, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 63, § 684.20, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 37, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.33. Relation to other laws.

A. The Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act does not limit rights, privileges, or immunities provided to volunteer health practitioners by laws other than the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act does not affect requirements for the use of health practitioners pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
B. The State Department of Health, pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, may incorporate into the emergency forces of this state volunteer health practitioners who are not officers or employees of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or a municipality or other local government within this state.
Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 3, § 11, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 63, § 684.22, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 39, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.34. Regulatory authority.

The State Board of Health may promulgate rules to implement the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. In doing so, the State Department of Health shall consult with and consider the recommendations of the entity established to coordinate the implementation of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and shall also consult with and consider rules promulgated by similarly empowered agencies in other states to promote uniformity of application of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act and make the emergency response systems in the various states reasonably compatible.
Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 3, § 12, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 63, § 684.23, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 40, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.35. Uniformity of application and construction.

In applying and construing the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 3, § 13, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 63, § 684.24, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 41, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.1. Citation.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act", and shall be cumulative to the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 212, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 270, § 1, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 28, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.2. Findings and declarations.

Because of the existing possibility of natural and man-made emergencies and disasters in the United States of unprecedented size and destructiveness, and in the event such an incident occurs: to assure continuity of government through legally-constituted leadership, authority and responsibility in offices of the government of the state and its political subdivisions; to provide for the effective operation of governments during an emergency caused by an incident in the United States; and to facilitate the early resumption of functions temporarily suspended, it is found and declared to be necessary: to provide for additional officers who can exercise the powers and discharge the duties of Governor; to provide for emergency interim succession to governmental offices of this state and its political subdivisions in the event incumbents thereof (and their deputies, assistants or other subordinate officers authorized, pursuant to law, to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of such offices hereinafter referred to as deputies) are unavailable to perform the duties and functions of such offices; and to provide for special emergency judges who can exercise the powers and discharge the duties of judicial offices in the event regular judges are unavailable, the provisions of this act are adopted to meet emergency conditions, which result from natural and man-made emergencies and disasters in the United States.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 212, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 270, § 2, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 29, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.3. Definitions.

As used in this act:
1. "Unavailable" means either that a vacancy in office exists and there is no deputy authorized to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, or that the lawful incumbent of the office, including any deputy exercising the powers and discharging the duties of an office because of a vacancy, and the duly authorized deputy are absent or unable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the offices;
2. "Emergency interim successor" means a person designated pursuant to this act, in the event the officer is unavailable, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as may be provided by the Constitution, statutes, charters and ordinances or until the lawful incumbent is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of the office;
3. "Office" includes all state and local offices, the powers and duties of which are defined by the Constitution, statutes, charters and ordinances, except the office of Governor, and except those in the Legislature and the judiciary;
4. “Emergency” means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the President of the United States or the Governor of the State of Oklahoma, federal or state assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert threat or catastrophe in any part of the state;
5. "Political subdivision" includes counties, cities, towns, districts, authorities and other public corporations and entities whether organized and existing under charter or general law;
6. "Deputy" means a person legally authorized by an officer to exercise the office or right which the official possesses, for and in place of the officer; and
7. “Man-made disaster” means a disaster caused by acts of man including, but not limited to, an act of war, terrorism, chemical spill or release, and power shortage that require assistance in addition to the assistance of the local political subdivision.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 212, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 270, § 3, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 30, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.4. Emergency interim succession to office of Governor.

Whenever a natural or man-made disaster or emergency occurs in the United States, and in the event that the Governor, for any of the reasons specified in Article VI, Section 16 of the Oklahoma Constitution, is not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Governor’s office, or is unavailable, and in the event the Lieutenant Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be for any of the reasons specified in the Constitution not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor, or be unavailable, the State Auditor and Inspector, Attorney General, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Labor, and members of the Corporation Commission in the order of their election districts, shall each in the order named, if no officer higher in the enumerated order is available, exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor until a new Governor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that no emergency interim successor to the aforementioned offices may serve as Governor.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 212, § 4, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 270, § 4, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 161, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 31, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.5. Emergency interim succession to state offices other than Governor.

All state officers, other than the Governor, subject to such regulations as the Governor, or other official authorized under the Constitution and this act to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Office of Governor, may issue, upon approval of this act, in addition to any deputy, shall designate, by the title of their office or position, emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession. The officer shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this act to ensure their current status. The officer shall designate a sufficient number of such emergency interim successors so that there will be not less than three nor more than seven deputies or emergency interim successors or any combination thereof, at any time. In the event that any state officer is unavailable following an emergency or disaster, and in the event a deputy, if any, is also unavailable, the said powers of the office shall be exercised and said duties of the office shall be discharged by the designated emergency interim successors in the order specified. The authority of an emergency successor shall cease:
1. When the incumbent of the office, or a deputy or an interim successor higher in designation becomes available to exercise the powers and to perform the duties of the office; or
2. When a successor to the office has been duly elected or appointed and has qualified according to law.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 213, § 5, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 270, § 5, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 32, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.6. Interim succession to political subdivision offices.

The respective officers of each city or incorporated town, and of all other political subdivisions, of this state, shall designate interim successors, and shall specify the order of succession of deputies and interim successors, in the same manner, and with the same effect, as is provided for state officers by Section 5 hereof.
Laws 1959, p. 213, § 6; Laws 1963, c. 270, § 6, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.7. Special emergency judges.

Whenever an emergency or disaster occurs in the United States, and in the event that any judge of any court is unavailable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office, and no other judge authorized to act or no special judge appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution or statutes is available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of such office, the duties of the office shall be discharged and the powers exercised by the special emergency judges, each of whom shall otherwise be qualified to serve as a judge, as hereinafter provided for:
1. The Governor shall designate for each member of the Supreme Court special emergency judges in the number of not less than three nor more than seven for each member of said court, and shall specify the order of their succession.
2. The Governor shall designate for each member of the Court of Criminal Appeals special emergency judges in the number of not less than three nor more than seven for each member of said court, and shall specify the order of their succession.
3. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in consultation with the other members of said court, shall designate for each court of record, except the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals, special emergency judges in the number of not less than three nor more than seven for each judge of said courts and shall specify their order of succession.
4. The judge of the district court, or the senior judge of any such district, in consultation with the other district judges of that district, where there is more than one judge shall designate not less than three nor more than seven emergency judges for courts not of record within that district and shall specify their order of succession.
Such special emergency judges shall, in the order specified, exercise the powers and discharge the duties of such office in case of the unavailability of the regular judge or judges or persons immediately preceding them in the designation. The designating authority shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this act to ensure their current status.
Said special emergency judges shall discharge the duties and exercise the powers of such office until such time as a vacancy which may exist shall be filled in accordance with the Constitution and statutes or until the regular judge or one preceding the designee in the order of succession becomes available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 213, § 7, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 270, § 7, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 33, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.8. Oaths.

At the time of their designation, emergency interim successors and special emergency judges shall take such oath as may be required for them to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which they may succeed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person, as a prerequisite to the exercise of the powers or discharge of the duties of an office to which he succeeds, shall be required to comply with any other provisions of law relative to taking office.
Laws 1959, p. 214, § 8; Laws 1963, c. 270, § 8, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.9. Limitation on exercise of powers and duties by interim successors and special emergency judges - Termination of authority by Legislature.

Officials authorized to act as Governor pursuant to this act, emergency interim successors and special emergency judges are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an emergency or disaster occurs in the United States, as defined herein, has occurred. The Legislature by concurrent resolution may, at any time, terminate the authority of said emergency interim successors and special emergency judges to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office as herein provided.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 214, § 9, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 270, § 9, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 34, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.10. Removal of successors.

Until such time as the persons designated as emergency interim successors or special emergency judges are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office in accordance with this act, including Section 9 hereof, said persons may be removed or replaced by said designating authority at any time, with or without cause.
Laws 1959, p. 214, § 10; Laws 1963, c. 270, § 10, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-685.11. Disputes.

Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this act with respect to an office in the executive branch of the state government (except a dispute of fact relative to the Office of Governor) shall be adjudicated by the Governor (or other official authorized under the Constitution and this act to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor) and his decision shall be final. Such disputes with respect to the Office of Governor shall be determined by the Supreme Court.
Laws 1959, p. 214, § 11; Laws 1963, c. 270, § 11, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.1. Citation.

This act shall be known as the "Emergency Management Interim Legislative Succession Act" and shall be cumulative to the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 215, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 340, § 1, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 35, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.2. Declarations.

The Legislature declares:
1. Because of existing possibilities of natural or man-made disasters or emergencies of unprecedented destructiveness, which may result in the death or inability to act of a large proportion of the membership of the Legislature; and
2. Because to conform in time of emergency or disaster to existing legal requirements pertaining to the Legislature would be impracticable, and would jeopardize continuity of operation of a legally constituted Legislature; it is therefore necessary to adopt special provisions as hereinafter set out for the effective operation of the Legislature during natural or man-made disasters or emergencies.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 215, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 340, § 2, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 36, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.3. Definitions.

As used in this act:
1. ”Emergency” means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the President of the United States or the Governor of the State of Oklahoma, federal or state assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives, protect property, public health and safety, or to lessen or avert threat of a catastrophe in any part of the state;
2. “Man-made disaster” means a disaster caused by acts of man including, but not limited to, an act of war, terrorism, chemical spill or release, or a power shortage that requires assistance from outside the local political subdivision; and
3. "Unavailable" means absent from the place of session, other than on official business of the Legislature, or unable, for physical, mental or legal reasons, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of a legislator, whether or not such absence or inability would give rise to a vacancy under existing constitutional or statutory provisions.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 215, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 340, § 3, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 37, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.4. Designation of emergency interim successor.

Each legislator shall designate not fewer than three nor more than seven emergency interim successors to his powers and duties and specify their order of succession. Each legislator shall review and, as necessary, promptly revise the designations of emergency interim successors to his powers and duties to insure that at all times there are at least three such qualified emergency interim successors.
Laws 1959, p. 215, § 4; Laws 1963, c. 340, § 4, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.5. Emergency interim successor defined - Qualification - Tenure.

An emergency interim successor is one who is designated for possible temporary succession to the powers and duties, but not the office, of a legislator. No person shall be designated or serve as an emergency interim successor unless he may, under the Constitution and statutes hold the office of the legislator to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed, but no constitutional or statutory provision prohibiting a legislator from holding another office or prohibiting the holder of another office from being a legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor. An emergency interim successor shall serve at the pleasure of the legislator designating him or of any subsequent incumbent of the legislative office.
Laws 1959, p. 215, § 5; Laws 1963, c. 340, § 5, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.6. Maintaining minimum number of successors.

Prior to an emergency or disaster, if a legislator fails to designate the required minimum number of emergency interim successors within sixty (60) days following the effective date of this act or, after such period, if for any reason the number of emergency interim successors for any legislator falls below the required minimum and remains below such minimum for a period of sixty (60) days, then the floor leader of the same political party in the same house as such legislator shall, by and with the consent of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or President Pro Tempore of the Senate, promptly designate as many emergency interim successors as are required to achieve such minimum number, but the floor leader shall not assign to any designees a rank in order of succession higher than that of any remaining emergency interim successor previously designated by a legislator for succession to the legislator’s own powers and duties. Each emergency interim successor designated by the floor leader shall serve at the pleasure of the designating person, but the legislator for whom the emergency successor is designated or any subsequent incumbent of the office may change the rank in order of succession or replace at the pleasure of the designating person any emergency interim successor so designated.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 215, § 6, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 340, § 6, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 38, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.7. Effective date of designations and removals - Recording.

Each designation of an emergency interim successor shall become effective when the legislator or party floor leader making the designation files with the Secretary of State the successor's name, address and rank in order of succession. The removal of an emergency interim successor or change in order of succession shall become effective when the legislator or party floor leader, so acting, files this information with the Secretary of State. All such data shall be open to public inspection. The Secretary of State shall inform the Governor, the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, the journal clerk of the house concerned and all emergency interim successors, of all such designations, removals and changes in order of succession. The journal clerk of each house shall enter all information regarding emergency interim successors for the house in its public journal at the beginning of each legislative session and shall enter all changes in membership or order of succession as soon as possible after the occurrence.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 216, § 7, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 340, § 7, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 39, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.8. Oaths.

Promptly after designation each emergency interim successor shall take the oaths required for the legislator to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed. No other oath shall be required. The oath shall be administered (by the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the emergency interim successors designated for that house, and by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate for the emergency interim successors designated to serve for the Senate.)
Laws 1959, p. 216, § 8; Laws 1963, c. 340, § 8, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.9. Successors to keep informed.

Each emergency interim successor shall keep himself generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices and current business of the Legislature, and each legislator shall assist his emergency interim successors to keep themselves so informed.
Laws 1959, p. 216, § 9; Laws 1963, c. 340, § 9, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.10. Changing place of session.

Whenever, in the event of an emergency or disaster or upon finding that an emergency or disaster may be imminent, the Governor deems the place of session then prescribed to be unsafe, the Governor may change it to any place within the state which the Governor deems safer and more convenient.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 216, § 10, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 340, § 10, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 40, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.11. Calling of session - Limitations suspended.

In the event of an emergency or disaster, the Governor shall call the Legislature into session as soon as practicable, and in any case within thirty (30) days following the inception of the emergency or disaster. Each legislator and each emergency interim successor, unless the Governor is certain that the legislator to whose powers and duties the legislator is designated to succeed or any emergency interim successor higher in order of succession will not be unavailable, shall proceed to the place of session as expeditiously as practicable. At such session or at any session in operation at the inception of the emergency or disaster, and at any subsequent session, limitations on the length of session and on the subjects which may be acted upon shall be suspended.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 216, § 11, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 340, § 11, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 41, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.12. Exercise of powers and duties by successors - Ouster provisions applicable.

If, in the event of an emergency or disaster a legislator is unavailable, the emergency interim successor highest in order of succession who is not unavailable shall, except for the power and duty to appoint emergency interim successors, exercise the powers and assume the duties of such legislator. An emergency interim successor shall exercise these powers and assume these duties until the incumbent legislator, an emergency interim successor higher in order of succession, or a legislator appointed or elected and legally qualified can act. Each house of the Legislature shall, in accordance with its own rules, determine who is entitled under the provisions of this act to exercise the powers and assume the duties of its members. All constitutional and statutory provisions pertaining to ouster of a legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor who is exercising the powers and assuming the duties of a legislator.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 216, § 12, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 340, § 12, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 42, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-686.13. Privileges and immunities - Compensation and allowances.

When an emergency interim successor exercises the powers and assumes the duties of a legislator, the emergency interim successor shall be accorded the privileges and immunities, compensation, allowances and other perquisites of office to which a legislator is entitled. In the event of an emergency or disaster, each emergency interim successor, whether or not called upon to exercise the powers and assume the duties of a legislator, shall be accorded the privileges and immunities of a legislator while traveling to and from a place of session and shall be compensated for travel in the same manner and amount as a legislator. This section shall not in any way affect the privileges, immunities, compensation, allowances or other perquisites of office of an incumbent legislator.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 216, § 13, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 340, § 13, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 43, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.