Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2015-23D

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
I, Todd Lamb, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to the
			 power vested in me by Section 2 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution
			 hereby declare the following:
1.
		  Tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding beginning May 6,
		  2015, and continuing have caused extensive damage to public and private
		  properties with in the State of Oklahoma; and said damages have caused an undue
		  hardship on the citizens of this State.
2. It may be necessary to provide for the
		  rendering of mutual assistance among the State and political subdivisions of
		  the State with respect to carrying out disaster emergency functions during the
		  continuance of the State emergency pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma
		  Emergency Management Act of 2003.
3. There is hereby declared a disaster
		  emergency caused by the tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds, and
		  flooding in the State of Oklahoma that threatens the lives and property of the
		  people of this State and the public's peace, health, and safety. The counties
		  included in this declaration are:
Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo,
			 Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cimarron, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche,
			 Cotton , Craig, Creek, Custer, Delaware, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady,
			 Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Haskell, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston,
			 Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Latimer, LeFlore, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Major, Mayes,
			 McClain, McIntosh, Marshall, McCurtain, Murray, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata,
			 Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg,
			 Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Roger Mills, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah,
			 Stephens, Texas, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington, Washita, Woods, and
			 Woodward.
This declaration may be amended to add counties as conditions
			 warrant.
4. The State
		  Emergency Operations Plan was activated on May 6, 2015, and resources of all
		  State departments and agencies available to meet this emergency are hereby
		  committed to the reasonable extent necessary to protect lives and to prevent,
		  minimize, and repair injury and damage. These efforts shall be coordinated by
		  the Director of the Department of Emergency Management with comparable
		  functions of the federal government and political subdivisions of the
		  State.
5. State agencies, in
		  responding to this disaster emergency, may make necessary emergency
		  acquisitions to fulfill the purposes of this proclamation without regard to
		  limitations or bidding requirements on such acquisitions.
6. This Executive Order shall terminate at
		  the end of thirty (30) days.
Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to the
			 Director of Emergency Management who shall cause the provisions of this Order
			 to be implemented by all appropriate agencies of State government.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and caused the Great Seal
			 of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, this
			 23rd day of July 2015.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Todd Lamb
ATTEST:
Chris Benge
Secretary of State