Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2015-9

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Nationwide and in Oklahoma, the AMBER Alert program has been
			 extremely successful in locating and recovering missing and abducted children,
			 through the collaborative efforts of state and federal law enforcement and
			 transportation partners, broadcasters, and the National Center for Missing and
			 Exploited Children. Oklahoma implemented our State's AMBER Plan over ten years
			 ago by means of Executive Order, and since that time, Oklahoma has been at the
			 forefront of developing initiatives to rescue vulnerable, lost members of our
			 communities. In fact, Oklahoma was one of the first states to devise a plan,
			 similar to the AMBER Plan, to locate missing seniors. Pursuant to Section
			 1-1990.4
			 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Oklahoma Legislature authorized the
			 Commissioner of Public Safety (Commissioner) to develop and implement a Silver
			 Alert System to identify and recover senior citizens who are missing and at
			 risk of harm.
Accordingly, I, Mary Fallin, Governor of the State of Oklahoma,
			 pursuant to the authority vested in me by Sections 1 and
			 2 of Article VI of the Oklahoma
			 Constitution, hereby establish a new and streamlined Oklahoma AMBER Alert
			 Committee (Committee), and direct it to coordinate its initiatives with any
			 other state program established by Oklahoma law, like the Silver Alert System,
			 whose mission it is to quickly locate and recover missing citizens. The
			 Committee shall be authorized to apply for, receive, and dispense to the
			 appropriate Oklahoma state entity all federal funding available to state AMBER
			 Plans, including, but not limited to, funding available through the PROTECT Act
			 of 2003 (codified at
			 42
			 U.S.C. §
								5791(2013) ),
			 subject to the review and approval of the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall
			 appoint members to the Committee, which shall be comprised of appropriate
			 local, state, federal, and private sector representatives, including at least
			 one representative from the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (Public
			 Safety).
The Commissioner shall also designate a Public Safety
			 representative from the Committee to serve as the Chair of the Committee. The
			 Committee shall select and designate its Vice-Chair. The Committee shall meet
			 at such times and places as it deems appropriate.
Committee members shall serve at the pleasure of the
			 Commissioner, and may be reappointed at his or her discretion. Each Committee
			 member shall continue to serve until a new appointment has been made for his or
			 her position. Administrative support for the Committee, including personnel
			 necessary to ensure the proper performance of its duties and responsibilities
			 as established by this Order, shall be provided by Public Safety.
This Executive Order shall be distributed to the Cabinet
			 Secretary of Safety and Security and the Commissioner, who shall cause the
			 provisions of this Order to be implemented.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
			 Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
			 this 2nd day of March, 2015.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Mary Fallin
ATTEST:
Chris Benge
Secretary of State