Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2019-39

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Executive Order 2019-39
I, J. Kevin Stitt, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to
			 the power vested in me by Sections 1 and 2 of Article VI of the Oklahoma
			 Constitution, hereby establish the Governor's Aerospace and Autonomous Systems
			 Council ("Council").
The Council shall consist of between eight (8) and twelve (12)
			 members, who shall be appointed by the Governor and serve at the pleasure of
			 the Governor. The Secretary of Science and Innovation shall chair the Council
			 and may select a vice-chair.
The purpose of the Council shall be to review all aspects of the
			 development of Aerospace and Autonomous Systems (AAS) and related technologies
			 in the state, including, but not limited to, research and development,
			 workforce development, economic development, and capital investment. For the
			 purposes of this Council, Aerospace and Autonomous Systems shall principally
			 denote activities in science, engineering, aerospace, business and other
			 disciplines associated with aerospace and manned or unmanned autonomous or
			 semi-autonomous systems in space, on the ground, and on or within bodies of
			 water including lakes, rivers, and oceans. As part of this process, the Council
			 shall define and periodically review an AAS strategic plan for the State of
			 Oklahoma, and present such a strategic plan, and any proposed changes to
			 existing strategic plans, to the Governor. The Council shall also act in an
			 advisory capacity to the Governor on all issues related to AAS and related
			 technology and economic development.
Administrative support for the Council, including, but not
			 limited to, personnel necessary to ensure the proper performance of the duties
			 and responsibilities of the Council, shall be provided by the Oklahoma
			 Department of Commerce.
Council members will be selected from various areas including
			 postsecondary education, the private sector, federally recognized Indian
			 tribes, state agencies, non-profit organizations and appropriate federal
			 agencies located in the state. Council members employed by a state agency shall
			 be reimbursed travel expenses related to their service on the Council by their
			 respective state agency as authorized by state law. Council members employed by
			 a federal agency shall be reimbursed travel expenses related to their service
			 on the Council by their respective federal agency as authorized by federal law.
			 Legislative members of the Council shall be reimbursed by their respective
			 legislative bodies for necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of
			 their duties as authorized by state law. Remaining Council members shall be
			 reimbursed travel expenses related to their service on the Council as
			 authorized by state law by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
This Executive Order shall be distributed to the Secretary of
			 Science and Innovation and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, 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
			 this 17th day of September, 2019.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Michael Rogers
Secretary of State