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

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
I, Mary Fallin, 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 within 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 24 th day of June
			 2015.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Mary Fallin
ATTEST:
Chris Benge
Secretary of State