A. The Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society shall consist of not more than twenty-five (25) members, with the Governor as an ex officio member. In addition to any appointing authority of the Governor, the Governor shall appoint one at-large member of the Board of Directors who shall be a surviving lineal descendant of Will Rogers, if there is a descendant who chooses to serve and if such descendant otherwise satisfies the conditions and qualifications of the Society’s constitution or bylaws for appointment as an at-large member. The number of members of the Board may be decreased by act of the Legislature or by act of the Society by amending its constitution. Each member of the Board of Directors shall hold office until the successor of the member is elected and qualified pursuant to the provisions of the constitution of the Society or as otherwise provided by the Oklahoma Historical Preservation Act, Section 1.1 et seq. of this title. If at any time the provisions of the Society's constitution or bylaws are in conflict with statutory provisions relating to appointment of members by congressional district, statutory provisions shall prevail.

B. Members of the Board of Directors are hereby declared to be agents of the State of Oklahoma.

Laws 1935, p. 63, § 1; Laws 1988, c. 217, § 7, emerg. eff. June 21, 1988. Renumbered from § 6 by Laws 1988, c. 217, § 15, emerg. eff. June 21, 1988. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 364, § 4, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992; Laws 2016, c. 1, § 10, emerg. eff. March 7, 2016.