A. The Oklahoma State Committee of Plumbing Examiners is hereby created and shall consist of five (5) members, each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States, and a resident of this state. One member shall be appointed from each congressional district and any remaining members shall be appointed from the state at large. However, when congressional districts are redrawn each member appointed prior to July 1 of the year in which such modification becomes effective shall complete the current term of office and appointments made after July 1 of the year in which such modification becomes effective shall be based on the redrawn districts. Appointments made after July 1 of the year in which such modification becomes effective shall be from any redrawn districts which are not represented by a board member until such time as each of the modified congressional districts are represented by a board member. No appointments may be made after July 1 of the year in which such modification becomes effective if such appointment would result in more than two members serving from the same modified district. Beginning January 1, 2002, as the terms of members serving on the Committee on such date expire, members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Construction Industries Board which may also remove them for cause. They will hold office for terms of two (2) years, or until their successors are appointed. Two members of the Committee shall have had at least five (5) years' practical experience as a licensed master plumber or plumbing contractor, and two members shall have had at least five (5) years' practical experience as a licensed journeyman plumber. One member shall be a plumbing inspector selected from lists of names submitted from plumbing inspection industries. Whenever appointments of initial, new, or replacement plumbing members of the Committee are to be made, the Board shall choose them only from lists of at least three names to be furnished whenever needed as follows:

1. Master plumber or plumbing contractor member - lists to be furnished by associated plumbing and heating contractors of this state;

2. Journeyman plumber member - lists to be furnished by state pipe trades associations;

3. One licensed master plumber or plumbing contractor who is not a member of an association of plumbing, heating, and cooling contractors of this state; and

4. One licensed journeyman plumber who is not a member of a state pipe trades association.

B. Duties of the Committee shall be to serve the Construction Industries Board in an advisory capacity, to formulate rules pursuant to The Plumbing License Law of 1955, and to assist and advise the Board on the examination of applicants for licenses as journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor, in accordance with such rules and the terms and conditions hereof. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

C. Each examiner shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 1955, p. 367, § 4. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 58, § 1, emerg. eff. March 20, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 1, § 1, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1984, c. 115, § 1, eff. July 1, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 39, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1990, c. 157, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1990; Laws 1996, c. 63, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 2001, c. 394, § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Laws 2002, c. 375, § 10, eff. Nov. 5, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 3, § 52, emerg. eff. March 19, 2003; Laws 2008, c. 12, § 1; Laws 2012, c. 73, § 1; Laws 2015, c. 68, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.

NOTE: Laws 2002, c. 175, § 1 repealed by Laws 2003, c. 3, § 53, emerg. eff. March 19, 2003.