A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy Board.

B. A chairperson shall be chosen annually by the members of the Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy Board to serve a term beginning July 1. The chairperson may establish committees, subcommittees, or other working groups in order to accomplish the goals of the Board.

C. The Board shall be composed of the following members:

1. The Governor or designee;

2. The Attorney General or designee;

3. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control or designee;

4. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation or designee;

5. The Commissioner of Public Safety or designee;

6. The Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or designee;

7. The Commissioner of Health or designee;

8. The Adjutant General of the Military Department or designee;

9. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or designee;

10. The Director of the Department of Corrections or designee;

11. The Director of the Department of Human Services or designee;

12. The Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission or designee;

13. The Executive Director of the District Attorneys' Council or designee;

14. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth or designee;

15. The Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs or designee; and

16. Two appointees of the Governor, who shall be private citizens appointed to serve for one-year terms.

D. Any other state or local agency or individual may become a nonvoting member of the Board upon approval of a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the voting members set forth in subsection C of this section.

E. Other officers, excluding the chairperson, may be elected at the discretion of the voting Board members.

F. The Board shall hold meetings at least quarterly and at such other times as the chairperson deems necessary.

Added by Laws 1991, c. 121, § 3, emerg. eff. April 29, 1991. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 247, § 45, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 227, § 2, emerg. eff. May 20, 1997.