Section 5206 - Activation of Authority - Communication and transmission of recommendation - Memorialization of motionA. The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Transportation shall monitor events and transactions related to the need for the State of Oklahoma to activate the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority. Upon a determination and a recommendation by both the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Transportation that because of a site location announcement, actual investment by a business enterprise, acquisition of real or personal property, or both, having relevance for the establishment of a spaceport or in preparation for the establishment of a spaceport within the State of Oklahoma, the Secretaries shall communicate their recommendation to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The communication shall be in writing and shall be transmitted by certified mail, with return receipt requested.B. Upon receipt of the recommendation for activation of the Authority, the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall confer and if two of such officials agree to do so, pursuant to a record of their affirmative vote, then the officials who vote affirmatively to do so shall cause the motion for the activation of the Authority to be memorialized and to be transmitted by certified mail, with return receipt requested, to the Secretary of Commerce and to the Secretary of Transportation. For purposes of the action authorized by this subsection, the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall not be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and may confer by telephonic or other electronic means.C. Upon memorialization of the motion to activate the Authority, the Governor shall take such actions as are required, including, but not limited to, the appointment of members of the Board of Directors, in order to create and activate the Authority. After the appointments of its board of directors, the Authority shall be legally authorized to perform all actions and exercise all powers provided to the Authority and to the Board of Directors by law.Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 5206
Added by Laws 1999 , SB 720, c. 164, §6, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999.