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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1571 By: Rosino
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Department of Rehabilitation
7 Services; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 166.2, as
8 amended by Section 1, Chapter 356, O.S.L. 2025 (74
8 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 166.2), which relates to the
9 Commission for Rehabilitation Services; modifying
9 conditions for removal of member; and providing an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 166.2, as
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15 amended by Section 1, Chapter 356, O.S.L. 2025 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025,
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16 Section 166.2), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 166.2. A. Effective July 1, 1993, there is hereby
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18 created the Commission for Rehabilitation Services, an agency of
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19 this state, a body corporate and politic, with powers of government
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20 and with the authority to exercise the rights, privileges, and
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21 functions as herein specified, with its lawful operations deemed to
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22 be an essential governmental function of this state with all the
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1 B. The Commission shall appoint and remove the Director of the
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2 State Department of Rehabilitation Services, approve programs,
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3 policy, and budget, and perform the necessary functions of a
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4 governing board for the State Department of Rehabilitation Services.
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5 C. l. The Commission shall consist of seven (7) members, to be
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6 appointed as follows:
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7 a. two members shall be appointed by the President Pro
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8 Tempore of the Senate,
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9 b. two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
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10 House of Representatives, and
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11 c. three members shall be appointed by the Governor.
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12 2. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, members
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13 shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years. Each term shall
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14 begin on July 1 of the respective year and end on June 30 three (3)
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15 years later.
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16 3. The current appointee of the Speaker of the House of
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17 Representatives shall serve until June 30, 2025. The current
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18 appointee of the Governor shall serve until June 30, 2026. The
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19 current appointee of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall
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20 serve until June 30, 2027.
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21 4. For the purpose of expanding the Commission to seven (7)
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22 members, the following additional members shall be appointed:
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1 a. one member shall be appointed by the President Pro
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2 Tempore of the Senate for a term beginning on July 1,
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3 2025, and ending on June 30, 2027,
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4 b. two members shall be appointed by the Governor, each
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5 for a term beginning on July 1, 2025, and ending on
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6 June 30, 2026, and
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7 c. one member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
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8 House of Representatives for a term beginning on July
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9 1, 2025, and ending on June 30, 2028, in addition to
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10 the member the Speaker shall appoint to fill the seat
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11 of the current member whose term expires on June 30,
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13 5. Thereafter, at the expiration of the term, or termination of
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14 the member's service for any reason, the original appointing
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15 authority shall appoint a successor for a term of three (3) years,
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16 or for the remainder of an unexpired term.
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17 D. Members of the Commission shall be knowledgeable of and have
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18 concern for rehabilitation issues and disability issues; provided,
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19 that such requirement shall not exclude participation of lay persons
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20 as Commission members. All members shall be residents of the state
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21 and qualified electors at the time of their appointment. Before
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22 entering upon the duties of their office, members of the Commission
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23 shall take the Constitutional oath of office and the same shall be
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24 filed with the Secretary of State. A member of the Commission may
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1 be reappointed to succeed himself or herself. Commission members
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2 shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in the performance
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3 of their duties as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
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4 E. The Each member shall serve at the pleasure of his or her
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5 original appointing authority and may remove any commissioner for
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6 misconduct, incompetency or neglect of duty, after giving such
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7 commissioner a written statement of charges, and opportunity for a
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8 hearing be removed or replaced without cause.
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9 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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