An act relating to the State Fire Marshal Commission, the official text

1                   STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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2                  2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

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3 SENATE BILL 2174                By: Paxton
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6                               AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to the State Fire Marshal Commission;

7   amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 324.1, which relates

8   to the State Fire Marshal Commission; modifying

8   composition and terms of Commission members; and

9   providing an effective date.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13  SECTION 1.      AMENDATORY  74 O.S. 2021, Section 324.1, is

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14 amended to read as follows:
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15  Section 324.1. There is hereby re-created the State Fire

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16 Marshal Commission, which shall consist of seven (7) five (5)
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17 members appointed, three by the Governor, one by the President Pro
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18 Tempore of the Senate, and one by the Speaker of the House of
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19 Representatives. The Governor shall appoint initially one member
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20 who shall serve for a term of five (5) years, one member from a
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21 statewide association of career and volunteer firefighters who shall
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22 serve for a term of four (4) years, one member from a statewide
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23 association of municipalities who shall serve for a term of three
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24 (3) years, one member from a statewide association of Fire Chiefs,
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1 both career and volunteer, who shall serve for a term of two (2)
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2 years, one member who shall be a Fire Investigator who shall serve
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3 for a term of one (1) year, one member representing a statewide
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4 association of electrical workers who shall serve a term of one (1)
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5 year, and one member representing a statewide organization of
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6 exclusively professional firefighters who shall serve a term of two
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7 (2) years. The members of the Commission shall thereafter be
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8 appointed for a term of five (5) years and the appointments shall be
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9 subject to Senate confirmation; provided the associations named
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10 shall be represented by at least one member. On the effective date
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11 of this act, the members of the Commission shall be appointed to
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12 staggered terms and thereafter the members of the Commission shall
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13 be appointed for terms of five (5) years. All members of the
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14 Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
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15  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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