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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 274 By: Dugger
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to Oklahoma Accountancy Board ;
66	66	amending 59 O.S. 2011, Section 15.2 , as last amended
67	67	by section 6, Chapter 116, O.S.L. 202 0 (59 O.S. Supp.
68	68	2020, Section 15.2), which rel ates to board members;
69	69	modifying board members; making additional member a
70	70	public member; providing an effective date; and
71	71	declaring an emergency.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAH OMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2011, Section 15.2, as
79	79	last amended by Section 6, Chapter 116, O.S.L. 2020 (59 O.S. Supp.
80	80	2020, Section 15.2), is amended to read as follows:
81	81	Section 15.2. A. There is hereby re -created, to continue until
82	82	July 1, 2023, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma
83	83	Sunset Law, the Oklahoma Accountancy Board. The Oklahoma
84	84	Accountancy Board shall have the responsibility for administering
85	85	and enforcing the Oklahoma Accountancy Act. The Oklahoma
86	86	Accountancy Board shal l be composed of seven (7) members, who shall
87	87	have professional or practical experience in the use of accounting
88	88	services and financial matters, so as to be qualified to make
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140	140	judgments about the qualifications and conduct of persons a nd firms
141	141	subject to regulation under the Oklahoma Accountancy Act to be
142	142	appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The number
143	143	of registrant members shall not be more than six five, not including
144	144	a firm, who shall serve terms of five (5) years. No member who has
145	145	served two successive complete terms shall be eligible for
146	146	reappointment, but an appointment to fill an unexpired term shal l
147	147	not be considered a complete term for this purpose. The pub lic
148	148	member members shall serve coterminously with t he Governor
149	149	appointing the public member members.
150	150	B. One member shall be either a public accountant licensed and
151	151	holding a permit pursuant to the provisions o f the Oklahoma
152	152	Accountancy Act, or a person wi th professional or pr actical
153	153	experience in the use of accounting services and financial matter s
154	154	and who shall have met the educational requirements to qualify as a
155	155	candidate for examination for the license of p ublic accountant as
156	156	provided in subsection B o f Section 15.8 of thi s title. A list of
157	157	qualified persons shall be compiled and submitted to the Governor by
158	158	the Oklahoma Society of Public Accountants, or successor
159	159	organization from time to time as appointme nt of the Board member is
160	160	required to be made. A list of three names shall be submitted for
161	161	each single appointment from which the Governor may make the
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214	214	C. Five members shall be certified public accountants holding
215	215	certificates and four shal l hold permits issued pursuant to the
216	216	provisions of the Oklahoma Ac countancy Act, at least four o f whom
217	217	shall have been engaged in the pract ice of public accounting as a
218	218	certified public accountant continuously for not less than five (5)
219	219	out of the last fifteen (15) years immediately preceding their
220	220	appointments. A list of qualified persons shall be compiled and
221	221	submitted to the Governor by t he Oklahoma Society of Certified
222	222	Public Accountants from time to time as appointments of the
223	223	certified public accoun tant Board members are required. A list of
224	224	three names shall be su bmitted for each single appoin tment from
225	225	which the Governor may make the appointment.
226	226	D. C. One member Two members shall be a public member members
227	227	who is are not a certified public accountant accountants or licensed
228	228	public accountant accountants. The public member members shall be
229	229	appointed by the Governor to a term cotermino us with the Governor.
230	230	The public member members shall serve at the pleasure of the
231	231	Governor.
232	232	E. D. Upon the expiration of the term of office, a member shall
233	233	continue to serve until a qualified successor has bee n appointed.
234	234	Confirmation by the Senate is req uired during the next regular
235	235	session of the Oklahoma Senate for the member to continue to serve.
236	236	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
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288	288	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
289	289	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
290	290	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
291	291	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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