An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1349 By: Fetgatter of the House
and
Garvin of the Senate
An Act relating to medical marijuana; creating the
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Executive
Advisory Council; providing for appointments to the
Council; authorizing Executive Director of the
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to chair the
Advisory Council; requiring the Executive Director to
provide staff and support; prescribing term s of
office; imposing quorum requirements for taking
official actions; prov iding exemption from certai n
prohibition; stating powers and duties of the
Advisory Council; requiring Advisory Council to
produce certain report; providing for reimbursement
of expenses pursuant to the State Travel
Reimbursement Act; authorizing meetings; prescribing
minimum number of meetings; stating manner by which
vacancies on the Board shall be filled; providing for
applicability of Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Oklahoma
Open Records Act, and Administrative Procedures Act;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
SUBJECT: Medical marijuana
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 427.27 of Title 63, unle ss there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
Authority Executive Advisory Council. ENR. H. B. NO. 1349 Page 2
B. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Ex ecutive Advisory
Council shall consist of th e following members, and all appointees
shall serve their terms at the pleasure of the appointing authority
and may be removed or replaced without cause:
1. One member appointed by the Governor to represent all
citizens of this state;
2. One member appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives, who shall be a citizen from a county with a
population under twenty -five thousand (25,000) persons, as
determined by the latest Federal Decennial Census;
3. One member appointed by the Presi dent Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate, who shall be a citizen from a municipality
with a population in excess of seventy -five thousand (75,000)
persons, as determined by the latest Federal Decennial Census;
4. One member appointed by the Spe aker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives, who is a current medical marijuana business license
holder;
5. One member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate, who is a current medical marijuana business
license holder; and
6. One member appointed by the Governor , who holds a medical
marijuana patient licen se.
C. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
Authority shall chair the Advisory Council and provide staff and
administrative support to the Advisory Counc il.
D. The Advisory Council shall select a co -chair from the
membership of the Advisory Council.
E. Each member of the Advisory Council shall serve a term of
four (4) years from the date of appointment. Members of the
Advisory Council shall not serve more than two consecutive terms.
F. A majority of the members of the Advisory C ouncil shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and for taking
any official actions. Official actions by the Advisory Council
shall have a favorable vote by a majority of the membe rs present. ENR. H. B. NO. 1349 Page 3
G. Appointed members who serve on the Advisory Council shall be
exempt from dual-office-holding prohibitions pursuant to Section 6
of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
H. The Advisory Council may advise the Authority of recommended
changes to state policy, rules, or statutes.
I. The Advisory Counc il shall prepare and issue a report of its
findings and recommendations electronically to the Governor,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the House by
November 1, 2025, and no later than November 1 of each year
thereafter.
J. Members appointed pursuant to subsection B of this section
shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accord ance
with the State Travel Reim bursement Act.
K. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Author ity Executive Advisory
Council shall meet as often as necessary to conduct business but
shall meet not less than four times a year, with an organizational
meeting to be held prior to January 1, 2025.
L. Any vacancy occurring on the Oklahoma Medical Marij uana
Authority Executive Advisory Council shall be filled for the
unexpired term of office in the same manner as provided for in
subsection B of this section.
M. The Advisory Council shall act in acco rdance with the
provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meetin g Act, the Oklahoma Open
Records Act, and the Administrative Procedures Act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of May, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Ho use
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 25th day of April, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the G overnor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Okl ahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________