SECTION 385:1-1-2. Commissioners

  The Commissioners of the Land Office of the State of Oklahoma hereinafter designated as Commissioners or Commission, as a body constitute an executive, administrative department of the State, which as such has charge of the sale, rental, disposal, and management of the school lands, and other lands of the public domain of the State, and of the funds and proceeds derived therefrom. Under the Constitution and statutes of the State, five high officers constitute the Commissioners, namely: The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor the State Auditor and Inspector the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the President of the Board of Agriculture. They are charged with duties as Commissioners in addition to the usual functions of the offices to which they are elected or appointed. See 64O.S. §§1001 and 1002. As Commissioners of the Land Office of the State they function as a body and not as individuals. The Governor is ex-officio chairman of the body and a vice-chairman is selected from the other members to perform duties prescribed by statute and by parliamentary rules.

[Source: Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2091, eff 6-25-05; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1298, eff 6-25-12]