Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Section 1:2013-1

I, Mary Fallin, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, hereby direct the appropriate steps be taken to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 11, 2013, until 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 14, 2013, to honor Joe Steven Stokes, Director of the Office of Disability Concerns, who passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2013.

Steven Stokes worked for the Oklahoma Department of Education until Governor Henry Bellmon appointed him to the position of Director of the Office of Disability Concerns. He worked tirelessly to promote the interests of all individuals with disabilities. He wanted to make sure those individuals received the help they needed to pursue their life's ambitions. In 1985, he was named the Handicapped Citizen of the Year for the state of Oklahoma. In 2008, he received the George B. Lewis Award as Outstanding Person with a Disability in Oklahoma City. His dedication to the state of Oklahoma will be missed.

This executive order shall be forwarded to the Department of Capital Assets Management who shall cause the provisions of this order to be implemented by all appropriate agencies of state government.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this 10th day of January, 2013.

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

Mary Fallin

ATTEST:

Michelle R. Day

Assistant Secretary of State

Added at 30 Ok Reg 281, eff 1-10-13