Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 429 - Oklahoma Lottery Commission
Chapter 1 - General Administration
Section 429:1-1-6 - Officers

(a) Officers. The officers of the Board of Trustees shall be a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. No member of the Board shall hold more than any one office at the same time.

(b) Terms of Officers. Officers of the Board of Trustees shall be elected annually, prior to January 1st of each calendar year, to serve a term of one (1) year in the calendar year following their election. The affirmative vote of a majority of present and voting Board members shall be required for the election of each officer.

(c) Limit on Terms of Officers. A Board member may not serve more than three consecutive years in the same office. For this purpose service of a partial year in calendar year 2005 shall be counted as one of the three years. A Board member may serve in any other office following three years of service in the same office and may be elected for additional service in the same office after serving a three year term so long as there has been one full year in which that Board member did not serve in that office.

(d) Vacancies. In the event of a vacancy in any of the offices listed in (a) of this Section, the Board of Trustees shall elect a successor to such office to fill the unexpired term of the officer previously elected to such office. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Chair, the Vice Chair shall serve as Chair until election of a successor Chair. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Vice Chair, Secretary or Treasurer, the Chair may appoint from among the Board of Trustees a person to serve as such officer in the vacant office until election of a successor to that office.