A. The Chair of the Pardon and Parole Board shall be selected by the Board. The Chair of the Pardon and Parole Board shall receive Twenty-four Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($24,800.00) per annum, payable monthly, in the following allotment: 1. Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for preparation for said meeting; and 2. One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars ($1,667.00) for the regular monthly Board meeting. B. The members of the Board shall receive Twenty-two Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($22,800.00) per annum, payable monthly in the following allotment: 1. Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for preparation for said meeting; and 2. One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for the regular monthly Board meeting. C. 1. Failure of any member to attend one Board meeting in any calendar year, except for justifiable excuse as determined by the Chair pursuant to written policy established by the Board, shall preclude the right of the member to receive his or her monthly compensation established by subsection A or B of this section. 2. In addition, any member who fails to attend two or more Board meetings in any calendar year except for extraordinary circumstances as determined by the Chair pursuant to written policy established by the Board shall be deemed to have committed official misconduct as such term is defined by Section 93 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. To initiate a removal from office pursuant to this paragraph, the Board shall pass a resolution by a majority of the members of the Board detailing the alleged misconduct. Such removal shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 3 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. 3. Failure to attend meetings of the Board, pursuant to the policy established by the Board, shall constitute cause for removal pursuant to Section 10 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution. Added by Laws 1945, p. 185, § 1. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 211, § 1, emerg. eff. April 22, 1968; Laws 1973, c. 172, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973; Laws 1975, c. 233, § 5, emerg. eff. May 30, 1975; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 31, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1980, c. 243, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1980; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 25, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1988, c. 257, § 3, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 293, § 2, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992; Laws 1998, c. 51, § 7, emerg. eff. April 2, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 415, § 16, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 292, § 17, emerg. eff. May 31, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 7, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 15, 2002.
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