Commission On Consumer Credit
The Commission on Consumer Credit is the governing body of the Department. The Commission consists of nine members appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma with the consent of the Oklahoma Senate. Five of those members are appointed at-large members and four members are appointed as follows: one member is recommended by the Oklahoma Consumer Finance Association, one from the Independent Finance Institute, one from the Oklahoma Pawnbrokers Association and one from the Oklahoma Association of Mortgage Professionals. The State Banking Commissioner is a non-voting tenth member of the Commission.
The term of each members, excluding the State Banking Commissioner, is five years. Members of the Commission are eligible for reappointment. No more than three members at-large of the Commission are to be of the same political party. No more than two of the additional members are to be of the same political party.
The primary duties of the Commission include the establish of rules to regulate to consumer credit market and to appoint the Administrator of the Department, who serves at the pleasure of the Commission.
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