Formed November 16, 1907 | Annual budget $5.3 million | |
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Headquarters 204 N. Robinson Ste 900
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Employees 38 classified
12 unclassified Minister responsible Preston Doerflinger, Secretary of Finance of Revenue Agency executive Harry W. Birdwell, Secretary | ||
The Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office is an agency of the government of Oklahoma. The Land Office was created by the Oklahoma Constitution and is responsible for managing and controlling lands and funds granted to the state under the provisions of the Oklahoma organic act. These lands and fund are used to support common schools, colleges and universities.
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The governing body of the Land Office is the Commissioners. The board is composed of five members: the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the State Auditor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Commissioner of Agriculture. The Governor serves as the Chair and the Lt. Governor serves as Vice Chair.
The Governor is responsible for appointing, with the consent of the other Commissioners, the Secretary of the Commissioners of the Land Office. The current Secretary is Harry W. Birdwell, who was appointed by Governor Mary Fallin in 2011.
The Land Office was created in 1907 during the term of Governor Charles N. Haskell.
Mission
The mission of the Commissioners of the Land Office is: "to grow the School Land Trust and to generate maximum earnings for distribution to the Trust beneficiaries".
Leadership
The Commissioners of the Land Office is under the supervision of the five-member board of Commissioners, with the Governor of Oklahoma serving as permanent Chairman and the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma serving as the permanent Vice Chairman.
The members of the Commissioners of the Land Office:
Organization
Staffing
The Commissioners of the Land Office, with an annual budget of over $5 million. In fiscal year 2011, the Land Office was authorized 50 full-time employees.