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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
SECOND AMENDED EXECUTIVE ORDER 2015-23

1, Mary Fallin, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to the power vested in me by
Section 2 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution hereby declare the following:

1. Tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds, and ?ooding beginning May 6, 2015,
and continuing have caused extensive damage to public and private properties within the .
State of Oklahoma; and said damages have caused an undue hardship on the citizens of

this State.

2. It may be necessary to provide for the rendering of mutual assistance among the State
and political subdivisions of the State with respect to carrying out disaster emergency
functions during the continuance of the State emergency pursuant to the provisions of the
Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003.

3. There is hereby declared a disaster emergency caused by the tornadoes, severe storms,
straight-line winds, and ?ooding in the State of Oklahoma that threatens the lives and
property of the people of this State and the public?s peace, health, and safety. The
counties included in this declaration are:

Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter,
Cherokee, Choctaw, Cimarron, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Craig,
Creek, Custer, Delaware, Dewey, Ellis, Gar?eld, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer,
Harmon, Harper, Haskell, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston, Kay, King?sher,
Kiowa, Latimer, LeFlore, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Major, Mayes, McClain,
McIntosh, Marshall, McCurtain, Murray, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee,
Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, 

Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Roger Mills, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Stephens,
Texas, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington, Washita, Woods, and Woodward.

This declaration may be amended to add counties as conditions warrant.

4. The State Emergency Operations Plan was activated on May 6, 2015, and resources of
all State departments and agencies available to meet this emergency are hereby



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committed to the reasonable extent necessary to protect lives and to prevent, minimize,
and repair injury and damage. These efforts shall be coordinated by the Director of the
Department of Emergency Management with comparable functions of the federal
government and political subdivisions of the State.

5. State agencies, in responding to this disaster emergency, may make necessary
emergency acquisitions to ful?ll the purposes of this proclamation without regard to
limitations or bidding requirements on such acquisitions.

6. This Executive Order shall terminate at the end of thirty (3 0) days.

Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to the Director of Emergency
Management who shall cause the provisions of this Order to be implemented by all appropriate
agencies of State government.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of
Oklahoma to be af?xed at Oklahoma City, this 26th day of May 2015.

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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