Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature
Office of the Secretary of State
Secretary of State
Austin Floyd
About Secretary Floyd
Austin Floyd has been actively involved in Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature throughout his college career. Beginning his journey with OIL as a member of the Tulsa Community College Delegation, he competed in the Senate competition. He then would serve as the Vice Chair of the University of Oklahoma’s delegation, where him and his Delegation Chair led the delegation to successfully compete at each session. Throughout his journey in the organization, Austin remained in the Senate and was the Senate Secretary for five sessions. This led to his appointment as Deputy Secretary of State and subsequently as Senate Secretary, where he continues to contribute to the organization by managing event registration, attending all Board of Directors meetings, and ensuring full documentation of OIL records.
What does the
Secretary of State do?
The Secretary of State maintains all organizational documents, maintain control of the use of the official seal of the organization, make grammatical corrections to submitted and passed legislation, publish a digest of all legislation that had passed and become law after each regular and special session, distribute authenticated copies of the Constitution and Statutes of the organization, keep a register of the official acts of the Governor, distribute all proposed legislation for each session of the Legislature, provide such administrative assistance to the Legislature as the Governor and President Pro Tempore and Speaker of the House shall direct, keep a record of the proceedings of the Board of Directors and Steering Committee, and handles the registration of all delegates and members and the submission of legislation for each regular and special session of the organization.
The Secretary of State also serves as a voting member and the secretary of the Steering Committee and as the secretary of the Board of Directors, though they are not considered a voting member of the Board of Directors.