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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1603 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to agency operations; requiring
disclosure of certain authority; providi ng request
procedure; requiring response by ce rtain time;
providing penalty; pro viding for codification; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Stat utes as Section 3120 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Every state agency of this state shall disclose the federal
and/or state authority for any part of the agency operations as
requested pursuant to th is section.
B. During each regular session of the Legislature, any member
may request, by proper passa ge of a resolution introduced by either
the Senate or the House of Representatives, a statement of lega l
authority for a specific facet of operations of the agency, as
specified in the resolution. The legal authority shall include
reference to any constit utional provision, statute, and/or rule and
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regulation. The resolution shall direct delivery to the ag ency and
its director or listed head of agency. T he director or head of
agency shall have ten (10) days upon receipt, unless extended by
request, in which to deliver by regular mail or in electronic format
the applicable legal authority as specified in th e resolution. The
delivery shall be made to the a uthor or authors of the resolution.
C. Any director or head of agency that does not submit a
response pursuant to this section may be subject to removal.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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