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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 180 By: Bergstrom
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Administrative Proc edures Act;
66	66	amending 75 O.S. 2021, Sections 250.2 and 250.3,
67	67	which relate to legislative powers and definitions;
68	68	clarifying scope of rulemaking authority delegated by
69	69	the Legislature; requiring inclusion of statutory
70	70	authority with administ rative rules within specified
71	71	time period; modifying definition; updating statutory
72	72	language; updating statutory reference; and providing
73	73	an effective date.
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79	79	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
80	80	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 75 O.S. 2021, Section 250.2, is
81	81	amended to read as follows:
82	82	Section 250.2. A. Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution vests
83	83	in the Legislature the power to make laws, and thereby to establish
84	84	agencies and to designate agency functions, budge ts and purposes.
85	85	Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitut ion charges the Executive Branch
86	86	of Government with the responsibility to implement all measures
87	87	enacted by the Legislature.
88	88	B. In creating agencies and designating their functions and
89	89	purposes, the Legislature may delegate rulemaking authority to
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141	141	executive branch agencies to facilitate administration of
142	142	legislative policy. The delegation of rulemaking authority is
143	143	intended to eliminate the necessity of establishing every
144	144	administrative aspect of gener al public policy by legislation. In
145	145	so doing, however, the Legislature reserves to itself:
146	146	1. The right to retract any delegation of rulemaking authority
147	147	unless otherwise precluded by the Oklahoma Constitution;
148	148	2. The right to establish any aspect of ge neral policy by
149	149	legislation, notwithstanding any deleg ation of rulemaking authority;
150	150	3. The right and res ponsibility to designate the method for
151	151	rule promulgation, review, repeal and modification;
152	152	4. The right to approve or disapprove or repeal any adopt ed
153	153	rule by joint resolution; and
154	154	5. The right to disa pprove a proposed permanent, promulgated or
155	155	emergency rule at any time if the Legislature determines such rule
156	156	to be an imminent harm to the health, safety or welfare of the
157	157	public or the state or if th e Legislature determines that a ru le is
158	158	not consistent with legislative intent.
159	159	C. All rulemaking authority delegated by the Legislature to
160	160	executive branch agencies shall be used only to implement law or
161	161	policy as set by the Legislature. With in three (3) years of the
162	162	effective date of this act, all administrative rules, including
163	163	rules approved prior to the effective date of this act , shall
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215	215	include a specific reference to the statutory provision that
216	216	delegates the authority for promulgation of such rule.
217	217	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 75 O.S. 2021, Section 250.3, is
218	218	amended to read as follow s:
219	219	Section 250.3. As used in the Administrative Procedures Act:
220	220	1. “Administrative head” means an official or agency body
221	221	responsible pursuant to law for issuing final agenc y orders;
222	222	2. “Adopted” means a proposed emergency rule which has been
223	223	approved by the agency but has not been approved or disapproved by
224	224	the Governor as an emergency rule as provided by Section 253 of this
225	225	title, or a proposed permanent rule which has bee n approved by the
226	226	agency and not disapproved by the Governor pursuant to paragraph 6
227	227	of subsection A of Section 303 of this title, but has not been
228	228	finally approved or disapproved by the Legislature or the Governor;
229	229	3. “Agency” includes but is not limited to any constitutionally
230	230	or statutorily created state board, bureau, commission, office,
231	231	authority, public trust in which the state is a beneficiary, or
232	232	interstate commission, except:
233	233	a. the Legislature or any branch, committee or officer
234	234	thereof, and
235	235	b. the courts;
236	236	4. “Concurrent majority” means a majority of memb ers on the
237	237	Joint Committee on Administrative Rules from both the Oklahoma
238	238	Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives;
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290	290	5. “Emergency rule” means a rule that is made pursuant to
291	291	Section 253 of this title;
292	292	6. “Expedited repeal” means the procedure uti lized by a rule-
293	293	making agency as specified in Section 9 303a of this act title;
294	294	7. “Final rule” or “finally adopted rule ” means a rule other
295	295	than an emergency rule, which has not been published pursuant to
296	296	Section 255 of this title but is otherwise in compliance with the
297	297	requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act, and is:
298	298	a. approved by the Legislature pursuant to Section 308.3
299	299	of this title, provided that any such joint resolution
300	300	becomes law in accordance with Secti on 11 of Article
301	301	VI of the Oklahoma Constitution,
302	302	b. approved by the Governor pursuant to subsection C of
303	303	Section 308.3 of this title,
304	304	c. approved by a joint resolution pursuant to subsection
305	305	B of Section 308 of this title, pro vided that any such
306	306	resolution becomes law in accordance with Section 11
307	307	of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution, or
308	308	d. disapproved by a joint resolution pursuant to
309	309	subsection B of Section 308 of this title or Section
310	310	308.3 of this title, which has bee n vetoed by the
311	311	Governor in accordance with Section 11 of Article VI
312	312	of the Oklahoma Constitution and the veto has not been
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365	365	8. “Final agency order” means an order that includes findings
366	366	of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Section 312 of this
367	367	title, is dispositive o f an individual proceeding unless there is a
368	368	request for rehearing, reopening, or reconsideration pursuant to
369	369	Section 317 of this title and which is subject to judicial review;
370	370	9. “Hearing examiner” means a person meeting the qualifications
371	371	specified by Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act and w ho
372	372	has been duly appointed by an agency to hold hearings and, as
373	373	required, render orders or proposed orders;
374	374	10. “Individual proceeding ” means the formal process employed
375	375	by an agency having jurisdiction by law to resolve issues of law or
376	376	fact between parties and which results in the exercise of discretion
377	377	of a judicial nature;
378	378	11. “License” includes the whole or part of any agency permit,
379	379	certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of
380	380	permission required by law;
381	381	12. “Office” means the Office of the Secretary of State;
382	382	13. “Order” means all or part of a formal or official decision
383	383	made by an agency including but not limited to final agency orders;
384	384	14. “Party” means a person or agency named and participating,
385	385	or properly seeking and ent itled by law to participate, in an
386	386	individual proceeding;
387	387	15. “Permanent rule” means a rule that is made pursuant to
388	388	Section 303 of this title;
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440	440	16. “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporatio n,
441	441	association, governmental subdivision, or public or private
442	442	organization of any character other than an agency;
443	443	17. “Political subdivision ” means a county, city, incorporated
444	444	town or school district within this state;
445	445	18. “Promulgated” means a finally adopted rule which has been
446	446	filed and published in accordance with the provisions of the
447	447	Administrative Procedures Act, or an emergency rule or preemptive
448	448	rule which has been approved by the Governor;
449	449	19. “Rule” means any agency statement or group of rel ated
450	450	statements of general applicability and future effect that
451	451	implements, interprets or prescribes law or policy as delegated by
452	452	the Legislature, or describes the procedure or practice requirements
453	453	of the agency. The term “rule” includes the amendment o r revocation
454	454	of an effective rule but does not inclu de:
455	455	a. the issuance, renewal, denial , suspension or
456	456	revocation or other sanction of an individual specific
457	457	license,
458	458	b. the approval, disapproval or prescription of rates.
459	459	For purposes of this subparagrap h, the term “rates”
460	460	shall not include fees or charge s fixed by an agency
461	461	for services provided by that agency including but not
462	462	limited to fees charged for licensing, permitting,
463	463	inspections or publications,
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515	515	c. statements and memoranda concerning only the internal
516	516	management of an agency and not affecting private
517	517	rights or procedures availabl e to the public,
518	518	d. declaratory rulings issued pursuant to Section 307 of
519	519	this title,
520	520	e. orders by an agency, or
521	521	f. press releases or “agency news releases”, provided
522	522	such releases are not for the purpose of interpreting ,
523	523	implementing or prescribing law or agency policy;
524	524	20. “Rulemaking” means the process employed by an agency for
525	525	the formulation of a rule;
526	526	21. “Secretary” means the Secretary of State;
527	527	22. “Small business” means a for-profit enterprise consisting
528	528	of fifty or fewer full-time or part-time employees; and
529	529	23. “Technical legal defect ” means an error that would
530	530	otherwise invalidate an action by a court of law.
531	531	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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