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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 461 By: Bergstrom
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Administrative Procedures Act;
66	66	amending 75 O.S. 2021, Sectio n 250.3, which relates
67	67	to definitions; modifying definition; updating
68	68	statutory reference; and declaring an emergency .
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73	73	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
74	74	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 75 O.S. 2021, Se ction 250.3, is
75	75	amended to read as fol lows:
76	76	Section 250.3. As used in the Administrative Procedures Act:
77	77	1. “Administrative head” means an official or agency body
78	78	responsible pursuant to law for issuing final agency orders;
79	79	2. “Adopted” means a proposed emergency rule which has been
80	80	approved by the agency but has not been approved or disapproved by
81	81	the Governor as an emergency rule as provided by Section 253 of this
82	82	title, or a proposed permanent rule which has been approved by the
83	83	agency and not disappr oved by the Governor pursuant to p aragraph 6
84	84	of subsection A of Section 303 of this title, but has not been
85	85	finally approved or disapproved by the Legislature or the Governor;
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137	137	3. “Agency” includes but is not limited to any constitutionally
138	138	or statutorily created state board, bureau, commi ssion, office,
139	139	authority, public trust in which the state is a beneficiary, or
140	140	interstate commission, except:
141	141	a. the Legislature or any branch, committee or officer
142	142	thereof, and
143	143	b. the courts;
144	144	4. “Concurrent majority” means a majority of members on the
145	145	Joint Committee on Adminis trative Rules from both the Oklahoma
146	146	Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives . Concurrent
147	147	majority shall not be construed to mean a majority of the quorum
148	148	present of the Joint Committee o n Administrative Rules;
149	149	5. “Emergency rule” means a rule that is made pursuant to
150	150	Section 253 of this title;
151	151	6. “Expedited repeal” means the procedure utilized by a ru le-
152	152	making agency as specified in Section 9 303a of this act title ;
153	153	7. “Final rule” or “finally adopted rule” means a rule other
154	154	than an emergency rule, which has not been published pursuant to
155	155	Section 255 of this title but is otherwise in compliance with the
156	156	requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act, and is:
157	157	a. approved by the Legislature p ursuant to Section 308.3
158	158	of this title, provided that any such joint resolution
159	159	becomes law in accordance with Section 11 of Article
160	160	VI of the Oklahoma Constitution,
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212	212	b. approved by the Governor pursuant to subsection C of
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214	214	c. approved by a joint resolution pursuant to subsection
215	215	B of Section 308 of this title, provided that any such
216	216	resolution becomes law in accordance with Section 11
217	217	of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution, or
218	218	d. disapproved by a joint resolution pursuant to
219	219	subsection B of Section 308 of this title or Section
220	220	308.3 of this title, which has been vetoed by the
221	221	Governor in accordance with Section 11 of Article VI
222	222	of the Oklahoma Constitution and the veto has not been
223	223	overridden;
224	224	8. “Final agency order” means an order that includes findings
225	225	of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Section 312 of this
226	226	title, is dispositive of an individual proceeding unless there is a
227	227	request for rehearing, reopening, or reconsideration pursuant to
228	228	Section 317 of this title and which is subject to judicial review;
229	229	9. “Hearing examiner” means a person meeting the qualifications
230	230	specified by Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act and who
231	231	has been duly appointed by an agency to hold hearings and, as
232	232	required, render orders or proposed orders;
233	233	10. “Individual proceeding” means the formal process employed
234	234	by an agency having jurisdiction by law to resolve issues of law or
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286	286	fact between parties and which results in the exercise of discretion
287	287	of a judicial nature;
288	288	11. “License” includes the whole or part of any agenc y permit,
289	289	certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of
290	290	permission required by law;
291	291	12. “Office” means the Office of the Secretary of State;
292	292	13. “Order” means all or part of a formal or official decision
293	293	made by an agency including but not limited to final agency orders;
294	294	14. “Party” means a person or agency named and participating,
295	295	or properly seeking and entitle d by law to participate, in an
296	296	individual proceeding;
297	297	15. “Permanent rule” means a rule that is made pursuant to
298	298	Section 303 of this title;
299	299	16. “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation,
300	300	association, governmental subdivision, or public or p rivate
301	301	organization of any character other than an agency;
302	302	17. “Political subdivision” means a county, city, incorporated
303	303	town or school district within this state;
304	304	18. “Promulgated” means a finally adopted rule which has been
305	305	filed and published in acco rdance with the provisions of the
306	306	Administrative Procedures Act, or an emergency rul e or preemptive
307	307	rule which has been appro ved by the Governor;
308	308	19. “Rule” means any agency statement or group of related
309	309	statements of general applicability and future effe ct that
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361	361	implements, interprets or prescribes law or policy, or describes the
362	362	procedure or practice requirements of the agency . The term “rule”
363	363	rule includes the amendment or revocation of an effective rule but
364	364	does not include:
365	365	a. the issuance, renewal, denial , suspension or
366	366	revocation or other sanction of an individual specific
367	367	license,
368	368	b. the approval, disapproval or prescription of rates.
369	369	For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “rates”
370	370	shall not include fees or charges fixed by an agency
371	371	for services provided by that agency including but not
372	372	limited to fees charged for licensing, permitting,
373	373	inspections or publications,
374	374	c. statements and memoranda concerning only the internal
375	375	management of an agency and not affecting private
376	376	rights or procedures availabl e to the public,
377	377	d. declaratory rulings issued pursuant to Section 307 of
378	378	this title,
379	379	e. orders by an agency, or
380	380	f. press releases or “agency news releases ”, provided
381	381	such releases are not for the purpose of interpreting,
382	382	implementing or prescribing law or agency policy;
383	383	20. “Rulemaking” means the process employed by an agency for
384	384	the formulation of a rule;
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436	436	21. “Secretary” means the Secretary of State;
437	437	22. “Small business” means a for-profit enterprise consisting
438	438	of fifty or fewer full -time or part-time employees; and
439	439	23. “Technical legal defect ” means an error that would
440	440	otherwise invalidate an action by a court of law.
441	441	SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the pr eservation
442	442	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
443	443	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
444	444	be in full force from and after its passage and ap proval.
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