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28		-	ENGROSSED SENATE
29		-	BILL NO. 419 By: Daniels and Bullard of the
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34		-	Lepak of the House
	33	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
	34	+	FOR
	35	+	SENATE BILL NO. 419 By: Daniels
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38	41		An Act relating to the Attorney General; amending 74
39	42		O.S. 2021, Section 18c, which relates to employment
40	43		of attorneys; authorizing certain entities to employ
41	44		or appoint attorneys; updating statutory language;
42	45		updating statutory references; and providing an
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48	51		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
49	52		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 18c, is
50	53		amended to read as follows:
51	54		Section 18c. A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this
52	55		subsection, no state officer, board or commission shall have
53	56		authority to employ or appoint attorneys to advise or represent said
54	57		the officer, board or commission in any mat ter.
55	58		2. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the
56	59		Corporation Commission, the Council on Law Enforc ement Education and
57	60		Training, the Commission on Consumer Credit Commission, the Board of
58	61		Managers of the State Insurance Fund, the Oklahoma T ax Commission,
59	62		the State Treasurer, the Commissioners of the Land Office, the
60	63		Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission also known as the Commission for
61		-	Human Services, the State Board of Corrections, the Oklahoma Health
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	91	+	Human Services, the State Board of Corrections, the Oklahoma Health
88	92		Care Authority, the Department of Public S afety, the Oklahoma State
89	93		Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Alcoholic
90	94		Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, the Transportation Commission,
91	95		the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, the Oklahoma Merit Protection
92	96		Commission, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the
93	97		Oklahoma Water Resources Board, the Department of Labor, the
94	98		Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the
95	99		Department of Wildlife Conservation, the Oklahoma Wildlife
96	100		Conservation Commission, the Northeast Oklahoma Public Facilities
97	101		Authority, the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System,
98	102		the Oklahoma Public Em ployees Retirement System, the Uniform
99	103		Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma Conservation
100	104		Commission, the Office of Juvenil e Affairs, the State Board of
101	105		Pharmacy and the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.
102	106		3. The provisions of paragraph 2 of this subsection shall not
103	107		be construed to authorize the Office of Juvenile Affairs to employ
104	108		any attorneys that are not specificall y authorized by law.
105	109		4. All the legal duties of such officer, board or commission
106	110		shall devolve upon and are hereb y vested in the Attorney General;
107	111		provided that:
108	112		a. the Governor shall have authority to employ special
109	113		counsel to protect the rights or inte rest of the state
110	114		as provided in Section 6 of this title, and
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137	142		b. liquidation agents of banks shall have the authority
138	143		to employ local counsel, with the consent of the Bank
139	144		Commissioner and the Attorney General and the approval
140	145		of the district court.
141	146		B. At the request of any state officer, board or commission,
142	147		except the Corporation Commission, the Board of Managers of the
143	148		CompSource Oklahoma, Oklahoma Tax Commission and the Commissioners
144	149		of the Land Office, the Grand River Dam Authority, the Oklahoma
145	150		State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Alcoholic
146	151		Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, the Oklahoma Firefighters
147	152		Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Public Employees
148	153		Retirement System, the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and
149	154		Judges and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, the
150	155		Attorney General shall defend any action in which they may be sued
151	156		in their official capacity. At the request of any such state
152	157		officer, board or commission, the Attorney General shall have
153	158		authority to institute suits in the name of the State of Oklahoma on
154	159		their relation, if after investigation the Attorney General is
155	160		convinced there is sufficient legal merit to justify the action.
156	161		C. Any officer, board or commission which has the authority to
157	162		employ or appoint attorneys may request that the Attorney General
158	163		defend any action arising pursuant to the provis ions of The
159	164		Governmental Tort Claims Act.
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186	192		D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or
187	193		affect the provisions of the statutes o f this state pertaining to
188	194		attorneys and legal advisors of the several commissions and
189	195		departments of state specified in subsection B of this section, and
190	196		all acts and parts of acts pertaining thereto shall be and remain in
191	197		full force and effect.
192	198		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
193		-	Passed the Senate the 17th day of March, 2025.
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200		-	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	199	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
	200	+	March 4, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS