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	53	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	55	+	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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	57	+	SENATE BILL 918 By: Bergstrom
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33		-	SENATE BILL NO. 918 By: Bergstrom of the Senate
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41	65		An Act relating to the Administrative Procedures Act;
42	66		amending 75 O.S. 2021, Section 318, which relates to
43	67		judicial review; requiring certain statutes and rules
44	68		to be interpreted in certain manner; updating
45	69		statutory language; and providing an effective date .
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49	75		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
50	76		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 75 O.S. 2021, Sec tion 318, is
51	77		amended to read as follows:
52	78		Section 318. A. 1. Any party aggri eved by a final agency
53	79		order in an individual proceeding is entitled to certain, speedy,
54	80		adequate, and complete judicial review thereof pursuant to the
55	81		provisions of this section and Sections 319, 320, 321, 322 , and 323
56	82		of this title.
57	83		2. This section shall not prevent resort to other means of
58	84		review, redress, relief , or trial de novo, available because of
59	85		constitutional provisions.
60	86		3. Neither a motion for new trial nor an applic ation for
61	87		rehearing shall be prerequisite to secure judicial review.
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89	139		B. 1. The judicial review prescribed by this section for final
90	140		agency orders, as to agencies whose final agency orders are made
91	141		subject to review, under constitutional or statutory prov isions, by
92	142		appellate proceedings in the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, shall be
93	143		afforded by such proceedings taken in accordance with the procedure
94	144		and under the conditions otherwise provided by law, but subject to
95	145		the applicable provisions of Sections 319 thr ough 324 of this title,
96	146		and the rules of the Supreme Court.
97	147		2. In all other instances, proceedings for review shall be
98	148		instituted by filing a petition, in the district court of the county
99	149		in which the party seeking review resides or at the option of such
100	150		party where the property interest affected is situated, naming as
101	151		respondents only the agency, such other party or parties in the
102	152		administrative proceeding as may be named by the petitioner or as
103	153		otherwise may be allowed by law, within thirty (30) days aft er the
104	154		appellant is notified of the final agency order as provided in
105	155		Section 312 of this title.
106	156		C. Copies of the petition shall be delivered in person or
107	157		mailed, postage prepaid, to the agency and all other parties of
108	158		record, and proof of such delivery o r mailing shall be filed in the
109	159		court within ten (10) days after the filing of the petition. Any
110	160		party not named as a respondent in the petition is entitled to
111	161		respond within ten (10) days of receipt of service. The court, in
112	162		its discretion, may permit o ther interested persons to intervene.
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140	214		D. In any proceedings for review brough t by a party aggrieved
141	215		by a final agency order:
142	216		1. The agency whose final agency order was made subject to
143	217		review may be entitled to recover against such aggrieved party any
144	218		court costs, witness fees , and reasonable attorney fees if the court
145	219		determines that the proceeding brought by the party is frivolous or
146	220		was brought to delay the effect of said the final agency order.
147	221		2. The party aggrieved by the final agency order may be
148	222		entitled to recover against such agency any court costs, witness
149	223		fees, and reasonable attorney fees if the court determines that the
150	224		proceeding brought by the agency is frivolous.
151	225		E. In the interpretation of a state statute, administrative
152	226		rule, or other regulation, the reviewing court or officer hearing an
153	227		administrative action shall not defer to the interpretation of a
154	228		state agency and shall interpret the meaning and effect de novo. In
155	229		an action brought by or against a state agency, after applying all
156	230		customary tools of interpretation, the court or hearing officer
157	231		shall exercise any remaining doubt in favor of a reasonable
158	232		interpretation which limits agency power and maximizes individual
159	233		liberty.
160	234		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
161		-	~~COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY~~
162		-	~~February 19,~~ 2025 ~~- DO PASS~~
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