In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by the Administrative Procedures Act, the day of the act, or event, from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a […]
There is hereby established an Office of Administrative Rules within the Office of the Secretary of State. The Office of Administrative Rules shall have the primary responsibility for publishing “The Oklahoma Register” and the “Oklahoma Administrative Code” and otherwise implementing the provisions of Article I of the Administrative Procedures Act. The Secretary of State shall […]
A. 1. Upon the request of the Secretary, each agency shall furnish to the Office a complete set of its permanent rules in such form as is required by the Secretary or as otherwise provided by law. 2. The Secretary shall promulgate rules to ensure the effective administration of the provisions of Article I of […]
A. Any rule, amendment, revision, or revocation of an existing rule made by an agency on or after October 16, 1987, may be held void and of no effect pursuant to Sections 306 and 307 of this title. All provisions herein shall also apply to all agencies that may hereafter be created. All courts, boards, […]
A. 1. If an agency finds that a rule is necessary as an emergency measure, the rule may be promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this section, if the rule is first approved by the Governor. The Governor shall not approve the adoption, amendment, revision or revocation of a rule as an emergency measure unless […]
A. Prior to the submission to the Governor of emergency rules, or prior to the transmission of a finally adopted rule to the Secretary, the rulemaking authority or its designee shall attest: 1. To the correctness of copies of any rule and any amendment, revision, or revocation thereof; and 2. That such rules were made […]
A. 1. The Secretary is hereby authorized, directed, and empowered to publish “The Oklahoma Register” not less than monthly for the publication of new rules, any amendment, revision or revocation of an existing rule, emergency rules, any notices of such rulemaking process and Executive Orders as are required by law to be published in “The […]
A. 1. The Secretary shall provide for the codification, compilation, indexing and publication of agency rules and Executive Orders in a publication which shall be known as the “Oklahoma Administrative Code” in the following manner: a.On or before January 1, 1992, the Secretary shall compile Executive Orders which are effective pursuant to paragraph 3 of […]
The Office of Administrative Rules shall charge the public for the costs of copying, reproducing or certifying records of the Office of Administrative Rules pursuant to Section 24A.5 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 1992, c. 310, § 5, eff. July 1, 1992.
A. Upon the request of the Secretary, the Office of the Attorney General shall provide such legal assistance to the Office as is necessary to implement the provisions of Article I of the Administrative Procedures Act. B. The Attorney General shall prepare and provide for the publication and distribution to the agencies, a pamphlet or […]
A. The Secretary is authorized to enter into and make reciprocal agreements with other states to allow exchanges of administrative codes of such states. B. 1. Each of the following offices shall be entitled to receive, as soon as available from the Secretary, without cost, one copy of the printed volumes of the “Code” and […]
Immediately upon receipt from the Secretary of State of the acts and resolutions referred to in Section 1 hereof, it shall be the duty of the court clerk of each county to place the same in a binder, which shall be available for examination by the public. Laws 1953, p. 425, § 2, emerg. eff. […]
It shall be the duty of the Attorney General after each session of the Legislature, upon request of the State Auditor and Inspector, or a member of the Legislature, officially to construe any act enacted by said session of the Legislature affecting the authority and duties of officers and departments of the state, the several […]
Beginning on the 15th day of November of each even-numbered year and ending at the time of sine die adjournment of the second regular session during the following even-numbered year, members of the first regular legislative session who have taken the required oath of office therefor and holdover members of the Senate are hereby authorized […]
Senate bills and resolutions may be prefiled with the Secretary of the Senate; House of Representatives bills and resolutions may be prefiled with the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives. Bills and resolutions are prefiled when delivered in person by the author or principal author thereof or mailed to the appropriate legislative official as […]
The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall, upon receipt of bills and resolutions for prefiling, number said bills and resolutions consecutively in the same manner as during regular legislative sessions and shall be responsible for the safekeeping of the such bills and resolutions. Laws 1959, p. 490, […]
Immediately upon the convening of each regular session of the Legislature, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall refer all prefiled bills and resolutions to the respective presiding officers of the two (2) houses of the Legislature. All bills and resolutions prefiled, in accordance herewith, shall, prior […]
The State Auditor and Inspector, as soon as practicable after the receipt of any opinion of the Attorney General addressed to the State Auditor and Inspector, shall mail a copy thereof together with any applicable instructions to such governing boards or other officers on their request or if they may be affected by such opinion; […]
When a question, “Shall the Legislature of this state ratify a proposed amendment of the Constitution of the United States,” is for legislative decision, said matter shall be introduced by joint resolution. In each house the joint resolution submitting said proposal shall be read in full on three (3) different days but, in either house, […]
The joint resolution shall expire on the date of sine die adjournment of the 2nd Session of the Legislature by which it was adopted unless the resolution states another expiration date. The joint resolution shall not be counted in favor of ratification after the expiration date thereof. The Legislature may rescind any ratification resolution previously […]
