Title 75, Statutes and Reports

The Statutes of Oklahoma are hereby defined to be: First. Original acts enacted by the Legislature. Second. Statutes taken from other sources and adopted and enacted by the Legislature as statutes of this state. R.L. 1910, § 8147.

In the construction of the statutes of this state, the following rules shall be observed: 1. For any act enacted on or after July 1, 1989, unless there is a provision in the act that the act or any portion thereof or the application of the act shall not be severable, the provisio…

For purposes of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes the constitutional provision found in Section 46 of Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution dealing with the prohibition of local and special laws on certain subjects is restricted to the following definition and all case law to th…

In all cases where there is a conflict between the original acts and adopted statutes, the original acts shall govern, and the adopted statutes shall be deemed as repealed, amended, or modified thereby, without reference to the date of the approval of such original acts. For purp…

A. Bills and resolutions referred to in Section 35, Article V of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, after their passage but before they are signed by the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature as provided in said section, shall be correctly enrolled either in …

A. The Secretary of State is authorized to provide for the annual compilation, codification and annotation of the Oklahoma Statutes and the Oklahoma Session Laws in the form of electronic publication accessible to the public free of charge. B. The Secretary of State is authorized…

A. The Oklahoma Statutes shall be certified by the Justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and adopted as the official Statutes of the State of Oklahoma and after certification be in full force and effect. Provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to repeal or in…

The publisher of the Oklahoma Statutes shall rename the existing Title 3 of the Oklahoma Statutes as "Aerospace, Aircraft, and Aviation Infrastructure". The renaming shall be reflected in all versions of the Oklahoma Statutes and Supplement Volumes or other publications produced …

If the provisions of any code, title, chapter or article conflict with or contravene the provisions of any former code, title, chapter or article, the provisions of the latter code, title, chapter or article must prevail as to all matter and questions arising thereunder out of th…

Except as otherwise provided by specific vote of the Legislature, a bill introduced for purposes of incorporating and merging different versions of a statute amended in more than one measure at the same or different sessions of the Legislature, which do not purport to amend other…

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, as soon as possible after receipt by his or her office of any act or resolution, any Civil Probate or Criminal Procedure Act passed by the Oklahoma Legislature as an emergency measure, to provide access by the United States mail, fa…

A. This section and Sections 250.1 through 323 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Administrative Procedures Act". B. All statutes hereinafter enacted and codified as part of the Administrative Procedures Act shall be considered and deemed part of the Administra…

A. The Administrative Procedures Act shall be composed of two articles. Sections 250, 250.1, 250.3, 250.4, 250.5, and 250.8 of this title are applicable to both Articles I and II. Article I relating to agency filing and publication requirements for rules shall consist of Sections…

The Governor by Executive Order or either house of the Legislature or both houses of the Legislature by resolution, or a small business, may request an agency to review its rules to determine whether or not the rules in question should be amended, repealed or redrafted. The agenc…

A. Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution vests in the Legislature the power to make laws, and thereby to establish agencies and to designate agency functions, budgets and purposes. Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution charges the Executive Branch of Government with the respon…

See the following versions: OS 75-250.3v1 (HB 2728, Laws 2025, c. 258, § 5) OS 75-250.3v2 (SB 995, Laws 2025, c. 420, § 1) §75-250.3v1. Definitions. As used in the Administrative Procedures Act: 1. “Administrative head” means an official or agency body responsible pursuant to law…

As used in the Administrative Procedures Act: 1. “Administrative head” means an official or agency body responsible pursuant to law for issuing final agency orders; 2. “Adopted” means a proposed emergency rule which has been approved by the agency but has not been approved or dis…

As used in the Administrative Procedures Act: 1. “Administrative head” means an official or agency body responsible pursuant to law for issuing final agency orders; 2. “Adopted” means a proposed emergency rule which has been approved by the agency but has not been approved or dis…

A. 1. Except as is otherwise specifically provided in this subsection, each agency is required to comply with Article I of the Administrative Procedures Act. 2. The Corporation Commission shall be required to comply with the provisions of Article I of the Administrative Procedure…

Any agency exempt from all or part of the Administrative Procedures Act pursuant to subsection A of Section 250.4 of this title shall maintain and make available for public inspection its exempt rules at its principal place of business and on any website associated with the agenc…

This act shall not apply to municipalities, counties, school districts, and other agencies of local government; nor to specialized agencies, authorities, and entities created by the legislature, performing essentially local functions, such as, but not limited to, Urban Renewal Au…

A. 1. The Commission for Human Services may promulgate a preemptive rule pursuant to the provisions of this section: a. when the Commission for Human Services is required by federal law, federal rules, a state law enacted pursuant to federal law or federal rule, or order of a cou…

A. Prior to publication in the "Code" or any of its supplements, in cases where there is a conflict between the finally adopted rules filed with the Office pursuant to Section 251 of this title and rules published in "The Oklahoma Register", the rules published in "The Oklahoma R…

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 Saturda…

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 imple…

– Military publications. 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 effe…

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 creat…

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 r…

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 th…

A. 1. The Secretary of State 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…

A. 1. The Secretary of State shall provide for the codification, compilation, 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 s…

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 publ…

A. The Secretary of State 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 cos…

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, …

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 off…

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 there…

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 princip…

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 s…

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.…

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 r…

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…

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 t…

From and after the effective date of this act the Supreme Court and the Criminal Court of Appeals shall have authority, in such manner as they deem advisable, to declare the published volumes of the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Criminal Court of Appeals of the State of …

Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the publication, editing or binding of the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Criminal Court of Appeals by any person, firm or corporation. Laws 1953, p. 426, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1954.

A. In addition to other rulemaking requirements imposed by law, each agency which has rulemaking authority, shall: 1. Promulgate as a rule a description of the organization of the agency, stating the general course and method of the operations of the agency and the methods whereb…

See the following versions: OS 75-303v1 (HB 2728, Laws 2025, c. 258, § 7) OS 75-303v2 (SB 1024, Laws 2025, c. 267, § 1) §75-303v1. Adoption, amendment or revocation of rule - Procedure. A. Prior to the adoption of any rule or amendment or revocation of a rule, the agency shall: 1…

A. Within ten (10) days after adoption of a permanent rule, the agency shall file two copies of the following with the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the chief legislative officer of each chamber: all such new r…

A. Prior to the adoption of any rule or amendment or revocation of a rule, the agency shall: 1. Cause notice of any intended action to be published in “The Oklahoma Register” pursuant to subsection B of this section; 2. For at least thirty (30) days after publication of the notic…

A. Prior to the adoption of any rule or amendment or revocation of a rule, the agency shall: 1. Cause notice of any intended action to be published in “The Oklahoma Register” pursuant to subsection B of this section; 2. For at least thirty (30) days after publication of the notic…