A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to sponsor and implement conferences to promote the dissemination of knowledge regarding the Commission's regulatory activities. The Commission is hereby authorized to charge registration and other fees necessary to cover the costs of these conferences and shall deposit the fees, plus any other conference proceeds, including donated funds, into an agency special account to be created by the Special Agency Account Board. Expenditure of monies from this agency special account shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act¹ and shall be for purposes incidental to the conferences sponsored by the Commission.

B. From any monies remaining in the fund following a conference after all bills have been paid, the Commission shall retain ten percent (10%) of the total conference cost to be used to cover start up costs for the next conference and may transfer any remaining monies to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Revolving Fund to be used for general operating expenses of the Commission.