PUBLICATION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS

2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 138 (S.B. 1632) (WEST)

2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 138 (S.B. 1632) (WEST)
OKLAHOMA 2022 SESSION LAW SERVICE
Fifty-Eighth Legislature, 2022 Second Regular Session
Additions are indicated by Text; deletions by
Text.
Vetoes are indicated by Text ;
stricken material by Text .
CHAPTER 138
S.B. No. 1632
PUBLICATION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
An Act relating to the Attorney General; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 20, which relates to publication of opinions of the Attorney General; requiring electronic publication of Attorney General opinions; making written publication of Attorney General opinions discretionary; updating statutory language; making language gender neutral; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Publication of Attorney General opinions
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
<< OK ST T. 74 ยง 20 >>
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 20, is amended to read as follows:
Section 20. A. The Attorney General shall annually publish all of the written opinions which he or she promulgates in connection with the interpretation of the laws of the State of Oklahoma this state in an electronic format that is accessible to the public at no cost. One copy of the bound volume shall be sent to each state officer, the chairman of each board or commission, and the county law library in each county in the state where the same shall be available to the public and an electronic copy shall be sent to the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. A copy of each annual volume is to be placed on file in the Secretary of State's Office and shall be available for public inspection The Attorney General may print the written opinions in bound volumes at his or her discretion.
B. The Attorney General is hereby authorized to may sell any surplus bound volumes and requested individual copies of opinions to help cover the cost of the publication, postal charges and other necessary expenses. and proceeds Proceeds of such sales shall be deposited into the fund herein established pursuant to subsection C of this section.
C. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Attorney General, to be designated the Attorney General's Revolving Fund. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received from the sale of copies of surplus bound volumes and requested individual copies of opinions and such other monies as are provided for by law. Expenditures from said the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
Approved April 29, 2022.
End of Document