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419CHAIR: By:

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amendingOn 74page O.S.2, lines 8-9, by deleting all language beginning with the word "Department" on line 8 through the comma "," following the word "Commission" on line 9 AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by:

2021,Mark SectionLepak 18c,Adopted: which relates to employment of attorneys;

authorizing_____________________________ certain______________________Reading entitiesClerk___ to employ or appoint attorneys;

updating statutory language;

updating statutory references;

and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.

AMENDATORY 74 O.S.

2021, Section 18c, is amended to read as follows:

Section 18c.

A.

1.

Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, no state officer, board or commission shall have authority to employ or appoint attorneys to advise or represent said the officer, board or commission in any matter.

2.

The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the Corporation Commission, the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, the Commission on Consumer Credit Commission, the Board of Managers of the State Insurance Fund, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, the State Treasurer, the Commissioners of the Land Office, the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission also known as the Commission for Human Services, the State Board of Corrections, the Oklahoma Health ENGR.

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419 Page 1 Care Authority, the Department of Public Safety, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, the Transportation Commission, the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, the Department of Labor, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the Department of Wildlife Conservation, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Northeast Oklahoma Public Facilities Authority, the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, the Office of Juvenile Affairs, the State Board of Pharmacy and the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.

3.

The provisions of paragraph 2 of this subsection shall not be construed to authorize the Office of Juvenile Affairs to employ any attorneys that are not specifically authorized by law.

4.

All the legal duties of such officer, board or commission shall devolve upon and are hereby vested in the Attorney General;

provided that:

a.

the Governor shall have authority to employ special counsel to protect the rights or interest of the state as provided in Section 6 of this title, and ENGR.

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liquidation agents of banks shall have the authority to employ local counsel, with the consent of the Bank Commissioner and the Attorney General and the approval of the district court.

B.

At the request of any state officer, board or commission, except the Corporation Commission, the Board of Managers of the CompSource Oklahoma, Oklahoma Tax Commission and the Commissioners of the Land Office, the Grand River Dam Authority, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, the Attorney General shall defend any action in which they may be sued in their official capacity.

At the request of any such state officer, board or commission, the Attorney General shall have authority to institute suits in the name of the State of Oklahoma on their relation, if after investigation the Attorney General is convinced there is sufficient legal merit to justify the action.

C.

Any officer, board or commission which has the authority to employ or appoint attorneys may request that the Attorney General defend any action arising pursuant to the provisions of The Governmental Tort Claims Act.