Oklahoma § 40-142.1 - Regulation of compressed natural gas fueling stations –

§ 40-142.1. Regulation of compressed natural gas fueling stations –

Implementation and enforcement of Alternative Fuels Technician

Certification Act – Transfer of duties and authority to Department

of Labor.

A. On the effective date of this act, all powers, duties,

responsibilities, records and equipment of the Corporation

Commission relating exclusively to the regulation of compressed

natural gas fueling stations are hereby transferred and shall be

placed under the authority of the Department of Labor.

B. On the effective date of this act, all powers, duties,

responsibilities, records and equipment of the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services relating exclusively to the implementation

and enforcement of the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification

Act are hereby transferred and shall be placed under the authority

of the Department of Labor. To the extent practicable, the transfer

shall include all computer hardware and software used in regulating

the functions listed in this subsection.

C. The Corporation Commission, the Commissioner of Labor and

the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services may

contract for additional legal and administrative services as

necessary to effectuate the transfers as provided for in this

section.

D. 1. All unexpended funds, property, furnishings, equipment,

supplies, records, and outstanding financial obligations and

encumbrances of the Corporation Commission relating to the

regulation of natural gas fueling stations and of the Office of

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Management and Enterprise Services relating to the implementation

and enforcement of the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification

Act shall be transferred to the Department of Labor for the

continuing performance of duties relating to the regulation of

natural gas fueling stations and implementation and enforcement of

the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act. No funds,

property, furnishings, equipment, supplies or records may be

expended or used for any purpose other than the performance of

duties and responsibilities as directed and required in this act.

2. Any funds, properties, furnishings, equipment, supplies, or

records related in any manner to the regulation of natural gas

fueling stations and implementation and enforcement of the

Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act which may not be in

the current possession of the Corporation Commission or the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services on the effective date of this

act, but which come into the possession of the Corporation

Commission or the Office of Management and Enterprise Services after

the transfer of authority to the Department of Labor as provided in

this act, shall immediately be transferred to the Department of

Labor. Items subject to the immediate transfer shall include, but

are not limited to, any misdirected licensing fees or payments of

outstanding administrative fines.

E. The Corporation Commission and the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall not enter into any contract

or agreement relating to the regulation of natural gas fueling

stations or implementation and enforcement of the Alternative Fuels

Technician Certification Act extending beyond the effective date of

the transfer without approval by the Commissioner of Labor.

F. All licenses, registrations, certifications and

accreditations issued by the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services pursuant to the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification

Act that are in effect on the effective date of this act shall

remain in full force and effect and shall be enforceable by the

Department of Labor.

G. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall coordinate the transfer of funds, allotments,

purchase orders and outstanding financial obligations and

encumbrances relating to the regulation of natural gas fueling

stations and the implementation and enforcement of the Alternative

Fuels Technician Certification Act as transferred pursuant to the

provisions of this act.

H. Upon the effective date of this act, all administrative

rules promulgated by the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services relating to the implementation and enforcement of the

Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act shall be enforceable

by the Commissioner of Labor. The rules shall continue in force and

effect after the effective date of this act, and the Commissioner of

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Labor shall have authority to amend, repeal, recodify or make

additions to the rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures

Act.

Added by Laws 2014, c. 328, § 1.