Oklahoma § 74-3914 - Hearings - Burden of establishing public need Information to be provided

§ 74-3914. Hearings - Burden of establishing public need Information to be provided

When any statutory entities are under review for sunset, said

entities shall bear the burden of establishing that a sufficient

public need is present which justifies their continued existence.

All said entities shall provide the appropriate House and Senate

sunset committees with the following information:

1. A performance-informed operating budget review and analysis,

including a summary of all income and expenditures;

2. The identity of all units and subunits under the direct or

advisory control of the statutory entity under review;

3. All powers, duties and functions currently performed by the

statutory entity under review;

4. All statutory or other authority under which said powers,

duties and functions of the statutory entity are carried out;

5. Any powers, duties or functions which, in the opinion of the

statutory entity under review, are being performed and duplicated by

another statutory entity within the state including the manner in

which, and the extent to which, this duplication of efforts is

occurring and any recommendations as to eliminating such a

situation;

6. Any powers, duties or functions which, in the opinion of the

statutory entity under review, are inconsistent with current and

projected public demands and should be terminated or altered; and

7. Any other information which the appropriate House or Senate

sunset committee, in its discretion, feels is necessary and proper

in carrying out its duties.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

Added by Laws 1977, c. 9, § 14, emerg. eff. March 10, 1977. Amended

by Laws 1983, c. 333, § 12, emerg. eff. June 29, 1983; Laws 1995, c.

31, § 3; Laws 2015, c. 168, § 4, eff. July 1, 2015.