Oklahoma § 74-5058.4 - Business License Information Office

§ 74-5058.4. Business License Information Office

A. There is hereby established within the Oklahoma Department

of Commerce the Business License Information Office. The Office

shall be under the direction and supervision of a full-time state

employee as appointed by the Director of the Department. Additional

staff sufficient to perform the duties of the Office shall be

provided under the direction of the Director.

B. The Office shall be a clearinghouse for state business

license information and shall perform the following duties:

1. Establish a license information service detailing

requirements for establishing and engaging in business in this

state, including state licensing and regulatory requirements, and,

to the extent feasible, local and federal requirements;

2. Provide the most recent forms and information sheets for all

state business licenses;

3. Prepare, publish, and distribute a complete directory of all

state licenses required to do business in this state;

4. Make recommendations to agencies and the Legislature for

eliminating, consolidating, simplifying, or expediting licenses, or

otherwise improving licensing procedures affecting business

undertakings; and

5. Promulgate and adopt rules and forms necessary to carry out

the purposes of this act.

Added by Laws 1998, c. 309, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998.