Oklahoma § 75-250.2 - Legislative intent

§ 75-250.2. Legislative intent

A. Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution vests in the

Legislature the power to make laws, and thereby to establish

agencies and to designate agency functions, budgets and purposes.

Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution charges the Executive Branch

of Government with the responsibility to implement all measures

enacted by the Legislature.

B. In creating agencies and designating their functions and

purposes, the Legislature may delegate rulemaking authority to

executive branch agencies to facilitate administration of

legislative policy. The delegation of rulemaking authority is

intended to eliminate the necessity of establishing every

administrative aspect of general public policy by legislation. In

so doing, however, the Legislature reserves to itself:

1. The right to retract any delegation of rulemaking authority

unless otherwise precluded by the Oklahoma Constitution;

2. The right to establish any aspect of general policy by

legislation, notwithstanding any delegation of rulemaking authority;

3. The right and responsibility to designate the method for

rule promulgation, review, repeal and modification;

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4. The right to approve or disapprove or repeal any adopted

rule by joint resolution; and

5. The right to disapprove a proposed permanent, promulgated or

emergency rule at any time if the Legislature determines such rule

to be an imminent harm to the health, safety or welfare of the

public or the state or if the Legislature determines that a rule is

not consistent with legislative intent.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 207, § 3. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 326, § 1,

eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 310, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws

2013, c. 357, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2021, c. 11, § 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 2021.