Increase of fees by state agencies - When permitted - Notice - Justification and documentation.

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No agency, constitutionally or statutorily created state board, bureau, commission, office, authority, public trust in which the state is a beneficiary, or interstate commission, except governing boards for entities within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, shall establish or increase fees, except during such times as the Legislature is in session, unless specifically mandated by the Legislature or federal legislation, or when the failure to establish or increase fees would conflict with an order issued by a court of law.

Prior to the establishment or increase of a fee, the agency, constitutionally or statutorily created state board, bureau, commission, office, authority, public trust in which the state is a beneficiary, or interstate commission, except governing boards for entities within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for which fees are reported pursuant to Section 3218.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall notify, in writing, the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Government Operations, Agency Oversight and Administrative Rules Committee and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the intended action. The notice shall include justification for the fee or fee increase and all supportive documentation.

Added by Laws 1998, c. 239, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 4, § 7, emerg. eff. March 28, 2003.


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