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.