§ 75-250.4a. Certain rules to be available for public inspection - Deletion of obsolete rules and internal policy statements - Private rights and procedures not affected.

A.  Any agency exempt from all or part of the Administrative Procedures Act pursuant to subsection A of Section 250.4 of this title shall maintain and make available for public inspection its exempt rules at its principal place of business.

B.  It is recognized by the Oklahoma Legislature that agencies specified by subsection A of this section have published rules containing obsolete rules or internal policy statements or agency statements which do not meet the Administrative Procedures Act definition of rules.  Therefore, by December 31, 2005, each such agency shall conduct an internal review of its rules to determine whether each of its rules is current and is a rule as such term is defined by the Administrative Procedures Act.  Any rule determined by an agency to be obsolete or an internal policy statement or any agency statement which does not meet the definition of a rule pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act shall be deleted by the agency.  Notice of such deletion shall be submitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Governor for informational purposes.

C.  The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize any agency to amend any rule or to delete any rule which affects any private rights or procedures available to the public.

Added by Laws 1997, c. 206, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.  Amended by Laws 2005, c. 227, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.