Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 655 - Secretary of State
Chapter 10 - Administrative Rules on Rulemaking
Subchapter 19 - Public Inspection and Copies of Documents
Section 655:10-19-1 - Public access to documents and publications

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 655:10-19-1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

(a) Secretary's responsibility.

(1) Documents accepted by the OAR, as well as the OAR's publications, are available for public inspection, and copying and certification as set forth in 655:10-19-2 and 655:10-19-3, in the Secretary of State's Office of Administrative Rules, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. If records arestored off-site or have been transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, availability of these records will depend on accessibility to the off-site locations.

(2) Copies of Register documents that have not yet been published in the Register can be copied, but only if clearly marked by the OAR with the following: "Unofficial --- Not yet published."

(3) Documents and publications may not be borrowed or removed from the Office of Administrative Rules. Documents may be photocopied, and publications may be photocopied or purchased, as set forth in this Subchapter, 655:10-15-7, and 655:10-17-4.

(b) Issuing agency's responsibility. The agency submitting the rules shall make such rules available to the public in accordance with the Open Records Act [75:254(B)] ; however, copies must be clearly identified as "unofficial."

(c) County clerks' responsibility. Copies of the Register are sent to those county clerks who request it [75:255(A)(2)]. In addition, every county clerk in the state of Oklahoma is entitled to receive, at no cost, one copy of the printed volumes of the Code and the supplements thereto [75:257.1(B(1)(a)]. Each year, the Secretary of State announces the availability of that year's Code or Supplement to the county clerks. Each county clerk may either:

(1) receive the printed product , or the CD product in lieu of the printed product, and make the publication available to the public during the county clerk's business hours, or

(2) waive his/her right to receive that year's publication.

(d) Depository libraries. Copies of the published Code and each annual Supplement, and copies of each issue of the Register, are deposited with the Oklahoma Publications Clearinghouse for distribution to each Oklahoma Government Publications Depository Library. [75:257.1(B)(2)]

(e) Open Records Act. The OAR shall make its records available for public inspection and copying pursuant to the Open Records Act, 51:24A.1 et seq. [75:256.3].

Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2983, eff 7-13-92; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 3353, eff 7-15-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2597, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2476, eff 7-1-04

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