Okla. Stat. tit. 75, § 75-307.1: Legislative rule review – Rule committee – Standing

committee of each house.

A. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate may establish a rule committee

or designated standing committee of each such house to review

administrative rules.

B. Such committees may meet as needed during sessions of the

Legislature and in the interim.

C. The function of the committees shall be the review of all

adopted agency administrative rules and the promotion of adequate

and proper rules by agencies. Each committee may review all adopted

rules and such other rules the committee deems appropriate and may

make recommendations concerning such rules to its respective house

of the Legislature, or to the agency adopting the rule, or to both

its respective house of the Legislature and the agency.

D. In addition to the review of agency-adopted rules pursuant

to this act, the committees shall have the power and duty to:

1. Conduct a continuous study and investigations as to whether

additional legislation or changes in legislation are needed based on

various factors, including but not limited to review of proposed

rules, review of existing rules including but not limited to

consideration of amendments to or repeal of existing rules, the lack

of rules, the ability of agencies to promulgate such rules, the

burden of administrative rules on the regulated community and the

needs of administrative agencies;

2. Conduct a continuous study of the rulemaking process of all

state agencies including those agencies exempted by Section 250.4 of

this title for the purpose of improving the rulemaking process;

3. Conduct such other studies and investigations relating to

rules as may be determined to be necessary by the Committee; and

4. Monitor and investigate compliance of agencies with the

provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, make periodic

investigations of the rulemaking activities of all agencies and

evaluate and report on all rules in terms of their propriety, legal

adequacy, relation to constitutional or statutory authorization,

economic and budgetary effects and public policy.