{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-725","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-725","heading":"Confidentiality and disclosure – Criminal background","body":"investigations – Inspection of facilities – Cooperation with law\n\nenforcement agencies.\n\nA. Except as authorized in the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act,\n\nthe Oklahoma Lottery Commission is subject to the provisions of the\n\nOklahoma Open Records Act. The Commission may determine which\n\ninformation relating to the operation of the lottery is confidential\n\nas provided in the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Such information\n\nincludes trade secrets, security measures, systems, or procedures,\n\nsecurity reports, information concerning bids or other contractual\n\ndata, the disclosure of which would impair the efforts of the\n\nCommission to contract for goods or services on favorable terms,\n\nemployee personnel information unrelated to compensation, duties,\n\nqualifications, or responsibilities, and information obtained\n\npursuant to investigations which is otherwise confidential.\n\nInformation deemed confidential pursuant to this section is exempt\n\nfrom the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, but the\n\nAttorney General may review any such determination by the Commission\n\nand require the disclosure of the information if the Attorney\n\nGeneral determines that the Commission has not established that the\n\ninformation should be deemed confidential pursuant to the provisions\n\nof this subsection. Meetings or portions of meetings devoted to\n\ndiscussing information deemed confidential pursuant to this section\n\nmay be held in executive session pursuant to the Oklahoma Open\n\nMeeting Act.\n\nB. Full criminal background investigations of vendors shall be\n\nconducted prior to the execution of any major procurement contract,\n\nincluding investigation of principal, officer or director of a\n\ncorporation or other business entity. The Commission shall pay for\n\nthe actual cost of the investigations and shall contract with the\n\nOklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for the performance of the\n\ninvestigations.\n\nC. The Commission or its authorized agent shall:\n\n1. Conduct criminal background investigations and credit\n\ninvestigations on all potential retailers, including investigation\n\nof principal, officer or director of a corporation or other business\n\nentity;\n\n2. Supervise ticket or share validation and lottery drawings;\n\n3. Inspect at times determined solely by the Commission the\n\nfacilities of any vendor or lottery retailer in order to determine\n\nthe integrity of the product of the vendor or the operations of the\n\nretailer in order to determine whether the vendor or the retailer\n\nis in compliance with its contract;\n\n4. Report any suspected violations of the Oklahoma Education\n\nLottery Act to the appropriate district attorney or the Attorney\n\nGeneral and to any law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over\n\nthe violation; and\n\n5. Upon request, provide assistance to any district attorney,\n\nthe Attorney General, the State Auditor and Inspector or a law\n\nenforcement agency investigating a violation of the Oklahoma\n\nEducation Lottery Act which shall include, but not be limited to,\n\nimmediate and unfettered access to any books, records, contracts,\n\nfunds, or files, regardless of format. Refusal to provide such\n\naccess shall constitute obstruction of justice.","path":["OK Code","Title 3A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os3A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"7ed73834ac36ac2d36b29b3f25262221fc9d0d11e79c3c963c77e4c34d4fa4eb","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-724.5","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-726"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}