{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-200","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-200","heading":"Settlements - Legislative approval - Involvement of","body":"Attorney General.\n\nA. 1. No agency, board or commission, public officer, official\n\nor employee of the State of Oklahoma shall, without the approval of\n\nthe Oklahoma State Legislature when it is in regular session, or by\n\nthe Contingency Review Board, when the Legislature is not in regular\n\nsession, enter into any default or agreed judgment, consent decree\n\nor other settlement of any litigation or claim against this state\n\nwhich would require a settlement expenditure in excess of Two\n\nHundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or the creation,\n\nmodification or implementation of a court-ordered or legislatively\n\nauthorized plan or program which would necessitate an appropriation\n\nby the Legislature in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars\n\n($250,000.00). Approval of the Oklahoma Legislature pursuant to\n\nthis section shall be by concurrent resolution. The Speaker of the\n\nHouse of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate\n\nshall notify their respective membership of the default or agreed\n\njudgment, consent decree or other settlement of litigation or claim.\n\nAny default or agreed judgment, consent decree or other settlement\n\nentered into in violation of this section shall be void.\n\n2. Any agreed judgment, consent decree or other settlement of\n\nlitigation or claim against this state which shall be paid from the\n\nRisk Management Fund and any statutory condemnation proceeding shall\n\nbe exempt from the provisions of this section.\n\nB. The Attorney General shall be notified by any agency, board\n\nor commission, public officer, official or employee of this state of\n\nall lawsuits against said agency, board or commission, public\n\nofficer, official or employee that seeks relief which would impose\n\nobligations requiring an agency to request a supplemental\n\nappropriation or to request an increase in appropriations to\n\nmaintain the current level of services beyond the fiscal year in\n\nwhich the lawsuit is filed if said lawsuit was settled in favor of\n\nthe plaintiff. The Attorney General shall review any such cases and\n\nmay represent the interests of the state, if he considers it to be\n\nin the best interest of the state to do so. Representation of\n\nmultiple defendants in such actions may, at the discretion of the\n\nAttorney General, be divided with counsel for the agency, board or\n\ncommission, public officer, official or employee of this state as\n\nnecessary to avoid conflicts of interest. The Attorney General may\n\nlevy and collect costs, expenses of litigation and a reasonable\n\nattorney's fee for such legal services from the agency, board or\n\ncommission, public officer, official or employee of this state.\n\nC. A copy of the service summons in all actions on claims\n\nagainst the state shall be made on the Attorney General of this\n\nstate by the petitioner.","path":["OK Code","Title 51"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os51.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e5bf3d043777e5c7afe70609594d20d6232ae3e98934a774aa55f47c85e13e35","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-20","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}