{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-420.6","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.6","heading":"Suspension or revocation of registration permits -","body":"Appeals - Rules governing sale or transfer.\n\nA. The State Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administrator is\n\nauthorized to suspend or revoke any registration permit issued by\n\nthe Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board or impose an\n\nadministrative penalty, if it is found at a hearing on the matter,\n\nthat the registrant has violated or is violating or has failed or is\n\nfailing to comply with any provisions of the Oklahoma Liquefied\n\nPetroleum Gas Regulation Act, any rules or specifications\n\npromulgated or any order issued thereto, or has delivered a lesser\n\nquantity of gas than the registrant bills the customer for with\n\nintent to defraud.\n\nB. 1. Upon the motion of the Administrator, or upon the\n\nreceipt of written complaint from any member of the Board, or from\n\nany deputy administrator or safety code enforcement officer, that a\n\nregistrant has violated or is violating or has failed or is failing\n\nto comply with any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Liquefied\n\nPetroleum Gas Regulation Act, the rules, or specifications\n\npromulgated or any order issued thereto, the Administrator is\n\nauthorized and it shall be the duty of the Administrator to hold an\n\nadministrative hearing pursuant to Article II of the Administrative\n\nProcedures Act to consider such complaint.\n\n2. The Administrator shall have the power to conduct\n\ninvestigations; to summon and compel the attendance at such hearing\n\nof witnesses; to require the production of any records or documents\n\npertinent to the subject matter of any investigation or hearing; and\n\nto provide for the taking of depositions of witnesses.\n\n3. Notice of the date, time and place of any such hearing shall\n\nbe given by registered mail not less than ten (10) days, exclusive\n\nof the date of mailing, before the date thereof, addressed to the\n\nregistrant complained against and to any other parties involved,\n\neach of whom shall have the right to file answer, to appear and be\n\nheard in person and by counsel, and to present evidence at such\n\nhearing.\n\nC. If the Administrator finds at the hearing that the\n\nregistrant has violated or is violating or has failed or is failing\n\nto comply with any provision of the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas\n\nRegulation Act or such rules, specifications or any order issued\n\nthereto, the Administrator, if the findings justify such action,\n\nshall issue an order suspending the registrant's registration permit\n\nfor a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, revoking the\n\nregistration permit, or imposing an administrative penalty of not\n\nmore than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each separate\n\noffense. Any administrative penalty imposed pursuant to this\n\nsection shall be deposited into the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Fund,\n\ncreated pursuant to Section 420.11 of this title.\n\nD. 1. The Administrator's findings, judgment and order shall\n\nbe reduced to writing and be recorded in a permanent public record\n\nto be retained in the office of the Administrator. Copies shall be\n\nfurnished to the registrant complained against and to the Board.\n\n2. Any registrant who has been assessed an administrative\n\npenalty or whose registration permit is suspended or revoked by the\n\nAdministrator may, pursuant to Section 317 of Title 75 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, file for a rehearing, reopening or\n\nreconsideration by the Board. The registrant shall be given the\n\nopportunity to request a de novo hearing by the Board. Such\n\ndecision by the Board shall constitute final action by the Board.\n\n3. Any registrant who has been assessed an administrative\n\npenalty or whose registration permit has been suspended or revoked\n\nupon review by the Board may, within thirty (30) days after such\n\nfiling, suspension or revocation, file an appeal with the district\n\ncourt of Oklahoma County or in the county wherein the registrant\n\nresides or has its principal place of business in this state,\nan administrative\n\npenalty or whose registration permit has been suspended or revoked\n\nupon review by the Board may, within thirty (30) days after such\n\nfiling, suspension or revocation, file an appeal with the district\n\ncourt of Oklahoma County or in the county wherein the registrant\n\nresides or has its principal place of business in this state,\n\npursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act.\n\nE. 1. Except for an emergency as determined by the Board upon\n\nthe filing of a request for a rehearing, reopening or\n\nreconsideration or as determined by the court upon an appeal for\n\njudicial review of the order, enforcement of the Administrator's\n\norder shall be stayed pending final disposition of such rehearing or\n\nappeal.\n\n2. Upon affirmance, the order shall become final and conclusive\n\nand the stay of enforcement shall be vacated.\n\nF. The Board shall promulgate reasonable rules governing the\n\nsale or transfer of business, facilities or a permit connected with\n\nor to be used in operations subject to regulation pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 52"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os52.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c9759c62e4e840b131aca6e6b1d4f1ed4b37eadb9a95a16776e9e9cf6510c219","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-420.59","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-420.60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}