{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1293","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1293","heading":"Enforcement — Venue — Default, technical assistance, and","body":"termination.\n\nA. Oversight:\n\n1. The executive and judicial branches of State government in\n\neach Member State shall enforce this Compact and take all actions\n\nnecessary and appropriate to implement the Compact.\n\n2. Except as otherwise provided in this Compact, venue is\n\nproper and judicial proceedings by or against the Commission shall\n\nbe brought solely and exclusively in a court of competent\n\njurisdiction where the principal office of the Commission is\n\nlocated. The Commission may waive venue and jurisdictional defenses\n\nto the extent it adopts or consents to participate in alternative\n\ndispute resolution proceedings. Nothing herein shall affect or\n\nlimit the selection or propriety of venue in any action against a\n\nLicensee for professional malpractice, misconduct or any such\n\nsimilar matter.\n\n3. The Commission shall be entitled to receive service of\n\nprocess in any proceeding regarding the enforcement or\n\ninterpretation of the Compact and shall have standing to intervene\n\nin such a proceeding for all purposes. Failure to provide the\n\nCommission service of process shall render a judgment or order void\n\nas to the Commission, this Compact, or promulgated Rules.\n\nB. Default, Technical Assistance, and Termination:\n\n1. If the Commission determines that a Member State has\n\ndefaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities\n\nunder this Compact or the promulgated Rules, the Commission shall\n\nprovide written notice to the defaulting State. The notice of\n\ndefault shall describe the default, the proposed means of curing the\n\ndefault, and any other action that the Commission may take, and\n\nshall offer training and specific technical assistance regarding the\n\ndefault.\n\n2. The Commission shall provide a copy of the notice of default\n\nto the other Member States.\n\nC. If a State in default fails to cure the default, the\n\ndefaulting State may be terminated from the Compact upon an\n\naffirmative vote of a majority of the delegates of the Member\n\nStates, and all rights, privileges and benefits conferred on that\n\nState by this Compact may be terminated on the effective date of\n\ntermination. A cure of the default does not relieve the offending\n\nState of obligations or liabilities incurred during the period of\n\ndefault.\n\nD. Termination of membership in the Compact shall be imposed\n\nonly after all other means of securing compliance have been\n\nexhausted. Notice of intent to suspend or terminate shall be given\n\nby the Commission to the governor, the majority and minority leaders\n\nof the defaulting State’s legislature, the defaulting State’s State\n\nLicensing Authority and each of the Member States’ State Licensing\n\nAuthority.\n\nE. A State that has been terminated is responsible for all\n\nassessments, obligations, and liabilities incurred through the\n\neffective date of termination, including obligations that extend\n\nbeyond the effective date of termination.\n\nF. Upon the termination of a State’s membership from this\n\nCompact, that State shall immediately provide notice to all\n\nLicensees within that State of such termination. The terminated\n\nState shall continue to recognize all licenses granted pursuant to\n\nthis Compact for a minimum of six (6) months after the date of said\n\nnotice of termination.\n\nG. The Commission shall not bear any costs related to a State\n\nthat is found to be in default or that has been terminated from the\n\nCompact, unless agreed upon in writing between the Commission and\n\nthe defaulting State.\n\nH. The defaulting State may appeal the action of the Commission\n\nby petitioning the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia\n\nor the federal district where the Commission has its principal\n\noffices. The prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such\n\nlitigation, including reasonable attorney’s fees.\n\nI. Dispute Resolution:\n\n1. Upon request by a Member State, the Commission shall attempt\nThe defaulting State may appeal the action of the Commission\n\nby petitioning the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia\n\nor the federal district where the Commission has its principal\n\noffices. The prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such\n\nlitigation, including reasonable attorney’s fees.\n\nI. Dispute Resolution:\n\n1. Upon request by a Member State, the Commission shall attempt\n\nto resolve disputes related to the Compact that arise among Member\n\nStates and between Member and non-Member States.\n\n2. The Commission shall promulgate a Rule providing for both\n\nmediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes as\n\nappropriate.\n\nJ. Enforcement:\n\n1. By majority vote as provided by Rule, the Commission may\n\ninitiate legal action against a Member State in default in the\n\nUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia or the\n\nfederal district where the Commission has its principal offices to\n\nenforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact and its\n\npromulgated Rules. The relief sought may include both injunctive\n\nrelief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary,\n\nthe prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation,\n\nincluding reasonable attorney’s fees. The remedies herein shall not\n\nbe the exclusive remedies of the Commission. The Commission may\n\npursue any other remedies available under federal or the defaulting\n\nMember State’s law.\n\n2. A Member State may initiate legal action against the\n\nCommission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia\n\nor the federal district where the Commission has its principal\n\noffices to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact and\n\nits promulgated Rules. The relief sought may include both\n\ninjunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is\n\nnecessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such\n\nlitigation, including reasonable attorney’s fees.\n\n3. No person other than a Member State shall enforce this\n\nCompact against the Commission.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"9fc8b26ede248cfc654e7bdf2042135b713d7b34f3e692410fc00178046e1c37","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1292","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1294"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}