2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 17. Corporation Commission
§17-166.1a. Fee schedule for permits, licenses, certificates and other authorizations - Service fee schedule - Disposition of fees collected.

A. The Corporation Commission may establish a schedule of fees to be charged for applications for, or the issuance of, new, modified or renewed permits, licenses, certificates and other authorizations and for such other services as are involved in the regulation of activities, functions and programs within the jurisdiction of the Commission. Such fees shall be subject to the following limitations:

1. The Commission shall follow the procedures required by the Administrative Procedures Act for promulgation of rules in establishing or amending any such schedule of fees;

2. The Commission shall base its schedule of fees for each service, function or program upon the reasonable costs, both direct and indirect, of operating or providing such services, functions or programs, including, but not limited to, the costs of administration, personnel, office space, equipment, training, travel, inspection and review rendered in connection with each such service, function or program;

3. The Commission shall expend monies from fees levied pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to, application, review, inspection, monitoring and operating fees, only on the direct or indirect costs of the specific functions or programs from which such monies originate.

B. The Commission may establish a schedule of fees to be charged for services, including, but not limited to, searches, compilations, certifications or reproductions of maps and publications, transcripts, blueprints, computer data, electronic recordings or documents. Such fees shall be based on the actual cost to the Commission for the provision of such services.

C. Fees collected by the Commission pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Corporation Commission Revolving Fund.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 278, § 42, operative Sept. 1, 1993.