§74-450.1. Legislative Fiscal Office and Joint Bill Processing
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Department abolished - Legislative Service Bureau created.
A. The Legislative Fiscal Office and Joint Bill Processing Department are hereby abolished.
B. There is hereby created the Legislative Service Bureau which shall serve both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall employ a Director of the Legislative Service Bureau, who shall employ such personnel as necessary to implement the responsibilities imposed upon the Bureau by the Legislature by concurrent resolution.
C. 1. The Legislative Service Bureau shall be responsible for such services as directed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and any area of production of proposed legislation as directed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
2. The Legislative Service Bureau shall be a clearinghouse for the Legislature for all budgetary forms, research reports and information.
3. Any reference in the Oklahoma Statutes to the Legislative Fiscal Office or the Joint Bill Processing Department shall be a reference to the Legislative Service Bureau. Added by Laws 1985, c. 319, § 6, operative Oct. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 279, § 9, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 292, § 7, eff. July 1, 1995.