Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-1-107

A. The ABLE Commission shall have the following powers and

duties:

1. To supervise, inspect and regulate every phase of the

business of manufacturing, importing, exporting, transporting,

storing, selling, distributing and possessing for the purpose of

sale, all alcoholic beverages which shall be necessary and proper to

carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control

Act;

2. To promulgate rules, in the manner herein provided, to carry

out the purposes of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act;

3. To have the sole authority to issue any license provided for

in the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and except as

provided in Sections 101 and 102 of this act with respect to cities,

towns and counties, and except as may be provided under Title 68 of

the Oklahoma Statutes with respect to the Oklahoma Tax Commission,

no other agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of this

state shall be authorized to issue any license or permit allowing

any licensee to engage in any activity covered by the Oklahoma

Alcoholic Beverage Control Act anywhere within the State of

Oklahoma;

4. To refuse to issue any license provided for in the Oklahoma

Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for cause provided for in the

Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act;

5. To revoke or suspend, for cause after hearing, any license

issued under the authority of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage

Control Act;

6. To prescribe the forms of all reports which it deems

necessary in administering the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control

Act;

7. To fix standards not in conflict with those prescribed by

any law of this state or of the United States, to secure the use of

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proper ingredients and methods of manufacture and dispensing of

alcoholic beverages;

8. To make seizures of alcoholic beverages manufactured, sold,

possessed, imported or transported in violation of the Oklahoma

Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, and apply for the confiscation

thereof whenever required by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control

Act, and cooperate in the prosecution of offenders before any court

of competent jurisdiction;

9. To submit to the Governor and members of the State

Legislature annual or semiannual reports upon request of the

Governor;

10. To inspect or cause to be inspected any premises where

alcoholic beverages are manufactured, stored, distributed, sold,

dispensed or served;

11. In the conduct of any hearing authorized to be held by the

ABLE Commission:

a. to examine or cause to be examined, under oath, any

person,

b. to examine or cause to be examined books and records

of any licensee,

c. to hear testimony and take proof material for the ABLE

Commission's information and the discharge of its

duties hereunder,

d. to administer or cause to be administered oaths, and

e. to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and

the production of books or records which shall be

effective in any part of the state. Any district

court or any judge thereof, either in term or

vacation, may by order duly entered require the

attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant

books or records subpoenaed by the ABLE Commission,

and the court or judge may compel obedience to the

order by proceedings for contempt;

12. To prescribe the kind and size of retail containers of

alcoholic beverages which may be purchased, possessed and sold by a

licensee;

13. To prescribe by rule, in addition to those herein required,

the kinds of records to be kept and reports to be rendered by

licensees, and the information to be shown therein; provided, that

the period for which all such records and reports be retained shall

not be less than five (5) years;

14. To gather, compile and print such statistical data as may

in the opinion of the ABLE Commission be needed or useful, and

prescribe charges or fees to be collected from any person or company
pt and reports to be rendered by

licensees, and the information to be shown therein; provided, that

the period for which all such records and reports be retained shall

not be less than five (5) years;

14. To gather, compile and print such statistical data as may

in the opinion of the ABLE Commission be needed or useful, and

prescribe charges or fees to be collected from any person or company

to whom such data shall be provided. No reports shall contain sales

information by name or license number;

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15. To educate persons employed by licensees to sell or serve

alcoholic beverages as to the provisions of Article XXVIIIA of the

Oklahoma Constitution and the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control

Act, with emphasis on recognizing and preventing intoxication and

particular emphasis on those provisions prohibiting the selling or

serving of alcoholic beverages to minors. The ABLE Commission may

contract with one or more entities, including but not limited to the

Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services,

to perform the duties specified in this paragraph;

16. To purchase motor vehicles necessary for use in its

operations. Such motor vehicles shall not be required to have any

type of identifying marking thereon;

17. To purchase insurance on the motor vehicles owned and

operated by the ABLE Commission in accordance with statutory

provisions, subject to the approval of the Risk Management

Administrator as provided for in Section 85.58A of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

18. To approve or reject any official bond required to be filed

with the ABLE Commission; and

19. To exercise all other powers and duties conferred by the

Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, and all powers incidental,

convenient or necessary to enable it to administer or carry out any

of the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.

B. The ABLE Commission shall promulgate rules, pursuant to the

Administrative Procedures Act, to carry out the purposes of the

Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.