Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.5

A. 1. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation investigations

not covered under Section 150.2 of this title shall be initiated at

the request of the following persons:

a. the Governor,

b. the Attorney General,

c. the Council on Judicial Complaints upon a vote by a

majority of the Council,

d. the chair of any Legislative Investigating Committee

which has been granted subpoena powers by resolution,

upon authorization by a vote of the majority of the

Committee,

e. the Director of the Department of Human Services, or

designee, as authorized by Section 1-2-105 of Title

10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or

f. a district court judge as authorized by Section 1-2-

103 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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2. Requests for investigations shall be submitted in writing

and shall contain specific allegations of wrongdoing under the laws

of the State of Oklahoma.

B. The Governor may initiate special background investigations

with the written consent of the person who is the subject of the

investigation.

C. The chair of any Senate committee which is fulfilling the

statutory responsibility for approving nominations made by the

Governor may, upon a vote by a majority of the committee and with

the written consent of the person who is to be the subject of the

investigation, initiate a special background investigation of any

nominee for the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission as established by

Section 201 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes or any nominee for

the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission as

established by Section 704 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes.

The Bureau shall submit a report to the committee within thirty (30)

days of the receipt of the request. Any consideration by the

committee of a report from the Bureau shall be for the exclusive use

of the committee and shall be considered only in executive session.

D. 1. All records relating to any investigation being

conducted by the Bureau, including any records of laboratory

services provided to law enforcement agencies pursuant to paragraph

1 of Section 150.2 of this title, shall be confidential and shall

not be open to the public or to the Commission except as provided in

Section 150.4 of this title; provided, however, officers and agents

of the Bureau may disclose, at the discretion of the Director, such

investigative information to:

a. officers and agents of federal, state, county, or

municipal law enforcement agencies and to district

attorneys, in the furtherance of criminal

investigations within their respective jurisdictions,

b. employees of the Department of Human Services in the

furtherance of child abuse investigations, and

c. appropriate accreditation bodies for the purposes of

the Bureau's obtaining or maintaining accreditation.

2. Any unauthorized disclosure of any information contained in

the confidential files of the Bureau shall be a misdemeanor. The

person or entity authorized to initiate investigations in this

section, and the Attorney General in the case of investigations

initiated by the Insurance Commissioner, shall receive a report of

the results of the requested investigation. The person or entity

requesting the investigation may give that information only to the

appropriate prosecutorial officer or agency having statutory

authority in the matter if that action appears proper from the

information contained in the report, and shall not reveal or give

such information to any other person or agency. Violation hereof

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shall be deemed willful neglect of duty and shall be grounds for

removal from office.

E. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal

otherwise confidential information to outside agencies or

individuals who are providing interpreter services, questioned

document analysis, laboratory services, or other specialized
ation hereof

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shall be deemed willful neglect of duty and shall be grounds for

removal from office.

E. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal

otherwise confidential information to outside agencies or

individuals who are providing interpreter services, questioned

document analysis, laboratory services, or other specialized

services that are necessary in the assistance of Bureau

investigations. Individuals or agencies receiving the confidential

and investigative information or records or results of laboratory

services provided to the Bureau by those agencies or individuals,

shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions and requirements

established in subsection D of this section.

F. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal for

training or educational purposes otherwise confidential information

from records relating to any investigation previously conducted by

the Bureau, including any records of laboratory services provided to

law enforcement agencies pursuant to paragraph 1 of Section 150.2 of

this title, so long as ten (10) or more years have passed since the

production of the information or record.

G. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal

otherwise confidential information from records relating to any

investigation being conducted by the Bureau, including any records

of laboratory services provided to law enforcement agencies pursuant

to paragraph 1 of Section 150.2 of this title or to the public,

provided, release of the confidential information has been

authorized by the Director of the Bureau for the purposes of

developing or obtaining further information reasonably necessary to

the successful conclusion of a criminal investigation being

conducted by the Bureau or authorized by the Director of the Bureau

for the purpose of advising crime victims or family representatives

of homicide victims regarding the status of a pending investigation.

H. The State Treasurer shall initiate a complete background

investigation of the positions with the written consent of the

persons who are the subject of the investigation pursuant to

subsection I of Section 71.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

The Bureau shall advise the State Treasurer and the Cash Management

and Investment Oversight Commission in writing of the results of the

investigation.