Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18b

Commission as representative on appeal from Commission.

A. The duties of the Attorney General as the chief law officer

of the state shall be:

1. To appear for the state and prosecute and defend all actions

and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the Supreme Court and Court

of Criminal Appeals in which the state is interested as a party;

2. To appear for the state and prosecute and defend all actions

and proceedings in any of the federal courts in which the state is

interested as a party;

3. To initiate or appear in any action in which the interests

of the state or the people of the state are at issue, or to appear

at the request of the Governor, the Legislature, or either branch

thereof, and prosecute and defend in any court or before any

commission, board or officers any cause or proceeding, civil or

criminal, in which the state may be a party or interested; and when

so appearing in any such cause or proceeding, the Attorney General

may, if the Attorney General deems it advisable and to the best

interest of the state, take and assume control of the prosecution or

defense of the state's interest therein;

4. To consult with and advise district attorneys, when

requested by them, in all matters pertaining to the duties of their

offices, when the district attorneys shall furnish the Attorney

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General with a written opinion supported by citation of authorities

upon the matter submitted;

5. To give an opinion in writing upon all questions of law

submitted to the Attorney General by the Legislature or either

branch thereof, or by any state officer, board, commission or

department, provided, that the Attorney General shall not furnish

opinions to any but district attorneys, the Legislature or either

branch thereof, or any other state official, board, commission or

department, and to them only upon matters in which they are

officially interested;

6. At the request of the Governor, State Auditor and Inspector,

State Treasurer, or either branch of the Legislature, to prosecute

any official bond or any contract in which the state is interested,

upon a breach thereof, and to prosecute or defend for the state all

actions, civil or criminal, relating to any matter connected with

either of their Departments;

7. Whenever requested by any state officer, board or

commission, to prepare proper drafts for contracts, forms and other

writing which may be wanted for the use of the state;

8. To prepare drafts of bills and resolutions for individual

members of the Legislature upon their written request stating the

gist of the bill or resolution desired;

9. To enforce the proper application of monies appropriated by

the Legislature and to prosecute breaches of trust in the

administration of such funds;

10. To institute actions to recover state monies illegally

expended, to recover state property and to prevent the illegal use

of any state property, upon the request of the Governor or the

Legislature;

11. To pay into the State Treasury, immediately upon its

receipt, all monies received by the Attorney General belonging to

the state;

12. To settle, compromise and dispose of an action in which the

Attorney General represents the interests of the state, so long as

the consideration negotiated for such settlement, compromise or

disposition is payable to the state or one of its agencies which is

a named party of the action and any monies, any property or other

item of value is paid first to the State Treasury;

13. To keep and file copies of all opinions, contracts, forms

and letters of the office, and to keep an index of all opinions,

contracts and forms according to subject and section of the law

construed or applied;

14. To keep a register or docket of all actions, demands and

investigations prosecuted, defended or conducted by the Attorney

General in behalf of the state. The register or docket shall give
p and file copies of all opinions, contracts, forms

and letters of the office, and to keep an index of all opinions,

contracts and forms according to subject and section of the law

construed or applied;

14. To keep a register or docket of all actions, demands and

investigations prosecuted, defended or conducted by the Attorney

General in behalf of the state. The register or docket shall give

the style of the case or investigation, where pending, court number,

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office number, the gist of the matter, result and the names of the

assistants who handled the matter;

15. To keep a complete office file of all cases and

investigations handled by the Attorney General on behalf of the

state;

16. To report to the Legislature or either branch thereof

whenever requested upon any business relating to the duties of the

Attorney General's office;

17. To institute civil actions against members of any state

board or commission for failure of such members to perform their

duties as prescribed by the statutes and the Constitution and to

prosecute members of any state board or commission for violation of

the criminal laws of this state where such violations have occurred

in connection with the performance of such members' official duties;

18. To respond to any request for an opinion of the Attorney

General's office, submitted by a member of the Legislature,

regardless of subject matter, by written opinion determinative of

the law regarding such subject matter;

19. To convene multicounty grand juries in such manner and for

such purposes as provided by law; provided, such grand juries are

composed of citizens from each of the counties on a pro rata basis

by county;

20. To investigate any report by the State Auditor and

Inspector filed with the Attorney General pursuant to Section 223 of

this title and prosecute all actions, civil or criminal, relating to

such reports or any irregularities or derelictions in the management

of public funds or property which are violations of the laws of this

state;

21. To represent and protect the collective interests of all

utility consumers of this state in rate-related proceedings before

the Corporation Commission or in any other state or federal judicial

or administrative proceeding;

22. To represent and protect the collective interests of

insurance consumers of this state in rate-related proceedings before

the Insurance Commissioner or in any other state or federal judicial

or administrative proceeding;

23. To investigate and prosecute any criminal action relating

to insurance fraud, if in the opinion of the Attorney General a

criminal prosecution is warranted, or to refer such matters to the

appropriate district attorney;

24. To monitor and evaluate any action by the federal

government including, but not limited to, executive orders by the

President of the United States, rules or regulations promulgated by

an agency of the federal government or acts of Congress to determine

if such actions are in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the

Constitution of the United States;

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25. To cross-deputize police officers of the police department

of any municipality or any officer deputized by the county sheriff

or a designee subject to an interlocal governmental agreement with

the Attorney General’s Office in an effort to combine city, county,

and state law enforcement efforts and to encourage cooperation

between city, county, and state law enforcement officials.

Liability for the conduct of any municipal police officer cross-

deputized under the terms and conditions of an interlocal

governmental agreement or any officer deputized by the county

sheriff under the terms and conditions of an interlocal governmental

agreement shall remain the responsibility of the respective employer

for that officer;
en city, county, and state law enforcement officials.

Liability for the conduct of any municipal police officer cross-

deputized under the terms and conditions of an interlocal

governmental agreement or any officer deputized by the county

sheriff under the terms and conditions of an interlocal governmental

agreement shall remain the responsibility of the respective employer

for that officer;

26. To maintain data related to human trafficking and to assist

law enforcement, social service agencies, and victim services

programs in identifying and supporting victims of human trafficking;

and

27. To investigate and prosecute any civil or criminal action

relating to violations of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, Section

24A.1 et seq. of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or the Oklahoma

Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, if the Attorney General determines that a civil or

criminal prosecution is warranted or to defer such matters to a

district attorney.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the

Attorney General to appear and defend or prosecute in any court any

cause or proceeding for or on behalf of the Oklahoma Tax Commission,

the Board of Managers of the State Insurance Fund, or the

Commissioners of the Land Office.

C. In all appeals from the Corporation Commission to the

Supreme Court of Oklahoma in which the state is a party, the

Attorney General shall have the right to designate counsel of the

Corporation Commission as the Attorney General's legally appointed

representative in such appeals, and it shall be the duty of the

Corporation Commission counsel to act when so designated and to

consult and advise with the Attorney General regarding such appeals

prior to taking action therein.