Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-19

Invoicing retirement funds for attorney fees.

A. 1. Out of all money received or collected by the Attorney

General on behalf of the state or any department or agency thereof,

and paid into the State Treasury, twenty-five percent (25%) thereof

shall be deposited as follows: three-fourths (3/4) in a special

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agency account fund in the State Treasury, designated the Attorney

General's Evidence Fund, which fund shall be a continuing fund, not

subject to fiscal year limitations, and one-fourth (1/4) in the

Attorney General's Revolving Fund created by Section 20 of this

title. Provided, however, these provisions shall not apply to any

monies paid to the State of Oklahoma as a result of the settlement

of the lawsuit filed by the State of Oklahoma against the tobacco

industry.

2. All money paid to the Attorney General for reimbursement of

court costs, fees and other expenses and appropriated monies

authorized to be transferred to the agency special account shall be

deposited in the Attorney General's Evidence Fund. Such fund shall

be used by the Attorney General for necessary expenses relative to

any pending case or other matter within the official responsibility

of the Attorney General.

B. All money received or credited by the Attorney General on

behalf of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System, the Oklahoma Firefighters

Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police Pension and

Retirement System, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System or

the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges shall be paid

to the State Treasurer of the state and distributed to the

appropriate fund of the respective retirement system as directed by

the board of trustees of said respective retirement system. The

Attorney General shall invoice the respective retirement system and

the respective retirement system shall pay for reasonable attorney's

fee for actual legal services rendered by the Attorney General's

office related to the money received or credited on behalf of the

respective retirement system based on an hourly rate determined by

the Attorney General. The hourly rate charged by the Attorney

General to a retirement system for services related to the

collection of money received or credited on behalf of the respective

retirement system shall be based on the labor, time and problems

involved, the skill and expertise called for in the performance of

the services and the standing of the specific attorney or attorneys

involved. The hourly rate charged by the Attorney General to a

retirement system shall not be based on the value of the property at

issue or recovered. The Attorney General shall not separately

invoice a retirement system for the work performed by an attorney

employed by the Attorney General's office whose salary and other

related costs are paid in part or in whole by said retirement system

pursuant to an agreement entered into between the Attorney General

and the retirement system for legal services.

C. From any monies paid to the State of Oklahoma representing

attorney fees, paralegal fees and other costs of litigating the

lawsuit filed by the State of Oklahoma against the tobacco industry,

the Attorney General shall make such deposits as are appropriate

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pursuant to subsection A of this section. The balance of any such

monies shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund of the State

Treasury.