ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1601	By:	Stiles of the House

			   and

		Jolley and Ivester of the Senate

An Act relating to public finance; establishing the Oklahoma State Government Business Licensing One-Stop Program; imposing duties on the Chief Information Officer; requiring certain savings; requiring reduction of certain fees; providing for real-time licensing; making transfer from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to the Office of State Finance; authorizing certain exemptions; requiring agency compliance; and providing for codification.

SUBJECT:  Oklahoma State Government Business Licensing One-Stop Program

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.11.9 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  There is hereby established the Oklahoma State Government Business Licensing One-Stop Program.

B.  The Chief Information Officer shall promulgate procedures by which state agencies shall enter into an arrangement with the Office of State Finance for the provision of a real-time licensing and permitting one-stop web-based offering.

C.  Real-time licensing and permitting services shall be made available to the public through the website “Business.ok.gov” and shall be offered through the 2nd Century Entrepreneurship Center business licensing framework. 

D.  The 2nd Century Entrepreneurship Center and all corresponding assets and personnel are hereby transferred from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to the Information Services Division of the Office of State Finance.

E.  The Chief Information Officer may grant an exemption from the requirements of this section to state agencies which offer licensing and permitting procedures requiring documentation that cannot be provided through a web-based portal.

F.  State agencies shall comply with procedures promulgated pursuant to the terms of this section.

Passed the House of Representatives the 18th day of May, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 19th day of May, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate