§ 71-817 — Document filed when received by Administrator - Register

of applications and orders - Disclosure - Interpretive opinions. A. A document is filed when it is received by the Administrator. B. The Administrator shall keep a register of all applications for registration pursuant to the Oklahoma Business Opportunity Sales Act and all orders which have been entered under the act. The register and all such orders may be maintained in computer form or any other form of data storage and shall be open for public inspection. C. The information contained in or filed with or subsequent to any application for registration filed pursuant to this title, or any report filed with the Administrator may be made available to the public under such rules as the Administrator may prescribe. Litigation files and investigatory files and reports shall be kept confidential. If an investigatory file is created as a result of a complaint, grievance or inquiry, the complaint, grievance or inquiry shall be a part of such investigatory file and the existence of the complaint, grievance or inquiry and the matters and documents contained therein shall not be disclosed except pursuant to this title. A settlement agreement may, upon determination of the Administrator, remain part of the investigatory file and may be used against the person or entity involved only if the person or entity involved violates the terms of the settlement agreement. The Administrator may disclose any information obtained in connection with an investigation pursuant to this title for the purpose of a civil or administrative action brought by the Administrator, or a criminal referral. The Administrator may disclose such information to a law enforcement agency or another governmental or regulatory entity so long as the receiving entity represents in writing that under applicable law protections exist to preserve the integrity, confidentiality, and security of the information. D. The Administrator in his or her discretion may honor written requests from interested persons for interpretive opinions or may issue determinations that the Administrator will not institute enforcement proceedings against certain specified persons for engaging in certain specified activities where the determination is consistent with the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of this act upon the payment of a fee as set forth in Section 829 of this title.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1985, c. 157, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 150, § 14, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 169, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 279, § 29, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 109, § 21, eff. July 1, 1999.