Opinion No. 80-131 (1980) Ag

The Attorney General's Office is in receipt of your opinion request wherein you ask the following question: "Is a constitutional agency (Wildlife Department) required to submit its rules and regulations for its acceptance or rejection, to the Legislature?" Article XXVI, Section 1 of the Oklahoma Constitution states in part: "There is hereby created a Department of Wildlife Conservation of the State of Oklahoma and an Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be governed by the wildlife conservation director, hereinafter created, under such rules,…