OK SB772

Creates a Business and Professional License Facilitation Task Force that exists until December 1, 2011, to study governmental models in Florida, Ohio, and other states that have established centralized business and professional licensing systems.

Task force shall evaluate feasibility of establishing a similar centralized licensing model in Oklahoma, including infrastructure design, areas of consolidation, fiscal impacts, implementation methods, and necessary legal modifications within two years.

Task force composed of 15 members: Secretary of Commerce, State Chief Information Officer, Director of State Finance, three State Senate members (2 majority, 1 minority), three House members (2 majority, 1 minority), and six Governor-appointed members representing licensed businesses or professions.

Governor appoints chair and vice chair by September 1, 2011; chair sets agendas and calls meetings while vice chair acts in chair's absence; Office of State Finance provides primary staff support with additional support from Commerce and Labor departments.

Task force shall report findings and legislative recommendations to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Governor no later than December 1, 2011.