Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General
Great Seal of Oklahoma
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| Formed | November 17, 1907 |
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| Headquarters | 313 NE 21 Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Employees | 194 |
| Annual budget | $25.2 million |
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| Website | Office of the Attorney General |
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is an agency of the Oklahoma state government that is headed by the Attorney General of Oklahoma. The OAG is responsible for supervising the administration of justice across the State, providing legal assistance to the State government, and prosecuting violators of State law.
The 17th Attorney General of Oklahoma was Scott Pruitt, who assumed that post on January 10, 2011. On December 7, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump selected Pruitt to be his nominee as the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt was confirmed by the United States Senate as EPA Administrator on February 17, 2017, with Governor Mary Fallin being able to appoint his successor Mike Hunter as Attorney General on February 20, 2017.
The office of the Attorney General is divided into several units:
The Attorney General's Office, with an annual budget of over $20 million, is one of the smaller employers of the State. For fiscal year 2009, the AG's Office was authorized 179 full-time employees.
The Attorney General's Office, as are most agencies of the State, is funded by yearly appropriations from the Oklahoma Legislature. 57% of the Office's $25 million annual budget comes from the States' yearly appropriations. 18% of the budget comes from the Attorney General's Revolving Fund, which is composed of fees the Attorney General charges other State agencies to perform legal services on their behalf. The remaining 25% comes from various special funds.
On the expenditure side, most ($14 million or 58%) of the Attorney General's Office budget is spent on salaries and benefits for the employees of the Office. $6.6 million (28%) consists of payments to local governments to aid them in the performance of their legal duties. The remaining $3.4 million (14%) is dedicated to the administrative and operational expenses needed to run the Office.
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