Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General
State of Oklahoma

Great Seal of Oklahoma
Agency overview
Formed November 17, 1907
Preceding agency
Headquarters 313 NE 21 Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Employees 194
Annual budget $25.2 million
Agency executive
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 and current Attorney General is Scott Pruitt, a Republican who assumed office on January 10, 2011

Divisions

The office of the Attorney General is divided into several units:

Staffing

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.[1]

Division Number of Employees
Administration 27
Legal Services
Consumer Protection
Criminal Appeals
Environmental Protection
General Counsel
Litigation
Public Utilities
98
Financial Fraud and Special Investigations Unit 10
Patient Abuse and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 20
Workers' Compensation and Insurance Fraud Unit 13
Victims Services Unit 6
Tobacco Enforcement Unit 5
Civil Rights Enforcement Office 15
Total 194

Budget

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.

For fiscal year 2011, the operating units of the Attorney General's Office had the following operating budgets:

Division Funding (in millions)
Administration $2.8
Legal Services
Consumer Protection
Criminal Appeals
Environmental Protection
General Counsel
Litigation
Public Utilities
$8.2
Financial Fraud and Special Investigations Unit $0.7
Patient Abuse and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit $1.8
Workers' Compensation and Insurance Fraud Unit $1.1
Victims Services Unit $7.3
Tobacco Enforcement Unit $0.4
Civil Rights Enforcement Office $1.2
Other $2.8
Total $25.2

See also

References

  1. FY 2011 State Budget, Oklahoma Office of State Finance

External links

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