§51-200.

§51-200.
   
   A. 1. No agency, board or commission, public officer, official or
   employee of the State of Oklahoma shall, without the approval of the
   Oklahoma State Legislature when it is in regular session, or by the
   Contingency Review Board, when the Legislature is not in regular
   session, enter into any default or agreed judgment, consent decree or
   other settlement of any litigation or claim against this state which
   would require a settlement expenditure in excess of Two Hundred Fifty
   Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or the creation, modification or
   implementation of a court-ordered or legislatively authorized plan or
   program which would necessitate an appropriation by the Legislature in
   excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00). Approval
   of the Oklahoma Legislature pursuant to this section shall be by
   concurrent resolution. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and
   the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall notify their respective
   membership of the default or agreed judgment, consent decree or other
   settlement of litigation or claim. Any default or agreed judgment,
   consent decree or other settlement entered into in violation of this
   section shall be void.
   
   2. Any agreed judgment, consent decree or other settlement of
   litigation or claim against this state which shall be paid from the
   Risk Management Fund and any statutory condemnation proceeding shall
   be exempt from the provisions of this section.
   
   B. The Attorney General shall be notified by any agency, board or
   commission, public officer, official or employee of this state of all
   lawsuits against said agency, board or commission, public officer,
   official or employee that seeks relief which would impose obligations
   requiring an agency to request a supplemental appropriation or to
   request an increase in appropriations to maintain the current level of
   services beyond the fiscal year in which the lawsuit is filed if said
   lawsuit was settled in favor of the plaintiff. The Attorney General
   shall review any such cases and may represent the interests of the
   state, if he considers it to be in the best interest of the state to
   do so. Representation of multiple defendants in such actions may, at
   the discretion of the Attorney General, be divided with counsel for
   the agency, board or commission, public officer, official or employee
   of this state as necessary to avoid conflicts of interest. The
   Attorney General may levy and collect costs, expenses of litigation
   and a reasonable attorney's fee for such legal services from the
   agency, board or commission, public officer, official or employee of
   this state.
   
   C. A copy of the service summons in all actions on claims against the
   state shall be made on the Attorney General of this state by the
   petitioner.