Opinion ID: 2631012
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Heading: determining the controlling statute

Text: ¶ 8 The terms of § 157 of the GTCA provide that no action brought under that act may be filed more than 180 days after notice of claim to the appropriate political subdivision has been denied or is deemed denied. The terms of 12 O.S. Supp.2005 § 95 (A)(11) require all actions filed by an inmate to be commenced within one year of accrual. Inasmuch as we hold that a cause of action does not accrue until the claim may be maintained, the provisions of the GTCA must govern here. ¶ 9 The plain language of the GTCA dictates that its prescriptions must control over any others. The terms of GTCA's § 164 provide that only those other statutes that are not inconsistent with the GTCA shall apply to and govern all actions brought under the provisions of this act. Section 153 defines the liability of the state as exclusively governed by the GTCA. Further, in case of a conflict between a specific and a general statute, the specific enactment will control. [7] It is clear that the legislature intended for the GTCA specifically to define the outer limit of Oklahoma's sovereign immunity. GTCA's statute-of-limitation provisions, as distinguished from those contained in the generic section on civil procedure, must hence govern. ¶ 10 CERTIFIED QUESTION ANSWERED.