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25 OK Stat § 25-1311 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1311. Male and female employees.

|Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice because of sex to differentiate in employment, compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment between male and female employees if such differences are otherwise required or permitted by the laws of this state, or by the provisions of Section 703 of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, or by the provisions of Section 6(d) of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended; nor shall it be an unlawful employment practice because of sex for an employer, pursuant to a plan, to provide differences in annuity, death and survivors' benefits between widows and widowers of employees. |Laws 1968, c. 388, § 311; Laws 1976, c. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. Jan. 19, 1976.
25 OK Stat § 25-1312 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1312. Status Verification System - Definitions.

|As used in Sections 6 and 7 of this act: |1. “Status Verification System” means an electronic system operated by the federal government, through which an authorized official of an agency of the State of Oklahoma or of a political subdivision therein may make an inquiry, by exercise of authority delegated pursuant to Section 1373 of Title 8 of the United States Code, to verify or ascertain the citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the jurisdiction of the agency for any purpose authorized by Section 7 of this act. The Status Verification System shall be deemed to include:a.the electronic verification of work authorization program of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996, P.L. 104-208, Division C, Section 403(a); 8 U.S.C., Section 1324a, and operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security, known as the Basic Pilot Program,b.any equivalent federal program designated by the United States Department of Homeland Security or any other federal agency authorized to verify the work eligibility status of newly hired employees, pursuant to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), D.L. 99-603,c.any other independent, third-party system with an equal or higher degree of reliability as the programs, systems, or processes described in this paragraph, ord.the Social Security Number Verification Service, or such similar online verification process implemented by the United States Social Security Administration;2. “Public employer” means every department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or a political subdivision of the state;3. “Subcontractor” means a subcontractor, contract employee, staffing agency, or any contractor regardless of its tier; and4. “Unauthorized alien” means an alien as defined in Section 1324a(h)(3) of Title 8 of the United States Code.Added by Laws 2007, c. 112, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
25 OK Stat § 25-1313 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1313. Status Verification System - Registration and use by public employers - Discriminatory discharge of citizens or permanent resident aliens.

|A. Every public employer shall register with and utilize a Status Verification System as described in subparagraphs a or b of paragraph 1 of Section 6 of this act to verify the federal employment authorization status of all new employees. |B. 1. After July 1, 2008, no public employer shall enter into a contract for the physical performance of services within this state unless the contractor registers and participates in the Status Verification System to verify the work eligibility status of all new employees.2. After July 1, 2008, no contractor or subcontractor who enters into a contract with a public employer shall enter into such a contract or subcontract in connection with the physical performance of services within this state unless the contractor or subcontractor registers and participates in the Status Verification System to verify information of all new employees.3. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this section even though such contracts may involve the physical performance of services within this state after July 1, 2008.C. 1. It shall be a discriminatory practice for an employing entity to discharge an employee working in Oklahoma who is a United States citizen or permanent resident alien while retaining an employee who the employing entity knows, or reasonably should have known, is an unauthorized alien hired after July 1, 2008, and who is working in Oklahoma in a job category that requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which is performed under similar working conditions, as defined by 29 U.S.C., Section 206(d)(1), as the job category held by the discharged employee.2. An employing entity which, on the date of the discharge in question, was currently enrolled in and used a Status Verification System to verify the employment eligibility of its employees in Oklahoma hired after July 1, 2008, shall be exempt from liability, investigation, or suit arising from any action under this section.3. No cause of action for a violation of this subsection shall arise anywhere in Oklahoma law but from the provisions of this subsection.Added by Laws 2007, c. 112, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
25 OK Stat § 25-1401 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1401. Definitions.

|As used in this act unless the context requires otherwise: |(1) "place of public accommodation" includes any place, store or other establishment, either licensed or unlicensed, which supplies goods or services to the general public or which solicits or accepts the patronage or trade of the general public or which is supported directly or indirectly by government funds: except that(i) a private club is not a place of public accommodation, if its policies are determined by its members and its facilities or services are available only to its members and their bona fide guests;(2) "place of public accomodation" does not include barber shops or beauty shops or privately-owned resort or amusement establishments or an establishment located within a building which contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of the establishment as his residence.Laws 1968, c. 388, § 401.
25 OK Stat § 25-1402 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1402. Discriminatory practice.

|It is a discriminatory practice for a person to deny an individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a "place of public accommodation" because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 388, § 402. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 165, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2011, c. 270, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
25 OK Stat § 25-1501 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1501. Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers.

|A. Within the limitations provided by law, the Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement has the following additional powers: |1. To promote the creation of local commissions on human rights, and to contract with individuals and state, local and other agencies, both public and private, including agencies of the federal government and of other states;2. To accept public grants or private gifts, bequests, or other payments;3. To receive, investigate, seek to conciliate, hold hearings on, and pass upon complaints alleging violations of Section 1101 et seq. of this title;4. To furnish technical assistance requested by persons subject to this act to further compliance with Section 1101 et seq. of this title or an order issued thereunder;5. To make provisions for technical and clerical assistance to an advisory committee or committees appointed in accordance with paragraph (b) of Section 953 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;6. To require answers to interrogatories, under the procedures established by Section 3233 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, compel the attendance of witnesses, examine witnesses under oath or affirmation, and require the production of documents in connection with complaints filed under Section 1101 et seq. of this title, said powers to be exercised only in relation to areas directly and materially related to the complaint;7. To hear, and issue orders on, complaints involving state government agencies and departments on the same basis as complaints involving private employers; and8. To provide technical assistance and public information to assist in preventing and eliminating discriminatory housing practices; and9. To promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of Section 1101 et seq. of this title.B. The Attorney General shall:1. At least annually, publish a written report recommending legislative or other action to carry out the purposes of Section 1101 et seq. of this title as it relates to housing discrimination;2. Make studies relating to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in this state; and3. Cooperate with and, as appropriate, may provide technical and other assistance to federal, state, local, and other public or private entities that are formulating or operating programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices.Added by Laws 1968, c. 388, § 501, emerg. eff. May 17, 1968. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 186, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1970; Laws 1973, c. 195, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973; Laws 1985, c. 289, § 5; Laws 1989, c. 353, § 3, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989; Laws 1991, c. 177, § 5; Laws 2013, c. 214, § 9, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.NOTE: Laws 1985, c. 165, § 12 repealed by Laws 1989, c. 353, § 14, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989.
25 OK Stat § 25-1502 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1502. Proceedings after complaint.

|A. A person claiming to be aggrieved by a discriminatory practice, his or her attorney, or a nonprofit organization chartered for the purpose of combatting discrimination may file with the Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement a written sworn complaint stating that a discriminatory practice has been committed, and setting forth the facts upon which the complaint is based, and setting forth facts sufficient to enable the Attorney General to identify the person charged, hereinafter called the respondent. The Attorney General shall promptly furnish the respondent with a copy of the complaint and shall promptly investigate the allegations of discriminatory practice set forth in the complaint. The complaint must be filed within one hundred eighty (180) days after the alleged discriminatory practice occurs. |B. If within sixty (60) days after the complaint is filed it is determined by the Attorney General that there is no reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in a discriminatory practice, the Attorney General shall issue an order dismissing the complaint and shall furnish a copy of the order to the complainant, the respondent and such other public officers and persons as the Attorney General deems proper.C. The complainant, within thirty (30) days after receiving a copy of an order dismissing the complaint, may file with the Attorney General an application for reconsideration of the order. Upon such application, the Attorney General shall make a new determination whether there is a reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in a discriminatory practice. If it is determined within thirty (30) days after the application is filed that there is no reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in a discriminatory practice, the Attorney General shall issue an order dismissing the complaint and furnish a copy of the order to the complainant, the respondent and such other public officers as the Attorney General deems proper.D. The Attorney General shall:1. Allow for electronic submission of the complaint form;2. Make a good-faith effort to contact the complainant if the complaint form is deemed insufficient or incomplete; and3. Provide the two access numbers to the Office of Civil Rights Enforcement for persons who need assistance in completing or filing the complaint form.E. This section shall not apply to persons claiming to be aggrieved by a discriminatory housing practice to the extent that it is inconsistent with specific provisions of Section 1101 et seq. of this title relating to a discriminatory housing complaint.Added by Laws 1968, c. 388, § 502. Amended by Laws 1973, c. 195, § 4, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973; Laws 1991, c. 177, § 6; Laws 2013, c. 214, § 10, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013; Laws 2017, c. 306, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
25 OK Stat § 25-1502.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1502.1. Temporary injunction or restraining order.

|If, at any time after the receipt of a verified charge, the Attorney General has reason to believe that a respondent has engaged in any unlawful discriminatory practice, the Attorney General may file a petition in the district court in a county in which the subject of the complaint occurs, or in a county in which a respondent resides or transacts business, seeking appropriate temporary injunctive relief against the respondent pending final determination of proceedings pursuant to Section 1101 et seq. of this title. The court shall have power to grant injunctive relief or a restraining order as it deems just and proper, but no relief or order shall be granted except by consent of the respondent or after hearing upon notice to the respondent and a finding by the court that there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has engaged in a discriminatory practice. Except as modified by this section, the Oklahoma rules of civil procedure shall apply to an application, and the district court shall have authority to grant or deny the relief sought on conditions as it deems just and equitable. This section is subject to the provisions of Section 1502.7 of this title. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 289, § 4. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 177, § 7; Laws 2013, c. 214, § 11, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.
25 OK Stat § 25-1502.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1502.2. Investigations - Complaint - Limitation - Filing by Attorney General - Amendment of complaint - Notice to respondent.

|A. The Attorney General shall investigate alleged discriminatory housing practices. |B. A complaint must be:1. In writing;2. Under oath; and3. In the form prescribed by the Attorney General.C. An aggrieved person may, not later than one (1) year after an alleged discriminatory housing practice has occurred or terminated, whichever is later, file a complaint with the Attorney General alleging the discriminatory housing practice.D. Not later than one (1) year after an alleged discriminatory housing practice has occurred or terminated, whichever is later, the Attorney General may file his or her own complaint.E. A complaint may be amended at any time.F. On the filing of a complaint the Attorney General shall:1. Give the aggrieved person notice that the complaint has been received;2. Advise the aggrieved person of the time limits and choice of forums pursuant to Section 1101 et seq. of this title; and3. Not later than the 20th day after the filing of the complaint or the identification of an additional respondent pursuant to Section 1502.5 of this title, serve on each respondent:a.a notice identifying the alleged discriminatory housing practice and advising the respondent of the procedural rights and obligations of a respondent pursuant to Section 1101 et seq. of this title, andb.a copy of the original complaint.Added by Laws 1991, c. 177, § 8. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 214, § 12, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.
25 OK Stat § 25-1502.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1502.3. Answer to complaint - Amendment - Effect of investigation.

|A. Not later than the 10th day after receipt of the notice and copy pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection F of Section 1502.2 of this title, a respondent may file an answer to the complaint. |B. An answer must be:1. In writing;2. Under oath; and3. In the form prescribed by the Attorney General.C. An answer may be amended at any time.D. An answer does not inhibit the investigation of a complaint.Added by Laws 1991, c. 177, § 9. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 214, § 13, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.
25 OK Stat § 25-1502.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1502.4. Referral of complaint from federal government - Investigations - Administrative proceedings - Time limits - Delays.

|If the federal government has referred a complaint to the Attorney General or has deferred jurisdiction over the subject matter of the complaint to the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall promptly investigate the allegations set forth in the complaint. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 177, § 10. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 214, § 14, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.
25 OK Stat § 25-1502.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1502.5. Joinder of additional or substitute respondent - Notice - Explanation.

|A. The Commission may join a person not named in the complaint as an additional or substitute respondent if in the course of the investigation the Commission determines that the person should be accused of a discriminatory housing practice. |B. In addition to the information required in the notice pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection F of Section 8 of this act, the Commission shall include in a notice to a respondent joined pursuant to this section an explanation of the basis for the determination that the person is properly joined as a respondent.Added by Laws 1991, c. 177, § 11.
25 OK Stat § 25-1502.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1502.6. Conciliation - Time period - Conciliation agreement - Provisions - Disclosure.

|A. The Attorney General may, during the period beginning with the filing of a complaint and ending with the filing of a charge or a dismissal by the Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement, to the extent feasible, engage in conciliation with respect to the complaint. |B. A conciliation agreement is an agreement between a respondent and the complainant and is subject to the Attorney General's approval.C. A conciliation agreement may provide for binding arbitration or other method of dispute resolution. Dispute resolution that results from a conciliation agreement may authorize appropriate relief, including monetary relief.D. A conciliation agreement shall be made public unless the complainant and respondent agree otherwise, and the Attorney General determines that disclosure is not necessary to further the purpose of Section 1101 et seq. of this title.E. Nothing said or done in the course of conciliation may be made public or used as evidence in a subsequent proceeding pursuant to Section 1101 et seq. of this title without the written consent of the persons concerned.F. After completion of any investigation conducted by the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall make available to the aggrieved person and the respondent, at any time, information derived from the investigation and the final investigation report relating to that investigation.Added by Laws 1991, c. 177, § 12. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 214, § 15, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.
25 OK Stat § 25-1502.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1502.7. Civil action for temporary or preliminary relief - Filing by Attorney General - Effects on administrative hearing.

|A. If the Attorney General concludes at any time following the filing of a discriminatory housing complaint that prompt judicial action is necessary to carry out the purposes of Section 1101 et seq. of this title, the Attorney General may commence a civil action for appropriate temporary or preliminary relief pending final disposition of the complaint. |B. A temporary restraining order or other order granting preliminary or temporary relief on a discriminatory housing complaint filed under this section is governed by the provisions of Section 1502.1 of this title and the applicable Oklahoma rules of civil procedure.Added by Laws 1991, c. 177, § 13. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 214, § 16, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.
25 OK Stat § 25-1502.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1502.15. Civil action on behalf of aggrieved person - Venue - Intervention - Relief - Compliance with discovery orders.

|A. The Attorney General may file a civil action on behalf of the aggrieved person in a district court seeking relief pursuant to this section. |B. Venue for an action pursuant to this section is in the county in which the alleged discriminatory housing practice occurred, or in a county where the respondent resides or transacts business.C. An aggrieved person may intervene in the action.D. If the court finds that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the court may grant as relief any relief that a court may grant in a civil action pursuant to Section 1506.3 of this title.E. If monetary relief is sought for the benefit of an aggrieved person who does not intervene in the civil action, the court may not award the monetary relief if that aggrieved person has not complied with discovery orders entered by the court.Added by Laws 1991, c. 177, § 21. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 214, § 17, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.
25 OK Stat § 25-1505.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions|§25-1505.1. Determination of housing discrimination.

|If the Attorney General upon final determination finds that an act of housing discrimination pursuant to Section 1452 of this title has been committed by a person holding a real estate license pursuant to state law, the Attorney General will certify such determination to the licensing agency. Unless such determination of discriminatory practice is reversed in the course of judicial review, a final determination is binding on the licensing agency. Such agency shall take appropriate administrative action, including suspension or revocation of the license of the respondent. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 289, § 7. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 214, § 18, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.