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63 OK Stat § 63-954 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-954. Chief Medical Examiner Revolving Fund.

|A. The Board of Medicolegal Investigations is authorized to accept grants, gifts, fees or funds from persons, associations, corporations, or foundations for any purpose authorized by the Board. |B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to be designated the "Chief Medical Examiner Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all moneys received from:1. Laboratory analysis fees pursuant to the provisions of Section 1313.2 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes;2. Grants, gifts, fees or funds from persons, associations, corporations or foundations pursuant to this section;3. Document fees pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, Section 24A.1 et seq. of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes;4. Specimen storage and drug screen service fees pursuant to the provisions of Section 948 of Title 63; and5. Cremation, burial at sea or other recognized means of dissolution permit fees pursuant to Section 1-329.1 of this title.All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the duties imposed upon the Board of Medicolegal Investigations by law. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.Added by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 24, eff. Jan. 2, 1962. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 302, § 7, emerg. eff. June 19, 1963; Laws 1972, c. 246, § 21, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 1987, c. 5, § 73, emerg. eff. March 11, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 121, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 74, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1994, c. 382, § 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 508; Laws 2017, c. 343, § 3.
63 OK Stat § 63-981 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-981. Activity within six (6) feet of high voltage overhead line or conductorprohibited.

|No person, firm, corporation or association shall, individually or through an agent or employee and no person as an agent or employee of any person, firm, corporation or association, shall perform or permit any agent or employee to perform any function or activity upon any land, building, highway, or other premises, when it is possible during the performance of such activity for any person or employee engaged in performing work connected with or related to such function or activity to move to or to be placed in a position within six feet of any high voltage overhead electrical line or conductor, or when it is possible for any part of any tool, equipment, machinery or material to be used by any such person or employee to be brought within six (6) feet of any such overhead high voltage line or conductor through any lateral, vertical or swinging motion during the performance of such function or activity. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 118, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-982 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-982. Storing, moving, etc. of equipment, materials, or buildings within six feet of lines prohibited.

|No person, firm, corporation or association shall, individually or through an agent or employee, and no person as an agent or employee of any person, firm, corporation or association, shall store, operate, erect, maintain, move or transport any tools, machinery, equipment, supplies, materials, apparatus, house or other building, or any part thereof, within six (6) feet of any high voltage overhead conductor. |Laws 1963, c. 118, § 2, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-983 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-983. Posting of warning signs in cranes, derricks and similar apparatus.

|No person, firm, corporation or association shall, individually or through an agent or employee, or as an agent or employee, operate any crane, derrick, power shovel, drilling rig, hoisting equipment, or similar apparatus, any part of which is capable of vertical, lateral or swinging motion, unless there is posted and maintained in plain view of the operator thereof, a durable warning sign legible at twelve (12) feet, reading: |"Unlawful to operate this equipment within six feet of high voltage lines."Each day's failure to post or maintain such signs shall constitute a separate violation.Laws 1963, c. 118, § 3, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-984 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-984. Violations and penalties.

|Every person, firm, corporation, association, and every agent or employee of any such person, firm, corporation, or association, who violates any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment; and in addition thereof, if such violation results in physical or electrical contact with any overhead high voltage line or conductor, the person, firm, corporation or association violating the provisions of this act, shall be liable to the owner or operator of such high voltage line or conductor for all damage to such facilities and for all liability incurred by such owner or operator as a result of any such accidental contact. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 118, § 4, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-985 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-985. Definitions.

|For the purpose of this act: (a) "high voltage" shall mean a voltage in excess of seven hundred fifty (750) volts between conductors, or between any single conductor and the ground; (b) "overhead lines or overhead conductors" shall mean all bare or insulated electrical conductors installed above ground excepting those conductors that are deenergized and grounded or that are enclosed in iron pipe or other metal covering of equal strength. |Laws 1963, c. 118, § 5, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-986 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-986. Temporary clearance of lines - Costs.

|When any person, firm or corporation desires to temporarily carry on any function, activity, work or operation in closer proximity to any high-voltage line or conductor than permitted by this act, the person or persons responsible for the work to be done shall promptly notify the operator of the high-voltage conductors of the work to be performed and make appropriate arrangements with the operator of the high-voltage conductors for temporary mechanical barriers, temporary deenergization and grounding of the conductors, or temporarily raising of the conductors before proceeding with any work which would impair the clearances required by this act. |The actual costs incurred by any operator of high-voltage conductors in providing clearances as above set out shall be paid by the persons, firms or corporations requesting the operator of the high-voltage conductors to provide said temporary clearances. Unless and until arrangements satisfactory to the operator of the high-voltage conductors for such payment have been made, such operator shall be under no duty to provide clearances as set out herein.Laws 1963, c. 118 § 6, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-987 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-987. Operations and activities exempt.

|This act shall not be construed as applying to, nor shall it apply to: (a) construction, reconstruction, operation or maintenance of any high-voltage overhead conductor, supporting structures or appurtenances for the support or operation of high-voltage conductor by person authorized by the owner or operator; nor (b) to work being done on telephone or communication circuits or their supporting structures; nor (c) to the operation or maintenance of any equipment traveling or moving upon fixed rails of any railroad company subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission and/or to the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma. |Laws 1963, c. 118, § 7, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-1051 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1051. Short title.

|This act may be cited as the "Oklahoma Housing Authorities Act." |Laws 1965, c. 251, § 1, emerg. eff. June 18, 1965.
63 OK Stat § 63-1052 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1052. Application of act.

|The provisions of this act shall apply in all counties of this state. |Laws 1965, c. 251, § 2, emerg. eff. June 18, 1965.
63 OK Stat § 63-1053 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1053. Finding and declaration of necessity.

|It is hereby declared: |(a) that there exists in urban and rural areas in certain counties in the state unsanitary, unsafe, and overcrowded dwelling accommodations; that in such urban and rural areas within the state there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents or prices which persons of low income can afford and that such shortage forces such persons to occupy unsanitary, unsafe, and overcrowded dwelling accommodations;(b) that the aforesaid conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state; that these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities;(c) that these slum areas cannot be cleared nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling for persons of low income be adequately relieved through the operation of private enterprise and that housing projects for persons of low income as herein defined would therefore not be competitive with private enterprise;(d) that such projects would also make housing available for persons of low income who are displaced in the rehabilitation, clearance, or redevelopment of slums and blighted areas or as the result of other governmental action, and for veterans of low income who are unable to provide themselves with decent housing on the basis of the benefits heretofore made available to them through certain government guarantees of loans to veterans for the purchase of residential property;(e) that the clearance, replanning and preparation for rebuilding of these areas and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations and maintaining a wholesome living environment for persons of low income are charitable and public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern;(f) that residential construction activity is closely correlated with general economic activity and that the undertakings authorized by this act to aid the provision of better housing and more desirable neighborhood and community development at lower costs will make possible a more stable and larger volume of residential construction activity which will assist materially in maintaining full employment; and(g) that it is in the public interest that preparations for such projects and activities be made now, and that the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.Laws 1965, c. 251, § 3, emerg. eff. June 18, 1965.
63 OK Stat § 63-1055.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1055.1. Certain housing authorized to use state controlled communication towers.

|Any city, county, Rural Electric Cooperative or Indian housing authority created pursuant to Sections 1055 and 1057 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes is hereby authorized subject to approval of the state agency controlling such communication towers to use state controlled communication towers; provided such use shall meet engineering specifications to ensure that such towers shall not be damaged or the purpose of such towers shall not be interfered with. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 94, § 1.
63 OK Stat § 63-1059 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1059. Interest of commissioners, officers, or employees.

|A. During his tenure and for one (1) year thereafter, no commissioner, officer, or employee of the local housing authority shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, or in any contract or proposed contract relating to any housing project. If any such commissioner, officer, or employee involuntarily acquired any such interest, or voluntarily or involuntarily acquired any such interest prior to appointment or employment as commissioner, officer, or employee, the commissioner, officer, or employee, in any such event, shall immediately disclose his interest in writing to the authority, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority, and the commissioner, officer, or employee shall not participate in any action by the authority relating to the property or contract in which he has any such interest. Any violation of the foregoing provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office. This section shall not be applicable to the acquisition of any interest in notes or bonds of an authority issued in connection with any housing project, or to the execution of agreements by banking institutions for the deposit or handling of funds in connection with a project or to act as trustee under any trust indenture, or to utility services the rates for which are fixed or controlled by a governmental agency. |B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the housing authority commissioner who is a tenant.Amended by Laws 1988, c. 233, § 4, operative July 1, 1988.
63 OK Stat § 63-1060 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1060. Removal of commissioners.

|For inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, or allowing any portion of any project to become dilapidated, unsanitary or unkept, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the governing body, or, in the case of an authority for a county, by the board of county commissioners, but a commissioner shall be removed only after a hearing and after he shall have been given a copy of the charges at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk. |Laws 1965, c. 251, § 10, emerg. eff. June 18, 1965.
63 OK Stat § 63-1062 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1062. Operation of housing not for profit.

|It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to accomplish the charitable and public purposes of this act that each authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals or payments for dwelling accommodations at low rates consistent with its providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income and that no authority shall construct or operate any housing project for profit, or as a source of revenue to the city or county. To this end an authority shall fix the rentals or payments for dwellings in its projects at no higher rates than it shall find to be necessary in order to produce revenues which, together with all other available monies, revenues, income and receipts of the authority from whatever sources derived, including Federal financial assistance necessary to maintain the low-rent character of the project, will be sufficient: |(a) to pay, as the same become due, the principal and interest on the bonds of the authority;(b) to create and maintain such reserves as may be required to assure the payment of principal and interest as it becomes due on its bonds;(c) to meet the cost of, and to provide for, maintaining and operating the projects, including necessary reserves therefor and the cost of any insurance, and the administrative expenses of the authority; and(d) to make such payments in lieu of taxes and, after payment in full of all obligations for which federal annual contributions are pledged, to make such repayments of federal and local contributions as it determines are consistent with the maintenance of the low-rent character of projects.Rentals or payments for dwellings shall be established and the projects administered, insofar as possible, so as to assure that any federal financial assistance required shall be strictly limited to amounts and periods necessary to maintain the low-rent character of the projects. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the amount an authority may charge for nondwelling facilities. All such income, together with other income and revenue, shall be used in the operation of the projects to aid in accomplishing the charitable and public purposes of this act.Laws 1965, c. 251, § 12, emerg. eff. June 18, 1965.
63 OK Stat § 63-1063 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1063. Tenant eligibility.

|An authority shall issue regulations establishing eligibility requirements, consistent with the purposes and objectives of this act, for admission to and continued occupancy in its projects. |Nothing contained in this or the preceding section shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority with respect to a housing project, to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all of the restrictions imposed by this or the preceding section.Laws 1965, c. 251, § 13, emerg. eff. June 18, 1965.
63 OK Stat § 63-1064 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1064. Cooperation between authorities.

|Any two or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and giving security therefor, planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating or contracting with respect to a housing project or projects located within the area of operation of any one or more of said housing authorities. For such purpose a housing authority may by resolution prescribe and authorize any other housing authority or authorities, so joining or cooperating with it, to act on its behalf with respect to any or all powers, as its agent or otherwise, in the name of the housing authority or authorities so joining or cooperating, or in its own name. |Laws 1965, c. 251, § 14, emerg. eff. June 18, 1965.
63 OK Stat § 63-1065 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1065. Dwellings for disaster victims and defense workers.

|Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other act relating to rentals of, preferences or eligibility for admission to, or occupancy of dwellings in housing projects, during a time of war as declared by Congress an authority determines that there is an acute need for housing to assure the availability of dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities or for victims of a major disaster at any time the same may occur, the authority may undertake the development and administration of housing projects for the federal government, and dwellings in any housing project under the jurisdiction of the authority may be made available to persons engaged in national defense activities or to victims of a Major disaster, as the case may be. An authority is authorized to contract with the federal government or the state or a state public body for advance payment or reimbursement for the furnishing of housing to victims of a major disaster, including the furnishing of the housing free of charge to needy disaster victims during any period covered by a determination of acute need by the authority as herein provided. |Laws 1965, c. 251, § 15; Laws 1967, c. 339, § 6.
63 OK Stat § 63-1066 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1066. Tax exemption and payments in lieu of taxes.

|The property and funds of a housing authority are declared to be used for charitable purposes and to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes, and such property and the authority are exempt from all taxes, including sales and use taxes and special assessments of the state or any state or local public body. In lieu of taxes on its property an authority shall agree to make such payments to the state or any state or local public body as the governing body of the city or county finds consistent with the maintenance of the low-rent character of housing projects and the achievement of the purposes of this act, provided that not less than one-half (1/2) of the annual amount of such payment in lieu of taxes shall be paid to the school district within which the property of the housing authority is located. The amount of money collected under the provisions of this act shall not be considered as chargeable income to the district receiving such funds. The tax exemption provided by this section does not apply to any portion of a project used by a profit-making enterprise, but in taxing such portions appropriate allowance shall be made for any expenditure by an authority for utilities or other public services which it provides to serve the property. |Laws 1965, c. 251, § 16; Laws 1969, c. 341, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1969.
63 OK Stat § 63-1067 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1067. Planning, zoning and building laws.

|All projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the project is situated. |Laws 1965, c. 251, § 17, emerg. eff. June 18, 1965.