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19 OK Stat § 19-863.27 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.27. Validation of existing plans, ordinances, etc.

|All existing plans, regulations, resolutions, ordinances, and codes and all amendments, supplements, and changes thereof adopted under prior existing planning acts, and all actions taken under the authority thereof, are hereby validated and continued in effect until amended, revised, or repealed by appropriate official action taken under authority of this act. Any master plan heretofore filed of record in the office of the county clerk of said county by either of the presently existing city or county planning commissions may by resolution of the commission be withdrawn from record and the recording of such resolution of withdrawal in the office of the county clerk shall be authority for the exclusion from abstracts of title such plan so withdrawn. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 174, § 27, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 179, § 3, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.28 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.28. Violations and penalties.

|A violation of this act or of any order or regulation adopted under authority of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by fine or by imprisonment or both, as now provided by law for misdemeanors, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon any municipal, criminal, or police court in the municipality, over offenses occurring within the five-mile area surrounding the municipality, which jurisdiction shall be concurrent with that of any other court having jurisdiction thereof. The proper authorities or any person, the value or use of whose property is or may be affected by such violation, in addition to the other remedies, may also institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent or remove such violation. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 174, § 28, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.29 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.29. Exclusive control by commission - Transfer of records, etc.

|From and after the time such commission is constituted by the cooperating governmental units, it shall have exclusive control for the purposes herein provided over the territory within such city and the unincorporated areas of the county to the exclusion of any other planning and zoning agency, excepting therefrom any city or county boards of adjustment. The now existing city and county planning commissions shall transfer to this commission upon its activation all records, resolutions, maps, charts, plats and other descriptive matter which said city or county planning commissions shall have in their possession. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 174, § 29, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.30 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.30. County electrical code - Definitions.

|For the purpose of that portion of this act relating to a county electrical code in any affected county the following words shall have the following meanings: |a. Joint electrical examining and appeal board shall be held to mean the joint city-county electrical examining and appeal board hereinafter referred to.b. "Electrical inspector" shall be held to mean and include the electrical inspector of any county within the terms of this act, or any of his duly authorized assistants.c. "Class A electrical contractor" shall be held to mean any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of wiring, rewiring, installing, repairing or altering any electrical wiring, or installing or repairing any apparatus or electrical appliances in any city or county within the terms of this act, and shall not include persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of selling or offering for sale to the public, electrical materials, apparatus and electrical appliances that are not installed by such persons, firm or corporation.d. "Class B electrical contractor" shall be held to mean any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of wiring, rewiring, installing, repairing or altering any electrical wiring or installing or repairing any apparatus or electrical appliances in any single-family residence building within any city or county within the terms of this act.e. "Class A journeyman electrician" shall be held to mean any person actually engaged in the work of wiring, or installing or repairing any electrical apparatus or electrical appliances in any city or county within the terms of this act.f. "Class B journeyman electrician" shall be held to mean any person actually engaged in the wiring or installing or repairing of any electrical apparatus or electrical appliances within any building constructed for, and designated to be used as, a single-family residence in any city or county within the terms of this act.g. "Maintenance serviceman" shall be held to mean any person engaged only in the work of operating the electrical installations in any building or buildings or factory and/or the maintenance of such electrical equipment in a state of good repair.h. "Electrical appliance repairman" shall be held to mean any person engaged only in the business of work of repairing electrical appliances.i. "Electrical sign contractor" shall be held to mean any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, assembling, wiring, rewiring, installing, erecting, repairing or altering interior or exterior electric signs, who does not himself perform any of the actual work aforementioned.Added by Laws 1955, p. 174, § 30, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.31 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.31. Electrical and elevator construction contractors - Examination and renewal fees.

|The fee for the examination and initial certificate shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for a Class A or B electrical contractor or elevator construction contractor and Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each of the following: a Class A or B journeyman electrician, a maintenance serviceman, an electrical appliance repairman, or a journeyman electrical sign man, which amount shall be paid to the joint electrical examining and appeal board. Such fee shall be paid before any applicant shall be permitted to take such examination. |Provided that such certificates once issued shall be subject to renewal on an annual basis upon payment of the renewal fee to said joint board in the amount of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for a Class A or Class B electrical contractor or elevator construction contractor and Five Dollars ($5.00) for each of the following: Class A or Class B journeyman electrician, maintenance serviceman, electrical appliances repairman or journeyman electrical sign man. Such fee shall be paid before the renewal certificates shall be issued.Provided that the provisions of this section requiring payment of fees provided herein, shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, assembling, wiring, rewiring, installing, erecting, repairing, or altering interior or exterior electric signs, where such person does not himself perform any of the work aforementioned.Added by Laws 1955, p. 175, § 31, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.34 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.34. Apprentices.

|Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the employment of apprentices to perform any of the work herein defined provided said apprentice performs said work under the direct supervision of a licensed electrical contractor or journeyman. No license, examination or fees shall be required of such apprentices. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 177, § 34, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.35 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.35. Classes of licenses - Fees.

|The following classes of licenses are hereby established for the city and county as herein defined and the annual fee therefor shall be as follows: |a. Class A electrical contractor, which shall authorize the holder to do a general electrical contracting business covering all features of the electrical industry as permitted by this ordinance, license fee One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per year.b. Class B electrical contractor, which shall authorize the holder to do a general electrical contracting business restricted, however, to electrical work in, on or upon single-family residences, license fee One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per year.c. Elevator construction, which shall authorize the holder to install and equip all types of electrical elevators with electrical wiring and other equipment, and maintenance, license fee One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per year.d. Armature shops, which authorize the holder to wind, repair and replace any electrical armature device or motor, license fee Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year.e. Electrical sign contractors which shall authorize the holder to engage in the business of manufacturing, assembling, wiring, rewiring, installing, erecting, repairing or altering interior or exterior electric signs, where such person does not himself perform any of the work aforementioned, license fee Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year.Provided that this section wherein the holding of a certificate of qualification provided in this act is made a condition precedent to the issuance and to the continued validity of the license aforementioned, shall not apply to any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, assembling, wiring, rewiring, installing, erecting, repairing or altering interior or exterior electric signs, where such person does not himself perform any of the work aforementioned.Added by Laws 1955, p. 177, § 35, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.36 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.36. Bonds.

|Any person desiring an electrical license of any kind as above provided, shall make and file with the State of Oklahoma Electrical Administrative Board, or the city auditor of the affected city or with the county clerk of the county as herein defined, a good and sufficient bond executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the State of Oklahoma and engaging himself thereon in the amount set forth, to-wit: |a. Class A electrical contractor, the amount of the bond shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)b. Class B electrical contractor, the amount of the bond shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)c. Elevator construction, the amount of the bond shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)d. Armature shops, the amount of the bond shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)e. Electrical sign contractor, the amount of the bond shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00)f. Electrical appliance repair, the amount of the bond shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)Said bond shall guarantee the performance on the part of the principal of all work in strict accord with the requirements of this act and the electrical code of the city as herein defined, the payment of fee or other charges due to either the city or county, the replacing of all faulty or defective materials or workmanship installed by principal, or by some person for or on behalf of said principal, when notified to do so by the electrical inspector of said city or county and said bond shall be further conditioned that, in the event the principal does not perform and discharge all duties and obligations resting upon him, he shall be liable in the first instance and suit may be brought directly upon said bond jointly and/or severally with said surety company by any person injured or damaged as a result of such principal's failure to comply with the provisions and requirements of the ordinance relating to such work.Added by Laws 1955, p. 178, § 35, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.37 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.37. Necessity for license - Applications - Contents - Violations.

|No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of wiring, rewiring, installing, repairing or altering any electrical wiring, or installing or repairing any electrical apparatus, appliances or fixtures of any kind or description, as an electrical contractor within the limits of any city or county within the provisions of this act without securing from the joint electrical examining and appeal board herein created, a license. Said applicant shall file with the electrical inspector, an application showing the name of the person, firm or corporation in whose name it is desired that the license be issued, the kind of license applied for, the name of the certificate holder, the number and date of such certificate, and such further and other information as may be required by the electrical inspector. Said application shall be signed by the applicant, or a member of the firm, or an authorized officer of the corporation making the application and shall also be signed by the holder of the certificate and shall be attached to the application. The electrical inspector, if said application is correct, shall approve said application and retain for his file, the certificate of the joint electrical examining and appeal board, upon furnishing the applicant with a proper receipt therefor; if such certificate is withdrawn by the owner thereof, said license shall become inoperative and no further permits shall be issued by the electrical inspector under such license. Such license may be reinstated and rendered operative by the filing with the electrical inspector, of another proper certificate of the joint electrical examining and appeal board. |Violation of any of the provisions of this act shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by a maximum fine of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) upon conviction thereof. The electrical inspector shall be entitled to bring any action at law or equity to restrain the threatened or continued violation of any of the provisions of that portion of this act relating to electrical codes.Added by Laws 1955, p. 178, § 36, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.38 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.38. Electrical inspector - Deputies - Duties - Fees.

|There is hereby created the office of "electrical inspector" of the county as defined herein. Such electrical inspector shall be a person familiar with all types of electrical installations and methods and shall be familiar with the electrical code of any affected municipality. Such inspector shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the affected county to serve such term as they may prescribe and to be paid such compensation as they may in their discretion see fit to set. Said county commissioners shall hire such deputy electrical inspectors for such terms and at such compensation as they may deem necessary. |It shall be the duty of said "electrical inspector" and such deputy electrical inspectors as may be appointed hereunder to inspect all electrical installations on both new construction, changes, revisions or remodeling of existing structures to determine that all such installations are in strict conformity with this act and the electrical code of the city, as defined herein, and to determine that all such installations are performed by competent, licensed workmen according to the classifications herein contained. The county commissioners of any such county shall determine and fix the reasonable fees to be charged therefor and said fees shall be of a sum sufficient to meet the expenses of operation of the office of the electrical inspector, herein created. All of such electrical inspection fees shall be payable to the general fund of any county as herein defined as to that work and inspection done in the county and outside the corporate limits of any municipality located in said county.The electrical inspector as herein created shall adopt such rules in regard to the method of inspection and the time thereof as may be necessary and proper to carry out the intent of this act, but all of such rules and regulations shall be in strict accordance with the terms of this act and with the electrical code of any affected municipality adopted herein. After notice is received by the office of the electrical inspector of a desire by any builder, contractor or home owner for an electrical inspection, the same shall be accomplished as practicable and within a reasonable time, keeping in mind the necessity of prompt completion of all new construction and remodeling of existing constructions.Added by Laws 1955, p. 179, § 37, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.39 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.39. Standards of safety.

|All electrical wiring, materials, equipment and the methods of installation thereof in every county, subject to the provisions of this act, shall be in strict conformity with approved standards for safety to persons and property. Compliance with the electrical code as said code exists at the date of the passage of this act, of any city having a population of from one hundred and eighty thousand (180,000) to two hundred and forty thousand (240,000) according to the last Federal Decennial Census or any future Federal Decennial Census located in any county as defined herein, shall be deemed to prima facie evidence of compliance with this act. |When the electrical code of any such city, as defined in this section, contains no specific standards as to the manner of electrical wiring, materials, equipment and the methods of installation thereof, compliance with the statutes of this state pertaining to the installation of electrical materials and equipment and conformity with the regulations set forth in the current National Electrical Code, in effect at the date of the passage of this act, being the standard of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for electrical wiring and apparatus as recommended by the National Fire Protection Association and approved by the American Standards Association, shall be prima facie evidence of conformity with approved standards for safety to persons and property and of compliance with this act.Added by Laws 1955, p. 180, § 38, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.40 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.40. Plumbing inspector - Qualifications - Duties.

|All plumbing materials, equipment and methods of installation thereof in every county subject to the provisions of this act shall be in strict conformity with approved standards for health and safety to persons and property. Compliance with the plumbing code as said code exists at the date of passage of this act of any city having a population of from one hundred and eighty thousand (180,000) to two hundred and forty thousand (240,000) according to the last Federal Decennial Census located in any county as defined herein shall be deemed to be prima facie evidence of compliance with this act. |The board of county commissioners of any county within the provisions of this act are hereby authorized to create, by resolution duly adopted, the office of plumbing inspector for such county. Such inspector shall be a person who holds a certificate of master plumber under the provisions of the laws of this state, relating to cities of two thousand (2,000) or more inhabitants, and shall have had at least ten (10) years practical experience as a master plumber. Such plumbing inspector is authorized to inspect all plumbing installations in any county within the provisions of this act, to determine that the same are done within the provisions of this act. However, where any such plumbing installations are subject to inspection by the duly qualified, appointed and acting plumbing inspector of any city or town, having a system of water supply or sewerage by reason of contract with the owner or builder of such plumbing facilities or otherwise, approval by such municipal plumbing inspector shall be deemed to establish compliance with this act and inspection by the county plumbing inspector or county plumbing permits will be unnecessary.The board of county commissioners may, on recommendation of the county plumbing inspector, adopt all necessary rules and regulations to carry out purposes of this act and may prescribe the necessary permits, notices and inspection procedure and set and determine the fees therefor. Such fees shall be reasonable and shall be sufficient to meet the expenses of operation of the office of county plumbing inspector. The county commissioner shall be authorized to hire such deputy plumbing inspectors for such terms and at such compensation as they may deem reasonable. The county plumbing inspector shall issue, without examination, certificates of competency to all persons holding such a certificate issued by any city or town in the State of Oklahoma of two thousand (2,000) or more inhabitants, provided that such certificate has been issued or renewed for the year in which application therefor to the county plumbing inspector is made.Added by Laws 1955, p. 180, § 39, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.41 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.41. Increase in population.

|Any county availing itself of the provisions of this act may continue to operate thereunder though the population of any city therein may hereafter exceed two hundred and forty thousand (240,000). |Added by Laws 1955, p. 181, § 40, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.42 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.42. Inspection by county inspector continued.

|The inspection of electrical work as herein provided on houses under actual construction in territory annexed by the city shall be continued by the county inspector until the completion of such work. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 181, § 41, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.43 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.43. Partial invalidity.

|If any section, clause, paragraph or part of this act is for any reason held invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this act, or of this act as a whole, and it is hereby declared to be the purpose of the Legislature in enacting this act to enact the same, notwithstanding the invalidity of any section, clause, paragraph or part thereof, which is for any reason held invalid. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 181, § 43, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.44 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.44. Building and/or fire codes.

|Any county of the state to which the provisions of Section 863.2 of this title are applicable is authorized to adopt, by appropriate resolution of the board of county commissioners, building and/or fire codes, which codes shall be designed for the purpose of promoting, benefiting and protecting the public health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this state, and which shall be applicable to the unincorporated areas of the county, as hereinafter provided. |All building materials, equipment and methods of installation and/or construction shall be at least the equivalent of that prescribed in any building or fire code adopted by the board of county commissioners, under the provision of this act, in quality, strength, effectiveness, fire resistance, durability, and safety; provided that any codes adopted pursuant to this act shall not apply to the installation and maintenance of electric supply and communications lines of public utilities and public service companies which are subject to regulation by the State Corporation Commission. Provided that this act shall not apply to any area located within any county excluded from the application of Section 863.2 of this title.Added by Laws 1965, c. 350, § 2, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 54, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
19 OK Stat § 19-863.44A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-863.44A. High-Rise Safety Act of 1975.

|This act may be cited as the "High-Rise Safety Act of 1975". |Added by Laws 1975, c. 207, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1975.