2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 37. Intoxicating Liquors
§37-243. Employment of persons under 18 years of age in place where low-point beer is sold or dispensed.

37 OK Stat § 37-243 (2016) What's This?

A. It shall be unlawful for any person under eighteen (18) years of age to be employed or permitted to work, in any capacity whatsoever, in a place where low-point beer is sold or dispensed for consumption on the premises.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of majority to be employed or permitted to work, in any capacity whatsoever, in the separate or enclosed bar area of a place where the main purpose of the area is the sale or consumption of low-point beer. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any area which has as its main purpose some objective other than the sale or serving of low-point beer, in which sales or serving of said beverages are incidental to the main purpose; however, the incidental service of food in the bar area shall not exempt a holder of a license to sell low-point beer for consumption on the premises from the provisions of this subsection.

C. A parent as regards the employment of his or her own child or children is excepted from the provisions of this section, provided that such employment shall in no capacity whatsoever be related to the selling or dispensing of such beverages.

D. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to any business or establishment where sales of said beverages do not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the gross sales of the business or establishment.

Added by Laws 1957, p. 410, § 1. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 98, § 2; Laws 1985, c. 170, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1995, c. 274, § 41, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.

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