2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-683.23. Violations - Civil actions - Jurisdiction - Penalties - Enforcement.
A. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) may request the Attorney General to institute a civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or any other appropriate order in the appropriate district court, whenever any person:
1. Violates or fails or refuses to comply with any order or decision issued by the OEM;
2. Interferes with, hinders or delays the OEM in carrying out its duties and responsibilities;
3. Refuses to admit authorized representatives of the OEM;
4. Refuses to permit inspection by authorized representatives of the OEM;
5. Refuses to furnish any information or report requested by the OEM to accomplish its duties and responsibilities;
6. Refuses to permit access to, or copying of, such records as the OEM determines necessary to accomplish its duties and responsibilities.
B. The court shall have jurisdiction to provide such relief as may be appropriate. Any relief granted by the court to enforce an order under subsection A of this section shall continue in effect until the completion or final termination of all proceedings for review of such order is made, unless the district court granting such relief sets it aside or modifies it.
C. Any person willfully violating any rule, regulation or order of the OEM shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by a fine of not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
D. The Department of Public Safety, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall assist the OEM in the enforcement of any rule, regulation or order of the OEM.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 265, § 7, emerg. eff. June 25, 1981. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 18, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
