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2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 11. Cities and Towns
§11-14-107. Publication of certain codes and ordinances by title and summary of contents.

Universal Citation:
11 OK Stat § 11-14-107 (2020)
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A. If a municipal governing body enacts or adopts by reference ordinances which are compilations or codes of law or regulations relating to traffic, building, plumbing, electrical installations, fire prevention, inflammable liquids, milk and milk products, protection of the public health, or any other matters which the municipality has the power to regulate, such ordinances are not required to be published in full. Legal publication of such ordinances may be by publishing the title and a summary of their contents in the manner provided by Section 14-106 of this title. At least one copy of such ordinances shall be kept in the office of the municipal clerk for public use, inspection, and examination. The municipal clerk shall keep copies of the ordinances, codes, or compilations for distribution or sale at a reasonable price.

B. A municipality which adopts building standards shall adopt and enforce codes adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.

C. Nothing in this act shall prevent or take away from any city, town or county the authority to enact and enforce rules containing higher standards and requirements than the codes adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission nor prevent or take away from any city, town or county the authority to amend such adopted codes to make changes necessary to accommodate local conditions except as provided in subsection D of this section.

D. A city, town or county may begin enforcing the higher standards and requirements allowed in subsection C of this section no less than thirty (30) days after submitting the higher standards and requirements to the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission in such form as the Commission may prescribe.

E. Ordinances which are passed by the governing body with an emergency clause attached are not required to be published in full, but may be published by title only in the manner provided by Section 14-106 of this title.

Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 14-107, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 144, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1979; Laws 1984, c. 126, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2002, c. 407, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2009, c. 80, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2009, c. 439, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2, 2009.

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