2021 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 37A. Alcoholic Beverage
§37A-4-101. Municipal authority to enact ordinances.
A. Municipalities are authorized to enact ordinances consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. In municipalities with populations of thirty-five thousand (35,000) or more according to the most recent federal decennial census, these ordinances may provide for maximum penalties of fines not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) plus court costs, an imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
B. All municipalities of this state may enact ordinances prohibiting or regulating nudity or drink solicitation in establishments licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.
C. The provisions of this section shall not authorize any municipality to regulate by ordinance or issue any licenses for activities for which a license is required to be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.
D. Municipalities are authorized to enact ordinances regulating the closing time of ABLE Commission licensees who provide alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises; provided, no ordinance shall be enacted for premises to open later than 6:00 a.m. or close earlier than 2:00 a.m.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 366, § 98, eff. Oct. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 207, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.
NOTE: Laws 2016, c. 366, was conditionally effective upon passage of State Question No. 792, Legislative Referendum No. 307, which was adopted at election held on Nov. 8, 2016.
