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2022 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 56. Poor Persons
§56-26.5. Definitions.

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56 OK Stat § 26.5 (2022)
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A. The word "unemployable", as used in this act, is hereby defined as meaning those persons who are unable to:

1. Secure employment due to physical or mental disability, infirmity, temporary illness, or other disability which prevents such person from securing employment; or

2. Secure employment due to Federal Relief Administration rules regarding age requirements or work relief programs; or

3. Secure employment due to ineligibility for workmen's compensation insurance; and

4. Leave their homes to procure employment because of illness of persons who are in their care and who require constant supervision and attention.

B. "Indigent" means a person who does not have sufficient property or means to support members of his or her family who are lawfully dependent upon him or her for support, and who has no one legally liable to support and maintain him or her.

Added by Laws 1951, p. 151, § 5, emerg. eff. April 5, 1951. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

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