Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-850: Malicious intimidation or harassment because of race,
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color, religion, ancestry, national origin or disability -
Standardized reporting system.
A. No person shall maliciously and with the specific intent to
intimidate or harass another person because of that person's race,
color, religion, ancestry, national origin or disability:
1. Assault or batter another person;
2. Damage, destroy, vandalize or deface any real or personal
property of another person; or
3. Threaten, by word or act, to do any act prohibited by
paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection if there is reasonable cause to
believe that such act will occur.
B. No person shall maliciously and with specific intent to
incite or produce, and which is likely to incite or produce,
imminent violence, which violence would be directed against another
person because of that person's race, color, religion, ancestry,
national origin or disability, make or transmit, cause or allow to
be transmitted, any telephonic, computerized, or electronic message.
C. No person shall maliciously and with specific intent to
incite or produce, and which is likely to incite or produce,
imminent violence, which violence would be directed against another
person because of that person's race, color, religion, ancestry,
national origin or disability, broadcast, publish, or distribute,
cause or allow to be broadcast, published or distributed, any
message or material.
D. Any person convicted of violating any provision of
subsections A, B or C of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor on a first offense and a Class B4 felony offense
punishable by not more than ten (10) years incarceration in the
custody of the Department of Corrections for a second or subsequent
offense. The fine for a felony violation of this section shall not
exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Furthermore, said person
shall be civilly liable for any damages resulting from any violation
of this section.
E. Upon conviction, any person guilty of a misdemeanor in
violation of this section shall be punishable by the imposition of a
fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by
imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one
(1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
F. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall develop a
standard system for state and local law enforcement agencies to
report incidents of crime which are apparently directed against
members of racial, ethnic, religious groups or other groups
specified by this section. The Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation shall promulgate rules, regulations and procedures
necessary to develop, implement and maintain a standard system for
the collection and reporting of hate crime data. All state, county,
city and town law enforcement agencies shall submit a monthly report
to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation on forms prescribed by
the Bureau. The report shall contain the number and nature of the
offenses committed within their respective jurisdictions, the
disposition of such matters and any other information the Bureau may
require, respecting information relating to the cause and prevention
of crime, recidivism, the rehabilitation of criminals and the proper
administration of criminal justice.
G. No person, partnership, company or corporation that installs
telephonic, computerized, or electronic message equipment shall be
required to monitor the use of such equipment for possible
violations of this section, nor shall such person, partnership,
company or corporation be held criminally or civilly liable for the
use by another person of the equipment in violation of this section,
unless the person, partnership, company or corporation that
installed the equipment had prior actual knowledge that the
equipment was to be used in violation of this section.
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