{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-311","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-311","heading":"Fines - Criminal violations","body":"A. Any person who has been determined by the Corporation\n\nCommission to have violated any provisions of the Oklahoma Petroleum\n\nStorage Tank Consolidation Act or any rule promulgated or order\n\nissued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage\n\nTank Consolidation Act shall be liable for a fine of not more than\n\nTen Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each day that said violation\n\ncontinues.\n\nB. 1. The amount of the fine shall be assessed by the\n\nCommission pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this\n\nsection, after notice and hearing. In determining the amount of the\n\nfine, the Commission shall include but not be limited to\n\nconsideration of the nature, circumstances and gravity of the\n\nviolation and, with respect to the person found to have committed\n\nthe violation, the degree of culpability, the effect on ability of\n\nthe person to continue to do business, and any show of good faith in\n\nattempting to achieve compliance with the provisions of the Oklahoma\n\nPetroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act.\n\n2. All fines collected pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nsubsection shall be deposited in the Corporation Commission Storage\n\nTank Revolving Fund.\n\nC. The payment, in full, of any fine, assessed pursuant to an\n\nadministrative order, the completion of any corrective action taken\n\nfor a release pursuant to an administrative order, and the otherwise\n\ncompliance with an administrative order issued by the Commission\n\npursuant to the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act\n\nfor a release shall be full and complete satisfaction of the\n\nviolation for which the administrative order was issued and shall\n\npreclude the assessment of any other administrative, civil or\n\ncriminal penalty for the same known violation by any other agency of\n\nthis state.\n\nD. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any\n\nprovision of the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act\n\nor a rule, promulgated or order issued pursuant to the provisions of\n\nthe Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act, upon\n\nconviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be subject for\n\neach offense to a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars\n\n($5,000.00) or imprisonment for a term not to exceed one (1) year or\n\nboth such fine and imprisonment. Each day of violation pursuant to\n\nthis subsection shall constitute a separate violation.\n\nE. Any person who willfully and knowingly makes any false\n\nstatement, representation or certification in any application,\n\nrecord, report, plan or other document filed or required to be\n\nfiled, or required to be maintained pursuant to the Oklahoma\n\nPetroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act or rules promulgated\n\npursuant to this act, or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly\n\nrenders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be\n\nmaintained pursuant to the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank\n\nConsolidation Act or rules promulgated pursuant to the program shall\n\nbe deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be\n\npunished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars\n\n($5,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or\n\nby both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of violation pursuant\n\nto this subsection shall constitute a separate violation.","path":["OK Code","Title 17"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os17.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"a44abfa1cd8979475be7bb40ea9ccd2fd2cd6d61cb200d8f7f84dacf65b8ccb6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-310.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}