{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-864.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-864.3","heading":"Creation - Board - Duties - Review of Decisions -","body":"Expenses of operation.\n\nJoint city-county electrical examining and appeals board:\n\na. The board of county commissioners and the governing body of\n\nany city having a population of one hundred eighty thousand\n\n(180,000), or more, according to the last preceding Federal\n\nDecennial Census or any future Federal Census, may, by an agreement\n\nin writing, create a joint city-county electrical examining and\n\nappeals board. The agreement may contain such provisions for the\n\ncreation and manner of dissolution of the board and such other\n\nmatters as may be agreed upon, and shall provide for the\n\nappropriations to be made by the city and county for the operation\n\nof the board. Where used herein, the term board shall have\n\nreference to the joint city-county electrical examining and appeals\n\nboard unless otherwise specifically noted.\n\nThe board shall be composed of seven (7) members. Two members\n\nshall be required to be holders of certificates of competency as\n\nClass A electrical contractors. Two members shall be holders of\n\ncertificates of competency as Class A journeyman electricians. The\n\nboard of county commissioners shall appoint one person certified as\n\nClass A electrical contractor and one person certified as a Class A\n\njourneyman electrician. The governing body of the city shall\n\nappoint one person certified as a Class A electrical contractor and\n\none person certified as a Class A journeyman electrician. The\n\nremaining three members shall be appointed by the governing body of\n\nthe city with the consent of the board of county commissioners,\n\nprovided however, that if the governing body of the city and the\n\nboard of county commissioners do not concur in such appointments\n\nwithin thirty (30) days of any such vacancy the appointments may be\n\nmade by a majority of the members of the board. One member of said\n\nboard shall be a registered professional engineer with experience or\n\ntraining in the field of electrical engineering, one member of said\n\nboard shall be a lawyer admitted to practice before the courts of\n\nthis state, and one member shall be a licensed architect. The\n\ninitial terms of the Class A electrical contractors and the Class A\n\njourneyman electricians appointed by the governing body of the city\n\nand appointed by the board of county commissioners shall be for a\n\nperiod of two (2) years and the initial term of the remaining three\n\nappointments shall be for a term of one year. The term of such\n\ninitial appointees and of all subsequent appointees of the city and\n\ncounty shall expire as of July 31 of that calendar year in which the\n\nterms expire, regardless of the calendar date upon which the\n\nappointments are made. Subsequent appointments of the city and\n\ncounty shall be for terms of two (2) years, except in the case of an\n\nappointment to fill a vacancy in the membership of the board which\n\nlatter appointment shall be for the unexpired term of the member\n\nwhose death, resignation, or removal has created the vacancy.\n\nFollowing the expiration of the term for which he was appointed, any\n\nmember shall continue to serve until his successor has been\n\nappointed and qualified; provided, however, that no person shall\n\nserve more than two successive terms as a member of said board.\n\nA quorum of such board necessary to conduct business or take\n\naction of a discretionary nature shall be four members.\n\nb. It shall be the duty and within the authority of said board\n\nto perform any or all of the following acts:\n\n(1) To give written examinations to persons desiring to obtain a\n\ncertificate of competency to engage in or work at that phase or\n\nclassification of the electrical business designated and as the same\n\nis herein defined as to the applicant's skill and knowledge and\n\nentitlement to such certificate of competency.\ny and within the authority of said board\n\nto perform any or all of the following acts:\n\n(1) To give written examinations to persons desiring to obtain a\n\ncertificate of competency to engage in or work at that phase or\n\nclassification of the electrical business designated and as the same\n\nis herein defined as to the applicant's skill and knowledge and\n\nentitlement to such certificate of competency.\n\n(2) To re-examine any applicant who fails to pass an examination\n\nrequired herein. Provided, however, that such person will be\n\nineligible for re-examination until the expiration of ninety (90)\n\ndays from the date of such prior examination. Payment of the\n\nexamination fees established herein must be made for each separate\n\nexamination or re-examination.\n\n(3) To hear appeals on technical disputes arising between the\n\ninspectors of the city, county or metropolitan area and electrical\n\ncontractors, property owners or lessees, as to the interpretation\n\nand effect of the electrical code as the same is established.\n\n(4) To prepare and issue interpretative opinions relative to the\n\ntechnical aspects of the electrical code, but to perform this\n\nfunction only in the event some real dispute has arisen between\n\naffected parties.\n\n(5) To act as a permanent code committee and to investigate and\n\nsuggest to the proper legislative authority such changes in the\n\nelectrical code as may be desirable.\n\n(6) To formulate its own rules and regulations pertaining to\n\nprocedure within the limits set forth in this act, provided all\n\nexaminations required herein upon which a determination or\n\nconclusion is reached by the board shall be reduced to writing\n\nsubject to review in accordance with provisions hereof and not\n\notherwise in conflict therewith.\n\n(7) To employ necessary clerical personnel subject to the joint\n\napproval of the city, county or metropolitan area authority, and to\n\nexpend funds for necessary technical and professional services and\n\nequipment within the limits of appropriations made therefor; all of\n\nwhich shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement\n\ncreating such board.\n\n(8) The board may, upon its own motion or upon a charge in\n\nwriting by any person, consider charges against any licensee or\n\ncertificate of competency holder that such person has been guilty of\n\nrepeated wilful violations of this act or of a transfer of license\n\nin violation of this act. At all times and in all proceedings the\n\nboard shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 8, Title 75,\n\nOklahoma Statutes, otherwise known as the Administrative Procedures\n\nAct, and specifically the board shall be required to comply with and\n\nhave the powers and duties of the provisions of Sections 309 et\n\nseq., Title 75, Oklahoma Statutes, in connection with any hearing\n\nauthorized by this act. If the board finds from the evidence\n\npresented that the charges have been sustained by the evidence\n\npresented, it shall then file such findings with the district court\n\nclerk styled: In Re: The matter of the suspension or revocation of\n\nthe license or certificate of competency of \"__________\", (inserting\n\nthe name of the person, firm or corporation so charged). Such\n\nmatter shall be docketed and considered as any other civil matter\n\nwithin the equity jurisdiction of the district court. The matter\n\nshall be considered de novo by the district court. The charges and\n\nfindings of the board filed with the district court clerk and any\n\nresponse or answer filed by the person, firm or corporation so\n\ncharged shall constitute the issues for trial by the district court.\n\nIf the district court finds that the evidence sustains the charges,\n\nthe district court may suspend, revoke, or impose sanctions upon the\n\nlicense or certificate of competency of any person, firm or\n\ncorporation found guilty of such charges, and provided for the\n\nconditions for the reinstatement, restoration or removal of\non so\n\ncharged shall constitute the issues for trial by the district court.\n\nIf the district court finds that the evidence sustains the charges,\n\nthe district court may suspend, revoke, or impose sanctions upon the\n\nlicense or certificate of competency of any person, firm or\n\ncorporation found guilty of such charges, and provided for the\n\nconditions for the reinstatement, restoration or removal of\n\nsanctions as a part of any such judgment.\n\n(9) To issue, reissue or renew licenses, under the terms of this\n\nact, and to receive and account for all license and examination fees\n\npaid to it. Funds so received shall be deposited as provided in the\n\nagreement establishing the board.\n\n(10) Proceedings of the board shall be in writing with minutes\n\nkept of all meetings, both regular and special. Copies of\n\nproceedings, including findings, determinations and interpretations\n\nshall be public records, and all meetings, both regular and special,\n\nshall be open to the public, except during those meetings when the\n\nexamination of applicants for certificates of competency are being\n\nconducted or personnel matters are being considered.\n\nc. Any ruling, requirement, decision or interpretation of the\n\nboard shall be final and binding upon all parties thereto unless\n\nappealed to the district court of competent jurisdiction within\n\nfifteen (15) days from the rendition of such rule, requirement,\n\ndecision or interpretation, in the manner and form now provided by\n\nstatute for appeals generally. In the event of an appeal, any party\n\naggrieved by the action of the board shall serve a copy of the\n\npetition of appeal upon the secretary or any member of the board\n\nwithin fifteen (15) days following the action from which an appeal\n\nis taken.\n\nAny appeal from a judgment, decision, action or determination of\n\nthe board considered by the board under the provisions of Section 3,\n\nsubsection b., (3), of this act in regard to technical disputes\n\nshall be to the district court sitting as an appellate tribunal.\n\nAll other appeals shall be to the district court for hearing and\n\ntrial de novo.\n\nAny contractor, property owner or lessee who appeals the\n\ndecision of the board relating to electrical code requirements to\n\nthe district court must, upon order of the district court, file with\n\nthe clerk of the district court a bond in an amount as determined by\n\nthe district court to be sufficient to place the work in condition\n\nto satisfy the requirements of the code. Upon failure to file a\n\nbond as herein required, the appeal shall be dismissed. Anyone\n\ntaking an appeal from the board must pursue the appeal diligently\n\nand in the event the appeal is not heard within six (6) months, due\n\nto failure of the appellant to diligently pursue the appeal, the\n\ncourt shall thereupon dismiss said appeal with prejudice and order\n\nthe action appealed from enforced.\n\nd. The filing of a notice of appeal from a decision of the\n\nelectrical inspector or the board shall stay any order of the\n\nelectrical inspector or board if such order is based upon a\n\ntechnical violation of the electrical code. If the board or a court\n\nof competent jurisdiction shall determine that such order is based\n\non a present and immediate danger to life and property, then any\n\nappeal as permitted herein shall not stay the order of the\n\nelectrical inspector, provided, however, that any such order shall\n\nbe made in writing and served on the affected parties.\n\ne. The expenses of operating the board shall be provided for\n\nunder the terms of the agreement creating such board. Necessary\n\nfunds will be appropriated by the city or county, or both, as the\n\ncase may be, for the purpose of defraying approved operating\n\nexpenses. The manner in which claims shall be presented and\n\napproved for payment shall be provided by the agreement creating the\ned for\n\nunder the terms of the agreement creating such board. Necessary\n\nfunds will be appropriated by the city or county, or both, as the\n\ncase may be, for the purpose of defraying approved operating\n\nexpenses. The manner in which claims shall be presented and\n\napproved for payment shall be provided by the agreement creating the\n\nboard. Members of the board shall be compensated for attendance at\n\nmeetings in an amount fixed by the agreement creating the board not\n\nto exceed Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per diem, and such compensation\n\nshall be limited to two meetings per calendar month.\n\nf. All actions, decisions and opinions of the board which have\n\nbecome final shall be binding upon the electrical inspectors and\n\nupon all of the parties to the proceeding in which the action,\n\ndecision or opinion has been given, shall remain in force and be\n\nbinding thereafter until otherwise changed, overruled, modified or\n\ncancelled.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ff4c00e6a95febc0bd5a04a6fff0d009a6ab7febd963d07f7308279506a045fb","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-864.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-864.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}