{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-41","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-41","heading":"Disputes between operators and miners","body":"\n\nIn case of dispute between operators and miners on the proper\n\ninterpretation of rules, regulations, and laws in relation to mines\n\nand subjects relating thereto and providing for the health and\n\nsafety of persons employed therein, and the dispute is filed in\n\nformal written form with the Department of Mines, the Chief Mine\n\nInspector shall call a meeting of the Mining Board to review the\n\ndispute. An opinion of the proper interpretation of the disputed\n\nrule, regulation, or law, concurred in by a majority of the Mining\n\nBoard, shall be binding upon the mining department to enforce, and\n\nthe operators and miners must abide by the opinion unless the\n\nopinion of the Mining Board is at variance with an opinion of\n\ninterpretation by the Attorney General of the intent of the rule,\n\nregulation, or law. In case the opinion of the Attorney General is\n\nat variance with the opinion of the Mining Board, then all parties\n\nmust abide by the opinion of the Attorney General, except that all\n\nparties shall have recourse to courts of this state.\n\nIn case operators or miners shall file formal written charges\n\nwith the Department of Mines that any law or laws in relation to\n\nmining and subjects relating thereto and providing for the health\n\nand safety of persons employed therein have been violated, the Chief\n\nMine Inspector shall call the parties involved before the Mining\n\nBoard to hear the evidence for and the defense against said charges.\n\nBy majority vote the charges are valid and true.","path":["OK Code","Title 45"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os45.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"cb7005d5913da9005c8523a347f550f5f54e37e2d8d8e7df982dbe23bcd2181d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-40","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-411"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}