{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-155.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-155.2","heading":"Liability of state for Y2K failure","body":"A. Except as provided in subsection C, D or E of this section,\n\nthe state or any political subdivision of the state or an\n\nindependent contractor of the state shall have no liability for\n\nlosses from any failure or malfunction occurring before December 31,\n\n2002, which is caused directly or indirectly by the failure of\n\ncomputer software or any device containing a computer processor to\n\naccurately or properly recognize, calculate, display, sort, or\n\notherwise process dates or times.\n\nB. Except as provided in subsection C, D or E of this section,\n\nno claim or cause of action, including, without limitation, any\n\ncivil action or action for declaratory of injunctive relief, whether\n\narising out of contract or arising independent of contract, may be\n\nbrought against the state or any political subdivision of the state\n\nor against an independent contractor or an officer or employee of\n\nthe state or a political subdivision on the basis that a computer or\n\nother information system that is owned or operated by any of those\n\npersons produced, calculated or generated an incorrect date or\n\nfailed to accurately store, process, provide or receive data. Any\n\ncontract entered into by or on behalf of and in the capacity of this\n\nstate, an immune contractor or an officer or employee of the state\n\nor any of its agencies or political subdivisions must include a\n\nprovision that provides immunity to those persons for any breach of\n\ncontract that is caused by an incorrect date being produced,\n\ncalculated or generated by a computer or computer system or caused a\n\ncomputer or computer system to fail to accurately store, process,\n\nprovide or receive data that is owned or operated by any of those\n\npersons. Any contract subject to the provisions of this section\n\nthat is entered into on or after July 1, 1999, has the legal effect\n\nof including the immunity required by this section, and any\n\nprovision of the contract which is in conflict with this section is\n\nvoid. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the provisions of\n\nthis subsection shall not provide immunity from fulfilling a\n\ncontract or relieve the state or any political subdivision of the\n\nstate of its obligation to fulfill the terms of a contract or to\n\nprovide services or make payments under the terms of the contract in\n\na reasonable length of time.\n\nC. A claim may be brought pursuant to the Governmental Tort\n\nClaims Act for negligence caused directly or indirectly by the\n\nfailure of computer software or any device containing a computer\n\nprocessor to accurately or properly recognize, calculate, display,\n\nsort, or otherwise process dates or times, if the failure resulted\n\nin bodily injury or death.\n\nD. Neither the state or any political subdivision of the state\n\nshall be immune from a claim or cause of action if remediation\n\nefforts were not begun by January 1, 1999.\n\nE. Nothing in this section shall limit the liability of any\n\nindividual or entity to the state or any political subdivision of\n\nthe state, and contracts between the state or any political\n\nsubdivision of the state and an independent contractor will not\n\ninclude a provision, express or implied, that grants the independent\n\ncontractor immunity from liability to the state or any political\n\nsubdivision of the state for any breach of contract that is caused\n\nby an incorrect date being produced, calculated or generated by a\n\ncomputer or computer system that is owned or operated by the\n\nindependent contractor.\n\nF. As used in this section:\n\n1. “Independent contractor” means a defendant, as defined in\n\nSection 2 of this act, providing, pursuant to contract, a computer\n\nprogram or software, a computer system, or providing computer\n\ntechnical assistance to the state or a political subdivision of the\n\nstate;\n\n2. “Remediation efforts” means:\n\na. in the case of software, writing computer code to\n\ncorrect dates in data sensitive programs,\n1. “Independent contractor” means a defendant, as defined in\n\nSection 2 of this act, providing, pursuant to contract, a computer\n\nprogram or software, a computer system, or providing computer\n\ntechnical assistance to the state or a political subdivision of the\n\nstate;\n\n2. “Remediation efforts” means:\n\na. in the case of software, writing computer code to\n\ncorrect dates in data sensitive programs,\n\nb. in the case of embedded chips or systems, testing the\n\nembedded systems or chips to determine if they are\n\nyear 2000 compliant or assisting vendors in testing\n\nfor such compliance, and\n\nc. making necessary corrections to make the system\n\ncompliant; and\n\n3. “Computer system” means any electronic device or collection\n\nof devices, including support devices, networks and embedded chips,\n\nand excluding calculators that are not programmable, that contain\n\ncomputer programs or electronic instructions and that perform\n\nfunctions including logic, arithmetic, data processing, data storage\n\nand retrieval, communication or control.","path":["OK Code","Title 51"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os51.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"6616021661c478a71bc2fa689c3d80af6bc75702be3eec66651df8d52b991ce2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-155.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-156"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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