{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1000.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1000.4","heading":"Rules - Powers and duties - Fines, penalties, and fees","body":"- Appeals.\n\nA. 1. Pursuant to and in compliance with Article I of the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act, the Construction Industries Board\n\nshall have the power to adopt, amend, repeal, and promulgate rules\n\nas may be necessary to regulate the plumbing, electrical, roofing,\n\nand mechanical trades, building and construction inspectors and home\n\ninspectors. All rules promulgated by the Board shall be reviewed\n\nand approved as provided in subsection F of Section 308 of Title 75\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\n2. The Board shall have the power to enforce the provisions of\n\nthe Construction Industries Board Act, The Plumbing License Law of\n\n1955, the Oklahoma Inspectors Act, the Electrical License Act, the\n\nMechanical Licensing Act, the Home Inspection Licensing Act, and the\n\nRoofing Contractor Registration Act, as provided in the respective\n\nacts.\n\nB. The Board shall have the following powers:\n\n1. Exercise all incidental powers and duties which are\n\nnecessary to effectuate the provisions of The Plumbing License Law\n\nof 1955, the Oklahoma Inspectors Act, the Electrical License Act,\n\nthe Mechanical Licensing Act, the Home Inspection Licensing Act, and\n\nthe Roofing Contractor Registration Act, including but not limited\n\nto authorizing the Board chair, vice-chair, administrator, or\n\ndesignee to determine good reason for and to cancel a scheduled\n\nmeeting or reschedule meetings of a licensing or registration act\n\nadvisory examining committee of the Board pursuant to state\n\nrequirements. Such canceling or rescheduling meetings authority\n\nprovided for in this section shall supersede all other meeting\n\nscheduling requirements for acts administered by the Board;\n\n2. Serve as a code variance and appeals board for the trades\n\nand industries it regulates which do not have statutory code\n\nvariance and appeals boards;\n\n3. Order or subpoena the attendance of witnesses, the\n\ninspection of records and premises, and the production of relevant\n\nbooks and papers for the investigation of matters that may come\n\nbefore the Board;\n\n4. Initiate disciplinary proceedings, request prosecution of\n\nand initiate injunctive proceedings against any person who violates\n\nany of the provisions of The Plumbing License Law of 1955, the\n\nOklahoma Inspectors Act, the Electrical License Act, the Mechanical\n\nLicensing Act, the Home Inspection Licensing Act, and the Roofing\n\nContractor Registration Act;\n\n5. Maintain an administrative staff including, but not limited\n\nto, a Construction Industries Administrator whose appointment shall\n\nbe made as provided in Section 1000.6 of this title;\n\n6. Establish and levy administrative fines and penalties for\n\nviolations of law or rule in the trades and industries the Board\n\nlicenses or regulates or against any person or entity denying the\n\nBoard or its representatives access to a job site for purposes of\n\nenforcing any of the provisions of The Plumbing License Law of 1955,\n\nthe Oklahoma Inspectors Act, the Electrical License Act, the\n\nMechanical Licensing Act, the Home Inspection Licensing Act, or the\n\nRoofing Contractor Registration Act; provided, however, the Board is\n\nnot authorized to inspect or issue administrative violations or\n\nfines for public utilities, public service corporations, intrastate\n\ngas pipeline companies, gas gathering pipeline companies, gas\n\nprocessing companies, rural electric associations, municipal\n\nutilities or their subsidiaries, chemical plants, gas processing\n\nplants or petroleum refineries where the entity uses their employees\n\nor contractors to work on their own facilities or equipment;\n\nprovided further, that any fines established by the Board pursuant\n\nto the authority granted in this subsection for any second or\n\nsubsequent violation of a law or rule shall be set at five times the\n\namount of the fine set by the Board for initial violations. The\n\nBoard shall amend its rules to be consistent with the fine amounts\n\nset forth herein;\ns to work on their own facilities or equipment;\n\nprovided further, that any fines established by the Board pursuant\n\nto the authority granted in this subsection for any second or\n\nsubsequent violation of a law or rule shall be set at five times the\n\namount of the fine set by the Board for initial violations. The\n\nBoard shall amend its rules to be consistent with the fine amounts\n\nset forth herein;\n\n7. Direct such other expenditures as may be necessary in the\n\nperformance of its duties including, but not limited to,\n\nexpenditures for office space, equipment, furnishings and contracts\n\nfor legal services. All expenditures shall be made pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Central Purchasing Act; and\n\n8. Enforce provisions of the plumbing, electrical and\n\nmechanical codes as adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code\n\nCommission pursuant to the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission\n\nAct.\n\nC. The Board shall account for all receipts and expenditures of\n\nthe monies of the Board, including annually preparing and publishing\n\na statement of receipts and expenditures of the Board for each\n\nfiscal year. The Board's annual statement of receipts and\n\nexpenditures shall be audited by the State Auditor and Inspector or\n\nan independent accounting firm in accordance with the provisions of\n\nsubsection B of Section 212 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nand the audit report shall be certified to the Governor of this\n\nstate to be true and correct, under oath, by the chair and vice-\n\nchair of the Board. A copy of such certified report, if not already\n\navailable online, shall be delivered to the chairs of the respective\n\nSenate and House of Representatives Committees having authority over\n\nmatters relating to business, labor and construction industry\n\nlicensing or regulation not later than February 1 each year.\n\nD. The Board shall account for all fines, penalties and fees\n\nassessed and collected pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act\n\nor any rule promulgated for regulation of any industry and trade\n\nunder the authority of the Construction Industries Board. All\n\nfines, penalties and fees assessed for any violation of law or rule\n\nshall be automatically reviewed and brought before the entire Board\n\nfor consideration and vote not later than ninety (90) days from\n\nwhich it was imposed. The Construction Industries Administrator\n\nshall present to the Board a written recommendation and summary for\n\neach case in which an assessment of a fine, penalty or fee was\n\nimposed after administrative proceedings. The Board shall consider\n\nthe recommendations for each case at the next meeting date and at\n\nsuch meeting shall either vote to affirm the recommendations or vote\n\nto deny the recommendations and remand the case for further\n\nadministrative hearing, with or without instructions. No\n\nadministrative case shall be delayed or continued by the Board after\n\nbeing placed on an agenda for final Board review, except with the\n\nconsent of all parties. The licensee or persons affected by the\n\nimposition of an administrative fine, penalty or fee on final review\n\nby the Board shall have all rights of appeal preserved pursuant to\n\nthe Administrative Procedures Act until final action by the Board.\n\nCollection of unpaid, finalized administrative fines by the Board,\n\ndirectly or through contracted services unless otherwise provided in\n\nlaw, may be sought beginning ninety (90) days after final\n\ndisposition and order of the matter through the processes\n\nestablished by this act and the Administrative Procedures Act.\n\nE. The Construction Industries Board shall hear all appeals\n\ntimely made from an administrative ruling relating to an industry\n\nand trade regulated by the Board; however, this appeal authority\n\nshall not be in addition to the appeal process authorized by the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act. Any ruling by the Board from an\n\nadministrative hearing may be further appealed to the district court\ns Act.\n\nE. The Construction Industries Board shall hear all appeals\n\ntimely made from an administrative ruling relating to an industry\n\nand trade regulated by the Board; however, this appeal authority\n\nshall not be in addition to the appeal process authorized by the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act. Any ruling by the Board from an\n\nadministrative hearing may be further appealed to the district court\n\nof Oklahoma County. The district court, upon conclusion of an\n\nappeal from a Board ruling, shall be authorized to award reasonable\n\nlegal fees to the prevailing party.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ed90c0fca22a6df9106ff0eea5101d18eec7fd3aa81c2b9c4db589d9ad3136e1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1000.31","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1000.4a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}