The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Oklahoma
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 11 O.S. ch. 1, art. XXII (Powers of Municipalities); recited by Tulsa as '11 O.S. 22-120(A)' in Ordinances 24408 and 24490 (Ex. OK-064, OK-066)
- Issued
- 1978-07-01 July 1, 1978
- Effective
- standing (read as 1978-07-01)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since July 1, 1978 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
- Addressees
- municipal governing bodies (power); through their ordinances, owners or persons in control of premises and businesses open to the public within the municipality
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: Oklahoma DUT-OK
Operative words
The municipal governing body may enact and enforce such ordinances, rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the protection of the public health, not inconsistent with state law... The governing body may make regulations to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the municipality and may enforce quarantine laws within five (5) miles of the municipal limits.
Penalty
Municipal penalties under the ordinances (Tulsa: prosecution for trespass, disturbing the peace or disorderly conduct and citations by the Health Department and code officers, Ex. OK-064, OK-067; Norman: $50 to $500 per day for businesses, Ex. OK-080; Oklahoma City: Municipal Code sec. 15-40, Ex. OK-052)
What it required
Every Oklahoma municipality holds standing power to enact and enforce public-health ordinances and 'regulations to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases', and (22-121) to 'declare what shall constitute a nuisance, and provide for the prevention, removal and abatement of nuisances'; the face-covering, six-foot separation, signage, capacity and event-plan duties Tulsa, Norman, Stillwater and Oklahoma City wrote on places of public accommodation (Ex. OK-064, OK-066, OK-069, OK-080, OK-085, OK-086, OK-052, OK-053) were exercises of this power and were binding law within those cities, with citation authority and fines. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).
Retrieval noteSaved as the Legislature's complete-title PDF because OSCN's section pages were behind an automated-traffic challenge; cite with the page pin. Subsection B (environmental hazards) is not relied on. The Oklahoma City proclamations recite 21 O.S. 1321.9 and Oklahoma City Municipal Code secs. 15-37, 15-38 and 15-40 (Ex. OK-052 record); Norman recites Norman Code sec. 2-111 (Ex. OK-074 record).