Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-14-107

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Publication of certain codes and ordinances by title

Official statutory text

and summary of contents.

A. If a municipal governing body enacts or adopts by reference

ordinances which are compilations or codes of law or regulations

relating to traffic, building, plumbing, electrical installations,

fire prevention, inflammable liquids, milk and milk products,

protection of the public health, or any other matters which the

municipality has the power to regulate, such ordinances are not

required to be published in full. Legal publication of such

ordinances may be by publishing the title and a summary of their

contents in the manner provided by Section 14-106 of this title. At

least one copy of such ordinances shall be kept in the office of the

municipal clerk for public use, inspection, and examination. The

municipal clerk shall keep copies of the ordinances, codes, or

compilations for distribution or sale at a reasonable price.

B. A municipality which adopts building standards shall adopt

and enforce codes adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code

Commission.

C. Nothing in this act shall prevent or take away from any

city, town or county the authority to enact and enforce rules

containing higher standards and requirements than the codes adopted

by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission nor prevent or take

away from any city, town or county the authority to amend such

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adopted codes to make changes necessary to accommodate local

conditions except as provided in subsections D and E of this

section.

D. A city, town or county may begin enforcing the higher

standards and requirements allowed in subsection C of this section

no less than thirty (30) days after submitting the higher standards

and requirements to the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission in

such form as the Commission may prescribe.

E. No city, town or county shall adopt real estate development

building or construction ordinances, rules or codes restricting or

prohibiting connections to the facilities of utility providers

lawfully operating in this state, nor may any city, town or county

discriminate in the adoption of such rules or codes against one or

more utility providers based in whole or in part upon the nature or

source of the utility service provided.

F. Ordinances which are passed by the governing body with an

emergency clause attached are not required to be published in full,

but may be published by title only in the manner provided by Section

14-106 of this title.

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