Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-864.10

There is hereby authorized the creation of the office of

"electrical inspector" of the county or metropolitan area as defined

herein. Such electrical inspector shall be a person familiar with

all types of electrical installations and methods and shall be

familiar with the electrical code of any affected municipality or

county and shall have ten (10) years' practical experience in

electrical work as a contractor, engineer or Class A journeyman

electrician, and shall be licensed by the joint electrical examining

and appeals board.

A city electrical inspector shall be appointed by the governing

body of the city, a county electrical inspector shall be appointed

by the board of county commissioners and a metropolitan electrical

inspector shall be appointed in accordance with any written

agreement executed by the governing body of the city and board of

county commissioners creating such office. The governmental unit or

units authorized to make such appointments may employ such deputy

electrical inspectors who shall possess the same qualifications, for

such terms and at such compensation as the affected governmental

unit or units shall determine.

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It shall be the duty of any such electrical inspector and/or any

such deputy electrical inspectors to inspect all electrical

installations on new construction and on changes, revisions or

remodeling of existing structures lying within the jurisdiction of

the appointing governmental unit or units, to determine that all

such installations are in strict conformity with the requirements of

this act and to determine that all such installations are performed

by competent licensed workmen, according to the qualifications

herein contained; provided, any person who shall make a false

affidavit in order to obtain electrical inspection shall be guilty

of perjury and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as

provided by the statutes of this state relating to the crime of

perjury. Nothing contained herein should be construed as exempting

any unlicensed individual who is otherwise authorized from the

payment of regular inspection fees, or as exempting his electrical

work from compliance with the same standards of safety as are

applied to the inspection of electrical work by a licensed workman.

Any electrical inspector of the appropriate jurisdiction shall

have the authority to condemn any electrical wiring which is unsafe

within any city, county or metropolitan area within the terms of

this act, provided, however, that a county electrical inspector

shall not have jurisdiction in the corporate limits of or upon

property owned by any city having established an electrical

inspection department. Such city shall have jurisdiction upon

property owned by it whether located within or without its corporate

limits. Provided further, that nothing herein contained shall be

construed as extending the jurisdiction of any inspector of a city

having a population in excess of one hundred eighty thousand

(180,000) persons, the county or metropolitan inspector to areas

within the corporate limits of cities or towns having a population

less than one hundred eighty thousand (180,000) persons and located

within any affected county.

Notices shall be mailed to the property owner specifying any

necessary changes and a reasonable amount of time shall be given any

such owner to comply with the inspector's decision, and a copy of

the notice shall be filed with the utility supplying electrical

service. If compliance with the inspector's decision has not been

completed on or before the expiration of the time allowed, the

inspector shall have the authority to have the electrical service of

such property disconnected.

The affected governmental unit or units of any such county shall

determine and fix the reasonable fees to be charged for inspections,
h the utility supplying electrical

service. If compliance with the inspector's decision has not been

completed on or before the expiration of the time allowed, the

inspector shall have the authority to have the electrical service of

such property disconnected.

The affected governmental unit or units of any such county shall

determine and fix the reasonable fees to be charged for inspections,

which fees shall be sufficient to meet the expenses of operation of

the office or offices of the electrical inspector. All of such

inspection fees shall be payable to the general fund of the

authorizing and supervising governmental unit or units.

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The electrical inspector shall adopt such rules in regard to the

method of inspection and the time thereof as may be necessary and

proper to carry out the intent of this act, but all of such rules

and regulations shall be in strict accordance with the terms of this

act. After notice is received by the office of the electrical

inspector of the desire by any person for an electrical inspection,

the same shall be accomplished as soon as practicable. No public

utility shall furnish electrical service until such work has been

inspected and approved.

The chief electrical inspector of the city, county or

metropolitan area shall have the authority to designate one person,

qualified as an electrical inspector as provided herein, to act as

an investigator for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this

statute. Such person shall be responsible for presenting all cases

of violations to the city or district courts for prosecution. He

shall be bonded and shall carry a commission for this purpose.

No electrical inspector shall accept any gratuity for any

services performed, acts of commission or omission in connection

with the duties and obligations charged to be performed by his

office, or be connected in any way with any person, firm or

corporation engaged in the business of electrical contracting of any

classification.

Upon the application of any municipality which lies wholly or

partly within the county or metropolitan area and which is not

otherwise covered by this act, and upon the authorization of the

board of county commissioners, and the governing body of the city if

a metropolitan electrical inspection office has been created, the

electrical inspector may inspect electrical installations in such

excluded municipality, provided that such municipalities shall

collect and pay to the general fund of the county a fee for each

inspection in an amount determined by the board of county

commissioners.

This act shall apply to all counties having a population of over

three hundred thousand (300,000) according to the last decennial

census.