Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-176
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Penalty for neglect to place temporary floors
Official statutory text
Any person engaged in and having supervision and charge of the
building, erection, or construction of any block, building or
structure who shall neglect or refuse to place or have placed upon
the joists of each and every story of such block, building or
structure as soon as the joists are in position, counter floors of
such quality and strength as to render perfectly safe the going to
and fro thereon of all mechanics, laborers, and other persons
engaged upon the work of construction or in supervising the same or
in the building or placing of materials therefor, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of
competent jurisdiction shall be fined in any sum not less than
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00), and each and every day that such person, contractor,
agent, factor or architect shall neglect or refuse to have such
floors so placed as aforesaid, after written notice by the building
inspector or from any person whose life or personal safety may be
endangered by such neglect or refusal shall be held and considered a
separate offense, severally liable to the penalties aforesaid.
building, erection, or construction of any block, building or
structure who shall neglect or refuse to place or have placed upon
the joists of each and every story of such block, building or
structure as soon as the joists are in position, counter floors of
such quality and strength as to render perfectly safe the going to
and fro thereon of all mechanics, laborers, and other persons
engaged upon the work of construction or in supervising the same or
in the building or placing of materials therefor, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of
competent jurisdiction shall be fined in any sum not less than
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00), and each and every day that such person, contractor,
agent, factor or architect shall neglect or refuse to have such
floors so placed as aforesaid, after written notice by the building
inspector or from any person whose life or personal safety may be
endangered by such neglect or refusal shall be held and considered a
separate offense, severally liable to the penalties aforesaid.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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