Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1000.25

A. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall

establish a system of fees to be charged for the issuance and

renewal of any construction permits issued by any agency,

municipality, or other political subdivision of this state.

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B. This provision is subject to the following limitations:

1. No schedule of fees may be established or amended by the

Commission except during such times as the Legislature is in

session; provided, the Commission may establish or amend a schedule

of fees at a time when the Legislature is not in session if the fees

or schedule of fees has been specifically authorized by the

Legislature pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4 of this subsection. The

Commission must follow the procedures required by Article I of the

Administrative Procedures Act for adoption of rules in establishing

or amending any such schedule of fees;

2. The Commission shall charge fees for construction permits

and renewal of such permits issued by any state agency,

municipality, or other political subdivision of this state which

authorized work governed by codes within the purview of the

Commission only within the following ranges:

a. for issuance of permit not to exceed $5.00

b. for renewal of permit not to exceed $5.00

3. Fees shall be remitted to the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code

Commission within thirty (30) days after the end of the preceding

calendar month. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall

report electronically to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the

Senate and the Speaker of the House semiannually its collections for

the six (6) months preceding the report;

4. Fees shall be collected by any state agency, municipality or

other political subdivision issuing construction permits within this

state. The fees shall be deposited in an account created by the

collecting entity for that purpose;

5. The state agency, municipality or other political

subdivision shall remit the monies in the account on a monthly basis

directly to the State Treasury for deposit in the Oklahoma Uniform

Building Code Commission Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section

1000.28 of this title. Along with the deposits required by this

paragraph, each state agency, municipality or other political

subdivision shall also submit a report stating the total amount of

funds collected and the total number of fees imposed during the

preceding month. The report shall be made on computerized or manual

disposition reports as provided by rule of the Commission;

6. Any state agency, municipality or other political

subdivision collecting and remitting fees pursuant to this section

may levy a fee up to fifty cents ($0.50) for every construction

permit or renewal permit issued. These monies shall be deposited

into an account for the sole use of the state agency, municipality

or other political subdivision. The state agency, municipality or

other political subdivision shall state the total amount of funds

collected and the total number of fees imposed to the State Treasury

in the report required by paragraph 5 of this subsection;

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7. It shall be the responsibility of the state agency,

municipality or other political subdivision to account for and

ensure the correctness and accuracy of payments made to the State

Treasury pursuant to this title;

8. Funds collected by a state agency, municipality or other

political subdivision and remitted to the State Treasury pursuant to

the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Act shall be deposited

in the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Revolving Fund and

shall be used solely for the purposes of the Oklahoma Uniform

Building Code Commission Act; and

9. Nothing in the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Act

shall prevent the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission from

offering incentives for prompt payment.