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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1134 By: Fetgatter
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; making
certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; defining
term; providing for codificatio n; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 650.12 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause and
with intent to do bodily harm, commits any assault, battery or
assault and battery upon the person of a municipal or county code
official who is in the lawful performance of his or her duties of
investigating or enforcing the codes, rules or regulations adopted
by county legislation or municipal ordi nance, upon conviction , is
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed two (2) years, or
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by a fine not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
B. As used in this section, "code official" means any code
enforcement official, zonin g official, health official, building
official or deputies thereof, or other person designated by county
legislation or municipal ordinance to lawfully investigate and
enforce such legislation or ordinance as adopted by the governing
body thereof.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-5044 GRS 11/18/20