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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 73 By: Rader
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public health and safety; amending
63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-1201, which relates to hotel
licenses; modifying definition; updating statutory
language; making language gender neutral; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-1201, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-1201. (a) A. It shall be unlawful for any person to
operate or maintain a hotel unless he or she shall have first
obtained, and holds, a licens e issued for such purpose by the State
Commissioner of Health. Unless otherwise provided by rule by the
State Board of Health Commissioner, each such license shall expire
on the 30th day of June nex t following its issuance, and the
Commissioner shall char ge and collect therefor an annual fee to be
fixed by the Board of Health Commissioner. The term “hotel” as used
in this section shall mean and include any hotel, motel, tourist
court, apartment house , rooming house, or other place where sleeping
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accommodations are furnished, or offered, for pay for transient
guests, if four seven or more rooms are available therein for
transient guests. This section shall apply to the operation of a
hotel by a state board.
(b) B. The State Board of Health Commissioner may adopt
reasonable standards, rules and regulations for hotels as to the
following: buildings and appurtenances thereto, including plumbing,
ventilation and lighting; construction, cleanliness and bac tericidal
treatment of equipment and utensils; cleanline ss and hygiene of
personnel; toilet facilities; disposal of wa stes; water supply; and
any other items deemed necessary to safeguard the health, comfort
and safety of guests accommodated therein.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessa ry for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an e mergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this resolution shall take
effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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