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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 289 Oklahoma Tax Commission may enforce payments by proceeding in accordance with the provisions of Section 79 of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes. (5) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (7) of this section, the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall, monthly, as the same are collected, pay to the State Treasurer of this state, to the credit of the Special Occupational Health and Safety Fund, all monies collected under the provisions of this section. Monies shall be paid out of said Fund exclusively for the operation and administration of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act and for other necessary expenses of the Department of Labor pursuant to appropriations by the Oklahoma Legislature. (6) The Commissioner shall determine the needs of the program, considering statistical data on disabling work injuries, depth and scope of the program as evidenced by the needs and demands of employers and the present, planned and anticipated budgetary needs of the program, and submit same to the Legislature. (7) In no event shall the total fiscal year amount paid to the credit of the Special Occupational Health and Safety Fund pursuant to this section exceed the 3-year average of the total fiscal year amounts apportioned fiscal years 2015, 2016 and 2017. Any amount in excess of the 3-year average shall be placed to the credit of the General Revenue Fund. Added by Laws 1970, c. 287, § 18, operative July 1, 1970. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 287, § 4, emerg. eff. June 5, 1975; Laws 1985, c. 181, § 222, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 223, § 25, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 2013, c. 254, § 29, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Laws 2017, c. 354, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 210, § 1.
§40-418.2. Repealed by Laws 2009, c. 322, § 15.
§40-419. Penalty. Any employer or insurance company willfully failing to comply with any of the provisions of Sections 17 and 18 is guilty of a misdemeanor. Laws 1970, c. 287, § 19, operative July 1, 1970.
§40-424. Qualifications for personnel of Department of Labor. The provisions as to qualifications of persons in positions or jobs created or provided for under provisions of Sections 401 through 423 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act of 1970, shall not apply to officers or employees of the Department of Labor, it being intended that their qualifications for such positions or jobs be determined by the Commissioner of Labor. Laws 1971, c. 356, § 1, emerg. eff. June 26, 1971.