Oklahoma § 21-1102

§ 21-1102.

License - Restrictions - Fee - Notice - Protests.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a

public pool or billiard hall, or any public pool or billiard table,

in any incorporated city or town, without first securing a license

from the district court clerk. The person applying for the license

shall appear once each year and satisfy the district court clerk

that he or she is a person of good moral character; that he or she

has never been convicted of violating any of the laws regulating the

traffic in any spirituous, vinous, fermented, or malt liquors, or

any of the intoxicating beverage or low-point beer laws of this

state, or convicted of violating any of the gambling laws of this

state. A fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) every three (3) years

shall be charged for the license. Upon application, the district

court clerk shall give five (5) days' notice by posting notices, one

notice to be posted at the county courthouse, one notice to be

served on the district attorney or the district attorney’s

assistant, and three (3) notices in the city or town where the pool

hall shall be located. The notice shall contain the name of the

applicant and the location of the pool or billiard hall. Any

citizen of the city or town may file a written protest to the

issuance of the license with the district court clerk and the court

shall set the matter of protest for hearing. Any person violating

any provision of this section shall be punished by fine, not less

than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars

($100.00), for each offense.

Added by Laws 1915, c. 21, § 2. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 414, § 2,

eff. Jan. 13, 1969; Laws 1978, c. 212, § 7, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws

1991, c. 8, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1995, c. 274, § 4, eff.

Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2000, c. 172, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2001,

c. 161, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.