Oklahoma § 63-124.8 - Responsibility of permit holders - Penalties

§ 63-124.8. Responsibility of permit holders - Penalties

A. Any firm, corporation, company or partnership shall ensure

that all personnel, field crews, magazine attendants, truck drivers,

supervisors and superintendents are fully conversant with all

provisions of this section and the rules promulgated hereunder. The

permit holder shall be responsible for violations committed by

employees working under the company or corporation permit.

B. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section

or any rules or regulations made thereunder shall be guilty of a

Class C2 felony offense and shall be punished by a fine of not more

than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment as

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If

such violation was committed with the knowledge or intent that any

explosive or blasting agent involved was to be used to kill, injure

or intimidate any person or unlawfully to damage any real or

personal property, the person or persons committing such violations,

upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense and

shall be punished by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars

($10,000.00), or imprisoned for not more than ten (10) years, or

both. If in a case involving such knowledge or intent personal

injury results, such person shall be guilty of a Class A1 felony

offense and shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) years,

or fined not more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), or

both; and if death results such person shall be subject to

imprisonment for any term of years or for life.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 302, § 9, operative July 1, 1971. Amended by

Laws 1995, c. 344, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 141.9

of this title by Laws 1995, c. 344, § 33, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws

2025, c. 486, § 14, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.