Oklahoma § 74-324.8 - Uniform force and effect - Authority of cities, towns
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 74-324.8 — Uniform force and effect - Authority of cities, towns, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 74-324.8. Uniform force and effect - Authority of cities, towns
and counties.
The rules promulgated pursuant to Section 324.1 et seq. of this
title shall have uniform force and effect throughout the state and
no municipality or subdivision shall enact or enforce any
ordinances, rules for construction of or major alterations to
buildings with standards less stringent than the building code, as
last adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.
Provided, nothing in this act shall prevent or take away from any
city, town or county, the authority to enact and enforce rules
containing higher standards and requirements than those provided
herein nor prevent or take away from any city, town or county the
authority to amend such adopted codes to make changes necessary to
accommodate local conditions. And provided further, that nothing in
this act shall in any way impair the power of any municipality,
county or subdivision to regulate the use of land by zoning,
building codes or restricted fire district regulations.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 257, § 8, eff. July 1, 1965. Amended by Laws
1971, c. 236, § 1, emerg. eff. June 12, 1971; Laws 1990, c. 199, §
1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 324, § 3, emerg. eff.
June 14, 1991; Laws 2001, c. 136, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2005,
c. 119, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2009, c. 439, § 19, emerg. eff.
June 2, 2009.
NOTE: Laws 2009, c. 80, § 2 repealed by Laws 2010, c. 2, § 100,
emerg. eff. March 3, 2010.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 74-324.8 ("Uniform force and effect - Authority of cities, towns") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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