Section 1.2 - Violation of Board order - Notice - Hearing - Misdemeanor - Injunction - ActionA. Whenever the Board determines there are reasonable grounds to believe there has been a violation of any order of the Board adopted pursuant to Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, it shall give written notice to the alleged violator specifying the cause of the complaint. Such notice shall require that the matters complained of be corrected within a specified time or that the alleged violator appear before the Board at a time and place specified in the notice to answer the charges. The notice shall be delivered to the alleged violator in accordance with the provisions of subsection C of this section not less than twenty (20) days before the time set for the hearing.B. The Board shall afford the alleged violator an opportunity for a hearing in conformity with the Administrative Procedures Act. On the basis of the evidence produced at the hearing, the Board shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and enter an order thereon. The Board shall give written notice of such order to the alleged violator. The order of the Board shall become final and binding on all parties unless appealed to the district court within thirty (30) days after notice of such order has been sent to the parties.C. Any notice, order or other instrument issued by the Board pursuant to this section may be served either personally, by publication, or by mailing a copy by registered mail directed to the alleged violator at his last-known address as shown by the files or records of the Board. Proof of such service shall be filed in the office of the Board.D. Unless otherwise specified by law, any person who violates any of the provisions of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes or who violates any order or determination of the Board promulgated pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition thereto may be enjoined from continuing such violation. Each day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation. The Attorney General, on the request of the Board, shall bring an action against any person violating any order or determination of the Board adopted pursuant to Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 1.2
Added by Laws 1982, c. 296, § 3.