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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 40. LABOR

  § 40-196.2a. Application of Sections 196.1 to 196.14.  

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  • A.  Sections 196.1 through 196.12 of this title and Sections 10 and 11 of this act shall apply only where the total cost of the project to be performed by contractors in connection with construction of any public work is Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00) or more.

    B.  No project involving sums in excess of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00) shall be split into partial contracts involving sums of below Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00) for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this section.  All such partial contracts involving less than Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00) shall be void.

    C.  For purposes of this section, "project" means all work, materials, contracts, subcontracts or other things of value required to prepare the permanent facility of a public work for its intended use, including the erection, construction or improvement of any structure or building; but will not include land acquisition costs, architects' fees, engineering fees, planning and research costs or cost of furnishings not part of the permanent facility.

    D.  Additions to existing facilities shall be deemed to be separate projects if: 1.  the existing facility has been in use for at least one (1) year; and

    2.  at least one (1) year has elapsed from the completion of the existing facility, or the most recent addition thereto, and the advertisement for bids for the contract or contracts for the addition.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 296, § 75, operative July 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 49, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 274, § 8, operative July 1, 1986.