Curfew for juveniles - Fine - Community service.

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A. The board of county commissioners of any county of this state having a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000) persons according to the last federal decennial census, by resolution, may determine a curfew for juveniles that will apply to all unincorporated areas of the county. The parameters of the curfew shall be determined by the board and all penalty provisions shall comply with the provisions of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes and federal law concerning detention and custody of juveniles.

B. The board shall provide public notice of the curfew in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice shall be published once weekly for a period of four (4) continuous weeks.

C. The county shall correspond and work in conjunction with any appropriate state agency, if assistance is required in producing signs and posting the curfew.

D. The county shall post curfew information, as determined pursuant to subsections A through C of this section, on the county line marker where any state highway enters a county and at all off-ramps where interstate highways or turnpikes enter a county, unless a state agency has such jurisdiction to properly post signs. The appropriate board of county commissioners shall reimburse any state agency that may assist for the full cost of the required signage.

E. Any person convicted of a curfew violation pursuant to this section shall be fined an amount not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). Any person convicted of a second or subsequent curfew violation shall be fined an amount not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or assigned not more than thirty (30) hours of community service, or both such fine and community service hours.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 110, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 355, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 114, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.


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