Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 1101
Purposes - Construction
Effective Nov 1, 1985Laws 1968, SB 367, c. 388, § 101, emerg. eff. May 17, 1968; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1081, c. 165, § 1, eff. November 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 1991, SB 204, c. 177, § 1.
- A. The general purposes of this act are to provide for execution within the state of the policies embodied in the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to make uniform the law of those states which enact this act, and to provide rights and remedies substantially equivalent to those granted under the federal Fair Housing Law.
- B. This act shall be construed according to the fair import of its terms and shall be liberally construed to further the general purposes stated in this section and the special purposes of the particular provision involved.
Laws 1968, SB 367, c. 388, § 101, emerg. eff. May 17, 1968; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1081, c. 165, § 1, eff. November 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 1991, SB 204, c. 177, § 1.