STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 786	By:	Ivester

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to workers’ compensation; amending 85 O.S. 2001, Section 6, which relates to penalty; updating statutory reference; making language gender neutral; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     85 O.S. 2001, Section 6, is amended to read as follows:
Section 6.  Except as provided in Section ~~29~~ 110 of this ~~act~~ title, a person, firm, partnership or corporation who violates any provision of Section 5 of this title shall be liable for reasonable damages, actual and punitive if applicable, suffered by an employee as a result of the violation.  An employee discharged in violation of the Workers' Compensation Act shall be entitled to be reinstated to his or her former position.  Exemplary or punitive damage awards made pursuant to this section shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). The burden of proof shall be upon the employee.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

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