The fee for the examination and initial certificate shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for a Class A or B electrical contractor or elevator construction contractor and Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each of the following: a Class A or B journeyman electrician, a maintenance serviceman, an electrical appliance repairman, or a journeyman electrical sign man, which amount shall be paid to the joint electrical examining and appeal board. Such fee shall be paid before any applicant shall be permitted to take such examination.
Provided that such certificates once issued shall be subject to renewal on an annual basis upon payment of the renewal fee to said joint board in the amount of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for a Class A or Class B electrical contractor or elevator construction contractor and Five Dollars ($5.00) for each of the following: Class A or Class B journeyman electrician, maintenance serviceman, electrical appliances repairman or journeyman electrical sign man. Such fee shall be paid before the renewal certificates shall be issued.
Provided that the provisions of this section requiring payment of fees provided herein, shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, assembling, wiring, rewiring, installing, erecting, repairing, or altering interior or exterior electric signs, where such person does not himself perform any of the work aforementioned.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 863.31