Oklahoma Code § 61-4

Title 61. Public Buildings And Public Works: Public contracts made on basis of eight-hour day
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All contracts hereafter made by or on behalf of the state, or by
or on behalf of any county, city, township, or other municipality,
with any corporation, person or persons, for the performance of any
public work, by or on behalf of the state or any county, city,
township, or other municipality, shall be deemed and considered as
made upon the basis of eight (8) hours constituting a day's work;
and it shall be unlawful for such corporation, person or persons to
require, aid, abet, assist, connive at, or permit any laborer,

workman, mechanic, prison guards, janitors in public institutions,
or other person to work more than eight hours per calendar day in
doing such work, except in cases and upon the conditions provided in
Section 3 of this title.
Provided that the provisions of this act in regard to hours
worked per calendar day shall not apply to the construction,
reconstruction, maintenance, or the production of local materials
for:  Highways, roads, streets, and all the structures and drainage
in connection therewith; sewer systems, waterworks systems, dams and
levees, canals, drainage ditches, airport grading, drainage,
surfacing, seeding and planting.  Provided that the provisions of
this act will not prevent employees from drawing time and half for
those hours worked over forty (40) during any calendar week.

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