View Full Version : IT IS SO ON!!!!
Viking Kitten
5/10/2006, 04:34 PM
:les: Governor inks tattoo bill!!!!
Inks... get it?
By The Associated Press
Gov. Brad Henry signed legislation Wednesday to license and regulate tattoo artists and parlors, making Oklahoma the last state in the nation to make the body art lawful.
The measure, which was given final approval by the state Senate last week, ends a legal ban on tattooing that has been in effect in the state since 1963. Previous attempts to lift it over the past decade have been opposed on health and safety as well as moral grounds.
"Regardless of one's personal views about tattoos, the plain fact is that tattooing is prevalent," Henry said.
"Public health experts say that tattooing must be regulated if we are to help guard against health hazards that might arise from shoddy practices," he said.
The legislation creates a regulatory scheme for tattoo artists and parlors that will include sanitation and health guidelines and periodic inspections by the state Department of Health.
Oklahoma has licensed and regulated body piercing since 1999 and regulations for tattoo artists and parlors will be very similar to those for body piercing, state health officials said.
The Health Department endorsed the measure after expressing concern about an increase in hepatitis infections related to unsanitary tattooing practices.
Between 2000 and 2003, there was a 78 percent increase in new hepatitis C infections and 34 percent of the people infected reported they had a tattoo, according to the Health Department.
In 2004, an investigation into an outbreak of hepatitis B in LeFloreCounty revealed a potential link to home tattooing practices. The same year, emergency workers in AtokaCounty reported antibiotic-resistant skin infections in four patients with recent nonprofessional tattoos.
"It is important that we do what we can to make sure those who get a tattoo don't also end up contracting a disease such as HIV or hepatitis B or C," Henry said.
Under the measure, it is illegal to perform tattooing on anyone younger than 18. The new law takes effect Nov. 1.
Edit... Bigger font. It was a copy and paste.
slickdawg
5/10/2006, 04:37 PM
I still can't believe Mississippi wasn't last in ONE category.
NormanPride
5/10/2006, 04:37 PM
The end is nigh!
BlondeSoonerGirl
5/10/2006, 04:37 PM
Mmmm, Chris Nunez...
Oh, sorry.
sooneron
5/10/2006, 04:37 PM
Larger font, please.
silverwheels
5/10/2006, 04:37 PM
Sweet. Now I can finally get the tattoo that I've never wanted.
BigRedJed
5/10/2006, 04:40 PM
TRAMP STAMPS FOR EVERYONE!
Czar Soonerov
5/10/2006, 04:41 PM
http://www.funfry.com/data/516/godamn_crazymofo_ugly_woman_funny_picture_funfry_r esize.JPG
BlondeSoonerGirl
5/10/2006, 04:41 PM
See?
TATTOO RESPONSIBLY, PEOPLE!!!
NormanPride
5/10/2006, 04:43 PM
Actually, I don't see. Stupid workplace firewall.
yermom
5/10/2006, 04:43 PM
it's about time...
not that i'm planning on getting one or anything
I'd like to have a boob on each cheek.
slickdawg
5/10/2006, 04:47 PM
How long until the Czar gets his tattoofark bidness open?
Boomer.....
5/10/2006, 04:48 PM
I'm glad that we are getting in legalized. I don't care for them, but it will bring in money and safer conditions.
Hamhock
5/10/2006, 04:54 PM
Next thing you know they'll be letting women wear jeans to work...
slickdawg
5/10/2006, 04:55 PM
and Hawaiian shirts
Czar Soonerov
5/10/2006, 04:56 PM
How long until the Czar gets his tattoofark bidness open?
Who wants a :bsmf: tatt?
NormanPride
5/10/2006, 04:56 PM
And do their hair up like hussies.
slickdawg
5/10/2006, 04:57 PM
And do their hair up like hussies.
just like that girl on that disney show.....
BigRedJed
5/10/2006, 04:57 PM
And start smoking cigars in public.
OklahomaTuba
5/10/2006, 04:58 PM
So, who is the first to get the sf.com logo tat?
yermom
5/10/2006, 04:58 PM
Who wants a :bsmf: tatt?
IN.
NormanPride
5/10/2006, 05:00 PM
I bet if we get Stan drunk enough...
BeetDigger
5/10/2006, 05:01 PM
"Tattoos are the working man's way of investing in art." Charles Emerson Winchester III.
Mrs. Norm
5/10/2006, 05:06 PM
First the lottery, now tattoos. Good grief, the next thing you know they will be selling liquor in grocery stores!!!!!!!!! What is Oklahoma turning into? A regular state or something?
BlondeSoonerGirl
5/10/2006, 05:06 PM
Mrs. Norm's kinda sassy.
I like it.
Mrs. Norm
5/10/2006, 05:08 PM
Mrs. Norm's kinda sassy.
I like it.
Why thank ya BSG!
slickdawg
5/10/2006, 05:10 PM
First the lottery, now tattoos. Good grief, the next thing you know they will be selling liquor in grocery stores!!!!!!!!! What is Oklahoma turning into? A regular state or something?
Won't happen in Mississippi. EVAR.
Hell, we still have to pay sales tax on groceries - I think we are the only state that does that. But we have the second lowest sales tax on
smokes, like .30 a pack.
yermom
5/10/2006, 05:10 PM
First the lottery, now tattoos. Good grief, the next thing you know they will be selling liquor in grocery stores!!!!!!!!! What is Oklahoma turning into? A regular state or something?
what about the pr0n?
Mrs. Norm
5/10/2006, 05:12 PM
Won't happen in Mississippi. EVAR.
Hell, we still have to pay sales tax on groceries - I think we are the only state that does that. But we have the second lowest sales tax on
smokes, like .30 a pack.
We have sales tax on groceries, too.
Jimminy Crimson
5/10/2006, 05:12 PM
what about the pr0n?
free pr0n for everyone!!! :twinkies:
Jimminy Crimson
5/10/2006, 05:13 PM
We have sales tax on groceries, too.
Look for that to be struck down, soon.
Also, much to the dissapointment of liquor store owners, noise is being made to remedy the wine/beer sales at grocery stores.
slickdawg
5/10/2006, 05:19 PM
We have sales tax on groceries, too.
Really? So someone else is as bad as we are! :D
Ours is the full 7% sales tax, how about y'alls?
slickdawg
5/10/2006, 05:21 PM
The GUV here twice veteoed raising cig taxes to the national average, then
simply $1.00 to eliminate the sales tax, or cut in half the sales tax on
groceries.
He said no way.
Not enough votes to override him.
Mrs. Norm
5/10/2006, 05:21 PM
Really? So someone else is as bad as we are! :D
Ours is the full 7% sales tax, how about y'alls?
Yes, it is the full amount also. I believe it is around 8%.
slickdawg
5/10/2006, 05:22 PM
Yes, it is the full amount also. I believe it is around 8%.
Wow!
Y'all are really getting jacked!!
BTW, any rat dreams last night? :D
Viking Kitten
5/10/2006, 05:24 PM
This is really not how I envisioned this thread going.
BeetDigger
5/10/2006, 05:29 PM
This is really not how I envisioned this thread going.
I think that the SO shot it's wad, so to speak, with all of the avatar changing earlier today.
Widescreen
5/10/2006, 05:30 PM
"Regardless of one's personal views about crack, the plain fact is that crack is prevalent," Henry said.
Henry's theory appears to be that Prevalance = OK.
hurricane'bone
5/10/2006, 05:34 PM
:dean: & :twinkies: On my left and right butt cheeck, respectively.
mdklatt
5/10/2006, 05:36 PM
Ours is the full 7% sales tax, how about y'alls?
8% in Norman. Periodicals are free of sales tax, however. :confused: :rolleyes:
BeetDigger
5/10/2006, 05:38 PM
8% in Norman. Periodicals are free of sales tax, however. :confused: :rolleyes:
"Periodicals" huh?
Heh. :D
mdklatt
5/10/2006, 05:40 PM
"Periodicals" huh?
Heh. :D
Yeah, magazines and newspapers....
:confused:
Jimminy Crimson
5/10/2006, 06:05 PM
Yeah, magazines...
Go on... ;)
Okla-homey
5/10/2006, 06:34 PM
pphew! So glad that's over with. Now...for the next act of legislative genius...
:les: May we please have cold 6 point beer in the flippin' liquor store?
BTW, "ink" = pop culture fad. Like disco. I recommend leaving skin un-tatted. You'll thank me later.
proud gonzo
5/10/2006, 07:47 PM
howzit and beef already HAVE matching tattoos... (http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/2057/howzitandbeef3wl.jpg)
(http://img427.imageshack.us/my.php?image=howzitandbeef3wl.jpg)
walkoffsooner
5/10/2006, 07:57 PM
You ain't lived till you make the wings flap on a women.
BeetDigger
5/10/2006, 08:59 PM
Yeah, magazines and newspapers....
:confused:
Perfect 10
Penthouse
Swank
Hustler
:D
GottaHavePride
5/10/2006, 10:51 PM
Henry's theory appears to be that Prevalance = OK.
Hey, whatever idiots want to do to their own bodies is their business. But if they're doing it anyway (which they are) I'd rather have them licensed, regulated, taxed, and inspected so they're not spreading any incurable diseases. Plus it stops drunken idiots from driving a couple of hours to a neighboring state to have it done. I mean it's just silliness at this point - if they want it done there are any number of ways to have it done; why not keep the money in-state?
SicEmBaylor
5/10/2006, 10:54 PM
:sigh:
So what major accomplishments will the Boy Gov be running on this campaign season? Tattooing and endorsing some state ballot questions expanding gambling, creating a lotto, and taxing tobacco?
I will say this; I'm glad he's done virtually nothing becuase in his case nothing has got to be better than something.
Jimminy Crimson
5/10/2006, 11:26 PM
:sigh:
So what major accomplishments will the Boy Gov be running on this campaign season? Tattooing and endorsing some state ballot questions expanding gambling, creating a lotto, and taxing tobacco?
I will say this; I'm glad he's done virtually nothing becuase in his case nothing has got to be better than something.
He's gonna bring back cockfighting! :texan:
GottaHavePride
5/10/2006, 11:26 PM
He's gonna bring back cockfighting! :texan:
I know guys that have done that, but they call it a Chubby War.
SicEmBaylor
5/10/2006, 11:29 PM
I know guys that have done that, but they call it a Chubby War.
You need some new friends.
GottaHavePride
5/10/2006, 11:32 PM
More like "the reason I stopped going to chapter once I graduated". ;)
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