Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1505v2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1505v2
Procedures for the operation of county government
Status: in_force

The following procedures shall be used by counties for the

requisition, purchase, lease-purchase, rental, and receipt of

supplies, materials, road and bridge construction services,

equipment, and other services, except for professional services as

defined in Section 803 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the

maintenance, operation, and capital expenditures of county

government unless otherwise provided for by law.

A. The procedure for requisitioning items for county offices

shall be as follows:

1. The requesting department shall prepare a requisition form

in triplicate. The requisition shall contain any specifications for

an item as deemed necessary by the requesting department. The form

shall be prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector;

2. The requesting department shall retain a copy of the

requisition and forward the original requisition and a copy to the

county purchasing agent; and

3. Upon receipt of the requisition, the county purchasing

agent, within two (2) working days, shall begin the bidding and

purchasing process as provided for in this section. Nothing in this

section shall prohibit the transfer of supplies, materials, or

equipment between county departments upon a written agreement

between county officers.

B. The bid procedure for selecting a vendor for the purchase,

lease-purchase, or rental of supplies, materials, equipment, and

services used by a county shall be as follows:

1. The county purchasing agent shall request written

recommendations from all county officers pertaining to needed or

commonly used supplies, materials, road and bridge construction

services, equipment, and services. From such recommendations and

available requisition, purchase, or inventory records, the county

purchasing agent shall prepare a list of items needed or commonly

used by county officers. The county purchasing agent shall request

from the Purchasing Division or from the Information Services

Division in the case of information technology and telecommunication

goods and services of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services all contracts quoting the price the state is paying for the

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items. The county purchasing agent shall either request the

Purchasing Division or the Information Services Division of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services, as applicable, to make

the purchase for the county or the county purchasing agent shall

solicit bids for unit prices on the items for periods of not to

exceed twelve (12) months in the manner described in paragraph 2 of

this subsection. If the county purchasing agent receives a

requisition for an item for which the county purchasing agent does

not have a current bid, the county purchasing agent shall request

from the Purchasing Division or the Information Services Division of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, as applicable, all

contracts quoting the price the state is paying for the item. The

county purchasing agent shall either request the Purchasing Division

or the Information Services Division of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services, as applicable, to make the purchase for the

county or the county purchasing agent shall solicit bids in the

manner described in paragraph 2 of this subsection. Nothing in this

paragraph shall prohibit bids from being taken on an item currently

on a twelve-month bid list, at any time deemed necessary by the

county purchasing agent. Whenever the county purchasing agent deems

it necessary to take a bid on an item currently on a twelve-month

bid list, the reason for the bid shall be entered into the minutes

of the board of county commissioners;

2. Bids shall be solicited by mailing or emailing a notice to

all persons or firms who have made a written request of the county

purchasing agent that they be notified of such bid solicitation and

to all other persons or firms who might reasonably be expected to

submit bids. Notice of solicitation of bids shall also be published

one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

Notices shall be mailed and published at least ten (10) days prior

to the date on which the bids are opened. Proof of the mailing or

emailing shall be made by the affidavit of the person mailing or

emailing the request for bids and shall be made a part of the

official records of the county purchasing agent. The notice shall

specify whether the county will consider written bids, electronic

bids, or both; the decision to exclusively consider either written

bids or electronic bids shall be determined pursuant to an

affirmative vote of the board of county commissioners. Whenever any

prospective supplier or vendor dealing in or listing for sale any

particular item or article required to be purchased or acquired by

sealed bids fails to enter or offer a sealed bid for three

successive bid solicitations, the name of the supplier or vendor may

be dropped from the mailing lists of the board of county

commissioners;

3. The sealed bids received from vendors and the state contract

price received from the applicable division of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall be given to the county

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clerk by the county purchasing agent. The county clerk shall

forward the sealed bids and state contract price, if any, to the

board of county commissioners;

4. The board of county commissioners, in an open meeting, shall

open the sealed bids and compare them to the state contract price.

The board of county commissioners shall select the lowest and best

bid based upon, if applicable, the availability of material and

transportation cost to the job site within thirty (30) days of the

meeting. For any special item not included on the list of needed or

commonly used items, the requisitioning official shall review the

bids and submit a written recommendation to the board before final

approval. The board of county commissioners shall keep a written

record of the meeting as required by law, and any time the lowest

bid was not considered to be the lowest and best bid, the reason for

such conclusion shall be recorded. Whenever the board of county

commissioners rejects the written recommendation of the

requisitioning official pertaining to a special item, the reasons

for the rejection shall be entered in their minutes and stated in a

letter to the requisitioning official and county purchasing agent;

5. The county purchasing agent shall notify the successful

bidders and shall maintain a copy of the notification. The county

purchasing agent shall prepare and maintain a vendors list

specifying the successful bidders and shall notify each county

officer of the list. The county purchasing agent may remove any

vendor from such list who refuses to provide goods or services as

provided by contract if the removal is authorized by the board of

county commissioners. The county purchasing agent may make

purchases from the remaining bidders for a price at or below the bid

price; and

6. When bids have been solicited as provided for by law and no

bids have been received, the procedure shall be as follows:

a. the county purchasing agent shall determine if

potential vendors are willing to commit to a firm

price for a reduced period of time, and, if such is

the case, the bid procedure described in this

subsection shall be followed,

b. if vendors are not willing to commit to a firm price

for a reduced period, the purchasing agent shall

solicit and record at least three quotes of current

prices available to the county and authorize the

purchase of goods or services based on the lowest and

best quote as it becomes necessary to acquire such

goods or services. The quotes shall be recorded on a

form prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector and

shall be attached to the purchase order and filed with

the county clerk’s copy of the purchase order. Any

time the lowest quote was not considered to be the

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lowest and best quote, the reason for this conclusion

shall be recorded by the county purchasing agent and

transmitted to the county clerk, or

c. if three quotes are not available, a memorandum to the

county clerk from the county purchasing agent shall

describe the basis upon which a purchase is

authorized. The memorandum shall state the reasons

why the price for such a purchase is the lowest and

best under the circumstances. The county clerk shall

then attach the memorandum to the county clerk’s copy

of the purchase order and file both in the office of

the county clerk.

C. After selection of a vendor, the procedure for the purchase,

lease-purchase, or rental of supplies, materials, road and bridge

construction services, equipment, and services used by a county

shall be as follows:

1. The county purchasing agent shall prepare a purchase order

in quadruplicate and submit it with a copy of the requisition to the

county clerk;

2. The county clerk shall then encumber the amount stated on

the purchase order and assign a sequential number to the purchase

order;

3. If there is an unencumbered balance in the appropriation

made for that purpose by the county excise board, the county clerk

shall so certify in the following form:

“I hereby certify that the amount of this encumbrance has been

entered against the designated appropriation accounts and that this

encumbrance is within the authorized available balance of the

appropriation.

Dated this ________ day of ________, 20__.

________________________________

County Clerk/Deputy

of _____________________ County”.

In instances where it is impossible to ascertain the exact amount of

the indebtedness sought to be incurred at the time of recording the

encumbrance, an estimated amount may be used. No purchase order

shall be valid unless signed by the county purchasing agent and

certified by the county clerk; and

4. The county clerk shall file the original purchase order and

return three copies to the county purchasing agent who shall file a

copy, retain a copy for the county road and bridge inventory officer

if the purchase order is for the purchase of equipment, supplies, or

materials for the construction or maintenance of roads and bridges,

and submit the other copy to the receiving officer of the requesting

department.

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D. 1. The procedure for the purchase of supplies, materials,

equipment, and services at public auction or by sealed bid to be

used by a county shall be as follows:

a. the county purchasing agent shall prepare a purchase

order in quadruplicate and submit it with a copy of

the requisition to the county clerk,

b. the county clerk shall then encumber the amount stated

on the purchase order and assign a sequential number

to the purchase order,

c. if there is an unencumbered balance in the

appropriation made for that purpose by the county

excise board, the county clerk shall so certify in the

following form:

“I hereby certify that the amount of this encumbrance

has been entered against the designated appropriation

accounts and that this encumbrance is within the

authorized available balance of the appropriation.

Dated this ________ day of ________, 20__.

________________________________

County Clerk/Deputy

of _____________________ County”.

In instances where it is impossible to ascertain the

exact amount of the indebtedness sought to be incurred

at the time of recording the encumbrance, an estimated

amount may be used. No purchase order shall be valid

unless signed by the county purchasing agent and

certified by the county clerk, and

d. the county clerk shall file the original purchase

order and return three copies to the county purchasing

agent who shall file a copy, retain a copy for the

county road and bridge inventory officer if the

purchase order is for the purchase of equipment,

supplies, or materials for the construction or

maintenance of roads and bridges, and submit the other

copy to the receiving officer of the requesting

department.

2. The procedure for the purchase of supplies, materials, and

equipment at a public auction when the purchase will be made with

the proceeds from the sale of county property at the same public

auction is as follows:

a. the purchasing agent shall cause such items being sold

to be appraised in the manner determined in Section

421.1 of this title,

b. the county purchasing agent shall prepare a purchase

order in quadruplicate and submit it with a copy of

the requisition to the county clerk,

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c. the county clerk shall then encumber the amount of the

appraised value and any additional funds obligated by

the county on the purchase order and assign a

sequential number to the purchase order,

d. the county clerk shall certify that the amount of the

encumbrance is equal to the appraised value of the

item being sold plus any additional funds obligated by

the county. In effect, the recording of the

encumbrance is an estimate that is authorized by law.

No purchase order shall be valid unless signed by the

county purchasing agent and certified by the county

clerk,

e. the county clerk shall file the original purchase

order and return three copies to the county purchasing

agent who shall file a copy, retain a copy for the

county road and bridge inventory officer if the

purchase order is for the purchase of equipment,

supplies, or materials for the construction or

maintenance of roads and bridges, and submit the other

copy to the receiving officer of the requesting

department, and

f. a purchase shall not be bid until such time that the

appraised item or items are sold. Any item or items

purchased shall not exceed the appraised value plus

any additional funds obligated by the county or the

actual selling price of the item or items, whichever

is the lesser amount.

E. The procedure for the receipt of items shall be as follows:

1. A receiving officer for the requesting department shall be

responsible for receiving all items delivered to that department;

2. Upon the delivery of an item, the receiving officer shall

determine if a purchase order exists for the item being delivered;

3. If no such purchase order has been provided, the receiving

officer shall refuse delivery of the item;

4. If a purchase order is on file, the receiving officer shall

obtain a delivery ticket, bill of lading, or other delivery document

and compare it with the purchase order. If any item is back-

ordered, the back order and estimated date of delivery shall be

noted in the receiving report;

5. The receiving officer shall complete a receiving report in

quadruplicate which shall state the quantity and quality of goods

delivered. The receiving report form shall be prescribed by the

State Auditor and Inspector. The person delivering the goods shall

acknowledge the delivery by signature, noting the date and time;

6. The receiving officer shall file the original receiving

report and submit:

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a. a copy of the purchase order and a copy of the

receiving report to the county purchasing agent, and

b. a copy of the receiving report with the delivery

documentation to the county clerk;

7. The county purchasing agent shall file a copy of the

purchase order and a copy of the receiving report;

8. Upon receipt of the original receiving report and the

delivery documentation, the county clerk shall maintain a file until

such time as an invoice is received from the vendor;

9. The invoice shall state the name and address of the vendor

and must be sufficiently itemized to clearly describe each item

purchased, the unit price when applicable, the number or volume of

each item purchased, the total price, the total purchase price, and

the date of the purchase;

10. Upon receipt of an invoice, the county clerk shall compare

the following documents:

a. requisition,

b. purchase order,

c. invoice with noncollusion affidavit as required by

law,

d. receiving report, and

e. delivery document.

The documents shall be available for public inspection during

regular business hours; and

11. If the documents conform as to the quantity and quality of

the items, the county clerk shall prepare a warrant for payment

according to procedures provided for by law.

F. The following procedures are for the processing of purchase

orders:

1. The purchasing agent shall be allowed up to three (3) days

to process purchase orders to be presented to the board of county

commissioners for consideration and payment. Nothing herein shall

prevent the purchasing agent from processing or the board of county

commissioners from consideration and payment of utilities, travel

claims, and payroll claims;

2. The board of county commissioners shall consider the

purchase orders so presented and act upon the purchase orders, by

allowing in full or in part or by holding for further information or

disallowing the same. The disposition of purchase orders shall be

indicated by the board of county commissioners, showing the amounts

allowed or disallowed, and shall be signed by at least two members

of the board of county commissioners. Any claim held over for

further information shall be acted upon by allowing or disallowing

same at any future meeting of the board held within seventy-five

(75) days from the date of filing of the purchase order. Any

purchase order not acted upon within the seventy-five (75) days from

the date of filing shall be deemed to have been disallowed, but such

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disallowance shall not prevent the refiling of the purchase order at

the proper time; and

3. Whenever any allowance, either in whole or in part, is made

upon any purchase order presented to the board of county

commissioners and is accepted by the person making the claim, such

allowance shall be a full settlement of the entire purchase order

and provided that the cashing of warrant shall be considered as

acceptance by the claimant.

G. The procedure upon consumption or disposal of supplies,

materials, or equipment shall be as follows:

1. For consumable road or bridge items or materials, a

quarterly report of the road and bridge projects completed during

such period shall be prepared and kept on file by the consuming

department. The quarterly report may be prepared and kept

electronically by the consuming department. The report shall

contain a record of the date, the place, and the purpose for the use

of the road or bridge items or materials. For purposes of

identifying county bridges, the board of county commissioners shall

number each bridge subject to its jurisdiction; and

2. For disposal of all equipment and information technology and

telecommunication goods which originally cost more than Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00), resolution of disposal shall be submitted by the

officer on a form prescribed by the Office of the State Auditor and

Inspector to the board of county commissioners. The approval of the

resolution of disposal shall be entered into the minutes of the

board.

H. Inventory forms and reports shall be retained for not less

than two (2) years after all audit requirements for the state and

federal government have been fulfilled and after any pending

litigation involving the forms and reports has been resolved.

I. The procedures provided for in this section shall not apply

when a county officer certifies that an emergency exists requiring

an immediate expenditure of funds. Such an expenditure of funds

shall not exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). The county

officer shall give the county purchasing agent a written explanation

of the emergency. The county purchasing agent shall attach the

written explanation to the purchase order. The purchases shall be

paid by attaching a properly itemized invoice, as described in this

section, to a purchase order which has been prepared by the county

purchasing agent and submitting them to the county clerk for filing,

encumbering, and consideration for payment by the board of county

commissioners.

J. The county purchasing agent may authorize county purchasing

officers to make acquisitions through the state purchase card

program as authorized by the State Purchasing Director in accordance

with Section 85.5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and defined

in Section 85.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A purchase

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cardholder shall sign a purchase card agreement prior to becoming a

cardholder and attend purchase card procedure training as required

by the State Purchasing Director. Complete descriptions of

purchases made by county government entities shall be published as

warrants required to be published pursuant to Sections 444 and 445

of this title.

K. Nothing in this section shall prohibit counties from

providing material and/or services bids on the twelve-month bid list

to all road and bridge projects and contracts. All non-road and

bridge related construction contracts shall refer to subsection A of

Section 103 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-7
County Government Council
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of each county is hereby

authorized to enter into interlocal agreements to participate in the

County Government Council. The Association of County Commissioners

of Oklahoma, Inc., may be designated the administrator of the County

Government Council.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1254 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1254
Acceptance of improvements
Status: in_force

Upon the completion of the improvement, the board of county

commissioners shall determine whether or not such work has been

completed in accordance with the plans, profiles, specifications and

contract therefor, and if found to be in compliance therewith shall

accept the same, and when so accepted such action shall be

conclusively binding upon all persons interested and upon the court.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-460.5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-460.5
Application - Loans - Property lien
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Energy Independence Act shall apply to all

properties, except single-family residential properties, on which

property taxes are to be paid and on which the owners of the

property are current in the payment of the property taxes, if

applicable. For the purpose of this act, property that is not

classified as single-family residential property shall be classified

as commercial property. The Oklahoma Energy Independence Act shall

not apply to any property zoned as single-family residential

property. Counties are authorized to establish commercial Property

Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs by resolution, without the

prior establishment of a County Energy District Authority, to

facilitate loans between qualifying property owners and private

capital providers. Counties that approve PACE programs are

authorized to enter into assessment contracts with property owners

and private capital providers in which:

1. The property owner shall be deemed to consent to the levying

and collection of annual PACE assessments to repay the loan;

2. The private capital provider shall collect the PACE

assessments directly or through a servicer; and

3. The private capital provider shall enforce the lien for an

unpaid PACE assessment, pursuant to the provisions of this section.

Counties may collect fees for costs incurred in the administration

of the PACE program in an amount to be fixed by the applicable board

of county commissioners and deposited with the county treasurer as

required by law. A county may also retain third-party

administrators for the administration of the PACE program.

B. The repayment of any loan made pursuant to the Oklahoma

Energy Independence Act shall be through annual assessments levied

by the county and collected under terms agreed to by the property

owner and the private capital provider.

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1. In the event of a mortgage on the property where a lien is

recorded pursuant to the Oklahoma Energy Independence Act, the

property owner shall obtain written consent from any mortgage holder

or holders prior to the issuance of any loan pursuant to the

Oklahoma Energy Independence Act.

2. Such loans issued in accordance with the Oklahoma Energy

Independence Act between a property owner and a private capital

provider shall not accelerate upon default of a mortgage.

C. Assessments levied to repay a loan made pursuant to the

Oklahoma Energy Independence Act shall constitute a lien on the

property which is the subject of the loan only upon the recording of

an assessment contract provided by the county on the property in the

office of the county clerk. Any lien imposed pursuant to the

Oklahoma Energy Independence Act shall run with the property and

have the same priority and status as a lien for unpaid ad valorem

property taxes and shall not be extinguished by virtue of a sale by

the county for delinquent property taxes or other special

assessments. The method of enforcing a lien for failure to pay an

assessment related to any loan made pursuant to the Oklahoma Energy

Independence Act shall be by the private capital provider in the

same manner and with the same priority as the enforcement by the

holder of any bond or coupon related to a lien for unpaid

assessments, as provided by law and pursuant to this subsection. If

any assessment levied to repay a loan made pursuant to the Oklahoma

Energy Independence Act remains unpaid for six (6) months after

payment is due, the private capital provider may file an action in

the district court in which the property is located to foreclose the

lien of the assessment, statutory delinquent interest, as provided

in this subsection, and reasonable legal fees. Any action filed

pursuant to this subsection shall not accelerate repayment of the

unpaid balance of a loan made pursuant to the Oklahoma Energy

Independence Act. Unpaid assessments levied to repay a loan made

pursuant to this act shall accrue statutory delinquent interest at

the same rate as a late payment penalty for delinquent ad valorem

taxes. Judgment in an action to enforce the lien shall order the

property to be sold in the manner and form as foreclosure of

mortgages on real estate, with appraisement. The sale shall be

subject to existing taxes and special assessments, as well as

assessments levied to repay a loan made pursuant to the Oklahoma

Energy Independence Act.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county

treasurer, in a sale for delinquent ad valorem property taxes or

other special assessments, may collect in that sale assessments

levied to repay a loan made pursuant to this act, inclusive of

penalties and fees, that are currently due or in arrears, or both,

and remit the assessment amounts received to the private capital

provider.

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2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the county

takes title to property subject to a loan made pursuant to the

Oklahoma Energy Independence Act, the county, and not the county

resale property fund, shall be responsible for all expenses

associated with the preservation of the property and the related

assessments that are due will continue to accrue, inclusive of any

interest or penalties, and shall not be extinguished.

D. Only appliances or improvements that are permanently affixed

to the property shall be eligible for financing pursuant to the

Oklahoma Energy Independence Act. Improvements shall be related to

energy efficiency, energy sources, water conservation or building

resiliency and are available for new construction or improvements on

existing buildings that are qualifying properties. County PACE

programs shall establish which improvements qualify for financing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1418 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1418
Transfer of appropriations
Status: in_force

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A county budget board may authorize transfers of any

unencumbered and unexpended appropriation or any portion thereof

from one expenditure category to another within the same department

or from one department to another within the same fund, except that

no appropriation for debt service or other appropriation required by

law or resolution may be reduced below the minimums required.

Interfund transfers may be made only as authorized by this act or as

provided in the budget as adopted or amended according to Sections

10, 14 and 20 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-789 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-789
Board of control - Lease to public trust or other
Status: in_force

authorized organization.

A. It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to

place the management and control of a county hospital either under a

board of control composed of five, seven, or nine members, or to

lease the hospital and the equipment therein to a public trust or to

an organization authorized to transact business in this state, the

principal purpose of which is providing health care services and

which can demonstrate to the board of county commissioners its

financial and managerial ability to operate property owned by the

hospital or a portion of the hospital.

B. Unless the hospital is to be leased as provided in this

section, the board of county commissioners shall appoint the members

of the board of control who shall be residents of the county, not

more than three of whom may be residents of the city or town in

which the hospital is located. Members of the board of control

shall hold office, as follows: Five-member board - one for one (1)

year; two for two (2) years; and two for three (3) years. Seven-

member board - two for one (1) year; two for two (2) years; and

three for three (3) years. Nine-member board - three for one (1)

year; three for two (2) years; and three for three (3) years. The

board of county commissioners shall appoint successors for members

of the board of control whose terms have expired. Successors shall

serve for a term of four (4) years; provided, the board of county

commissioners may at their discretion call an election for the

purpose of electing such successors with the cost of the election to

be paid for by the county. Filings for election shall be made with

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the county election board which shall conduct the election. No

member of the board of control shall hold any state, county or city

elective office while serving on the board of control. Members of

the board of control shall receive no salary or compensation for

their services, but may be reimbursed for any actual and necessary

expenditures incurred in the performance of their duties upon

presentation of an itemized statement of such expenses duly

verified, filed with the secretary, if every attending member of the

board votes in the affirmative at any regular board meeting.

Vacancies in the board of control occasioned by removal,

resignation, or otherwise shall be filled in like manner as original

appointments, to hold office during the unexpired term for which the

member was appointed.

C. 1. If, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, the board of county

commissioners determines that it is in the best interest of the

county, it may in lieu of operation of the hospital through a board

of control, lease the hospital and the equipment therein to an

organization authorized to transact business in this state, the

principal purpose of which is providing health care services, and

which can demonstrate to the board of county commissioners its

financial and managerial ability to operate the hospital.

2. The lease shall require that the lessee shall be responsible

for all costs of operation and maintenance of the hospital in its

entirety.

3. The lessee is specifically authorized to mortgage, with

appropriate remedies, including the right of foreclosure, its

leasehold interest in the real and personal property comprising or

owned by the hospital, any portion of the hospital, or the equipment

for the purpose of securing or refunding indebtedness incurred in

connection with the related hospital or equipment.

4. a. If the lessee is a public trust, the lessee, by a two-

thirds (2/3) vote of its board of trustees and with

the approval of the board of county commissioners by a

two-thirds (2/3) vote, may assign its leasehold

interest or sublease the real and personal property

comprising or owned by the hospital, a portion of the

hospital, or the equipment to an organization

authorized to transact business in this state, the

principal purpose of which is providing health care

services, and which can demonstrate to the board of

trustees and to the board of county commissioners its

financial and managerial ability to operate property

owned by the hospital or a portion of the hospital.

b. If the lessee is other than a public trust, the

lessee, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the lessee’s

governing board and with the approval of the board of

county commissioners by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, may

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assign its leasehold interest or sublease the real and

personal property comprising or owned by the hospital,

a portion of the hospital, or the equipment to a

public trust or to an organization authorized to

transact business in this state, the principal purpose

of which is providing health care services and which

can demonstrate to the board of county commissioners

its financial and managerial ability to operate

property owned by the hospital or a portion of the

hospital.

D. Any lease, sublease, or assignment of leasehold interests

executed prior to the effective date of this act that meets the

requirements of this section is hereby declared to be valid.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.8 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.8
Powers and duties of board of directors
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall have the following powers and

duties:

1. To manage and conduct the business affairs of such district;

2. To make and execute all necessary contracts;

3. To purchase or lease-purchase and maintain necessary and

convenient equipment for the construction and maintenance of roads

within the district which acquisition shall be made pursuant to

state competitive bidding laws;

4. To cooperate with the county in the use of county equipment

for the construction and maintenance of roads within the district;

5. In cooperating with the county to utilize the services of

county employees, sufficient to maintain and operate the equipment

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owned by such district in otherwise improving and maintaining the

roads of the district;

6. To take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, and to

dispose of, real or personal property of every kind necessary for

the operation of the district;

7. To construct or otherwise acquire suitable buildings or

structures for the housing of equipment and supplies of the

district, or for carrying on its own business and affairs which

acquisition shall be made pursuant to state competitive bidding

laws;

8. To employ such officers and employees as may be required,

fix their compensation and prescribe their duties;

9. To establish rules and regulations for the district and for

the construction and maintenance of roads, culverts and drainage

projects within the district; and

10. To do any and all other things necessary and proper in the

management and operation of the district for the purpose of

constructing and maintaining roads to serve the people of the

district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.10 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.10
Enforcement - Appeals - Modification
Status: in_force

After the board of county commissioners shall have established

building or set-back lines on such major highways, no new building

or structure shall be erected within such building or set-back lines

outside the corporate limits of any city or town, and no permit for

such building shall be issued by the county engineer who is hereby

designated as the officer to administer and enforce such building or

set-back line regulations. The county board of adjustment,

hereinbefore created, shall hear appeals of any property owner

aggrieved by such building line regulations. Said board of

adjustment shall have the power to modify or vary the building or

set-back line regulations in specific cases, in order that

unwarranted hardship, which constitutes an unreasonable deprivation

of uses as distinguished from a mere grant of privilege, may be

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avoided, the intended purpose of the regulations strictly observed,

and the public welfare and public safety protected.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.41 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.41
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Statewide
Status: in_force

Coordinator.

Subject to availability of funding, there is established until

October 1, 2025, within the District Attorneys Council under the

direction of the Executive Coordinator of the District Attorneys

Council, the position of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)

Statewide Coordinator. The Statewide Coordinator shall oversee

forensic medical examination training throughout the state, recruit

and develop SANE professionals, create and expand local Sexual

Assault Nurse Examiner programs and Sexual Assault Response Team

programs throughout this state, and coordinate payments from the

Sexual Assault Examination Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.60 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.60
Sale of equipment - Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

A. The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to sell

firefighting equipment to rural fire departments cooperating with

the State Department of Agriculture in fire control under the terms

of written cooperative agreements.

B. All proceeds derived from the sale of firefighting equipment

by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to the provisions of

this act shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be credited

to the Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund.

C. The State Department of Agriculture shall promulgate such

rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act

and is authorized to require from the rural fire departments such

information, forms and reports as are necessary for properly and

efficiently administering this section and Section 4 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-112 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-112
Violation of act a felony
Status: in_force

Any county treasurer violating any of the provisions of this act

shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and upon conviction

shall be punished by confinement as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-864.7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-864.7
Classes of licenses
Status: in_force

The following classes of licenses are hereby established for the

city, county or metropolitan area as herein defined and the annual

fee therefor shall be as follows:

a. Class A electrical contractor, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)

per year.

b. Class B electrical contractor, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)

per year.

c. Motor shop, Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year.

d. Electrical sign contractor, Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year.

e. Appliance repair shop, Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.62 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.62
Basic salaries
Status: in_force

A. The basic salaries of county officers upon which all

salaries and future increases or decreases thereof shall not be less

than Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) per annum nor shall they

exceed Forty-nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($49,500.00) per

annum, provided the basic salary for the sheriff, which shall be no

less than other salaries for county officers controlled by this

section, shall not be less than Forty-four Thousand Dollars

($44,000.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Seventy-four Thousand

Five Hundred Dollars ($74,500.00) per annum.

B. The board of county commissioners, or if the county has

elected to come under the County Budget Act, the budget board

members of the county, shall set the salaries for all elected county

officials within the limits allowed by law.

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C. The annual salaries fixed by this act shall be paid either

monthly or twice a month, by order of the board of county

commissioners, for each month or fraction thereof the incumbent

lawfully occupies and holds title to such office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.4
Staff and finances - Fees
Status: in_force

The county planning commission may appoint such employees as it

may deem necessary for its work and may contract with planners and

other consultants for such services as it may require, and may incur

other necessary expenses; provided that the expenditures of the

county funds by the planning commission shall not be in excess of

the amounts appropriated for that purpose by the board of county

commissioners. It shall be lawful for the board of county

commissioners to appropriate funds for the administration of this

act and to contract with the governing body of the county seat city

to contribute jointly to pay expenses and salaries of a combined

staff to serve the county planning commission, county board of

adjustment, city planning commission and city board of adjustment,

and to provide offices for such combined staff either in the county

courthouse or the municipal building.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 373

For building permits issued pursuant to this section, the county

engineer shall collect a fee set by the county planning commission,

which shall be approved every two (2) years by the board of county

commissioners. For each petition for amendments to zoning

regulations, the county planning commission shall, upon approval and

authorization by the board of county commissioners, collect a fee

sufficient to cover the cost of mailing notices and conducting

investigations into the applicant's petition. In the event the

petition is withdrawn by the applicant before consideration by the

county planning commission but after notice and mailing of such

public hearing on applicant's amendments to zoning regulations or in

the event the applicant's petition is denied by the county planning

commission and an appeal is not pursued to the county board of

adjustment, the applicant shall not be permitted to file another

petition for amendment to zoning regulations covering the matter

withdrawn or denied until ninety (90) days from such withdrawal or

denial and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee as set by the county

planning commission, which shall be approved by the board of county

commissioners. All fees collected by the county planning commission

and the county engineer shall be deposited with the county treasurer

daily, as is now provided by law, to the credit of the county

planning commission and such fees shall be placed in a separate fund

to the credit of the said county planning commission, to be

designated as the "County Planning Commission Special Fund", and

shall be expended by the county planning commission, as follows:

for salaries of the staff or any member thereof, for mailing cost to

potentially affected members of the public concerning notice of

petitions for amendment to zoning regulations, for books, records,

supplies, fixtures and other necessary expenses incurred in the

operation of said Planning Commission, provided that any of the fee

so expended shall be upon verified claims duly filed, and approved

by the board of county commissioners of the county as provided by

law. Provided, however, that in the event the fees shall be in

excess of the necessary operating expenses of the planning

commission, said excess shall revert to the general fund of any such

county at the end of the fiscal year. Provided further, that in the

event said fees shall not be sufficient to operate the planning

commission, the difference may be supplied by appropriation as

provided by law. On the first day of each month the county engineer

and the county planning commission shall each submit to the board of

county commissioners a verified report of all fees charged and

collected during the preceding month.

For each petition for an appeal to the board of adjustment, the

county planning commission shall, upon approval and authorization by

the board of county commissioners, collect a fee sufficient to cover

the cost of mailing notices and conducting investigations into the

applicant’s petition.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 374
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-339.9 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-339.9
Multi-county library systems — Accounting request by
Status: in_force

counties.

Counties that participate in a multi-county library system may,

by two-thirds (2/3) vote of all participating boards of county

commissioners, adopt the following procedure:

1. Counties participating in multi-county library systems may

request an accounting of the library system's overall budget and

estimate of needs. Each multi-county library system shall designate

the executive director or employee in charge of accounting to

produce the requested accounting or estimate of needs made under

this act; and

2. If adopted, each county shall also adopt one of the

following:

a. the presentation of the accounting or estimate of

needs shall be given at a location agreed upon by all

chairmen of the participating boards of county

commissioners, or

b. the individual board of county commissioners with the

largest funding contribution to the multi-county

library system budget shall host the presentation of

the accounting or estimate of needs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1208 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1208
Governing body - Meetings - Vacancies - Rules and
Status: in_force

regulations.

The board shall be the governing body of the district and shall

meet annually on a date prescribed by the bylaws and at such other

times as may be determined by the board or upon call by the chairman

or any two members of the board. Vacancies on the board shall be

filled for the unexpired term, and until such appointee's successor

is elected and has qualified, by appointment by the remaining

members of the board. The board shall adopt such rules and

regulations in conformity with the provisions of the Ambulance

Service Districts Act and the bylaws of the district as are deemed

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necessary for the conduct of the business of the district. It shall

be the duty of the secretary to cause an entry to be made upon its

records showing all of its minutes, decisions, and orders made

pursuant to the provisions of the Ambulance Service Districts Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.56 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.56
Effectiveness of section - Coordinator defined -
Status: reserved

Consideration and determination of need of financial assistance -

Certification - Distribution of monies - Expenditures.

A. The provisions of this section shall become effective when

funds are made available for such purpose. Upon the availability of

such funds, the State Department of Agriculture shall notify the

coordinator of such available funds.

B. For the purposes of this section "coordinator" means the

rural fire coordinator in each rural fire protection coordination

district as defined in Section 901.61 of this title.

C. Upon notification of the State Department of Agriculture

pursuant to subsection A of this section on or before the last day

of June of each year that funds are available for such purpose, the

district coordinators shall consider and determine the relative

needs of participants for monies in the Rural Fire Protection

Program Fund. Participants shall include incorporated cities under

ten thousand (10,000) population according to the latest Federal

Decennial Census, towns, and legally formed rural fire departments.

Based upon the information available to him, the coordinator shall

certify to the Commissioner of Agriculture the names of the

incorporated cities, towns, and legally formed rural fire

departments which he determines are in need of financial assistance

from the Rural Fire Protection Program and the amount required by

each in accordance with the provisions of this section. In making

this determination and certification, the coordinator shall consider

the intent and purpose of the Rural Fire Protection Program Fund

Act. No incorporated city, town or legally formed rural fire

department shall receive monies distributed from the Rural Fire

Protection Program Fund merely for the purpose of accumulation when

such monies are not required to accomplish the purposes of this

section.

D. In making such determination of needs, the coordinator shall

first determine that each fire department to be certified has been

duly formed under the appropriate state statutes.

E. On or before the last day of August of each year, the State

Department of Agriculture shall distribute the monies in the Rural

Fire Protection Program Fund in the manner provided by law.

F. Any amount so distributed from the Rural Fire Protection

Program Fund to any eligible participant shall be expended only for

the maintenance of its fire department, the purchase, construction,

maintenance, repair and operation of its fire stations, fire

apparatus and equipment, the purchase, rental, installation or

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 451

maintenance of fire hydrants, the payment of insurance premiums upon

fire stations, fire apparatus and equipment, and insurance premiums

for injuries or death of fire fighters, as otherwise provided by

law. Provided, however, that no monies shall be expended from the

fund for any purpose relating to the water supply systems of any

participant, nor for the improvement or construction of such systems

nor for any other appurtenances relating to the distribution or use

of such water supply system. Monies so distributed from the Rural

Fire Protection Program Fund to any eligible participant may also be

expended, in an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the

allocated funds or the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) in

the aggregate during any period of one (1) year, whichever is

larger, for the expense of any fire fighters attending a certified

fire school.

G. No amount so distributed from the Rural Fire Protection

Program Fund to any eligible participant shall be expended or

obligated for the purchase of land or the construction of buildings

for fire stations unless all obligations previously incurred for

such purposes and to be paid from monies distributed from the Rural

Fire Protection Program Fund by such eligible participant have been

fully paid and satisfied. No monies from the fund shall be expended

or obligated for the construction of buildings for fire stations

unless the participant proposing to expend or obligate monies

distributed from the Rural Fire Protection Program Fund for that

purpose holds fee simple title, not encumbered by any lien, or holds

a lease for a period of not less than ten (10) years, with

provisions for renewal of the lease annually, to the land on which

it proposes to construct any such building. Provided, however, that

this provision shall not prohibit construction or location of a fire

station on land donated in whole or part to the participant for the

purpose, and use of Rural Fire Protection Program Fund monies for

such construction or location, where the donor has reserved right or

reversion of such land under stated conditions, if such use be

appropriate and reasonable.

H. Amounts so distributed from the Rural Fire Protection

Program Fund to any eligible participant shall be expended under the

direction of the chief of the fire department upon duly executed

vouchers approved as required by law. In no event shall any such

monies to be expended for any purpose which does not relate to the

permitted purposes specifically stated in this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.65 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.65
Deputies and other help
Status: in_force

A. The officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this

title shall have such number of regular or technical deputies,

assistants, investigators, evidence persons, aides, stenographers or

reporters, technicians, undersheriffs, jailers, matrons, handwriting

and fingerprint experts, probation officers, juvenile officers,

bailiffs or other help, whatever title the principal officer may

ascribe to the duties or functions to be performed as authorized by

law and clearly related to the proper accomplishment of lawful

functions, whether on whole or part-time basis, at such rates of

salary or pay, subject to the provisions of this section as

hereinafter set forth, as the principal officer may propose and

establish the need of and which the county excise board may approve,

for the adequate accomplishment of the functions of the office and

the performance of the duties imposed thereon by law, with due

weight being given to employment on whole or part-time basis.

However, no such employments shall exceed the amount of lawful funds

appropriated for such purpose, provided however, nothing in this

section shall be interpreted to prohibit additional salary payments

or stipends paid from the Sheriff's Service Fee Account.

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B. Each principal officer named in paragraph 1 of Section

180.61 of this title, except judges, shall designate of record in

the office of the county clerk a first or chief deputy, undersheriff

or assistant who shall be chargeable with all the duties of such

principal officer, while subject to the direction of the same. The

first or chief deputy, undersheriff or assistant shall carry on the

duties of the office during the absence of the principal officer or,

in the event of the death, removal or resignation of said principal

officer, until a successor shall have qualified. During periods of

vacancy of the principal office, resulting from the death, removal

or resignation of the principal officer, the chief deputy,

undersheriff or assistant shall be bonded in the same manner and in

the same sum as required for the principal officer.

C. No deputy, as defined in paragraph 2 of Section 161 of this

title, shall receive a salary in excess of the principal officer.

Any employee employed to perform duties that are not in assistance

to a county officer in the performance of the official duties of the

county officer including, but not limited to, specialized or

technical duties, may receive a salary in excess of a county

officer. The salaries set forth in this subsection within the

limitations shall be such amounts as the principal officer may

propose and establish the need for and which the county excise board

may approve within salary and staffing requirements as may be

prescribed by law. The numerical rank of any deputy or assistant to

be effective must be by designation of the principal officer by the

signature of the principal officer and filed with the county clerk.

The numerical rank of any deputy or assistant shall be within the

sole discretion of the principal officer.

D. The board of county commissioners shall continue to have the

authority to recommend the total amount of funds that can be used

for the combined salaries in each of the county offices covered by

this title. However, the approval of the funding for such offices

shall continue to be the responsibility of the county excise board.

County officers shall have no authority to make salary commitments

beyond the amount of the funding so provided.

E. The county excise board shall meet with each of the

principal officers of the county in budget planning conference or

conferences, before July 1 of each year, to discuss personnel needs

for each office for the succeeding fiscal year. The excise board

shall provide the principal officers a tentative estimate of

anticipated revenues for the next fiscal year prior to the budget

planning conferences.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-351 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-351
Organization of county fire departments - Participation in
Status: in_force

and Retirement System - Code of minimum rules and regulations - Funds required to beOklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System - Code of

minimum rules and regulations - Funds required to be maintained.

A. The board of county commissioners of each county of this

state is hereby authorized to provide firefighting service in the

county and for such purpose to use county funds to rent, lease or

purchase firefighting equipment and to rent or construct and equip

and operate fire stations and to employ necessary personnel to

provide such service. The board of county commissioners shall also

have the authority to determine and collect charges for firefighting

services performed by the county from any person to whom such

services are provided.

B. The board of county commissioners of each county of this

state shall have the power to take by grant, purchase, gift, devise

or lease, and to dispose of, any real property for the purpose of

acquiring right-of-ways and easements necessary in providing

firefighting services to the county, including the construction and

maintenance of roads and the installation of dry hydrants. The

board may use county funds and equipment to construct and maintain

such roads and to install such dry hydrants. Provided, nothing in

this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the installation of

dry hydrants on privately owned property by the owner thereof at the

expense of the owner.

C. The board of county commissioners of each county of this

state shall have the authority to use county personnel operating

county equipment to fight fires in situations where an emergency is

determined to exist, provided the firefighting service is requested

by the county civil defense director or upon a request of a rural

fire department.

D. 1. A corporate fire department organized pursuant to the

provisions of Section 592 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes or a

county fire department organized pursuant to the provisions of

subsection A of this section may petition the board of county

commissioners of the county in which the fire department provides

protection to convert to a county fire department organized pursuant

to the provisions of this subsection. The petition shall set forth

and particularly describe the proposed boundaries of such county

fire department and shall be accompanied by a map of such proposed

fire department, drawn to a scale of not less than one (1) inch to a

mile. The petition shall also set forth the administration, control

and ownership of all the corporate fire department's assets in the

event such petition is approved. Such petition shall be filed with

the county clerk of such county who shall present it to the board of

county commissioners at their next regular or special meeting. Upon

presentation of such petition, the board of county commissioners

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shall set the same for hearing at a time not less than twenty (20)

days nor more than forty (40) days from the date of presentation and

shall direct the county clerk to give notice of such hearing by

publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in

which the proposed county fire department is located. Such notice

shall describe the boundaries of the proposed county fire

department, shall state the time and place of the hearing, and shall

state that any person may appear and protest the organization of the

county fire department or the proposed boundaries thereof. The

board of county commissioners shall hold the hearing described in

said notice, and it shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine

all protests to the creation of such county fire department and all

matters pertaining to the same. It may amend the plan of such

proposed county fire department by excluding from within its

boundaries any lands which it may deem will not be benefited by the

formation of such county fire department, or by including other

lands as a part thereof upon application of the owners of such land;

provided, however, it shall not exclude from such district any

unincorporated lands which are completely surrounded by lands which

are included in the proposed county fire department. If the board

of county commissioners determines that the conversion of such

corporate fire department to a county fire department will be

conducive to the public safety of the affected area therein, then

said board shall give such proposed county fire department a name

and shall authorize and approve the organization of said county fire

department.

2. To be eligible to convert to a county fire department formed

pursuant to this subsection, a fire department shall have a Public

Protection Classification of nine (9) or better from ISO Commercial

Risk Services, Inc., limit the size of such volunteer county fire

department to not less than six or more than twenty members per fire

station, and shall be subject to the laws of the State of Oklahoma

regarding the administration and operation of a fire department,

including, but not limited to, the laws of the State Department of

Labor and the State Fire Marshal Commission. For purposes of this

subsection, a volunteer fire department is one which has in its

employ not more than two full-time salaried firefighters.

3. Directors of a county fire department organized pursuant to

this subsection shall be residents of said district. At the time of

making its order organizing such county fire department, the board

of county commissioners shall appoint five directors, one of which

shall hold his or her respective office for a term of five (5)

years, one of which shall hold his or her respective office for a

term of four (4) years, one of which shall hold his or her

respective office for a term of three (3) years, one of which shall

hold his or her respective office for a term of two (2) years, and

one of which shall hold his or her respective office for a term of

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one (1) year. On or before January 1, 2002, the board of county

commissioners shall, for fire departments which operate more than

five fire stations, appoint additional directors of a county fire

department until the number of directors equals the number of fire

stations operated by that county fire department. Each additional

director shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners for

a term that matches the term of one of the first five directors

appointed. Whenever a new fire station is added to a county fire

department which has five or more fire stations, the board of county

commissioners shall appoint an additional director from that

district in which the new fire station has been added. Each year

thereafter, there shall be appointed by the board of county

commissioners for a term of five (5) years so many members as are

necessary to replace all members whose terms are expiring on the

board of directors for such county fire department.

4. The board of directors of a county fire department organized

pursuant to this subsection shall select one of its members to serve

as chair and shall appoint a clerk and a treasurer. The board of

directors shall fix the term and duties of the chair, clerk and

treasurer. The chair and members of the board of directors shall

serve without compensation. The treasurer shall give an official

bond, in an amount fixed and with sureties approved by the board of

county commissioners, conditioned upon the faithful accounting for

all money pertaining to the county fire department and coming into

his or her hands.

5. The board of directors of a county fire department organized

pursuant to this subsection shall have the following powers and

duties:

a. to manage and conduct the business affairs of such

county fire department,

b. to make and execute all necessary contracts,

c. to purchase or lease-purchase and maintain all

necessary and convenient engines, hoses, hose carts or

other appliances and supplies for the full equipment

of a fire company or department from available funds,

d. to appoint the fire chief, fire company officers and

employees (whether paid or volunteer), sufficient to

maintain and operate the equipment owned by the county

fire department,

e. to take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, and

to dispose of real or personal property of every kind

necessary for the operation of the county fire

department,

f. to construct or otherwise acquire from available funds

suitable firehouses and other buildings or structures

suitable for the housing of equipment and supplies of

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the county fire department, or for carrying on its own

business and affairs,

g. to employ such officers and employees as may be

required from available funds, fix their compensation

and prescribe their duties,

h. to establish rules for such county fire department and

for the prevention of fires and conflagrations within

the department's boundaries and for the protection of

property at and during any fire,

i. to do any and all other things necessary and proper in

the management and operation of the county fire

department for the purpose of protecting property

within its boundaries from fire, and

j. to prepare an annual budget and follow existing laws

pertaining to the budget process such as public

notice, public hearings, protest periods and filing

requirements in the same manner as they apply to other

forms of government in Oklahoma.

6. The board of directors of a county fire department organized

pursuant to this subsection may submit an application to include the

firefighters of such county fire department in the Oklahoma

Firefighters Pension and Retirement System. The application for

participation in the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement

System shall be submitted in accordance with subsection A of Section

49-105.2 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. For purposes of

complying with Sections 49-103 and 49-104 of Title 11 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, the chair, clerk and treasurer of the board of

directors of the county fire department shall serve on the local

firefighters pension and retirement board along with three

firefighters of such county fire department elected by the members

of the county fire department. The chair of the board of directors

of the county fire department shall be the chair of the local board

of the county fire department and the clerk of the board of

directors of the county fire department shall be the secretary of

the local board of the county fire department. The chair of the

local board of the county fire department shall have a casting vote

with the members of the local board of the county fire department

only when necessary to avoid a tie vote. The local board of the

county fire department shall promulgate such rules as may be

necessary to ensure the orderly conduct of a local board meeting.

While participating in the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and

Retirement System, the board of directors, local board and fire

chief of the county fire department shall perform all administrative

requirements of the pension system.

7. Any board of directors of a county fire department organized

pursuant to this subsection having volunteers enrolled as members of

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such county fire department shall adopt a code of minimum rules and

regulations in substantial compliance with the following:

a. Fire chief.

(1) The fire chief shall be at the head of the

department, subject to the laws of the State of

Oklahoma, rules of the board of directors, and

the rules and regulations herein adopted.

(2) The fire chief shall be held responsible for the

general condition and efficient operation of the

department, the training of members, and the

performance of all other duties imposed upon him

or her by law or the board of directors.

(3) The fire chief may inspect or cause to be

inspected by members of the department, the fire

hydrants, cisterns and other sources of water

supply at least twice a year.

(4) The fire chief shall maintain a library or file

of publications on fire prevention and fire

protection and shall make use of the library or

file to the best advantage of all members.

(5) The fire chief shall make every effort to attend

all fires and direct the officers and members of

the fire department in the performance of their

duties.

(6) The fire chief shall see that the citizens are

kept informed on fire hazards within the

boundaries of the department and on the

activities of the department.

(7) The fire chief shall see that each fire is

carefully investigated to determine its cause,

and in the case of suspicion of incendiarism

shall notify proper authorities. The fire chief

shall secure and preserve all possible evidence

for future use in the case of a suspicious

incendiarism.

(8) The fire chief shall file the appropriate

activity report forms with the Office of the

State Fire Marshal in Oklahoma City on an annual

basis. The activity report forms shall be

designed by the State Fire Marshal and shall

include, but not be limited to, the amount of

property and vehicle fire loss, types of fires,

inspections and investigations. The report shall

include notification of all fire-related civilian

deaths and injuries in the respective

jurisdiction and of firefighter deaths in the

line of duty and of firefighter injuries in the

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line of duty requiring the services of a hospital

or physician or both.

b. Assistant fire chief.

In the absence of the fire chief, the assistant fire

chief on duty shall command the department and be held

responsible therefore in all respects with the full

powers and responsibilities of the fire chief.

c. Company officers.

The company officers shall be selected upon their

ability to meet the following requirements:

(1) their knowledge of firefighting,

(2) their leadership ability, and

(3) their knowledge of firefighting equipment.

d. Secretary-treasurer.

One member elected by the fire department shall be

secretary-treasurer. His or her duties shall consist

of the following:

(1) calling the roll at the opening of each meeting,

(2) keeping the minutes of each meeting, and

(3) collecting any money due the department by the

members.

e. New members.

(1) An applicant of a participating county fire

department of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension

and Retirement System shall meet the membership

requirements of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension

and Retirement System before he or she may be

appointed as a new member of the county fire

department.

(2) A new member shall be on probation for one (1)

year after his or her appointment.

(3) A new member of a participating county fire

department of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension

and Retirement System shall be immediately

enrolled as a member of the Oklahoma Firefighters

Pension and Retirement System regardless of

whether such member has completed his or her

probation period.

(4) The majority of the fire department members must

approve new volunteer members upon completion of

their probation period.

f. Bylaws.

The bylaws of the department shall include:

(1) All volunteer firefighters are required, when

notified, to respond to fire alarms and other

emergencies.

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(2) A volunteer firefighter is required to be present

at all regular meetings, call meetings and

schools presented for the benefit of the

firefighters.

(3) There shall be at least one regular business

meeting each month.

(4) Any volunteer firefighter having two unexcused

absences in succession or three unexcused

absences in a period of three (3) months will be

dropped from the fire department rolls.

(5) Volunteer firefighters leaving the boundaries of

the department for an extended period of time

will be required to notify the fire chief.

(6) Any volunteer firefighter refusing to attend

training classes provided for him or her will be

dropped from the fire department rolls.

(7) Any volunteer member of the fire department shall

be dropped from the fire department rolls for the

following offenses:

(a) conduct unbecoming a firefighter,

(b) any act of insubordination,

(c) neglect of duty,

(d) any violation of rules and regulations

governing the fire department, or

(e) conviction of a felony.

8. a. A county fire department organized pursuant to the

provisions of this subsection shall maintain,

according to its own accounting needs, some or all of

the funds and account groups in its system of accounts

that are consistent with legal and operating

requirements and as prescribed by the State Auditor

and Inspector. The required funds may include, but

not be limited to:

(1) a general fund, to account for all monies

received and disbursed for general department

purposes, including all assets, liabilities,

reserves, fund balances, revenues and

expenditures which are not accounted for in any

other fund or special ledger account,

(2) special revenue funds, as required, to account

for the proceeds of specific revenue sources that

are restricted by law to expenditures for

specific purposes,

(3) a capital improvement fund, to account for

financial resources segregated for acquisition,

construction or other improvement related to

capital facilities, and

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(4) a ledger or group of accounts in which to record

the details relating to the general fixed assets

of the county or department.

b. Funds raised by a nonprofit organization for the

purpose of supporting the fire protection services of

a county fire department organized pursuant to the

provisions of this subsection, whether such funds were

raised before or after a corporate fire department

converts to a county fire department, shall not be

commingled with public funds and shall be used only

for designated benevolent or charitable purposes,

including, but not limited to, fire protection

purposes.

c. No expenditure may be authorized or made by any

employee or member of the board of directors of a

county fire department organized pursuant to the

provisions of this subsection which exceeds any fund

balance of any fund of the budget as adopted or

amended or which exceeds the appropriation for any

fund of the budget as adopted or amended. Any balance

remaining in a fund at the end of the budget year

shall be carried forward to the credit of the fund for

the next budget year. It shall be unlawful for any

employee or member of the board of directors of a

county fire department organized pursuant to the

provisions of this subsection in any budget year to

create or authorize creation of a deficit in any fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-339.8 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-339.8
Debt collection services
Status: in_force

A. The board of county commissioners may enter into a contract

with a collection agency for the provision of collection services

for debts and accounts receivable including, but not limited to,

unpaid fees, penalties, interest, and other sums due the county, as

applicable.

B. The board of county commissioners that enters into a

contract with a collection agency pursuant to this section may

authorize the addition of a collection fee in an amount not to

exceed thirty-five percent (35%) on each item described in

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subsection A of this section that has been referred by the county to

the collection agency for collection.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-155.6 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-155.6
Request by State Library
Status: in_force

The State Library may be given any record, which would otherwise

be destroyed, upon its request therefor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.4
Conduct of election - Returns and canvass of votes -
Status: in_force

Order.

Such elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general

election laws of the state and the regular election officials shall

be in charge at the usual polling place of each regular precinct, or

part of a precinct, which shall include lands within the boundaries

of such proposed district. The returns of such election shall be

made direct to the board of county commissioners who shall meet on

the second Monday next following such election and proceed to

canvass the vote cast thereat.

If, upon such canvass, it appears that at least three-fifths

(3/5) of all the votes cast are "Fire Protection District - Yes",

the board shall, by order declare such territory duly organized as a

fire protection district under the name theretofore designated.

Such order shall be filed for record in the office of the county

clerk by the board of county commissioners and from that date such

district shall be complete.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-335 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-335
Record of warrants on county treasurer - Numbering of
Status: in_force

warrants.

They shall keep a book for the entry of warrants on the county

treasurer, showing number, date, amount and name of the payee of

each warrant drawn on the treasury, which book may be known as the

"Warrant Book", and the warrants shall be numbered in relation to

the order and decision allowing the amount for which the same was

drawn.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 167

R.L. 1910, § 1596.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-547 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-547
Deputizing certain persons - Reserve force deputy sheriffs
Status: in_force

- Deputizing municipal police officers under interlocal governmental

agreements – Emergency assistance to other jurisdictions.

A. The sheriff shall be responsible for the official acts of

the undersheriff and deputy sheriffs, and may revoke such

appointments at the pleasure of the sheriff; provided, however, for

counties with a population of five hundred thousand (500,000) or

more persons, according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, with

the exception of chief deputies and undersheriffs, all deputy

sheriffs and detention officers shall serve a five-year probationary

period during which the deputy sheriff or detention officer shall be

considered an at-will employee. After the five-year probationary

period, such deputy sheriff or detention officer shall not be

discharged except for just cause. The sheriff or the undersheriff

may in writing depute certain persons to do particular acts.

B. Each sheriff may appoint as many reserve force deputy

sheriffs as are necessary to preserve the peace and dignity of the

county. A current list of each person holding such appointment

shall be maintained by the county sheriff and shall be available to

the public. Reserve force deputy sheriffs may perform duties which

encompass a particular act or a series of acts. The sheriff or a

Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training-certified deputy

sheriff shall accompany a reserve force deputy sheriff in the

performance of all duties assigned to such reserve force deputy

sheriff unless such reserve deputy has completed the required two-

hundred-forty-hour basic police course. Reserve force deputies may

receive compensation for their services. The sheriff may pay

reserve force deputies for travel expenses pursuant to the State

Travel Reimbursement Act. Such reserve deputy sheriffs shall

complete a two-hundred-forty-hour basic police course within six (6)

months after they have been commissioned to be paid by the county as

an individual reserve deputy. The sheriff may pay for additional

training courses attended by reserve force deputies.

C. Reserve force deputy sheriffs shall not serve more than one

hundred forty (140) hours per calendar month.

D. The sheriff or a designee may deputize municipal police

officers subject to an interlocal governmental agreement to combine

city and county law enforcement efforts and to encourage cooperation

between city and county law enforcement officials. Liability for

the conduct of any municipal police officers deputized under the

terms and conditions of an interlocal governmental agreement shall

remain the responsibility of their municipal employer.

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E. The sheriff may enter into mutual aid agreements pursuant to

the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Section 1002 et seq. of Title 74 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, to assist or provide law enforcement services

to any town, city, and county within this state and the sheriff and

deputies shall have law enforcement authority within the

jurisdiction making the request. The employing governmental unit

shall remain responsible for their officers or deputies pursuant to

any mutual aid agreement.

F. A sheriff of the county may respond to any request from any

other jurisdiction within the state for law enforcement assistance

in cases of emergency. The sheriff, deputy sheriffs and reserve

deputy sheriffs serving in response to the emergency request shall

have the same powers and duties as though employed by the requesting

law enforcement agency, and when so acting they shall be deemed to

be acting within the scope of employment of the requesting law

enforcement agency. Salaries, insurance and other benefits shall be

provided in the regular manner by the county in which the sheriff,

deputy sheriffs and reserve deputy sheriffs are regularly employed.

As used in this subsection, “emergency” means a sudden and

unforeseeable occurrence or condition, either as to its onset or its

extent, of such severity or magnitude that immediate response or

action is necessary to assist law enforcement agencies having

jurisdiction at the scene of the emergency to carry out their

functions.

G. A reserve force deputy sheriff shall be authorized to serve

civil process pursuant to Section 2004 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

H. The sheriff may contract with a private security firm that

meets the requirements set forth in Sections 1750.1 through 1750.14

of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes to guard any detainee or

prisoner temporarily housed for treatment in a medical facility

outside the confines of the jail. No private security firm may

transport a prisoner to or from an outside medical facility.

Transportation of a prisoner is only to be conducted by the sheriff

or deputy sheriff.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.63 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.63
Increase to basic salary
Status: in_force

In every county in this state, the salary of all county officers

named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall be

increased from the applicable basic salary named in Section 180.62

of this title, for gross assessed valuation or serviceability,

according to the following scale:

A. To the basic salary:

1. Add the product of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) times each

One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) gross assessed valuation, or

major fraction thereof, until a gross assessed valuation of Seventy-

five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00) is reached;

2. Thereafter add the product of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)

times each additional Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) gross

assessed valuation, or major fraction thereof, until a gross

assessed valuation of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00)

is reached;

3. Thereafter add the product of One Hundred Twenty-five

Dollars ($125.00) times each additional Seven Million Dollars

($7,000,000.00) gross assessed valuation, or major fraction thereof,

until a gross assessed valuation of Two Billion Dollars

($2,000,000,000.00) is reached; and

4. Thereafter as to all additional gross assessed valuation add

the product of One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00) times each

additional Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) gross assessed

valuation, or major fraction thereof.

B. Also, the salary of each county officer shall be

additionally increased from the basic salary named in Section 180.62

of this title, and the additions thereto heretofore provided in this

section, for population or service load according to the following

scale:

1. The product of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) times

each one thousand (1,000) population, or major fraction thereof,

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until a population of seventy-five thousand (75,000) is reached;

thereafter;

2. The product of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) times

each additional five thousand (5,000) population, or major fraction

thereof, until a population of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000)

is reached; thereafter add; and

3. The product of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) times

each additional ten thousand (10,000) population, or major fraction

thereof.

C. This section shall not reduce the present salary of any

county officer in Oklahoma during their present term of office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-113 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-113
Treasurer's bondsmen liable for securities - Approval of
Status: in_force

securities.

The bondsmen of said county treasurer shall be liable to the

bank depositing any of the securities as above named for the

accounting of all such securities and the return to said bank of any

or all of the securities as above named, or their value in money.

Before any of the securities above named shall be accepted by the

county treasurer in behalf of the county commissioners said

securities shall be approved to the satisfaction of a majority of a

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commission composed of the judge of the district court, district

attorney and county clerk.

R.L. 1910, § 1541.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-290 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-290
Chattel mortgage record
Status: in_force

He shall keep an index to chattel mortgages, bills of sale and

other instruments affecting title to or incumbering personal

property, required by law to be recorded, in which shall be entered

in separate columns, the number of the instrument, name of grantor

alphabetically, and the name of grantee, the year, month, day, hour

and minute of filing, the amount secured, a description of the

property, and dates when and by whom canceled; said chattel mortgage

when so indexed to be numbered, filed and kept in his office, and

when said mortgage or bill of sale is released or canceled the

register shall note the same on the back of the instrument and on

the index, in the proper column, giving the date and by whom said

instrument is canceled.

R.L. 1910, § 1662.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-880 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-880
Subdistrict sewers - Petition - Profiles, plans and
Status: in_force

specifications - Contracts.

Whenever such district sewer or sewers shall have been

authorized, the said board of directors shall then proceed to employ

a registered professional engineer licensed in the State of

Oklahoma, and cause to be prepared profiles, plans and

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specifications for the work, together with a complete estimate of

the cost. Upon the completion of such plans and specifications and

their adoption by the said board of directors, they shall advertise

for sealed bids for the performance of such work for at least ten

(10) days, if published in a daily newspaper, or at least two (2)

successive weeks if published in a weekly newspaper. In either

case, such newspaper must be one of general circulation within the

district and such notice may contain any reasonable conditions to be

imposed by said board of directors with reference to the letting of

such contracts and shall require the giving of a good and sufficient

bond for the faithful execution of work and the performance of the

contract and for the protection of the district and all property

owners against any loss or damage by the negligent execution of such

work. Such notice shall also advise all parties interested that

they may appear and protest against such proposed improvement or any

part thereof. At the time and place specified in the notice the

board of directors shall award the contract to the lowest and best

bidder for the work, which contract shall in no case exceed the

aggregate estimate of cost submitted with the plans and

specifications and shall be subject to the right of the board of

directors to reject any and all bids and to readvertise for other

bids, when none of the same is, in their judgment, satisfactory.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-893 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-893
Notice for bids
Status: in_force

After adopting the plans for the construction of the district

sewer lines, sewerage disposal, or treatment plant, or parts

thereof, and other work in connection therewith, and after

determining the property necessary to be acquired, and after the

bonds as hereinbefore provided for, have been authorized, the board

of directors shall give notice by publication thereof in some

newspaper published in said county, calling for bids for the

construction of said work, or any portion thereof, and to pay the

expense of purchasing and acquiring the necessary property, if any.

Said notice shall be published in three (3) issues of a daily

newspaper or two (2) issues in a weekly newspaper, the last

publication to be at least ten (10) days prior to the date fixed for

receiving bids. The notice shall set forth that plans and

specifications can be seen at the office of the clerk and that the

board will receive sealed proposals therefor, and that the contract

will be let to the lowest responsible bidder, stating the time and

place for receiving and opening said proposals in public. Said

notice shall set forth any reasonable terms and conditions that the

board shall deem proper to impose with reference to the letting of

the contract and the provisions thereof. Said notice shall further

set forth the nature of the performance and statutory bonds required

to be furnished. As soon as convenient thereafter the board shall

let such contract, either in part or in whole to the lowest

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responsible bidder, and it may reject any and all bids and

readvertise for proposals. The person or persons to whom the

contract shall be awarded, shall enter into a bond with good and

sufficient sureties, in an amount equal to one hundred per cent

(100%) of the contract price for the faithful performance of the

contract, and also a good and sufficient bond to the State of

Oklahoma for the payment of all labor and material used in the

construction of such improvement. All such construction work shall

be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer

employed by said board and be approved by the board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-904.6 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-904.6
Plan of operation - Election on funding
Status: in_force

A. As soon as practicable after organization of the authority,

the board of directors shall, by resolution entered on its record,

formulate a general plan of proposed operation for the authority in

which shall be stated the estimated cost of operation and

maintenance of the authority, what property, real or personal, is

proposed to be acquired or constructed and the estimated cost of

acquiring or constructing the same.

B. When the board of directors has estimated the cost of the

operation and maintenance of the authority, and the cost of

acquiring or constructing and real or personal property, it shall

request the board of county commissioners to call an election

pursuant to Section 1370 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes to

fund any acquisition or construction, and the operation and

maintenance of the authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.64F — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.64F
Definition of "a major fraction thereof"
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 180.63 and 180.64A of Title 19 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, "a major fraction thereof" means any amount

greater than one-half (1/2).
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-431 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-431
Right of appeal - Bond - Appeal on demand of freeholders -
Status: in_force

Appeal by taxpayer.

From all decisions of the board of commissioners, upon matters

properly before them, there shall be allowed an appeal to the

district court by any persons aggrieved, including the county by its

district attorney, upon filing a bond with sufficient penalty, and

one or more sureties to be approved by the county clerk, conditioned

that the appellant will prosecute his or her appeal without delay,

and pay all cost that he or she may be adjudged to pay in the said

district court; said bond shall be executed to the county, and may

be sued in the name of the county upon breach of any condition

therein; provided, that the district attorney, upon the written

demand of at least fifteen (15) freeholders of the county, shall

take an appeal from any action of the board of county commissioners

when said action relates to the interest or affairs of the county at

large or any portion thereof, in the name of the county, when he

deems it to the interest of the county so to do; and in such case no

bond shall be required or given and upon serving the notice provided

for in the next section the county clerk shall proceed the same as

if a bond had been filed; provided, further, that if the district

attorney shall fail or refuse to appeal after the written demand of

the said fifteen (15) freeholders, then any resident taxpayer of the

county may be considered a person aggrieved and may appeal upon

filing a bond with sufficient penalty, as provided in the foregoing

portion of this paragraph.

R.L. 1910, § 1640. Amended by Laws 1915, c. 117, § 1.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-732 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-732
Buildings to be erected when fund sufficient
Status: in_force

After a building fund has been accumulated, either from the

proceeds of the sale of town lots or from any other source, it shall

be the duty of the board of county commissioners within one year

from the time such fund becomes available, to proceed to the

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erection of the necessary county buildings including a jail, if such

fund shall in the judgment of the board be sufficient for that

purpose.

R.L. 1910, § 1620.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.19 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-138.19
Enforcement
Status: in_force

The County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall

be enforced by the Ethics Commission in the same manner as Rules of

the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article

XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution are enforced including, but not

limited to, acceptance of complaints, civil prosecutions, settlement

agreements, and any other compliance practices or requirements.

Complaints shall be made according to the Rules of the Ethics

Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the

Oklahoma Constitution. Upon receipt of complaints, the Ethics

Commission shall investigate whether the allegation or allegations

are true and, if so, shall assess a late reporting penalty up to One

Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per day, not to exceed a maximum of One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the filing of any statement or

report. If the Ethics Commission determines the allegation or

allegations are not true, it shall take no further action. Persons

assessed a late reporting penalty may protest the assessment subject

to provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.66 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.66
Notice of public hearings
Status: in_force

A. Notice of all public hearings herein provided for shall be

given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in

the municipality and the county at least fifteen (15) days prior to

the date of such hearing.

B. In addition to the notice required in subsection A of this

section, if the zoning change requested permits the use of treatment

facilities, multiple family facilities, transitional living

facilities, halfway houses and any housing or facility that may be

used for medical or nonmedical detoxification as these terms are

defined pursuant to Section 3-403 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma

Statutes, the entity proposing the zoning change shall mail a

written notice within thirty (30) days of the hearing to all real

property owners within one-quarter (1/4) of a mile where the area to

be affected is located and shall be responsible for all costs

incurred in mailing this notice.

For purposes of this subsection, "entity" means any individual,

corporation, company, firm, partnership, association, trust, state

agency, government instrumentality or agency, institution, county,

incorporated municipality or municipal authority or trust in which

any governmental entity is a beneficiary, venture, or other legal

entity however organized.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-8.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-8.3
Designation of charter commission members - Filing of
Status: in_force

names - Submission of formation question to voters - Organizational

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 34

meeting - Time for completion of work - Publication of proposed

charter or amendment - Submission to voters.

A. Upon a resolution approved by a majority of the members of

the board of county commissioners of the county or upon a petition

signed by registered voters of the county equal in number to ten

percent (10%) of the total number of votes cast in the county for

Governor at the immediately preceding gubernatorial election, the

members of the proposed charter commission shall be designated as

follows:

1. Fifteen (15) members shall be designated by the board of

county commissioners. Five members shall be designated by each

county commissioner, at least two of which shall be residents of an

unincorporated portion of the county, or residents of a municipality

other than the largest municipality located within said county. The

members designated by each county commissioner must reside in that

county commissioner's district;

2. Two members shall be designated by the county court clerk,

at least one of which shall be a resident of an unincorporated

portion of the county or a resident of a municipality other than the

largest municipality located within the county;

3. Two members shall be designated by the county clerk, at

least one of which shall be a resident of an unincorporated portion

of the county or a resident of a municipality other than the largest

municipality located within the county;

4. Two members shall be designated by the county treasurer, at

least one of which shall be a resident of an unincorporated portion

of the county or a resident of a municipality other than the largest

municipality located within the county;

5. Two members shall be designated by the county assessor, at

least one of which shall be a resident of an unincorporated portion

of the county or a resident of a municipality other than the largest

municipality located within the county; and

6. Two members shall be designated by the county sheriff, at

least one of which shall be a resident of an unincorporated portion

of the county or a resident of a municipality other than the largest

municipality located within the county.

The members shall be designated and their names filed with the

county election board within thirty (30) days from the date the

resolution was adopted by the board of county commissioners or the

date the petition was filed with the board.

Upon the designation of the members of the proposed charter

commission as provided in this subsection, the county election board

shall submit to the voters of the county at the next November

general election not less than ninety (90) days thereafter, or at a

special election called for such purpose, the question:

"Shall a charter commission, to be composed of the following

members: ________________________________ be authorized to frame

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a proposed charter or amend an existing charter for the County

of ____________?

/ / YES

/ / NO"

Nothing in the County Home Rule Charter Act shall be construed to

prevent any officer of any municipality located within the county

from serving as a member of the charter commission.

B. If the proposition receives approval by a majority of the

votes cast thereon, the chairman of the board of county

commissioners of the county shall, within sixty (60) days, call an

organizational meeting of said charter commission. Such commission

is hereby authorized to select a chairman and other officers as may

be necessary, to adopt rules of procedure, and to draft a proposed

County Home Rule Charter or amendments to an existing charter. Such

commission shall complete its work on a proposed charter or

amendments to an existing charter within six (6) months from thequestion to voters - Organizational meeting - Time for completion of work - Publication oforganizational meeting of said charter commission. Such commission

is hereby authorized to select a chairman and other officers as may

be necessary, to adopt rules of procedure, and to draft a proposed

County Home Rule Charter or amendments to an existing charter. Such

commission shall complete its work on a proposed charter or

amendments to an existing charter within six (6) months from the

time said organizational meeting of such commission was convened.

Any proposed charter or amendments to an existing charter shall be

published by the commission in a newspaper of general circulation in

the county on at least two occasions. At least seven (7) days shall

elapse between the first and last day of publication. The first day

of such publication shall be within forty-five (45) days from the

date the commission submits its proposed charter or amendments to an

existing charter. Copies of the proposed charter or amendments to

the existing charter shall be made available for distribution to the

qualified voters of the county at the place where meetings of the

board of county commissioners of the county are usually held.

C. Within ninety (90) days after the commission submits its

proposed charter or amendments to an existing charter to the board

of county commissioners of the county, the officer or agency

responsible for certifying public questions shall submit to the

voters of the county at the next regular countywide election or at a

special election which may be called for said purpose by the board

of county commissioners, the question:

"Shall the proposed charter (or amendments) for _________ County

be adopted?

/ / YES

/ / NO"

Said charter or said amendments shall become effective if approved

by a majority of the registered voters voting thereon, subject to

provisions of the Oklahoma Constitution and laws of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-288 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-288
Plat records - Digitizing
Status: in_force

A. The county clerk shall also keep a well-bound book in which

shall be platted all maps of cities and towns, or additions to the

same, cemeteries and other plats, required by law to be recorded

within his county, together with description, acknowledgment or

other writing thereon, and file the original plat in his office. He

shall index such plat book under appropriate headings in the plat

book. Provided, the county clerk shall be prohibited from recording

a plat of any subdivision which is by name duplicative of the name

of any platted subdivision of record in his county.

B. In the alternative, said record may be kept digitally if

said records may be reproduced to their original size.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 155

R.L. 1910, § 1660. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 179, § 1, emerg. eff.

June 7, 1977; Laws 1986, c. 78, § 1, eff. July 1, 1986; Laws 2017,

c. 22, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-443 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-443
Suit against delinquent officers
Status: in_force

If any person thus chargeable shall neglect or refuse to render

true accounts or settle as aforesaid, the county commissioners shall

adjust the accounts of such delinquent according to the best

information they can obtain, and ascertain the balance due the

county, and order suit to be brought in the name of the county

therefor; and such delinquent shall not be entitled to any

commission, and shall forfeit and pay to the county a penalty of

twenty percent (20%) on the amount of funds due the county.

R.L. 1910, § 1647.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1500.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1500.1
County purchasing agent – Powers – Electronic commerce
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by Section 1500 et seq. of this

title, the county purchasing agent shall have the authority to

develop, implement, and promote policies and procedures that allow

the procurement of materials and equipment through contracts that

are flexible, value based and are in the best interests of the state

and its political subdivisions.

B. Except as otherwise provided, the county purchasing agent

shall have the authority to use electronic commerce for the

solicitation, notification, and other purchasing processes. For

purposes of this subsection, “electronic commerce” means the use of

electronic methods to enable solicitations, open bids, supplier

response, bid submission, notice of contract award, county

acquisition processes, or any other function to make an acquisition.

C. The boards of county commissioners shall have the authority

to conduct a procurement transaction by electronic means subject to

the provisions of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

D. The board of county commissioners shall have the authority

to establish an online bidding process with a vendor.

1. The purchasing agent shall comply with all bid notice

requirements as prescribed in paragraph 2 of subsection B of Section

1505 of this title or the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974.

2. Solicitations shall designate an opening and closing date

and time for bids. Sealed bids received pursuant to this subsection

shall be first opened in an open meeting of the board of county

commissioners concurrently with other sealed bids received as

provided in Section 1505 of this title or the Public Competitive

Bidding Act of 1974.

3. The board of county commissioners shall be authorized to

require online bidders to register before the opening date and time

and, as part of that registration, require bidders to agree to any

terms, conditions, or other requirements of the solicitation or

applicable acts.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 555

4. The board of county commissioners shall be authorized to

require potential online bidders to prequalify as bidders.

Solicitations and published bid notices shall indicate the

prequalification requirements for online bids. Bids submitted by

online bidders not meeting a prequalification requirement shall be

disqualified from consideration.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.15 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.15
Bond election
Status: in_force

Bonds and other evidences of indebtedness and the interest

thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual levy of not

to exceed five (5) mills on the dollar upon the ad valorem taxed

property of the district, and all the ad valorem taxed property of

the district, including the ad valorem taxed property of public

service corporations, shall be and remain liable to be assessed for

such payments as herein provided; provided, if Article X, Section 8

of the Oklahoma Constitution requires one hundred percent (100%) of

fair cash value to be taxable for purposes of ad valorem taxation,

the maximum number of mills authorized by this section shall be

three-fourths (3/4) of one (1) mill.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-905.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-905.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Regional Jail District Act, the

following terms shall have the following meanings:

1. “Operation” includes but is not limited to leasing services,

contracting for services, planning, financing, construction and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 473

maintenance of a regional jail regardless of the source of funding;

and

2. “Regional jail district project” includes but is not limited

to planning, financing and construction of a regional jail.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-133 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-133
County offices
Status: in_force

A. Every county officer, except as may otherwise be provided in

this chapter, shall keep the office and records at the county seat.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 68

However, a county officer may establish an additional office or

additional offices at any location within the county. A county

employee who is employed at an additional office by one county

officer may perform duties on behalf of another county officer if

specifically authorized by each county officer on whose behalf the

employee is performing duties.

B. For purposes of filing and recording of documents, the

additional county office may receive documents for the sole purpose

of collection and delivery to the main county seat office. The

additional county office shall not file or record the documents

pursuant to law at the additional county office, but shall deliver

such documents to the main county seat office. Any document which

may be delivered to the additional county office for filing or

recording pursuant to law shall not be deemed filed or recorded and

shall not impart constructive notice of such document on third

parties until such document is delivered and recorded pursuant to

law at the main county seat office.

R.L. 1910, § 1550. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 340, § 1, emerg. eff.

June 9, 1997.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-177.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-177.2
Use of ad valorem levy for county audit - Lapse and
Status: in_force

cancellation of unexpended balance.

The net proceeds of the one-tenth mill annual ad valorem levy

upon the net total assessed valuation in any county for any year

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 95

authorized and mandatorily required to be appropriated and dedicated

to county audit by Section or paragraph 331 of Title 62, Oklahoma

Statutes 1951 (H.B. 367, page 282, S.L. 1941), shall henceforth be

restricted to and used only for audit survey and reporting receipt,

disbursement and management of county affairs financed by county ad

valorem levy and miscellaneous revenues other than ad valorem

taxation accruing to the general fund of such county, whether such

audit be in the performance of duties charged to the State Auditor

and Inspector and instigated at his own initiative and directive, or

on request of the board of county commissioners of such county or

order of the Governor as provided by Section or paragraph 212 of

Title 74, Oklahoma Statutes 1951. If, after completion of audit of

all county accounts so financed, and report thereof, including

report of audit of cash funds where possible, as by this act

provided, unless there be directive from the Governor for other

and/or further inquiry, the board of county commissioners may, upon

certificate of completion by the State Auditor and Inspector,

request that any unexpended and unencumbered balance of

appropriation therein be, by the county excise board, lapsed and

cancelled and the county revenues restricted thereby revert to

surplus, available for appropriation to any lawful county purpose.

Upon request by the board of county commissioners, the State Auditor

and Inspector shall, after making a determination that sufficient

funds are encumbered to cover the cost of the audit of all county

accounts so financed, issue a certification of release of the

unencumbered balance of these funds prior to completion of the

audit.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.42 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.42
Inspection by county inspector continued
Status: in_force

The inspection of electrical work as herein provided on houses

under actual construction in territory annexed by the city shall be

continued by the county inspector until the completion of such work.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1261 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1261
Delinquent assessments or installments - Presentment of
Status: in_force

bond receipt as payment - Discharge of liens.

In the event any such road or street improvement assessment, or

installments thereof, paid by endorsement upon such bonds, as

provided in Section 32 of this act, are delinquent and in the hands

of the county treasurer of the county, for collection, then said

receipt issued by the county clerk of such county, as herein

provided for, may be presented by the holder thereof to the county

treasurer of such county, who shall thereupon endorse upon his

records the satisfaction and discharge of the improvement taxes upon

the property for the installments described in such receipt, and

thereafter such property shall be free and discharged of and from

all further lien for such installments of such assessment.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 29
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.28 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.28
Certification of audit - Standards - Filing -
Status: in_force

Certification of creation - Filing of creating document.

A. The audits required by Section 901.27 of this title shall be

prepared by a certified public accountant or a licensed public

accountant. The required audit shall adhere to standards set by the

State Auditor and Inspector. One copy of the annual audit shall be

filed with the State Auditor and Inspector, and one copy shall be

filed with the appropriate county clerk not more than one hundred

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twenty (120) days following the close of each fiscal year of the

district.

B. In the event that a copy of the audit as required by this

section is not filed with the State Auditor and Inspector within the

time herein provided or for any other reason deemed expedient by

him, the State Auditor and Inspector is authorized to either

commence an audit or employ a certified public accountant or

licensed public accountant to make the audit herein required at the

cost and expense of the fire protection district.

C. Within one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective

date of this act or within one hundred eighty (180) days after

creation, whichever is first, each fire protection district

organized pursuant to the provisions of Section 901.1 et seq. of

this title shall certify to the State Auditor and Inspector the date

it was created.

D. Prior to the levying of any special assessment by a fire

protection district, there shall be filed with the Secretary of

State an executed original or certified copy of a written instrument

or election return declaring creation of such district and a notice

of said filing with the Secretary of State shall be delivered to the

State Auditor and Inspector.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-138.7
Conflict of interest - Reassignment of case
Status: in_force

In those counties subject to the provisions of Section 138.1a of

this title, if the court determines that a conflict of interest

exists between a defendant and the county indigent defender, the

case may be reassigned by the court to another county indigent

defender, an attorney who represents indigents pursuant to contract,

or a private attorney who has agreed to accept such appointments.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-178.5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-178.5
Penalties
Status: in_force

No special penalties shall apply to any public officer charged

with the performance of duties under this act other than that

provided in 51 O.S. 1951 Section 91-105.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-570 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-570
Abolition of office of county surveyor
Status: in_force

The office of county surveyor is hereby abolished. All aerial

photographs, maps, plats, field notes, drawings, specifications,

other survey data and records, which can be used to locate, identify

or reference survey monuments and property corners, not constituting

the personal property of any county surveyor, shall be transferred

to the custody of the county clerk of the county, and shall become a

part of the official records of that office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.37H — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.37H
Temporary appropriations - Availability of funds
Status: in_force

The requirements for temporary appropriations pending final

approval of the county's estimate of needs and the prohibition on

expenditures during the tax protest period shall not apply to the

requested appropriations for the district attorney's office which

are to be reimbursed from state funds. The entire amount certified

by the District Attorneys Council shall be available for the

purposes requested unless otherwise restricted in writing by the

Council and filed with the county clerk.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.40 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.40
District Attorneys Evidence Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Office of the Attorney General to be designated the

"District Attorneys Evidence Fund". The fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

any monies transferred thereto by an act of the Legislature. All

monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated

and may be budgeted and expended by the District Attorneys Council

for necessary expenses relative to any pending case within the

official responsibility of the offices of the district attorneys.

Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by

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the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with

the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-32 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-32
Vote to accept new territory
Status: in_force

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Upon the holding of any election in any county to vote upon the

acceptance of the territory which is seeking to be transferred to

said county, the board of canvassers shall certify and return said

vote to the Governor as required by law, who shall thereupon, and

within ten (10) days thereafter, declare the result of said

election, and if it appears that a majority of the votes cast at

said election be in favor of accepting said territory, he shall,

within ten (10) days thereafter, issue his proclamation declaring

said territory legally transferred to said existing county, and

cause the will of the election to be carried into effect.

R.L. 1910, § 1508.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-178.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-178.1
Inventory - Continuous inventory - Accounting
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners in each county of this state

shall take, or cause to be taken, an inventory of all working tools,

apparatus, machinery and equipment belonging to the county or leased

or otherwise let to it or to any department thereof, other than that

which is affixed to and made a part of lands and buildings, the cost

of which as to each complete working unit thereof is more than Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and thereafter maintain or cause to be

maintained a continuous inventory record thereof and of like tools,

apparatus, machinery and equipment purchased, leased or otherwise

coming into the custody of the county or of any office, board,

department, commission or any or either thereof, and the disposition

thereof whether sold, exchanged, leased or let where authorized by

statute, junked, strayed or stolen, and annually thereafter, or

oftener in event of death, resignation or removal of an elective

officer with a term, to verify or cause to be verified by count and

report of the same as of the end of a term of office and as part and

parcel of the accounting required by law of a retiring or re-elected

officer, and, as to appointive heads of departments amenable

directly to the board of county commissioners and as to quasi-

governmental boards and commissions such as free fair boards,

hospital boards and the like, the same shall be as of the last

business day immediately preceding the day certain commencing a new

term of the board of county commissioners; all in the manner as

provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1279 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1279
Levy of taxes to pay principal and interest on bond
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the officers charged by law with the

levying of taxes for county purposes to levy annually an amount

sufficient to pay the principal and interest due each year on the

bonds issued pursuant to this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.7
Master plan - Public hearing
Status: in_force

The commission shall make, adopt, and may publish a master plan

of the municipality, and of the unincorporated area of the county,

for the purpose of bringing about a coordinated physical development

in accordance with the present and future needs of such area. The

master plan shall be developed so as to conserve the natural

resources of the area, to insure efficient expenditure of public

funds, and to promote the health, safety, convenience, prosperity,

and general welfare of the people of the area and the state. Such

master plan may include, among other things, studies and

recommendations relative to the location, character, and the extent

of highways, railroads, bus, streetcar and other transportation

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routes, bridges, public buildings, schools, parks, parkways,

airports, forests, wildlife refuges, dams and projects affecting the

conservation of natural resources, and studies and recommendations

for an annual budget and long-range financial program for public

improvements. The commission may also perform in the area any

additional urban planning which is needed, including but not limited

to surveys, land use studies, urban renewal plans, technical

services, and other planning work. The commission may adopt the

master plan in whole or part, and subsequently amend or extend the

adopted plan or portions thereof. Before the adoption, amendment,

or extension of the plan or portions thereof, the commission shall

hold at least one public hearing thereon. Such hearing may be

adjourned from time to time. The adoption of the plan or portions

thereof shall be by resolution carried by not less than the majority

of the full membership of the commission including the ex officio

members thereof. Before such master plan or part thereof shall have

the status of an official plan, it shall be submitted to and shall

have the approval of the council insofar as such plan affects the

area within the city limits of the municipality and shall have the

approval of the board of county commissioners, insofar as such plan

affects the unincorporated area of the county, as the case may be.

The council and/or board may approve the plan in whole or in part,

or return the plan or any portion thereof to the commission for

further consideration. Any part so approved shall immediately

become in full force and effect as to the area covered by the

approved portion of such plan. Should the council or board fail to

act upon such plan within forty-five (45) days from the date of its

submission by the commission, such plan shall be deemed to be

approved by said council or board. After the adoption of the master

plan, or part thereof, an attested copy shall be certified by the

commission and by the approving authority and shall be certified to

the county clerk of such county for safekeeping and as a public

record, and certified to the clerks of such incorporated areas as

may be covered or affected by the plan.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.58 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.58
Application and purpose of act - Legislative
Status: in_force

determination.

A. Sections 180.58 through 180.68 of this title shall apply to

all counties.

B. The purpose of Sections 180.58 through 180.68 of this title

is to codify and revise the laws of the state relating to the

salaries and wages of county officers and their deputies and

employees, and to establish said salaries and wages by general law

applicable throughout the state under a uniform schedule fixing such

salaries and wages and future increases and reductions thereof upon

the following bases:

1. The available revenues of the several counties out of which

such salaries and wages may be paid;

2. The amount of services required to be performed;

3. The monetary value of such services in relation to that of

nongovernmental services of similar nature in the areas wherein such

services are performed; and

4. The relative amounts of services required of the various

county officers, their deputies and employees upon investigation and

full consideration of the applicable facts.

C. The Legislature has determined that the foregoing bases of

such schedule gradations generally are cognate to the combination of

the following factors:

1. The gross assessed valuation of all tangible taxable

property of the county, hereinafter referred to as "service-

ability"; and

2. The population of the county, hereinafter referred to as the

"service-load".

The application of said factors properly establishes a rational and

relevant formula for uniformity of salaries and wages and of future

increases and decreases thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-510 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-510
County sheriff - Qualifications
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section, “peace officer” shall mean a full-

time duly appointed or elected officer who is currently or has

previously been paid for working more than twenty-five (25) hours

per week and whose duties include or included preserving the public

peace, protection of life and property, prevention of crime, service

of warrants, and the enforcement of:

1. Federal laws;

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2. The laws of this state;

3. The laws of any other state in the United States; or

4. The local ordinances of any political subdivision of such

state.

B. Any person, otherwise qualified, who has been a resident of

this state for two (2) years, has been a registered voter of the

party whose nomination he or she seeks, or a registered Independent,

within the county from which such person seeks election for the six

(6) months next preceding the first day of the filing period, is at

least twenty-five (25) years of age next preceding the date of

filing for office, possesses at least a high school education, and

has served as a duly certified peace officer, in a full-time

capacity, for a period of four (4) years or more prior to the date

of filing for the office of county sheriff, shall be eligible to

file for or hold the office of county sheriff.

C. A candidate shall present proof of peace officer

qualification at the time of filing a declaration of candidacy with

the secretary of the county election board as described in Section

5-111 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Secretary of the

State Election Board may prescribe a form to be included as part of

the documented proof of police or veteran experience as required by

this section.

D. Any veteran who has served as military police may count four

(4) or more years of service as military police to meet the

experience requirement listed in subsection B of this section. A

veteran shall present a Certificate of Release or Discharge from

Active Duty (DD Form 214) when filing a declaration of candidacy as

verification of military police experience.

E. Within twelve (12) months of taking office, all newly

elected or appointed sheriffs shall complete a sheriff’s

administrative school which has been developed by the Oklahoma

Sheriffs’ Association and which has been approved by the Council on

Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET). Failure to complete

the sheriff’s administrative school within the specified period

shall preclude the new sheriff from obtaining CLEET certification.

New sheriffs with prior CLEET certification, who fail to attend the

sheriff’s administrative school, shall have their CLEET

certification revoked. Provided, however, the provisions of this

section relating to qualifications shall not apply to any person

serving as a county sheriff or to any person previously serving as

county sheriff prior to the adoption of this statute.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.37E — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.37E
Approval of appropriation requests
Status: in_force

A. It shall be mandatory for the county excise board to approve

the appropriation requests in the first section of the district

attorney's estimate of needs which are for expenditures to be

reimbursed from state funds, provided that the total does not exceed

the amount certified as available by the District Attorneys Council.

B. Appropriation requests in the second section of such

estimate of needs which are for expenditures to be financed from

county funds shall be considered in the manner provided by law for

similar requests for county general fund appropriations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-329 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-329
Equal division
Status: in_force

When the board of county commissioners are equally divided on

any question, they shall defer a decision until the next meeting of

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the board, and then the matter shall be decided by a majority of the

board.

R.L. 1910, § 1590.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.68 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.68
Exclusive control
Status: in_force

From and after the time such commission is constituted by the

cooperating governmental units, it shall have exclusive control for

the purposes herein provided over the territory within the

jurisdiction of the county to the exclusion of any other planning

agency, provided, however, this does not prevent commissioners from

contracting with agencies formed in accordance with Chapter 31,

Title 74, of the Oklahoma Statutes for planning services and

regulation enforcement assistance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-905.6 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-905.6
Prisoners
Status: in_force

A. The regional jail established pursuant to the provisions of

Section 3 of this act may be used to hold prisoners who have pled

guilty or been found guilty of a crime or prisoners who are being

held prior to or during trial.

B. Each county within the regional jail district may keep its

own jail for holding any prisoners who have pled guilty or been

found guilty of a crime or who are being held prior to or during

trial.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-864.9 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-864.9
License - Application
Status: in_force

No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of

wiring, rewiring, installing, repairing or altering any electrical

wiring or installing or repairing any electrical apparatus,

appliance or fixtures of any kind or description within the limits

of any city, county or metropolitan area within the provision of

this act without securing from the joint electrical examining and

appeals board, herein authorized, a license. Any person desiring a

license shall file with the said board an application showing the

name of the person, firm or corporation in whose name said license

is to be issued, the kind of license applied for, the name of the

certificate holder under whose supervision work will be done, the

number and date of such certificate, and such further information as

may be required by the board. Said license shall bear the name of

the certificate holder on the face of the license. All applications

shall be signed by the applicant or a member of the firm or an

authorized officer of the corporation making the application, and

shall also be signed by the holder of the supporting certificate and

the certificate shall be attached to the application. The board, if

it finds said application is proper and in accordance with law,

shall approve said application and retain the certificate for its

file upon furnishing the applicant with a proper receipt therefor.

If said certificate is withdrawn by the owner thereof, said license

shall become inoperative and no further permits shall be issued by

the electrical inspector to such license. Such license may be

reinstated and rendered operative by the filing with the board of

another proper certificate of the joint electrical examining and

appeals board.

No certificate of competency holder shall be entitled to have

operative more than one license in any classification under this act

at any given time. The certificate of competency holder shall

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notify the board immediately of any change affecting his certificate

or license. The holder of a certificate of competency must at all

times be directly associated with the licensee and be in a position

to control or supervise work performed by the firm licensed under

his certificate of competency. Continued or recurring absence from

the city, county or metropolitan area by the certificate holder

during times when jobs or work is being performed by the licensee

shall be deemed prima facie evidence that such certificate holder is

not exercising the control or supervision herein required.

In the event of the death of a certificate holder who has been

licensed as an individual, or in the event of the death, disability

or withdrawal of that person holding the certificate upon which a

license has been issued to a partnership or a corporation, the

estate of the deceased individual, the surviving partners or the

corporation, as the case may be, shall be permitted to complete all

work then in progress. The estate, the surviving partners or the

corporation shall have a one-hundred-twenty-day period within which

to affiliate another certificate holder if it desires to continue to

conduct business under the license then in effect. If such

affiliation occurs, the license shall remain valid and renewable; if

such affiliation does not occur, the license shall expire at the end

of the one-hundred-twenty-day period, and shall not authorize the

performance of any work other than uncompleted work which was in

progress at the time of the death, disability or withdrawal of the

certificate holder.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.5
Board of directors - Elections - Vacancies
Status: in_force

A. Directors of a fire protection district shall be the surface

owners of real property in and residents of the district and shall

not be paid firefighters for the fire protection district.

B. At the time of making its order organizing the district, the

board of county commissioners shall appoint three directors who

shall hold their office until the next General Election, at which

time their successors shall be elected. At the election, the

qualified person receiving the highest number of votes for member of

board of directors of the district shall hold office for the term of

six (6) years. The qualified person receiving the next highest

number of votes shall be elected for four (4) years, and the

qualified person having the next highest number of votes shall be

elected for two (2) years. Each two (2) years thereafter, there

shall be elected for a term of six (6) years one member of said the

board of directors.

C. 1. A board of directors may increase its membership to

better insure both geographic and population representation to five

(5), seven (7) or nine (9) members by resolution of the board. The

size of the board may also be increased by a petition signed by

fifty-one percent (51%) of the eligible members of the district. If

a board of directors adopts such a resolution, the position of the

original board which will be up for election at the next General

Election shall be for a five-year term.

2. An additional two members shall be elected at a special

election called for that purpose by the board of directors. The two

qualified persons who receive the highest number of votes for the

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additional two positions shall be elected to serve until the next

General Election.

3. All board members elected thereafter to a five-member board

shall serve a term of five (5) years with elections held yearly.

After the initial election of new board members, the terms shall be

staggered so that no more than two member's terms expire per year.

D. The board of directors of the district shall submit, within

fifteen (15) days before the filing period of any district election,

a resolution to the secretary of the county election board

conducting the election. The resolution shall contain the

following:

1. The date of the election;

2. The offices to be filled or the questions to be voted upon

at the election;

3. Qualifications for the offices;

4. The location of the polling place or places; and

5. Any other information necessary for conducting the election.

E. 1. The regular election in the district shall be held at

the same time as the General Election in this state or on the second

Tuesday in November in those years that a General Election is not

held.

2. In those years that a General Election is not held the

entire cost of the election shall be paid by the district. When the

election is held at the same time as the General Election, the

district shall pay only for the cost directly attributable to

district election.

3. All polling places of precincts, all or any part of which

include areas within the boundaries of the district, shall be

supplied ballots for the purpose of permitting electors of the

district to vote for members of the board of directors of the

district.

4. Filing for the office of member of the board of directors

shall be with the county election board on a nonpartisan basis from

8 a.m. on the first Monday after Independence Day until 5 p.m. on

the next succeeding Wednesday each year. The payment of a filing

fee shall not be required.

F. 1. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the board of

directors. In the event a vacancy occurs and the remaining members

of the board are unable to make a decision on such vacancy within

sixty (60) calendar days, the board of county commissioners shall

immediately appoint a member to fill the vacancy. In the event the

vacancies on the board are so numerous as to not provide a quorum,

the board of county commissioners shall appoint as many members as

are necessary to make a quorum.

2. All vacancies filled pursuant to the provisions of this

subsection shall be filled until the next regular election, at which

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time a member shall be elected to serve the remainder of the

unexpired term.

G. 1. The office of a member of the board of directors may be

declared vacant by the board of directors if such member:

a. is absent from more than one-half (1/2) of all

meetings of the board of directors, regular and

special, held within any period of four (4)

consecutive months,

b. ceases to be eligible for office pursuant to this

section,

c. has a conviction in a court of any felony or crime

involving moral turpitude,

d. uses alcohol, any stimulant, any drug or other

substance which impairs intellect, judgment or

physical ability to such an extent as to incapacitate

the member to such a degree that the member is

prevented from performing duties pursuant to Chapter

21 of this title, and

e. has a mental or physical weakness or inability which

incapacitates the member to such a degree that the

member is prevented from performing duties required

pursuant to Chapter 21 of this title.

2. Vacancies determined pursuant to this subsection shall be

filled pursuant to subsection F of this section after notice to the

board member of such action and opportunity for a hearing.

3. Vacancies shall be determined at an official meeting of the

board and shall be a specific agenda item.

4. Any appeal from a decision declaring an office vacant

pursuant to this subsection shall be made to the district court

within thirty (30) days of such determination.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-63 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-63
Parties to action - Duties of district attorney
Status: in_force

Any suit commenced under the provisions of this article, shall

be brought in the name of the board of county commissioners of any

county interested in the subject matter of the suit, as plaintiff,

and any or all counties having any interest adverse to the plaintiff

may be joined as defendant. The district attorney of such county,

at the direction of the board of county commissioners, shall

commence and prosecute, or defend, as the case may be, to final

judgment and determination, any and all suits that may be instituted

under authority of this article.

R.L. 1910, § 1514.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-433 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-433
Appeal, when filed and tried
Status: in_force

Said appeal shall be filed by the first day of the district

court next after such appeal and said cause shall stand for trial at

such term.

R.L. 1910, § 1642.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-450 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-450
Determination of existence of vacancy - Jurisdiction and
Status: in_force

proceedings.

For the purpose of determining whether such a vacancy exists the

district court is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction and the

district attorney of the county shall file a petition with the

district court of the county where such vacancy is alleged to exist,

and summons shall issue and be served in the manner provided by law

for the service of summons in other cases, and said cause shall be

tried to the court without the intervention of a jury and upon trial

thereof, if it be shown by preponderance of the evidence that the

county commissioner who is alleged to be incapacitated or

disqualified is suffering from any mental or physical ailment that

will prevent him from performing the duties of said office for the

balance of the term to which he was elected, the said court shall

enter judgment accordingly, decreeing that a vacancy exists, which

judgment shall thereupon be final and the vacancy shall be filled as

provided in Section 1 above.

Said action shall be brought by the district attorney and shall

be in the name of the State of Oklahoma on relation of the district

attorney as plaintiff, against the person who is alleged to be

disqualified and the summons shall be issued, directed to the

sheriff of the county where said defendant may be served, and if the

said defendant be in a hospital or under the care or supervision of

any institution, the same shall be served by delivering a copy

thereof to the said defendant and a copy to the person or officer

having supervision or control of the said hospital or institution

and said cause shall stand for trial at the first non-jury docket

setting after answer day, as other civil actions triable to the

court.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.22 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.22
Counties in which applicable
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall apply only to counties having a

population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000) according to

the latest Federal Decennial Census.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-155.7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-155.7
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 19-155.7v1 (HB 1894, Laws 2023, c. 137, § 1).

OS 19-155.7v2 (SB 48, Laws 2017, c. 212, § 5).
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.3
Discontinuance of existing commission - Establishment of
Status: in_force

new commission - Procedure.

The board of county commissioners of any such county desiring to

avail itself of the provisions of this act, shall at any time,

discontinue any existing county planning commission and remove the

entire membership thereof and set up a metropolitan area planning

commission in the following manner:

(a) By resolution of the board of county commissioners, entered

in the commissioners' journal of proceedings, setting forth its

intention to avail itself of the provisions of this act and to enter

into an agreement with the municipality for the organization of the

metropolitan area planning commission herein provided for and upon

such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.

(b) Such resolution shall not become effective until such

agreement has been entered into and until the municipality has by

proper ordinance provided for the dissolution and discontinuance of

its city planning commission.

(c) After such agreement has been entered into a copy thereof,

together with a copy of said resolution, shall be served upon the

county planning commission by delivering same to the chairman of the

respective commissions, whereupon the terms of office of the members

of such county and city planning commissions shall expire and the

tenure of their respective director and technical staff shall cease.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-744 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-744
Use of private prison contractors
Status: in_force

A. Upon the recommendation of the County Jail Trust Authority

formed pursuant to Section 904.1 of this title, the board of county

commissioners of each county may enter into contracts with private

contractors for the management and operation of any jail owned by

the county or for the incarceration of inmates in jail facilities

owned and operated by private contractors. Such services shall meet

any standards prescribed and established for county jails, including

but not limited to standards concerning internal and perimeter

security, discipline of inmates, employment of inmates, and proper

food, clothing, housing, and medical care. The contracts may be

for a period not to exceed fifty (50) years subject to annual

appropriations by the county excise board. The contracts shall be

valid for a fiscal year only if the county excise board provides an

appropriation for the contract for that fiscal year.

B. A comprehensive file for all private contractors interested

in and capable of managing or operating a county jail or

incarcerating inmates in a facility owned and operated by the

contractor shall be maintained by the county. These files shall

include a completed application form, a resume of the contractor's

staff and capability, completed performance evaluation form for past

projects on which the contractor has provided jail services to the

county, a list of past contracts with the county, and a list of

contracts to provide similar services to other political

subdivisions of this state or other states.

The file shall include the mailing address of each private

contractor.

Any contractor may request at any time to be included in the

comprehensive file, and shall be so included within twenty (20) days

of the request.

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The board of county commissioners may solicit evaluation of work

done by contractors from the state, other political subdivisions, or

members of the private sector, which evaluation shall be part of the

comprehensive file.

C. The board of county commissioners shall define the scope of

a proposed project, determine the various project components, phases

and timetables, and prepare detailed project descriptions to guide

prospective contractors.

D. If the county intends to secure the services of private

contractors, all contractors included in the file shall be notified

through the mail of such intent. Such notification shall contain

the following information:

1. Description and scope of the project or projects;

2. Estimated cost and time schedule for project;

3. Funds available, including federal, state or other

participation;

4. Last date for submitting notice of interest in performing

services to the board of county commissioners; and

5. Other pertinent data.

Private contractors desiring consideration shall meet the

requirements of this section and to be considered shall submit a

letter expressing interest in the project to the board of county

commissioners within thirty (30) days of the postmark date of the

letter of notification mailed by the board. Contractors shall have

on file an application form not over twelve (12) months old.

E. The board shall review the files of the private contractors

desiring consideration for the project, and shall select no fewer

than three and no more than five contractors for more detailed

consideration. This initial screening should consider the

requirements of the project and the bid received, as well as the

following factors to be determined from the file, and replies to

inquiries to former clients:

1. Specialized experience in the type of work contemplated;

2. Capacity of the contractor to accomplish the work in the

required time; and

3. Past performance, from the performance evaluation form.

The board shall award the contract to the contractor whose

qualifications and project proposal most substantially meet the

criteria of the project description.

F. The board shall negotiate the contract with the selected

contractor, which contract shall include a fair and reasonable fee.

If the board and the first-choice contractor cannot reach an

agreement, their negotiations shall be terminated and negotiations

with the second-choice contractor shall commence. If the board and

the second-choice contractor cannot reach an agreement, their

negotiations shall be terminated and negotiations with the third-

choice contractor shall commence. If the board and the third-choice

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contractor cannot reach an agreement, then all negotiations shall be

terminated. Should the board be unable to negotiate a satisfactory

contract with any of the three selected contractors, the board shall

select additional contractors in order of their competency and

qualifications and shall continue negotiations in accordance with

the provisions of this section until an agreement is reached.

G. Should there be an inadequate expression of interest in the

project, the board of county commissioners shall confer to add

additional contractors for consideration which are known to be

appropriate for the project.

H. No contract authorized by the provisions of this section

shall be awarded until the private contractor demonstrates to the

satisfaction of the board of county commissioners:

1. That the contractor has the necessary qualifications and

experience to provide the services specified in the contract;

2. That the contractor has the necessary qualified personnel to

implement the terms of the contract;

3. That the financial condition of the contractor is such that

the terms of the contract can be fulfilled;

4. That the ability of the contractor to obtain insurance or

provide self-insurance to:

a. indemnify the county against possible lawsuits arising

from the operation of jail facilities by the

contractor, and

b. compensate the county for any property damage or

expenses incurred due to the operation of jail

facilities; and

5. That the contractor has the ability to comply with

applicable court orders and jail standards.

I. The sheriff of the county or a person designated by the

board of county commissioners shall monitor and report to the board

of county commissioners on the implementation of the contract. The

board of county commissioners, the county sheriff and the County

Jail Trust Authority shall be immune from liability for the acts or

omissions of the private contractor.

J. A private contractor, in implementing a contract pursuant to

the provisions of this section, shall not be bound by state laws or

other legislative enactments which govern the appointment,

qualifications, duties, salaries or benefits of jailers or other

employees of the jail facilities, except that any personnel

authorized to carry and use firearms shall comply with the

certification standards required by the provisions of Section 3311

of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and be authorized to use

firearms only to prevent the commission of a felony, to prevent

escape from custody, or to prevent an act which would cause death or

serious bodily injury to the personnel or to another person.

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K. A county is authorized to lease real property and

improvements thereon to a private contractor in conjunction with a

contract for private management of a jail facility located or to be

built on the property. The lease may be entered into for periods up

to fifty (50) years.

L. Any contract between a county and a private contractor,

whereby the contractor provides for the housing, care, and control

of inmates in a facility owned and operated by the contractor, shall

contain provisions granting the county the option at the beginning

of each fiscal year to purchase, at a predetermined price any such

facility.

M. Any contract between a county and a private prison contractor

for jail management or housing shall contain provisions granting the

county the right to terminate such contract for cause upon giving a

sixty-day written notice.

N. The provisions of this section shall not impair any contract

between a County Jail Trust Authority and a private contractor for

the management and operation of any county jail entered into prior

to November 1, 2001, or the renewal, extension, or continuation of

such contract. Despite any provision to the contrary in this

section, each County Jail Trust Authority which has entered into a

contract with a private contractor for the management and operation

of any county jail prior to November 1, 2001, may enter into an

additional contract or contracts with a private contractor for the

management and operation of its county jail. Each contract may be

for a period not to exceed fifty (50) years, and the services

pursuant to each contract shall meet any standards prescribed and

established for county jails, including, but not limited to,

standards concerning internal and perimeter security, discipline of

inmates, employment of inmates, and proper food, clothing, housing

and medical care.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-942 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-942
Penalty for failure to pay fee
Status: in_force

Any person parking a motor or other vehicle in such a parking

lot without paying the parking fee, as provided for and fixed in

said resolution, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon

conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Dollars

($5.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-877 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-877
Conveyances - Actions and suits
Status: in_force

The board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to

take conveyances and other assurance for all property acquired by it

under this act in the name of such sewer improvement district, to

and for the uses and purposes herein expressed, and to institute and

maintain any and all actions and proceedings, suits at law or in

equity, necessary or proper in order to fully carry out the

provisions of this act or to enforce, maintain, protect or preserve

any and all rights, privileges and immunities created by this act,

or acquired in pursuance thereof. Any such board may sue, appear

and defend in its corporate name, in person or by attorneys, in all

courts, actions, suits or proceedings in the name of such sewer

improvement district, and may employ attorneys for such purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-890 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-890
Levy and collection of assessments for payment of bonds and costs of operation - Lien -
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 24and costs of operation - Lien - Limitations.

The board shall then levy an annual assessment sufficient to pay

the interest of the outstanding bonds, as it falls due, and also to

constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the

bonds in the amount set forth in the resolution providing for the

issuance of the bonds, plus a reserve for delinquent assessments in

the amount of ten percent (10%), and said board shall continue to

levy such assessments until all bonds issued by said district and

the interest thereon have been paid in full. The board shall also

levy an annual assessment sufficient to care for the cost of

operation, repair and maintenance of the district and its equipment,

and for payment of the salaries of the officers and employees of the

district, provided that no such annual assessment for operation,

repair, maintenance and salaries shall exceed ten (10) mills on the

dollar of the gross assessed value of all real property in the

district; provided, if Article X, Section 8 of the Oklahoma

Constitution requires one hundred percent (100%) of fair cash value

to be taxable for purposes of ad valorem taxation, the maximum

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number of mills authorized by this section shall be two (2) mills.

For the purpose of determining the amount of the assessments levied

and collected annually for cost of operation, repair, maintenance

and salaries, the board of directors shall prepare annually a budget

of such expenses and shall approve and adopt such budget by a

resolution duly passed and entered on its record. The clerk of the

board must compute and enter in separate columns of the assessment

book the respective sums of dollars and cents in each fund to be

paid on the property therein enumerated and no earlier than the

first day in July and no later than the tenth day in July in each

year the clerk shall certify to the county treasurer the amount of

taxes in each fund levied upon each tract of land by said board and

said county treasurer shall enter the amount of each fund in

separate columns of the tax list of his county and said taxes shall

be collected by the county treasurer at the same time and in the

same manner as all other taxes are collected in this state.

Provided, that no such certification shall be made to the county

treasurer unless the clerk of the board shall have sent a notice of

the nature and amount of the assessments by restricted delivery mail

on or before June 1 of said year to the last-known address of the

owner of the assessed property. All such taxes collected or

received by the county treasurer shall be paid by him to the clerk

of such district. All taxes assessed as aforesaid shall be a lien

against the special tracts of real property on which they have been

assessed until paid, and said lien shall be coequal with the lien of

ad valorem taxes and all other taxes, including special assessments,

and prior and superior to all other liens. The statute of

limitations shall not apply.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1408 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1408
Preparation of budget for each fund
Status: in_force

The county budget board shall prepare for each budget year a

budget for each fund whose activities require funding through

appropriation from the budget board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.3
Personnel and procedure of county board of adjustment
Status: in_force

The county board of adjustment shall be composed of three

resident property owners of the county to be appointed by the board

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of county commissioners. At least one member shall be a resident of

the county seat of such county and at least one member shall be duly

licensed as an attorney in the State of Oklahoma. The term of each

member shall be three (3) years except that the terms shall be

overlapping and the membership of the board first appointed shall be

for terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years, respectively.

The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to fill

vacancies which may occur in the board and to appoint a substitute

or substitutes to serve in a particular case in which a member or

members shall certify his disqualification. Members may be removed

by the board of county commissioners for cause after a public

hearing held for that purpose, and vacancies shall be filled by

additional appointments. All members of the county board of

adjustment shall serve as such without compensation.

The county board of adjustment shall elect its own chairman and

shall adopt rules of procedure consistent with the provisions of the

zoning regulations and the provisions of this act. The chairman, or

in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel

the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the county board of

adjustment shall be open to the public, and minutes shall be kept of

all proceedings and official actions, which minutes shall be filed

in the office of the board and shall be a public record. The board

of adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of any

appeal and every appeal shall be heard within sixty (60) days from

the date of filing.

Notice of hearings before the county board of adjustment shall

be given by at least one (1) publication in a newspaper of general

circulation in the county and by mail to the record owners of lands

contiguous to the affected area at least fifteen (15) days prior to

the date of such hearing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.59 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.59
Purchase of equipment - Acquisition of storage space
Status: in_force

A. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to

use the Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund to purchase new

firefighting equipment for purchase by rural fire departments.

B. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to

acquire space for storing firefighting equipment while not in

possession of a fire department and to pay the necessary costs

thereof from the Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund as

funds become available.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-795 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-795
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person violating any provision of this act shall be removed

from any office that he holds in connection with such county

hospital by a court of competent jurisdiction and, in addition

thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1255 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1255
Improvement of existing roads, streets, avenues, alleys,
Status: in_force

or lanes - Application of act.

In all cases where the board of county commissioners shall deem

it necessary to pave, construct, macadamize, chat or gravel, curb,

gutter, drain or otherwise improve any road, street, avenue, alley,

lane or any part thereof, which shall have been heretofore paved,

constructed, macadamized, curbed, guttered, drained or otherwise

improved, such improvement is authorized to be done under and in

pursuance of the provisions of this act, and in such case all

provisions of this act for making such improvements and levying

assessments therefor and the issuance of bonds shall apply.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-455 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-455
County reward fund - Providing evidence
Status: in_force

A. The board of county commissioners of each county is hereby

authorized to offer and pay a reward, from county funds, in an

amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the arrest

and conviction, or for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction

of any person stealing or defacing county road signs or any other

county property.

B. The board of county commissioners may create and maintain a

reward fund of not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) from

which to pay the rewards provided for in subsection A of this

section.

C. Any person convicted under subsection A of this section may

in lieu of the fine be required to deposit like amount into the

county reward fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1411 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1411
Estimate of revenues and expenditures
Status: in_force

A. On or before a date set by the county budget board, the

county excise board shall provide a tentative estimate of

anticipated revenues from all sources, classified by funds, for the

succeeding fiscal year.

B. On or before a date set by the county budget board, each

officer, board or commission and all employees charged with the

management or control of any department or office, as determined by

the county budget board, shall prepare for the succeeding fiscal

year, on forms provided by the budget board, estimated revenues and

expenditures of the department or office. The county budget board

may require such additional statistics or financial statements from

county officers or others to enable it to ascertain fiscal

conditions and needs. The information as to estimated revenues is

supplementary and is not intended to equal estimated expenditures.

The information required from each department, office, board or

commission shall be set forth in tabular form, as follows:

1. Actual revenues and expenditures in the immediate prior

fiscal year;

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2. Budget estimates for the current fiscal year;

3. Actual revenues and expenditures for a period of six (6) to

(9) nine months, as appropriate, of the current fiscal year;

4. Estimated actual revenues and expenditures for the current

fiscal year; and

5. Estimated revenues and proposed expenditures for the budget

year.

C. The budget board shall estimate, on the basis of

demonstrated need, the expenditures for the budget year after a

review of the budget requests and estimates of the department heads,

officers, boards or commissions. Each such official shall be heard

by the budget board prior to making of its final estimates, but

thereafter it may revise any estimates as deemed advisable before

finalizing the proposed budget for each fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-645 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-645
Cities and towns of less than 5,000 - Designation as
Status: in_force

treasurer - Reimbursement of county - Ordinance - Powers and duties.

The board of trustees, the city council, or the board of city

commissioners of any incorporated town or city having a population

of less than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants according to the last

Federal Decennial Census, shall have the authority to designate the

county treasurer as the official treasurer of such incorporated town

or city having a population of less than five thousand (5,000)

inhabitants according to the last Federal Decennial Census, who

shall serve in such capacity without additional compensation,

provided, however, that the board of trustees, the city council, or

the board of city commissioners shall pay into the general revenue

fund of the county, upon a claim filed by the county clerk an amount

which the board of trustees, the city council, or the board of city

commissioners and the board of county commissioners estimate will

reasonably reimburse the county for supplies which the county

treasurer might need to serve as treasurer of any incorporated town

or city in the state. The designation of the county treasurer as

treasurer of the city or town shall be by ordinance and the voters

of the city or town shall not elect a treasurer while the ordinance

remains in effect. When so designated, the county treasurer shall

exercise all the powers and perform all of the duties of the office

of treasurer of the city or town and his official bond as county

treasurer shall stand for any and all moneys and securities

belonging to the city or town which come into his hands.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-898.5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-898.5
Compliance with former district bond resolutions
Status: in_force

In the event of such consolidation, the city or town shall

comply with provisions of bond resolutions pertaining to outstanding

county sewer improvement district bonds and shall remit the sum due

for debt requirements as set out therein.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-746 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-746
Liability for cost of medical care of persons in custody
Status: in_force

A. When a person is in the custody of a county jail, the

custodial county shall only be liable for the cost of medical care

for conditions that are not preexisting prior to arrest and that

arise due to acts or omissions of the county. A preexisting

condition is a condition for which the person received medical

treatment or advice, or a condition which was diagnosed in the six

(6) months preceding the custody of the person by the law

enforcement agency. An accidental injury sustained during the six

(6) months preceding the custody of that person by the law

enforcement agency will also be considered a preexisting condition.

B. An inmate in pretrial detention or the custody of a county

jail shall be provided with the opportunity to receive necessary

medical care for a preexisting condition and the inmate shall be

liable for payment of the cost of such medical care including, but

not limited to, medication, medical treatment, and transportation

costs, for or relating to the condition requiring treatment.

C. The medical provider or hospital shall seek payment for all

medical care provided for preexisting conditions directly from the

offender. In the event there is a dispute between the jail and the

medical provider or hospital concerning the existence or extent of a

preexisting condition or the liability to pay medical expenses

relating to such condition, and the sheriff pays the expense pending

a final determination of liability for such medical expense, the

court shall order the offender to reimburse the sheriff for all

medical care and treatment for preexisting conditions and injuries

except for amounts collected pursuant to Section 531 of this title.

Nothing in this section shall require a jail to pay disputed medical

expenses or expenses for any preexisting condition.

D. Unless a contract exists between a hospital and the county

for medical care and treatment of inmates in the county jail, a

hospital shall accept, as payment in full, reimbursement from the

county according to the current fee schedule of the State and

Education Employees Group Insurance Board in effect at the time

services were rendered; provided that payment of said services is

made by the county within forty-five (45) calendar days of

submission of a claim by the hospital.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-300 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-300
Master form - Definition - Labeling - Filing - Recording -
Status: in_force

Incorporation by reference - Unrecordable matters.

A. A master form shall be any instrument containing forms of

covenants, conditions, obligations, powers, or other clauses not

being acknowleged nor containing a legal description. Such

instrument shall be labeled on the first page as a master form and

may be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk in the

same manner as provided for miscellaneous instruments relating to

real estate.

B. After recording and indexing of the master form, any of the

provisions of such master form may be incorporated by reference in

any subsequently recorded instrument. Provided, that, such

reference shall state that the master form was recorded in the

county in which the subsequently recorded instrument is offered for

recording, the date of recording and the book and pages where

recorded, and that a copy of such master form was furnished to the

persons executing the subsequently recorded instrument. The

recording of any subsequently recorded instrument which has so

incorporated by reference any of the provisions of a master form

properly recorded shall have like effect as if such provisions of

the master form so incorporated by reference had been set forth in

full in the subsequently recorded instrument.

C. Whenever a subsequently recorded instrument is presented for

recording in which is set forth matters purporting to be a copy or

reproduction of a master form and such matters are preceded by the

words, "do not record or not to be recorded", and such matters are

plainly separated from such instrument in such manner that such

matter will not appear upon a photographic reproduction of any page

containing any part of the instrument, such matter shall not be

recorded by the county clerk when the instrument is recorded. The

county clerk shall record only the instrument apart from such matter

and shall not be liable for doing such.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 10
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.42 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.42
Hearing on proposed budget
Status: in_force

The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget no

later than fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of the budget

year. Notice of the date, time and place of the hearing, together

with the proposed budget summaries, shall be published in a

newspaper of general circulation in the district not less than five

(5) days before the date of the hearing. Affidavit and proof of

publication shall be attached to the budget when filed with the

county clerk and State Auditor and Inspector. The district shall

make available a sufficient number of copies of the proposed budgets

as the board shall determine and have them available for review or

for distribution or sale at the office of the district. At the

public hearing on the budgets, any person may present to the board

comments, recommendations or information on any part of the proposed

budget.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.21 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.21
Permits required - Administration of rules and
Status: in_force

regulations.

After the adoption of such zoning regulations or building line

regulations by the board and/or the council, no building or other

structures shall be erected, constructed, enlarged or altered, or

repaired in such manner as to prolong the life of the building, nor

shall the use of any land be changed without a permit issued in

accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the council or

board under the terms of this act by the county inspecting officer

as to territory falling within the jurisdiction of the county and of

the inspector of the municipality as to territory falling within the

jurisdiction of the municipality. The county inspecting officer

shall have the duty of administering the rules and regulations under

this act applicable to territory over which the municipality does

not have jurisdiction, and shall make such inspections and

investigations as may be necessary to the proper enforcement of such

rules and regulations. The inspector of the municipality shall have

the duty of administering the rules and regulations under this act

insofar as it applies to the territorial jurisdiction of the

municipality and shall make such inspections and investigations as

may be necessary to the proper enforcement of such rules and

regulations, except that in the matter of construction, surfacing

and maintenance of streets, roads, and highways in the entire

unincorporated area of the county, the board may prescribe rules and

regulations and prescribe standards and the county engineer shall

have the duty of administering such rules and regulations and when

requested, shall assist in administering the rules and regulations

governing subdivision of land in the unincorporated portions of the

county and shall make such inspections and investigations as may be

necessary to the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations.

The county inspecting officer and the city inspector may be

designated as one and the same person by the board and council

respectively, and when so designated shall exercise the authority

vested in both officers.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-460.7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-460.7
Property owners - Energy audit
Status: in_force

County Energy District Authorities shall require that those

property owners participating in the program have an energy audit

conducted on the property to be improved to demonstrate the value of

the project and that the improvements at a minimum meet “Energy

Star” ratings.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1104 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1104
Cooperation with other counties, agencies, etc
Status: in_force

Any two or more counties may jointly and cooperatively undertake

programs to promote the growth and development of the industrial

payroll of the area or region in which such counties are located,

and any county may likewise cooperate with political subdivisions of

the county and with other public or private nonprofit agencies to

achieve the purposes set forth in this act, including the

development of intergovernmental public trusts organized under Title

60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, whose membership shall represent

equally the counties and political subdivisions in the area or

region.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1219 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1219
Release of area from district
Status: in_force

A. If it becomes apparent that a certain area included within a

district cannot be economically or adequately served by the services

and facilities of the district, or no longer needs such services or

facilities, the residents of such area may petition the county

commissioners to release the area from the district. The petition

shall describe by section or fraction thereof and by township and

range the area affected and be signed by all three-fourths (3/4) of

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the residents of such area and be endorsed by the board of directors

of the district.

B. After a finding that the granting of the petition is to the

best interests of the affected residents and the district, the board

of county commissioners shall issue a certificate stating that the

area involved is released and separated from the district. Full

minutes of the hearing shall be entered in the journal of the board

of county commissioners and the certificate shall be delivered to

the secretary of the district who shall, within thirty (30) days,

cause the records of the district to be amended to exclude the area

affected.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1232 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1232
Plans and specifications for improvements - Resolution -
Status: in_force

Assessment plat - Cost estimates - Protests - Assessment roll.

When the board of county commissioners deems it necessary to

construct a project, grade, pave, macadamize, chat, gravel, curb,

gutter, drain, or otherwise improve any road, street, alley, avenue,

lane, or any part thereof, which has been established, within the

unincorporated area of such county, it shall, by resolution, require

the county engineer, or if there is no county engineer, a licensed

engineer whose services have been contracted for, as provided by

law, to prepare preliminary plans which shall include a typical

section of the contemplated work or improvement, type or types of

material, approximate thicknesses and widths, a preliminary estimate

of the cost of such improvement, together with the cost of any

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 522

improvements or draining connections directly chargeable to the

property, and an assessment plat showing the area to be assessed.

The resolution may provide for one or more types of construction,

and the engineer shall separately estimate the cost of each type of

construction. Each estimate may be in a lump sum or by unit prices,

whichever seems most desirable to said engineer, for the complete

improvement. The estimate shall also include the cost of

advertising, appraising, engineering, and such other expense or

contingencies, including attorneys and fiscal agents fees which in

the judgment of such engineer are necessary or essential to the

completion of such work or improvement and the payment of the cost

thereof. Should more than one road, street, avenue, alley, lane,

public place, or part thereof, be included in such resolution,

separate estimates as to each shall be made, and any protest or

objection shall be made and considered separately. For the purpose

of protest in accordance with Section 1234 of this title,

disconnected parts of the same street shall be treated as separate

streets.

The resolution shall also require the county assessor to prepare

a preliminary assessment roll based on the cost estimates of the

preliminary plans and the assessor's estimate of the apportionment

of benefits to the respective lots or tracts of land.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-781 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-781
Bonds authorized
Status: in_force

All counties in this state are hereby authorized to issue bonds

for the purpose of purchasing sites, erecting and constructing

county hospitals including alterations, additions to, and

enlargements of existing hospital buildings in the county, such

bonds to be issued as hereinafter provided, except as provided in

the Municipal and County Economic and Community Development Bonds

Act pursuant to Section 800 et seq. of Title 62 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-447 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-447
Board to furnish supplies to officers
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall, at the expense of the county,

provide suitable cases and other furniture for the safe and

convenient keeping of all the books, documents and papers belonging

to each county officer, and also official seals for each of said

officers, where the same are required by law.

R.L. 1910, § 1651.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1718 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1718
Funds and account groups to be maintained
Status: in_force

A district shall maintain, according to its own accounting needs

some or all of the funds and account groups in its system of

accounts that are consistent with legal and operating requirements

and as prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector. The required

funds may include, but not be limited to:

1. A general fund, to account for all monies received and

disbursed for general district government purposes, including all

assets, liabilities, reserves, fund balances, revenues and

expenditures which are not accounted for in any other fund or

special ledger account;

2. Special revenue funds, as required, to account for the

proceeds of specific revenue sources that are restricted by law to

expenditures for specified purposes;

3. Debt service fund, which shall include the district sinking

fund, established to account for the retirement of general

obligation bonds or other long-term debt and payment of interest

thereon. Any monies pledged to service general obligation bonds or

other long-term debt must be deposited in the debt service fund;

4. Capital improvement fund, to account for financial resources

segregated for acquisition, construction or other improvement

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related to capital facilities other than those financed by general

long-term debt;

5. A ledger or group of accounts in which to record the details

relating to the general fixed assets of the county;

6. A ledger or group of accounts in which to record the details

relating to the general bonds or other long-term debt of the

district; and

7. Such other funds or ledgers as may be established by the

district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.8 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.8
Approval of plans after adoption of master plan
Status: in_force

From and after the adoption of the master plan or portion

thereof and its proper certification, then and henceforth no

improvement of a type embraced within the recommendations of the

master plan shall be constructed or authorized without first

submitting the proposed plans thereof to the commission and

receiving the written approval and recommendation of said

commission; provided, however, that this requirement shall be deemed

to be waived if the commission fails to make its report and

recommendations within forty-five (45) days after the receipt of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 296

proposed plans, and provided further that the disapproval or

recommendations of the commission may be overruled by a two-thirds

(2/3) vote, properly recorded, of any regularly constituted

governmental legislative body, board, or officials sponsoring or

acting upon the proposed improvements, after the reasons for such

overruling are spread upon its minutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.47 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.47
Appeals
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by any order or decision of the building

inspector may appeal from the order or decision of the building

inspector to the board of county commissioners. Such appeal shall

be in writing and filed with the county clerk within ten (10) days

after the order or decision is rendered by the building inspector

except in cases of emergency. The decision of the building

inspector shall be final in cases of emergency which in his opinion

involve imminent danger to human life or health. He shall promptly

cause such building, structure, or portion thereof to be made safe

or removed. He is further authorized to vacate all occupants of the

unsafe building or structure and any adjacent structures, as he may

deem necessary. Appeals hereunder shall be on forms provided by the

building inspector and shall state the grounds of appeal. On such

appeals the board of county commissioners shall have the power to

affirm, limit, modify or reverse the order or decision of the

building inspector and where there are practical difficulties or

unnecessary hardships resulting from the strict enforcement of

provisions of the code, the board of county commissioners shall have

the power, in a specific case, to vary any such provision in harmony

with its general purpose and intent so that the public health,

safety, convenience, prosperity and general welfare may be secured

and substantial justice done; provided that any such permitted

variations shall not be construed as amending the code or as a

waiver of any of the other provisions hereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.6 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.6
Master plan
Status: in_force

The county planning commission shall make, adopt and may publish

an official master plan of the county for the purpose of bringing

about coordinated physical development in accordance with the

present and future needs of the county. The master plan shall be

developed so as to conserve the natural resources of the county, to

insure efficient expenditure of public funds, and to promote the

health, safety, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the

inhabitants. Such master plan may include, among other things,

studies and recommendations relative to the location, character and

extent of highways, railroads, bus, street car and other

transportation routes, bridges, public buildings, schools, parks,

parkways, airports, forests, wildlife refuges, dams and projects

affecting conservation of natural resources. The master plan shall

not limit the construction, maintenance or operation of public

service facilities outside of the riding surface of county roads,

streets, highways or section lines of companies regulated by the

Oklahoma Corporation Commission, nor shall such master plan apply to

or limit construction of telephone exchange buildings. The

commission may adopt the master plan in whole or in part and

subsequently amend or extend the adopted plan or portion thereof.

Before the adoption, amendment or extension of the plan or portion

thereof the commission shall hold at least one public hearing

thereon. Such hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 375

adoption of the plan, or part thereof, shall be by resolution

carried by not less than a majority vote of the full membership of

the commission. After the adoption of the master plan, or part

thereof, an attested copy shall be certified to the board of county

commissioners, to the county clerk and to the clerk of such

incorporated area covered by the plan.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1
Powers in general
Status: in_force

Each organized county within the state shall be a body corporate

and politic and as such shall be empowered for the following

purposes:

1. To sue and be sued;

2. To purchase and hold real and personal estate for the use of

the county, and lands sold for taxes as provided by law;

3. To sell and convey any real or personal estate owned by the

county, and make such order respecting the same as may be deemed

conducive to the interests of the inhabitants;

4. To execute leases of real property owned by the county to

nonprofit corporations organized for the general purpose of

historical preservation;

5. To make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to

the property and concerns of the county necessary to the exercise of

corporate or administrative power; and

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6. To exercise such other and further powers as may be

especially provided for by law.

R.L. 1910, § 1497. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 135, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 17, 1986.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-343 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-343
Notice of sale
Status: in_force

Upon the return of the appraisement, as provided in Section 342

of this title, the board of county commissioners shall give notice

by publication in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the

county, for two (2) successive weekly issues, that said real estate

is about to be sold.

R.L. 1910, § 1604. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 92, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 6, 1976.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.45 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.45
Funds - Prohibited acts - Liability
Status: in_force

A. No expenditure may be authorized or made by any employee or

member of the board which exceeds any fund balance for any fund of

the budget as adopted or amended or which exceeds the appropriation

for any fund of the budget as adopted or amended. Any balance

remaining in a fund at the end of the budget year shall be carried

forward to the credit of the fund for the next budget year.

B. It shall be unlawful for any employee or member of the board

in any budget year:

1. To create or authorize creation of a deficit in any fund; or

2. To authorize, make or incur expenditures or encumbrances in

excess of ninety percent (90%) of the appropriation for any fund of

the budget as adopted or amended until revenues in an amount equal

to at least ninety percent (90%) of the appropriation for the fund

have been collected. Any fund balance which is included in the

appropriation for the fund is considered revenue in the budget year

for which it is appropriated. Expenditures may then be made and

authorized so long as any expenditure does not exceed any fund

balance.

C. Any obligation that is contracted or authorized by any

member or employee of the board in violation of this act shall

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 447

become the obligation of the member or employee himself and shall

not be valid or enforceable against the district. Any member or

employee who violates this act shall forfeit his position and shall

be subject to such civil and criminal punishments as are provided by

law. Any obligation, authorization for expenditure or expenditure

made in violation of this act shall be illegal and void.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-244 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-244
Records and accounts
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county clerk:

First. To record in a book to be provided for that purpose, all

proceedings of the board.

Second. To make regular entries of their resolutions and

decisions in all questions concerning the raising of money.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 145

Third. To record the vote of each commissioner, on any question

submitted to the board, if required by any member thereof, and not

otherwise.

Fourth. To attest all orders issued by the board and signed by

the chairman thereof for the payment of monies.

Fifth. To preserve and file all accounts acted upon by the

board, with their action thereon. And he shall perform such special

duties as are required of him by law.

R.L. 1910, § 1567.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1207 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1207
Board of directors - Bylaws
Status: in_force

A. Immediately following the incorporation of the districts by

the board of county commissioners, there shall be a special meeting

of the residents within any such district to select from their

number a board of directors and to adopt bylaws for governing and

administering the affairs of the district. The number of members of

the board, not to exceed nine (9), shall be determined by a majority

vote of those residents present.

B. Those residents present at such special meeting may adopt

and amend any of such proposed bylaws and may propose or adopt

additional or other bylaws. Such bylaws may be amended at any

annual or special meeting of the participating members of the

district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1713 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1713
Accounting of monies
Status: in_force

Any monies received or expended by the district must be

accounted for by fund and account. Each district shall prepare a

budget for the general fund and for other funds as the board may

require pursuant to this act. The board shall determine the

district's needs for sinking fund purposes, pursuant to this act and

Section 9C of Article X of the Constitution of the State of

Oklahoma, and include these requirements in the debt service fund

budget for the budget year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-71 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-71
Laws governing
Status: in_force

Any county desiring to hold a special election for the purpose

of relocating the county seat shall be governed by the general

election laws when same are not in conflict herewith.

R.L. 1910, § 1517.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.55 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.55
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Rural Fire

Protection Program Fund Act".