Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.35 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.35
Classes of licenses - Fees
Status: in_force

The following classes of licenses are hereby established for the

city and county as herein defined and the annual fee therefor shall

be as follows:

a. Class A electrical contractor, which shall authorize the

holder to do a general electrical contracting business covering all

features of the electrical industry as permitted by this ordinance,

license fee One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per year.

b. Class B electrical contractor, which shall authorize the

holder to do a general electrical contracting business restricted,

however, to electrical work in, on or upon single-family residences,

license fee One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per year.

c. Elevator construction, which shall authorize the holder to

install and equip all types of electrical elevators with electrical

wiring and other equipment, and maintenance, license fee One Hundred

Dollars ($100.00) per year.

d. Armature shops, which authorize the holder to wind, repair

and replace any electrical armature device or motor, license fee

Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year.

e. Electrical sign contractors which shall authorize the holder

to engage in the business of manufacturing, assembling, wiring,

rewiring, installing, erecting, repairing or altering interior or

exterior electric signs, where such person does not himself perform

any of the work aforementioned, license fee Fifty Dollars ($50.00)

per year.

Provided that this section wherein the holding of a certificate

of qualification provided in this act is made a condition precedent

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to the issuance and to the continued validity of the license

aforementioned, shall not apply to any person, firm, or corporation

engaged in the business of manufacturing, assembling, wiring,

rewiring, installing, erecting, repairing or altering interior or

exterior electric signs, where such person does not himself perform

any of the work aforementioned.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.36 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.36
Annual financial statement
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of the district on or before

the third Monday of July in each year to produce or cause to be

produced and forwarded to the State Auditor and Inspector a

financial statement of the district for the preceding year ending

June 30th.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1302 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1302
Wellness Council
Status: in_force

Each county or city-county health department may establish a

Wellness Council to develop a wellness program for its employees.

Participation in the program shall be available to all full-time

employees. The Wellness Council shall establish determining factors

in order to monitor achievement of and maintenance of healthy

lifestyles with the ultimate goal of reduction of claims and

subsequent reduction of costs for health insurance.

Each county or city-county health department may establish a

separate fund to be designated as the "Wellness Program Fund". The

Wellness Program Fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to

fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all monies received by

the Wellness Council through general county funds and through

grants, donations, contributions and gifts from public or private

sources. Monies from the Wellness Program Fund may be used for

incentives to encourage participation by employees and for costs

related to the operation of the Wellness Council.

The Wellness Council shall track the number of participants, the

cost of insurance premiums, and expenditure of funds on an annual

basis and report findings to the board of county commissioners or

the city-county board of health at a regularly scheduled meeting in

January. All reporting shall be in strict compliance with all

privacy laws.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-638 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-638
Failure to give additional bond vacates office
Status: in_force

If any county treasurer shall fail or refuse to give such

additional bond within twenty (20) days from and after the day on

which said commissioners shall have required said treasurer so to

do, his office shall be declared vacant and another treasurer shall

be appointed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

R.L. 1910, § 7433.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.20 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.20
County board of adjustment
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any such county shall

appoint a county board of adjustment composed of five (5) members,

residents of such county, two of whom shall reside outside the

corporate limits of the county seat town, for terms of three (3)

years, except that when the first appointment is made hereunder, the

terms of two members shall be one (1) year, the terms of two members

shall be two (2) years, and the term of office of one of said

members shall be three (3) years. A member of such county board of

adjustment, once qualified, can thereafter be removed during his

term of office only for cause and after a hearing held before the

board of county commissioners. In the event of the death,

resignation or removal of any such member before the expiration of

his term, a successor shall be appointed by the board of county

commissioners to serve his unexpired term. All members of the

county board of adjustment shall serve as such without compensation

except these members may receive a per diem as set by the local

board of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each meeting attended not

to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month.

The county board of adjustment shall elect its own chairman and

shall adopt rules of procedure consistent with the provisions of

this act. The chairman, or, in his absence, the acting chairman,

may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. Three

members of the county board of adjustment shall constitute a quorum.

All meetings of the county board of adjustment shall be open to the

public and a public record shall be kept of all proceedings.

The county board of adjustment may, with the approval of the

board of county commissioners, appoint such employees as may be

necessary and may incur necessary expenses, and the board of county

commissioners is authorized to make appropriations therefor.

For each petition and for each request for a public hearing, the

county board of adjustment shall collect a fee of Twenty-five

Dollars ($25.00), which fees shall be deposited with the county

treasurer as required by law, and credited to the general fund of

the county, and report thereof made to the board of county

commissioners each month. This is a maximum fee and may be reduced

by action of the board of county commissioners. Publication notices

and transcripts on appeal shall be paid for by parties requiring or

requesting the same.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1211 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1211
Annexation of additional area
Status: in_force

Area outside the boundaries of any district which can be served

by the facilities of the district may be annexed to such district.

A petition for annexation signed by at least twenty-five percent

(25%) of the registered voters in the most recent election may be

filed with the county clerk, verified by the county election board

and then presented to the board of county commissioners, which shall

give the legal description of the area which the petitioners propose

to be annexed to such district, and shall state:

1. The name of the district to which annexation is desired;

2. That such area is without an adequate system; and

3. That annexation to the district will be conducive to and

will promote the public health, safety, and welfare of residents in

the area.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-386 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-386
Additional levy a distinct fund
Status: in_force

Money raised by the county commissioners in pursuance of the

last four sections is specially appropriated and constitutes a fund

distinct from all others, in the hands of the county treasurer until

the obligations assumed are discharged.

R.L. 1910, § 1613.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1717 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1717
Prohibitions on expenditures - Violations - Penalties
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

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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

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, § 19-865.61 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.61
Exemptions
Status: in_force

The rules and regulations of this commission shall not apply to

the erection of farm homes or the erection or use of the usual farm

buildings for agricultural purposes or the planting of agricultural

crops.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-897 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-897
County clerks to record instruments without fee
Status: in_force

All instruments and deeds filed for record in the office of the

county clerk by or under the direction of the board of directors of

any sewer improvement district located in such county shall be filed

and recorded without any filing or recording fee being charged

therefor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-288.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-288.1
Duty to file and index plats
Status: in_force

A. Plats or subdivision plats filed in the county clerk's

office shall be indexed and filed, and one copy placed in bound

volumes or booklets, so that all plats or subdivisions are compiled

and indexed accordingly.

B. Plats or subdivision plats of property in unincorporated

areas with roads of public designation shall not be filed in the

county clerk’s office until such plat or subdivision plat goes

before the board of county commissioners and the board determines

that the dedicated public roads are designed to meet the

requirements of Section 601.1 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

The county commissioners shall have adequate assurance by the

developer that the roads will be built according to requirements.

Those assurances shall include, but not be limited to, letters of

credit, bonds, letters of escrow, or other items approved by the

board of county commissioners. The board shall sign the plat and

note on the plat that “Roads will be maintained by the county” or

“Roads will not be maintained by the county”, provided however, that

the county may agree to maintain the roads at some future date.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1719 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1719
Classification of estimated revenues and appropriation
Status: in_force

expenditures.

Estimated revenues and appropriation expenditures in the budget

of each fund shall be classified in conformity with the accounting

system prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector. Revenues

shall be classified separately by source. Expenditures shall be

departmentalized by appropriate functions and activities within each

fund and shall be classified within the following categories:

1. Salaries and wages, which may include expenses for salaries,

wages, per diem allowances and other forms of compensation;

2. Employee benefits paid to any member or employee of the

board for services rendered or for employment. Employee benefits

may include employer contributions to a retirement system,

insurance, vacation allowances, sick leave, terminal pay or similar

benefits;

3. Operating expenses, which may include materials and

supplies, articles and commodities which are consumed or materially

altered when used, such as office supplies, operating supplies and

repair and maintenance supplies, and all items of expense to any

persons, firm or corporation rendering a service in connection with

repair, sale or trade of such articles or commodities, such as

services or charges for communications, transportation, advertising,

printing or binding, insurance, public utility services, repairs and

maintenance, rentals, miscellaneous items and all items of operating

expense to any person, firm or corporation rendering such services;

4. Other services and charges, which may include all current

expenses other than those listed in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5 or 6 of

this section;

5. Capital outlays, which may include outlays which result in

acquisition of or additions to fixed assets purchased by the

district, including land, buildings, improvements other than

buildings, and all construction, reconstruction, appurtenances or

improvements to real property accomplished according to the

conditions of a contract, machinery and equipment, furniture and

autos and trucks; and

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6. Debt service, which may include outlays in the form of debt

principal payments, periodic interest payments, paying agent's fees,

or related service charges for benefits received in part in prior

fiscal periods as well as in current and future fiscal periods.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.2
Personnel of county planning commission
Status: in_force

The county planning commission shall be composed of seven (7)

members to be appointed by the board of county commissioners. One

member shall be a member of the board of county commissioners and

the remaining six members shall be residents of the unincorporated

areas of the county. The term of the county commissioner member

shall be coextensive with his term of official office, and all other

members shall be appointed for terms of six (6) years, except that

such terms shall be made overlapping and the respective terms of

those first appointed may be less than six (6) years. All members

shall serve as such without compensation. 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.37 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.37
Necessity for license - Applications - Contents -
Status: in_force

Violations.

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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,

appliances or fixtures of any kind or description, as an electrical

contractor within the limits of any city or county within the

provisions of this act without securing from the joint electrical

examining and appeal board herein created, a license. Said

applicant shall file with the electrical inspector, an application

showing the name of the person, firm or corporation in whose name it

is desired that the license be issued, the kind of license applied

for, the name of the certificate holder, the number and date of such

certificate, and such further and other information as may be

required by the electrical inspector. Said application 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 certificate and shall be attached to the

application. The electrical inspector, if said application is

correct, shall approve said application and retain for his file, the

certificate of the joint electrical examining and appeal board, upon

furnishing the applicant with a proper receipt therefor; if such

certificate is withdrawn by the owner thereof, said license shall

become inoperative and no further permits shall be issued by the

electrical inspector under such license. Such license may be

reinstated and rendered operative by the filing with the electrical

inspector, of another proper certificate of the joint electrical

examining and appeal board.

Violation of any of the provisions of this act shall constitute

a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by a maximum fine of

One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) upon conviction thereof. The

electrical inspector shall be entitled to bring any action at law or

equity to restrain the threatened or continued violation of any of

the provisions of that portion of this act relating to electrical

codes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.32 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.32
Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purpose of this act is to provide a budget procedure for

fire protection districts which shall:

1. Establish uniform and sound fiscal procedures for the

preparation, adoption, execution and control of budgets;

2. Enable districts to make financial plans for both current

and capital expenditures and to ensure that their directors

administer their respective functions in accordance with adopted

budgets;

3. Make available to the public and investors sufficient

information regarding the financial conditions, requirements and

expectations of the district; and

4. Assist districts in improving and implementing generally

accepted accounting principles as applied to governmental

accounting, auditing and financial reporting and standards of

governmental finance management.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.44A — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.44A
High-Rise Safety Act of 1975
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the "High-Rise Safety Act of 1975".
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.46 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.46
Funds and accounts
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 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

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 funds 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, § 19-545 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-545
Service of district court work or other court work
Status: in_force

All work issued out of the district court shall be served by the

sheriff or his salaried deputies, together with such other work as

may be placed in the hands of the sheriff or salaried deputies, by

any court in his or their county except as provided in Section 158.1

of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All process placed in the

hands of the said sheriff shall be served promptly and the return

thereof made without delay and filed in the proper court. A failure

to promptly serve process placed in the hands of the sheriff, or the

failure to perform expeditiously all the duties of his office, shall

be grounds for removal of such sheriff.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-122 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-122
Duties of State Auditor and Inspector - Deposit in banks
Status: in_force

outside county - Deposits with State Treasurer.

The State Auditor and Inspector, when examining the books and

records of a county treasurer shall, in addition to his other

duties, examine same with a view to ascertaining that the provisions

of this act are being complied with, and it shall be the duty of

said State Auditor and Inspector, if he shall find that the

provisions of this act are being violated, to at once file a written

report of such condition with the district attorney of said county.

Provided, nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the

county treasurer from depositing funds of the county in banks

outside of the county when such bank shall give security in the

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amount and in the manner hereinbefore provided. And, provided

further, where local banks or banks outside of the county fail to

put up the securities required by this act, said county treasurer is

hereby authorized to deposit any funds in his hands with the State

Treasurer as official depository and the State Treasurer as such

official depository is hereby authorized to receive said county

deposits; the same to be withdrawn on the voucher of the office

depositing said funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-874 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-874
Board of directors - Appointment and removal - Powers -
Status: in_force

Custodian of funds - Reports - Compensation.

The board of county commissioners shall, after the organization

of the sewer improvement district, appoint a board of directors for

such improvement district to be composed of three (3) members, one

of whom shall be designated director, one as clerk and one as

member, who shall hold office for a term of two (2) years from date

of appointment and until their respective successors shall be

appointed and qualified. No person shall be eligible for

appointment to the board of directors who is not a land owner within

the district so formed. Vacancies on said board shall be filled in

the same manner as an original appointment. The board of county

commissioners shall have jurisdiction and authority to remove any

member from the board of directors for malfeasance in office or

conduct flagrantly inimical to the best interest of the district,

and removal by a member of the board from the district or inability

of such member to serve shall constitute a vacancy on said board.

Such board is authorized and empowered to manage and conduct the

affairs of the sewer improvement district, make and execute all

necessary contracts, employ such agent and employees as may be

necessary, adopt and establish rules and regulations for sewer

service both within and without the district, and generally, to

perform all acts necessary to fully carry out the purposes of this

act, including the right and power to contract with municipalities

owning and operating an established sewer system, or with other

sewer improvement districts for the proper handling of sewage. The

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clerk of the board shall be the custodian of the funds of the

district, and shall give such bond as may be required by the board.

The board of directors shall make a report to the board of county

commissioners on January 1 and July 1 of each year, and the members

thereof shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.31 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.31
Electrical and elevator construction contractors -
Status: in_force

Examination and renewal fees.

The fee for the examination and initial certificate shall be

Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for a Class A or B electrical contractor or

elevator construction contractor and Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each

of the following: a Class A or B journeyman electrician, a

maintenance serviceman, an electrical appliance repairman, or a

journeyman electrical sign man, which amount shall be paid to the

joint electrical examining and appeal board. Such fee shall be paid

before any applicant shall be permitted to take such examination.

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Provided that such certificates once issued shall be subject to

renewal on an annual basis upon payment of the renewal fee to said

joint board in the amount of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for a Class A or

Class B electrical contractor or elevator construction contractor

and Five Dollars ($5.00) for each of the following: Class A or

Class B journeyman electrician, maintenance serviceman, electrical

appliances repairman or journeyman electrical sign man. Such fee

shall be paid before the renewal certificates shall be issued.

Provided that the provisions of this section requiring payment

of fees provided herein, shall not apply to any person, firm or

corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, assembling,

wiring, rewiring, installing, erecting, repairing, or altering

interior or exterior electric signs, where such person does not

himself perform any of the work aforementioned.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-633 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-633
Payment Register - Recording of interest
Status: in_force

Each county treasurer is required to keep a book called the

"Payment Register," in which he shall enter every warrant by him

paid, specifying the date upon which the same was paid and canceled,

from whom received, its number and the amount for which it was

originally drawn. Provided, that the county treasurer shall record

the interest allowed and total amount paid on each group of warrants

bearing the same registration date and presented for payment on the

same date and need not separately record the interest allowed and

total amount paid on each such warrant. Said payment register shall

be in form prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector.

R.L. 1910, § 7426. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 118, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 1, 1974; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 81, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1248 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1248
Road assessment record
Status: in_force

As soon as the assessing ordinance is adopted, the county clerk

shall prepare a book which shall be known as the road assessment

record in which the clerk shall enter the names of each person

holding title to the land to be assessed as ascertained from the

records of the county, or in case the name of the record title

holder is not known, a statement to that effect and description of

the lot, tract, or subdivision, with a blank space for entering the

amount of the assessment and with a suitable column for entering the

payments which may be made from time to time on account of such

assessment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.43 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.43
Feeding, care, housing, and upkeep of prisoners -
Status: in_force

Expenses - Travel reimbursement - Violations.

A. Each county sheriff may contract with any public or private

entity engaged in the business of transportation of prisoners, the

Department of Justice of the United States of America, the

Department of Corrections, or any municipality of this state for the

feeding, care, housing, and upkeep of federal, state, or municipal

prisoners, or alien detainees incarcerated in the county jail. Any

funds received pursuant to said contract shall be the funds of the

county where the federal, state, or municipal prisoners, or alien

detainees are incarcerated and shall be deposited in the Sheriff's

Service Fee Account. All purchases made pursuant to the provisions

of this subsection shall be made pursuant to the purchasing

procedures specified in Sections 1500 through 1507 of this title,

including the use of blanket purchase orders as provided for in

Section 310.8 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The sheriff

shall be permitted to expend the funds for capital expenditures.

The sheriff shall be permitted to expend any funds in the Sheriff's

Service Fee Account for administering expenses for salaries,

training, equipment or travel.

The claim for said expenses shall be filed with and allowed by

the board of county commissioners as other claims. The sheriff

shall receive no compensation for said services. The sheriff shall

file an annual report with the board of county commissioners not

later than January 15 of each year. The State Auditor and Inspector

shall conduct an audit of the report as on other public records of

the county.

B. In lieu of the travel reimbursement or monthly travel

allowance provided for by law, the board of county commissioners may

purchase and provide for the operation, maintenance, insurance,

equipping, and repair of an automobile for each county commissioner

to be used in performing the duties of his office. In lieu of the

travel reimbursement or monthly travel allowance provided for by

law, the board of county commissioners, with the concurrence of the

county sheriff, may purchase and provide for the operation,

maintenance, insurance, equipping, and repair of automobiles for the

use of the sheriff in performing the duties of his office. Any

automobile purchased pursuant to the authority granted in this

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section shall be purchased by competitive bids. The use of any said

automobile for private or personal purposes is hereby prohibited.

In any county having a population of at least three hundred fifty

thousand (350,000), where it is determined by the sheriff to be more

economical and advantageous to the county, the sheriff may establish

a monthly automobile allowance of not more than Four Hundred Dollars

($400.00) per month in lieu of the mileage per mile for in-county

driving as authorized in this section. Any travel reimbursement

other than in-county driving as provided for in this section shall

be for actual and necessary expenses as provided for in the State

Travel Reimbursement Act. Any person violating the provisions of

this subsection, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than

thirty (30) days, or by both said fine and imprisonment, and in

addition thereto shall be discharged from county employment.

C. The State of Oklahoma hereby declares and states that the

increased number of persons impersonating law enforcement officers

by making routine traffic stops while using unmarked cars is a

threat to the public health and safety of all of the citizens of the

State of Oklahoma; therefore it shall be unlawful for any county

sheriff, deputy sheriff or reserve deputy sheriff to use any vehicle

which is not clearly marked as a law enforcement vehicle for routine

traffic enforcement except as provided in Section 12-218 of Title 47

of the Oklahoma Statutes. In addition to Section 12-218 of Title 47

of the Oklahoma Statutes, the peace officer operating the law

enforcement vehicle for routine traffic stops shall be dressed in

the official uniform including shoulder patches, badge, and any

other identifying insignias normally used by the employing law

enforcement agency.

D. Each county sheriff may operate, or contract the operation

of, a commissary for the benefit of persons lawfully confined in the

county jail under the custody of the county sheriff. Any funds

received pursuant to said operations shall be the funds of the

county where the persons are incarcerated and shall be deposited in

the Sheriff's Commissary Account. The sheriff shall be permitted to

expend the funds to improve or provide jail services. The sheriff

shall be permitted to expend any surplus in the Sheriff's Commissary

Account for administering expenses for training equipment, travel or

for capital expenditures. The claims for expenses shall be filed

with and allowed by the board of county commissioners in the same

manner as other claims. The sheriff shall receive no compensation

for the operation of said commissary. The sheriff shall file an

annual report on any said commissary under his or her operation no

later than January 15 of each year. The State Auditor and Inspector

shall conduct an audit of the report in the same manner as other

public records of the county.

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E. Each county sheriff may operate, or contract the operation

of, a telephone system for the benefit of persons lawfully confined

in the county jail under the custody of the county sheriff. Any

funds received pursuant to said operations shall be the funds of the

county where the persons are incarcerated and shall be deposited in

the Sheriff's Service Fee Account. Such funds may be expended

according to the guidelines previously established for expenditures

from the general fund. The claims for expenses shall be filed with

and allowed by the board of county commissioners in the same manner

as other claims.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-630 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-630
Monthly payments into State Treasury
Status: in_force

The treasurers of the several counties shall pay into the State

Treasury all funds in their hands belonging thereto on or before the

second Monday of each and every month of the year.

R.L. 1910, § 7423. Amended by Laws 1915, c. 72, § 1.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1507 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1507
Number of credit cards issued and amount of charges
Status: in_force

allowed.

A. The number of credit cards issued and the amount of charges

allowed for credit cards issued by counties shall be subject to the

following limits:

1. For counties with a population less than fifty thousand

(50,000) persons, according to the latest Federal Decennial Census,

no more than two cards shall be issued. The aggregate amount of

credit for all such cards issued shall not exceed Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00);

2. For counties with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) to

one hundred thousand (100,000) persons, according to the latest

Federal Decennial Census, no more than four cards shall be issued.

The aggregate amount of credit for all such cards issued shall not

exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00);

3. For counties with a population of one hundred thousand

(100,000) to four hundred fifty thousand (450,000) persons,

according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, no more than six

cards shall be issued. The aggregate amount of credit for all such

cards issued shall not exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00);

and

4. For counties with a population in excess of four hundred

fifty thousand (450,000) persons, according to the latest Federal

Decennial Census, no more than twenty-four credit cards shall be

issued. The aggregate amount of credit for all such cards shall not

exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00).

B. The sheriff of each county shall issue cards when such cards

are required for expenditures incurred in connection with travel

outside the county and the sheriff shall remain responsible for

proper use of all cards issued.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-532 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-532
Short title - Debt to Society Act of 2016
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Debt to Society

Act of 2016".
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-17 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-17
Duties of commissioners - Substitutes
Status: in_force

In selecting and commissioning said special election

commissioners, the Governor shall assign each said commissioner to a

particular voting precinct, or voting place in said territory,

proposing to hold such special election; and for the purpose of said

special election, the said commissioner so selected, shall perform

the duties of an inspector of election in such precinct or voting

place so assigned, as provided by the general election laws, when

not in conflict with the provisions of this act. It shall be the

duty of each such special election commissioner to present himself

to the county election board, at the office of the clerk of the

county wherein said special election is to be held, not later than

ten o'clock a. m. of the second day next preceding the date set for

the holding of such special election, where he shall receive from

said board and receipt therefor, the ballots, ballot boxes, poll

books, tally sheets, stamps, pen, ink, pencils, and other material

necessary for properly holding such election, and shall safely

convey such material, so received, to the precinct, or voting place

assigned, so that the polls may be duly and promptly opened on the

date set for the holding of said special election. In the event the

special election commissioner of any precinct shall fail to present

himself to the county election board for such election supplies and

to receive the same at the time in this act specified, then it shall

be the duty of the county election board to designate and appoint in

writing, some qualified elector of the county, to perform all of the

duties of said special election commissioner of such precinct at

said election.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-523 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-523
Failure to make returns - Penalty
Status: in_force

Whenever any sheriff shall neglect to make due return of any

writ or process delivered to him to be executed, or shall be guilty

of any default or misconduct in relation thereto, he shall be liable

to a fine or attachment, or both at the discretion of the court,

subject to appeal; such fine, however, not to exceed Two Hundred

Dollars ($200.00); and also an action for damages to the party so

aggrieved.

R.L. 1910, § 1707.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1234 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1234
Notice to affected record title holders - Protests
Status: in_force

A. Any county creating a road improvement district pursuant to

the provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of this title, except

as provided for in Section 1236 of this title, shall provide notice

to the affected record title holders of private property and an

opportunity to protest against said improvements. Any number of

roads, streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, or other public places, or

parts thereof, to be improved may be included in one notice. Any

protest or objection shall be made and considered separately as to

each road, street, avenue, lane, alley, or other public place, or

parts thereof. For purposes of protest in accordance with this

section, disconnected parts of the same street shall be treated as

separate streets.

B. Upon the filing of said plans, plat, typical section, and

preliminary estimate of the cost of such work or improvements with

the county clerk, the board of county commissioners shall examine

the same and, if found satisfactory, shall by resolution adopt and

approve the same and declare the improvement necessary to be done.

Said resolution shall be published in six consecutive issues of a

daily newspaper or two consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper

published in the county and having a general circulation within the

county. The resolution shall provide that the record title holders

of more than forty percent (40%) of the area of land liable to

assessment to pay for the improvement of any road, street, avenue,

lane, alley, or other public place, or part thereof, choosing to

protest such road improvement shall file with the county clerk of

said county their protest in writing against the improvement within

fifteen (15) days after the last publication of the resolution. If

such protest is not filed within the specified period, the county

shall have the power to cause such improvements to be made and to

contract for such improvements and to levy assessments for the

payment of such improvements. Any number of roads, streets,

avenues, lanes, alleys, or other public places, or parts thereof, to

be improved may be included in one resolution. After any road,

street, avenue, lane, alley, or other public place, or part thereof,

has been protested by the record title holders of more than forty

percent (40%) of the land liable to assessment for such improvement,

the board of county commissioners of said county shall not include

the same in proceedings pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1230

through 1262 of this title for a period of six (6) months except

upon petitions as provided by Section 1236 of this title.

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C. If sufficient protests are filed as to any one or more of

such roads, streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, or other public places,

or parts thereof, the same shall be eliminated from said

proceedings, but the other roads, streets, avenues, lanes, alleys,

or other public places, or parts thereof, as to which sufficient

protests have not been filed shall not be affected thereby. The

provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any development

pursuant to the provisions of Section 1236 of this title.

D. Any person, firm, corporation, administrator, or guardian

holding the title to said lands liable to assessment may enter a

protest or objection.

E. The finding of the board as to the sufficiency or

insufficiency of the protest shall be conclusive and binding for all

purposes and against all persons. The board shall have the power to

have hearings on said protest and compel the attendance of witnesses

under oath to determine the sufficiency of said protest. No action

or suit to question the findings of the board on the sufficiency of

said protests shall be commenced later than fifteen (15) days after

such finding. Not less than ten (10) days before the hearing the

county clerk shall notify each record title holder of lots or tracts

of land within said district as shown by the current ownership rolls

prepared and certified by the county clerk within sixty (60) days

last preceding the date of the notification in the following manner:

1. By mailing a postal card directly to said record title

holder at his last-known address as shown by the ownership roll,

notifying said record title holder of the initiation of proceedings

and advising him that his property will be liable to assessment and

referring him to the issues of the newspaper in which the resolution

is or will be published. If titles to several tracts appear to be

held by the same person, all may be included in the same

notification; or

2. In lieu of the mailing of a postal card, the county clerk

may mail to each record title holder a copy of the newspaper

publication.

Proof of the notification given shall be made by certificate of the

clerk which shall be filed in his office. Failure of any one of

said record title holders to receive said notification shall not

invalidate any of the proceedings made pursuant to the provisions of

this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-956.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-956.2
Alternative method of determining retirement benefits -
Status: in_force

Vesting restrictions.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 494

A. In lieu of the retirement benefits specified in Section 956

of this title, upon approval by the board of trustees and the board

of county commissioners, a county authorized to provide a retirement

system pursuant to the provisions of Section 951 et seq. of this

title, with a population in excess of six hundred seventy-five

thousand (675,000), may provide for retirement benefits for the

retirement system based upon the contributions of the individual

employee, if any, contributions of the county for the benefit of

such employee, if any, together with earnings accruals thereon for

such periods of time as the board of trustees and the board of

county commissioners, in their discretion, may determine best meets

the purpose of the retirement system. Notwithstanding any other

provision in this section, a retirement benefits plan based upon the

contributions by or for the benefit of an employee hired prior to

November 1, 2005, as provided in this subsection shall be subject to

the following vesting restrictions:

1. Twenty percent (20%) vesting after two (2) years of service;

2. Forty percent (40%) vesting after three (3) years of

service;

3. Sixty percent (60%) vesting after four (4) years of service;

and

4. One hundred percent (100%) vesting after five (5) years of

service.

These vesting restrictions are for the benefit of a

participating member or other designated beneficiary after the

employment of the member is permanently terminated with a

participating employer of the retirement plan. An employee is

permanently terminated after termination from employment with a

participating employer after passage of the period of time specified

in the retirement plan. Pending permanent termination of an

employee, the nonvested portion of the monies will be held in escrow

until the time for reinstatement has lapsed as specified in the

retirement plan. After the time for reinstatement has lapsed, any

nonvested forfeitures shall be used to offset prospective employer

contributions or to pay expenses associated with the retirement

plan.

B. A retirement benefits plan based upon the contributions by

or for the benefit of an employee hired on or after November 1,

2005, as provided in this subsection shall be subject to full

vesting after five (5) years of service. There shall be no partial

vesting for employees hired on or after November 1, 2005.

C. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the accumulated

vested benefits of a member, as provided in this section, who dies

before retirement or permanent termination of employment, may be

withdrawn from time to time in whole or in part by the beneficiary

of the deceased member upon application to the Board of Trustees in

a manner prescribed by the Board of Trustees.

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D. If a county elects to provide benefits pursuant to this

section, all persons participating in the existing system shall be

given the option of remaining subject to the existing retirement

system. All persons becoming members of the retirement system after

the effective date of this act would be required to participate in

the defined contribution benefit system specified in this section.

Upon approval of the board of trustees and the board of county

commissioners, the existing liabilities under the defined benefits

system provided in Section 956 of this title and the liabilities

accrued under the defined contribution benefit system provided in

this section may be funded by annuities purchased from annuity or

insurance companies licensed to do business in this state as

recommended by the board of trustees and approved by the board of

county commissioners.

E. All administrative costs associated with the operation of a

defined benefit retirement system shall be paid exclusively from the

contributions made by the employer on behalf of employees electing

to participate in the defined benefit retirement system, the

contributions made by individual employees electing to participate

in the defined benefit retirement system and any income generated

from investment of the funds of the defined benefit retirement

system.

F. No costs associated with the operation of a defined

contribution retirement system may be paid from funds used in the

operation of a defined benefit retirement system. Said costs

associated with the operation of the defined contribution retirement

system shall be paid for by the county from the county general fund

as defined by Section 331 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes or

from any other monies available which are not specifically

prohibited from being used for this purpose.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1706 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1706
Annual financial statement
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of the district on or before

the third Monday of July in each year to produce or cause to be

produced and forward to the State Auditor and Inspector a financial

statement of the district for the preceding year ending June 30th.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.12 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.12
Bond election - Resolution - Notice - Conduct of
Status: in_force

election - Canvass of returns.

A. When the board of directors shall have estimated the cost of

purchases and construction work, it shall call an election at which

shall be submitted to the registered voters of the district, or if

there are no registered voters of the district, the owners of real

property in the district who are registered voters, the question of

whether the bonds of the district shall be issued in the amount so

determined. However, the bonds shall not be issued for more than

the actual estimated cost of such purchase and construction.

B. The resolution of the board calling such election shall

divide the district into voting precincts of convenient size and a

map thereof shall be filed with the district secretary. The

precincts so formed may be changed by the board any time thereafter,

except that no change shall be made within thirty (30) days next

preceding any election. The resolution shall appoint for each

precinct, from the owners of real property in and residents of the

district who are registered voters, or if there are no residents of

the district, the owners of real property in the district who are

registered voters, one clerk and two judges, who shall constitute a

board of election for the precinct. If the members appointed do not

attend at the opening of the polls on the morning of the election,

the board may appoint other owners of real property in and residents

of the district who are registered voters, or if there are no

residents of the district, owners of real property in the district

who are registered voters, to supply the place or places of those

absent. The resolution shall designate the date, hour and place in

the precincts where the election will be held.

C. Notice of the election shall be given by publication in some

newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district

is located once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks next

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preceding the date of the election, and by posting the notice in

three public places in each election precinct, as established by the

board of directors, for at least twenty (20) days prior to the date

of the election.

The notice shall specify:

1. The date of the election;

2. The location of the polling places;

3. The time that the polls will open and close; and

4. The amount of bonds proposed to be issued.

D. One of the judges of each precinct shall be chairman of the

election board of the precinct and may administer all oaths required

in the progress of the election, and appoint another judge or clerk,

if during the progress of the election any judge or clerk ceases to

act.

E. At the election, the ballots shall contain the words: "Bonds

- Yes", and "Bonds - No", or words equivalent thereto.

F. The election shall be held as nearly as may be in conformity

with the provisions governing the election for the formation of the

district. However, no county election board nor precinct election

board shall be involved in conducting the election. No

informalities in conducting the election shall invalidate the

election if the election shall have been otherwise fairly conducted.

G. The board of directors shall meet as soon as practicable

after the election and canvass the returns. If a majority of the

ballots cast are "Bonds - Yes", the board shall cause negotiable

bonds in the amount to be issued.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-513.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-513.1
Training for jailers
Status: in_force

Every sheriff shall require appropriate training for jailers in

accordance with the jail standards promulgated by the State

Department of Health. The sheriff shall not permit supervision of

any prisoner in the custody of the jail by any person that does not

meet the jail standards for training and supervision of inmates.

The sheriff or contractor having charge and custody of the jail

shall comply with all minimal supervision standards pursuant to the

jail standards promulgated by the State Department of Health, except

when otherwise provided by law. Nothing in this section shall be

construed to prohibit or restrict the sheriff or contractor having

charge and custody of the jail from training or cross-training a

person as a backup jailer, if otherwise qualified for such position.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.9 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.9
Suits and actions
Status: in_force

The board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to

institute and maintain, or appear and defend, any and all actions

and proceedings, suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper to

fully carry out the provisions of this act, or to enforce, maintain,

protect or preserve any and all rights or privileges conferred

hereby, or acquired in pursuance hereof. Actions and proceedings

shall be prosecuted and defended in the corporate name of the

district, and the board is empowered to employ attorneys to

represent the district in any such actions or proceedings, or to

advise the board in respect of its duties under this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.15 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.15
Enforcement of building line regulations - Appeals -
Status: in_force

Modification.

After the council or board shall have established building or

setback lines on such major highways, no new building or structure

shall be erected within such building or setback lines in the area

and no permit for such building shall be issued by the city building

inspector as respects the territory over which the municipality

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 359

shall have enforcement jurisdiction or by the county inspecting

officer appointed by the board to administer and enforce building

line and setback regulations and other regulations for the county,

as respects the territory over which the county shall have

enforcement jurisdiction. The city board of adjustment, as respects

the territory over which the municipality shall have enforcement

jurisdiction, and the county board of adjustment as respects the

territory over which the county shall have enforcement jurisdiction,

shall hear appeals of any property owner aggrieved by such building

line and setback regulations. Each said board of adjustment shall

have the power to modify or vary the building line or setback

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 avoided, the

intended purpose of the regulations strictly observed, and the

public welfare and public safety protected.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-381 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-381
Questions to be submitted to popular vote
Status: in_force

They shall submit to the people of the county at any regular or

special election any question involving any extraordinary outlay of

money by the county or any expenditures greater in amount than can

be provided for by the annual tax, or whether the county will

construct any courthouse, jail, or other public buildings, or aid or

construct any road or bridge, and may aid any enterprise designed

for the county, whenever a majority of the people thereof shall

authorize the same as hereinafter provided. Provided that, for the

purposes of this section the term "public buildings" shall include,

but not be limited to, a county rest home, which shall be defined as

any home, establishment, or institution owned and operated by the

county in which there is offered or provided personal care and

supervision to persons who are unable to care completely for

themselves.

R.L. 1910, § 1608. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 12, § 1, emerg. eff.

Feb. 15, 1965.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-555 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-555
Retired sheriffs and deputies - Emergencies
Status: in_force

A retired sheriff or deputy may in times of great emergency or

danger serve the county at the request of the Governor or the board

of county commissioners of the county in which the officer retired.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.53 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.53
Territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The territorial jurisdiction of the county, as respects

administering and enforcing of rules and regulations as in this act

provided, shall be the unincorporated portions of such county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1720 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1720
Transfer of unexpended or unencumbered appropriation or
Status: in_force

funds in special fund.

The board may transfer any unexpended and unencumbered

appropriation or any portion thereof from one account 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 may be reduced below the

minimums required.

Whenever the necessity for maintaining any special fund of a

district has ceased to exist and a balance remains in the fund, the

board may authorize the transfer of the balance to the general fund.

Applicable law shall govern the use or transfer of balance in any

debt service or special revenue fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.38 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.38
Travel expenses - Allocation of funds
Status: in_force

Effective January 1, 1983, travel expenses for district

attorneys, investigators and all personnel of district attorney

offices incurred in the performance of necessary official duties

shall be paid pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act. The

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District Attorneys Council shall allocate to the district attorney

offices the funds appropriated in such manner as it deems equitable.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-514.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-514.4
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 19-514.4v1 (HB 1120, Laws 2018, c. 147, § 1).

OS 19-514.4v2 (HB 3546, Laws 2024, c. 211, § 1).
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.31 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.31
Validation of existing plans, ordinances, etc
Status: repealed

All existing plans, regulations, resolutions, ordinances and

codes and all amendments, supplements and changes thereof adopted

under prior existing planning acts, and all actions taken under the

authority thereof, are hereby validated and continued in effect

until amended, revised, or repealed by appropriate official action

taken under authority of this act. Any comprehensive plan

heretofore filed of record in the office of the county clerk of said

county by the presently existing city commission may by resolution

of the commission be withdrawn from record and the recording of such

resolution of withdrawal in the office of the county clerk shall be

authority for the exclusion from abstracts of title of such plan so

withdrawn.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-73 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-73
Form of election petition
Status: in_force

The following shall be substantially the form for every petition

filed with the Governor asking such special election to be held as

provided herein:

To the Governor of the State of Oklahoma:

We, the undersigned qualified electors of _______ County, State

of Oklahoma, hereby petition the Governor of said state to call an

election to relocate the county seat of said county, under the

provisions of Section 6, Article XVII, of the Constitution.

R.L. 1910, § 1519.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-154 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-154
Surety bonds - Premiums - Payment by county
Status: in_force

The premiums on all surety company bonds required to be executed

by any officer or his deputy of any county of this state, or by any

county employee who has in his custody any county property for the

purposes of his employment, whether required by law or by the board

of county commissioners or by the principal officer, where such bond

is executed to run to the State of Oklahoma and after being approved

in accordance with requirement is filed of record in the office of

the county clerk of such county, shall be paid for by the county

from funds appropriated therefor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-693 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-693
Rules and regulations - Forms
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this

act, and for its proper administration, the State Auditor and

Inspector is hereby empowered to promulgate and enforce such rules

and regulations as may be necessary but not inconsistent herewith,

and he shall prescribe the forms of all claims, vouchers and other

accounting stationery required under the provision hereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-339.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-339.4
Environmental remediation of land
Status: in_force

A. County commissioners may use county funds and resources for

environmental remediation of land, including land owned by public

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trust authorities, if the Department of Environmental Quality

certifies, in writing, that the property is polluted or contaminated

to such degree that remediation is necessary to restore the

environment. Remediation of the contamination or pollution shall be

pursuant to a remediation plan approved by the Department of

Environmental Quality.

B. Unless the Department of Environmental Quality determines

that it is unnecessary under the circumstances, the remediation plan

shall include a component describing erosion control and

revegetation measures to be implemented. The remediation plan shall

not be approved until the erosion control and revegetation measures

have been certified as appropriate by the local conservation

district.

C. The county may seek reimbursement for its remediation costs

and expenses from state or federal monies or other sources, if any

are authorized and available for such purpose.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-957 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-957
Employee defined
Status: in_force

An "employee", as used Sections 951 through 962 of this title,

shall include the elected or appointed salaried officials and

regular full-time salaried employees of a county, and shall also

include regular full-time employees of the county board of library

trustees, county employees whose salaries are paid in whole or in

part from the court fund of such county, employees of county circuit

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engineering districts, and employees of any public trust created

pursuant to law in which the county is the sole beneficiary of the

public trust, if approved by the board of county commissioners.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-432 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-432
Time and manner of taking appeal - Folio of papers
Status: in_force

Said appeal shall be taken within twenty (20) days after the

decision of said board, by serving a written notice on one of the

members of the board of county commissioners, and the county clerk

shall, upon the filing of the bond as hereinbefore provided, make a

folio of all the papers filed in the proceedings of said board

relating to the matter of their decision thereon, and shall deliver

the same to the clerk of the district court.

R.L. 1910, § 1641. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 105, § 1.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-529 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-529
Law enforcement grants
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the county sheriff

may apply for any law enforcement grant which would help fund the

office of the sheriff. The funds from such grants shall go directly

into the sheriff’s general revenue fund for the operation of the

sheriff’s office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-155.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-155.2
Destruction of certain old records in clerk's office
Status: in_force

A. The county clerk in each county in Oklahoma is hereby

authorized each year to destroy the following workbooks, reports and

transient and subsidiary records that have been on file or stored in

the office the period of time specifically provided herein.

1. After the expiration of one (1) year:

a. unused blank forms printed for fiscal year series, and

b. blank forms obsolete by change of law;

2. After the expiration of five (5) years:

a. financing statements, except as otherwise provided by

Article 9 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes or

other statute, chattel mortgages, bills of sale,

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releases and renewals thereof, after the same ceases

to be effective,

b. all county claims, claim calendars,

c. chattel mortgage indexes,

d. appropriation ledgers, warrant ledgers, financial

ledgers,

e. requisitions,

f. upon retirement, discharge, or termination of

employment, loyalty oath of said employee or officer,

g. certificates of error,

h. copies of reports and remittances, deposits and

receipts,

i. monthly reports to the State Auditor and Inspector and

reports to other officers and warrant issues,

j. daily reports including daily report jacket and all

contents therein,

k. physician liens, insurance agent's liens, hospital

liens, thresher and combiners liens, mechanic and

materialmans liens, oil and gas liens, vendor liens,

banker liens, mining liens, district attorney liens,

labor liens, and personal property liens,

l. reports, checks, purchase orders and other bookkeeping

records,

m. all tax protests, evidences, letters of orders of the

board, letters of increased assessment,

correspondence, reports, docket books, lists of

parcels under protest, agendas, and

n. records pertaining to the Open Meetings Act and Open

Records Act;

3. After the expiration of seven (7) years after the final

settlement following appeal to district court, all tax protest

records;

4. After the expiration of seven (7) years, balance sheets,

deposit slips, tax records, W-2's and investment authorization slips

for the retirement system; and

5. After the expiration of ten (10) years:

a. all tax rolls and tax roll adjustments, and

b. all special assessment rolls.

B. The State Library may be given any records that would

otherwise be destroyed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-421.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-421.1
Trade-in of certain property - Procedure for sale of
Status: in_force

certain county property.

A. The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to

use any tools, apparatus, machinery or equipment belonging to the

county, the original cost of which exceeded One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), as a trade-in on a cash purchase or lease purchase of

any other tools, apparatus, machinery or equipment.

B. To establish an appraised value for an item to be sold at

public auction or traded in, the purchasing agent may refer to an

industry-recognized appraisal manual for used construction equipment

to estimate the value of the item being sold, or obtain appraisal

quotes from at least two vendors in the business of selling items

like the one being sold.

C. Except when such items are disposed of pursuant to

subsection E, F or I of this section, the following procedures shall

be used for the sale, by the board of county commissioners, of any

tools, apparatus, machinery or equipment, the original cost of which

exceeded One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or any information

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 209

technology hardware or software having an original cost of Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, belonging to the county:

1. The board of county commissioners shall give notice of such

sale by publication in a newspaper of general paid circulation in

the county for two successive weekly issues;

2. Bids for such tools, apparatus, machinery or equipment on

sale shall be in writing, sealed and delivered to the county clerk

of such county;

3. At the next regular meeting of the board of county

commissioners after the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the

date of first publication of notice of the sale, the board of county

commissioners shall open such bids and award such tools, apparatus,

machinery or equipment to the highest and best bidder with the

option of rejecting all bids; and

4. The board of county commissioners may hold a public auction

or use an Internet auction, which may include online bidding, in

lieu of advertising for sealed bids as provided above. Such auction

shall be advertised as provided herein.

D. A board of county commissioners may sell any materials,

tools, apparatus, machinery or equipment to a tribal governmental

entity or state agency, if the agency is subject to the Oklahoma

Central Purchasing Act. The board of county commissioners may

purchase materials, tools, apparatus, machinery or equipment from a

state agency, if the agency is subject to the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act.

E. The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, enter

into an agreement with any tribal governmental entity or other

county or political subdivision for the purpose of selling,

transferring, trading or otherwise disposing of equipment or

materials at a price agreed upon by both governing bodies.

Transactions made pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject

to the requirements in subsection C of this section.

F. Advertisement of surplus property consigned to sell at a

Circuit Engineering District auction shall be provided by the

auction company under contract to conduct the sale. Advertising

shall be provided to attract the most potential buyers. Advertising

media may include, but not be limited to, sale flyers, newspapers,

radio, television, and Internet postings.

G. Pursuant to the authority of Section 1 of this title, boards

of county commissioners shall have authority, under such statute and

in consideration of the procedures in this section to sell real

property belonging to the county without declaring such property

surplus under the following conditions:

1. A certified appraisal of the county property shall be

performed to determine the market value of the property and accepted

by the board of county commissioners;

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2. After acceptance of the certified appraisal, the board of

county commissioners shall, pursuant to the requirements of this

section, give notice of such sale by publication in a newspaper of

general paid circulation in the county for two successive weekly

issues;

3. Bids for the real property shall be in writing, sealed and

delivered to the county clerk of such county;

4. At the next regular meeting of the board of county

commissioners after the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the

date of first publication of notice of sale, the board of county

commissioners shall open such bids;

5. A successful bid must be no less than the market value of

the real property to be considered by the board of county

commissioners for acceptance. The board of county commissioners

reserves the right to reject any and all bids;

6. If more than one bid is above the market value of the real

property, the board of county commissioners shall have the right to

compel the potential buyers of the real property who have bid above

the market amount to enter into public auction conducted by the

chairman of the board of county commissioners after the opening of

such bids, to establish the highest bid for the property in order to

assure that the county is receiving adequate consideration for the

property;

7. A majority vote of the board of county commissioners shall

be required to determine the successful bidder of the real property.

Upon awarding the bid, either through sealed bid or by conducting a

public auction of those bidders who bid more than the market value

of the real property, the board of county commissioners shall have

the right to pledge the occupied property, using an irrevocable bond

or letter of credit, as provided for in paragraph 10 of this

subsection, as collateral in order to finance bonds to purchase

other real property or build a replacement building, or both;

8. If the sale price is less than the estimated cost of new

land purchase or construction, then said sales contract shall be

contingent upon the public approval of bond funding or other

authorized funding to allow the complete payment of the contemplated

project;

9. The board of county commissioners shall have authority

pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of Section 1 of this title to make

any order concerning the sale of such property contingent upon a

closing date in the future in order to continue to use said real

property until a replacement building is completed. Upon completion

of the replacement building, the board of county commissioners shall

execute all documents and title transfers pertaining to said real

property to the successful bidder;

10. The successful bidder shall execute an irrevocable bond or

letter of credit with a surety company or bank licensed to do

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business in the State of Oklahoma and organized under the corporate

laws of the State of Oklahoma and registered with the Secretary of

State of Oklahoma equal to the amount of the purchase price of the

real property within fifteen (15) days of awarding of the bid.

Failure to provide either an irrevocable bond or letter of credit in

favor of the board of county commissioners within said time

limitation shall act as a rejection and cancellation by the board of

the award of bid and said board may, at that point, enter into a

contract with any secondary or subsequent bidder that meets the

aforementioned qualifications without further notice; and

11. If there are no bids submitted or all submitted bids are

less than the market value of the real property after the expiration

of fifteen (15) days from the date of first publication of notice of

sale, the board of county commissioners shall publish the notice of

sale and accept bids for a second time complying with the

requirements of paragraphs 2 through 4 of this subsection. If there

are no bids submitted or all submitted bids are less than the market

value of the real property after the expiration of fifteen (15) days

from the date of second publication of notice of sale, the board of

county commissioners shall have the right to sell real property,

upon majority vote, without any bidding procedure or auction,

directly to any person or entity for an amount that is not less than

the highest bid previously submitted through any previous bidding

procedures provided in this subsection.

H. The board of county commissioners may solicit telephone bids

for the removal of recyclable materials.

I. The board of county commissioners shall have the authority

to trade in equipment to a vendor or on statewide contract by

acquiring used equipment values pursuant to subsection B of this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-763 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-763
Funds - Use of without appropriation
Status: in_force

Such board of county commissioners shall have power to use such

money and funds that may be paid in to such county from any such

insurance, without the same being appropriated by the excise board,

and such money or funds shall not be considered by the excise board

in making appropriations for current expenses as money received from

sources other than ad valorem taxes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-643 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-643
Treasurer's receipts
Status: in_force

Whenever the treasurer receives any money, warrant or order on

account of licenses, fines or other account, except taxes charged on

the tax roll, he shall make out the proper duplicate receipts for

the same, and shall give one of said receipts to the person paying

said money and the other to the county clerk within one (1) day

thereafter in order that the treasurer may be charged with the

amount thereof. The treasurer shall then enter the same in his cash

book as in case of money received for taxes, but in a separate and

distinct series of numbers of receipts issued therefor; and no

person shall receive such license or be discharged from obligation,

by reason of such fine on account, until he shall have so delivered

such duplicate receipt to the county clerk, and the treasurer shall

so inform the person making the payment at the time of payment.

R.L. 1910, § 7446. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 127, § 1.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-864.13 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-864.13
Annexed territory
Status: in_force

The inspection of electrical work as herein provided on

improvements under actual construction in territory annexed by any

city shall be continued by the county inspector until the completion

of such work, and the regular inspection fees shall be paid to the

county regardless of such annexation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-421 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-421
Entry on minutes - Matters to be entered
Status: in_force

After November 1, 2009, each board of county commissioners of

the several counties in the state shall within thirty (30) days

after the disposition of any tools, apparatus, machinery, and

equipment belonging to the county or leased or otherwise let to it

or any department thereof, the original cost of which is more than

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), whether sold, exchanged, junked,

leased or let where authorized by statute, shall enter, or cause to

be entered, in the minutes of the proceedings of the board the fact

of such disposition, including complete description of item, serial

number, the date property was acquired, the name and address of the

person or firm from whom property was acquired, the cost price at

time of acquisition or contract price if acquired under lease-rental

agreement, the date of disposition, the name and address of the

person or firm to whom property transferred, the price received

therefor and the reason for disposition.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-371 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-371
Authorization to contract for ambulance service -
Status: in_force

Liability insurance - Immunity - Pension benefits.

(a) The board of county commissioners of any county may

contract for ambulance service with any city, town, county, person,

firm or corporation or combination of them under such terms and

conditions as may be agreed upon between the parties. Such

contracts shall provide for the carrying of liability insurance in

such amount as may be fixed and may provide for minimum standards of

service and equipment.

(b) Cities, towns and counties engaged in ambulance or

emergency service shall be agents of the State of Oklahoma, acting

solely and alone in a governmental capacity, and shall not be liable

for any act of commission, omission or negligence while so engaged.

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(c) Any employee of any city, town or county engaging in

ambulance or emergency service at any time or place shall be

considered to be serving in regular line of duty and shall be

entitled to all the benefits of any pension fund to which he might

otherwise be entitled.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 12
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1505.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1505.2
Exception to purchasing procedures for public trusts
Status: in_force

The procedures specified in Sections 1500 through 1505 of this

title shall not apply to the receipt of or the purchases, lease-

purchases and rentals of supplies, materials, equipment and

improvements made with funds of a public trust expended by a county

on behalf of such public trust, if the county is a beneficiary of

such public trust and such public trust receives and administers the

proceeds of sales tax.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-460.2a — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-460.2a
County Energy District Authority
Status: in_force

A. The board of directors of a circuit engineering district,

established pursuant to Section 687.l et seq. of Title 69 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, may by resolution establish a County Energy

District Authority pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Energy

Independence Act, for the district. The authority shall be a public

trust as provided for in Sections 176 through 180.3 of Title 60 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The authority shall consist of the circuit engineering

district board of directors.

C. The chair of the board of directors of the circuit

engineering district shall serve as chair of the authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.30 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.30
Salaries and expenses
Status: in_force

A. Beginning January 1, 1997, each district attorney shall

receive a salary of Seventy-one Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-three

Dollars ($71,663.00) per year, payable monthly. Beginning January

1, 1999, each district attorney shall receive a salary of Eighty-

five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) per year, payable monthly.

Beginning July 1, 2003, each district attorney shall receive a

salary equal to ninety-eight percent (98%) of the salary of a

district judge. Any increase in salary in fiscal year 2015 must be

paid from existing available funds.

B. All appointees and employees of district attorneys, except

special district attorneys appointed pursuant to subsection C of

Section 215.37M of this title, shall be deemed to be state officers

or employees for all purposes. All special district attorneys

appointed pursuant to subsection C of Section 215.37M of this title

shall be deemed to be state officers only for purposes of The

Governmental Tort Claims Act and Rule 1.11 of the Rules of

Professional Conduct for attorneys licensed to practice law in this

state.

C. Population, for the purposes of Section 215.1 et seq. of

this title, shall be as determined by the last Federal Decennial

Census. The salaries of the district attorneys and the salaries of

the assistant district attorneys and their operating and maintenance

expenses in each county shall be paid by the state. Provided

however:

1. In counties having a population of four hundred thousand

(400,000) or more, the salary of the district attorney and assistant

district attorneys may be supplemented by the county. Such

supplement for the district attorney shall not exceed twenty-five

percent (25%) of the salary provided for district attorneys by this

section. Such supplement for the assistant district attorneys shall

not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the salary authorized for

assistant district attorneys in Section 215.34 of this title.

2. The salaries and operating expenses of those assistant

district attorneys who are assigned to child support enforcement

duties shall be paid by funds received as reimbursement from the

Department of Human Services under terms of a contract with the

office of the district attorney as authorized by Section 237.1 of

Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. The District Attorneys Council, which may hereinafter be

referred to as the "Council", is hereby designated as the state

agency for the administration and disbursement of all salaries and

expenses of the offices of district attorneys authorized by law.

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All such payrolls and claims against State Treasury funds must be

approved by the Council prior to submission to the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for payment. The Council and the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

promulgate reasonable rules and regulations covering the preparation

of estimates of needs, budgets and claims for the administration of

this act, Section 215.1 et seq. of this title, the transmittal of

county funds to the State Treasury and the disbursement of all state

and county funds under this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-636 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-636
Suspension of treasurer during action
Status: in_force

Whenever any suit shall have been commenced against any

delinquent county treasurer as aforesaid the judge of the district

court of such county may at his discretion suspend such treasurer

from office pending the final termination of such suit and the board

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of county commissioners shall appoint some suitable person to fill

such vacancy therein created as hereinbefore provided.

R.L. 1910, § 7431.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-905.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-905.4
Regional jail commission - Commissioners - Tenure -
Status: in_force

Compensation.

A. Any regional jail district created pursuant to Section 3 of

this act shall be governed by a commission. The regional jail

commission shall be composed of the sheriff and presiding county

commissioner from each county within the district. Each regional

jail commissioner of the regional jail district shall serve during

his or her tenure as sheriff or as presiding county commissioner.

B. Commissioners of the regional jail district shall serve

until successors have been duly appointed. Vacancies on the

regional jail commission shall be filled by the succeeding sheriff

or presiding county commissioner for the remainder of the term.

C. Commissioners of the regional jail district shall serve

without compensation, except that they shall be reimbursed by the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 475

district for any reasonable and necessary expenses in the

performance of duties as regional jail commissioner.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.25 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.25
Contracts for fire protection service
Status: in_force

A. Any city or town located in the same county as any fire

protection district may contract, for one (1) year or more, for fire

protection service by the district throughout or within part of the

area of the city or town. During the term of the contract, without

curtailing the rights, powers and duties of the city, the area

covered by the contract may in accordance with express terms of the

contract be construed as part of the district territory for all fire

protection purposes under this act.

B. Owners or occupants of property in the vicinity of the

district not included within the territory of any city or town or

other fire protection district, and such district may contract, for

one (1) year or more, for fire protection service by the district

for the property described in the contract, which such contract

shall provide for a fixed annual payment of an agreed amount by the

owner or occupant of the property to the district to be paid

annually in advance at the date of the making of such contract, and

on the even date thereof for each subsequent year covered by the

contract.

C. The contract shall be in writing and shall be set forth in

full in the minutes of the respective governing bodies of the

contracting parties and a duplicate original shall be filed with the

records of the district in the office of the county clerk.

D. Upon the filing of the contract, the district shall be an

independent contractor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1221 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1221
Consolidation of districts
Status: in_force

A. Two or more districts organized under the Ambulance Service

Districts Act may be consolidated into a single district by

complying with the procedures prescribed in this section.

B. The proposal for consolidation shall be prepared in written

form and shall set forth in detail the reasons for consolidation and

the advantages which would accrue to each district from the

proposal. The written proposal shall be considered and acted upon

by the board of directors from each district affected at a duly

called meeting. If the board of directors of each district approves

the proposal by resolution, the proposal shall then be submitted to

a vote of the residents of each district present at a regular or

special meeting. If the consolidation proposal is not approved by

such residents of each district affected such districts may not be

consolidated.

C. If the proposal is approved by such residents of each

district, the boards of directors of the districts desiring to be

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 520

consolidated shall join in filing a petition, addressed to the board

of county commissioners having jurisdiction as provided by this

section, for a hearing to consolidate such districts into a single

district. The petition shall set forth the necessity for such

consolidation of two or more districts, and that the consolidation

of the districts shall be conducive to the public health, safety,

and welfare, and the purposes for which the districts were

organized. The consolidation proposal as approved by the residents

and the boards of directors of each district shall be attached to

the petition as exhibits.

D. If the districts seeking consolidation are situated in one

county, the petition shall be filed with the county clerk of the

county, and the board of county commissioners of the county shall

have jurisdiction to hear and determine the petition.

E. If the districts seeking consolidation are situated in

different counties the petition shall be filed with the county clerk

of the county in which the greatest portion of the area of the

proposed consolidated district is located, and the board to

determine the question of consolidation shall consist of the board

of county commissioners from each of the counties, and a majority of

the combined boards shall be necessary to render a decision.

F. Upon receipt of the petition, the county clerk shall

thereupon give notice to the board or boards of county commissioners

of the filing and pendency of the petition, whereupon the county

commissioners of the county wherein the petition is filed shall

enter its order setting hearing, and giving notice of the hearing,

all in accordance with the provisions of this act for the creation

of districts in the first instance. After the hearing, should the

board find that the averments of the petition are true and that the

districts, or any of them, should be consolidated, the board shall

enter its order directing the consolidation of the districts. The

order shall set forth the corporate name of the consolidated

district under the name of "Consolidated Ambulance Service District

No. __________, __________ County(ies), Oklahoma". The order shall

further provide that the consolidated district shall assume and

become legally liable for all of the obligations of the districts

consolidated into the single district.

G. Following the entry of the order, an organizational meeting

of the combined residents of each of the districts shall be held for

the purpose of electing directors and officers and adopting bylaws.

This organizational meeting shall be held in accordance with the

provisions pertaining to the creation and organization of districts.

H. From any order of the board, an appeal may be taken in the

manner as provided for appeals from decision of the board of county

commissioners. All legal proceedings already instituted by or

against any district involved in a consolidation proceeding may be

revived and continued by or against the consolidated district by an

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order of the court substituting the name of such consolidated

district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.67 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.67
Act to be comprehensive salary code
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this

section, it is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature

that this act shall be the comprehensive salary code for all

counties of the state and no county officer in paragraph 1 of

Section 180.61 of this title, or their assistants, deputies, or

other employees by whatever title designated, shall receive any

salary or wages except as provided in Section 180.58 et seq. of this

title.

B. Counties may opt to utilize the appropriate State of

Oklahoma pay structure in lieu of or in addition to the salary code

referenced in subsection A of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1714 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1714
Hearing on 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 excise board 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, § 19-863.12 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.12
Enforcement of building line and set-back regulations -
Status: in_force

Appeals - Modification.

After the council and board 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 in the area

and no permit for such building shall be issued by the city building

inspector as respects the territory over which the municipality

shall have enforcement jurisdiction or by the county engineer,

hereby designated to administer and enforce building line and set-

back regulations for the county, as respects the territory over

which the county shall have enforcement jurisdiction. The city

board of adjustment, as respects the territory over which the county

shall have enforcement jurisdiction, shall hear appeals of any

property owner aggrieved by such building line and set-back

regulations in specific cases, in order than unwarranted hardship,

which constitutes an unreasonable deprivation of uses as

distinguished from a mere grant of privilege, may be avoided, the

intended purpose of the regulations strictly observed, and the

public welfare and public safety protected.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-81 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-81
Booths and conveniences - Precinct boards
Status: in_force

On the day set for the holding of the said special election, it

shall be the duty of the said special election board to see that

each precinct, or voting place, is supplied with booths and other

necessary conveniences for the proper holding of such election. It

shall be their duty to select two judges and two clerks for such

special election in each precinct or voting place; said judges and

clerks, so acting, shall receive the fees as prescribed for like

service in any regular general election. It shall be the duty of

the special election commissioner to administer the oath to such

judges and clerks of such elections.

R.L. 1910, § 1527.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1413 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1413
Adoption of budget - Filing - Appropriations
Status: in_force

A. After the hearing and at least seven (7) days prior to the

beginning of the budget year, the county budget board shall adopt

the budget for each fund. The budget board may add or increase

items or delete or decrease items in each budget. In all cases, the

proposed expenditures shall not exceed the estimated revenues in the

budget of any fund.

B. The adopted budgets shall be filed with the excise board of

the county on or before the first day of the budget year. At the

same time the budgets are filed with the excise board, one copy of

each budget as adopted shall be kept on file in the office of the

county clerk and a copy filed with the State Auditor and Inspector.

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C. The adopted budgets shall be in effect on and after the

first day of the fiscal year to which they apply. The budgets as

adopted and filed with the excise board shall constitute an

appropriation for each fund, subject to final approval of the county

excise board as provided in this act, and the appropriation thus

made shall not be used for any other purpose except as provided by

law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.14 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.14
Building lines
Status: in_force

Wherever a plan for major streets and highways has been adopted

and filed by the commission, the council and board, upon

recommendations of the commission, are hereby authorized and

empowered to establish, regulate, and limit, and to change and

amend, building line or setback regulations on such major streets

and highways, and to prohibit any new building being located within

such building or setback lines within the area. In establishing

such building lines, the council and board shall take into

consideration the present stage of development along such highways,

including the type of buildings and nature of their use, as well as

their number and location; the present width of such highways; and

probable future needs to protect safety and provide adequate

transportation along such highways in view of the trend of

development of residential, commercial, and industrial areas served

by such highways.

Regulations authorized by this section shall not be adopted,

changed, or amended by the council or board until a public hearing

has been held thereon by the commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.16 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.16
Requisites of bonds, notes or other evidences of
Status: in_force

indebtedness.

Such bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States

and shall run for a period of not more than forty (40) years, the

amount, maturity dates, redemption provisions and interest rates to

be determined by the board of directors. The principal and interest

shall be payable at the office of the treasurer of the county in

which said district shall be organized, or at any bank or paying

agency designated by the board of directors. Such bonds shall each

be of a denomination of not less than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), shall

be negotiable in form, executed in the name of the district, and

signed by the president of the board of directors and the clerk of

the district. In addition and without limiting the generality of

the foregoing provisions, the district shall be authorized to issue

notes or other evidences of indebtedness for the corporate purposes

enumerated in Sections 901.1 through 901.26 of this title in the

same manner and subject to the same procedures as bonds issued by

the district. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 901.17 of

this title, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness may be

sold by the board of directors to the federal government or any

agency thereof at negotiated or private sale. Bonds shall be

numbered consecutively as issued and shall be dated as of the date

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 421

of issuance, and shall be payable in their numerical order with

interest to date of payment.

The bonds shall express upon their face that they are issued

pursuant to a duly adopted resolution of the board of directors for

the district and under the provisions of Sections 901.1 through

901.26 of this title. The clerk or agent shall keep a record of the

bonds sold, their number, date of sale, the prices received and the

name of the purchaser. These bonds shall bear interest at the rate

of not exceeding sixteen percent (16%) per annum.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.2
District Attorney - Qualifications
Status: in_force

Any person, otherwise qualified, who has been a resident of the

state for two (2) years, a registered voter in the district and a

resident residing within such district for at least six (6) months

immediately preceding the filing period, a duly licensed attorney

for at least five (5) years, and at least twenty-eight (28) years of

age, prior to the date of filing for the office, shall be eligible

to hold the office of district attorney. The district attorney

shall reside in the district from which the district attorney was

elected during the term of office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-957-1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-957-1
County retirement system — Eligibility – Contribution
Status: in_force

limits.

The county commissioners of any county establishing a drainage

district or districts, and establishing a county retirement system,

in addition to the duties and authority now provided by law, are

hereby authorized to pay into the retirement system of such county

for the use and benefit of the employees eligible for retirement

benefits, such amounts as the board of county commissioners may

authorize by resolution not exceeding the current annual salaries of

all employees whose salaries are paid either in whole or in part out

of the drainage district funds. The total employer and employee

contributions shall not exceed the percentages of the monthly

compensation of each member set forth in Section 954 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-177.5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-177.5
Annual defined - Audit of current acounts
Status: in_force

The term "annual" as applied to the mandatory function of audit

as provided by this act is hereby defined as for the fiscal period

terminating as of June 30th of the fiscal year immediately preceding

the fiscal year in which the one-tenth mill levy proceeds is

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appropriated; but if, during the fiscal year current there arises

occasion sufficiently necessary to examine the current accounts of a

county office or department to which another person succeeds for any

reason and there be request or emergency to determine the condition

of accounts newly coming into his custody, it shall be lawful for

the State Auditor and Inspector, to make audit and report thereof,

provided regular audit of the preceding fiscal year or years be not

neglected to do so. Likewise, on demand by any inquisatorial body

or officer such as the district attorney or Attorney General, audit

and report of accounts current may be made.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.16 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.16
Powers and duties of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall exercise and perform all the powers,

duties and functions provided by law for the county attorney of each

county, and shall appoint all of his assistants. Wherever in the

Statutes of Oklahoma, in existence at the effective date of this

act, reference is made to the county attorney, the district

attorney, acting personally or by his duly appointed assistant,

shall perform all the powers, functions and duties and be subject to

removal from office and to all the obligations and liabilities and

shall stand in the stead of the county attorney under such statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-864.16 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-864.16
Identification of contractors
Status: in_force

Every contractor shall have a means of identification which may

be either name, license number or certificate of competency number

on each and every service vehicle in letters not less than two

inches high.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.4
Definitions
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 293

For the purpose of this act, certain terms are defined as

provided in this section. Whenever appropriate, the singular

includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

"Municipality" or "municipal" shall mean or relate only to

incorporated cities and towns. "Mayor" means the chief executive of

the municipality, whether the official designation of his office be

mayor, city manager or otherwise. "Council" means the legislative

body of the municipality. The term "streets" includes streets,

avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, viaducts, highways and

other ways. "Subdivision" and "zoning" are defined as hereinafter

provided. "Board" shall mean the board of county commissioners.

"Commission" shall mean the metropolitan area planning commission.

"Area" shall mean all territory included within the jurisdiction of

the commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-388 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-388
Ballot Title - Authorization
Status: in_force

A. When a county of this state is authorized to submit a

proposition for approval by the registered voters of the respective

county, whether by special election or otherwise, that will require

a ballot title, it shall be the duty, in addition to any other

duties required by law, of the county commissioners submitting the

measure to prepare and file one copy of the measure with the

district attorney of the county.

B. The county commissioners submitting the measure shall also

submit a suggested ballot title which shall be filed on a separate

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sheet of paper and shall not be deemed part of the petition. The

suggested ballot title:

1. Shall not exceed two hundred words;

2. Shall explain in basic words, which can be easily found in

dictionaries of general usage, the effect of the proposition;

3. Shall be written on the eighth-grade reading comprehension

level;

4. Shall not contain any words which have a special meaning for

a particular profession or trade not commonly known to the citizens

of this state;

5. Shall not reflect partiality in its composition or contain

any argument for or against the measure;

6. In tax-related propositions, the proposition shall detail

all known direct and indirect increases and decreases affecting the

tax code;

7. In tax-related propositions, the proposition shall use the

word “increase” when an increase in a tax may depend on the passage

or failure of the proposition;

8. Shall contain language which clearly states that a "yes"

vote is a vote in favor of the proposition and a "no" vote is a vote

against the proposition; and

9. Shall not contain language whereby a "yes" vote is, in fact,

a vote against the proposition and a "no" vote is, in fact, a vote

in favor of the proposition.

C. The district attorney of the county for which a measure has

been proposed shall review the filing required by subsections A and

B of this section for legal correctness. Within five (5) days, the

district attorney shall notify, in writing, the county commissioners

whether or not the proposed ballot title complies with applicable

laws.

D. A proposition subject to the provisions of this section

shall be published as provided in Section 383 of Title 19 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-449 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-449
Incapacity as creating vacancy
Status: in_force

In addition to the provisions of law now in force, in all

counties of the State of Oklahoma, where any member of the board of

county commissioners shall become incapacitated physically or

mentally and thereby be unable by reason of such disability to

perform the duties of his office for the remainder of the term to

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which such officer was elected, a vacancy in said office is hereby

declared to exist and such vacancy shall be filled by election in

the manner provided by law for the filling of such vacancies;

provided, however, that where such vacancy occurs after the election

and prior to the beginning of the term of the county commissioner-

elect, such county commissioner so elected shall be entitled to

qualify and enter upon the discharge of his duties.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-119 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-119
County clerk to make proper charges and credits
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall charge said treasurer with the check and

drafts so filed and credit the bank therewith and when the same are

returned, charge the treasurer with all monies disbursed by the

fiscal agent of the county and credit such agent with the same.

R.L. 1910, § 1546.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.36 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.36
Boards of county commissioners to provide certain
Status: in_force

facilities and services.

A. Effective January 1, 1983, it shall be the duty of the board

of county commissioners of each county in each district attorney's

district to provide:

1. Sufficient office space in the county courthouse, and the

costs of utility services for power, lighting, heat, cooling,

appropriate janitorial service, and costs of maintenance, upkeep,

and repair of such space, for the personnel and programs of the

office of the district attorney;

2. A sufficient law library and subscriptions to legal

publications necessary for the performance of the duties of the

district attorney, the same to remain an asset and property of the

county;

3. Sufficient funds for the costs and necessary expenses of

investigation, prosecution or defense of any action, whether

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contemplated or actual, wherein the county officers, county

appointees or employees, while acting in their official capacity may

be party plaintiffs, defendants or intervenors.

B. Capital assets or properties presently owned by each county

and assigned for use to the office of the district attorney shall

continue to be furnished and owned by said county for use by the

office of the district attorney, with the expense of ordinary

maintenance and repair to be paid by the state. At such time as the

utility of the same shall be of no benefit and, when authorized by

the District Attorneys Council, such property shall be returned to

the county for disposal as provided by law. Said equipment's

equitable replacement is to be provided by the state. Capital

assets or properties presently leased by the county and assigned for

use to the office of the district attorney shall be assigned to the

state by the county, at the request of the Council; thereafter, said

capital assets or properties shall be leased by the state, subject

to the terms and conditions of the lease agreements. Lease payments

shall become the responsibility of the state. Capital assets or

properties presently held by the county under an approved lease-

purchase agreement for equipment or properties assigned to the

office of the district attorney, may, at the election of the

Council, be assumed by the state and any existing intangible worth

by reason of such assumption shall be the property of the state.

The county shall be released from financial responsibility of lease-

purchase payments under the terms of said agreement and held

harmless therefrom by the state. In the event the agreement is

completed to full term, the asset acquired shall be the property of

the state. In the event the state, through the Council, declines to

assume such obligation under any pending lease-purchase agreement,

said county shall retain such agreement and the equipment or the

property held thereunder, and shall have the right to assign such

equipment or property and its use to any county use which may be

provided by law.

C. Counties having a population of three hundred thousand

(300,000) or more shall, and counties having a population of less

than three hundred thousand (300,000) may, furnish sufficient

equipment and personnel for equipment operation for such computer

services and digitizing as the district attorney deems necessary.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-953.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-953.2
Fiduciaries - Power and authority - Restrictions
Status: in_force

A. A fiduciary with respect to the retirement system shall not

cause the retirement system to engage in a transaction if the

fiduciary knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a

direct or indirect:

1. Sale or exchange, or leasing of any property from the

retirement system to a party in interest for less than adequate

consideration or from a party in interest to the retirement system

for more than adequate consideration;

2. Lending of money or other extension of credit from the

retirement system to a party in interest without the receipt of

adequate security and a reasonable rate of interest, or from a party

in interest to the retirement system with provision of excessive

security or an unreasonably high rate of interest;

3. Furnishing of goods, services or facilities from the

retirement system to a party in interest for less than adequate

consideration, or from a party in interest to the retirement system

for more than adequate consideration; or

4. Transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of, a party in

interest of any assets of the retirement system for less than

adequate consideration.

B. A fiduciary with respect to the retirement system shall not:

1. Deal with the assets of the retirement system in the

fiduciary's own interest or for the fiduciary's own account;

2. In the fiduciary's individual or any other capacity act in

any transaction involving the retirement system on behalf of a party

whose interests are adverse to the interests of the retirement

system or the interests of its participants or beneficiaries; or

3. Receive any consideration for the fiduciary's own personal

account from any party dealing with the retirement system in

connection with a transaction involving the assets of the retirement

system.

C. A fiduciary with respect to the retirement system may:

1. Invest all or part of the assets of the retirement system in

deposits which bear a reasonable interest rate in a bank or similar

financial institution supervised by the United States or a state, if

such bank or other institution is a fiduciary of such plan; or

2. Provide any ancillary service by a bank or similar financial

institution supervised by the United States or a state, if such bank

or other institution is a fiduciary of such plan.

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D. A person or a financial institution is a fiduciary with

respect to the retirement system to the extent that the person or

the financial institution:

1. Exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary

control respecting management of the retirement system or exercises

any authority or control respecting management or disposition of the

assets of the retirement system;

2. Renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation

direct or indirect, with respect to any monies or other property of

the retirement system, or has any authority or responsibility to do

so; or

3. Has any discretionary authority or discretionary

responsibility in the administration of the retirement system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-952.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-952.1
Board of trustees
Status: in_force

A. The board of trustees shall be composed of nine (9) members

as follows:

1. One member shall be the county treasurer who shall be the

treasurer of the board of trustees;

2. One member shall be the county clerk who shall be the clerk

of the board of trustees;

3. One member shall be the chair of the board of county

commissioners;

4. Four members to be elected by the employees of said county,

provided in counties with a population in excess of five hundred

thousand (500,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census,

one of the four members shall be a retired member of the system.

Retired members and beneficiaries of the system shall be allowed to

vote in the election in which their representative is elected; and

5. Two members to be appointed by the chair of the board of

county commissioners subject to the approval of a majority of the

board of county commissioners. If said appointees are not elected

officials, employees of the county or participants in the retirement

system, they may be compensated at the rate of Fifty Dollars

($50.00) per retirement board meeting attended.

B. 1. The terms of office of the members appointed to the

board of trustees by the employees of said county who are members of

the board of trustees on the effective date of this act shall expire

on July 1, 1990. The members appointed or elected to fill the

positions that expire July 1, 1990, shall serve initial terms of

office as follows:

a. the term of office of one of the members elected by

the employees of said county shall expire July 1,

1991,

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b. the term of office of one of the members elected by

the employees of said county shall expire July 1,

1992,

c. the term of office of one of the members elected by

the employees of said county shall expire July 1,

1993, and

d. the term of office of one of the members elected by

the employees of said county shall expire July 1,

1994.

Thereafter, the terms of office of the members of the board of

trustees appointed by the employees of said county shall be three

(3) years.

2. The initial terms of office of the members appointed by the

chair of the board of county commissioners subject to the approval

of a majority of the board of county commissioners shall expire as

follows:

a. the term of office of one of the members appointed by

the chair of the board of county commissioners subject

to the approval of a majority of the board of county

commissioners shall expire July 1, 1991, and

b. the term of office of one of the members appointed by

the chair of the board of county commissioners subject

to the approval of a majority of the board of county

commissioners shall expire July 1, 1993.

Thereafter, the terms of office of the members of the board of

trustees appointed by the chair of the board of county commissioners

subject to the approval of a majority of the board of county

commissioners shall be four (4) years.

3. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of office

in the same manner as the original appointment was made.

C. Those members appointed by the chair of the board of county

commissioners subject to the approval of a majority of the board of

county commissioners shall:

1. Have demonstrated professional experience in investment or

funds management, public funds management, public or private pension

fund management or retirement system management; or

2. Have demonstrated experience in the banking profession and

have demonstrated professional experience in investment or fund

management; or

3. Be licensed to practice law in this state and have

demonstrated professional experience in commercial matters; or

4. Be licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Public

Accountancy to practice in this state as a public accountant or a

certified public accountant.

The appointing authorities, in making appointments that conform to

the requirements of this subsection, shall give due consideration to

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balancing the appointments among the criteria specified in

paragraphs 1 through 4 of this subsection.

D. Except for the retired member of the system, an elected

member shall cease to be a member of the board of trustees when such

member is no longer employed by the county. Upon such termination

of employment, an election shall be held within ninety (90) days of

such termination of board membership in order to replace such

employee as a member of the board of trustees.

E. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this section to the

contrary, any person serving as an appointed member of the board of

trustees on the effective date of this act shall be eligible for

reappointment when the term of office of the member expires.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.70 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.70
County real estate contracts — Contingencies allowed —
Status: in_force

Restrictions.

A county may enter into a real estate contract for the sale,

conveyance, or exchange of real property, option to purchase real

property, or a lease with an option to purchase real property that

includes a contingency, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days,

for the purposes of securing required permits, lot changes, zoning

changes, and any other land use approvals necessary to use and

operate the real property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-250 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-250
Record of accounts
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall keep a book in which he shall keep a

record of the receipts and expenditures of his county and all

accounts of his county with the different county, township, district

and other officers.

R.L. 1910, § 1573.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-225 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-225
Consolidation of offices of register of deeds and county
Status: in_force

clerk.

The office of the register of deeds is hereby consolidated with

the office of county clerk in all counties in this state, and said

office so consolidated shall be hereafter known as the office of the

county clerk, and in addition to the duties now imposed by law upon

the county clerk he shall perform the same duties that are now

performed by the register of deeds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.8 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.8
Candidate for other office
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall be ineligible to be a candidate for

any office which has a term any portion of which is the same as the

term for which he was elected.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-169 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-169
Performance-based adjustment program
Status: in_force

A. Counties may adopt a performance-based adjustment program

for county employees pursuant to this section.

B. In order to adopt a performance-based adjustment program, a

county shall adopt a written performance-based adjustment plan. The

plan must:

1. Indicate the manner in which the county intends to award

performance-based adjustments, including a determination that

performance-based adjustments will be awarded for overall ratings of

"meets standards" or "exceeds standards". Performance-based

adjustments shall not exceed five percent (5%) of a county

employee's annual salary for "meets standards" or ten percent (10%)

of a county employee's annual salary for "exceeds standards". The

plan shall include:

a. the amount or percentage that the county will award to

qualifying employees, or

b. total dollar figure the county intends to set aside

for performance-based adjustments to be divided among

qualifying county employees;

2. Identify and define the twelve-month evaluation cycle to be

used within the county, such as a calendar year or fiscal year. The

plan shall not be amended within the evaluation cycle but may be

discontinued according to paragraph 5 of this subsection;

3. Indicate whether the county will award performance-based

adjustments as an increase to the county employee's salary, a lump-

sum payment, or a combination thereof;

4. Include a written confirmation that the county can fund the

performance-based adjustment program for the current and subsequent

fiscal year without the need for additional funding; and

5. Include a statement that the county may discontinue

performance-based adjustments at any time should it be necessary to

prevent a budget shortfall. The county shall notify employees of

the discontinuation of the plan and the reason therefor.

C. A county may grant only one performance-based adjustment to

any county employee for any twelve-month evaluation cycle. A county

shall not award a performance-based adjustment to any employee based

upon a performance evaluation which is more than one (1) year old.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-632 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-632
Action for neglect of county treasurer
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer and he is hereby

empowered to institute in the name of the state the necessary suits,

actions and proceedings to enforce the provisions of this act, and

in the event of the neglect, failure or refusal of the State

Treasurer to bring such suits, actions and proceedings, then the

same may be instituted and maintained on the relation of any citizen

of the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1203 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1203
District board of directors - Authorization to create districts – Emergency medical services
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 28districts – Emergency medical services plan.

A. When a district is totally within the municipal city limits

of a city, the board of directors of the district or their designee

may be the governing body of the city or town.

B. Public ambulance service districts may be organized under

the Ambulance Service Districts Act for the purpose of developing

and providing adequate ambulance services to meet the needs of

residents within the territory of the district. The board of county

commissioners of each county in this state shall have power and it

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shall be their duty, upon a proper petition being presented, to

incorporate and order the creation of such district in the manner

provided for in this act.

C. By April 1, 2011, each county of this state with a

population of five hundred thousand (500,000) people or less

according to the last Federal Decennial Census shall present to the

State Department of Health an emergency medical services plan. The

plan for each county shall be developed by the Emergency Response

Systems Development Advisory Council of the State Department of

Health and each county emergency services advisory board which shall

be comprised of the county commissioners of each county or their

designees. The plan shall:

1. Address funding issues;

2. Ensure countywide emergency medical services coverage; and

3. Address county boundaries to ensure 9-1-1 operators are able

to provide quick response.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-76 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-76
Special election board
Status: in_force

When an election is called for the purpose of relocating the

county seat, the Governor shall appoint some person, resident of the

county, who does not live or reside in either city or town which is

or is to be a candidate for county seat honors, and each of said

rival towns is to select one person each who shall constitute said

election board, with duties as provided by law for county election

boards, when not in conflict herewith. The appointment of the

members of such special election board shall be made upon the

recommendation of the mayor or of the president of the town board of

trustees, or in the event said place has neither, then upon the

recommendation of the president of the organization representing

said place, so being a candidate for the location of said county

seat. It shall be the duty of such special election board to

prepare or cause to be prepared, and to distribute ballots for said

election as provided by law for general elections; said ballots to

contain the names of each and every city, town or place as certified

to said board by the governor. The members of said board shall

serve without compensation.

R.L. 1910, § 1522.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-770 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-770
Board of county commissioners - Powers and duties to be
Status: in_force

additional.

The powers and duties herein conferred on the board of county

commissioners shall be in addition to the powers and duties now

provided by law and the remedies herein provided are hereby declared

to be cumulative.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.22 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.22
County Board of Adjustment
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any such county shall

appoint a county board of adjustment composed of five (5) members,

residents of such county, two of whom shall reside outside the

corporate limits of the municipality, for a term of three (3) years,

except that when the first appointment is made hereunder, the term

of office of two of said members shall be one (1) year, the term of

two of said members shall be two (2) years, and the term of office

of one of said members shall be three (3) years. A member of such

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county board of adjustment, once qualified, can thereafter be

removed during his or her term of office only for cause and after a

hearing held before the board of county commissioners. In the event

of the death, resignation or removal of any such member before the

expiration of his or her term, a successor shall be appointed by the

board of county commissioners to serve his or her unexpired term.

All members of the county board of adjustment shall serve as such

without compensation.

The county board of adjustment shall elect its own chair and

shall adopt rules or procedures consistent with the provisions of

Section 866.1 et seq. of this title. The chair, or, in his or her

absence, the acting chair, may administer oaths and compel the

attendance of witnesses. Three members of the county board of

adjustment, with both the city and the county being represented,

shall constitute a quorum. All meetings of the county board of

adjustment shall be open to the public and a public record shall be

kept of all proceedings.

The county board of adjustment may, with the approval of the

board of county commissioners, appoint such employees as may be

necessary and may incur necessary expenses, within the limits of the

appropriations authorized by the board of county commissioners.

For each petition and for each request for a public hearing, the

county board of adjustment shall collect a fee the amount thereof to

be fixed by the respective boards of county commissioners which such

fees shall be deposited with the county treasurer as required by

law, and credited to the general fund of the county, and report

thereof made to the board of county commissioners each month.

Publication notices and transcripts on appeal shall be paid for by

parties requiring or requesting the same.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-299 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-299
Land parcel identifier system
Status: in_force

The county assessor, county clerk and county treasurer of any

county may adopt a system of land parcel identifier numbers whereby

the same land identifier numbers shall be used by the county

assessor, county clerk and county treasurer to designate a tract of

real property situated within the county.

In any county where this system has been adopted, the county

clerk shall not accept for filing or recording any map, plat, deed,

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mortgage, lease or other instrument affecting real property unless

the land parcel identifier numbers for all of the land parcels

described and affected are affixed on the face of the map, plat,

deed, mortgage, lease or other instrument. Provided that, failure

to comply with these provisions shall not affect the validity of any

such instrument that is duly recorded.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-351.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-351.2
Exemptions
Status: in_force

Fire Protection Districts are excluded from the provisions of

this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1205 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1205
Notice and hearing
Status: in_force

A. Whenever a petition, as provided in Section 1204 of this

title, is filed with the county clerk, and then verified by the

county election board, the county commissioners shall enter an order

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setting a public hearing on the petition for a day certain and

directing the county clerk to give notice of the hearing by legal

publication for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published

in each county containing any area embraced within the boundaries of

the proposed district. Such newspapers shall have a general

circulation in the county of publication. Provided, however, if

there is a county in which there is no newspaper of general

circulation published, notice of the hearing shall be given by

posting in five (5) public places within the county, one of which

shall be the county courthouse.

B. Notice shall contain:

1. A brief and concise statement describing the purpose of the

hearing;

2. A description of the area to be embraced within the

district;

3. A notice to all persons residing, and incorporated

municipalities, within the proposed district that they may appear

upon the date and at the time and place of the hearing to show

cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted; and

4. A notice to all residents of the proposed district that, if

the district shall be ordered created, immediately following the

entry of the order creating the district an organizational meeting

to elect a board of directors and officers and to adopt bylaws will

be held.

C. The county clerk shall, at least ten (10) days before the

date fixed for the hearing, give or send notice thereof to each of

the petitioners.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.13 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.13
Bonds
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States

and shall run for a period of not more than forty (40) years, the

amount, maturity dates, redemption provisions and interest rates to

be determined by the board of directors. The principal and interest

shall be payable at the office of the treasurer of the county in

which said district shall be organized, or at any bank or paying

agency designated by the board of directors. Such bonds shall each

be of a denomination of not less than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), shall

be negotiable in form, executed in the name of the district, and

signed by the president of the board of directors and the secretary

of the district. In addition and without limiting the generality of

the foregoing provisions, the district shall be authorized to issue

notes or other evidences of indebtedness for the corporate purposes

enumerated in Sections 2 through 18 of this act in the same manner

and subject to the same procedures as bonds issued by the district.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14 of this act, bonds,

notes or other evidences of indebtedness may be sold by the board of

directors to the federal government or any agency thereof at

negotiated or private sale. Bonds shall be numbered consecutively

as issued and shall be dated as of the date of issuance, and shall

be payable in their numerical order with interest to date of

payment.

The bonds shall express upon their face that they are issued

pursuant to a duly adopted resolution of the board of directors for

the district and under the provisions of Sections 2 through 18 of

this act. The secretary shall keep a record of the bonds sold,

their number, date of sale, the prices received and the name of the

purchaser. These bonds shall bear interest at the rate of not

exceeding sixteen percent (16%) per annum.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-166 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-166
Forfeiture of travel allowance - Membership organizations
Status: in_force

- Attending conferences, etc. - Traveling expenses.

Failure of a county officer to attend any school, conference or

meeting unless excused prior thereto shall cause the county officer

to forfeit his right to the monthly travel allowance provided by

Section 165 of this title for the month in which such school,

conference or meeting is held. The directing state officer or

agency head shall notify the county clerk of the county of the

forfeiture of such county officer. Any county, county officer or

deputy may join his respective state, national or international

association, including but not limited to, the National Association

of Counties, the International Association of Assessors and the

International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials

and Treasurers. It shall not be mandatory for a county officer or

his deputy to attend any meeting, school, institute or conference

sponsored or held by anyone other than a state officer or agency

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head, but if funds are available for travel to such meeting, school,

institute or conference, either within or outside this state, from

funds appropriated for traveling expenses in addition to the monthly

travel allowance provided by Section 165 of this title, then it

shall be lawful for such traveling expenses to be paid from such

travel funds so appropriated to the county officer or his deputies.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-3
Powers of county exercised by board of commissioners -
Status: in_force

Contracts while not acting as a board.

The powers of a county as a body politic and corporate shall be

exercised by its board of county commissioners.

It is hereby declared to be contrary to law, and against public

policy, for any individual county commissioner, or commissioners,

when not acting as a board, to enter into any contract, or to

attempt to enter into any contract, as to any of the following

matters:

(a) Any purchase of equipment, machinery, supplies or materials

of any kind for any county or any commissioner's district, or

districts, thereof;

(b) Any contract or agreement relating to or for the leasing or

rental of any equipment, machinery, supplies or materials for any

county or any commissioner's district, or districts, thereof;

(c) To do or transact any business relating to such county, or

any commissioner's district, or districts thereof, or to make any

contract or agreement of any kind relating to the business of such

county, or any commissioner's district, or districts thereof;

And none of such acts or attempted contracts as above set forth,

done or attempted to be done, by an individual county commissioner

or commissioners, when not acting as a board, shall ever be subject

to ratification by the board of county commissioners, but shall be

illegal, unlawful and wholly void.

Provided that nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting

or preventing the chairman of the board of county commissioners from

performing such duty or duties as he may be required by law to

perform as chairman of such board, but only after the board, by a

majority vote thereof, shall have authorized and directed such

performance by said chairman.

R.L. 1910, § 1499. Amended by Laws 1955, p. 153, § 1.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.44F — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.44F
Provisions as cumulative
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall be cumulative to existing laws

and shall not be construed to repeal, amend or supersede any

ordinance of any incorporated city which deals with the same subject

to the extent such terms shall exceed the requirements hereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-358 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-358
Transportation of scouts and supervisors
Status: in_force

Authority is hereby granted to each board of county

commissioners in this state to permit the use of county owned

vehicles for the transportation of Boy Scouts and/or Girl Scouts and

their supervisors to and from any Boy Scout and/or Girl Scout camp.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.35B — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.35B
Administration of payrolls and claims
Status: in_force

All personnel employed by a district attorney, regardless of

funding source, shall be carried on the payroll administered by the

District Attorneys Council. It shall be the duty of the Council to

prepare and process payroll and other claims and do all necessary

acts connected with receiving funds for such purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-256 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-256
Unclaimed warrants
Status: in_force

Whenever any county warrant issued to any person remains in the

office of the county clerk unclaimed for a period of one (1) year

from the date thereof, such warrant shall be returned by him to the

board of county commissioners and canceled.

R.L. 1910, § 1579. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 105, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 23, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1263 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1263
Application of Sections 1230 through 1262
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of Title 19 of the

Oklahoma Statutes shall apply only to road improvement districts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.30-2
Collective bargaining - Bargaining agent - Hearing -
Status: in_force

Election.

A. Full-time firefighters in a Rural Fire Protection District

shall have the separate right to bargain collectively with their

Rural Fire Protection District and to be represented by a bargaining

agent in such collective bargaining with respect to wages, salaries,

hours, rates of pay, grievances, working conditions and all other

terms and conditions of employment.

B. Whenever, conformable to regulations that may be prescribed

by the Public Employees Relations Board, a petition is filed by:

1. A labor organization alleging that thirty percent (30%) of

the full-time firefighters in a Rural Fire Protection District:

a. wish to be represented for collective bargaining by an

exclusive employee representative, or

b. assert that the designated exclusive employee

representative is no longer the representative of the

majority of employees in the unit; or

2. The employer alleging that one or more labor organizations

has presented to it a claim to be recognized as the exclusive

employee representative in an appropriate unit; the Board shall

investigate the facts alleged therein and if it has reasonable cause

to believe that a question of representation exists, it shall

provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. If the Board

finds upon the record of such hearing that such a question of

representation exists, it shall direct an election by secret ballot

and shall certify the results thereof. The Board may also certify a

labor organization as an exclusive employee representative of a

Rural Fire Protection District if it determines that a free and

untrammeled election cannot be conducted because of the employer's

unfair labor practices.

C. Only those labor organizations which have been designated by

more than ten percent (10%) of the full-time firefighters in the

unit found to be appropriate shall be placed on the ballot. Nothing

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in this section shall be construed to prohibit the waiving of or

hearing by stipulation for the purpose of a consent election, in

conformity with the rules and regulations of the Board.

D. In order to assure to full-time firefighters in a Rural Fire

Protection District the fullest freedom in exercising the rights

guaranteed by this act, the Board shall decide in each case before

it in which the issue is raised the unit appropriate for the

purposes of collective bargaining, and shall consider such factors

as community of interest, wages, hours and other working conditions

of the firefighters involved, the history of collective bargaining,

and the desires of the firefighters.

E. An election shall not be directed in any bargaining unit or

in any subdivision thereof within which, in the preceding twelve-

month period, a valid election has been held. The Board shall

determine who is eligible to vote in the election and shall

establish rules governing the election. In any election where none

of the choices on the ballot receives a majority, but a majority of

all votes cast are for representation by some labor organization, a

run-off election shall be conducted. A labor organization which

receives the majority of the votes cast in an election shall be

certified by the Board as the exclusive firefighter representative

of a Rural Fire Protection District.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-646 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-646
Reimbursement of county officers replacing stolen funds
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any county of this state is

hereby authorized to appropriate and the county excise board thereof

to approve the appropriation of county funds to reimburse any county

officer, county board, county commission, and all members and

employees of either thereof who has paid or who will pay his

personal funds into the county treasury for the loss of the public

funds, whether of money, cash items, or securities, therein which

were stolen from the cash drawer or any other receptacle provided by

the county commissioners, or taken by force or other unlawful means

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 254

from the custody of the county officer, county board, county

commission, or their deputies, but only where said board of county

commissioners have neglected to protect such insurable assets of the

county against such hazard by insurance policy in force at the time

of loss under authority of Section 627 of this title.

Upon a showing satisfactory to the county commissioners, that

the county officer, county board, county commission, or their

deputies was without fault in relation to such theft, robbery,

holdup or other cause, such board of county commissioners are hereby

authorized to allow and pay the county treasurer's verified claim

therefor out of the appropriation provided for herein.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.30-1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. “Bargaining agent” means any lawful association, fraternal

organization, labor organization, federation or council having as

one of its purposes the improvement of wages, hours and other

conditions of employment among employees of Rural Fire Protection

Districts;

2. "Board" means the Public Employees Relations Board;

3. “Collective bargaining” means the performance of the mutual

obligation of the Rural Fire Protection District employer or the

employer’s designated representatives and the representative of the

employees to meet at reasonable times, including meetings

appropriately related to the budget making process; to confer in

good faith with respect to wages, hours and other conditions of

employment, or the negotiation of an agreement, or any question

arising hereunder; and to execute a written contract incorporating

any agreement reached if requested by either party. Such obligation

shall not, however, compel either party to agree to a proposal or

require the making of a concession;

4. “Corporate authorities” means the Board of Directors of any

Rural Fire Protection District whose duty or duties it is to

establish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours, working

conditions and other terms and conditions of employment of

firefighters;

5. “Firefighters” means the permanent paid members of any Rural

Fire Protection District within the State of Oklahoma but shall not

include the chief of the rural fire department and an administrative

assistant;

6. “Strike” means the concerted failure to report for duty, the

willful absence from one’s position, unauthorized holidays, sickness

unsubstantiated by a physician’s statement, the stoppage of work, or

the abstinence in whole or in part from the full, faithful and

proper performance of the duties of employment, for the purpose of

including, influencing or coercing a change in the conditions,

compensation, rights, privileges or obligations of employment.

Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to limit, impair or

affect the right of any public employee to the expression or

communication of a view, grievance, complaint or opinion on any

matter related to the conditions or compensation of public

employment or their betterment, so long as the same does not

interfere with the full, faithful and proper performance of the

duties of employment; and

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7. “Unfair labor practices” for the purpose of this act shall

be deemed to include, but not be limited to, the following acts and

conduct:

a. action by corporate authorities:

(1) interfering with, restraining, intimidating or

coercing employees in the exercise of the rights

guaranteed them by this act,

(2) dominating or interfering with the formation,

existence or administration of any employee

organization or bargaining agent,

(3) interfering in any manner whatsoever with the

process of selection by firefighters of their

respective bargaining agents or attempting to

influence, coerce or intimidate individuals in

such selection,

(4) discharging or otherwise disciplining or

discriminating against a firefighter because he

or she has signed or filed any affidavit,

petition or complaint or has given any

information or testimony under this act or

because of an election to be represented by the

bargaining agent,

(5) refusing to bargain collectively or discuss

grievances in good faith with the designated

bargaining agent with respect to any issue coming

within the purview of this act, or

(6) instituting or attempting to institute a lockout.

b. action by bargaining agent:

(1) interfering with, restraining, intimidating or

coercing employees in the exercise of the rights

guaranteed them by this act,

(2) interfering with or attempting to coerce the

corporate authorities in the selection of their

representatives for the purposes of collective

bargaining or the adjustment of grievances, or

(3) refusing to bargain collectively or discuss

grievances in good faith with the proper

corporate authorities with respect to any issue

coming within the purview of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1243 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1243
Review of appraisement and apportionment - Objections to
Status: in_force

proposed assessment.

A. The board of county commissioners conducting said hearing or

any adjournment thereof shall have the power to review and correct

said appraisal and apportionment, and to raise or lower the same as

to any lots or tracts of land, as they shall deem just, and shall,

by resolution, confirm the same as so revised and corrected by them.

B. At or prior to said hearing, any person, firm or corporation

may file objections in writing against the validity or amount of any

proposed assessment, specifically setting forth the nature thereof,

and shall have full opportunity to be heard thereon. The board of

county commissioners shall adjudicate and determine said objections

and shall make such order as may be just and proper. Any objections

to the regularity of the proceedings with reference to the making of

the improvement or the validity or the amount of any assessment,

shall be deemed waived unless presented at the time and in the

manner herein specified.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.43 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.43
Adoption of budget
Status: in_force

A. After the hearing required by Section 901.42 of this title,

and at least seven (7) days prior to the beginning of the budget

year, the board shall adopt the budget. The board may add or

increase items or delete or decrease items in the budget. In all

cases the proposed expenditures shall not exceed the estimated

revenues for any fund.

B. The adopted budget shall be filed with the county clerk of

each county in which the district is located on or before the first

day of the budget year. At the same time that the budget is filed

with the county clerk, one copy of the budget as adopted shall be

transmitted to the State Auditor and Inspector and one copy shall be

kept on file in the office of the district.

C. The adopted budget shall be in effect on and after the first

day of the fiscal year to which it applies. The budget as adopted

and filed with the State Auditor and Inspector shall constitute an

appropriation for each fund, and the appropriation thus made shall

not be used for any other purpose except as provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.8 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.8
Meetings - Regulation and prevention of fire hazards
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall establish a time and place for

regular meetings, and in addition thereto, shall hold such special

meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business.

Two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of

business and upon all questions requiring a vote there shall be a

concurrence of at least two members of such board. All records of

said board must be open to the inspection of any elector during

business hours.

The board shall have the power by general regulation, published

in the manner provided for the publication of ordinances in

incorporated towns, to regulate the construction of and order the

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suspension, discontinuance, removal, repair or cleaning of fire

places, chimneys, stoves, stove pipes, flues, ovens, boilers or any

other apparatus used in any building, factory, or business which

might be dangerous in causing or promoting fires, and prescribe

limits within which no business dangerous in causing or promoting

fires may be carried on. In similar manner it may order the

clearing of litter or removal of dry brush and rubbish or other

inflammable material endangering the public safety by creating a

fire hazard within the district, and provide for action on the part

of the State Fire Marshal or the sheriff, or by civil action, for

the prevention of hazards as provided by law. The board shall have

the power by general regulation, published in the manner provided

for the publication of ordinances in incorporated towns, to regulate

outdoor burning with rules submitted for approval by the eligible

voters at the same time as a board election or other regularly

scheduled election with the cost borne by the district, and provide

for action on the part of the State Fire Marshal or the sheriff, or

by civil action, for the enforcement of such regulations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.30-5
Decision factors - Responsibility for fees and
Status: in_force

expenses.

A. The arbitrators shall conduct the hearings and render their

decision upon the basis of a prompt, peaceful and just settlement of

all submitted disputes between the full-time firefighters in a Rural

Fire Protection District and the corporate authorities. The

factors, among others, to be given weight by the arbitrators in

arriving at a decision shall include:

1. Comparison of wage rates, insurance, retirement, other

fringe benefits or hourly conditions of employment of the rural fire

district in question with prevailing wage rates or hourly conditions

of employment of skilled employees of the building trades and

industry in the local operating area involved;

2. Comparison of wage rates, insurance, retirement, other

fringe benefits or hourly conditions of employment of the rural fire

district in question with wage rates or hourly conditions of

employment maintained for the same or similar work of employees

exhibiting like or similar skills under the same or similar working

conditions in the local operating area involved;

3. Comparison of wage rates, insurance, retirement, other

fringe benefits or hourly conditions of employment of the rural fire

district in question with wage rates or hourly conditions of

employment of fire departments in other political subdivisions of

comparable size and economic status both within and without the

State of Oklahoma;

4. Interest and welfare of the public and revenues available to

the Rural Fire Protection District; or

5. Comparison of peculiarities of employment in regard to other

trades or professions, including specifically:

a. hazards of employment,

b. physical qualifications,

c. educational qualifications,

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d. mental qualifications, and

e. job training and skills.

B. Fees and necessary expenses of the arbitrator selected by

the bargaining agent and the arbitrator selected by the corporate

authorities shall be borne by the bargaining agent and the corporate

authorities respectively. The reasonable fees and necessary

expenses of the third arbitrator shall be borne equally by the

bargaining agent and corporate authorities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.37L — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.37L
Forms and procedures
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Auditor and Inspector to

prescribe the necessary forms and procedures necessary to implement

the provisions and requirements of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-83 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-83
Canvass of vote - Declaration of result
Status: in_force

Upon the holding of any such special election the precinct board

of canvassers shall canvass the vote, make and certify said returns

to the Governor, who shall canvass all such elections held as

provided herein. The Governor, upon receipt of all the ballot boxes

and boxes containing all the affidavits, together with the returns

from each and every precinct in such county, shall forthwith canvass

said returns and shall at once declare the result of such special

election and shall cause the will of the electors to be carried into

effect.

R.L. 1910, § 1529.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-883 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-883
Suit to set aside assessment or bond - Limitation - New
Status: in_force

assessment.

No suit shall be sustained to set aside any assessment made or

special assessment bond for which any assessment is security, unless

brought within thirty (30) days from the time such assessment is

made; provided, that in the event any special assessment shall be

set aside or be invalid, in whole or in part, the board of directors

may, at any time, in the manner herein provided for levying an

original assessment, proceed to cause a new assessment to be made,

which shall have the like force and effect as an original

assessment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-287 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-287
Indexes to be kept
Status: in_force

Each register of deeds shall keep an index of deeds direct and

inverted, and an index of mortgages direct and inverted, in his

office. The index direct and inverted, of deeds and mortgages,

shall be divided into columns, with heads to the respective columns,

as follows to-wit:

GRANTOR - GRANTEE

DATE OF FILING WHERE RECORDED DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

M. D. Y. A.M. P.M. Book Page Lot Blk. Qr. Sec. Tp. R.

GRANTEE - GRANTOR

DATE OF FILING WHERE RECORDED DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

M. D. Y. A.M. P.M. Book Page Lot Blk. Qr. Sec. Tp. R.

Remarks

He shall enter in alphabetical order in the direct index of

deeds and mortgages the names of the grantors and in the inverted

index of deeds and mortgages the names of the grantees in

alphabetical order, and whenever any mortgage bond or other

instrument has been released or discharged from record, according to

law, the register shall immediately note in both indexes under the

column headed "Remarks," and opposite to the appropriate entry, that

such instrument has been satisfied. He shall also keep an index,

direct and inverted, of the miscellaneous records in the same form

as the index of deeds and mortgages.

R.L. 1910, § 1659.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-177.6 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-177.6
Audit of property accounts
Status: in_force

If and when the Legislature shall require property accounting in

the several counties of this state, audit and verification of such

accounts and physical count and verification of the properties of

the county so required to be kept account of, shall be deemed

comprehended and included in the definition of "audit" as by this

act provided.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-21 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-21
Returns and ballot boxes - Custody of same - Report to
Status: in_force

Governor.

Each of the special election commissioners shall be the

custodians of the ballot boxes and affidavit boxes and of all

certificates and returns of his precinct, and shall safely convey

the same to the office of the county clerk, not later than twelve

o'clock noon of the third day, next succeeding the day of election,

and shall, at said time and place, meet with the other special

election commissioners. Each special election commissioner, shall

deliver to the county clerk, the ballot boxes containing the

ballots, affidavits and returns, relating to the election of county

and township officers, and the formation of a new county, or

detaching territory, and take a receipt therefor; and thereafter the

county clerk shall be the custodian of said ballot boxes, and,

during the canvassing of the returns and thereafter, shall preserve

said boxes intact for a period of ninety days, unless relieved by an

order of the court. At said time and place, in the presence of said

special election commissioners, said returns shall be canvassed by

said county election board, as provided herein; and when said

returns are canvassed and a transcript thereof has been prepared and

signed by each said special election commissioners of said county,

said special election commissioners shall select one of their number

and commission him to proceed at once to the office of the Governor

of the state, and to deliver to the Governor, said transcript of

said election returns, and said special election commissioner so

selected, shall immediately perform the duty assigned.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-631 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-631
Failure, neglect or refusal to comply - Penalty - Removal
Status: in_force

from office.

Any treasurer who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with

the requirements of Section 7423, shall forfeit and pay to the use

of the State of Oklahoma, the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)

per day for each and every day that he shall so neglect, fail or

refuse to comply with the requirements of said section, and in

addition to such penalty shall forfeit, and be removed from office.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.13 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.13
Outdoor advertising structures
Status: in_force

Outdoor advertising structures may be built and maintained in

areas zoned for business, commerce, industry and agriculture.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-347 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-347
Certificates of indebtedness - Limitation of amount,
Status: in_force

annual expenditure or indebtedness – Warrants - Limitation of

alterations to computer software.

A. With respect to counties seeking cash-flow management during

any fiscal year, any county may issue and deliver certificates of

indebtedness bearing a stated maturity date for the purpose of

participating in a short-term cash management program pursuant to

the provisions of Section 177.2 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes

to fund the estimated costs of operations, capital expenditures or

other lawful costs of the county, or any of its public trusts as

operator of its property, for the current fiscal year. The proceeds

of certificates of indebtedness shall be set aside in a separate

account and used only for the purpose of meeting expenditures and

obligations which would otherwise be lawfully payable from the

revenue certified by the county excise board. As proceeds from the

certificates are used to pay such lawful expenditures and

obligations, the financial records of the county shall reflect the

amounts of these obligations paid with such proceeds so that a like

amount of revenue collected and available to the county may be used

to repay the certificates of indebtedness, in whole or in part. The

State Auditor and Inspector shall adopt uniform accounting

procedures for use by the counties to ensure that the issuance of

certificates of indebtedness and the use of the proceeds derived

from these certificates will be documented and will not result in a

district overspending its authorized budget. All certificates of

indebtedness shall be issued, delivered and registered for payment

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in the specific manner designated by the State Auditor and

Inspector; provided, any such certificates of indebtedness shall be

made payable on any date within the then current fiscal year and may

be purchased for value through the funding of uncollateralized

investments made for the benefit of and on behalf of the county.

Short-term cash management programs of any county may lawfully

provide for the investment of note, bond or certificate proceeds by

the issuer of the obligations with the benefit and use of such

proceeds assured to the county when needed by the county. Monies

remaining in any such investment agreement or investments may be

applied to or credited for the payment of the certificate of

indebtedness by trust instruction when due in a like and similar

manner provided for the transfer of monies by subsection J of

Section 5-135 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. In no case may

a county participate in a short-term cash management program in any

given fiscal year beyond that fiscal year. Monies received by a

county pursuant to a short-term cash management program may be used

only for those purposes for which other monies of the county may be

lawfully expended.

B. It shall be unlawful for the board of county commissioners

to issue any certificate of indebtedness, in any form, in payment of

or representing or acknowledging any account, claim, or indebtedness

against the county, or to make any contracts for or incur any

indebtedness against the county in excess of the amount then

unexpended and unencumbered of the sum appropriated for the specific

item of estimated needs for such purpose theretofore made,

submitted, and approved or authorized for such purpose by a bond

issue. All warrants upon the county treasurer, for a county

purpose, shall be issued upon the order of the board of county

commissioners, drawn by the county clerk, signed by the chairman of

the board, and attested by the signature of the county clerk, with

the county seal attached. Each warrant shall designate the fund,

department and appropriation account, and shall further show the

nature of the indebtedness acknowledged by the allowance of the

claim so paid.

C. Whenever a county officer holding an elective office will

not immediately serve a succeeding term in the same office, it shall

be unlawful for the board of county commissioners, during the first

six (6) months of the fiscal year in which said term of office

expires, to approve claims for the operation of said office totaling

in excess of one-half (1/2) the amount allocated for the operation

of said office during said fiscal year, unless approval in writing

is obtained from the county excise board, and any claim in excess

thereof and any warrant issued pursuant thereto shall be null and

void.

D. It shall also be unlawful for a county officer holding

elective office who will not immediately serve a succeeding term in

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the same office to make any changes or alterations in the licensing

or source code of computer software currently being used.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.28 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.28
Building permit fees - Inspection fees
Status: in_force

For building permits issued under this act, there shall be paid

a fee of One Dollar and fifty cents ($1.50), plus one-tenth (1/10th)

of the one percent (1%) of the job valuation up to One Hundred

Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) and one-twenty-fifth (1/25) of one

percent (1%) of the job valuation over One Hundred Thousand Dollars

($100,000.00), but not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00).

For each tentative plat there shall be paid a fee of Ten Dollars

($10.00), and for each final plat a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00), or

a fee of fifty cents ($0.50) per lot, plus Five Dollars ($5.00),

whichever is larger, and for each "lot-split" there shall be paid a

fee of Two Dollars ($2.00). For each request for public hearing

before the commission, there shall be paid a fee of Twenty-five

Dollars ($25.00). No fees shall be required of municipalities or

public schools. For each appeal to the county board of adjustment,

there shall be paid a fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00). All fees

shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county or the city

clerk of the municipality, as the case may be.

The Legislature declares the foregoing fees to be reasonable and

proportionate to the services rendered and the benefits involved;

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provided, however, the amount of the foregoing fees may be increased

or diminished by action of the respective governing bodies. No fees

or permits shall be required for the construction of any farm home

or any other farm building. The foregoing fees shall be paid to the

county treasurer or the city clerk in accordance with the

territorial jurisdiction for enforcing and administering this act.

All monies received shall be paid into the respective general funds

of the city and county. Publication notices and transcripts on

appeal shall be paid for by parties requiring or requesting the

same.

The council and board may each establish a schedule of fees for

inspections and investigations as respects the territory within

their respective enforcement jurisdictions, which said fees shall be

reasonable and proportionate to the services rendered and benefits

involved, and shall be paid into the respective general funds of the

city and county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.19 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.19
Levy of assessments
Status: in_force

A. Each year the board shall levy an assessment sufficient to

raise the annual interest on the outstanding bonds or other

evidences of indebtedness, and, in addition thereto, an amount equal

to the amount of the bonds to be retired in said year or the

installment of principal to be amortized during said year.

B. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the

board shall also levy an annual assessment sufficient to care for

the cost of operation of the district and the maintenance of the

fire department and its equipment, and for payment of salaries of

the officers and employees of the district, provided, that no such

annual assessment for operation, maintenance, and salaries shall

exceed seven (7) mills on the dollar of assessed value of the

property in the district.

2. The board may levy an assessment over seven (7) mills but

not to exceed ten (10) mills upon approval for such at an election

held at such time and in such manner as provided by Section 901.5 of

this title for election of board members.

3. If a county approves an exemption of household goods of the

heads of families and livestock employed in support of the family

pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 6 of Article

X of the Oklahoma Constitution, the millage rate of any levy

authorized by this section for the property located in a fire

protection district which is in such county shall be adjusted by the

millage adjustment factor set forth in subsection (b) of Section 8A

of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution.

C. All assessments levied under the authority of Sections 901.1

through 901.50 of this title, shall be a lien against the tract of

land on which they have been levied, until paid, and said lien shall

be coequal with the lien of ad valorem and other taxes, including

special assessments, and prior and superior to all other liens.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-326 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-326
Meetings - Passing on bills and claims
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the special sessions for equalizing

assessments, and all other special sessions now provided by law, the

county commissioners shall meet and hold sessions for the

transaction of business in the county courthouse, at the county

seat, on or before the first Monday of each month, and may remain in

session as long as the public business may require, and the passing

upon, allowing or rejecting of bills against the county shall be

taken up and passed upon by the board in the order in which the

claims have been filed, and in which order such claims must be

entered upon the calendar, except salary, wage and compensation

claims of officers and deputies and employees, which salary, wage

and compensation claims may be considered and paid, on or after the

termination of the service pay period; provided, that such claims by

subordinate deputies and employees be first approved by the officer

having charge of the office or department. The board of county

commissioners may recess or adjourn its meetings within the session,

either from time to time or from day to day, or on call of the

chair; but, if such board does not sooner adjourn its session for

any month, such session shall terminate and be adjourned by

operation of law on the last business day of such month. If the

board shall have adjourned its session before the last business day

of any month, the county clerk shall have power to call special

sessions when the best interests of the county demand it, upon

giving five (5) days’ notice of the time and object of calling the

commissioners together, by posting up notices in three public places

in the county, or by publication in some newspaper of general

circulation in the county; provided, that in the case of a vacancy

in the office of county clerk, the chair of the board shall have

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power to call a special session for the purpose of filling such

vacancy.

B. The board of county commissioners may meet at times and in

places within the county other than the county courthouse if it is

determined that such meetings are beneficial to the general public.

Such meetings shall be in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting

Act.

C. County commissioners may attend and participate in

conferences, trainings, and educational, press, and social events,

even if a quorum is present, provided that no official action is

taken and any discussion of the business of the board of county

commissioners is incidental to the event.

D. County commissioners may attend and participate in meetings

and proceedings of the Legislature, even if a quorum is present,

provided that no official action is taken.

E. In a county that has a county budget board as provided in

Section 1407 of this title, county commissioners and other county

elected officers may discuss budgetary matters, provided that a

quorum of the county budget board is not present and no official

action is taken.

R.L. 1910, § 1587. Amended by Laws 1945, p. 80, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 16, 1945; Laws 1988, c. 41, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1993,

c. 239, § 13, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 139, § 2, eff. Nov.

1, 2001; Laws 2025, c. 369, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 2025.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-2
Property of county
Status: in_force

Any real or personal estate heretofore or which may be hereafter

conveyed to any county shall be deemed the property of such county.

R.L. 1910, § 1498.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-33 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-33
Division of assets and liabilities
Status: in_force

Upon the transfer of territory from a county to a new county or

an existing county, said new county to which said territory is

transferred shall be entitled to such proportionate part of the net

assets of the county from which said territory is taken as the

taxable wealth of the territory so transferred bears to the taxable

wealth of the county from which said territory is taken, but if, as

shown by the current tax rolls, the liabilities of the county from

which said territory is taken shall exceed its resources at the time

of the transfer, the county to which said transfer is made shall pay

to said county that proportionate part of said excess as the taxable

wealth of the territory received bears to the taxable wealth of said

county.

R.L. 1910, § 1509.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-960 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-960
Payment of certain employer's contributions from court
Status: in_force

fund.

A. In addition to all other items which are now or may

hereafter be authorized to be paid from the court fund, it shall be

the mandatory duty of the governing board of the court fund to pay

annually for the sole use of the retirement system a sum equal to

the contributions made to the retirement fund by the employees, but

not to exceed the percentages of the current annual salaries,

established in Section 954 of this title, of all employees whose

salaries are paid either in whole or in part out of the court funds

of such county.

The total employer and employee contributions shall not exceed

the percentages of the monthly compensation of each member set forth

in Section 954 of this title.

B. It shall be the mandatory duty of the governing board of the

court fund to pay annually from the court fund to a county

retirement system which is not a participant in the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System, the employer's contribution for that

court reporter who pursuant to the provisions of Section 106.8 of

Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes, exercised his or her option to

continue as a member of the county retirement system following

January 13, 1969. The contributions to be so paid shall be limited

to the amount provided for in subsection A of this section. The

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provisions of this subsection shall operate retroactively to take

effect on and after January 13, 1969.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-731 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-731
Tax levy to provide for buildings - Vote
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners is authorized to provide for

the construction or repairing of courthouses, jails or other

necessary buildings, and make contracts on behalf of the county for

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 259

building or repairing the same, and for the purpose of providing a

fund for the payment of the cost of the same such board of county

commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the

levy of a tax and to continue such provision from year to year for a

period not exceeding five (5) years: Provided, that such levy for

such purpose, together with the levies for all other purposes shall

not exceed the amount authorized by law: Provided, further, that

the money, raised by such levy, shall constitute a separate and

distinct fund from all others in the hands of the county treasurer

until the obligation assumed by the board of county commissioners

under authority of this section shall have been discharged. And

provided, further, that no levy of taxes for the purposes of this

section shall be made until after a majority of the legally

qualified voters of said county, voting upon said proposition, shall

have voted in favor of the expenditures whose payment is to be

provided for by said levy or levies of taxes, at a general election

at which said proposition shall be submitted, or at a special

election called for the purpose of voting upon said proposition.

The proposition submitted at such general or special election shall

be whether or not the board of county commissioners shall be

authorized to expend the sum desired (stating such sum) for the

building of a courthouse, jail, or other necessary building, and

shall be arranged on the ballot in suitable and convenient form for

voting. Such special election shall be held as nearly as possible

in conformity to the general election laws of the state; and at any

such general or special election the votes upon the proposition

submitted shall be counted and canvassed, the returns thereof made,

and the results declared as nearly in conformity to the general

election laws of the state as possible: Provided, that notice of

the submitting of such proposition to the voters of the county shall

be given by the county clerk by publication in at least two

newspapers published in said county and having a general circulation

therein, for not less than thirty (30) days immediately prior to

said election: And provided, further, that if there is only one

paper published in such county, publication in that paper for the

required time shall be sufficient; and if no paper be published

therein, notice of such election shall be given by posting up

written or printed notices thereof for the required time, at least

one in each voting precinct of such county at the most public places

in said precinct.

R.L. 1910, § 1619.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.28 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.28
District Attorneys Council
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the District Attorneys Council which

shall be organized and administered as herein provided. Any

reference in the Oklahoma Statutes to the District Attorneys

Training Coordination Council shall mean the District Attorneys

Council.

B. The chief executive officer of the office of the Council is

the Executive Coordinator who shall be appointed and supervised by

the Council. The Executive Coordinator shall serve at the pleasure

of the Council. The Executive Coordinator shall be licensed to

practice law in Oklahoma and shall have been a district attorney or

assistant district attorney or have held an equivalent position in

state or federal government for at least three (3) years prior to

appointment. The Executive Coordinator may appoint an Assistant

Coordinator, both of whom shall be in the unclassified service of

the state. The Executive Coordinator and the Assistant Coordinator,

who shall also be licensed to practice law in Oklahoma, shall devote

full time to their duties and shall not engage in the private

practice of law. The Executive Coordinator shall perform the

functions and duties as may be assigned by the Council. The

Executive Coordinator shall be named the project director and fiscal

officer of any grant or fund received by the Council. The Executive

Coordinator and the Assistant Coordinator shall receive compensation

for their services within the pay scale limits for district

attorneys.

C. 1. The Council shall be composed of the following members:

a. the Attorney General, or a designated representative

of the Attorney General,

b. the President of the Oklahoma District Attorneys

Association,

c. the President-elect of the Oklahoma District Attorneys

Association,

d. one district attorney selected by the Court of

Criminal Appeals for a three-year term, and

e. one district attorney selected by the Board of

Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association for a three-

year term.

2. A member of the Council shall vacate the appointment upon

termination of the member's official position as Attorney General or

district attorney. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as

the original appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy

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created other than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for

the unexpired term of the member whom the appointed member is to

succeed in the same manner as the original appointment. Any member

may serve more than one term.

D. The Council shall designate from among its members a

Chairman and Vice Chairman who shall serve for one-year terms and

who may be reelected. Membership on the Council shall not

constitute holding a public office. The Council shall not have the

right to exercise any portion of the sovereign power of the state.

A member of the Council shall not be disqualified from holding any

public office or employment by reason of appointment or membership

on the Council, nor shall the member forfeit the office or

employment, by reason of appointment to the Council.

E. The Council shall meet at least four times in each year and

shall hold special meetings when called by the Chairman, or, in the

absence of the Chairman, by the Vice Chairman or when called by the

Chairman upon the written request of two members of the Council.

The Council shall establish its own procedures and requirements with

respect to quorum, place and conduct of its meetings and other

matters.

F. The members of the Council shall not receive a salary for

duties performed as members of the Council but shall be entitled to

be reimbursed for their travel expenses in accordance with the State

Travel Reimbursement Act.

G. The Council shall make an annual report to the Governor, the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, and the President of the Oklahoma District

Attorneys Association regarding its efforts to implement the

purposes of this section.

H. The Council shall have the power to perform such functions

as in its opinion shall strengthen the criminal justice system in

Oklahoma, to provide a professional organization for the education,

training and coordination of technical efforts of all state

prosecutors and to maintain and improve prosecutor efficiency and

effectiveness in enforcing the laws of this state including, but not

limited to, the following:

1. Organize, supervise and perform functions consistent with

this section;

2. Convene regional or statewide conferences and training

seminars for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this

section;

3. Accept and expend monies, gifts, grants or services from any

public or private source; contract or enter into agreements with

educational institutions or state or federal agencies; and employ

personnel as the Council in its judgment finds necessary to

effectively carry out the provisions of this section. Such

employees shall be in the unclassified service of the state;

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4. Serve in an advisory capacity to the district attorneys of

the state;

5. Provide and coordinate training and continuing legal

education for district attorneys and their assistants, including

participation in nationally recognized prosecutorial seminars

conducted in other states. Subject to available funding, curriculum

for training required under this paragraph shall include, but not be

limited to:

a. dynamics of domestic violence,

b. the impact of domestic violence on victims and their

children including victim trauma and the neurobiology

of trauma,

c. identifying dominant aggressor,

d. tactics and behavior of batterers,

e. victim protection orders and full faith and credit

under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994,

f. rights of victims, and

g. evidence-based practices regarding behavioral health

and treatment of those with substance abuse or mental

health needs;

6. Gather and disseminate information to district attorneys

relative to their official duties, including changes in the law

relative to their office;

7. Coordinate with law enforcement officers, the courts and

corrections workers providing interdisciplinary seminars to augment

the effectiveness of the criminal justice system;

8. Require statistical reports from district attorneys' offices

relating to functions and workload performance;

9. Recommend additional legislation necessary to upgrade the

Oklahoma District Attorneys System to professional status;

10. Establish an equitable distribution plan for allocation of

any funds or gifts received from public or private sources for state

prosecution and distribute such funds in accordance with such plan;

and

11. Appoint a larger Advisory Council made up of district

attorneys and assistant district attorneys to discuss problems and

hear recommendations concerning necessary research, minimum

standards, educational needs, and other matters imperative to

upgrading Oklahoma prosecution to professional status.

I. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Council, to be designated the "District Attorneys

Council Revolving Fund". The fund shall consist of all monies

received by the Council other than appropriated funds. The

revolving fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year

limitations and shall be under the control and management of the

Council. Expenditures from this fund shall be made pursuant to the

purposes of this act and without legislative appropriation.

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Warrants for expenditures shall be drawn by the State Treasurer

based on claims signed by the authorized employee or employees of

the Council and approved for payment by the Director of the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services.

J. The Council may accept operation and supervision of the Law

Enforcement Assistance Administration grants presently being

administered by the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1723 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1723
Purchases by board - Process
Status: in_force

Purchases by any board of trustees of any emergency medical

service district shall be made in accordance with the bidding

requirements as provided in Sections 1501 and 1505 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.2
City and county powers
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 349

In any county of the state authorized to avail itself of the

provisions of this act and form with a city located therein a

cooperative planning commission, such city is hereby empowered to

adopt, amend, extend, add to or carry out a comprehensive plan for

such city under the authority of existing statutes and laws and in

addition is hereby authorized to establish a housing code in

accordance with the provisions hereinafter set forth in this act,

and it may also perform any additional urban planning which is

needed including, but not limited to, surveys, land use studies,

urban renewal plans, conservation plans, technical service and other

planning work.

Such county is hereby granted authority to establish zoning

regulations, a building code and construction codes and a housing

code in accordance with the provisions of this act for all the area

located within three (3) miles of such municipality or within one-

fourth (1/4) mile of any state or federal highway located anywhere

in the county, or within one-half (1/2) mile of any water supply or

reservoir owned by the municipality, excluding, however, any

incorporated area, except as hereinafter provided; and further

provided that such county is hereby granted authority to adopt,

amend, extend, add to or carry out within the jurisdictional limits

as provided by this act, excluding, however, any incorporated area

and any unincorporated town which has been platted for more than ten

(10) years, except as hereinafter provided, all additional elements

of a comprehensive plan including, but not limited to, plans for

major streets and highways and other elements of water, rail, air

and land transportation plans, public facilities plans, capital

improvement programs, uniform regulations for land subdivision and

for the improvements located thereon, building line regulations,

urban renewal plans and conservation plans. However, the provisions

of this section shall not be construed to prohibit a municipality in

a metropolitan area planning commission from creating its own

separate planning commission to act within the boundary of the

municipality. In every county of this state having an upstream

terminal port and turnaround where navigation ends, or in any county

containing all or any part of a reservoir or reservoirs constructed

by the Bureau of Reclamation, the United States Army Corps of

Engineers or by the Grand River Dam Authority, such county is hereby

granted authority, at the discretion of the board of county

commissioners, to establish zoning regulations, a building code and

construction codes and a housing code in accordance with the

provisions of this act for all or any part of the unincorporated

area within the county, and further provided that such county is

hereby granted authority to adopt, amend, extend, add to or carry

out, throughout the unincorporated area of the county, additional

elements of a comprehensive plan including, but not limited to,

plans for major streets and highways and other elements of water,

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rail, air and land transportation plans, public facilities plans,

capital improvement programs, uniform regulations for land

subdivision and for the improvements located thereon, building line

regulations and conservation plans.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-786 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-786
Tax levy - Annual report - Estimate of needs - Issuance of
Status: in_force

revenue bonds.

As to general obligation bonds, 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 interest

due each year on the bonds issued hereunder and at the proper time,

and in addition thereto, to levy an amount sufficient to pay part of

the principal as the same becomes due.

The board of control shall, at the written request of the board

of county commissioners before the end of each fiscal year, file

with the board of county commissioners a report of their proceedings

with reference to such hospital, and shall also file a financial

statement and estimate of needs, and shall at the proper time

certify the amount necessary to maintain and improve said hospital

for the ensuing year.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 275

The excise board of any county in this state which operates a

county hospital shall make an annual levy of not less than one-

fourth of one mill on all the taxable property of the county, the

proceeds of which shall be credited by the county treasurer to the

county hospital fund, the purpose of this levy being to supply funds

for the care of the county charity patients, and shall levy annually

an amount sufficient to maintain such county hospital.

Provided, that in considering and fixing appropriations the

excise board shall take into account as an item of income from

sources other than ad valorem tax the gross operating receipts of

the hospital for the previous fiscal year.

As to self-liquidating revenue bonds, any county may, by its

board of county commissioners, issue negotiable revenue bonds of the

county, for the purpose of constructing a county hospital, or making

alterations or additions to a county hospital. Such revenue bonds

shall be issued in the same manner as revenue bonds issued by an

independent school district to construct recreational facilities

under the provisions of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Sections

821.1 through 821.9, inclusive. The bonds shall be secured by a

pledge of and shall be payable from the net revenues of the county

hospital. Provided, that the hospital shall be operated in the same

manner as a county hospital constructed from the proceeds of general

obligation bonds.