Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1206 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1206
Determination by board - Declaration of incorporation
Status: in_force

A. At the time and place set for the hearing and consideration

of the petition, it shall be the duty of the board of county

commissioners to determine:

1. Whether proper notice of the hearing has been given as

required by Section 1205 of this title;

2. Whether the residents of the area described in the petition

are without adequate ambulance service to meet their needs;

3. Whether the installation, maintenance and operation of such

ambulance service is necessary to serve residents of the district;

4. Whether such ambulance service will be conducive to and will

tend to promote the public health, safety and welfare;

5. The area which should be included in the district; and

6. Whether the new district area shall financially affect any

existing service in the county adversely.

B. If, upon such consideration, it shall be found that such

petition is in conformity with the requirements of the Ambulance

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Service Districts Act, and that such a district should be created

the board of county commissioners shall thereupon immediately

declare the area described in the petition or any part thereof to be

incorporated as a district under the name of "Ambulance Service

District No. __________, __________ County, Oklahoma", inserting

number in order of incorporation and name of county, and thereupon

the district shall be a body politic and corporate and an agency and

legally constituted authority of the State of Oklahoma for the

public purposes set forth in the Ambulance Service Districts Act.

C. The board of county commissioners shall thereupon enter upon

its records full minutes of such hearing, together with its order

creating the district under the corporate name for the purposes of

the Ambulance Service Districts Act. Such districts shall not be

political corporations or subdivisions of the state within the

meaning of any constitutional debt limitations, nor shall the

districts have any power or authority to levy any taxes whatsoever

or make any assessments on property, real or personal.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.19A — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.19A
Extraterritorial application of zoning powers
Status: in_force

When any city owns unannexed land contiguous to their city

limits and such land is annexed by another city not owning the land,

the zoning ordinance of the city owning the land shall govern over

such land.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.7
Private practice
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall not engage in the private practice

of law but he is authorized to complete all civil cases, not in

conflict with the interest of any of the counties of his district,

in which he is counsel, pending in court before he takes office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-943 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-943
County parking fund
Status: in_force

The fines so collected shall be paid monthly by the collecting

court to the county clerk, who shall deposit the same in a fund in

the county treasury to be known as the "County Parking Fund", which

fund may be expended by said board of commissioners as authorized by

said resolution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-691 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-691
Refund or payment only on voucher of county clerk
Status: in_force

All money collected through error by the county treasurer, and

all other funds of whatsoever kind that shall come into his

possession by virtue of office, except such as is required to be

disbursed on warrant, bond, interest, coupon or depository voucher,

shall be refunded or paid out as the case may be, only on voucher

issued by the county clerk. No county treasurer shall, after having

filed with the county clerk any report of collections, make any

refund of any part thereof, except in the manner as herein provided.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.13 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.13
Grand jury
Status: in_force

Whenever required by the grand jury, it shall be the duty of the

district attorney of the district or his assistant or assistants, to

attend them for the purpose of examining witnesses in their presence

or of giving them advice in any legal matter, and to issue subpoenas

and other process to enforce the attendance of witnesses, and to

draw up bills or indictments when found by such grand jury. The

district attorney is authorized to issue subpoenas upon his own

motion during the grand jury for the purpose of examining witnesses

in the presence of the grand jury and the district attorney is

further authorized to issue subpoenas upon his own motion for the

purpose of examining witnesses before a grand jury that is to be

called within ninety days from the issuance of said subpoenas. If,

for any reason, the district attorney and all of his assistants are

disqualified to act in a particular matter being investigated by the

grand jury, the Attorney General of Oklahoma shall appoint one or

more Assistant Attorney(s) General or a district attorney or

assistant district attorney from another district to act in such

matter, as provided in Section 215.9 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-889 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-889
Hearing and determination of objections - Changes
Status: in_force

Upon the day specified in the notice required by the preceding

section, the board of directors, which is hereby constituted the

board of equalization for that purpose, shall meet and continue in

session from day to day as long as may be necessary, not to exceed

ten (10) days exclusive of Sundays, to hear and determine such

objections to the valuation and assessments as may come before them

and the said board may change the assessor's valuation in such

manner as may be just and equitable. The clerk of the board shall

be present during the sessions and note the changes made in the

value of property and the name of the persons whose property is

assessed and within ten (10) days after the close of the session he

shall have the total values as finally equalized by the board

extended into columns and added.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-904.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-904.2
Board of directors - Officers
Status: in_force

A. The directors of the Authority so created shall consist of

five (5) members and include the chairperson of the board of county

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commissioners, the county sheriff, one member appointed by the

presiding district court judge, one member appointed by the board of

county commissioners, and one member appointed by the county

sheriff. The appointed members shall be residents of the county and

shall not be elected officials.

B. The county sheriff shall serve as chairperson of the board

of directors. The board of directors of the Authority shall appoint

a clerk and a treasurer. The board of directors shall fix the term

and duties of the clerk and treasurer. The chairperson and members

of the board shall serve without compensation. The treasurer shall

give an official bond, in an amount fixed with sureties approved by

the board of directors, conditioned upon faithful accounting for all

money pertaining to the Authority and coming into the hands of the

treasurer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-869.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-869.2
Resolution creating
Status: in_force

In any county or counties authorized by this act to create a

lake area planning commission, the planning commission shall be

created by resolution of the board of county commissioners of the

county or counties. The resolution shall include the following

information: (a) the name of the proposed lake area planning

commission, (b) the area to be included within the jurisdiction of

the planning commission, (c) the number of members of the planning

commission, the length of their terms, the area from which they

shall be selected and the method by which they shall be selected,

and (d) other pertinent information concerning the formation of the

planning commission which the board of county commissioners may

require.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-117 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-117
Fiscal agent to account monthly
Status: in_force

The fiscal agent of said county shall at the end of each month

transmit to the clerk of such county a statement of the amounts

received from said treasurer and of the amounts paid out by it and

for what purpose.

R.L. 1910, § 1544.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-956 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-956
Eligibility for benefits - Reduction of mandatory service
Status: in_force

requirement - Disability - Military service - Surviving spouse.

No member of a county retirement system shall be eligible for

retirement benefits under Section 951 et seq. of this title until

such member:

1. Has attained the age of sixty-two (62) years and shall have

served for a period of at least fifteen (15) years with said county;

2. Has attained the age of fifty-five (55) years and shall have

served for a period of at least thirty (30) years with said county;

or

3. Has attained the age at which the sum of the employee's age

and number of years of service with the county total eighty (80).

To be eligible for retirement benefits the employee's service

with the county shall have ceased. Provided, the board of trustees

and the board of county commissioners, by resolution, may allow

retirees to return to work on a part-time basis after the first

month of retirement and continue to be eligible for their retirement

benefits. Provided, that any county employee who shall have

completed fifteen (15) years of service as such county employee, and

who, at the time of completing such fifteen (15) years of service

shall not have reached the age of sixty-two (62) years, may then

elect to retire, such retirement to become effective and all

retirement benefits to begin when such county employee shall have

attained the age of sixty-two (62) years, provided that such

election shall be in writing upon such form as the board of trustees

shall direct, and such election shall be signed by such employee and

filed with the board of trustees, and any funds paid into the

retirement system by such employee may not thereafter be withdrawn

by such employee. Provided, that when approved by the board of

trustees of the county retirement system and the board of county

commissioners of any county which has provided for a retirement fund

and system as authorized under the provisions of Section 951 of this

title, the board of trustees may lower the mandatory fifteen-year

requirement to not less than five (5) years by a resolution if the

following has occurred:

1. Prior to such action, an actuarial report on the system

shall be made by an independent professional actuary qualified as an

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"Enrolled actuary" as defined by the Employee Retirement Income

Security Act (ERISA) of 1974, which report shall determine and

declare whether the reduction of the mandatory service requirement

would result in any additional unfunded or accrued liabilities and,

if so, the amount required to make the retirement system actuarially

sound expressed in dollars and in percent of the gross payroll.

2. Such report shall be filed with the board of trustees and

with the board of county commissioners and notice of the receipt and

filing of such report be given by the board of county commissioners

by publishing notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation

in the county. Such report shall be a public document subject to

examination by any interested person. Any member of the retirement

system or any citizen of the county may, within thirty (30) days

from the date of such publication, file a petition in the district

court of the county in which the retirement system is located to

challenge the validity and accuracy of the actuarial report or any

other action taken in connection therewith, and the court is hereby

vested with jurisdiction to receive evidence and enter a judgment

affirming, modifying or rejecting the actuarial report or any

funding provisions, and such report shall be conformed in accordance

with any final judgment. The costs, including attorney fees, if

any, of such action shall be assessed by the court as it may deem

equitable irrespective of the form of the judgment.

3. If the final report determines that additional funding shall

be required to implement any reduction of the mandatory service

requirement, then and in that event affirmative action by the board

of county commissioners, approved by the board of trustees,

providing for the funding of any such changed benefits in an amount

necessary to make said system actuarially sound upon the

implementation of such change shall be established at or prior to

the effective date of such reduction in the mandatory service

requirement.

4. If the report reveals no additional funding requirement,

then the board of county commissioners with the approval of the

board of trustees may lower the mandatory fifteen-year service

requirement as provided in this section without a corresponding or

concurrent funding resolution.

5. It is further provided that if the mandatory service credit

is reduced to a period of time less than fifteen (15) years, then

and in that event the retirement benefits shall be correspondingly

reduced by at least an amount equal to six and two-thirds percent (6

2/3%) from that which would have been earned for fifteen (15) years'

service multiplied by the number of years of reduction in the

mandatory service except for those retirees who have eight (8)

years' service and are entitled to disability retirement. The

entitlement to disability retirement and the amount thereof shall

not be affected by this paragraph.

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6. No person shall be entitled to receive the benefits of a

reduction in the mandatory service requirement who at the time of

such reduction is not then an employee of the county, has been

continuously employed by the county and a member of the county

retirement system for the twenty-four (24) months immediately

preceding the reduction in the mandatory service requirement or

shall have been an employee with twenty-four (24) months immediately

preceding the election by such employee to receive the benefit of

the reduced mandatory service requirement.

Provided further, that, for the purposes of Section 951 et seq.

of this title and the eligibility of employees to participate

therein, employees of levee districts shall be considered county

employees. Retirement benefits, disability benefits and benefits

paid to the surviving spouse shall be calculated on the average of

the income of any three (3) years which shall be the years of

highest income for said employee during participation in said

retirement system.

Any member of the county retirement system covered by Section

951 et seq. of this title who shall have completed eight (8) years

of employment with said county and who, by reason of disability

resulting from the performance of his or her duties as such employee

of said county, shall become disabled to such an extent as to be

unable to perform his or her duties as an employee shall be entitled

to disability retirement and to such benefits as the board of

trustees shall determine; provided, however, that the board of

trustees shall find that said disability is total and permanent, and

resulted from the performance of his or her duty as such employee of

the county.

Any member of the county retirement system covered by Section

951 et seq. of this title who has participated in the system

immediately preceding the time he or she is required, by Act of

Congress of the United States and/or by order of the President of

the United States, or volunteers to leave the employment of the

county to enter the military service of the United States government

shall receive credit, for the purposes of Section 951 et seq. of

this title, for all actual time so served in full-time military

service, to the extent required by Internal Revenue Code Section

414(u) and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights

Act of 1994. Provided further, that if any county employee who

shall have completed at least fifteen (15) years of service to any

county covered by Section 951 et seq. of this title and who has not

yet reached the age of retirement shall die, then, and in such

event, the surviving spouse of said county employee shall receive

retirement benefits in the amount of sixty-six and two-thirds

percent (66 2/3%) of whatever benefits would otherwise be received

by said county employee under Section 951 et seq. of this title at

the age of sixty-two (62) years, such retirement benefits to the

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surviving spouse to begin on the date said deceased county employee

would have reached the age of sixty-two (62) years.

Provided further, that if any county employee receiving or

eligible to receive retirement benefits pursuant to the provisions

of Section 951 et seq. of this title shall die, then, and in such

event, the surviving spouse of said person shall receive retirement

benefits in the amount of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%)

of whatever benefits the deceased was receiving or was entitled to

receive for the remainder of the natural life of said surviving

spouse. This provision shall apply to anyone who has qualified for

retirement, even though they may not have retired or are deceased.

Said provision also shall include any employees who have retired

after January 1, 1970, and later shall become deceased, then in such

event the surviving spouse shall receive sixty-six and two-thirds

percent (66 2/3%). This shall not apply to persons who have retired

prior to January 1, 1970, or their spouses.

Provided further, that the board of trustees and the board of

county commissioners may elect to amend the surviving spouse benefit

provision to increase the surviving spouse retirement benefit to as

much as one hundred percent (100%).

Provided further, that the board of trustees and the board of

county commissioners may elect to amend the benefit provisions to

allow any vested employee who is otherwise not eligible to retire

because such employee has not satisfied any of the age requirements

the option of retiring as early as age fifty-five (55). However,

such employee shall have met the minimum service requirements

approved by the board of trustees of the county retirement system

and the board of county commissioners. If any employee elects such

an option, the employee shall receive an actuarially reduced

benefit.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-878 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-878
Secretary - Clerk
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the secretary to attend all of the

regular and special meetings of the board of directors and to make a

proper record of all of the proceedings, to record at length in a

separate book all of the orders, rules and regulations issued or

made by the board of directors, and to perform all such other duties

as may be designated by the board of directors, or as may be usual

and customary for the office of clerk. The board of directors may,

in addition to, or in lieu of the compensation fixed for the clerk,

allow additional compensation, or fix his compensation, when, in

their judgment, the duties of the clerk so require. It shall be the

duty of the clerk to collect, receive and safely keep all monies

belonging to the district and to pay them out only upon proper

orders made by the board of directors.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.21 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.21
Election of district directors - Qualifications -
Status: in_force

Notice.

Directors of a rural road improvement district shall be the

owners of real property in and residents of the district or, if

there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property

in the district. At the time of making its order organizing the

district, the board of county commissioners shall set a first

meeting of property owners of the district and direct the manner of

giving notice by publication thereof. The owners of property within

the district present at such meeting shall elect nine (9) directors

who shall hold their office until the second Saturday in January of

each even-numbered year, at which time their successors shall be

elected. The property owners present at the first meeting shall

adopt the bylaws of the district.

Subsequent elections for directors of the district may be held

at a mass meeting or convention of the owners of real property in

and residents of the district, or if there are no residents of the

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

qualified to vote. The voting shall be by secret ballot. At the

first regular election after organization of the district called for

the purpose of electing members of the board of directors, the three

qualified persons receiving the highest number of votes for member

of board of directors of the district shall hold their respective

offices for a term of six (6) years. The three qualified persons

receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for four

(4) years, and the three qualified persons having the next highest

number of votes shall be elected for two (2) years. Each two (2)

years thereafter, there shall be elected for a term of six (6) years

three members of the board of directors. Notice of the mass meeting

or convention called for the purpose of electing directors of a

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rural road improvement district shall be given by publishing notice

of the meeting stating the time, place and agenda in a newspaper of

general circulation in the county in which such district is located

once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks next preceding the date

of the election, and by posting the notice in three public places in

the district for at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the

election. The notice shall list the offices to be filled and the

questions to be voted on, if any.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1706.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1706.1
Payment of audit expenses
Status: in_force

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

upon the net total assessed valuation in any emergency medical

service district for any year which shall be authorized and

mandatorily required to be appropriated and dedicated to emergency

medical service district audit shall henceforth be restricted to and

used only for audit survey and reporting receipt, disbursement and

management of emergency medical service district affairs financed by

ad valorem levy and miscellaneous revenues other than ad valorem

taxation accruing to the general fund of the emergency medical

service district, whether such audit be in the performance of duties

charged to the State Auditor and Inspector and instigated at the

State Auditor and Inspector's own initiative and directive, on

request of the board of trustees of the emergency medical service

district, on request of the board of county commissioners of such

county or on order of the Governor as provided by Section 212 of

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

all emergency medical service district accounts so financed, and

report thereof, including report of audit of cash funds where

possible, as provided by this section, unless there be directive

from the Governor for other and/or further inquiry, the board of

trustees of the emergency medical service district may, upon

certificate of completion by the State Auditor and Inspector,

request that any unexpended and unencumbered balance of

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appropriation therein be, by the board of trustees of the emergency

medical service district, lapsed and canceled and the revenues

restricted thereby revert to surplus, available for appropriation to

any lawful emergency medical service district purpose.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.20 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.20
Collection of assessments
Status: in_force

Upon direction of the board, the clerk must compute and enter in

respective columns of the assessment book the respective sums in

dollars and cents in each fund to be paid on each piece of property

therein enumerated and the clerk shall, no later than twenty (20)

days after the valuations of the county have been certified by the

State Board of Equalization, certify to the county treasurer in

which such district is located the amount of assessment in each fund

levied upon each tract by said board and the said county treasurer

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shall enter the amount of each in separate columns of the tax list

of his county and the said assessments shall be collected by the

county treasurer at the same time and in the same manner as all

other taxes are collected in this state. If any such assessment

becomes delinquent, then it shall draw interest as a penalty after

delinquency at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum. All

such assessments and penalties collected or received by the county

treasurer shall be paid by him to the treasurer of the district.

If any assessment shall remain unpaid for six (6) months after

the same is due, the board of directors of the district may

institute an action in the district court to foreclose the lien of

such assessment and penalty and for a reasonable attorney's fees.

All or any portion of the delinquent properties may be joined in one

action. The summons shall be issued upon such petition as in other

civil action and the cause tried by the district court. Judgment

shall be entered for the amount of such unpaid assessment and

penalty, and reasonable attorney fees, which judgment shall bear

interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum. In the event

that said judgment together with interest and costs and attorney

fees is not paid within thirty (30) days from its date an order of

sale shall issue by the clerk of said court directing the sheriff of

said county to sell said real estate in manner and form as in case

of the foreclosure of mortgages on real estate, without

appraisement. Such sale shall be subject to existing taxes and

special assessments. In the event that the board of directors of

the district does not institute action to foreclose such delinquent

assessment within one (1) year from the date the same is due, the

holder of any bond or coupon issued under the provisions of this act

may institute an action for and on the behalf of the district to

foreclose the lien of such assessment and penalty. All such actions

to foreclose shall be commenced within three (3) years from the

maturity of the said assessment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-934 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-934
Joint establishment of recreational system
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 477

Such counties may jointly establish and conduct such a system of

recreation, including recreation centers, parks, swimming pools,

playgrounds, and any and all other recreational facilities and

activities, with any city, chartered or otherwise, town, or school

district within said county as may now or hereafter be authorized or

provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1215 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1215
Officers
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall annually elect a chairman, vice-

chairman, secretary, and treasurer for a term of one (1) year and

until a successor is elected and has qualified.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.15 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.15
Recommendations by commission
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 302

Prior to the adoption of any zoning regulations the board, as it

affects its jurisdiction, shall request the commission to recommend

the boundaries of the various districts and appropriate regulations

to be enforced therein. The commission shall make a preliminary

report of its recommendations for such zoning regulations and shall

hold public hearing thereon, and such additional public hearings as

it shall deem advisable. Such hearings may be adjourned from time

to time. Within ninety (90) days after the final adjournment of

such hearings the commission shall make its final report to the

boards, together with a summary of the results of the public

hearings, its proposed zoning regulations, map or maps, and

suggested resolution. The board may then adopt the proposed

regulations or refer them back to the commission for further

consideration.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.10 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.10
Actions and proceedings to enforce act
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 the Oklahoma Rural Road

Improvement District 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, § 19-866.33 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.33
Exclusive control by commission - Transfer of records,
Status: in_force

etc.

From and after the time such commission is constituted by the

cooperating governmental units, it shall have exclusive control for

the purposes herein provided over the territory within such city and

the unincorporated areas of the county to the exclusion of any other

planning and zoning agency, excepting therefrom any city or county

boards of adjustment. The now existing city planning commission

shall transfer to this commission upon its activation all records,

resolutions, maps, charts, plats and other descriptive matter which

said city planning commission shall have in their possession.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.29 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.29
District attorney, assistant district attorney, and former district attorney may carry a
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 8former district attorney may carry a firearm for personal

protection.

A. A district attorney or former district attorney may carry a

firearm on his or her person anywhere in the state to use only for

personal protection if the person has successfully completed a

handgun qualification course for court officials developed by the

Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training. The Council on

Law Enforcement Education and Training may provide for an

identification card to be issued to the district attorney or former

district attorney and may provide application forms. If the person

issued an identification card is no longer eligible, that person

shall immediately return the identification card to the Council on

Law Enforcement Education and Training.

B. At the discretion of the district attorney, the district

attorney may allow an assistant district attorney to carry a firearm

on his or her person anywhere in the state to use only for personal

protection if the person has successfully completed a handgun

qualification course for court officials developed by the Council on

Law Enforcement Education and Training. The Council on Law

Enforcement Education and Training may provide for an identification

card to be issued to the assistant district attorney and may provide

application forms.

If an assistant district attorney ends his or her employment,

the assistant district attorney shall immediately return the

identification card to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and

Training. If the person issued an identification card is no longer

eligible, that person shall immediately return the identification

card to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1722 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1722
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 all the forms of whatsoever nature referred

to in this act including but not necessarily limited to budget

forms, supporting schedule forms and all other accounting stationery

required, desired or needed under the provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-445 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-445
Clerk to make report of proceedings for publication
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county clerk to make out a complete

report of the proceedings of each regular and special meeting of the

board. Included in such report shall be the purpose of any warrant

that is approved for payment at such meeting. The county clerk

shall transmit the report to the publishers of the newspaper

selected by the board to publish such proceedings. The report shall

be made out and transmitted by the clerk upon the approval of the

board of county commissioners at its next regularly scheduled

meeting, or no later than ten (10) days from the time the

proceedings were had.

R.L. 1910, § 1649. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 249, § 11; Laws 1984,

c. 61, § 2, emerg. eff. March 29, 1984.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-869.5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-869.5
Authority of commission - Powers of county - Officers -
Status: in_force

Meetings - Funds - Personnel - Expenses - Fees

A lake area planning commission shall have the authority to

adopt, amend, extend, add to and implement a comprehensive plan for

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 387

the betterment of its jurisdictional area as a place of residence

and business. It may consider any subject matter tending to the

betterment of its jurisdictional area and make recommendations as it

may deem advisable to the appropriate governing body, agency or

department. In execution of its duties, the commission shall

function as an advisory, consultative and coordinating agency.

Any county participating in a lake area planning commission is

hereby granted authority to establish zoning regulations, a building

code, construction codes, an energy code and a housing code for all

areas within the jurisdiction of the commission, and further

provided that the county is hereby granted authority to adopt,

amend, add to or carry out within the jurisdiction of the

commission, all additional elements of a comprehensive planning

program including, but not limited to, plans for major streets and

highways and other elements of water, rail, air and land

transportation plans, public utilities and facilities plans, capital

improvement programs, uniform regulations for the subdivision of

land and for the improvements located thereon, building line

regulations, floodplain management regulations and conservation

plans.

The commission shall elect its chairman and other officers from

its appointed members.

All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public. It

shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and keep a

complete public record of its functions and activities.

Funds for the operation of a lake area planning commission may

be appropriated by any county, city or town participating in the

planning commission. The commission may appoint employees or

contract for services as it may deem necessary and incur necessary

expenses within the limits of the appropriations, subject to the

approval of the appropriate governing bodies.

The lake area planning commission may, subject to approval of

the appropriate governing bodies, establish a schedule of fees to be

paid for review and inspection functions; provided, that the fees

shall be reasonable and related to the costs of rendering review and

inspection functions and shall not be applied to the sale or

transfer of real property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.33 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.33
Victim-witness coordinator training
Status: in_force

All victim-witness coordinators appointed to perform the

services specified in subsection A of Section 4 of this act shall

complete a minimum of twelve (12) hours in-service training

annually. The training shall be conducted pursuant to the direction

of the District Attorneys Council and the Crime Victims Compensation

Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-933 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-933
Period of dedication - Resolution
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of such counties may dedicate

land or buildings as provided in Section 2 herein for a period of

twenty-five (25) years, or for so long as the said lands and

buildings shall be used or shall be convenient for use for said

recreational purposes, or for a period of years not in excess of

twenty-five (25) years, and for so long thereafter as the said lands

and buildings may be used or may be convenient for use for said

recreational purposes, provided that any dedication made pursuant to

this section by the board of county commissioners shall be effective

only after the said board of county commissioners shall have passed

a resolution setting forth the terms of the dedication, and said

resolution shall have been filed with the county clerk of said

county; further provided that nothing in this section shall prevent

such county from owning or operating recreational facilities without

a formal dedication of such land or buildings as provided herein.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1002 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1002
Purpose - Commission created
Status: in_force

The purpose of this act is to foster and promote the

establishment, maintenance and operation of city-county park and

recreation systems in order to give all of the citizens of the

counties affected hereby equal access to a comprehensive system of

recreational facilities. It is the policy of the state to encourage

the formation of such cooperative park and/or recreation systems to

the end of avoiding unnecessary duplication in the maintenance and

operation of public recreational facilities.

In order to make adequate recreational services available to the

residents of the more densely populated counties of this state, to

provide for the most efficient development of recreational

facilities for such counties and to provide for each of such

counties a city-county park and recreation system, there is hereby

created in each such county which avails itself of the provisions of

this act a city-county park and recreation commission, with the

powers and duties set out in this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-737 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-737
Majority vote necessary - Sale of bonds
Status: in_force

If a majority of the legal votes cast at the election be for the

issuing of the bonds, the commissioners shall proceed at once to the

issuing of same and shall deliver the bonds to the treasurer of the

county, who shall be chargeable therefor upon his official bond.

The treasurer, by and with the advice of the commissioners, shall

proceed to sell said bonds and retain the proceeds thereof to be

paid upon the orders of the commissioners as the same shall be

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needed: Provided, however, that said bonds shall not be sold for

less than ninety-five cents ($0.95) on the dollar.

R.L. 1910, § 1628.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-115 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-115
Duplicate deposit slip or receipt filed with county clerk
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall, when making up his deposits for the

bank, make a duplicate ticket of such deposits and file the same

with the county clerk, and whenever said treasurer shall transmit

any money to any designated fiscal agent outside of his county he

shall file with the county clerk a duplicate receipt for the amount

so transmitted.

R.L. 1910, § 1542.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-753 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-753
Use of property owned by city or county
Status: in_force

The county commissioners or the governing body of any city

entering into the above described contract are hereby authorized to

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use any property owned by either said county or city, for the

purpose of erecting thereon, said building or buildings on such

terms and such conditions as may be agreed upon between said county

commissioners and said governing body of such city.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.31 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.31
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fire Protection

District Budget Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-904.10 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-904.10
Auditors' qualifications - Audit by State Auditor and Inspector - Certification of
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 26Inspector - Certification of authorities' creation - Expense of

audit.

A. The audits required by Section 9 of this act shall be

certified with the unqualified opinion of a certified public

accountant, a licensed public accountant or the State Auditor and

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

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

filed with the State Auditor and Inspector not more than one hundred

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

authority.

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

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

time herein provided or for any other reason deemed expedient by

him, the State Auditor and Inspector is authorized to either

commence an audit or employ a certified public accountant or

licensed public accountant to make the audit herein required at the

cost and expense of the county jail trust authority.

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

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

creation, whichever is first, each county jail trust authority

organized pursuant to the provisions of this act shall certify to

the State Auditor and Inspector the date it was created.

D. Prior to the levying of any assessment by a county jail

trust authority, there shall be filed with the Secretary of State an

executed original or certified copy of a written instrument or

election return declaring creation of the authority and a notice of

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

State Auditor and Inspector.

E. The necessary expense of audits required by Section 9 of

this act shall be paid from the funds of the county jail trust

authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.32 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.32
Violations and penalties
Status: in_force

A violation of this act or of any order or regulation adopted

under authority of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall

be punishable by fine or by imprisonment or both, as now provided by

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 370

law for misdemeanors, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon any

municipal, criminal, or police court in the municipality over

offenses occurring within the municipality, which jurisdiction shall

be concurrent with that of any other court having jurisdiction

thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.56 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.56
Cooperation and assistance
Status: in_force

In the pursuance of its duties, the planning commission may seek

the advice, cooperation and collaboration of appropriate federal,

state, municipal and other local governmental offices, departments,

agencies, and instrumentalities, educational institutions and

research organizations, whether public or private, and of civic

groups and private persons and organizations. The planning

commission also shall cooperate and confer with, and upon request

supply information to federal, state, municipal and other local

governmental agencies and, so far as possible, cooperate with

planning agencies of adjoining areas on matters of mutual interest

relevant to its activities. Whenever such cooperation or assistance

includes the rendering of technical services, such services may be

rendered free or in accordance with an agreement for reimbursement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.60 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.60
Federal census controlling as to population
Status: in_force

The population of each county, or service-load factor, shall be

determined from the announced population of counties of Oklahoma

based on the Federal Decennial Census. No other census however

authorized shall have any effect insofar as this act is concerned.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-348 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-348
Place and manner of holding sessions
Status: in_force

All matters pertaining to the interest of the county shall be

heard by the board of county commissioners in open session only and

no executive session shall be held by said county commissioners

pertaining to any matters coming before them, except in the manner

and situations provided by Section 307 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. Where the county has no courthouse, or the courthouse

shall be unfit or inconvenient, they may hold their sessions for the

transaction of business at any other suitable place in the county

seat. No claim presented to the board of county commissioners shall

be laid over longer than to the next regular session, when it shall

be finally acted upon.

R.L. 1910, § 1616. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 150, § 1, emerg. eff.

June 24, 1987.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1217 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1217
Dissolution of districts
Status: in_force

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Whenever a petition signed by three-fourths (3/4) of the

residents in any district organized under provisions of this act or

a petition signed by all of the directors of such district is

presented to the board of county commissioners and it shall appear

from the petition that:

1. The district owns no property of any kind exclusive of

records and files;

2. All of its debts and obligations have been fully paid; and

3. The district is not functioning, and will probably continue

to be inoperative because the board of directors is unable to obtain

the necessary financing or for any other reason,

the board of county commissioners shall, after such finding, issue a

certificate stating the allegations in the petition as true and

declaring the district dissolved, and shall make full minutes of

such hearing in its journal and deliver the certificate to the

secretary of the district. The secretary of the district shall,

within thirty (30) days thereafter, deliver all records and files to

the county clerk, and thereupon the district shall be dissolved.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1231 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1231
Compensation of abutting record title holders - Failure
Status: in_force

to compensate.

No change of any grade previously established by such county

shall be made without making due compensation to the record title

holders of abutting property for any damage caused by such grade

change to the permanent improvements erected on said property with

reference to the grade previously established. The failure to make

such compensation shall in no way invalidate such assessments on the

property chargeable with such assessments as provided in Section

1240 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1236 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1236
Petition for improvement - Sufficiency
Status: in_force

If the record title holders of more than sixty percent (60%) of

the area of the land liable to assessments for any improvement

petition the county commissioners of such county for the improvement

of any road, street, alley, lane, or avenue, or part thereof, not

less than six hundred (600) feet in length, the petition shall

describe the character of the improvement desired, the width of the

same, and the materials preferred by the petitioners for such

improvement. The petition shall show the petitioners are the record

title holders of the land liable for assessment and shall include a

plat of the area to be assessed which shows the area of each parcel

of land to be assessed on a pro rata basis of the entire area to be

assessed, the preliminary plans, typical sections, and estimates.

The notice providing for determining the necessity of such

improvements shall not be published as provided in Section 1234 of

this title.

The finding of the board of county commissioners as to the

sufficiency of any such petition shall be conclusive and binding for

all purposes, including prohibiting protest or objection to such

improvement, and against all persons. The board shall have the

power to have hearings on said petition and compel the attendance of

witnesses under oath to determine the sufficiency of said petition,

and no action or suit to question the findings of the board on the

sufficiency of said petition shall be commenced later than fifteen

(15) days after such finding. Upon finding the petition sufficient,

the board shall cause such improvements to be made in accordance

with the prayer of said petition as nearly as may be practicable.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.17 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.17
Amendment or repeal of regulations - Hearing and
Status: repealed

notice.

The zoning regulations imposed and the districts created under

authority of this act may be amended, supplemented, changed,

modified or repealed from time to time by resolution of the board as

it affects its jurisdiction, but no such change shall be made

without public notice and hearing and the filing of a report and

recommendations upon such proposed change by the commission. In

case of written protest against any proposed change, signed by the

owners of twenty percent (20%) or more of the area of land in such

proposed change, or by the owners of twenty percent (20%) or more of

the frontage within one thousand feet (1000') to the right or left

of the frontage proposed to be changed, or by the owners of twenty

percent (20%) or more of the frontage directly opposite the frontage

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proposed to be changed, or in cases where the land affected lies

within one and one-half (1 1/2) miles of the limits of a

municipality having a zoning ordinance, by the governing body of

such municipality filed with the commission, such amendment or

change may not be made except by the unanimous favorable vote of all

members of the board.

All projects or matters that fall within the purview of the

duties of the commission, as specified in this section shall be

referred to the commission for investigation and report before any

final action shall be taken thereon; provided, however, that if said

commission fails to make an investigation and report on any matter

or subject referred to it for a period of thirty (30) days, such

failure shall be considered a refusal to approve the proposed plan

or project and the board shall be under no obligation to wait longer

for reports or recommendations concerning said projects.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.30 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.30
Exemptions from zoning regulations
Status: in_force

A. The zoning power conferred herein shall not apply to the

erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural

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purposes or to the planting of agricultural crops, to the extraction

of oil or natural gas, or to forestry activities.

B. The power of the board to establish building and

construction codes shall not apply to:

1. A single family residence located on a separate parcel of

land under one ownership, containing twenty (20) acres or more in

area;

2. Any lands which, as of the effective date hereof:

a. are devoted to manufacturing and/or industrial use, or

b. have been acquired by any owner for expansion of

facilities devoted to manufacturing and/or industrial

use, so long as such use or ownership continues;

3. The acquisition of property or easements for or the

installation, construction, maintenance or use of structures,

facilities and property of electric cooperatives or public utilities

subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission of the

State of Oklahoma, or other similar state or federal body.

C. For purposes of this section, the term “forestry activity”

means any activity associated with the reforesting, growing,

managing, protecting and harvesting of timber, wood and forest

products including, but not limited to, forestry buildings and

structures. The term “forestry activity” shall not pertain to areas

and property which would restrict access to public road construction

or right-of-way.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-13 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-13
Form of petition
Status: in_force

The following shall be substantially the form for every

petition, or petitions, filed with the Governor, asking that an

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election be called for the purpose of creating such new county, or

detaching territory from one county, for the purpose of adding same

to another; provided, that this section shall not apply to petitions

on file with the Governor, upon which an election has been called:

"Petition asking that an election be called for the creation of

the proposed county of _____; said proposed county to embrace the

following described territory. (Here describe proposed county by

metes and bounds)", or, if the election is to be called for

detaching territory from an existing county, the heading of petition

shall be as follows: "Petition asking that an election be called to

detach the following described territory (Here describe territory,

proposed to be detached by metes and bounds) from the county of

_____, for the purpose of having said described territory added to

the county of _____."

State of Oklahoma, )

) ss.

County of ______________)

To the Governor of the State of Oklahoma:

I most respectfully represent that I am ______ years of age; and

am now, and have been for ____ years, a resident of such county and

state above mentioned; that I am now residing within the precinct,

or ward, in which I now propose to vote and have resided thereat for

____ years, and am a duly qualified elector in the precinct wherein

I reside; and I do most respectfully petition Your Excellency to

call an election for the purpose of creating the proposed county of

______; (or in event territory is to be detached from an existing

county, and added to an existing county), to call an election for

the purpose of detaching a portion of ______ county and adding same

to ______ county; and I have not signed any other petition asking

that an election be held under the provisions of this act.

Respectfully submitted

__________________________

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of ____ A.D.

(year).

__________________________

Notary Public.

My commission expires __________.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.26 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.26
Construction codes
Status: in_force

Whenever a zoning plan has been adopted and filed by the council

and board, the board, upon the recommendations of the commission, is

hereby authorized and empowered to establish for the area over which

it exercises zoning jurisdiction a building code and other

construction codes including, but not limited to, a plumbing code,

an electrical code and an air conditioning and refrigeration code.

Such building regulations and construction codes shall be

administered and enforced by the county inspecting officer appointed

by the board.

Regulations authorized by this section shall not be adopted,

changed, or amended by the board until a public hearing has been

held thereon by the commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.35 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.35
Contracts with city-county planning commissions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma in

conserving the material resources of the state, and in promoting the

health, safety, peace, morals and general welfare of the people of

the state, any incorporated city or town within a county having in

existence a city-county planning commission, as authorized in 19

O.S. 1961, Section 866.1, is hereby authorized to contract with or

retain such commission to function as an advisory, consultative and

coordinating agency for such city or town in its urban planning

activities, including but not limited to making surveys,

transportation plans, public facility plans, land use studies, urban

renewal plans, conservation plans, technical service, and other

planning work.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.11 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-138.11
Short title - County Campaign Finance and Financial
Status: in_force

Disclosure Act.

Sections 138.11 through 138.19 of this title shall be the

provisions of the Local Government Campaign Finance and Financial

Disclosure Act applicable to counties and shall be known as the

“County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.9 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.9
Subdivision plats - Rules and regulations
Status: reserved

From and after the adoption of a plan for major streets or

highways as a part of the master plan for the physical development

of the area and the adoption of the rules and regulations

hereinafter in this section provided for, no plat of a subdivision

of land within the area shall be received for record in the office

of the county clerk until it shall have been approved by the

Metropolitan Area Planning Commission or the Commission's staff as

provided in the regulations, and such approval endorsed in writing

on the plat, and the filing or recording of such plat without such

approval shall be without force or effect and shall be void as

against public policy. No deed or other instrument of transfer

referring to such unapproved plat shall be valid, and if recorded,

shall not import notice.

The approval of the Commission or the Commission's staff as

provided in the regulations required by this section or the refusal

to approve shall take place within thirty (30) days from and after

the submission of the plat for final approval; otherwise said plat

shall be deemed to have been approved and the certificate of said

Commission as to the date of the submission of the plat for approval

and as to the failure to take action thereon within such time shall

be sufficient in lieu of the written endorsement or evidence of

approval herein required. The ground of refusal of any plat

submitted, including citation to or reference to the rules or

regulations violated by the plat shall be stated upon the record of

the Commission.

If the governing body of any city or town in the county protests

against a subdivision plat of any land lying within three (3) miles

of the limits of the incorporated area of such city or town, the

plat shall be approved by not less than a two-thirds (2/3) favorable

vote of the entire membership of the Commission with the reasons

therefor spread upon its minutes.

Such Commission shall adopt rules and regulations of uniform

application governing plats and subdivisions of land falling within

its jurisdiction. Such regulations shall be designed to secure and

provide for the proper arrangement of streets or other highways in

relation to the existing or planned streets or highways or to the

master plan or plans of the area; for adequate and convenient open

spaces for traffic, utilities, access of firefighting apparatus,

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parking lots, parks, playgrounds, light and air; and for the

avoidance of congestion of population. The regulations may include

provisions authorizing the Commission's staff to approve or deny

lot-splits as provided in Section 863.10 of this title, plats and

other matters expressly identified in the regulations. Such

delegated authority shall be reserved for action in which the

Commission or its staff is acting in a ministerial capacity. Said

regulations may also include provisions as to the extent to which

streets and other highways shall be graded and improved and to which

water, sewer, or other utility mains, piping and other facilities

shall be installed or assured as a condition precedent to the

approval of the plat; the Council and/or the Board are hereby

authorized to prepare such specifications and to make such orders,

inspections, examinations, and certificates as may be necessary to

protect and carry out such regulations and make them effective and

to charge fees for services rendered and benefits involved as

hereinafter provided or as may be provided by the respective

governing bodies. Such rules and regulations shall provide for the

modification thereof by the Commission in specific cases where

unusual topographical or other exceptional conditions may require

the same. Said regulations shall provide for a tentative approval

of the plat previous to the installation or assurance of such

improvements and facilities, provided that any such tentative

approval shall be revocable and shall not be entered on the plat.

Such regulations may provide that in lieu of the completion of the

construction of the required improvements and facilities prior to

the final approval of the plat, the Commission may accept bond in an

amount and with surety and conditions satisfactory to them,

providing for and securing to the Council and Board the actual

construction of such improvement and facilities within a period

specified by the Commission, and the Council and Board are hereby

granted the power to enforce such bond by legal and equitable

remedies. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted, changed, or

amended only after a public hearing has been held thereon by the

Commission. Such hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The

adoption of the rules and regulations or amendments thereto, as

above provided, shall be by resolution carried by not less than a

majority of the full membership of the Commission. Upon adoption by

the Commission, such rules and regulations or amendments thereto

shall be certified to the Council, the Board, and to the county

clerk of such county for safekeeping and as a public record, and

shall be enforced as in this act provided.

For the purpose of this act, a subdivision is defined as any

division of land into five or more lots, parcels, tracts, or areas,

or any division of land involving the right-of-way or alignment of

an existing or proposed street or highway.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.12 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-138.12
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. Definitions of terms used in the County Campaign Finance and

Financial Disclosure Act shall be the same as those terms are

defined in Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to

Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, unless

otherwise provided herein.

B. As used in the County Campaign Finance and Financial

Disclosure Act:

1. “Campaign committee” means a committee which may be composed

of one or more persons the purpose of which is to support the

election of a specific candidate to county office, whose name as it

will appear on the ballot shall appear in the name of the committee;

2. “County office” means any elective county office for which

Declarations of Candidacy are filed with the secretary of the county

election board as required by Section 5-103 of Title 26 of the

Oklahoma Statutes; and

3. “County political committee” means any committee composed of

one or more persons whose purpose includes the election or defeat of

one or more candidates for county office but which is not required

to register with the Federal Election Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.20 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.20
Conflicts between cities or towns and county
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction of the county planning commission and the

county board of adjustment is exclusively limited to the

unincorporated areas of the county and any conflict between the acts

of the county planning commission or the county board of adjustment

and any city or town shall be resolved in favor of said city or

town.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-8.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-8.4
Provisions of charter
Status: in_force

A. A charter shall set forth the structure of the county

government and the manner in which it is to function. The charter

may provide for a governing body, which may be other than as

presently constituted, which shall be elective, and service shall be

upon the qualifications, terms, plan of representation and

conditions of tenure and compensation as may be fixed by the

charter. The term for service of the governing body shall not

exceed four (4) years. In addition to the powers and duties

provided by the charter, the governing body shall exercise all

powers, and discharge all duties which, in the absence of the

provisions of said charter, would devolve by law to the board of

county commissioners or any other county governmental board, agency,

commission or council. Said charter may provide for the

organization, reorganization, establishment and administration of

the government of the county, including the control and regulations

of the performance of and the compensation for all duties required

in the conduct of county affairs. The charter may authorize the

governing body to create or consolidate any county office,

department or agency, define the duties thereof, fix the

compensation for service therein, make the same elective or

appointive, and prescribe the time, qualifications and conditions of

tenure in any such county office, department or agency.

B. Any county electing to operate pursuant to such charter as

authorized by the provisions of this act shall have the power by

charter provision to levy, assess and collect taxes pursuant to the

provisions of Section 20 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution.

The limit of the aggregate taxes which may be levied, assessed and

collected by such county shall not exceed the limit or total fixed,

or hereafter fixed, by the Oklahoma Constitution or by statute.

C. In addition to the powers herein provided and in addition to

powers included in County Home Rule Charters, any county may amend

its charter to include powers, functions and duties which may be

provided for by the Oklahoma Constitution or by statute.

D. Any county operating pursuant to such charter as authorized

by the provisions of this act shall have the power to borrow money

for all lawful purposes under its charter, including the refunding

of a lawful debt, in a manner conforming to the Oklahoma

Constitution and the general laws of the state, and may issue

obligations for such purposes. Such obligations and such tax to be

levied to meet said liability shall not be valid unless authorized

by a vote of the registered voters of the county pursuant to the

provisions of the laws of this state. County obligations maturing

after a period of five (5) years shall be issued to mature serially,

fixing the first maturity of principal at a time not to exceed two

(2) years after the date of the issuance of such obligations. The

obligations may pledge the full faith and credit of the county, but

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in no event shall the aggregate obligations so issued, in principal

amount outstanding at any one time, exceed the constitutional limits

for such obligations and indebtedness and its supporting tax shall

constitute a first and superior lien upon the property taxable in

such county.

E. Charters adopted shall make appropriate provisions for the

abandonment, revocation and amendment of such charter, subject only

to the requirement that a majority of the registered voters of the

county must approve such proposal. The provisions of the County

Home Rule Charter Act shall be self-executing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.35A — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.35A
District attorney investigators - Certification as
Status: in_force

peace officers.

A. District attorney investigators serve under the direction of

the district attorney, and shall perform such services as are

necessary in the investigation of criminal activity or preparation

of civil litigation within the district.

B. If the district attorney's investigator is certified as a

peace officer by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and

Training the investigator shall be considered a peace officer and

shall have the powers now or hereafter vested by law in peace

officers.

C. While in the performance of official duties as an

investigator for the district attorney, an investigator who has been

certified as a peace officer by the Council on Law Enforcement

Education and Training shall have jurisdiction in any portion of the

state.

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D. Any district attorney’s investigator certified as a peace

officer by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training may

at the discretion of the district attorney be entitled to receive at

the time of retirement, by reason of length of service, the

continued custody, possession and ownership of the sidearm and badge

carried by the investigator immediately prior to retirement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-548 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-548
Appointments and revocations to be written – Public list
Status: in_force

maintained - Exception.

A. Every appointment of an undersheriff or a deputy sheriff,

and every revocation of such appointments, shall be in writing,

under the hand of the sheriff. The sheriff shall maintain a list of

every appointment and revocation of an undersheriff or deputy

sheriff. The list shall be made available to the public upon

request.

B. This section shall not extend to any person who may be

deputized by any sheriff or undersheriff to do any particular act

only.

R.L. 1910, § 1696. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 111, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2005.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.22 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.22
Judicial review in district court
Status: in_force

A judicial review in the district court may be had of any

ruling, regulation, interpretation, order, requirement, refusal,

permit, approval, or decision made under the terms of this act, when

such action is alleged to be arbitrary, unreasonable or capricious,

and that by reason thereof such action has worked or, if enforced,

will work an unnecessary hardship on or create substantial harm or

loss to the complaining party.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1404 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1404
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. "Account" means a columnar record in which are entered the

increases and decreases of related monetary transactions and the

resulting balance thereof. Accounts are maintained within each

fund, classified by categories appropriate thereto;

2. "Appropriation" means an authorization and allocation of

money to be expended for a given function, activity or particular

purpose;

3. "Board" means the county budget board created by this act;

4. "Budget" means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal

year, including an estimate of proposed expenditures for given

purposes and the proposed means for financing them. "Budget" may

refer to the budget of a particular fund for which a budget is

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 544

required by law or it may refer collectively to the budget for such

funds;

5. "Budget summary" means a tabular listing of revenues by

source and expenditures by fund and by department within each fund

for the budget year;

6. "Budget year" means the fiscal year for which a budget is

prepared or being prepared;

7. "County" means any county government and all its agencies,

instrumentalities, departments, offices, boards or commissions,

which by resolution of the governing body has elected to come under

and comply with all of the provisions and requirements of this act;

8. "County officer" means the county clerk, county

commissioner, county assessor, district court clerk, county

treasurer or county sheriff;

9. "Current year" means the year in which the budget is

prepared and adopted, i.e., the fiscal year next preceding the

budget year;

10. "Deficit" means the excess of the liabilities, reserves,

including encumbrances, and contributions of a fund over its assets,

as reflected by its book of account;

11. "Department" means a functional unit within a fund, such as

a sheriff's department or a health department;

12. "Estimated revenue" means the amount of revenues estimated

to be received during the budget year from each source in each fund

for which a budget is being prepared. Estimated revenue includes

any appropriated fund balance as a separate item in the budget of

revenues for a particular fund for the budget year;

13. "Fiscal year" means the annual period for reporting fiscal

operations, which begins and ends on dates as the Legislature

provides;

14. "Fund" means an independent fiscal and accounting entity

with a self-balancing set of accounts to record cash and other

financial resources, together with all liabilities, which are

segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or

attaining certain objectives, or as otherwise defined in current

generally accepted accounting principles;

15. "Fund balance" means the excess of the assets of a fund

over its liabilities, reserves, including encumbrances, and

contributions, as reflected by its book of account;

16. "Governing body" means the board of county commissioners of

the county;

17. "Immediate prior fiscal year" means the year next preceding

the current year;

18. "Levy" means to impose ad valorem taxes or the total amount

of ad valorem taxes imposed for a specific purpose or for a given

entity; and

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19. "Operating reserve" means that portion of the fund balance

which has not been appropriated in a budget year. The "operating

reserve" will be equivalent to the "unappropriated fund balance" in

any fund for which a budget is prepared.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-941 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-941
Counties over 300,000 population - Installation and
Status: in_force

operation of parking lot.

In any county in the State of Oklahoma, the board of

commissioners of each county of the state is hereby authorized in

its discretion, by the adoption of a resolution to set forth in its

minutes, to install and operate on any tract of land of the county

not needed or used for other county purposes county parking lots on

which motor and other vehicles may be parked, and may charge parking

fees therefor, and may install parking meters or other parking

control devices, all as provided for and fixed in said resolution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-746.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-746.1
Medical Expense Liability Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board to be

designated the "Medical Expense Liability Revolving Fund". The fund

shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations,

and shall consist of all monies received from fees assessed pursuant

to Section 1313.7 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All monies

accruing to the credit of the fund shall be appropriated and may be

budgeted and expended by the State and Education Employees Group

Insurance Board for qualified medical expenses for inmates or

persons in the custody of a county or city jail pursuant to the

criteria set forth in Section 1313.7 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. A portion of the Medical Expense Liability Revolving Fund

shall be used for the costs the Board incurred in administering such

monies.

Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by

the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with

the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.33 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.33
Examinations - Certificates - Issuance without
Status: in_force

examination.

No person shall be issued a certificate as a Class A or Class B

electrical contractor, elevator construction contractor, Class A or

Class B journeyman electrician, maintenance service or electrical

appliance repairman until he has passed an examination by the joint

electrical examining and appeal board except as herein provided.

Said board shall within ten (10) days after their appointment, meet,

and shall then designate the time and places for examination of all

applicants desiring to secure certificate. All examinations shall

be written. Said board shall examine applicants for a Class A

electrical contractor or Class A journeyman electrician as to his

practical knowledge of electrical wiring, the installation of same,

the installation of electrical appliances or fixtures, the

installation of electrical elevators, the principles of armature

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winding, the operation and control of electrical systems. An

applicant for a Class B electrical contractor's certificate or Class

B electrical journeyman's certificate shall be examined as to his

practical knowledge of that type of wiring permitted to be used by

this ordinance in single-family residences and the installation of

same, the installation of the usual household-type electrical

appliances and the operation and control of residence-type

electrical systems. An applicant for a maintenance serviceman's

certificate shall be examined as to his practical knowledge of the

operation of electrical installations in buildings and the

maintenance and repair of such installations. An applicant for an

electrical appliance repairman's certificate shall be examined only

to his practical knowledge of repairing electrical appliances. If

the board is satisfied as to the competency of such applicant, it

shall issue a certificate to such applicant authorizing him to

engage only in such electrical work as is described in said

certificate and as is defined in this code, upon compliance with the

conditions of any other section herein relating thereto.

All certificates shall be signed by the chairman of said board

and attested by the secretary thereof, and shall show the date of

passage of such examination, or if issued without examination as

herein provided, the reason thereof or the name of the person, the

class of work authorized and such certificate shall be issued only

for the year in which it is dated, and shall expire on December 31st

of the year for which issued. Said certificates shall be numbered

consecutively, and the examining board and the electrical inspector

shall keep a record of all such certificates issued.

Provided that the provisions of this section requiring the

taking of an examination to be given by the joint electrical

examining and appeal board and the issuance of a certificate of

qualification 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.

Any certificate of competency heretofore issued by any city

having a population of one hundred and eighty thousand (180,000) to

two hundred and forty thousand (240,000) according to the last

Federal Decennial Census, shall be recognized by the joint

electrical examining and appeal board for the balance of the period

covered by said certificate and shall be subject to renewal upon

payment of the fee theretofore without further examination by said

board.

Any person who has been engaged in the work as a Class A or

Class B journeyman electrician, maintenance serviceman, electrical

appliance man, or the work and business of a Class A or Class B

electrical contractor as such classifications are defined herein

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within any county, subject to the provisions of this act for a

period of at least five (5) years immediately preceding the passage

of this act, shall upon proof of such work be issued a certificate

of competency by the joint electrical examining and appeal board

without examination and upon such person's payment of all fees as

provided herein and provided further the application therefore is

made within sixty (60) days after the creation of the joint

electrical examining and appeal board. The latter named group to be

granted such certificates of competency without regard to whether

they have ever been licensed in any municipality or not.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-120 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-120
Violation of statute - Penalty
Status: in_force

If any such treasurer or clerk shall willfully disregard any of

the provisions of this article, he shall be fined in a sum not

exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and be removed from office.

R.L. 1910, § 1547.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-787 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-787
Site and building
Status: in_force

Out of the proceeds of said bonds the county commissioners shall

proceed to purchase a suitable site for the erection of such county

hospital and to erect said building on said site, or to alter, add

to, or enlarge existing hospital buildings in accordance with the

plans and specifications to be prepared by an experienced architect

and submitted to said board of county commissioners, which plans and

specifications shall have been approved by the board of control

hereinafter created. Said board of control shall be responsible for

selecting an experienced licensed architect.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1005 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1005
Chairman - Meetings - Quorum - Fee schedule - Financial
Status: in_force

assistance.

The commission shall elect its chairman from the appointed

members and fill such other offices as its bylaws may establish.

The term of the chairman shall be one year. The commission shall

hold at least one meeting each month and all meetings shall be open

to the public. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business

and keep a record of its functions and activities, which record

shall be a public record. Six commissioners shall constitute a

quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the

powers of the commission. The commission may establish a schedule

of fees to cover various services rendered and may also contract

with other persons and agencies for such services as it may require,

including private legal counsel and private auditing service, within

the limits of its appropriations, and may incur necessary expenses.

The commission may contract for, receive, and utilize any grants or

other financial assistance from the United States or from any other

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source, public or private, in furtherance of its functions; may

incur necessary expenses in obtaining said grants and/or financial

assistance, within the limits of its appropriations; and shall

receive and disburse such grants and/or other financial assistance

in such manner as may be agreed upon by the governing body of the

city and board of county commissioners.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-792 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-792
Medical staff - Admissions - Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

If a county hospital is operated by a board of control, it shall

be the duty of said board of control to appoint annually at the

first meeting in January none other than good, competent, trained,

and skilled physicians and surgeons to the medical staff of the

hospital, after acceptance by the executive committee of the medical

staff. Admission of patients to the hospital shall be only upon

recommendation of a member of the medical staff. The medical staff

shall organize and adopt rules, regulations, or bylaws for their

practice in such county hospital, however, rules, regulations, or

bylaws shall not become effective until approved by the board of

control and when so approved they shall be signed by each member of

the medical staff.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1707 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1707
Organization of board
Status: in_force

The board shall elect a chairman. The chairman shall have all

the rights and privileges as any other member of the board,

including the right to vote on questions. Each member of the board

shall be entitled to cast one vote. The members shall elect a vice-

chairman from among them and develop such other rules or procedures

as may be necessary to ensure the orderly conduct of business. The

vice-chairman shall serve as chairman during the absence or vacancy

of the chairman. When a vacancy occurs such position on the board

shall be considered vacant until the vacancy is filled in the manner

provided by law. Regular meetings of the board shall be set by the

board. Special meetings shall be held at the call of the chairman

or any two (2) members of the board. A majority of all the members

of the board shall constitute a quorum and have the power to

transact business. Any official action of the board in adopting or

revising the district budget or any portion thereof shall be

effective upon the approving vote of a majority of all board

members.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-905.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-905.3
Regional jail districts - Powers
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers granted to the regional jail district

by its member counties under the agreement, the regional jail

district has all the powers necessary or appropriate to carry out

its purposes including, but not limited to, the following:

1. To adopt bylaws and rules for the regulation of its affairs

and the conduct of its business;

2. To maintain an office at such place or places in one or more

of the member counties as the commission may designate;

3. To sue and be sued;

4. To make and execute leases, contracts, releases, compromises

and other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of

its powers or to carry out its purposes;

5. To acquire, construct, reconstruct, repair, alter, improve,

and extend jail facilities;

6. To sell, assign, mortgage, grant a security interest in,

exchange, donate and convey any or all of its properties whenever

the commission finds such action to be in furtherance of the

purposes of the district;

7. To collect rentals, fees and other charges in connection

with its services or for the use of any facilities; or

8. To issue its bonds, notes or other obligations for any of

its corporate purposes and to refund the same.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-354 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-354
Transportation and distribution of commodities donated to
Status: in_force

county or school district.

The board of county commissioners of any county of this state

shall have authority, in their discretion, to use and operate any

trucks or automobiles owned by the county in transporting from any

point in the State of Oklahoma to said county, or in transporting or

distributing within said county, any commodities or items of value

donated to the said county or any school district therein by or

through the State of Oklahoma, the United States, or any agency or

instrumentality of either, for redistribution to eligible

recipients. The board shall also have authority to hire clerical

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help, rent office and storage facilities, and provide other

necessary functions for the receipt and distribution of any such

commodities, and the cost of such expenses may be paid either from

the county highway funds or from the general fund of the county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.7
Commission membership - Appointment and tenure -
Status: in_force

Compensation - Vacancies - Removal.

The commission shall consist of the following members: four (4)

members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council; four

(4) members appointed by the board of county commissioners which

members shall not be residents of any incorporated city or town; and

one (1) member appointed by each incorporated city or town within

the jurisdiction of the commission. The mayor, or a member of the

governing body of the city appointed by the mayor, and chairman of

the board of county commissioners, or a member of the board of

county commissioners appointed by the chairman, shall be ex officio

members of the commission. Members appointed by the mayor shall

serve for a term of four (4) years except that the respective terms

of the first two appointed shall be for a term of two (2) years and

the next two appointed shall be for a term of four (4) years.

Members appointed by the board shall serve a term of four (4) years

except that the respective terms of the first two appointed shall be

for a term of two (2) years and the next two appointed shall be for

a term of four (4) years. Members appointed by an incorporated city

or town shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing city or town.

All members of the commission shall serve as such without

compensation. The appointed members shall be residents for a period

of three (3) years or more immediately preceding appointment and

shall hold no other municipal or county office. Vacancies occurring

otherwise than through the expiration of term shall be filled for

the unexpired term by the official appointing the original holder of

said membership.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 352

A member of such commission, once qualified, can thereafter be

removed during his term of office only for cause and after a hearing

held before the governing body by which he was appointed.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 22
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-161 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-161
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. "County officer" means the county clerk, county

commissioner, county assessor, district court clerk, county

treasurer and county sheriff;

2. "Deputy" means one or more regular employees appointed to

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

the county officer;

3. "Traveling expenses" means reimbursement for mileage, meals,

lodging, toll road fees, parking fees, telephone and other ordinary

expenses incurred, except meals and lodging incurred within the

county unless the meals were during a county association school,

seminar or training; and

4. "Voluntary instruction" means one or more schools, courses,

conferences, institutes and meetings which are available and are

attended by a county officer or deputy as a discretionary training

supplement to the duties of any office covered by this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-288.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-288.3
Filing of plats in digital electronic format
Status: in_force

All plats, subdivision plats or re-plats may be filed, at the

option of the county assessor, in digital electronic format with the

county assessor of the county in which the property is located. The

digital electronic format shall meet the specifications of the

county assessor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-22 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-22
Proclamation of Governor - Designation of county seat -
Status: in_force

Officers.

Upon the receipt by the Governor, of the transcript of all the

returns, as provided herein, he shall proceed at once to declare the

result of said special election, and, if said election shall have

been held for the purpose of forming a new county, and sixty percent

(60%) of the votes cast in each particular territory be in favor of

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the formation of said proposed new county, the Governor shall,

within sixty (60) days thereafter, issue his proclamation, declaring

said new county legally created, and shall, after five (5) days

notice to each and every place which is an applicant for the county

seat of said county, give each and every such applicant a hearing as

to the merits of each place to become the county seat of said

county, and shall decide from the merits thus presented, which place

shall be the temporary county seat thereof, and shall designate the

same the county seat thereof, which place so designated shall be and

remain the county seat, unless afterwards changed, as provided by

law; and the candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast

at said election, as returned and certified to the Governor for the

various offices, shall be declared elected, and, at once, enter upon

their duties as such officers.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-766 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-766
Taxes - Action to foreclose lien
Status: in_force

When such time shall have elapsed that it is conclusively

presumed that the taxes on any such property have not been paid,

then the board of county commissioners shall have power and

authority to order and direct that the district attorney file an

action in the district court to foreclose the lien of the county on

such property for the unpaid taxes thereon, and the proceedings to

foreclose any such lien for the unpaid taxes shall be the same as

the foreclosure of a mortgage for default in payment, and without

appraisement; provided, that any number of persons may be made

parties defendant in the same action.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-29 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-29
What constitutes bribery
Status: in_force

Any person or corporation offering money or other thing of

value, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of influencing

any voter for or against any proposition in such election shall be

guilty of the felony of bribery, a Class D3 felony offense and

shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment as provided for

in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-360 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-360
Dilapidated buildings in unincorporated areas - Tearing
Status: in_force

down and removal.

The board of county commissioners of any county in this state

with a population in excess of five hundred fifty thousand (550,000)

may cause dilapidated buildings within the unincorporated area of

the county to be torn down and removed in accordance with the

provisions in this section.

1. At least ten (10) days' notice that a building is to be torn

down or removed shall be given to the owner of the property before

the board of county commissioners holds a hearing. A copy of the

notice shall be posted on the property to be affected. In addition,

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a copy of said notice shall be sent by mail to the property owner at

the address shown by the current year's tax rolls in the office of

the county treasurer. Written notice shall also be mailed to any

mortgage holder as shown by the records in the office of the county

clerk to the last-known address of the mortgagee. At the time of

mailing of notice to any property owner or mortgage holder, the

county shall obtain a receipt of mailing from the postal service,

which receipt shall indicate the date of mailing and the name and

address of the mailee. However, if neither the property owner nor

mortgage holder can be located, notice shall be given by posting a

copy of the notice on the property, and by publication in a

newspaper having a general circulation in the county. Such notice

shall be published once not less than ten (10) days prior to any

hearing or action by the board of county commissioners pursuant to

the provisions of this section.

2. A hearing shall be held by the board of county commissioners

to determine if the property is dilapidated and has become

detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public

and the community, or if said property creates a fire hazard which

is dangerous to other property.

3. Pursuant to a finding that the condition of the property

constitutes a detriment or a hazard and that the property would be

benefited by the removal of such conditions, the board of county

commissioners may cause the dilapidated building to be torn down and

removed. The board of county commissioners shall fix reasonable

dates for the commencement and completion of the work. The board of

county commissioners shall immediately file a notice of dilapidation

and lien with the county clerk describing the findings of the board

at the hearing, and stating that the county claims a lien on said

property for the destruction and removal costs and that such costs

are the personal obligation of the property owner from and after the

date of filing of said notice. The agents of the county are granted

the right of entry on the property for the performance of the

necessary duties as a governmental function of the county if the

work is not performed by the property owner within dates fixed by

the board.

4. The board of county commissioners shall determine the actual

cost of the dismantling and removal of dilapidated buildings and any

other expenses that may be necessary in conjunction with the

dismantling and removal of the buildings including the cost of

notice and mailing. The county clerk shall forward a statement of

the actual cost attributable to the dismantling and removal of the

buildings and a demand for payment of such costs, by mail to the

property owner. In addition, a copy of said statement shall be

mailed to any mortgage holder at the address provided for in

paragraph 1 of this section. At the time of mailing of the

statement of costs to any property owner or mortgage holder, the

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county shall obtain a receipt of mailing from the postal service,

which receipt shall indicate the date of mailing and the name and

address of the mailee. If a county dismantles or removes any

dilapidated buildings, the costs to the property owner shall not

exceed the actual cost of the labor, maintenance, equipment, and any

other expenses required for the dismantling and removal of the

dilapidated buildings. If dismantling and removal of the

dilapidated buildings is done on a private contract basis, the

contract shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder. All costs

and expenses may be paid from the general fund of the county.

5. When payment is made to the county for costs incurred, the

board of county commissioners shall file a release of lien, but if

payment attributable to the actual cost of the dismantling and

removal of the buildings is not made within six (6) months from the

date of the mailing of the statement to the owner of such property,

the board shall forward a certified statement of the amount of the

cost to the county treasurer of said county. Said costs shall be

levied on the property and collected by the county treasurer as are

other taxes authorized by law. Until finally paid, the costs and

the interest thereon shall be the personal obligation of the

property owner from and after the date of the notice of dilapidation

and lien is filed with the county clerk. In addition the cost and

the interest thereon shall be a lien against the property from the

date the notice of the lien is filed with the county clerk. Said

lien shall be coequal with the lien of ad valorem taxes and all

other taxes and special assessments and shall be prior and superior

to all other titles and liens against the property. The lien shall

continue until the cost is fully paid. At the time of collection,

the county treasurer shall collect a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for

each parcel of property. Said fee shall be deposited to the credit

of the general fund of the county. At any time prior to collection

as provided for in this paragraph, the county may pursue any civil

remedy for collection of the amount owing, interest and costs

thereon including an action in personam against the property owner

and an action in rem to foreclose its lien against the property. A

mineral interest, if severed from the surface interest and not owned

by the surface owner, shall not be subject to any tax or judgment

lien created pursuant to this section. Upon receiving payment, by

civil remedy the board of county commissioners shall forward to the

county treasurer a notice of such payment and shall direct discharge

of the lien.

6. The board of county commissioners may designate, by

resolution, an administrative officer or administrative body to

carry out the duties of the board of county commissioners specified

in this section. The property owner shall have the right of appeal

to the board from any order of the administrative officer or

administrative body. Such appeal shall be taken by filing written

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notice of appeal with the county clerk within ten (10) days after

the administrative order is rendered.

7. For the purposes of this section, "dilapidated building"

means a structure which through neglect or injury lacks necessary

repairs or otherwise is in a state of decay or partial ruin to such

an extent that said structure is a hazard to the health, safety, or

welfare of the general public. "Owner" means the owner of record as

shown by the most current tax rolls of the county treasurer.

8. Nothing in the provisions of this section shall prevent the

county from abating a dilapidated building as a nuisance or

otherwise exercising its duties to protect the health, safety, or

welfare of the general public.

9. The officers, employees or agents of the county shall not be

liable for any damages of loss of property due to the removal of

dilapidated buildings performed pursuant to the provisions of this

section or as otherwise prescribed by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-288.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-288.2
Filing plats located outside corporate limits of city or
Status: in_force

town.

The county clerk shall not file of record any plat which

contains any lot of less than two and one-half (2 1/2) acres located

outside the corporate limits of a city or town unless the plat bears

the stamp of approval of the Department of Environmental Quality as

provided in Section 2-6-403 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.18 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.18
Recommendations by commission
Status: in_force

Prior to the adoption of any zoning regulations the board, as it

affects its jurisdiction, shall request the commission to recommend

the boundaries of the various districts and appropriate regulations

to be enforced therein. The commission shall make a preliminary

report of its recommendations for such zoning regulations and shall

hold one or more public hearings thereon. Such hearings may be

adjourned from time to time. Within ninety (90) days after the

final adjournment of such hearings, the commission shall make its

final report to the board, together with a summary of the results of

the public hearings, its proposed zoning regulations, map or maps,

and suggested resolution. The board may then adopt the proposed

regulations or refer them back to the commission for further

consideration.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-790a — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-790a
Application of act
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not apply in cases where the

board of county commissioners of any county in this state are now

operating a hospital in connection with the Oklahoma home of the

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county under the Poor and Indigent Statutes of this state out of

county general fund revenues.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-65 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-65
Penalty for refusing to pay over monies
Status: in_force

If any officer, person, firm or corporation having custody,

control or possession of any money belonging to any school district,

road district, municipal township, city or town in any such

counties, shall withhold and fail to pay over the same after lawful

demand shall have been made therefor, such officer, person, firm or

corporation shall be liable to a penalty equal to twenty-five

percent (25%) of the money wrongfully withheld, which shall belong

to such county, school district, road district, municipal township,

city or village, and which penalty may be recovered in any action

brought to recover such money.

R.L. 1910, § 1516.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.12 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.12
Failure to account or pay over
Status: in_force

If the district attorney shall refuse or neglect to account for

or pay over the monies received by him as required by the foregoing

section, he shall be liable to a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars

($50.00), nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00); and it shall

be the duty of the county treasurer, in his official name and

capacity, to cause an action to be instituted upon the bond of such

district attorney for the recovery of the monies so received and

unpaid by him.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.2
Creation and organization of district
Status: in_force

A. Whenever ten persons who are holders of title to lands in a

county located outside of the corporate limits of any incorporated

city or town, or fifty-one percent (51%) of the property owners in

the proposed district, shall petition the board of county

commissioners of the county in which such area owned by them is

located for the formation of a rural road improvement district, and

the petitioners comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Rural

Road Improvement District Act, the board of county commissioners may

enter its order organizing such district, and when so organized such

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district shall have the powers conferred herein or such as hereafter

may be conferred by law upon such rural road improvement districts.

B. 1. The board of county commissioners is authorized to

determine whether the election for organization of a rural road

improvement district shall be conducted pursuant to the procedures

set out in Section 902.5 of this title or pursuant to the procedures

set out in Section 902.20 of this title.

2. The board of county commissioners is authorized to determine

whether the elections for directors of a duly organized rural road

improvement district shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions

of Section 902.6 of this title or pursuant to the procedures set out

in Section 902.21 of this title.

C. 1. Despite any provisions in this section to the contrary,

if no persons reside in the proposed rural road district, the board

of county commissioners may only conduct the election for the

proposed organization of a rural road improvement district pursuant

to the procedures set out in Section 902.20 of this title.

2. Despite any provisions in this section to the contrary, if

no persons reside in the proposed rural road district, the board of

county commissioners may only conduct the election for directors of

a duly organized rural road improvement district pursuant to the

procedures set out in Section 902.21 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-626 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-626
Inspection of books, accounts and vouchers - Settlement
Status: in_force

with county commissioners.

The books, accounts, and vouchers of the county treasurer, and

all moneys, warrants or orders remaining in the treasury, shall at

all times be subject to the inspection and examination of the board

of county commissioners, and at the regular meetings of the board in

January and July of each year, and at such other times as they may

direct, he shall settle with them his accounts as treasurer, and for

that purpose he shall exhibit to them all his books, accounts and

money, and all the vouchers relating to the same, to be audited and

allowed, which vouchers shall be retained by them for evidence of

his settlement; and if found correct the accounts shall be so

certified; if not he shall be liable on his bond.

R.L. 1910, § 1733.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1235 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1235
Contest of improvement
Status: in_force

Any record title holder of property or other person interested

in such proposed improvement shall have the right to institute an

action to contest the action of the board of county commissioners of

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such county in adopting and approving the plans, plats, typical

sections, or estimates filed by the engineer in the district court

of the county in which a road improvement district is located at any

time not later than fifteen (15) days after publication of the

resolution provided for in Section 1234 of this title. Any suit

instituted after the expiration of said fifteen (15) days shall not

be maintained to question such plans, plats, typical sections, or

estimates and the record title holders of property liable for

assessment shall be deemed to have waived all objections to such

proposed improvement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1604 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1604
License required
Status: in_force

No transient merchant shall transact business in any county in

this state unless such merchant and the owners of any goods, wares,

or merchandise to be offered for sale or sold, if such goods, wares,

or merchandise are not owned by the merchant, shall have secured a

license and have otherwise complied with the requirements of the

Transient Merchant Licensing Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-268 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-268
Liens against government officials or employees based on
Status: in_force

performance or nonperformance of duties.

A. The county clerk shall not accept for filing any claim of

lien against a federal, state, or local official or employee based

on the performance or nonperformance of that official's or

employee's duties unless accompanied by a specific order from a

court of competent jurisdiction, recognized by the laws of this

state, authorizing the filing of such lien.

B. If a claim of lien as described in subsection A of this

section has been accepted for filing, the county shall accept for

filing a notice of invalid lien signed and submitted by the

assistant United States attorney representing the federal agency of

which the individual is an official or employee, the assistant

attorney general representing the state agency, board, commission,

department, or institution of higher education of which the

individual is an official or employee, or the attorney representing

the school district, political subdivision, or unit of local

government of this state of which the individual is an official or

employee. A copy of the notice of invalid lien shall be mailed by

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the attorney to the person who filed the claim of lien at his or her

last-known address. No clerk or county shall be liable for the

acceptance for filing of a claim of lien as described in subsection

A of this section, nor for the acceptance for filing of a notice of

invalid lien pursuant to this subsection.

C. This section shall not be construed to permit rejection of a

document that is shown to be authorized by contract, lease or

statute or imposed by a state or federal court of competent

jurisdiction or filed by a licensed attorney, financial institution

including, but not limited to, any commercial bank, savings and loan

association, credit union, mortgage company or mortgage broker.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-882 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-882
Collection of installments - Delinquency - Lien of
Status: in_force

assessments - Foreclosure - Sale.

The clerk of said district shall no earlier than the first day

in July and no later than the tenth day in July in each year certify

the installments of assessments coming due on the first day of

September in said year, together with interest on the same, and on

all unmatured installments, to the county treasurer of said county,

to be collected as other taxes; which money, when collected by the

county treasurer shall, with interest thereon at the rate of six

percent (6%) per annum, until paid, be paid to the clerk of said

sewer improvement district. Provided, that no such certification

shall be made to the county treasurer unless the clerk of said

district shall have sent a notice of the nature and amount of the

assessments by restricted delivery mail on or before June 1 of said

year to the last-known address of the owner of the assessed

property. Provided, that in case any special assessment bond or

coupon provided for in Section 881 of this title becomes delinquent,

then such bond or coupon shall draw interest as a penalty after

delinquency at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum, and when

collected six percent (6%) of such interest or penalty shall be paid

to the then holder of such bond or coupon and six percent (6%)

thereof shall be paid to the sewer improvement district which issued

said bond, which amount shall go to the general fund of said sewer

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 398

improvement district. Such special assessments and each installment

thereof and the interest and penalty thereon are hereby declared to

be a lien against the lots and tracts of land so assessed from the

date of the publication of the ordinance levying the same, coequal

with the lien of ad valorem taxes, all other taxes and special

assessments, and prior and superior to all other titles and liens

against such lots or tracts of land, and such lien shall continue as

to unpaid installments, interest and penalty until such

installments, interest and penalty thereof shall be fully paid, but

unmatured installments shall not be deemed to be within the terms of

any general covenant of warranty.

If any installment of assessment shall remain unpaid for six (6)

months after the same is due, the holder of any bond or coupon,

issued under the provisions of this act, may institute an action in

the district court to foreclose the lien of such assessment, stating

in the petition generally the ownership of such bond, or coupon,

describing the property assessed, the nature of the improvement, the

amount of the unpaid assessment and interest, and penalty, and

praying for the foreclosure of such lien. All bonds and coupons

issued in said district and held by plaintiff may be included in one

action. Upon the filing of such action, all unmatured installments

of assessments shall become immediately due and payable and the lien

of such assessments foreclosed in such action. Summons shall be

issued on such petition as in other civil actions and the cause

tried by the district court. Judgment shall be entered for the

amount of such unpaid assessments, and installments, together with

penalty thereon at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum from

the due date of each installment, and reasonable attorney's fees.

The judgment shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per

annum.

In the event said judgment, together with interest and costs,

including attorney's fee, is not paid within thirty (30) days from

its date, an order of sale shall issue by the clerk of said court,

directed to the sheriff of the county, to sell said real estate in

manner and form as in case of said real estate, without

appraisement. Such judgment shall carry the costs of the action,

including a reasonable attorney's fee to plaintiff, together with

the costs of such sale; and upon the payment of such judgment, to

the sheriff or court clerk, the amount thereof exclusive of costs

and attorney's fees shall be paid to the county treasurer. Such

judgment shall provide for the sale of said real estate, subject to

existing general ad valorem taxes and special assessments. All

owners and incumbrancers shall be made parties defendant in such

action. The entire unpaid assessment, as to each tract, shall be

foreclosed. All such actions to foreclose said assessment shall be

commenced within three (3) years from the maturity date of the last

installment thereof.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.31 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.31
Retirement and pensions - Staff and other personnel
Status: in_force

salaries - Leave time payments.

A. Officers and employees in counties with a retirement system

who are presently enrolled in the county retirement system may

remain in such county system in lieu of enrolling in the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System. The state shall pay to the

county retirement system the employer's contribution, not to exceed

the amount which would be paid by the employer, if the employee was

a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System;

however, effective July 1, 1981, all new employees of the district

attorney's staff will belong to the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System, as required by Section 902(16) of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. All employees of the office of a district

attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney.

Employees who did not elect to remain in the county retirement

system by July 1, 1981, shall be enrolled in the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System and said employees must cease

participation in said county retirement system. These employees

shall further elect to have their county service transferred to the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System or withdraw their

contributions from the county retirement system. This election to

waive transfer of the county service shall be final. For those

employees who elected to transfer their county service, the county

retirement system shall transfer to the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System all funds contributed by the individual members

and all funds contributed by the county for such members no later

than September 30, 1981, and the county retirement system shall

provide the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System a certified

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statement of service accrued on a fiscal year basis. Certification

shall include annual salaries, individual contributions and county

contributions for each transferred member.

B. Effective January 1, 1983, the entire salaries of all

investigators, support staff or other employees of the offices of

district attorneys and their operating and maintenance expenses

shall be paid by the state; provided however, the salaries and

operating expenses of those employees of the office of the district

attorney who are assigned child support enforcement duties shall be

paid with 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. The term "support staff" shall include all

secretaries, clerks, receptionists, paralegals, legal assistants,

law clerks, victim-witness coordinators and other office management

personnel of the offices of district attorneys.

C. Effective January 1, 1983, the state will assume liability

for payment to any officer or employee of the various district

attorney offices for any earned and unused leave time accruing from

and after January 1, 1983, and the state will also assume liability

for payment of leave time to which such officers or employees shall

be entitled which accrued prior to January 1, 1983, up to a maximum

limit of fifteen (15) days prior leave time credit for each such

officer or employee. The various respective counties shall remain

liable for and shall pay to any such officer or employee entitled to

such leave time payment any amount representing unused leave time

credit in excess of the fifteen (15) days assumed by the state, to

which such officer or employee shall be entitled, and which accrues

or has accrued prior to January 1, 1983. At the written option of

each individual officer or employee concerned, the portion of leave

time credit accrued as of January 1, 1983, for which the counties

are liable for payment, shall either be paid in a lump sum to said

officer or employee, or be paid to the State Treasurer to be carried

forward to the credit of such officer or employee, to be later paid

upon termination of employment with the state, or when it should

otherwise be lawfully paid. Whether paid to the State Treasurer to

be carried forward, or paid to the individual officer or employee,

such payment shall be made by the county. It shall be the duty of

the district attorney to prepare and submit to each county concerned

in his district an estimate of needs and budget request for

appropriation of the amount needed to accomplish such payment,

whether same is made to the individual officer or employee, or to

the State Treasurer, and the respective county excise board shall

approve, appropriate and levy for such budget item in the amount

requested. The portion of accrued leave time not exceeding fifteen

(15) days which is assumed by the state shall be carried forward, to

be used or paid thereafter as provided by law.

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D. The entitlement to accrued and unused leave time of each

such officer and employee shall be determined as of January 1, 1983,

by each district attorney for his own respective officers and

employees. On or before January 10, 1983, a certificate of

entitlement of such leave time will be furnished by each district

attorney to the District Attorneys Council, and also to the county

clerk of each county affected thereby, as the former payroll

administrator of such employees. Leave records for all such

officers and employees shall be continuously maintained thereafter

by said Council, upon information furnished monthly by each district

attorney for his own officers and employees. Local records thereof

shall be kept upon each individual officer and employee in each

district attorney office, the local record to be the primary and

controlling record in case of any conflict of information between

the Council and office of the district attorney. Such records shall

be kept in the same manner as for other state offices, or as the

Council may approve and direct.

E. The provisions of this act are based upon the usual

allowance of leave time per year for full-time state officers and

employees as provided for in Section 803 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, as amended, and other related statutory authority

governing the offices and positions in the unclassified service. In

the case of those officers or employees working less than full time,

such provisions and credits shall be apportioned on a pro rata basis

according to the percentage time expended by a part-time officer or

employee as compared to that expended by a full-time officer or

employee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.17 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.17
Amount of levies
Status: in_force

The amount of such levies shall be fixed by resolution of the

board which shall have power to establish all rules necessary to

ensure collection of such levies.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-174.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-174.1
Publication of notice of filing of audit report -
Status: in_force

Posting of certificate of completion.

The State Auditor and Inspector is hereby authorized upon filing

of report of audit of the books, records and accounts of any county

officer, board or commission to publish in a newspaper or newspapers

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having a general circulation in the county a notice of the filing of

such audit report; and he or she may cause to be posted a

certificate of completion of such audit report in the office or

offices having custody of the books, records and accounts embraced

in such audit report. In addition to the notice published in the

newspaper, the report shall be posted on the county website and the

State Auditor and Inspector's website. The State Auditor and

Inspector shall transmit a copy of the letter of transmittal of each

such audit report to every legal newspaper published within the

county wherein said audit report is filed with the county clerk.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-2.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.30-2.1
Subpoena of witnesses and documents - Notice and
Status: in_force

service - Rules - Hearings.

A. To accomplish the objectives and to perform the duties

prescribed by this act, the Public Employees Relations Board may

subpoena witnesses, issue subpoenas to require the production of

books, papers, records, and documents which may be needed as

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 434

evidence of any matter under inquiry, and administer oaths and

affirmations. In cases of neglect or refusal to obey a subpoena

issued to any person, the district court of the county in which the

investigations or the public hearings are taking place, upon

application by the Board, may issue an order requiring such person

to appear before the Board and produce evidence about the matter

under investigation. Failure to obey such order may be punished by

the court as contempt.

B. Any subpoena, notice of hearing, or other process or notice

of the Board issued under the provisions of this act may be served

personally, by registered mail, or by leaving a copy at the

principal office of the person required to be served. A return made

and verified by the individual making such service and setting forth

the manner of such service shall be proof of service, and a returned

post office receipt, when registered or certified mail is used,

shall be proof of service.

C. The Board shall adopt, promulgate, amend, or rescind such

rules as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

Public hearings shall be held by the Board on any proposed rule of

general applicability designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe

policy, procedure or practice requirements under the provisions of

this act and on any proposed change to such existing rule.

Reasonable notice shall be given prior to such hearings, which shall

include the time, place, and nature of such hearing and the terms or

substance of the proposed rule or the changes to such rule.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.20 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.20
Conduct of district organization elections
Status: in_force

Elections to determine whether a rural road improvement district

will be organized may be conducted at a mass meeting or convention

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

if there are no residents of the district, the owners of real

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property in the district, who are qualified to vote. The chair of

the board of county commissioners or his or her designee shall

preside at the meeting and the voting shall be by secret ballot.

The presiding officer shall have the authority to appoint a

secretary of the meeting and the commissioner and secretary shall

certify results of the election to the board of county commissioners

who shall meet on the second Monday next following the election and

proceed to determine the percentage of votes cast. If, upon such

determination, at least three-fifths (3/5) of all the votes cast are

"Rural Road Improvement District - Yes", the board shall, by order

declare such territory duly organized as a rural road improvement

district under the name designated. The order shall be filed for

record in the office of the county clerk and from that date the

district shall be complete.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-765 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-765
Proclamation - Publication and posting - Persons holding
Status: in_force

tax receipts - Duty.

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In all such cases where the tax rolls and the records of the

county treasurer's office, pertaining to the taxes on any of the

property in the county, have been destroyed as aforesaid, the board

of county commissioners shall have power and authority to order and

direct, by proclamation in some weekly newspaper for three

successive issues and by posting one copy of said resolution and

proclamation on the front door of each and every school house in

said county, that all persons holding tax receipts for three (3)

years immediately prior to the first publication of said

proclamation, for the past three (3) years, shall be required to

present the same to the county treasurer, that he may give proper

credit for the taxes against said property, and upon a failure of

any person so to present said tax receipts within ninety (90) days

after publication and posting of such resolution or proclamation the

presumption shall be that the taxes for such year or years have not

been paid, and if such delinquent taxpayer shall fail within six (6)

months to make satisfactory proof to the board of county

commissioners that the taxes on such property have been paid, then

it shall be conclusively presumed that the taxes on such property

have not been paid prior to the time the records thereof were

destroyed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-514.5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-514.5
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 19-514.5v1 (HB 1120, Laws 2018, c. 147, § 2).

OS 19-514.5v2 (HB 2259, Laws 2023, c. 247, § 2).
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-635 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-635
Action against treasurer failing to make settlement
Status: in_force

If any county treasurer shall fail to make return, fail to make

settlement or fail to pay over all money with which he may stand

charged at the time and in the manner prescribed by law, it shall be

the duty of the county clerk, on receiving instruction for that

purpose from the State Auditor and Inspector, or from the county

commissioners of his county, to cause suit to be instituted against

such treasurer and his sureties or any of them in the district court

of his county.

R.L. 1910, § 7430. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 5, emerg. eff.

April 6, 1979.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-527 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-527
Employment of legal counsel authorized
Status: in_force

A. The sheriff, treasurer or assessor in a county shall have

the authority to employ a general counsel, either in-house as a

staff attorney or through an outside law firm, to advise or

represent that officer and his or her office in the performance of

the official duties of that office. The Board of County

Commissioners shall approve all contracts for outside counsel. A

general counsel employed pursuant to this section shall be

compensated from the funds of the employing county office.

B. The sheriff may employ outside counsel pursuant to this

section to provide immediate representation to a deputy of the

sheriff in a deputy-involved shooting incident; provided, the

sheriff shall not continue payment to the counsel if the deputy

involved is charged with any crime arising from the incident.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-872.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-872.1
Annexation of territory
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of a petition with the board of county

commissioners for a change of boundary lines of any sewer

improvement district signed by a majority of the holders of title to

lands of the area proposed to be annexed to an adjacent sewer

improvement district, the board of county commissioners shall cause

notice to be published one time in some newspaper printed and

published in the county and of general circulation in the area

sought to be annexed at least ten (10) days before the time at which

such petition will be considered. Such notice shall state the time

and place when and where the petition will be considered by the

board of county commissioners, a brief substance of the petition,

and that all persons interested may appear and be heard. The board

of county commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear

and determine all contests and objections pertaining to such

annexation, and at the time set for hearing the board may amend the

plan of annexation by excluding from within its boundaries lands

which it may deem will not be benefited by annexation to such sewer

improvement district. At such hearing the board shall also

determine whether or not the annexation of such area to such sewer

improvement district will be to the best interests of the holders of

title of the area affected, or conducive or beneficial to the public

health of said area as now exists or to be developed and if said

board determines that it will, then it shall make an order annexing

such area to said improvement district, and such territory for all

purposes shall thereafter be a part of such sewer improvement

district. The annexed territory shall assume its full proportion of

all legal indebtedness outstanding against the original sewer

improvement district, including bonded indebtedness.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-876 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-876
Title to property - Sale of sewerage system - Election -
Status: in_force

Dissolution.

(a) The legal title to all property acquired under this act

shall immediately and by operation of law vest in such sewer

improvement district in its corporate name and shall be held by such

district in trust for, and is hereby dedicated and set apart to, the

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uses and purposes set forth in this act. The board of directors of

such district is hereby authorized to hold, use, acquire, manage,

occupy and possess such property as herein provided.

(b) The board of directors shall have authority to contract for

the sale of the sewerage system of the district with a city or town,

including the lines of conveyance, plant and other real or personal

property used in connection therewith, on such terms as it believes

to be for the best interests of the district, but no such contract

shall be operative or valid until approved by a majority of the

electors of the district voting at a special election called for

such purpose by the board of directors. Such special election shall

be called and conducted and notice thereof given as in the case of a

special election on the issuance of bonds of the district. The

board of directors shall canvass the result of such special election

and make record thereof in its minutes, and if the proposed contract

shall have been approved at such election, the board of directors

shall execute necessary conveyances to carry out the terms of the

contract; and the purchaser shall thereupon have the right to fix

and collect reasonable tolls and charges for the use of the system

so purchased. Provided, that the purchase price for such sewerage

system shall not be less than the principal amount of the

outstanding main sewer line and sewage disposal plant bonds

outstanding plus the interest on said bonds to the first call date

thereof. The proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the payment

of the principal and interest of outstanding bonds of the district,

and any excess shall be paid to the owners of the lots and pieces of

ground in the district, in proportion to the assessed value thereof.

(c) After the execution of the necessary conveyances to carry

out the terms of the contract for sale the board of directors shall

pay all outstanding valid claims for the operation and maintenance

of the district.

The board of directors shall then make a report in writing to

the board of county commissioners, advising said county

commissioners of the sale of the district, including the terms of

sale, disposition of the proceeds of the sale, that all valid claims

for operation and maintenance have been paid, and petitioning for

the dissolution of said district.

The board of county commissioners shall cause notice of said

petition for dissolution to be published one (1) time in some

newspaper printed and published in the county and of general

circulation in the district at least ten (10) days before the time

at which such petition will be considered. Such notice shall state

the time and place, when and where the petition will be considered

by the board of county commissioners, a brief substance of the

petition, and that all persons interested may appear and be heard.

The board of county commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction

to hear and determine all contests and objections pertaining to such

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dissolution. At such hearing the board of county commissioners

shall determine whether there is any reason or necessity for the

continued existence of such district. If said board determines that

there is no reason or necessity for the continued existence of said

district it shall issue its order dissolving said sewer improvement

district, vacating all the offices thereof and discharging the

officers from further liability.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-155.5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-155.5
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 19-155.5v1 (HB 1189, Laws 2017, c. 22, § 2).

OS 19-155.5v2 (SB 48, Laws 2017, c. 212, § 4).
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-339.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-339.2
Purchase price
Status: in_force

The purchase price of any county-owned land, sites or structures

to be sold to the Oklahoma Historical Society shall be determined by

the board of county commissioners.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-289 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-289
Receiving book
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 156

The county clerk shall keep a receiving book, with suitable

headings and columns, as the case may be;

a. For instruments to be recorded by the county clerk as

registrar of deeds;

b. For instruments to be filed as public notice by the county

clerk as such; which receiving book, in either instance, shall show

the name of the person who deposited the same, the nature of the

instrument, the year, month, day, hour, and minute when the same

shall be received, the fee for recording or filing the same, and

where the instrument is filed or to whom such instrument is mailed

or delivered if recorded. It shall be the duty of the State Auditor

and Inspector to prescribe suitable forms to conform to this act and

for the separate instances noted.

R.L. 1910, § 1661. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 149, § 1; Laws 1951, p.

43, § 1; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 79, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-284 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-284
Care of records - Fixtures and furniture
Status: in_force

The register of deeds shall have the care and custody of all

books, records, deeds, maps, papers and fixtures deposited and kept

in his office, and it shall be his duty to carefully preserve and

guard the same against defacing, mutilation, change or injury, and

he shall be furnished by the county with suitable fixtures and

furniture to protect the records and papers of his office.

R.L. 1910, § 1656.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-138.4
Compensation - Private practice
Status: in_force

In counties subject to the provisions of Section 138.1a et seq.

of this title, wherein the district judges have determined, in

accordance with Section 138.3 of this title that the protection of

the unfortunate and poverty-stricken defendants subject to criminal

action in such county require the employment of a county indigent

defender on a full-time basis, such person so appointed shall not

engage in any practice of law except in the performance of the

duties as county indigent defender, and shall receive a salary

commensurate with the salary received by the district attorney in

said district, payable monthly, from the court fund of such county,

provided such salaries shall not apply to counties of less than

three hundred thousand (300,000) population; provided that if

additional assistance is required by the county indigent defender to

properly fulfill the duties of the office, the indigent defender may

authorize the employment of and appoint assistant defenders on a

full-time or part-time basis, which assistants shall be under the

same restrictions as to the practice of law as the county indigent

defender of such county, and each shall receive a salary

commensurate with the range of salaries of assistant district

attorneys in their districts, payable monthly, out of the court fund

of the county as determined by the county indigent defender.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.15 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.15
Bond election
Status: in_force

When the board of directors shall have estimated the cost of

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

which shall be submitted to the electors of the district the

question of whether or not the bonds of the district shall be issued

in the amount so determined; provided, such bonds shall not be

issued for more than the actual estimated cost of such purchase and

construction.

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 clerk. Such 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 said resolution shall appoint for each precinct, from

the electors of the district, one (1) clerk and two (2) judges, who

shall constitute a board of election for such 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 electors of the

district to supply the place or places of those absent. Said

resolution shall designate the date, hour and place in the precincts

where the election will be held.

Notice of such election shall be given by publication in some

newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such

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

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

three (3) public places in each election precinct, as established by

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

date of such election.

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Such 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.

4. The amount of bonds proposed to be issued.

One (1) of the judges of each precinct shall be chairman of the

election board of the precinct and may: first, administer all oaths

required in the progress of the election; second, appoint another

judge or clerk, if during the progress of the election any judge or

clerk ceases to act.

At such election, the ballots shall contain the words: "Bonds -

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

The said election shall be held as nearly as may be in

conformity with the provisions governing the election for the

formation of the district; provided, no informalities in conducting

such election shall invalidate the same if the election shall have

been otherwise fairly conducted.

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

said amount to be issued.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.24 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.24
Zoning regulations to govern
Status: in_force

Whenever the zoning regulations made under authority of this act

require a greater width of size of yards, courts, or other open

spaces or require a lower height of building or a less number of

stories or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied

or require a lower density of population, or require a more

restricted use of land, or impose other higher standards than are

required in any other statute, local order or regulation, private

deed restrictions or private covenants, the regulations made under

the authority of this act shall govern.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-869.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-869.1
Lake area planning commission - Power to create
Status: in_force

For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma in

conserving the natural resources of the state and promoting the

health, safety, peace, morals and general welfare of the state, in

any county of the state having within its boundaries all or part of

an upstream terminal port or turnaround where navigation ends, or in

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any county containing all or part of a reservoir or reservoirs

constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers or the Grand River Dam Authority, there may be created at

the discretion of the board of county commissioners a lake area

planning commission with the powers, authority, functions, duties

and jurisdictional area set out in this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.44B — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.44B
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this act is to require the installation of

automatic water sprinkler systems in high-rise buildings within this

state which are occupied by persons in order to protect life and

prevent fire in such buildings where fire must be fought internally

because of height.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-514.5v1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-514.5v1
Collection of administrative costs
Status: in_force

A. Misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrants referred to the

third-party contractor pursuant to Section 514.4 of this title shall

include the addition of an administrative cost of thirty percent

(30%) of the outstanding misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrant,

scheduled fine or sum due, and all associated fees, costs and

statutory penalty assessments. This administrative cost shall not

be waived or reduced except by order of the court.

B. The administrative cost reflected in subsection A of this

section, when collected, shall be distributed to the third-party

contractor, a portion of which may be used to compensate the

association administrating the contract.

C. The monies collected and disbursed shall be audited at least

once a year by a firm approved by the State Auditor and Inspector.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.37 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.37
Budgets - Format - Budget summary - Estimate of
Status: in_force

revenues - Determination of needs.

A. At least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each

fiscal year, a budget for each fund of the district for which a

budget is required shall be completed by the board. Each budget

shall provide a complete financial plan for the budget year. The

budget format shall be as prescribed by the State Auditor and

Inspector. The format shall contain at least the following in

tabular form for each fund, itemized by department and account

within each fund:

1. Actual revenues and expenditures for the immediate prior

fiscal year;

2. Estimated actual revenues and expenditures for the current

fiscal year; and

3. Estimated revenues and expenditures for the budget year.

B. The budget for each fund shall contain a budget summary. It

shall also be accompanied by a budget message from the board which

shall explain the budget and describe its important features.

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C. The estimate of revenues in each fund for any budget year

shall include probable income by source which the district is

legally empowered to collect or receive at the time the budgets are

adopted. The estimate shall be based upon a review and analysis of

past and anticipated revenues of the district. Any portion of the

budget of revenues to be derived from special assessments shall not

exceed the estimated amount of the assessment which is available for

appropriation, as finally determined by the board, or which can or

must be raised as required by law. The budget of expenditures for

each fund shall not exceed the estimated revenues for each fund. No

more than ten percent (10%) of the total budget for any fund may be

budgeted for miscellaneous purposes.

D. The board shall determine the needs of the district for

sinking fund purposes, and include these requirements in the debt

service fund budget for the budget year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1214 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1214
Terms of board members - Annual meetings of residents
Status: in_force

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A. The term of office of every member elected to an original

board shall be until the date of annual meeting of the residents of

the district of either the first, second, or third year following

the year of the incorporation of the district and until their

successors are elected and have qualified, and as nearly as possible

the terms of an equal number of directors on any such board shall

expire on each of the dates.

B. At each annual meeting after the year of the election of the

original board members, elections shall be held to elect directors

to fill any position on the board, the term of office of which has

expired, and any director so elected shall hold office for a term of

three (3) years and until a successor is elected and has qualified.

For the purpose of election of board members and for such other

purposes as the bylaws may prescribe, annual meetings of residents

shall be held by each district between January 1 and March 1 of each

year following the year of incorporation of such district. The

board of directors shall cause notice of the time and place of each

annual meeting and the purpose thereof to be given to each of its

participating members. Each resident present shall be entitled to a

single vote.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-178.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-178.2
Duty of officers and employees to conform to law
Status: in_force

It shall be and is hereby made the duty of every county officer,

board, commission, or department, and by record directive of the

board of county commissioners may be made the duty of any employee

of the board of county commissioners subject to summary discharge

and removal by the board, to conform in all respects and be amenable

to all uniform resolutions adopted by their respective boards of

county commissioners directing the taking, recording, maintaining

and reporting inventories of properties in their respective custody

in accordance with the provisions of this act. It shall be the duty

and responsibility of each elected county official to create and

maintain inventory records of said office. Such inventory shall be

filed with the county clerk.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-904.9 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-904.9
Annual audits required
Status: in_force

The directors of every county jail trust authority created

pursuant to the provisions of this act shall cause an audit to be

made of, including but not limited to, the funds, accounts and

fiscal affairs of the authority. The audit shall be ordered within

thirty (30) days of the close of each fiscal year which shall

commence July 1 and end June 30.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 472
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-212 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-212
Land Office suits - Duties - Instructions of
Status: in_force

Commissioners.

The district attorney in performing the duties required of him

by Section 1, of this act, shall follow the instructions of the

Commissioners of the Land Office and shall furnish said Commission

with copies of all process issued in such action and proceedings,

and the return of service thereof. He shall also furnish reports to

said Commissioners, covering the different steps taken in such

actions and proceedings and keep them advised as to the status

thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-884 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-884
General plan of proposed operation - Bonds
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the organization of such

improvement district, the board of directors shall, by resolution

entered on its record, formulate a general plan of proposed

operation for the district, in which shall be stated what

constructed works or other property is proposed to be purchased and

the cost of purchasing the same, and what amount of construction is

proposed to be done and the cost of doing the same. For the purpose

of ascertaining the cost of any such construction work, the board

shall cause such preliminary surveys, examinations, plans and

specifications to be made as shall furnish a proper basis for the

estimation of the cost of such work. Such estimate of cost shall

include the cost of advertising, appraising, engineering, election,

and such other expense as is necessary or essential to the

completion of the improvements. All such surveys, examinations,

maps, plans and estimates shall be made under the direction of a

registered professional engineer licensed under the laws of the

State of Oklahoma and certified by him and filed with the secretary

of the district. Upon the filing of such plans and specifications

the board of directors shall proceed to determine the amount of

money necessary to be raised and shall immediately thereupon call a

special election, at which shall be submitted to the electors of

such district the question of whether or not the bonds of said

district shall be issued in the amount so determined; provided, such

bonds shall not be issued for more than the actual estimated cost of

such improvements and construction work as certified by such

engineer. Notice of such election must be given by posting notice

in three public places in each election precinct in said district,

as established by said board, for at least ten (10) days, and also

by publication of such notice in some newspaper published in the

county once a week for at least two (2) consecutive weeks. Such

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notice must specify the time of holding the election, the amount of

bonds proposed to be issued, and state generally the purpose of the

same and the election must be held and the result thereof determined

and declared in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity

with the statutory provision governing the holding of elections in

cities for the issuance of general obligation bonds; provided, no

informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same

if the elections shall have been otherwise fairly conducted. At

such an election the ballots shall contain the words, "Bonds ______

Yes", or "Bonds _____ No", or words equivalent thereto. If a

majority of the ballots cast are "Bonds ______ Yes", the board of

directors shall pass a resolution providing for the issuance of said

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

States and shall run for a period of from ten (10) to twenty (20)

years as determined by the board of directors. The principal and

interest shall be payable at the office of the clerk of the board of

directors or at any bank or fiscal agency designated by the board of

directors. Such bonds shall be each of the denomination of not less

than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), shall be negotiable in form, executed in the

name of the district and signed by the director and the clerk and

the seal of the district shall be affixed thereto. Facsimile

signatures and seals may be used as provided in the Registered

Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma.

In the event the election hereinabove provided for is in favor

of the issue of said bonds then the board of directors of said

district shall cause final estimates, plans, profiles and

specifications to be made for the work included in the preliminary

plans and specifications by a registered professional engineer

licensed under the laws of the State of Oklahoma in which shall be

included the cost of advertising, appraising, engineering and such

other expenses as is necessary or essential to the completion of

said improvement and shall by resolution adopt the same.

The bonds shall express on their face that they were issued by

the authority of Sections 871 et seq. of this title, stating its

title and date of approval. The clerk or appointed agent shall keep

a record of the bonds. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate of

not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum.

Should the election herein provided for result in a failure to

authorize the issuance of such bonds, the sewer improvement district

shall be automatically dissolved, after the expiration of sixty (60)

days from the date of such election; provided, that should the board

of directors call a second bond election, within said sixty (60)

days period, then the life of said sewer improvement district shall

be extended subject to the results of said second election. Should

the second election result in a failure to authorize the issuance of

said bonds then said district shall be deemed to be automatically

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dissolved. The county election board shall file a report of all

bond elections hereunder with the clerk of said board of directors

and with the county clerk of said county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-434 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-434
Docketing of appeals - Determination de novo
Status: in_force

All appeals thus taken to the district court shall be docketed

as other causes pending therein, and the same shall be heard and

determined de novo.

R.L. 1910, § 1643.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1102 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1102
Purposes for which funds may be expended
Status: in_force

Any such county establishing an economic development program

under this act may utilize the funds herein authorized to conduct

studies and prepare comprehensive plans for its future economic

growth and development; to inventory the services, facilities and

resources of the entire county; to promote, stimulate and encourage

the growth and development of the agriculture, commerce and industry

of the county as a whole, in order to achieve maximum utilization of

its human, economic and natural resources and tourist attractions;

to foster and promote industrial climate and payroll; to otherwise

promote the general economic welfare and prosperity of the area; and

to enter into a professional services contract to employ an

executive director for the economic development program as provided

for in Section 2 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1703 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1703
Application of act
Status: in_force

This act shall apply to all emergency medical service districts

created pursuant to the provisions of Section 9C of Article X of the

Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-864.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-864.4
Certificates of competency - Examinations
Status: in_force

No person shall be issued a certificate of competency as a Class

A electrical contractor, Class B electrical contractor, appliance

repair shop, electrical sign contractor, motor shops, Class A

journeyman electrician, Class B journeyman electrician, journeyman

sign electrician, or electrical appliance repairman until he has

passed an examination by the joint electrical examining and appeals

board, except as herein provided. Said board shall meet within ten

(10) days after its appointment and shall then designate the time

and place for the first examination of all applicants desiring to

secure certificates.

Said board shall examine applicants for certificate of

competency as Class A electrical contractors or Class A journeyman

electricians, as to their practical knowledge of electrical wiring,

the installation of same, the installation of electrical appliance

or fixtures, and the operation and control of electrical systems.

Applicants for certificate of competency as Class A electrical

contractors shall further be required to present evidence of five

(5) years' actual electrical experience. Applicants for certificate

of competency as Class A journeyman electricians shall further be

required to present evidence of three (3) years' actual electrical

experience. A credit shall be allowed, however, of not to exceed

one (1) year for Class A and Class B electrical contractor

applicants, electrical sign contractor applicants, and Class A and

Class B journeyman electrician applicants for time spent as a

student in a program of electrical study or training at a school

approved by the board. Such board approval shall not be required,

however, with respect to publicly supported technology center

schools.

All other applicants for certificates of competency shall be

examined as to their practical knowledge of the installation,

maintenance and repair of the appliances, equipment, apparatus and

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systems permitted to be worked on under the certificate which they

seek. All examinations shall be written. If the applicant

demonstrates his competency in that phase of the trade for which a

certificate of competency is sought the board shall issue a

certificate of competency to such applicant authorizing him to

engage only in such electrical work described in said certificate

upon compliance with the conditions of any other section herein

relating thereto.

All certificates shall be signed by the chairman of said board

and attested by the secretary and shall show the date of passage of

the examination or, if issued without examination as herein

provided, the reason therefor, the name of the person and the class

of work authorized. Such certificate shall be issued only for the

year in which it is dated and shall expire on December 31 of the

year for which issued. Certificates shall be numbered consecutively

and the examining board and the electrical inspector shall keep a

record of all such certificates issued.

It shall be unlawful for any certificate of competency or

license holder to transfer his certificate or license or to allow it

to be used directly or indirectly by any other person.

Licensed contractors shall employ workmen licensed in the

category of the contractor's work classification.

Any certificate of competency or license heretofore issued by a

city of this state having a population of one hundred eighty

thousand (180,000), or more, according to the last Federal Decennial

Census, or by a joint examining and/or appeals board created under

any previous act, shall be recognized for the balance of the year of

its issue by the joint electrical examining and appeals board in the

county in which such city or joint board shall have been located.

Such certificates or licenses shall be subject to renewal without

further examination upon payment of the regularly established

renewal fee in the same manner as if such certificate or license had

been originally issued by the joint electrical examining and appeals

board to which it is presented for renewal.

In any county not heretofore covered by a statutory electrical

code, any person who has been engaged in the work as a Class A

journeyman electrician, Class B journeyman electrician, sign

electrician, electrical appliance repairman or the work and business

of a Class A electrical contractor, Class B electrical contractor,

electrical sign contractor, motor shop or appliance repair shop, as

such classifications are defined herein, within any county subject

to the provisions of this act, for a period of at least two (2)

years, immediately preceding July 5, 1965, shall, upon proof of such

work, be issued a certificate of competency by the joint electrical

examining and appeals board without examination and upon such

person's payment of all fees as provided herein, and provided

further that the application therefor is made within sixty (60) days

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after the creation of the joint electrical examining and appeals

board. The latter-named group shall be granted such certificates of

competency without regard as to whether they have ever been licensed

in any municipality or not.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.29 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.29
Exclusive control by commission - Transfer of records,
Status: in_force

etc.

From and after the time such commission is constituted by the

cooperating governmental units, it shall have exclusive control for

the purposes herein provided over the territory within such city and

the unincorporated areas of the county to the exclusion of any other

planning and zoning agency, excepting therefrom any city or county

boards of adjustment. The now existing city and county planning

commissions shall transfer to this commission upon its activation

all records, resolutions, maps, charts, plats and other descriptive

matter which said city or county planning commissions shall have in

their possession.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1262 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1262
Transferees or assignees - Obligations
Status: in_force

Any transferee or assignee of any such bonds, from a registered

owner or holder thereof, shall be bound by any payments and

discharges made prior to the registration of his transfer and in

pursuance of the provisions hereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-155.5v2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-155.5v2
Destruction of certain reccords after reproduction and
Status: in_force

storage.

A. As to the records that are not destroyed as provided for in

Section 155.2 of this title, the county treasurer in each county in

Oklahoma, after compliance with provisions of statute as to

reproduction and storage of records and providing for convenient

viewing thereof, is hereby authorized, each year, to destroy the

following types of work books, reports and records that have been on

file or stored in his or her office for a period of time longer than

the period specifically indicated, as follows:

REQUISITE TIME OF

TYPE OF RECORD RETAINING ORIGINAL

Tax Rolls and Tax

Roll adjustments 6 years

Tax Sale and Resale

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Records 6 years

Special Assessment Rolls 6 years after due date

Tax Protest Records Until final settlement

Tax Receipts

real property,

personal property 7 years

Special Assessments,

emergency or back

assessments, and

mortgage tax receipts 2 years

Municipal Bond Records 7 years after final

settlement

Personal Tax, Warrants

and Records 2 years

B. All the records above described in Section 155.2 of this

title, may be destroyed after two (2) years provided the same are

reproduced and stored as required by law; and further provided that

the State Auditor and Inspector has audited said records and has not

directed such original records to be retained. Such copied records

must be retained until such time as the original, if it had been

retained, would have been seven (7) years old.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-788 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-788
Contracts - Bids - Notice - Preference - Uncompleted
Status: in_force

contracts - Payment of personal property taxes.

(a) All contracts for county hospital construction work,

alteration, additions, or repairs exceeding Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00) in any calendar year, shall be let to the lowest

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responsible bidder or bidders after notice of publication in a

newspaper of general circulation published in the county where the

work is to be done in two consecutive weekly issues of the

newspaper. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified or

cashier's check equal to five percent (5%) of the bid or Ten

Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), whichever is the smaller, which shall

be deposited with the board of control as a guaranty, and forfeited

to the county treasurer to the credit of the county hospital fund in

the event the successful bidder fails to comply with the terms of

the proposal, and returned to the successful bidder on execution and

delivery of the bond herein provided for, and the checks of the

unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to them in accordance with

the terms of the proposal.

(b) All notices of the letting of contracts under this section

shall state the time and place bids will be received and opened.

Such bids shall be sealed and opened only at the time and place

mentioned in the notice and in the presence of a majority of the

members of the board of control. The successful bidder for the

construction of the work shall enter into a contract on a form

furnished and prescribed by the board of control and shall give good

and sufficient performance bond in a sum equal to the contract

price, to the county, with sureties approved by the board of

control, to insure the proper and prompt completion of the work in

accordance with the provisions of the contract and the plans and

specifications; bonds shall also be posted to protect against unpaid

claims of subcontractors, laborers, and suppliers. Provided, that

if in the opinion of a majority of the board of control, the lowest

responsible bid or bids for the construction herein authorized to be

constructed shall be excessive, then and in that event the board of

control shall have the right to reject any or all bids and to

readvertise the same for additional bids. The board of control

within its discretion and where it is in the best interests of

hospital construction, may extend a contract not to exceed ten

percent (10%) of the length and extent of the original project, such

extension work to be paid for at a price not greater than the

contract unit basis. No work shall be initiated until the

contractor furnishes the board with certificates of insurance for

workmen's compensation, public liability and builders' risk.

(c) When quality and prices are equal preference shall be given

materials produced within the State of Oklahoma, and preference

shall also be given construction contractors domiciled, having and

maintaining offices in and being citizen taxpayers of the State of

Oklahoma.

(d) When any contract for the construction or improvement of a

county hospital has not been carried out, or work thereunder has

been suspended by virtue of an order or directive of any officer or

agency of the federal or state government, issued under authority

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vested in or delegated to such officer or agency, or if the

contractor defaults, the board shall proceed against the contractor

and/or his bonds, if he has caused the postponement or cancellation

of the contract, and the board shall then have the right to

advertise in the manner provided for hereinabove to relet the

contract for the uncompleted portion.

(e) Five percent (5%) of the total amount of money due under

contract with the board of control for county hospital construction

work shall be retained by the board until the contractor to whom

payment is due files with the board a certified copy of a personal

tax receipt, showing payment of personal property taxes due on the

contractor's equipment and supplies, from the county treasurer of

the county wherein the property is assessed, or is required to be

assessed, and evidence of having proper workmen's compensation

coverage for employees as provided by Title 85 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, Section 61.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-331 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-331
May punish contempts and issue process
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners shall have power to preserve

order when sitting as a board, and may punish contempts by fines not

exceeding Five Dollars ($5.00), or by imprisonment in the county

jail not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours; they may force obedience

to all orders made by attachment or other compulsory process, and

when fines are assessed by them the same may be collected before any

justice of the peace having jurisdiction, and shall be paid over as

other fines within ten (10) days after they are collected.

R.L. 1910, § 1592.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-518 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-518
Retiring sheriff to complete action on papers in hand
Status: in_force

Sheriffs, undersheriffs and deputies may execute and return all

such writs and processes as shall be in their hands at the

expiration of their office, or at the time of their removal from

office, which they shall have begun to execute by service, levy or

collection of money thereon.

R.L. 1910, § 1702.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1006 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1006
Director
Status: in_force

The commission shall appoint a director of the city-county park

and recreation commission on the basis of merit and experience.

Such director shall be a graduate of an accredited college or

university in the field of landscape architecture, horticulture,

park management, recreation or related field or shall have had a

minimum of ten years' experience in park management, recreation,

landscape architecture, horticulture or related fields. The

director shall serve at the discretion of the commission. The

director may appoint and remove staff members and other employees,

subject to the approval of the commission. The appointment and

compensation of the director and other staff members shall all be

subject to the approval of the governing body of the city and the

board of county commissioners.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-751 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-751
Governing bodies of cities authorized to contract with
Status: in_force

county commissioners.

The governing bodies of the cities of this state are hereby

empowered and authorized to enter into a contract with the county

commissioners of the county in which such city is located for the

purpose of erecting, maintaining or operating a building to be used

for a city hall and courthouse purpose or for a county and city jail

or either or both of them, upon such terms or conditions as may be

agreed upon between the two contracting bodies.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.1
Organization authorized
Status: in_force

Whenever twenty-five percent (25%) of the holders of title to

lands outside of the corporate limits of any incorporated city or

town shall petition the board of county commissioners of the county

in which such area owned by them is located for the formation of a

fire protection district, and compliance had with the provisions of

this act, the said board of county commissioners shall enter its

order organizing such district, and when so organized such district

shall have the powers conferred herein or such as hereafter may be

conferred by law upon such fire protection districts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.22 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.22
Destruction of certain records - Reproduction of
Status: in_force

records.

A. The district attorney is hereby authorized to destroy all or

a portion of his or her office records and files relating to:

1. Any felony case or record relating to a felony investigation

except where a homicide is involved, provided a period of ten (10)

years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case, or

where the district attorney has digitized or provided computer

storage for such felony cases;

2. Any misdemeanor case, traffic case, wildlife case or record

relating to a misdemeanor, traffic or wildlife investigation,

provided a period of five (5) years shall have elapsed since the

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last action in said case, or where the district attorney has

digitized or provided computer storage for such misdemeanor, traffic

or wildlife cases to be destroyed;

3. Any juvenile case, provided a period of ten (10) years shall

have elapsed since the last action in said case, or where the

district attorney has digitized or provided computer storage for

such juvenile case to be destroyed; and

4. Any civil case, provided a period of ten (10) years shall

have elapsed since the last action in said case, or where the

district attorney has digitized or provided computer storage for

such civil case to be destroyed.

B. The district attorney is authorized to reproduce a copy of

such record, file or case stored digitally or in computer storage as

provided in this section and such copy or computer-generated image

or record may be used by the district attorney in lieu of the

destroyed record, file or case, for all purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.19 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.19
Termination of nonconforming uses
Status: in_force

The board, within its area of jurisdiction may provide for the

termination of nonconforming uses either by specifying the period or

periods within which they shall be required to cease, or by

providing a formula or formulas whereby the compulsory termination

of nonconforming use shall be so fixed as to allow a reasonable

period for the recovery of amortization of the investment in the

nonconformance, provided, that in each instance any such action of

the board shall be taken only after public notice and hearing

thereon has been had before the commission and that commission's

recommendations with respect thereto certified to the board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-88 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-88
Cases given precedence and passed on speedily
Status: in_force

If any application for a hearing, upon any question arising

after any such election has been held, is filed with the Supreme

Court it shall be the duty of said court to make said matter special

and give it precedence over the other business of said court, and

consider and pass upon the same as speedily as is consistent with

the business of said court.

R.L. 1910, § 1534.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-339.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-339.3
Disposition of funds
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners shall place all funds received

from the sale of land, sites or structures in a special fund to be

used for the purchase or construction of facilities for use by the

county. All such funds may be invested by the county treasurer as

directed by the board of county commissioners in state or national

banks or trust companies upon insured time deposit bearing interest

at a rate no less than currently being paid upon insured savings

accounts in said institutions or invested in direct obligations of

the United States government.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.57 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.57
Administration of grants
Status: in_force

A. When funds are made available for such purpose, the State

Department of Agriculture shall administer grants from any monies

which may be available for the purpose of the improvement of fire

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protection in rural areas of the State of Oklahoma, to the end that

the hazard of loss by fire and fire insurance rates may be reduced

and the public safety thereby promoted. Any such monies shall be

distributed in the manner provided by law.

B. The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to

allocate such monies obtained pursuant to subsection A of this

section to eligible entities on a matching basis and such matching

requirements may be fulfilled either in cash or in-kind. In

addition, the State Department of Agriculture is authorized to

establish preferential matching requirements for eligible entities

which have Insurance Service Organization rates of ten (10) or which

have other critical circumstances and needs which are determined by

the State Department of Agriculture to justify preferential matching

requirements.

C. 1. The State Department of Agriculture shall in writing

notify the rural fire protection coordination districts of any

available grant monies by August 1st of each year.

2. Each rural fire protection coordination district desiring to

obtain such grant monies for improvement of fire protection within

such district shall submit such request to the Department, in such

form and in such manner as required by the Department, by September

1, of each year.

3. The Forestry Division shall submit the final list of

grantees and their approved amounts prior to the October meeting of

the Board of Agriculture for consideration.

4. By October 1 of each year, the Department shall make a

determination on the allocation of such monies to the rural fire

protection coordination districts.

5. Upon approval, the Forestry Division shall distribute the

forms required by law to all grantees to certify the grant. The

prescribed form must be signed by the grantee and returned to the

Forestry Division before the grant becomes official.

6. Expenditures made prior to the date of the grant award shall

not be considered for reimbursement.

7. Fire departments shall submit copies of paid invoices,

canceled checks or other proof of purchase, attached to the

prescribed form when requesting reimbursement. No more than three

(3) partial payment requests are permitted.

8. Fire departments shall keep complete and accurate records of

grant expenditures and make this information available to the

Forestry Division or the coordinators on request.

9. Approved claims shall be submitted by the Forestry Division

for payment. Checks shall be sent promptly to the fire department's

contact person when received.

10. The coordinators shall closely track the progress of all

grantees in the assigned district to assure their completion by June

30. As of April 1, an assessment shall be made to determine the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 453

amount of grant funds which remain unobligated in each district, and

therefore available to make additional grants within that district.

The coordinators shall use the original prioritized list of grant

applications to make additional grants, and submit a list of

additional grantees and amounts to the Forestry Division for

processing through the April meeting of the Board of Agriculture for

approval. These grants are still subject to the June 30 cutoff for

obligating grant funds. The same procedures will be used as for the

first round of grants.

11. Follow-up compliance audits shall be performed by the

coordinators and the Forestry Division of the State Department of

Agriculture. Fire departments are required to cooperate fully

during the audit.

D. In determining the amount of grant monies to be awarded to a

rural fire protection coordination district pursuant to the

provisions of this section, such district shall be eligible to

receive an amount resulting from computing the number of fire

departments with service area populations of less than ten thousand

(10,000) persons in a rural fire protection coordination district

divided by the total number of fire departments with service area

populations of less than ten thousand (10,000) persons in this state

multiplied by the total amount of the grant monies available to

rural fire protection coordination districts in the state.

E. In addition to any other criteria established by the State

Department of Agriculture for receipt of grant monies for rural fire

protection coordination districts, the State Department of

Agriculture, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, Article

I, Sections 250.3 through 308.2 and Article II, Sections 309 through

323 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall establish criteria

to rate and prioritize applications for funding such requests of the

rural fire protection coordination districts. Such criteria shall

include, but not be limited to, consideration for: number of

residents, businesses and square miles to be protected; fire runs

per calendar year; annual sales and property tax collection; use of

volunteers; written fire plan or standard operating procedures plan;

fundraising; training; compliance with legal requirements; and

workers' compensation and vehicle liability insurance coverage.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-451 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-451
Purchase of boat for official business - Mileage
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any county in this state

having more than two hundred fifty (250) miles of lake shore line

within such county, are hereby authorized to purchase, maintain, and

to provide for the operation of, for the official business of the

county and its several offices, a boat and motive power therefor,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 218

either inboard or outboard. No mileage shall be charged to the

county for travel in such boat and all mileage collected by any

officer, from any other source, shall be paid by him into the county

and shall be credited to the fund from which claims for the

operation of such boat shall be paid. The board shall establish

such rules and regulations regarding the use of such boat as to

prevent its use for other than official business.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.30-3
Agreement on contract - Submission to arbitration -
Status: in_force

Selection of arbitrators.

A. It shall be the obligation of the Rural Fire Protection

District, acting through its corporate authorities, to meet at

reasonable times and confer in good faith with the representatives

of the full-time firefighters within ten (10) days after receipt of

written notice from said bargaining agent requesting a meeting for

collective bargaining purposes. The obligation shall include the

duty to cause any collective bargaining agreement resulting from

negotiations to be reduced to a written agreement, the term of which

shall not exceed one (1) year; provided, any such agreement shall

continue from year to year and be automatically extended for one-

year terms unless written notice of request for bargaining is given

by either the Rural Fire Protection District authorities or the

bargaining agent of the full-time firefighters at least thirty (30)

days before the anniversary date of such negotiated agreement.

Within ten (10) days of receipt of such notice by the other party, a

conference shall be scheduled for the purposes of collective

bargaining, and until a new agreement is reached, the currently

existing written agreement shall not expire and shall continue in

full force and effect.

B. In the event that the bargaining agent and the corporate

authorities are unable, within thirty (30) days from and including

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the date of the first meeting, to reach an agreement on a contract,

any and all unresolved issues shall be submitted to arbitration,

upon request of either party.

C. Within five (5) days from the date of the request for

arbitration referred to in subsection B of this section, the

bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall each select and

name one arbitrator and shall immediately thereafter notify each

other in writing of the name and address of the person so selected.

The two arbitrators so selected and named shall, within five (5)

days from and after the expiration of the five-day period

hereinabove mentioned, agree upon and select a third arbitrator.

If, on the expiration of the period allowed therefor, the

arbitrators are unable to agree upon the selection of a third

arbitrator, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall

request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to provide a

list of five arbitrators. Within five (5) days after receipt of the

list of arbitrators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation

Service, the two arbitrators already selected shall alternately

strike the name of one arbitrator from the list of five until one

name remains, with the employer making the first strike from the

list. The third arbitrator, whether selected as a result of an

agreement between the two arbitrators previously selected or

selected from the list provided by the Federal Mediation and

Conciliation Service, shall act as chairperson of the arbitration

board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.10 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.10
Transfer or sale of lands
Status: in_force

Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land

within the area, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or

negotiates to sell any land by reference to or exhibition thereof,

or by other use of a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been

approved by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission or the

Commission's staff as provided in the regulations adopted pursuant

to Section 863.9 of this title and filed of record in the office of

the county clerk, or whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner

of any parcel of ground, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or

negotiates to sell any tract of land of five (5) acres or less, or

which transfer or sale will result in a remainder tract of land of

five (5) acres or less, where such tract or remainder tract was not

shown of record in the office of the county clerk as separately

owned at the effective date of the regulations hereinafter provided

for and not located within a subdivision approved according to law

and filed of record in the office of the county clerk, or if so

located, not comprising at least one (1) entire lot as recorded,

without first obtaining the written approval of the Commission or

the Commission's staff as provided in the regulations adopted

pursuant to Section 863.9 of this title, by the endorsement on the

instrument of transfer, shall be subject to the penalties by this

act provided; and such transaction shall be unlawful and the deed or

other instrument of transfer shall not be valid; and if recorded,

shall not import notice; and the description of such lot or parcel

by metes and bounds, in the instrument of transfer or other document

used in the process of selling or transferring, shall not exempt the

transaction or the parties from such penalties or from the remedies

in this act provided.

In the consideration of such transfers, referred to as "lot-

splits", the Commission shall apply the same regulations as are

applied to subdivisions in order to accomplish the purposes of

planning as herein provided.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-624 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-624
Receipts for money received
Status: in_force

All tax receipts and other receipts for money received by the

county treasurer shall be receipted in duplicate and the duplicate

filed with the county clerk; but no receipt, except a tax receipt,

shall be of any validity until it is countersigned by the county

clerk.

R.L. 1910, § 1731.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1216 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1216
Operation and repair of equipment - Compensation -
Status: in_force

Budgets - Audits.

It shall be the duty of the chairman of the board of directors

to keep in repair equipment, apparatus, and other property of the

district and to operate the same as directed by the board. The

chairman and all persons who may perform any service or labor as

provided herein shall be paid such just and reasonable compensation

as may be allowed by the board of directors and the board shall

annually prepare an estimated budget for the coming year and submit

such budget to the board of county commissioners for their approval.

The board of directors shall cause an annual audit of the district's

records and accounts to be made, and shall make a report on the

matters at each annual meeting.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-961 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-961
Employees whose salaries are paid in whole or in part from
Status: in_force

Law Library Fund.

In addition to all other items which are now or may hereafter be

authorized to be paid from the Law Library Fund, it shall be the

mandatory duty of the trustees of the Law Library 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 Law Library

Fund 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-784 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-784
Issuance and sale of self-liquidating or general
Status: in_force

obligation bonds.

If at said election three-fifths of the voters voting thereon

shall vote in favor of the issuance of hospital self-liquidating

revenue and/or general obligation bonds, the board of county

commissioners shall proceed at once to the issuing of same and shall

deposit the bonds in the treasury of the county, the treasurer being

responsible and chargeable therefor on his official bond. The board

of county commissioners shall proceed to sell said bonds and deposit

the proceeds from the sale thereof in the treasury of said county

which money shall be paid out by the treasurer upon the orders of

the board of county commissioners from time to time as the same

shall be needed; provided, however, that said bonds shall not be

sold for less than par value thereof and accrued interest thereon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-163 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-163
Reimbursement for traveling expenses
Status: in_force

Each county officer or his deputy shall be entitled to

reimbursement for all traveling expenses incurred in the performance

of official duties. All expenses shall be paid upon sworn itemized

claims.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.9 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.9
Regular meetings - Special meetings - Quorum - Voting -
Status: in_force

Records.

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.

Five 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 a majority of those present and voting, a

quorum being present. All records of said board must be open to the

inspection of any elector during business hours.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-9 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.30-9
Violations - Penalties
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any collective bargaining

representative or member of a Rural Fire Protection District to

strike or engage in any work stoppage; and it shall further be

unlawful for any official, executive, administrator, manager, or

member of a governing body exercising the authority to fix and

determine the salaries, hours of work, and employment conditions of

a Rural Fire Protection District in this state to fail to bargain in

good faith in accordance with the provisions of this act. Any

person convicted of violating the provisions of this act shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than Ten

Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for

such offense, and each day during which such violation occurs or

continues shall constitute a separate offense. Any such conviction

shall be grounds for immediate dismissal from Rural Fire Protection

District employment, for any full-time firefighter so employed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-114 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-114
Securities - Deposit with State Treasurer
Status: in_force

The county treasurers of the various counties of the State of

Oklahoma are hereby authorized to deposit with the State Treasurer,

for safe keeping, securities received by them to secure county

deposits in county depositories; provided, that the provisions of

this act shall be cumulative to the provisions of Senate Bill Number

105 of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Oklahoma, relating

to the deposit for safe keeping of securities received by county

treasurers to secure county deposits.