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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 18:16:25+00:00

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Does 19 O.S.Supp.2013, § 421.2 prohibit a board of county commissioners from declaring county-owned real property as surplus to the needs of the county during the time period beginning 30 days before the filing period for any election of a county commissioner and ending the day after a county commissioner is sworn in?
Before turning to your question, we provide a brief summary of the powers granted to a board of county commissioners under Oklahoma law regarding the administration of county-owned property.
It is well established that counties within Oklahoma are "involuntary, subordinate political subdivision[s] of the state," Herndon v. Anderson, 25 P.2d 326, 329 (Okla. 1933), that may exercise only those powers that have been granted to them by statute. Tulsa Exposition & Fair Corp. v. Bd. ofCnty. Comm 'rs, 468 P.2d 501, 507 (Okla. 1970) (citing Johnston v. Conner, 236 P.2d 987 (Okla. 1951) and Herndon, 25 P.2d at 329). A county exercises its statutory authority through an elected board of county commissioners. See 19 O.S.2011, § 3. Like the counties themselves, "Boards of County Commissioners derive their powers and authority wholly from the statutes, and acts performed by them must be done pursuant to authority granted by valid legislative action." Tulsa Exposition & Fair Corp., 468 P.2d at 508. However, a board's authority also includes powers that are "necessarily or fairly implied or incidental to the powers expressly granted." See Shipp v. Se. Okla. Indus. Autk, 498 P.2d 1395, 1398 (Okla. 1972).

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