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19 OK Stat § 19-321 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-321. County commissioners' districts - Reapportionment - Maps and resolutions depository.

|A. Each county shall be divided by the board of county commissioners into three (3) compact districts, as equal in population as practicable and numbered respectively one, two and three. One commissioner shall be elected from each of the districts by the voters of the district, as provided for by law. |B. 1. Each county shall be reapportioned by the board of county commissioners on or before October 1 following the final official publication of the Federal Decennial Census to this state for the purposes of legislative redistricting. Provided, for purposes of the 2021 reapportionment of counties, each county shall be reapportioned by the board of county commissioners on or before November 30, 2021, following the final official publication of the Federal Decennial Census to this state for the purposes of legislative redistricting. The reapportionment shall be recorded in a resolution adopted by the commissioners. The resolution shall include an effective date for the reapportioned county commissioner districts. The effective date shall be January 1 of the following year.2. Beginning with the reapportionment following the 1990 Federal Decennial Census, all boundaries of county commissioner districts shall follow clearly visible, definable and observable physical boundaries which are based upon criteria established and recognized by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce for purposes of defining census blocks for its decennial census.3. If the commissioners fail to reapportion the county as required by this subsection, the commissioners shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 91 through 105 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes and it shall be the duty of the county excise board to perform the reapportionment.C. There is hereby established a depository for county commissioner district boundary maps and reapportionment resolutions within the Office of Geographic Information within the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.R.L. 1910, § 1583. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 65, p. 97, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1925; Laws 1982, c. 165, § 1, emerg. eff. April 12, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 158, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1990, c. 213, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 185, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 1991; Laws 2012, c. 190, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; Laws 2021, c. 366, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021.
19 OK Stat § 19-325 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-325. County seal.

|The board of county commissioners shall procure and keep a seal with such emblems and devices as they may think proper, which shall be the seal of the county, and no other seal shall be used by the county clerk; and the impression of the seal hereby required to be kept by the stamp, shall be sufficient sealing in all cases where sealing is required. |R.L. 1910, § 1586.
19 OK Stat § 19-326 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-326. Meetings - Passing on bills and claims.

|A. In addition to the special sessions for equalizing assessments, and all other special sessions now provided by law, the county commissioners shall meet and hold sessions for the transaction of business in the county courthouse, at the county seat, on or before the first Monday of each month, and may remain in session as long as the public business may require, and the passing upon, allowing or rejecting of bills against the county shall be taken up and passed upon by the board in the order in which the claims have been filed, and in which order such claims must be entered upon the calendar, except salary, wage and compensation claims of officers and deputies and employees, which salary, wage and compensation claims may be considered and paid, on or after the termination of the service pay period; provided, that such claims by subordinate deputies and employees be first approved by the officer having charge of the office or department. The board of county commissioners may recess or adjourn its meetings within the session, either from time to time or from day to day, or on call of the chairman; but, if such board does not sooner adjourn its session for any month, such session shall terminate and be adjourned by operation of law on the last business day of such month. If the board shall have adjourned its session before the last business day of any month, the county clerk shall have power to call special sessions when the best interests of the county demand it, upon giving five (5) days' notice of the time and object of calling the commissioners together, by posting up notices in three public places in the county, or by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the county; provided, that in the case of a vacancy in the office of county clerk, the chairman of the board shall have power to call a special session for the purpose of filling such vacancy. |B. The board of county commissioners may meet at times and in places within the county other than the county courthouse if it is determined that such meetings are beneficial to the general public. Such meetings shall be in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.R.L. 1910, § 1587. Amended by Laws 1945, p. 80, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1945; Laws 1988, c. 41, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 13, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 139, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
19 OK Stat § 19-327 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-327. Chairman elected each year.

|At the first meeting of the county commissioners in each year they shall elect one of their number chairman, who shall act as chairman of the said board of commissioners during the year in which he is elected, or until his successor is elected, and in case of a vacancy from any cause whatever the board of county commissioners shall elect another chairman. |R.L. 1910, § 1588.
19 OK Stat § 19-328 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-328. Powers and duties of chairman.

|It shall be the duty of the chairman of the board of county commissioners to preside at the meetings of said board, and he shall have the power to administer oaths to any person concerning any matter submitted to the board or connected with their powers and duties; and all orders made by the board of county commissioners, and all warrants drawn on the county treasurer, shall be signed by the chairman and attested by the clerk. |R.L. 1910, § 1589.
19 OK Stat § 19-329 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-329. Equal division.

|When the board of county commissioners are equally divided on any question, they shall defer a decision until the next meeting of the board, and then the matter shall be decided by a majority of the board. |R.L. 1910, § 1590.
19 OK Stat § 19-330 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-330. Certified copies of proceedings evidence.

|Copies of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners, duly certified and attested by the county clerk under seal shall be received as evidence in all courts of this state. |R.L. 1910, § 1591.
19 OK Stat § 19-331 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-331. May punish contempts and issue process.

|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.
19 OK Stat § 19-332 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-332. Account with county treasurer.

|The said commissioners shall keep a distinct account with the treasurer of the county, in a book provided for that purpose, commencing from the day on which the treasurer became qualified and continuing until the same or another person is qualified as treasurer, in which account they shall charge the treasurer with all sums paid him and for all sums for which the treasurer is accountable to the county, and they shall credit him with all warrants returned and canceled, with all monies paid and with all vouchers presented by him and with all matters with which the treasurer is to be credited on account; and the said board in their settlement with the treasurer shall keep the general, special and road tax separate, that any citizen of the county may see how the same is expended. |R.L. 1910, § 1593.
19 OK Stat § 19-333 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-333. Record of orders and decisions - Commissioner not serving another term - Duties.

|A. The board of county commissioners shall keep a book in which all orders and decisions made by them shall be recorded, except those relating solely to roads and bridges as required by Section 334 of this title. All orders for the allowance of money from the county treasury shall state on what account and to whom the allowance is made, dating the same and numbering them consecutively from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December, inclusive, in each year. |B. Any county commissioner who fails to file for reelection or is defeated in any primary or general election or by any other manner it is impossible for the commissioner to serve another term in office, shall not acquire, purchase, contract for or dispose of any machinery or equipment, or expend or approve for expenditure any monies for any purpose other than normal or routine operating expenditures except as provided in this section. It shall be the mandatory duty of the commissioner to execute payment and to pay all outstanding obligations of the county incurred by the commissioner, or on behalf of the commissioner by the board of county commissioners, prior to the expiration of the term of office of the commissioner. However, in the case of lease-purchase contracts, rental, lease or other payments extending beyond the term of office of the commissioner it shall be the mandatory duty of the commissioner to execute and to make such payments current as of the date of expiration of the term of office of the commissioner. The commissioner shall be liable both personally and on the official bond of the commissioner for any violation of the mandatory duties herein imposed.R.L. 1910, § 1594. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 80, § 1; Laws 1965, c. 387, § 1, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965; Laws 1996, c. 65, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1996.
19 OK Stat § 19-333.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-333.1. Violation of Section 333.

|Any county commissioner or person who knowingly or willfully fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a felony. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 80, § 3. Editorially renumbered from § 410.1a of this title. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 150, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 150 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
19 OK Stat § 19-334 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-334. Records relating to bridges and roads.

|They shall keep a book for the entry of all proceedings and adjudications relating to bridges, and the establishment, change or discontinuance of roads. |R.L. 1910, § 1595.
19 OK Stat § 19-335 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-335. Record of warrants on county treasurer - Numbering of warrants.

|They shall keep a book for the entry of warrants on the county treasurer, showing number, date, amount and name of the payee of each warrant drawn on the treasury, which book may be known as the "Warrant Book", and the warrants shall be numbered in relation to the order and decision allowing the amount for which the same was drawn. |R.L. 1910, § 1596.
19 OK Stat § 19-336 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-336. Warrants uncalled for to be canceled.

|The board of commissioners is hereby authorized and required at each regular meeting to cancel and destroy all warrants drawn on any fund of the county that may have remained uncalled for and on file for a period of three years and upwards next preceding the regular meeting at which the cancellation takes place. |R.L. 1910, § 1597.
19 OK Stat § 19-337 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-337. Record of canceled warrants.

|Said commissioners before canceling and destroying any such warrants shall cause to be entered in the minutes of their proceedings a brief description thereof, containing the name of the payee, the number, date and amount of each warrant destroyed. |R.L. 1910, § 1598.
19 OK Stat § 19-338 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-338. Lease of county buildings or lands to United States, state or incorporated city or town for airports or public uses.

|The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts with the authorities of the United States of America, the State of Oklahoma, and any incorporated city or town within the boundary of the county entering into such contract, leasing and letting to the United States of America, the State of Oklahoma, or to any incorporated city or town situated within the boundaries of the county making such contract, or contracts, any county building, or buildings, or lands, belonging to the county, for airports or public uses; and such contract, or contracts, when entered into by the board of county commissioners of any county, with the Governor of the State of Oklahoma, or with the proper authorities of the United States of America, or the proper authorities of any incorporated city or town located within the boundary of the county entering into such contract, shall be valid obligations. Contracts of like character heretofore entered into, by and between any authorities hereinbefore mentioned, are in all things hereby ratified, confirmed and legalized. |R.L. 1910, § 1599. Amended by Laws 1941, p. 60, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-339.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-339.1. Sale of county-owned property to Oklahoma Historical Society.

|The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to sell to the Oklahoma Historical Society for purposes of restoration and preservation, county-owned land, sites or structures which have been deemed by the Oklahoma Historical Society to be of historical significance to the state. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 240, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1975.
19 OK Stat § 19-339.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-339.2. Purchase price.

|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. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 240, § 2, emerg. eff. May 30, 1975.
19 OK Stat § 19-339.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-339.3. Disposition of funds.

|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. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 240, § 3, emerg. eff. May 30, 1975.
19 OK Stat § 19-339.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-339.4. Environmental remediation of land.

|A. County commissioners may use county funds and resources for environmental remediation of land, including land owned by public trust authorities, if the Department of Environmental Quality certifies, in writing, that the property is polluted or contaminated to such degree that remediation is necessary to restore the environment. Remediation of the contamination or pollution shall be pursuant to a remediation plan approved by the Department of Environmental Quality. |B. Unless the Department of Environmental Quality determines that it is unnecessary under the circumstances, the remediation plan shall include a component describing erosion control and revegetation measures to be implemented. The remediation plan shall not be approved until the erosion control and revegetation measures have been certified as appropriate by the local conservation district.C. The county may seek reimbursement for its remediation costs and expenses from state or federal monies or other sources, if any are authorized and available for such purpose.Added by Laws 2001, c. 231, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
19 OK Stat § 19-339.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-339.5. Landfills - Restrictions and enforcement.

|The board of county commissioners of any county in which there is located within an unincorporated area of the county a construction/demolition landfill that receives more than two hundred (200) tons per day of solid waste, or the board of county commissioners of any adjacent county, to the extent that roads in the county commonly provide access to the landfill, may, with respect to unincorporated areas of the county, enact and enforce ordinances and regulations to restrict and control noise, dust and traffic associated with the landfill and to limit the impact of these factors on the aesthetic and economic interests of adjacent or nearby neighborhoods or businesses. |Added by Laws 2001, c. 392, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from Title 19, § 339.4 to avoid a duplication in numbering.
19 OK Stat § 19-339.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-339.6. Curfew for juveniles - Fine - Community service.

|A. The board of county commissioners of any county of this state having a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000) persons according to the last federal decennial census, by resolution, may determine a curfew for juveniles that will apply to all unincorporated areas of the county. The parameters of the curfew shall be determined by the board and all penalty provisions shall comply with the provisions of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes and federal law concerning detention and custody of juveniles. |B. The board shall provide public notice of the curfew in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice shall be published once weekly for a period of four (4) continuous weeks.C. The county shall correspond and work in conjunction with any appropriate state agency, if assistance is required in producing signs and posting the curfew.D. The county shall post curfew information, as determined pursuant to subsections A through C of this section, on the county line marker where any state highway enters a county and at all off-ramps where interstate highways or turnpikes enter a county, unless a state agency has such jurisdiction to properly post signs. The appropriate board of county commissioners shall reimburse any state agency that may assist for the full cost of the required signage.E. Any person convicted of a curfew violation pursuant to this section shall be fined an amount not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). Any person convicted of a second or subsequent curfew violation shall be fined an amount not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or assigned not more than thirty (30) hours of community service, or both such fine and community service hours.Added by Laws 2003, c. 110, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 355, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 114, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
19 OK Stat § 19-339.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-339.8. Debt collection services.

|A. The board of county commissioners may enter into a contract with a collection agency for the provision of collection services for debts and accounts receivable including, but not limited to, unpaid fees, penalties, interest, and other sums due the county, as applicable. |B. The board of county commissioners that enters into a contract with a collection agency pursuant to this section may authorize the addition of a collection fee in an amount not to exceed thirty-five percent (35%) on each item described in subsection A of this section that has been referred by the county to the collection agency for collection.Added by Laws 2012, c. 232, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from Title 19, § 339.7 to avoid duplication in numbering.
19 OK Stat § 19-340 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-340. Investigation of officers - Allowance of compensation, etc.

|The board of county commissioners is hereby vested with full power to inquire into and investigate the accounts, disbursements, bills and expenses of any county, district, or township officer, and to that end may subpoena witnesses and in case any witness fails or refuses to obey any lawful order of the board of county commissioners he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, but in no case shall the board of county commissioners allow any compensation, fee, salary, bills or expenses to any officer or person except when expressly allowed by law. |R.L. 1910, § 1601.
19 OK Stat § 19-342 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-342. May sell unused lands of county.

|The board of county commissioners is authorized to sell any unused town lots or parcels of ground not needed for courthouse or jail purposes of any county to the highest bidder for cash, in the manner hereinafter provided. Before any such sale shall be made the board of county commissioners, in regular or special session, shall adopt a resolution declaring that said real estate is not needed for courthouse or jail purposes of the county; said resolution to be published with other proceedings of said board and a copy of said resolution shall be certified by the county clerk to the judge of the district court of such county, and said judge shall appoint three disinterested freeholders of said county to appraise said real estate, said appraisement to be returned by said appraisers to the board of county commissioners. |R.L. 1910, § 1603.
19 OK Stat § 19-343 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-343. Notice of sale.

|Upon the return of the appraisement, as provided in Section 342 of this title, the board of county commissioners shall give notice by publication in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the county, for two (2) successive weekly issues, that said real estate is about to be sold. |R.L. 1910, § 1604. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 92, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 1976.