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19 OK Stat § 19-168 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-168. Volunteer - Protection of sovereign immunity - Travel and training expenses.

|Persons who are not county employees, but who are performing substantial and necessary services to the county on a voluntary basis without compensation which have been directed and approved by a county officer, shall enjoy the protection of sovereign immunity of the state to the same extent as a paid employee. Such persons may be reimbursed for expenses incurred during authorized official travel pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or for training expenses, provided it is indicated on the claim the person is not a county employee, a description of services performed is entered, and the officer, by his approval of the claim, certifies such services were substantial, necessary and germane to the duties and functions of the county office. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 203, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1989. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 109, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
19 OK Stat § 19-169 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-169. Performance-based adjustment program.

|A. Counties may adopt a performance-based adjustment program for county employees pursuant to this section. |B. In order to adopt a performance-based adjustment program, a county shall adopt a written performance-based adjustment plan. The plan must:1. Indicate the manner in which the county intends to award performance-based adjustments, including a determination that performance-based adjustments will be awarded for overall ratings of "meets standards" or "exceeds standards". Performance-based adjustments shall not exceed five percent (5%) of a county employee's annual salary for "meets standards" or ten percent (10%) of a county employee's annual salary for "exceeds standards". The plan shall include:a.the amount or percentage that the county will award to qualifying employees, orb.total dollar figure the county intends to set aside for performance-based adjustments to be divided among qualifying county employees;2. Identify and define the twelve-month evaluation cycle to be used within the county, such as a calendar year or fiscal year. The plan shall not be amended within the evaluation cycle but may be discontinued according to paragraph 5 of this subsection;3. Indicate whether the county will award performance-based adjustments as an increase to the county employee's salary, a lump-sum payment, or a combination thereof;4. Include a written confirmation that the county can fund the performance-based adjustment program for the current and subsequent fiscal year without the need for additional funding; and5. Include a statement that the county may discontinue performance-based adjustments at any time should it be necessary to prevent a budget shortfall. The county shall notify employees of the discontinuation of the plan and the reason therefor.C. A county may grant only one performance-based adjustment to any county employee for any twelve-month evaluation cycle. A county shall not award a performance-based adjustment to any employee based upon a performance evaluation which is more than one (1) year old.Added by Laws 2018, c. 80, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
19 OK Stat § 19-173 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-173. Special audit fund - Payments made from.

|Salaries, traveling expenses, expenses for work sheets, supplies, typing and binding the report of audit, shall be paid from the special audit fund after filing properly itemized claim verified by attached receipts and approved by the State Auditor and Inspector, with the county clerk as provided by law for other claims against the county. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 40, p. 78, § 3. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 70, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
19 OK Stat § 19-174 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-174. Reports - Copies - Officers filed with.

|A copy of each report of audit shall be filed with the Governor, district attorney, county clerk and the State Auditor and Inspector. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 40, p. 78, § 4. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 71, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
19 OK Stat § 19-174.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-174.1. Publication of notice of filing of audit report - 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 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. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 92, § 1. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 72, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 2017, c. 212, § 6, emerg. eff. May 5, 2017.
19 OK Stat § 19-174.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-174.2. Cost of publication.

|The total cost of publication of such notice shall not exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00) to any one newspaper and shall be paid from any funds appropriated for county audit purposes, upon duly verified claims. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 92, § 2.
19 OK Stat § 19-176 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-176. Partial invalidity - Effect.

|In case any section, sentence, or clause of this act is held unconstitutional then it is hereby declared to be the intention of the Legislature to enact each and all of the sections, sentences and clauses remaining in said act as if that, if any, which is held unconstitutional had not been included in this act. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 40, p. 78, § 6.
19 OK Stat § 19-177.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-177.1. Purpose of law.

|It is hereby declared to be the purpose and intention of the Legislature to strengthen the system of checks and balances upon receipt and disbursement of county funds through audit by the independent state agency of the department of the State Auditor and Inspector and to that end and by this act mandatorily require the appropriation and dedication of certain funds to that purpose in order to provide more nearly adequate and sufficient means for complete annual audit and report thereof. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 282, § 1. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 73, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
19 OK Stat § 19-177.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-177.2. Use of ad valorem levy for county audit - Lapse and cancellation of unexpended balance.

|The net proceeds of the one-tenth mill annual ad valorem levy upon the net total assessed valuation in any county for any year authorized and mandatorily required to be appropriated and dedicated to county audit by Section or paragraph 331 of Title 62, Oklahoma Statutes 1951 (H.B. 367, page 282, S.L. 1941), shall henceforth be restricted to and used only for audit survey and reporting receipt, disbursement and management of county affairs financed by county ad valorem levy and miscellaneous revenues other than ad valorem taxation accruing to the general fund of such county, whether such audit be in the performance of duties charged to the State Auditor and Inspector and instigated at his own initiative and directive, or on request of the board of county commissioners of such county or order of the Governor as provided by Section or paragraph 212 of Title 74, Oklahoma Statutes 1951. If, after completion of audit of all county accounts so financed, and report thereof, including report of audit of cash funds where possible, as by this act provided, unless there be directive from the Governor for other and/or further inquiry, the board of county commissioners may, upon certificate of completion by the State Auditor and Inspector, request that any unexpended and unencumbered balance of appropriation therein be, by the county excise board, lapsed and cancelled and the county revenues restricted thereby revert to surplus, available for appropriation to any lawful county purpose. Upon request by the board of county commissioners, the State Auditor and Inspector shall, after making a determination that sufficient funds are encumbered to cover the cost of the audit of all county accounts so financed, issue a certification of release of the unencumbered balance of these funds prior to completion of the audit. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 283, § 2. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 74, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 2010, c. 65, § 2, eff. July 1, 2010.
19 OK Stat § 19-177.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-177.4. Expense of typing, binding and distribution of audit reports.

|To the extent general fund audit appropriations are sufficient, the same shall bear the expense of typing, binding and distribution of audit reports for all county financial operations; if otherwise, report of a "Cash Fund" receipts, disbursements, and management shall be separately reported and the cost thereof charged to the audit account set apart therefrom for audit purposes. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 283, § 4.
19 OK Stat § 19-177.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-177.5. Annual defined - Audit of current acounts.

|The term "annual" as applied to the mandatory function of audit as provided by this act is hereby defined as for the fiscal period terminating as of June 30th of the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the one-tenth mill levy proceeds is appropriated; but if, during the fiscal year current there arises occasion sufficiently necessary to examine the current accounts of a county office or department to which another person succeeds for any reason and there be request or emergency to determine the condition of accounts newly coming into his custody, it shall be lawful for the State Auditor and Inspector, to make audit and report thereof, provided regular audit of the preceding fiscal year or years be not neglected to do so. Likewise, on demand by any inquisatorial body or officer such as the district attorney or Attorney General, audit and report of accounts current may be made. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 283, § 5. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 75, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
19 OK Stat § 19-177.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-177.6. Audit of property accounts.

|If and when the Legislature shall require property accounting in the several counties of this state, audit and verification of such accounts and physical count and verification of the properties of the county so required to be kept account of, shall be deemed comprehended and included in the definition of "audit" as by this act provided. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 284, § 6.
19 OK Stat § 19-177.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-177.7. Purveyors of services, goods, wares or merchandise to county - Verification of accounts - Privileged information - Inspection of accounts.

|To the extent available funds permit, but only after audit analysis of the books, accounts, and records kept by county officers, and in addition to the written exhibits the State Auditor and Inspector may now require of county officers, managers and employees under Section or paragraph 215 of Title 74, Oklahoma Statutes 1951, the State Auditor and Inspector shall have the same authority and under the same penalty provisions to require of any purveyor of services, goods, wares, or merchandise to the county, whether for money or property, a verification in writing under oath in full detail of dates, items, descriptions, unit rates, and amounts charged for and, if paid, how and when paid. Purveyors of goods, wares, and merchandise of any sort for which public money or property is anticipated, demanded, or received, shall, at the time and for five (5) years thereafter keep careful and complete account thereof, which accounts shall be private and privileged to the public generally but open to inspection as public records at any time to the officer who required the same or to the Governing Board who allowed payment of the same, or to the district attorney of such county, to the State Auditor and Inspector, to the Attorney General, or to a grand jury. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 284, § 7. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 76, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
19 OK Stat § 19-178.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-178.1. Inventory - Continuous inventory - Accounting.

|The board of county commissioners in each county of this state shall take, or cause to be taken, an inventory of all working tools, apparatus, machinery and equipment belonging to the county or leased or otherwise let to it or to any department thereof, other than that which is affixed to and made a part of lands and buildings, the cost of which as to each complete working unit thereof is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and thereafter maintain or cause to be maintained a continuous inventory record thereof and of like tools, apparatus, machinery and equipment purchased, leased or otherwise coming into the custody of the county or of any office, board, department, commission or any or either thereof, and the disposition thereof whether sold, exchanged, leased or let where authorized by statute, junked, strayed or stolen, and annually thereafter, or oftener in event of death, resignation or removal of an elective officer with a term, to verify or cause to be verified by count and report of the same as of the end of a term of office and as part and parcel of the accounting required by law of a retiring or re-elected officer, and, as to appointive heads of departments amenable directly to the board of county commissioners and as to quasi-governmental boards and commissions such as free fair boards, hospital boards and the like, the same shall be as of the last business day immediately preceding the day certain commencing a new term of the board of county commissioners; all in the manner as provided by law. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 66, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1953. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 60, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1981; Laws 1988, c. 145, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1988; Laws 2005, c. 201, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2012, c. 49, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 2012.
19 OK Stat § 19-178.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-178.2. Duty of officers and employees to conform to law.

|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. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 67, § 2, emerg. eff. June 10, 1953. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 176, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
19 OK Stat § 19-178.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-178.3. Custodian of records, files and reports - Destruction.

|A. The county clerk shall be custodian and repository of all inventory records, files and reports. |B. The county clerk in each county in Oklahoma is hereby authorized to destroy all inventory records, files and reports of any inventory of the county which has been disposed of for three (3) years or more if the inventory account has been subject to a full audit by the State Auditor and Inspector.Added by Laws 1953, p. 67, § 3, emerg. eff. June 10, 1953. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 334, § 1, emerg. eff. June 9, 1993.
19 OK Stat § 19-178.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-178.4. Systems and forms - Audit and verification of accounts.

|It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the State Auditor and Inspector to prescribe all systems and forms to be used in property accounting in keeping with the provisions of this act, whether for record or reporting, and of indentification of such properties for said purposes, and to enforce the use of the same in his own right as such public officer. It shall be his further duty to audit and verify said accounts so kept in as full and ample manner as is now required by law of county finance records. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 67, § 4, emerg. eff. June 10, 1953. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 77, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
19 OK Stat § 19-178.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-178.5. Penalties.

|No special penalties shall apply to any public officer charged with the performance of duties under this act other than that provided in 51 O.S. 1951 Section 91-105. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 67, § 5, emerg. eff. June 10, 1953.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.51 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.51. Unforeseen increase of work - Abnormal conditions - Transfer of employees between offices.

|In case of unforeseen increase of work in any county office of any county in the state or in case of abnormal conditions in any county in the state, such as, oil development, military posts located within the county, defense areas, state or federal reformatories or prisons, or an excessive area or any other emergency or abnormal condition, the board of county commissioners may declare an emergency and set up additional funds during the fiscal year or include in the budget, at the beginning of the fiscal year, additional funds to employ additional help in any office to the extent that said office may function properly. |Provided, however, that a seasonal or unexpected short-term increase of work in any county office of any county in the state may be met by the temporary transfer of a deputy, deputies, or other employees from any other county office in the county to the office requiring additional personnel. The board of county commissioners of the county in which the transfer is to be made shall, if in its judgment the temporary transfer is in the best interests of the county, authorize the temporary transfer of designated persons and shall cause a notation of the fact to be entered in the minutes of its meeting. A period of temporary transfer shall be for not longer than sixty (60) calendar days, except that the transfer may be once renewed upon a second authorization of the board of county commissioners for an additional period of not more than sixty (60) calendar days. No employee shall be transferred under the provisions of this section for a total of more than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days in any one fiscal year. A transfer of designated employees may be terminated by the board of county commissioners upon giving notice in writing to the county official who heads the office to which the employees have been temporarily transferred. Such notice shall specify the date of termination but in no case shall this date be less than three (3) days after delivery of said notice. Employees temporarily transferred under the provisions of this section may be reimbursed from the same fund or account and in the same manner and amount as they would have been, had the temporary transfer not been effected. During the period of transfer, the employees transferred shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the county official who heads the office to which they have been temporarily transferred.Added by Laws 1943, p. 78, § 40. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 210, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.58 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.58. Application and purpose of act - Legislative determination.

|A. Sections 180.58 through 180.68 of this title shall apply to all counties. |B. The purpose of Sections 180.58 through 180.68 of this title is to codify and revise the laws of the state relating to the salaries and wages of county officers and their deputies and employees, and to establish said salaries and wages by general law applicable throughout the state under a uniform schedule fixing such salaries and wages and future increases and reductions thereof upon the following bases:1. The available revenues of the several counties out of which such salaries and wages may be paid;2. The amount of services required to be performed;3. The monetary value of such services in relation to that of nongovernmental services of similar nature in the areas wherein such services are performed; and4. The relative amounts of services required of the various county officers, their deputies and employees upon investigation and full consideration of the applicable facts.C. The Legislature has determined that the foregoing bases of such schedule gradations generally are cognate to the combination of the following factors:1. The gross assessed valuation of all tangible taxable property of the county, hereinafter referred to as "service-ability"; and2. The population of the county, hereinafter referred to as the "service-load".The application of said factors properly establishes a rational and relevant formula for uniformity of salaries and wages and of future increases and decreases thereof.Added by Laws 1959, p. 96, § 1. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 334, § 2, emerg. eff. June 9, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 119, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2021, c. 65, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.59 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.59. County assessor's certificate controlling as to valuations.

|The gross assessed total tangible property valuation for ad valorem tax purposes in each county, or service-ability factor, shall be determined from the county assessor's certificate of such valuations as filed with the excise board of the county for the purpose of computation of ad valorem tax levies of each year, and no subsequent amendments thereto to effect an increase or decrease in such valuations shall have any effect for such year whatsoever. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 96, § 2. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 65, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.60 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.60. Federal census controlling as to population.

|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. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 96, § 3.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.61 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.61. Classification of officers.

|For purposes of fixing salaries under this act, county officers shall be grouped in the following classifications: |1. Enforcement officers or those charged with enforcing the laws relating to public peace and safety: the county sheriff, the county treasurer, the county clerk, the court clerk, the county assessor, and the members of the board of county commissioners; and2. Other elective county officers.Added by Laws 1959, p. 96, § 4. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 198, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 1968; Laws 1979, c. 221, § 9, emerg. eff. May 30, 1979; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 7, eff. July 1, 1993.