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19 OK Stat § 19-180.62 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.62. Basic salaries.

|A. The basic salaries of county officers upon which all salaries and future increases or decreases thereof shall not be less than Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) per annum nor shall they exceed Forty-nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($49,500.00) per annum. |B. The board of county commissioners, or if the county has elected to come under the County Budget Act, the budget board members of the county, shall set the salaries for all elected county officials within the limits allowed by law.C. The annual salaries fixed by this act shall be paid either monthly or twice a month, by order of the board of county commissioners, for each month or fraction thereof the incumbent lawfully occupies and holds title to such office.Added by Laws 1959, p. 96, § 5. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 19, eff. Jan. 13, 1969; Laws 1969, c. 14, § 1, eff. Feb. 10, 1969; Laws 1974, c. 72, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974; Laws 1978, c. 234, § 1, eff. Jan. 8, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 257, § 1, eff. July 1, 1981; Laws 1982, c. 191, § 1, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1989, c. 56, § 2, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 109, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 8, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 195, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 133, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2019, c. 27, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 65, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.63d (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.63d. Withholding of salary increase.

|The salary increase authorized by this measure shall be withheld in those counties in which the composite ad valorem assessment ratio for the county is less than nine percent (9%) of the property value as certified by the Board of Equalization at any time during the calendar year 1979, or any year thereafter. |Added by Laws 1978, c. 234, § 3, eff. Jan. 8, 1979.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.63e (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.63e. Certain increases or decreases in salaries of county officers prohibited.

|County officers shall not receive any salary increase or decrease during their term of office unless by operation of law enacted prior to their election or appointment. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 293, § 3, emerg. eff. July 23, 1985. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 209, § 3, eff. July 1, 1987.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.64B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.64B. Appropriations and payments.

|The above salaries shall be paid from annual appropriations made from the general fund of the county for such purpose, and it is hereby made the mandatory duty of the county commissioners and the excise board that such funds be appropriated and paid. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 451, § 2, eff. July 1, 1965.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.64C (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.64C. Restrictions.

|The provisions of Section 1 shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in 19 O.S. 1961, Section 180.67(b). |Added by Laws 1965, c. 451, § 3, eff. July 1, 1965.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.64F (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.64F. Definition of "a major fraction thereof".

|As used in Sections 180.63 and 180.64A of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, "a major fraction thereof" means any amount greater than one-half (1/2). |Added by Laws 1978, c. 234, § 5, eff. Jan. 8, 1979.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.67 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.67. Act to be comprehensive salary code.

|A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, it is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature that this act shall be the comprehensive salary code for all counties of the state and no county officer in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title, or their assistants, deputies, or other employees by whatever title designated, shall receive any salary or wages except as provided in Section 180.58 et seq. of this title. |B. Counties may opt to utilize the appropriate State of Oklahoma pay structure in lieu of or in addition to the salary code referenced in subsection A of this section.Added by Laws 1959, p. 99, § 10. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 239, § 12, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 195, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2021, c. 464, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.68 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.68. Date changes in salaries and rates of pay to take effect.

|The date on which changes in the salaries and rates of pay for county officers and their deputies, aides and assistants under this act due to changes in population, gross assessed valuation or both population and gross assessed valuation in any county shall take effect, shall be as of, on or after the first day of July based upon the population as shown by the latest Federal Decennial Census for the State of Oklahoma, and the total gross assessed valuations of tangible taxable properties for such fiscal year as shown by the official certificate which the county assessor files with the county excise board for the purpose of computing appropriations and levies for such current fiscal year. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 100, § 11. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 6, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2019, c. 27, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 65, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.84 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.84. Longevity pay program.

|The board of county commissioners of each of the counties in this state may be authorized to establish a longevity pay program for employees of the county. The longevity pay program may be consistent with the longevity pay program for state employees authorized pursuant to Section 840-2.18 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The longevity pay program shall not include any elected county officers. |Added by Laws 2004, c. 99, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
19 OK Stat § 19-180.90 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-180.90. National disaster leave.

|A. The board of county commissioners may grant leave with pay not to exceed fifteen (15) working days to a county employee who is affected by a presidentially declared national disaster in Oklahoma after May 1, 1999, if: |1. The employee suffered a physical injury as a result of the disaster;2. A relative or household member of the employee suffered a physical injury or died as a result of the disaster; or3. The domicile of the employee or the domicile of a relative of the employee was damaged or destroyed as a result of the disaster.B. As used in this section:1. “Relative of the employee” shall be limited to the spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, grandparent, stepparent, or parent of the employee; and2. “Household members” means those persons who reside in the same home, who have reciprocal duties to and do provide financial support for one another. This term shall include foster children and legal wards even if they do not live in the household. The term does not include persons sharing the same general house, when the living style is primarily that of a dormitory or commune.C. The authority to grant leave with pay pursuant to subsection A of this section shall extend for a period of not more than six (6) months after the date of a presidentially declared national disaster.D. Annual leave, sick leave, or compensatory time which was charged to a county employee as a result of the presidentially declared national disaster resulting from the May 3, 1999, tornadoes that would have otherwise been eligible for the leave provision in subsection A of this section, may be reinstated by the board of county commissioners. A county employee entitled to leave with pay pursuant to this section who was charged leave without pay shall be compensated at the base rate of pay of the employee.E. The board of county commissioners may amend an existing leave sharing program or establish a leave sharing program to allow county employees to share sick or annual leave with county employees who are eligible for leave pursuant to subsection A of this section. The disaster-related leave sharing plan shall be subject to the following conditions:1. An employee eligible for disaster-related leave may receive up to fifteen (15) days donated leave;2. The donated leave must be used for disaster-related injuries or matters;3. The eligible employee shall not be required to take or exhaust any of the employee’s regular sick, personal, or emergency leave in order to receive donated leave;4. Donated leave may be used to reinstate regular emergency, sick, or personal leave an employee used after May 1, 1999, for disaster-related injuries or matters;5. An eligible employee who was required to take leave without pay for disaster-related injuries or matters may be compensated for up to fifteen (15) days if leave is donated to cover the leave without pay; and6. The county may require documentation to support a request to use donated leave pursuant to this section.Added by Laws 1999, c. 306, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999.
19 OK Stat § 19-211 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-211. Suits brought by Commissioners of Land Office.

|It shall be the duty of each district attorney in the State of Oklahoma, under the direction of the Commissioners of the Land Office, when requested by such Commission, to represent the state in all actions and proceedings now or hereafter brought or authorized or directed to be brought in his county by the Commissioners of the Land Office. |Added by Laws 1931, p. 83, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-212 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-212. Land Office suits - Duties - Instructions of 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. |Added by Laws 1931, p. 84, § 2.
19 OK Stat § 19-213 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-213. Land Office suits - Failure of district attorney.

|The neglect or failure on the part of a district attorney to diligently and faithfully perform the duties required of him by this act, will be grounds for removal from office in an action brought by the Attorney General by direction of the Governor upon resolution of the Commissioners of the Land Office, unless said district attorney was disqualified from appearing in said matter or matters. |Added by Laws 1931, p. 84, § 3.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.1. Office created - Method of filling - Number.

|There is hereby created the office of district attorney in the State of Oklahoma, which office shall be filled and in the same manner as now prevails for district judge. Filing for said office shall be accomplished by filing with the State Election Board. There shall be one district attorney for each of the district court judicial districts as they are composed and exist on March 1, 1965, with the following exceptions. Provided, however, that that part of Judicial District No. (14) which is Pawnee County shall be consolidated with Osage County to form District Attorney's District No. (10) and Judicial District No. (25) shall be consolidated with Judicial District No. (19) for the purposes of this act; and, provided further, that District Court Judicial District No. (5) be divided into two district attorney districts, one composed of Caddo, Grady, Stephens and Jefferson Counties to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (6) and the other composed of Comanche and Cotton Counties, to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (5); and, that District Court Judicial District No. (4) shall be composed of Canadian, Kingfisher, Blaine, Garfield and Grant Counties to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (4) and the other composed of Alfalfa, Major, Dewey, Woodward and Woods Counties, to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (26); that District Court Judicial District No. (15) be divided into two district attorneys' districts, one composed of Muskogee County to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (15) and the other composed of Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah and Adair Counties to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (27); that Creek and Okfuskee Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney's District No. (24); Okmulgee and McIntosh Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney's District No. (25); and Pittsburg and Haskell Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney's District No. (18); and Latimer and LeFlore Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney's District No. (16); and District Attorney's District No. (7) shall consist of Oklahoma County; and, effective January 6, 2003, Kiowa, Jackson, Tillman, Harmon and Greer Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney’s District No. (3); and, effective January 6, 2003, Washita, Ellis, Roger Mills, Custer and Beckham Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney’s District No. (2). The State Election Board shall conduct the elections in 2002 for District No. (2) and District No. (3) in accordance with the provisions of this section. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 1. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 87, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.2. District Attorney - Qualifications.

|Any person, otherwise qualified, who has been a resident of the state for two (2) years, a registered voter in the district and a resident residing within such district for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the filing period, a duly licensed attorney for at least five (5) years, and at least twenty-eight (28) years of age, prior to the date of filing for the office, shall be eligible to hold the office of district attorney. The district attorney shall reside in the district from which the district attorney was elected during the term of office. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 2. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 265, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1970, c. 320, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1970; Laws 1974, c. 229, § 1, emerg. eff. May 15, 1974; Laws 1987, c. 224, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 348, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 2011, c. 72, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.3. Bond.

|Before entering upon the duties of their office, the district attorneys, the assistant district attorneys, and the district investigators shall each execute a bond payable to the State of Oklahoma with some surety company authorized to do business in this state, as surety, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties as such officers, and that they will pay over, in the manner provided by law, all money which comes into their hands by virtue of their office. The bond executed by a district attorney shall be in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and the bonds executed by an assistant district attorney or a district investigator shall each be in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00). The premium on said bonds shall be paid by the state. The provisions of this section shall not apply to special assistant district attorneys appointed pursuant to subsection C of Section 215.37M of this title. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 3. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 265, § 2, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1996, c. 24, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1996.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.4. Duties.

|The district attorney, assistant district attorneys, or special assistant district attorneys authorized by subsection C of Section 215.37M of this title, shall appear in all trial courts and prosecute all actions for crime committed in the district, whether the venue is changed or not; the district attorney or assistant district attorneys shall prosecute or defend in all courts, state and federal, in any county in this state, all civil actions or proceedings in which any county in the district is interested, or a party unless representation for the county is provided pursuant to subsection A of Section 215.37M of this title; and the district attorney or assistant district attorneys shall assist the grand jury, if required, pursuant to Section 215.13 of this title. The district attorney may at all times request the assistance of district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, district attorney investigators from other districts, or any attorney employed by the District Attorneys Council who then may appear and assist in the prosecution of actions for crime or assist in investigation of crime in like manner as assistants or investigators in the district. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 4. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 265, § 3, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1988, c. 109, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 179, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 316, § 59, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1992, c. 327, § 9, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1996, c. 24, § 2, emerg. eff. April 3, 1996; Laws 2008, c. 334, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.5. Advice to county officers.

|The district attorney or his assistants shall give opinion and advice to the board of county commissioners and other civil officers of his counties when requested by such officers and boards, upon all matters in which any of the counties of his district are interested, or relating to the duties of such boards or officers in which the state or counties may have an interest. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 5.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.7. Private practice.

|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. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 7.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.8. Candidate for other office.

|The district attorney shall be ineligible to be a candidate for any office which has a term any portion of which is the same as the term for which he was elected. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 8. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 17-107, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.9. First assistant - Temporary appointments - Vacancies.

|The district attorney shall designate one of the assistants in his district to be his first assistant district attorney and file such designation with the Secretary of State. Should the district attorney be absent, unable to attend to his duties, or disqualified to act, the first assistant district attorney may perform the duties required by law to be performed by the district attorney. In the event that the district attorney and all of his assistants are for any reason disqualified to act in a particular matter, the Attorney General of Oklahoma shall appoint a district attorney or assistant district attorney from another district to act in such matter. Whenever the office of district attorney shall be vacated by reason of resignation or death of the district attorney, the Governor of the State of Oklahoma shall appoint a qualified person to serve the balance of the unexpired term of said office. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 9. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 265, § 5, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1987, c. 224, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.10. Receipts for monies received.

|It shall be the duty of the district attorney, whenever he shall receive any monies for fines, recognizances, penalties or costs, to deliver to the officer or person paying the same, duplicate receipts, one of which shall be filed by such officer or person in the office of the county treasurer of the county for which said business was transacted. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 10.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.11. Payments to county treasurer.

|Every district attorney shall pay over to the county treasurer of the county in which same is receivable all money the district attorney may receive as such district attorney within ten (10) days after receiving said money. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 11. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 226, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.12. Failure to account or pay over.

|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. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 12.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.13. Grand jury.

|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. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 13. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 179, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.16. Powers and duties of district attorney.

|The district attorney shall exercise and perform all the powers, duties and functions provided by law for the county attorney of each county, and shall appoint all of his assistants. Wherever in the Statutes of Oklahoma, in existence at the effective date of this act, reference is made to the county attorney, the district attorney, acting personally or by his duly appointed assistant, shall perform all the powers, functions and duties and be subject to removal from office and to all the obligations and liabilities and shall stand in the stead of the county attorney under such statutes. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 16.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.19. Office of county attorney abolished.

|The office of the county attorney in and for each county in Oklahoma is hereby abolished, to become effective when the district attorney, as provided for in this act, shall be elected and qualified. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 19.