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19 OK Stat § 19-450 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-450. Determination of existence of vacancy - Jurisdiction and proceedings.

|For the purpose of determining whether such a vacancy exists the district court is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction and the district attorney of the county shall file a petition with the district court of the county where such vacancy is alleged to exist, and summons shall issue and be served in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in other cases, and said cause shall be tried to the court without the intervention of a jury and upon trial thereof, if it be shown by preponderance of the evidence that the county commissioner who is alleged to be incapacitated or disqualified is suffering from any mental or physical ailment that will prevent him from performing the duties of said office for the balance of the term to which he was elected, the said court shall enter judgment accordingly, decreeing that a vacancy exists, which judgment shall thereupon be final and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in Section 1 above. |Said action shall be brought by the district attorney and shall be in the name of the State of Oklahoma on relation of the district attorney as plaintiff, against the person who is alleged to be disqualified and the summons shall be issued, directed to the sheriff of the county where said defendant may be served, and if the said defendant be in a hospital or under the care or supervision of any institution, the same shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to the said defendant and a copy to the person or officer having supervision or control of the said hospital or institution and said cause shall stand for trial at the first non-jury docket setting after answer day, as other civil actions triable to the court.Added by Laws 1935, p. 176, § 2.
19 OK Stat § 19-451 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-451. Purchase of boat for official business - Mileage.

|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, 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. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 332, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-452 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-452. Counties over 200,000 population - Appointment of employees and assistants.

|The boards of county commissioners in all counties of the State of Oklahoma having a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000), as shown by the last preceding or any future regular Federal Decennial Census, be, and they are hereby empowered to appoint such employees and assistants, as shall be necessary for said board to properly accomplish the statutory and lawful duties and functions of said board, and who shall serve during the pleasure of said board on a whole or part-time basis at such rates of salary or pay as may be agreed upon by said board. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 120, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-452.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-452.1. Director and deputies of country juvenile facilities and services - Employment by judge responsible for juvenile docket.

|With the approval of the board of county commissioners, the judge responsible for the juvenile docket of any county may employ a director of county juvenile facilities and services and deputies to the director as the judge may deem appropriate. The director shall perform the duty or duties of directions and implementations of county juvenile facilities and services as prescribed and directed by the board of county commissioners. Such directors and their deputies shall serve at the will and discretion of the judge responsible for the juvenile docket. |The director and deputies of county juvenile facilities and services shall receive as compensation a salary or salaries to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, to be paid out of the general operating fund of the county or out of special funds created by a vote of the people for the purposes of funding county juvenile facilities and services. The compensation of the director and any deputies shall not be governed by the comprehensive salary code, as provided in Section 180.58 et seq. of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1997, c. 283, § 3, emerg. eff. May 27, 1997.
19 OK Stat § 19-453 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-453. School guards - Qualifications and tenure - Salary.

|The board of county commissioners may authorize employment of school guards for the sole and only purpose of directing travel and traffic on streets and highways outside the limits of incorporated cities and towns whenever the board deems it necessary to protect the life and safety of pupils attending the public schools of this state. School guards so employed shall meet the qualifications, perform such duties, and have such tenure as prescribed by the board of county commissioners. The school guards shall be paid a salary fixed by the board of county commissioners and shall be paid from the general fund as stipulated by the county excise board. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 149, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-455 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-455. County reward fund - Providing evidence.

|A. The board of county commissioners of each county is hereby authorized to offer and pay a reward, from county funds, in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the arrest and conviction, or for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of any person stealing or defacing county road signs or any other county property. |B. The board of county commissioners may create and maintain a reward fund of not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) from which to pay the rewards provided for in subsection A of this section.C. Any person convicted under subsection A of this section may in lieu of the fine be required to deposit like amount into the county reward fund.Added by Laws 1981, c. 33, § 1, emerg. eff. April 8, 1981. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 115, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 2009, c. 43, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.NOTE: Laws 2009, c. 47, § 2 repealed by Laws 2010, c. 2, § 4, emerg. eff. March 3, 2010.
19 OK Stat § 19-456 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-456. Oklahoma County and City Energy Conservation Act - Short title.

|Sections 457 and 458 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma County and City Energy Conservation Act". |Added by Laws 1998, c. 391, § 10, emerg. eff. June 10, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 164, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2000.
19 OK Stat § 19-457 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-457. Oklahoma County and City Energy Conservation Act - Definitions.

|As used in the Oklahoma County and City Energy Conservation Act, "energy conservation measures" means one or more of the following items: |1. Insulation of the building structure or systems within the building;2. Storm windows or doors, caulking or weather-stripping, multiglazed windows or doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective, glazed, and coated window or door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, or other window and door system modifications that reduce energy consumption;3. Automatic or computerized energy control systems;4. Heating, ventilating or air conditioning system modifications or replacements;5. Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures to increase the energy efficiency of the lighting system, but not for the sole purpose of increasing the overall illumination of a facility, unless an increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable state or local building codes for the lighting system after the proposed modifications are made;6. Indoor air quality improvements;7. Energy recovery systems;8. Co-generation systems that produce steam or forms of energy such as heat, as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings;9. Any life safety measures that provide long-term operating cost reductions;10. Water-metering devices that increase efficiency or accuracy of water measurement and energy reduction; and11. Building operation programs that reduce the operating costs.Added by Laws 1998, c. 391, § 11, emerg. eff. June 10, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 164, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 2000; Laws 2018, c. 296, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
19 OK Stat § 19-460.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-460.1. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Energy Independence Act”. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.
19 OK Stat § 19-460.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-460.2. County Energy District Authority - Establishment.

|A. The board of county commissioners of a county, by resolution, may establish a County Energy District Authority for the county. The authority shall be a public trust as provided for in Sections 176 through 180.3 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |B. The authority shall consist of five (5) trustees as follows:1. The three county commissioners of the county; and2. Two persons appointed by the board of county commissioners.The appointed members shall be residents of the county and shall not be elected officials.C. The chair of the board of county commissioners shall serve as chair of the authority.Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.
19 OK Stat § 19-460.2a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-460.2a. County Energy District Authority.

|A. The board of directors of a circuit engineering district, established pursuant to Section 687.l et seq. of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may by resolution establish a County Energy District Authority pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Energy Independence Act, for the district. The authority shall be a public trust as provided for in Sections 176 through 180.3 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |B. The authority shall consist of the circuit engineering district board of directors.C. The chair of the board of directors of the circuit engineering district shall serve as chair of the authority.Added by Laws 2010, c. 71, § 1. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 48, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2012, c. 11, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 2012.NOTE: Laws 2011, c. 35, § 1 repealed by Laws 2012, c. 11, § 2, emerg. eff. April 4, 2012.
19 OK Stat § 19-460.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-460.3. Trustees - Time and place for meetings.

|The trustees of a County Energy District Authority shall establish a time and place for regular meetings and may hold such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. Three trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and upon all questions requiring a vote of the trustees, there must be a concurrence of three trustees for approval. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 3, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.
19 OK Stat § 19-460.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-460.4. Trustees - County Energy District Authority - Duties.

|The trustees of a County Energy District Authority shall: |1. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of the authority;2. Make and execute all necessary contracts;3. Secure funding through sources which may include:a.issuance of notes or bonds,b.public or private lenders, orc.grants or loans from other governmental entities when such funds are available; and4. Authorize the county to make loans or grants between a willing and consenting property owner and the authority or a financial institution for the following purposes:a.to finance the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources,b.to make energy efficient improvements or retrofits that are permanently affixed to residential, commercial, or industrial property,c.to conduct residential and commercial building energy audits, andd.to establish financial incentive programs for energy efficient improvements.Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 4, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.
19 OK Stat § 19-460.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-460.6. Oklahoma Energy District Authority - Grants - Energy efficiency retrofits on tax exempt property.

|A County Energy District Authority may make grants to nonprofit organizations to perform energy efficiency retrofits on tax exempt property. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 6, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.
19 OK Stat § 19-460.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-460.7. Property owners - Energy audit.

|County Energy District Authorities shall require that those property owners participating in the program have an energy audit conducted on the property to be improved to demonstrate the value of the project and that the improvements at a minimum meet “Energy Star” ratings. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 7, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.
19 OK Stat § 19-510 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-510. County sheriff - Qualifications.

|Any person, otherwise qualified, who has been a resident of the State of Oklahoma for two (2) years, has been a registered voter of the party whose nomination he or she seeks, or a registered Independent, within the county from which such person seeks election for the six (6) months next preceding the first day of the filing period, is at least twenty-five (25) years of age next preceding the date of filing for office, possesses at least a high school education and has served as a duly certified peace officer, in a full-time capacity, for a period of four (4) years or more prior to the date of filing for the office of county sheriff, shall be eligible to hold the office of county sheriff or to file therefor. Within twelve (12) months of taking office, all newly elected or appointed sheriffs shall complete a sheriff's administrative school which has been developed by the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association and which has been approved by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET). Failure to complete the sheriff's administrative school within the specified period shall preclude the new sheriff from obtaining CLEET certification. New sheriffs with prior CLEET certification, who fail to attend the sheriff's administrative school, shall have their CLEET certification revoked. Provided, however, the provisions of this section relating to qualifications shall not apply to any person serving as a county sheriff or to any person previously serving as county sheriff prior to the adoption of this statute. |For purposes of this section, "peace officer" shall mean a full-time duly appointed or elected officer who is paid for working more than twenty-five (25) hours per week and whose duties are to preserve the public peace, protect life and property, prevent crime, serve warrants, and enforce state, federal or military laws and local ordinances of this state or any political subdivision thereof.Added by Laws 1976, c. 157, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 1976. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 181, § 4, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1999, c. 37, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 15, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 184, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 53, § 5, emerg. eff. April 1, 2004; Laws 2017, c. 258, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
19 OK Stat § 19-513 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-513. Custody of jail.

|The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his county, and all the prisoners in the same, and shall keep such jail himself, or by his deputy or jailer, for whose acts he and his sureties shall be liable. |R.L. 1910, § 1698.
19 OK Stat § 19-513.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-513.1. Training for jailers.

|Every sheriff shall require appropriate training for jailers in accordance with the jail standards promulgated by the State Department of Health. The sheriff shall not permit supervision of any prisoner in the custody of the jail by any person that does not meet the jail standards for training and supervision of inmates. The sheriff or contractor having charge and custody of the jail shall comply with all minimal supervision standards pursuant to the jail standards promulgated by the State Department of Health, except when otherwise provided by law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or restrict the sheriff or contractor having charge and custody of the jail from training or cross-training a person as a backup jailer, if otherwise qualified for such position. |Added by Laws 2005, c. 180, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 51, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
19 OK Stat § 19-513.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-513.2. Sheriff's duties in operation or management of jail facility, holding facility or detention center applicable to public trust, private owner or management entity.

|A. For purposes of any jail facility, holding facility or detention center, every reference in statute or rule to any duty or responsibility imposed upon the sheriff or any jailer to operate, manage or provide any service to any person in the custody of such facility or any service related to the management or operation of such facility shall be deemed applicable to and imposed upon the public trust or private owner or management entity who by contract or otherwise legally operates or manages such jail facility, holding facility or detention facility. |B. It is unlawful for any public trust, private owner or management entity contracting to operate or manage any jail facility, holding facility or detention center to fail to comply with the provisions of any statute or rule relating to duties and responsibilities required to operate, manage and provide services to any person in the custody of such facility.C. Every governmental entity and other authority who contracts for the operation or management of any jail facility, holding facility or detention center with a public trust or any private owner or management entity shall be required to have a provision in such contract requiring compliance with the duties and responsibilities imposed by statute or rule to operate or manage a jail facility, holding facility or detention center.D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer or grant any peace-officer status or peace-officer power to any public trust or private owner or management entity that by contract operates or manages any jail facility, holding facility or detention center, except as may be specifically provided in another provision of law.Added by Laws 2006, c. 217, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 2006.
19 OK Stat § 19-514 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-514. Service of process, etc.

|The sheriff in person, or by his undersheriff or deputy, shall serve and execute, according to law, all process, writs, precepts and orders issued or made by lawful authorities, and to him directed, and shall attend upon the several courts of record held in his county. |R.L. 1910, § 1699.
19 OK Stat § 19-514.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-514.1. Sheriff's Service Fee Account.

|There is hereby created a cash account to be known as the "Sheriff's Service Fee Account". Monies from the account shall be expended by the sheriff in the lawful operation of his office. |Added by Laws 1984, c. 268, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
19 OK Stat § 19-514.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-514.2. Sheriff's Commissary Account.

|There is hereby created a cash account to be known as the "Sheriff's Commissary Account". Monies from the account shall be expended by the sheriff as authorized in Section 180.43 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 237, § 2, emerg. eff. May 19, 1992.
19 OK Stat § 19-514.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-514.3. Fingerprinting fee.

|The sheriff may charge Five Dollars ($5.00) per card for fingerprinting individuals. This section shall not be applicable to fingerprinting individuals pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Sheriff's Service Fee Account. |Added by Laws 1996, c. 109, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
19 OK Stat § 19-514.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-514.4. Notification of outstanding warrants - Contracts - Payment to court or contractor - Payment in lieu of court appearance.

|A. Notwithstanding any other section of law, the county sheriffs of any Oklahoma county may contract with a statewide association of county sheriffs to administer contracts with third parties attempting to locate and notify persons of their outstanding misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrants. County sheriffs contracting with a statewide association of county sheriffs for the administration of third-party contracts may assign their rights and duties regarding these contracts to the association. |B. A person may make payment directly to the court, as allowed by law, or the contractor shall be authorized to accept payment on misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrants by various means including, but not limited to, payment by phone, mail, or Internet, and in any payment form including, but not limited to, personal, cashier’s, traveler’s, certified, or guaranteed bank check, postal or commercial money order, nationally recognized credit or a debit card, or other generally accepted payment form. Any payment collected and received by the contractor shall be paid within fifteen (15) days to the court clerk of the entity that issued the outstanding misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrant.C. As provided for by this section, a person may pay in lieu of appearance before the court and such payment accepted by the court shall constitute a finding of guilty as though a plea of nolo contendere had been entered by the defendant as allowed by law and shall function as a written, dated, and signed plea form acceptable to the court. Such payment shall serve as a written waiver of a jury trial.D. The court shall release the outstanding misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrant upon receipt of all sums due pursuant to said warrant including the misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrant, scheduled fine or sum due, all associated fees, costs and statutory penalty assessments, and the administrative cost pursuant to Section 514.5 of this title.E. The provisions of any contract entered into by a county sheriff shall be administered by a statewide association of county sheriffs in Oklahoma.F. The provisions of this section and Section 514.5 of this title shall be applicable to:1. Any misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrant issued or relating to any proceeding pursuant to the State and Municipal Traffic Bail Bond Procedure Act;2. Any misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrant issued that allows a defendant to resolve the matter by payment in lieu of a personal appearance in court; and3. Any failure-to-pay warrant issued in a criminal case.Added by Laws 2003, c. 254, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 208, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2010, c. 87, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2018, c. 147, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.