reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
19 OK Stat § 19-344 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-344. Sale of real estate – Public auction or sealed bids.

|A. The sale of the real estate may be by public auction held at the county courthouse or at the site of the real property being sold at the time advertised or by sealed bids. Sealed bids for the real estate shall be in writing, sealed and delivered to the county clerk of such county. The county clerk shall preserve the bids unopened until the next regular meeting of the board of county commissioners after the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the date of the first publication, at which the board of county commissioners shall open such bids and award the real estate to the highest and best bidder for the real estate. |B. The real estate shall not be sold for less than eighty percent (80%) of its appraised value, and the boards of county commissioners shall have the power to reject any and all bids.C. Proceeds from the sale of the property shall be deposited to the account from which the property was purchased.R.L. 1910, § 1605. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 92, § 2, emerg. eff. May 6, 1976; Laws 2001, c. 231, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2006, c. 255, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
19 OK Stat § 19-345 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-345. Annual statement to be published.

|They shall superintend the fiscal concerns of the county and secure their management in the best manner; they shall keep an account of the receipts and expenditures of the county, and on the first Monday of July annually, they shall cause a full and accurate statement of the assessments, receipts and expenditures of the preceding year, to be made out in detail under separate heads, with an account of all the debts payable to and by the county treasurer, and they shall have the same printed in at least one newspaper in their county, and if there be no paper in the county the same shall be posted up at the usual place of holding their sessions, and at a public place in each precinct in the county. |R.L. 1910, § 1606.
19 OK Stat § 19-346 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-346. County map to be made.

|Said board is authorized to procure for their county a copy of field notes, of the original survey of their county by the United States, and cause a map of the county to be constructed therefrom on a scale of not less than one inch to a mile, and laid off in congressional townships and sections, to be kept open in the office of the county clerk, and the field notes to be deposited in the same office. |R.L. 1910, § 1607.
19 OK Stat § 19-348 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-348. Place and manner of holding sessions.

|All matters pertaining to the interest of the county shall be heard by the board of county commissioners in open session only and no executive session shall be held by said county commissioners pertaining to any matters coming before them, except in the manner and situations provided by Section 307 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Where the county has no courthouse, or the courthouse shall be unfit or inconvenient, they may hold their sessions for the transaction of business at any other suitable place in the county seat. No claim presented to the board of county commissioners shall be laid over longer than to the next regular session, when it shall be finally acted upon. |R.L. 1910, § 1616. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 150, § 1, emerg. eff. June 24, 1987.
19 OK Stat § 19-350 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-350. Holidays county offices to close - Designation.

|The county commissioners and members of the county excise board of each county shall designate and publish between the 1st and 20th of January each year which holidays the county offices will be closed. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 275, § 1, emerg. eff. April 30, 1968.
19 OK Stat § 19-351.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-351.1. Agreements for fire protection services by municipalities - Charges.

|The board of county commissioners of each county may enter into agreements with any municipality for the furnishing of fire protection and emergency services, including, but not limited to, medical attention and wreck removal, by said municipality for all persons and property in areas outside the corporate limits of such municipality and to pay for such services a reasonable amount on a per run basis, or such other equitable basis as may be agreed upon, and to pay for such services from funds of the county general fund or the county highway fund. The board of county commissioners of each county may also enter into reciprocal agreements with other counties for such services. The board of county commissioners shall also have the authority to collect charges for such services performed by a municipality or another county, pursuant to the provision of this section, from any person to whom such services are provided. Said funds shall be disbursed to the entities providing services. |Added by Laws 1967, c. 249, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 39, § 1, emerg. eff. March 26, 1980; Laws 1986, c. 171, § 1, emerg. eff. May 9, 1986; Laws 1992, c. 397, § 11, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2009, c. 120, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009.
19 OK Stat § 19-351.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-351.2. Exemptions.

|Fire Protection Districts are excluded from the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 171, § 3, emerg. eff. May 9, 1986.
19 OK Stat § 19-351.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-351.3. Agreements with corporate fire department in unincorporated area or rural fire protection district for fire protection services.

|The board of county commissioners of each county may enter into agreements with any nonprofit volunteer or full-time fire department organized pursuant to Section 592 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any rural fire protection district created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 901.1 through 901.29 of this title for the furnishing of fire protection services by such entities for all persons and property located in the unincorporated areas of the county. The board of county commissioners of each county may pay for such fire protection services on such equitable basis as may be agreed upon and the costs of such fire protection services may be paid out of the county general fund or the county highway fund. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 54, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992.
19 OK Stat § 19-352.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-352.1. Agreements with senior citizen centers to provide certain services to certain individuals.

|The board of county commissioners of each county may enter into agreements with any local senior citizen center which meets federal regulations for the furnishing of services for those county residents who by reason of age, infirmity or misfortune may have claims upon the sympathy and aid of the county and to pay for such services from funds of the county duly appropriated therefor. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 367, § 2, emerg. eff. July 14, 1982.
19 OK Stat § 19-353.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-353.1. Counseling services for certain persons.

|A. Upon the availability of county funds, the board of county commissioners of each county and the sheriff of each county are hereby authorized to hire counselors or contract for services of counselors for the purpose of providing counseling services to victims of crime, relatives of crime victims, witnesses to crimes, inmates in county jails, mental health detainees in the custody of the county and county employees whose official duties relate to law enforcement or mental health, or immediate family members of such employees; provided, such counseling services shall not be provided at county expense for county employees or immediate family members thereof except for counseling services necessary as a direct result of such employee's performance of official duties. |B. For purposes of this section:1. "Counselor" includes but is not limited to a licensed professional counselor as defined in the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, psychologist, social worker, chaplain, psychiatrist or any other person trained or experienced in providing counseling services; and2. "Chaplain" means an ordained or authorized preacher, minister, priest or other ecclesiastical dignitary of any denomination who has been duly ordained or authorized to preach by the church to which he belongs.Added by Laws 1987, c. 155, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 296, § 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
19 OK Stat § 19-354 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-354. Transportation and distribution of commodities donated to county or school district.

|The board of county commissioners of any county of this state shall have authority, in their discretion, to use and operate any trucks or automobiles owned by the county in transporting from any point in the State of Oklahoma to said county, or in transporting or distributing within said county, any commodities or items of value donated to the said county or any school district therein by or through the State of Oklahoma, the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of either, for redistribution to eligible recipients. The board shall also have authority to hire clerical help, rent office and storage facilities, and provide other necessary functions for the receipt and distribution of any such commodities, and the cost of such expenses may be paid either from the county highway funds or from the general fund of the county. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 158, § 1. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 67, § 1; Laws 1965, c. 498, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-357 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-357. Provisions cumulative.

|The provisions of this act are declared to be cumulative to existing laws. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 158, § 4.
19 OK Stat § 19-358 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-358. Transportation of scouts and supervisors.

|Authority is hereby granted to each board of county commissioners in this state to permit the use of county owned vehicles for the transportation of Boy Scouts and/or Girl Scouts and their supervisors to and from any Boy Scout and/or Girl Scout camp. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 192, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 296, § 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
19 OK Stat § 19-359 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-359. Improvements upon school grounds.

|The board of county commissioners may provide to public schools within the county such county-owned machinery and equipment to make improvements upon school grounds. The expense of operation, including operating personnel, may be billed to the school district requesting such improvements on an actual cost basis. The expense of the materials supplied for the improvements shall be paid from school funds. |Added by Laws 1978, c. 83, § 1. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 39, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
19 OK Stat § 19-371 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-371. Authorization to contract for ambulance service - Liability insurance - Immunity - Pension benefits.

|(a) The board of county commissioners of any county may contract for ambulance service with any city, town, county, person, firm or corporation or combination of them under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the parties. Such contracts shall provide for the carrying of liability insurance in such amount as may be fixed and may provide for minimum standards of service and equipment. |(b) Cities, towns and counties engaged in ambulance or emergency service shall be agents of the State of Oklahoma, acting solely and alone in a governmental capacity, and shall not be liable for any act of commission, omission or negligence while so engaged.(c) Any employee of any city, town or county engaging in ambulance or emergency service at any time or place shall be considered to be serving in regular line of duty and shall be entitled to all the benefits of any pension fund to which he might otherwise be entitled.Added by Laws 1968, c. 306, § 1, emerg. eff. May 7, 1968. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 151, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1974.
19 OK Stat § 19-372 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-372. Minimum standards for operation and equipment - Personnel - Charges - Audits.

|If the board(s) of county commissioners, and the governing body of any city(ies) or town(s) shall enter into any contract as provided in Section 1, then the board(s) of county commissioners and the governing body of any city(ies) or town(s) shall, by resolution, establish a minimum of standards for the operation and equipping of said ambulances and for the qualifications and training of any personnel operating said ambulances within the county(ies). The board(s) of county commissioners and/or governing body of any city(ies) or town(s) shall also have the authority to establish by resolution the minimum charge to be made by any ambulance operator with which it has a contract and to provide for an audit of the books and the records of said operator. Said regulations shall be in compliance with, or exceed, applicable state laws, rules and regulations. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 306, § 2, emerg. eff. May 7, 1968.
19 OK Stat § 19-376 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-376. Electronic data processing equipment authorized - Manner of handling.

|A. Until January 1, 1983, the board of county commissioners of any county in the State of Oklahoma may acquire electronic data processing equipment by purchase, lease or transfer, and may provide for the operation, maintenance, repair and utilization of such electronic data processing equipment as shall be necessary to conduct the county's business, or may enter into a contract for computer services with a capable data processing company, to provide systems designs and analysis for all county officials. |The board of county commissioners shall determine the most effective manner of handling the county's data processing needs, either by outright purchase or lease of equipment or entering into a contract for computer services, and shall offer data processing advisory service to all county elected officials.B. Beginning January 1, 1983, each county purchasing agent may acquire electronic data processing equipment by purchase, lease or transfer, and may provide for the operation, maintenance, repair and utilization of such electronic data processing equipment as shall be necessary to conduct the county's business, or may enter into a contract for computer services with a capable data processing company, to provide systems designs and analysis for all county officials upon approval of the board of county commissioners.The county purchasing agent shall determine the most effective manner of handling the county's data processing needs, either by outright purchase or lease of equipment or entering into a contract for computer services, and shall offer data processing advisory service to all county elected officials.Added by Laws 1970, c. 301, § 1, emerg. eff. April 21, 1970. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 249, § 8.
19 OK Stat § 19-377 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-377. IT staff and data processing technicians.

|The board of county commissioners of any county may employ competent information technology (IT) staff and a data processing technician who shall perform the duties of IT management or data processing management as prescribed and directed by the board of county commissioners. The IT staff and data processing technician shall receive as compensation salaries to be fixed by the board of county commissioners for their services, to be paid out of the general operating fund of the county. The compensations of the IT staff and data processing technician shall not be governed by the "Comprehensive Salary Code". |The IT staff and data processing technician shall be covered by the county blanket bond.Added by Laws 1970, c. 301, § 2, emerg. eff. April 21, 1970. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 180, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980; Laws 2021, c. 64, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
19 OK Stat § 19-378 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-378. Contracts with public trust.

|A. Until January 1, 1983, nothing in Sections 376 or 377 of this title shall be interpreted as prohibiting a county, acting through the authority of the board of county commissioners, from contracting with an established public trust which has been or may be created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 176 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of providing to all county offices, departments and agencies electronic data processing services. |B. Beginning January 1, 1983, nothing in Sections 376 or 377 of this title shall be interpreted as prohibiting a county purchasing agent, upon approval of the board of county commissioners, from contracting with an established public trust which has been or may be created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 176 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of providing to all county offices, departments and agencies electronic data processing services.Added by Laws 1970, c. 301, § 3, emerg. eff. April 21, 1970. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 249, § 9.
19 OK Stat § 19-381 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-381. Questions to be submitted to popular vote.

|They shall submit to the people of the county at any regular or special election any question involving any extraordinary outlay of money by the county or any expenditures greater in amount than can be provided for by the annual tax, or whether the county will construct any courthouse, jail, or other public buildings, or aid or construct any road or bridge, and may aid any enterprise designed for the county, whenever a majority of the people thereof shall authorize the same as hereinafter provided. Provided that, for the purposes of this section the term "public buildings" shall include, but not be limited to, a county rest home, which shall be defined as any home, establishment, or institution owned and operated by the county in which there is offered or provided personal care and supervision to persons who are unable to care completely for themselves. |R.L. 1910, § 1608. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 12, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 15, 1965.
19 OK Stat § 19-382 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-382. Additional tax voted, when.

|When county warrants are at a depreciated value, the said commissioners may in a like manner submit the question whether a tax of a higher rate than that provided for shall be authorized; and in all cases when an additional tax is laid in pursuance of a vote of the people of the county, or for constructing or ordering to be constructed any road or bridge, or for aiding in any enterprise contemplated by the preceding section, such special tax shall be paid in money and in no other manner. |R.L. 1910, § 1609.
19 OK Stat § 19-383 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-383. Mode of submitting questions to voters.

|The mode of submitting questions to the people contemplated by the last two sections shall be the following: The whole question, including the sum desired to be raised, the amount of tax desired to be authorized, the rate per annum, and the whole regulation, including the time of its taking effect or having operation, if it be of a nature which can be set forth, and the penalty of its violation if there be one, is to be published at least four (4) weeks in some newspaper published in the county. If there be no such newspaper, the publication is to be made by posting up in at least one of the most public places in each election precinct in the county; and in all cases the notices shall name the time when such question will be voted upon, and the form in which the question shall be taken, and a copy of the question submitted shall be posted up at each place of voting during the day of election. |R.L. 1910, § 1610.
19 OK Stat § 19-384 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-384. Tax levy.

|When the question submitted involves the borrowing or expenditure of money the proposition of the question must be accompanied by a proposition to authorize a tax for the payment thereof in addition to the usual taxes provided for by law; and no vote adopting the question proposed shall be valid unless it likewise adopts the amount of tax to be authorized to meet the liability incurred. |R.L. 1910, § 1611.
19 OK Stat § 19-385 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-385. Proceedings when proposition carries.

|The commissioners being satisfied that the above requirements have been substantially complied with, and that a majority of votes were cast in favor of the proposition submitted, shall cause the same to be entered at large upon the book containing the record of their proceedings. Propositions thus acted upon cannot be rescinded by the board of county commissioners. |R.L. 1910, § 1612.
19 OK Stat § 19-386 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-386. Additional levy a distinct fund.

|Money raised by the county commissioners in pursuance of the last four sections is specially appropriated and constitutes a fund distinct from all others, in the hands of the county treasurer until the obligations assumed are discharged. |R.L. 1910, § 1613.
19 OK Stat § 19-387 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-387. Unexpended balance of special fund.

|Whenever there remains in the treasury of any county an unexpended balance of any special fund, and all claims against such funds have been fully paid, and the purpose for which it was created has been fully observed, and there remains no further use for such balance for the purpose for which it was created, it shall be lawful for the board of county commissioners of such county to transfer such balance to any other fund of the county or subdivision to which such balance belonged. |R.L. 1910, § 1614.