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74 OK Stat § 74-168.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-168.1. Travis Leon Harris Building - Designation.

|The Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Building shall be named the "Travis Leon Harris Building". |Added by Laws 1989, S.J.R. No. 22, p. 1655, § 1.
74 OK Stat § 74-168.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-168.2. Travis Leon Harris Building - Marker.

|The Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority shall cause a suitable marker to be placed on the Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Building designating it as the "Travis Leon Harris Building". |Added by Laws 1989, S.J.R. No. 22, p. 1655, § 2.
74 OK Stat § 74-174 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-174. Investigation of state eleemosynary institutions.

|At the request of the Governor, or with his sanction, the State Department of Public Welfare shall investigate any state eleemosynary institution against which complaint is made, and the Department of Public Welfare shall have the power to summon any person to appear and produce such books and papers as shall be designated in the summons and to take testimony under oath concerning the matter and institution under investigation. The Department shall have the power to administer oaths to such persons as may be summoned and to enforce such powers as are given to notaries public when they are taking depositions. Evidence of persons restrained in prisons or any other places of detention, if deemed necessary or requested by the witness, shall be taken out of the hearing of persons in authority about such institutions and be preserved and kept secret, and be used only by the Department so far as may be by him deemed necessary to correct or remedy any wrong that is or may be disclosed. |R.L.1910, § 8904. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 30, eff. July 1, 1978.
74 OK Stat § 74-175 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-175. Report to Governor of investigation.

|When a special investigation of any institution is made at the request of the Governor, it shall be the duty of the Department of Public Welfare to make a report in writing to the Governor within a reasonable time after its termination. |R.L.1910, § 8095. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 31, eff. July 1, 1978.
74 OK Stat § 74-177 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-177. Investigation of complaints against hospitals and homes.

|It shall be the duty of the State Department of Public Welfare to investigate all complaints made in the form of a sworn affidavit against such institutions as are named in the preceding section, and all orphanages of whatever name or character, which are conducted by individuals for their own personal gain or profit, or which either charge for their services or subsist wholly or in part by money collected by subscription from the public as a charity. In event the complaints are found to be true, the Department shall have the power to order such institutions closed, and upon failure or refusal of the proprietors or operators of such institutions to obey the order shall file a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction and ask that they be legally restrained from operating said institutions, and if guilty of malpractice, mistreatment or any illegal act, that they be punished according to law. |R.L.1910, § 8097. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 32, eff. July 1, 1978.
74 OK Stat § 74-188 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-188. Inspection of domiciliary facilities.

|(a) It shall be the duty of the State Commissioner of Health to visit and inspect, and examine into the conditions and management of, each domiciliary facility receiving payment from the Department of Public Welfare for services on behalf of a person or persons living in the facility, or receiving payment for services from any such person who is a recipient of public assistance and whose Schedule of Maximum Money Payments for Assistance Plans in Accordance With Living Arrangements, as approved by the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission, includes an item for maintenance or nursing care; and to make report of his findings to the Director of Public Welfare, and any other state agency that might have an official interest in the findings. For the purposes of this section, a domiciliary facility shall mean any home, establishment, institution, or other facility providing living accommodations, or special living arrangements, or nursing or medical care, for three or more persons living therein. |(b) Whenever the Director of Public Welfare requests him to do so, the State Commissioner of Health shall cause a special inspection to be made to ascertain whether patients or residents of any such domiciliary facility are receiving proper care or treatment, or whether the facility is being operated in accordance with applicable law, and rules and regulations of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission; and, whenever the Director of Public Welfare requests him to do so, the State Commissioner of Health shall cause a special investigation to be made to determine whether a patient or resident of any such domiciliary facility has been abused or mistreated, or has not received proper care. After making any such special inspection or investigation, the State Commissioner of Health shall make a written report of his findings to the Director of Public Welfare.(c) If, as a result of any inspection, investigation or examination, the State Commissioner of Health determines that a criminal law has been or might have been violated, he shall inform the district attorney of his findings, for appropriate action.(d) The duties and responsibilities vested in the State Commissioner of Health by this section shall be in addition to those vested in the State Commissioner of Health by other laws.Laws 1967, c. 357, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 1967; Laws 1971, c. 337, § 7, operative July 1, 1971.
74 OK Stat § 74-190 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-190. Transfer of employees to State Commissioner of Health - Status.

|All persons serving as employees of the Commissioner of Charities and Corrections under the provisions of Section 2, Chapter 357, O.S.L. 1967, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 409, O.S.L. 1968 (74 O.S. Supp. 1970, Section 189), when Sections 7 and 8 of this act become effective shall be in the classified service under the State Merit System of Personnel Administration and be entitled to continue to serve as employees of the State Commissioner of Health under Section 8 of this act, provided that such employees shall not receive less salaries and benefits than they were receiving on the effective date of this act. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 337, § 9, operative July 1, 1971.
74 OK Stat § 74-191 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-191. Transfer of employees from other state agencies - Status.

|If any employee of the State Department of Health who heretofore or hereafter has been transferred from another state agency, or terminated his employment by such other state agency to be immediately reemployed by the State Department of Health, he shall retain the same status, rights and privileges and retention points that shall have accrued to him while employed by the other state agency in the classified service under the Merit System for Personnel Administration. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 337, § 10, operative July 1, 1971.
74 OK Stat § 74-193 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-193. Right of entry - Report of inspection.

|A. Inspectors employed by the State Department of Health shall be permitted to enter all jail premises and administrative offices for the purpose of performing their assigned duties. |B. The results of these inspections shall be presented in the form of a written report to the person immediately responsible for the administration of the facility inspected and such other offices the Department deems appropriate. The report shall contain:1. A list of deficiencies in the condition or operation of the facility and specific proposals for their solution; and2. A statement as to whether or not the facility inspected is in substantial compliance with the jail standards established pursuant to Section 192 of this title.Added by Laws 1977, c. 137, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1977. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 39, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 2018, c. 71, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
74 OK Stat § 74-194 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-194. Deficient facility - Closing.

|If the deficiencies listed in the report have not been corrected, within sixty (60) days after delivery of the report, the Commissioner of Health shall be authorized to file a complaint with the Attorney General or the district attorney for the purpose of assistance in obtaining compliance or to close the deficient facility. Provided, that upon demonstration of a good-faith effort by the governmental entity involved to correct said deficiencies and achieve compliance with the established standards, the Commissioner of Health shall extend the time for compliance a reasonable period before filing the complaint requesting assistance in obtaining compliance or the closing of the facility. An action to close such facility shall be brought in the district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the facility is located. Upon the issuance of an order by the district court to close the facility, the facility shall be closed and prisoners shall be removed to a suitable facility at the expense of the governmental entity responsible for the facility ordered closed. Provided, that upon demonstration of a good-faith effort by the governmental entity involved to correct said deficiencies and achieve compliance with the established standards, the district court shall extend the time for compliance a reasonable period before ordering the facility closed. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 137, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1977. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 40, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1985, c. 62, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2018, c. 71, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
74 OK Stat § 74-195 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-195. Contracts for incarceration of prisoners.

|Any county, city or town is hereby authorized to contract, in accordance with the Interlocal Cooperation Act, with any other county, city or town for incarceration of prisoners awaiting trial or serving a sentence, so long as the jail facility where said prisoners are to be held is in compliance with the standards established by this act. |Laws 1977, c. 137, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1977.
74 OK Stat § 74-197 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-197. Administrative Procedures Act - Application.

|All rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the powers contained in this act shall be subject to the Administrative Procedures Act. |Laws 1977, c. 137, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1977.
74 OK Stat § 74-212.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-212.1. Advising county officers on procedural and technical accounting and budget procedures - Duty of county officers.

|The State Auditor and Inspector, or his designee, shall advise county officers on procedural and technical matters relating to accounting and budget procedures. It shall be the duty of the county officers with notice of such advice to follow the instructions or advice of the State Auditor and Inspector until relieved of such duty by a court of competent jurisdiction or until the Supreme Court shall hold otherwise. |Laws 1979, c. 33, § 2.
74 OK Stat § 74-212.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-212.2. Contracting with counties for development of uniform computer systems.

|The Office of the State Auditor and Inspector is authorized to enter into a contract with each board of county commissioners of this state for the purpose of providing uniform computer systems development, including computer software, for county government in accordance with the provisions of Sections 178.4 and 693 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 203, § 19, operative July 1, 1987.
74 OK Stat § 74-212.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-212.3. Form for joint school district millage certifications.

|The State Auditor and Inspector shall prescribe and require the statewide use of a form for joint school district millage certifications. |Added by Laws 2001, c. 358, § 23, eff. July 1, 2001.
74 OK Stat § 74-212.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-212.4. Assistants to State Auditor and Inspector.

|The State Auditor and Inspector shall employ, and make the appointment of such assistants as may be necessary to fulfill his duties. No appointments to positions shall be made in excess of the positions authorized by act of the Legislature for the State Auditor and Inspector's office. |Added by Laws 1947, p. 380, § 24, emerg. eff. Feb. 25, 1947. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 21, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979. Renumbered from § 41.24 of Title 62 by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 64, eff. July 1, 2009.
74 OK Stat § 74-212B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-212B. Format of electronic submissions to State Auditor and Inspector.

|Copies of any audit, performance audit, agreed-upon procedure report, or other attestation engagement report produced by a person other than the State Auditor and Inspector that is required to be filed with the State Auditor and Inspector pursuant to Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be submitted in electronic, read-only format. The State Auditor and Inspector shall make such reports available to the public at no charge on the State Auditor and Inspector's website. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 347, § 6.
74 OK Stat § 74-214 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-214. Uniform systems of bookkeeping - Alternate accounting systems - Instructions to state and county officers - Detailed examinations - Reports.

|The State Auditor and Inspector shall prescribe a uniform system of bookkeeping for the use of all county officials to afford a suitable check upon their mutual acts and ensure a thorough inspection, and to ensure the safety of the state and county funds. He shall have full authority to prescribe a system of bookkeeping for all county officers which shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as applied to governmental units, except when in conflict with Oklahoma Statutes, and when necessary instruct or cause to be instructed the state and county officers in the proper mode of keeping the accounts. Provided however, when a conflict with Oklahoma Statutes arises concerning accounting systems for those counties utilizing electronic data processing, the county may request in writing that the State Auditor and Inspector approve an alternate accounting procedure. The State Auditor and Inspector shall have the authority to approve or disapprove such requests. Annually, the State Auditor and Inspector shall provide a report of those counties requesting alternate accounting systems to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The State Auditor and Inspector shall not change any accounting systems or procedures during the last year of his term of office that would have an impact on the ability of any independent licensed public accountant to provide auditing services to such officers. He shall make a thorough examination of the books, accounts and vouchers of such officers, ascertaining in detail the various items of receipts and expenditures. He shall report to the Governor the refusal or neglect of any state or county officer to obey his instruction. He shall make a report of the result of his examination, which shall be filed in the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector, as well as any failure of duty by any financial officers, and the Governor may cause the result of such examination to be published. Provided, that no county officer shall be required to discard any books or supplies on hand. |R.L. 1910, § 8121; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 140, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1982, c. 249, § 17; Laws 1982, c. 315, § 6, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982; Laws 1988, c. 60, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1993, c. 317, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993.
74 OK Stat § 74-215 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-215. Facilities for investigations - Exhibits and information - Powers and duties of State Auditor and Inspector.

|All officers of the state and counties of the state and all officers and employees of other institutions mentioned in this article, must afford reasonable facilities for the investigation provided for in this article, and all such officers, manager and employees must make written exhibits to the Auditor and Inspector under oath in such form and in such manner as he may prescribe, and each and every person so required who shall refuse and neglect to make such written exhibit, or to make or to give such information as may be required by said State Auditor and Inspector, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and if any person in making such exhibit or giving such information or affording any statement required under this article, on his oath, shall knowingly swear falsely concerning the same, he shall be deemed guilty of the felony of perjury and punished accordingly. The State Auditor and Inspector shall have full power and authority for the various purposes named to examine books, papers, accounts, bills, vouchers and any other documents, or property of any or all of the aforesaid state institutions, all state officers and custodians of any county or state funds, also to examine under oath, county or state officers and custodians of county and state funds aforesaid. The State Auditor and Inspector is empowered to issue subpoenas and administer oath in the performance of his duty, and any persons refusing access to said examiner to any such books or papers, or any officer, clerk, employee, or other persons aforesaid, who shall obstruct access and refuse to search for any required information, or who shall in any manner hinder the examination required by this article of the records, and books of the officers of public institutions or pertaining to the county and state officers aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one (1) year or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. |R.L. 1910, § 8122. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 141, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 587, eff. July 1, 1998.
74 OK Stat § 74-216 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-216. Annual report to governor - Other reports.

|The State Auditor and Inspector shall report to the Governor the result of his examinations on the first day of November of each year, and shall embody in such report statistics of the state institutions, of the county and state finances ascertained by him, which report shall be printed to the number of five hundred copies and shall be included with other officers' reports in the volume of executive documents. He shall also make a report upon any particular need at any time when required by the Governor. |R.L.1910, § 8123; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 142, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
74 OK Stat § 74-217 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-217. Performance of duties by Deputy State Auditor and Inspector - Traveling expenses - Receipt of other compensation - False reports - Failure to perform duties.

|If by reason of sickness, absence or other cause, the State Auditor and Inspector is temporarily unable to perform the duties of the office, the Deputy State Auditor and Inspector shall perform the duties of the office of State Auditor and Inspector until such disability ceases, whenever the same will not be inconsistent with the Constitution. |The State Auditor and Inspector shall be reimbursed actual and necessary travel expenses when traveling on official state business as provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act.If the State Auditor and Inspector, or any deputy, or employee, shall at any time, directly or indirectly, receive compensation for service, or neglect of service, other than that provided for in this article, such person shall be guilty of a felony. The making of a false report knowingly by the State Auditor and Inspector, or any assistant or deputy, authorized by this article, of the financial condition of any office or institution required or authorized to be examined by this article shall be a felony, and any failure to perform the duties required of them to be performed by this article shall constitute a misdemeanor.R.L. 1910, § 8124. Amended by Laws 1917, c. 260, p. 475, § 1; Laws 1943, p. 248, § 20; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 143, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 588, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 3, eff. July 1, 2010.
74 OK Stat § 74-219A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-219A. Education and training of staff members.

|The State Auditor and Inspector shall provide adequate continuing professional education for all staff members necessary to comply fully with federal requirements to ensure the acceptability of all audits performed under Section 2 of this act. Such training may take the form of courses presented by competent state and federal employees, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and other organizations recognized by the Office of Management and Budget as competent to provide such training. Employees of other state entities who can demonstrate they are mandated to participate in continuing professional education because of their assignment may be included in relevant training sessions if, within available resources, the State Auditor and Inspector is reimbursed for the costs of their participation. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 319, § 5, emerg. eff. June 12, 1991.
74 OK Stat § 74-223 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-223. Report of irregularities and derelictions - Prosecution by Attorney General.

|When any regular or special audit by the State Auditor and Inspector of the books, records and accounts of any state or county officer, board, or commission reveals irregularities or dereliction in the receipt or disbursement or management of public funds or property which are grounds for prosecution, it shall be the mandatory duty of the State Auditor and Inspector to within thirty (30) days of the completion of such audit, file a report with the Governor and the Attorney General setting forth in detail such irregularities or derelictions. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General pursuant to Section 18b of this title to conduct an investigation to determine if prosecution is warranted and to prosecute by either civil or criminal action or both if he determines prosecution is warranted. |Amended by Laws 1982, c. 26, § 2, operative Oct. 1, 1982.
74 OK Stat § 74-225 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-225. Reports as additional - Public Records.

|The reports required by this act are in addition to all other reports required by law to be made, and shall be public records. |Laws 1959, p. 356, § 3.