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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-953.2. Fiduciaries - Power and authority - Restrictions.

A. A fiduciary with respect to the retirement system shall not cause the retirement system to engage in a transaction if the fiduciary knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect:
1. Sale or exchange, or leasing of any property from the retirement system to a party in interest for less than adequate consideration or from a party in interest to the retirement system for more than adequate consideration;
2. Lending of money or other extension of credit from the retirement system to a party in interest without the receipt of adequate security and a reasonable rate of interest, or from a party in interest to the retirement system with provision of excessive security or an unreasonably high rate of interest;
3. Furnishing of goods, services or facilities from the retirement system to a party in interest for less than adequate consideration, or from a party in interest to the retirement system for more than adequate consideration; or
4. Transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of, a party in interest of any assets of the retirement system for less than adequate consideration.
B. A fiduciary with respect to the retirement system shall not:
1. Deal with the assets of the retirement system in the fiduciary's own interest or for the fiduciary's own account;
2. In the fiduciary's individual or any other capacity act in any transaction involving the retirement system on behalf of a party whose interests are adverse to the interests of the retirement system or the interests of its participants or beneficiaries; or
3. Receive any consideration for the fiduciary's own personal account from any party dealing with the retirement system in connection with a transaction involving the assets of the retirement system.
C. A fiduciary with respect to the retirement system may:
1. Invest all or part of the assets of the retirement system in deposits which bear a reasonable interest rate in a bank or similar financial institution supervised by the United States or a state, if such bank or other institution is a fiduciary of such plan; or
2. Provide any ancillary service by a bank or similar financial institution supervised by the United States or a state, if such bank or other institution is a fiduciary of such plan.
D. A person or a financial institution is a fiduciary with respect to the retirement system to the extent that the person or the financial institution:
1. Exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of the retirement system or exercises any authority or control respecting management or disposition of the assets of the retirement system;
2. Renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation direct or indirect, with respect to any monies or other property of the retirement system, or has any authority or responsibility to do so; or
3. Has any discretionary authority or discretionary responsibility in the administration of the retirement system.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 124, § 6, eff. July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-954. Annual appropriation - Maximum contributions.

It shall be the mandatory duty of the board of county commissioners of any county establishing a retirement fund and system to appropriate annually, for the sole use of the retirement fund within its general fund and subject to the approval of the county excise board, a sum which shall be equal to or exceed the contributions made to the retirement fund by the employees. Such appropriation shall not exceed the sum of the current annual salaries of all employees to be covered in the following percentages:
July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008
13 1/2%
July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009
14 1/2%
July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010
15 1/2%
July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2019
16 1/2%
July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020 and each year thereafter
18 1/2%
Beginning July 1, 2019, the total employer and employee contributions shall not exceed eighteen and one-half percent (18.5%) of the monthly compensation of each member. The governing body of the participating employers listed in this section may vary the percentage contribution of the employer and employee, provided the total percentage contributed by the employer and employee equals the total percentage contribution required by this section. Payment of such shall be paid to the fund upon verified claims by the treasurer of the fund approved by the board of trustees and attested by its clerk. For any contribution made on or after July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, of less than eighteen and one-half percent (18.5%), an employer may retroactively make a one-time lump sum contribution of an amount equal to the difference between the actual total contribution that was made and the total contribution amount equal to eighteen and one-half percent (18.5%).
Added by Laws 1961, p. 218, § 4, emerg. eff. July 14, 1961. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 222, § 2, emerg. eff. May 2, 1967; Laws 1989, c. 336, § 2, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 2007, c. 126, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2019, c. 380, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2022, c. 25, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-955. Prorating in case of insufficiencies.

If the funds in any retirement system are insufficient to make full payment of the amount of retirement benefits or allowances to any eligible persons under the rules and regulations of the board of trustees then such fund shall be prorated among those entitled thereto as the board of trustees administering said fund shall determine to be just and equitable.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 218, § 5.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-957. Employee defined.

An "employee", as used Sections 951 through 962 of this title, shall include the elected or appointed salaried officials and regular full-time salaried employees of a county, and shall also include regular full-time employees of the county board of library trustees, county employees whose salaries are paid in whole or in part from the court fund of such county, employees of county circuit engineering districts, and employees of any public trust created pursuant to law in which the county is the sole beneficiary of the public trust, if approved by the board of county commissioners.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 218, § 7, emerg. eff. July 14, 1961. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 182, § 3, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963; Laws 1983, c. 92, § 1, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983; Laws 2000, c. 200, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-957-1. County retirement system — Eligibility – Contribution limits.

The county commissioners of any county establishing a drainage district or districts, and establishing a county retirement system, in addition to the duties and authority now provided by law, are hereby authorized to pay into the retirement system of such county for the use and benefit of the employees eligible for retirement benefits, such amounts as the board of county commissioners may authorize by resolution not exceeding the current annual salaries of all employees whose salaries are paid either in whole or in part out of the drainage district funds. The total employer and employee contributions shall not exceed the percentages of the monthly compensation of each member set forth in Section 954 of this title.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 281, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1968. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 88, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2022, c. 25, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-958. Necessary provisions by resolution.

The board of county commissioners of any county establishing a retirement fund and system under the provisions of this act is hereby authorized and empowered to make effective by resolution all provisions necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act, and any amendments hereafter provided. Any such resolutions properly made in order to ensure compliance with qualification requirements for the retirement plan shall take precedence over any provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 218, § 8, emerg. eff. July 14, 1961. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 281, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-960. Payment of certain employer's contributions from court fund.

A. In addition to all other items which are now or may hereafter be authorized to be paid from the court fund, it shall be the mandatory duty of the governing board of the court fund to pay annually for the sole use of the retirement system a sum equal to the contributions made to the retirement fund by the employees, but not to exceed the percentages of the current annual salaries, established in Section 954 of this title, of all employees whose salaries are paid either in whole or in part out of the court funds of such county.
The total employer and employee contributions shall not exceed the percentages of the monthly compensation of each member set forth in Section 954 of this title.
B. It shall be the mandatory duty of the governing board of the court fund to pay annually from the court fund to a county retirement system which is not a participant in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the employer's contribution for that court reporter who pursuant to the provisions of Section 106.8 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes, exercised his or her option to continue as a member of the county retirement system following January 13, 1969. The contributions to be so paid shall be limited to the amount provided for in subsection A of this section. The provisions of this subsection shall operate retroactively to take effect on and after January 13, 1969.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 182, § 5, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 222, § 5; Laws 1970, c. 184, § 2, emerg. eff. April 13, 1970; Laws 2009, c. 88, § 2, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2022, c. 25, § 3, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-961. Employees whose salaries are paid in whole or in part from Law Library Fund.

In addition to all other items which are now or may hereafter be authorized to be paid from the Law Library Fund, it shall be the mandatory duty of the trustees of the Law Library Fund to pay annually for the sole use of the retirement system a sum equal to the contributions made to the retirement fund by the employees, but not to exceed the percentages of the current annual salaries, established in Section 954 of this title, of all employees whose salaries are paid either in whole or in part out of the Law Library Fund of such county.
The total employer and employee contributions shall not exceed the percentages of the monthly compensation of each member set forth in Section 954 of this title.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 182, § 6, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 222, § 6, emerg. eff. May 2, 1967; Laws 2009, c. 88, § 3, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2022, c. 25, § 4, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-962. Appeals.

Any county employee who has petitioned the board of trustees for retirement benefits may on his own behalf appeal from the decision of the board. Such appeals shall be made to the district court of such county, and shall be tried de novo by the court without a jury. Such appeal shall be made within thirty (30) days of the date of the decision or order of the board by filing in the office of the court clerk a transcript of the proceedings had before the board, and a copy of all papers filed in such cause, duly certified by the county clerk. Notice of such appeal shall be given in writing by the person appealing at the time of the filing of such appeal in the district court, and such notice shall be served upon the clerk of the retirement board and upon the district attorney.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 222, § 4, emerg. eff. May 2, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-965. Defined benefit retirement plan - Amendment or modification - Impact statement.

A. As used in this section:
1. “Concurrent funding” means an increase in employer contributions, employee contributions, apportioned tax revenues or other assets transferred to the county retirement plan to offset any increase in unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the plan; and
2. “Unfunded actuarial accrued liability” means the excess of the actuarial accrued liability over the actuarial value of assets.
B. A county actively maintaining a defined benefit retirement plan for both existing and new employees on or after the effective date of this act which plan was established pursuant to the authority of Section 951 et seq. of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not adopt any plan amendment or otherwise modify the defined benefit plan provisions in any manner that would result in an increase in the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the retirement plan.
C. A county may adopt a plan amendment or other modification that increases retirement benefits or that would otherwise increase the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the retirement plan if the county provides concurrent funding for the plan amendment or other proposed plan modification.
D. Before a county described by this section adopts a plan amendment or other plan modification, the proposed plan amendment or other plan modification shall be reviewed by a qualified actuary who shall prepare an impact statement with respect to the proposed plan amendment or other plan modification. The actuary shall provide the impact statement to the plan administrator, if applicable, and to the county clerk of the county maintaining the retirement plan.
E. If the impact statement prepared by the actuary determines that the proposed plan amendment or other plan modification would increase the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the county retirement plan, the county shall not adopt or implement the amendment or other modification unless the county provides concurrent funding.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 415, § 7, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1002. Purpose - Commission created.

The purpose of this act is to foster and promote the establishment, maintenance and operation of city-county park and recreation systems in order to give all of the citizens of the counties affected hereby equal access to a comprehensive system of recreational facilities. It is the policy of the state to encourage the formation of such cooperative park and/or recreation systems to the end of avoiding unnecessary duplication in the maintenance and operation of public recreational facilities.
In order to make adequate recreational services available to the residents of the more densely populated counties of this state, to provide for the most efficient development of recreational facilities for such counties and to provide for each of such counties a city-county park and recreation system, there is hereby created in each such county which avails itself of the provisions of this act a city-county park and recreation commission, with the powers and duties set out in this act.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 335, § 2, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1003. Counties authorized to act - Contract with cities - Resolution of necessity.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, or of any charter, ordinance, rule or regulation, any county of the state having within its boundaries a city having not less than one hundred thousand population, according to the last or any succeeding Federal Decennial Census, is hereby authorized to avail itself of the provisions of this act and to combine its funds with the funds of such city to be expended for the purposes herein set forth. The board of county commissioners of any such county in this state is hereby authorized to contract with the governing body of any such city, as herein provided, for the establishment of a city-county park and recreation system. Provided however, that before exercising the authority and power to contract for the purposes herein stated any city or county having a duly created and existing city or county park and/or recreation board or authority as the case may be, a resolution of necessity must first be adopted by any such city or county park and/or recreation authority.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 335, § 3, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1004. Commission membership - Tenure - Vacancies - Compensation - Expenses.

The city-county park and recreation commission shall consist of eleven (11) members. Five of the members shall be appointed by the mayor of the city subject to approval of the governing body thereof. Four of the members shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. The mayor of the city and the chairman of the board of county commissioners shall be members of the commission and shall be entitled to vote on all matters. The initial appointments by the city shall designate two members to serve a term of three (3) years, two members to serve a term of two (2) years, and one member to serve a term of one (1) year. The initial appointments by the county shall designate one member to serve a term of three (3) years, two members to serve a term of two (2) years, and one member to serve a term of one (1) year. Provided, that the terms of such initial appointees and the terms of all future appointees of both the city and county shall terminate July 31 of that year in which they expire, regardless of the calendar date when such appointments are made. Subsequent appointments of either the city or the county shall be for three-year terms, except in the case of an appointment to fill a vacancy in the membership of the commission, which latter appointment shall be for the balance of the unexpired term of the member whose death, resignation, or removal has created the vacancy. Members shall not be eligible to succeed themselves after serving two consecutive terms. A member of such commission once qualified can thereafter be removed only for misconduct or neglect of duty during his term of office after notice and hearing before the governing board that appointed him. All members of the commission shall serve thereon without compensation. Expenses which are incurred by members pursuant to prior specific authorization by the board of county commissioners and the governing body of the city shall be reimbursed, provided, that expenses incurred for transportation, meals and lodging shall be reimbursed only if incurred in connection with authorized travel outside the county.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 335, § 4, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1005. Chairman - Meetings - Quorum - Fee schedule - Financial assistance.

The commission shall elect its chairman from the appointed members and fill such other offices as its bylaws may establish. The term of the chairman shall be one year. The commission shall hold at least one meeting each month and all meetings shall be open to the public. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and keep a record of its functions and activities, which record shall be a public record. Six commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the powers of the commission. The commission may establish a schedule of fees to cover various services rendered and may also contract with other persons and agencies for such services as it may require, including private legal counsel and private auditing service, within the limits of its appropriations, and may incur necessary expenses. The commission may contract for, receive, and utilize any grants or other financial assistance from the United States or from any other source, public or private, in furtherance of its functions; may incur necessary expenses in obtaining said grants and/or financial assistance, within the limits of its appropriations; and shall receive and disburse such grants and/or other financial assistance in such manner as may be agreed upon by the governing body of the city and board of county commissioners.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 335, § 5, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1006. Director.

The commission shall appoint a director of the city-county park and recreation commission on the basis of merit and experience. Such director shall be a graduate of an accredited college or university in the field of landscape architecture, horticulture, park management, recreation or related field or shall have had a minimum of ten years' experience in park management, recreation, landscape architecture, horticulture or related fields. The director shall serve at the discretion of the commission. The director may appoint and remove staff members and other employees, subject to the approval of the commission. The appointment and compensation of the director and other staff members shall all be subject to the approval of the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 335, § 6, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1008. Powers of commission.

Every city-county park and recreation commission created by this act shall have all the powers necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purpose and provisions hereof, including, in addition to others herein granted, the following powers, all of which shall be exercised subject to approval by the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners:
(a) To establish a city-county park and/or recreation system including, but not limited to, in combination or singly, facilities as parks, parkways, playgrounds, playfields, swimming pools, stadiums, social or community centers, arboreta, botanical gardens, conservatories, museums, preserves, wildlife areas, zoological gardens, other recreation areas and areas of scenic, historic or archaeologic interest, and lands reserved for flood conditions for impounding runoff water or for other conservation purposes.
(b) To adopt such rules and regulations for the operation of the recreation system as may be deemed necessary or expedient.
(c) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings or portions of buildings for recreation purposes.
(d) To erect, maintain, and operate public recreation buildings or facilities at one or more places within or beyond the corporate limits of any county, city, town or school district in the recreation system.
(e) To accept transfer of any existing public recreation facility or facilities by lease or other conveyance.
(f) To acquire by purchase or otherwise equipment and other personal property customarily used in the operation of public recreation facilities, including necessary motor vehicles.
(g) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by purchase or other means when by proper resolution the commission finds that said property is not needed for recreation purposes.
(h) To accept, hold, and convey legal title to interests in real property in the name "City-County Park and Recreation Commission of _______ County", which shall be its official name. Deeds or other conveyances of said interests in real property shall be executed for and on behalf of the commission by the chairman and shall be attested by the secretary, only after authorization by resolution of the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners.
(i) To accept or in its discretion to decline donations tendered to the city-county park and/or recreation system.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 335, § 8, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1009. Bringing in other cities, towns or school districts.

The governing body of any other city, town or school district in a county in which a city-county park and/or recreation system has been established is authorized to contract with the city-county park and recreation commission, subject to the approval of the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners, to bring such other city, town or school district into the city-county park and/or recreation system, upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon, and for that purpose may lease to the city-county park and recreation commission any recreational facilities or property which such other city, town or school district may own, may include in its annual budget appropriations for participation in the city-county park and/or recreation system, and shall pay over to the city-county park and/or recreation system funds so appropriated, which funds shall be combined with the funds of the city and county and expended in the same manner as herein provided for the expenditure of such funds.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 335, § 9, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1010. Retirement system - Workers' compensation.

If, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 37 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes or of any statute supplemental thereto or of any charter provision of the city, a retirement system is established for the employees of the city, the employees of the city-county park and/or recreation system may be included in that retirement system on the same basis applicable to employees of the city, if the commission so recommends and the board of county commissioners and the governing body of the city approve. Nothing otherwise provided by law shall operate to prohibit the appropriation of county funds for the payment of the county's pro rata share of the contribution to be made to the retirement fund on behalf of the employees of the city-county park and/or recreation system. The city-county park and recreation commission may, from funds appropriated for its use and operation, procure and make available coverage for its employees under the Workers' Compensation Act either by purchase of insurance or by contract or plan of self insurance.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 335, § 10, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1101. Authorization to establish countywide programs - Financing.

The board of county commissioners of any county may, by resolution, provide for the establishment of a countywide economic development program and may provide for the financing thereof from the county general fund. After the passage of said resolution by the board of county commissioners, the county excise board shall annually appropriate an amount up to and not to exceed one-half mill on the dollar of the proceeds of the ad valorem tax levy in such county for the establishment and operation of a countywide economic development program. The amount of any such appropriation not expended at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the county general fund.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 164, § 1. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 80, § 1, emerg. eff. March 18, 1969.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1102. Purposes for which funds may be expended.

Any such county establishing an economic development program under this act may utilize the funds herein authorized to conduct studies and prepare comprehensive plans for its future economic growth and development; to inventory the services, facilities and resources of the entire county; to promote, stimulate and encourage the growth and development of the agriculture, commerce and industry of the county as a whole, in order to achieve maximum utilization of its human, economic and natural resources and tourist attractions; to foster and promote industrial climate and payroll; to otherwise promote the general economic welfare and prosperity of the area; and to enter into a professional services contract to employ an executive director for the economic development program as provided for in Section 2 of this act.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 164, § 2. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 80, § 2, emerg. eff. March 18, 1969; Laws 1989, c. 158, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1103. Advisory committee - Duties and responsibilities.

After the passage of said resolution the board of county commissioners shall create a county economic development advisory committee of not less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) members, which shall be representative of the various private and public interests and political subdivisions within the county. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the advisory committee to meet and select from their members a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary, and to meet as often as the committee deems necessary to prepare for recommendation to the board of county commissioners an annual budget and for further advice and recommendation for carrying out the purposes of this act.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 164, § 3. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 80, § 3, emerg. eff. March 18, 1969.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1103.1. Executive director - Contract for services - Salary.

Any county establishing an economic development program may contract for the services of an executive director for the program. The executive director shall be employed by and serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners; provided, said employment shall be renewed on an annual basis. The salary of the executive director shall be in an amount set by the board of county commissioners; provided, travel and per diem shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The provisions of this section shall not apply to counties with a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) persons.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 158, § 2, emerg. eff. May 8, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1104. Cooperation with other counties, agencies, etc.

Any two or more counties may jointly and cooperatively undertake programs to promote the growth and development of the industrial payroll of the area or region in which such counties are located, and any county may likewise cooperate with political subdivisions of the county and with other public or private nonprofit agencies to achieve the purposes set forth in this act, including the development of intergovernmental public trusts organized under Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, whose membership shall represent equally the counties and political subdivisions in the area or region.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 164, § 4. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 80, § 4, emerg. eff. March 18, 1969; Laws 1989, c. 158, § 3, emerg. eff. May 8, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1201. Ambulance Service Districts Act.

This act may be cited as the "Ambulance Service Districts Act".
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1202. Definitions.

As used in the Ambulance Service Districts Act unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
1. "District" means a public ambulance service district as licensed by the State Department of Health;
2. "Board" means the governing body of a district; and
3. "Board of county commissioners" and "county clerk" shall mean, respectively, the board of county commissioners and county clerk of the county in which the greatest portion of the territory of any proposed district is located.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 2, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1203. District board of directors - Authorization to create districts – Emergency medical services plan.

A. When a district is totally within the municipal city limits of a city, the board of directors of the district or their designee may be the governing body of the city or town.
B. Public ambulance service districts may be organized under the Ambulance Service Districts Act for the purpose of developing and providing adequate ambulance services to meet the needs of residents within the territory of the district. The board of county commissioners of each county in this state shall have power and it shall be their duty, upon a proper petition being presented, to incorporate and order the creation of such district in the manner provided for in this act.
C. By April 1, 2011, each county of this state with a population of five hundred thousand (500,000) people or less according to the last Federal Decennial Census shall present to the State Department of Health an emergency medical services plan. The plan for each county shall be developed by the Emergency Response Systems Development Advisory Council of the State Department of Health and each county emergency services advisory board which shall be comprised of the county commissioners of each county or their designees. The plan shall:
1. Address funding issues;
2. Ensure countywide emergency medical services coverage; and
3. Address county boundaries to ensure 9-1-1 operators are able to provide quick response.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 3, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1204. Petition for creation of district - Contents.

A. A petition signed by at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the registered voters in the most recent election may be filed with the county clerk, verified by the county election board and then presented to the board of county commissioners, praying for the incorporation of a district under the provisions of the Ambulance Service Districts Act. The petition shall give a legal description of the area which the petitioners propose to be incorporated into the proposed district and shall state:
1. That the residents within such territory are without adequate ambulance service to meet their needs;
2. That the installation, maintenance, and operation of an ambulance service is necessary to serve residents of the district;
3. That service will be conducive to and will promote the public health, safety, and welfare; and
4. That existing services in the county shall not be adversely affected.
B. Attached to the petition shall be an accurate map or plat of the proposed area to be embraced within the district showing the location of the area by reference to sections or portions thereof and the township and range wherein the same are located.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 4, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1205. Notice and hearing.

A. Whenever a petition, as provided in Section 1204 of this title, is filed with the county clerk, and then verified by the county election board, the county commissioners shall enter an order setting a public hearing on the petition for a day certain and directing the county clerk to give notice of the hearing by legal publication for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in each county containing any area embraced within the boundaries of the proposed district. Such newspapers shall have a general circulation in the county of publication. Provided, however, if there is a county in which there is no newspaper of general circulation published, notice of the hearing shall be given by posting in five (5) public places within the county, one of which shall be the county courthouse.
B. Notice shall contain:
1. A brief and concise statement describing the purpose of the hearing;
2. A description of the area to be embraced within the district;
3. A notice to all persons residing, and incorporated municipalities, within the proposed district that they may appear upon the date and at the time and place of the hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted; and
4. A notice to all residents of the proposed district that, if the district shall be ordered created, immediately following the entry of the order creating the district an organizational meeting to elect a board of directors and officers and to adopt bylaws will be held.
C. The county clerk shall, at least ten (10) days before the date fixed for the hearing, give or send notice thereof to each of the petitioners.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 5, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1206. Determination by board - Declaration of incorporation.

A. At the time and place set for the hearing and consideration of the petition, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to determine:
1. Whether proper notice of the hearing has been given as required by Section 1205 of this title;
2. Whether the residents of the area described in the petition are without adequate ambulance service to meet their needs;
3. Whether the installation, maintenance and operation of such ambulance service is necessary to serve residents of the district;
4. Whether such ambulance service will be conducive to and will tend to promote the public health, safety and welfare;
5. The area which should be included in the district; and
6. Whether the new district area shall financially affect any existing service in the county adversely.
B. If, upon such consideration, it shall be found that such petition is in conformity with the requirements of the Ambulance Service Districts Act, and that such a district should be created the board of county commissioners shall thereupon immediately declare the area described in the petition or any part thereof to be incorporated as a district under the name of "Ambulance Service District No. __________, __________ County, Oklahoma", inserting number in order of incorporation and name of county, and thereupon the district shall be a body politic and corporate and an agency and legally constituted authority of the State of Oklahoma for the public purposes set forth in the Ambulance Service Districts Act.
C. The board of county commissioners shall thereupon enter upon its records full minutes of such hearing, together with its order creating the district under the corporate name for the purposes of the Ambulance Service Districts Act. Such districts shall not be political corporations or subdivisions of the state within the meaning of any constitutional debt limitations, nor shall the districts have any power or authority to levy any taxes whatsoever or make any assessments on property, real or personal.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 6, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 6, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1207. Board of directors - Bylaws.

A. Immediately following the incorporation of the districts by the board of county commissioners, there shall be a special meeting of the residents within any such district to select from their number a board of directors and to adopt bylaws for governing and administering the affairs of the district. The number of members of the board, not to exceed nine (9), shall be determined by a majority vote of those residents present.
B. Those residents present at such special meeting may adopt and amend any of such proposed bylaws and may propose or adopt additional or other bylaws. Such bylaws may be amended at any annual or special meeting of the participating members of the district.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 7, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 7, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1208. Governing body - Meetings - Vacancies - Rules and regulations.

The board shall be the governing body of the district and shall meet annually on a date prescribed by the bylaws and at such other times as may be determined by the board or upon call by the chairman or any two members of the board. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term, and until such appointee's successor is elected and has qualified, by appointment by the remaining members of the board. The board shall adopt such rules and regulations in conformity with the provisions of the Ambulance Service Districts Act and the bylaws of the district as are deemed necessary for the conduct of the business of the district. It shall be the duty of the secretary to cause an entry to be made upon its records showing all of its minutes, decisions, and orders made pursuant to the provisions of the Ambulance Service Districts Act.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 8, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 8, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1210. Proportionate payment of costs.

A. Each county in which any of the area of a district is located shall pay its proportionate share of the cost of the district, based on the ratio which that part of the population of such district residing in the county bears to the total population of the district. Such cost shall be paid from the county treasury, but shall not exceed the equivalent of one (1) mill on each dollar of valuation in the district.
B. Any incorporated town or city that is a party to the district shall pay a proportionate share of the cost of the district, based on the ratio which that part of the population of such district residing in the town or city, bears to the total population of the district.
C. Such cost shall include so much of the following as is not paid from revenues of the district:
1. All operating and maintenance expenses necessary or desirable for the prudent conduct of affairs of the district and the principal of and interest on the obligations issued or assumed by the district in the performance of the purposes for which it was organized; and
2. Adequate reserves for the retirement of indebtedness, maintenance and other purposes necessary and expedient to meeting all obligations of the district.
D. Any revenue received by the district shall be devoted, first, to the payment of operating and maintenance expenses and the principal and interest on outstanding obligations and, thereafter, to such reserves for improvements, retirement of indebtedness, new construction, depreciation and contingencies as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 10, emerg. eff, April 19, 1974.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1211. Annexation of additional area.

Area outside the boundaries of any district which can be served by the facilities of the district may be annexed to such district. A petition for annexation signed by at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the registered voters in the most recent election may be filed with the county clerk, verified by the county election board and then presented to the board of county commissioners, which shall give the legal description of the area which the petitioners propose to be annexed to such district, and shall state:
1. The name of the district to which annexation is desired;
2. That such area is without an adequate system; and
3. That annexation to the district will be conducive to and will promote the public health, safety, and welfare of residents in the area.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 11, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 10, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1212. Notice of annexation petition.

Notice shall be given, as provided in Section 1205 of this title, of the filing of a petition for annexation fixing the time and place of hearing.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 12, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 11, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1213. Hearing and determination of annexation petition.

At the time and place set for the hearing and consideration of the petition, the board of county commissioners shall ascertain whether proper notice has been given and whether the statements contained in the petition are true. If true, and if a majority of the members of the board of the district to which annexation is desired do not object to such statement, the board of county commissioners shall enter into its minutes such findings and shall set forth in the minutes a description of the new boundaries of such district. Thereafter, residents within the annexed territory shall be entitled to ambulance service.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 13, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 12, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1214. Terms of board members - Annual meetings of residents.

A. The term of office of every member elected to an original board shall be until the date of annual meeting of the residents of the district of either the first, second, or third year following the year of the incorporation of the district and until their successors are elected and have qualified, and as nearly as possible the terms of an equal number of directors on any such board shall expire on each of the dates.
B. At each annual meeting after the year of the election of the original board members, elections shall be held to elect directors to fill any position on the board, the term of office of which has expired, and any director so elected shall hold office for a term of three (3) years and until a successor is elected and has qualified. For the purpose of election of board members and for such other purposes as the bylaws may prescribe, annual meetings of residents shall be held by each district between January 1 and March 1 of each year following the year of incorporation of such district. The board of directors shall cause notice of the time and place of each annual meeting and the purpose thereof to be given to each of its participating members. Each resident present shall be entitled to a single vote.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 14, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 13, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1215. Officers.

The board of directors shall annually elect a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, and treasurer for a term of one (1) year and until a successor is elected and has qualified.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 15, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 14, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1216. Operation and repair of equipment - Compensation - Budgets - Audits.

It shall be the duty of the chairman of the board of directors to keep in repair equipment, apparatus, and other property of the district and to operate the same as directed by the board. The chairman and all persons who may perform any service or labor as provided herein shall be paid such just and reasonable compensation as may be allowed by the board of directors and the board shall annually prepare an estimated budget for the coming year and submit such budget to the board of county commissioners for their approval. The board of directors shall cause an annual audit of the district's records and accounts to be made, and shall make a report on the matters at each annual meeting.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 16, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 15, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.