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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-591.1. Removing, relocating, changing, obliterating or making unintelligible survey monument - Replacement - Recordation of corners.

A. Any person who knowingly removes, relocates, changes, obliterates or makes unintelligible a survey monument shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition shall be liable for the cost of reestablishing and resetting the monument and any actual damages incurred as a result of such actions.
B. At such time as it may be necessary to remove, obliterate, cover or destroy any monument, the county surveyor or any other qualified land surveyor shall set new monuments from which may be established the location of the original monument and a new survey report shall be recorded as provided for original survey reports.
C. All corners as required by this act that are included within the definitions of the Corner Perpetuation and Filing Act (65SS3-116 through 65SS3-123) shall be recorded with the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, State Archives and the county clerk.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 111, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-622. Bond of county treasurer.

The county treasurers shall be covered by the county blanket bond and it shall run to the state, and action may be brought thereon in the name of the state, for the use and benefit of the person or persons injured by a violation thereof. In the event of defalcation by the county treasurer no surety shall be required to pay a greater portion of such loss than the ratio which its bond bears to the total bond required for the treasurer. Such bond for the county treasurer in each county as set by each board of county commissioners shall be in the aggregate sum of not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).
Any surety or sureties on the bond of such county treasurer may at any time examine into, investigate and audit the books and records of such county treasurer for the purpose of determining whether said treasurer has performed the duties of his office faithfully and according to law and may, when such surety or sureties deem themselves insecure, upon thirty (30) days' written notice given to the board of county commissioners, withdraw and cancel their obligations as surety or sureties on such bond.
R.L. 1910, § 1729. Amended by Laws 1931, p. 143, § 1; Laws 1933, c. 23, p. 52, § 1; Laws 1933, c. 206, p. 491, § 1; Laws 1975, c. 6, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 7, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-623. General duties - Direct deposit system.

It shall be his duty to receive all monies belonging to the county from whatever source they may be derived, and other monies which by law are directed to be paid to him, and all monies received by him for the use of the county shall be paid by him only on the warrants of the board of county commissioners, drawn according to law, and all other monies shall be paid over by him as provided by law. Counties may implement a direct deposit system to have warrants transferred electronically to a financial institution. The State Auditor and Inspector shall promulgate rules as necessary for the implementation and administration of a direct deposit system.
R.L. 1910, § 1730. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 318, § 7, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-625. Other duties.

The treasurer shall be the collector of taxes, and shall keep his office at the county seat. He shall be charged with the amount of all tax lists in his hands for collection, and credited with the amount collected thereon, and the delinquent list, and shall keep a fair and accurate current account of the moneys by him received showing the amount thereof, the time when, from whom, and on what account received, in cash, warrants, county or road orders; and if in warrants or orders, their kind, number or other designation, amounts for which they were drawn, interest due thereon, and the amounts of the receipts thereon endorsed, if any; also of all disbursements by him made, showing the time when, to whom, on what account, and the amounts paid; and he shall so arrange his books that the amounts received and paid on account of each separate and distinct fund or appropriation shall be exhibited in separate and distinct columns or accounts, and so as to show whether the same was received or paid in cash, or warrants or orders, and if either of the latter, their designation and other particulars as above required; and the county treasurer shall at all times exhibit such accounts when desired, to the state, county or school officers entitled to examine the same and shall at any time pay over the balance in his hands to them, upon receiving proper vouchers.
R.L. 1910, § 1732.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-626. Inspection of books, accounts and vouchers - Settlement with county commissioners.

The books, accounts, and vouchers of the county treasurer, and all moneys, warrants or orders remaining in the treasury, shall at all times be subject to the inspection and examination of the board of county commissioners, and at the regular meetings of the board in January and July of each year, and at such other times as they may direct, he shall settle with them his accounts as treasurer, and for that purpose he shall exhibit to them all his books, accounts and money, and all the vouchers relating to the same, to be audited and allowed, which vouchers shall be retained by them for evidence of his settlement; and if found correct the accounts shall be so certified; if not he shall be liable on his bond.
R.L. 1910, § 1733.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-627. County, city, town or school district - Insurance of buildings and property.

The governing board of any county, city, town, or school district, dependent or independent, is hereby authorized to insure or cause to be insured, at the cost of such municipality, any or all of the public buildings and property or other tangible and insurable assets owned or held by such municipality, in the name of the lawful treasurer of such municipality. In event of destruction or damage to such buildings or property, or loss of other tangible and insurable assets, so insured, such treasurer shall demand and receive the moneys due on account of such insurance, and when so received, he shall deposit the same as other moneys belonging to such municipality and he shall credit the same to a special account on his records and it shall be used solely to rebuild, repair, or replace the property or assets so lost, damaged, or destroyed, and shall be disbursed in payment of lawful warrants drawn by such governing board for such purpose, the same as other public funds are disbursed. If not so needed, upon resolution to that effect by the governing board, the same shall be considered income from sources other than ad valorem tax and credited to the general fund of such municipality.
R.L. 1910, § 1734. Amended by Laws 1941, p. 64, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-629. Nonexistent assets due to bank failure, robbery, etc. - Determination of status - Liquidation from penalty and interest on delinquent taxes.

Upon presentation by the county treasurer to the county commissioners, either for purpose of accounting or settlement as by law required, or otherwise, of statements of account and balance sheets in which is disclosed an item or items of assets that amount to fiction, represented by bank accounts or securities that, because of bank failure, robbery, theft, embezzlement, or otherwise, are nonexistent, worthless, or unenforceable, then the county commissioners, judge of the district court and district attorney are hereby authorized, by quasi-judicial proceedings, the judge of the district court presiding, to make a determination of the status of such item or items of assets; and upon first finding that such item or items have been carried on the treasurer's accounts fifteen (15) years or more without realization or abatement, they shall then proceed to further determination for purpose of correcting said accounts to procure a liquid condition. If, after first finding said fifteen (15) years to have fully run, they find such fictitious, nonexistent, or worthless and unenforceable asset to be not identifiable as an asset of a corresponding fund liability account, they shall so state, and thereupon, by decree and order direct that the county treasurer henceforth apply and determine percentage, not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the penalty and interest on delinquent taxes, as collected by him, that would otherwise be apportioned to the county under the statute, to the liquidation of such fictitious, nonexistent, or worthless asset, and to so continue until such account is closed by such liquidation.
Added by Laws 1929, c. 13, p. 12, § 1. Amended by Laws 1943, p. 79, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-631. Failure, neglect or refusal to comply - Penalty - Removal from office.

Any treasurer who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of Section 7423, shall forfeit and pay to the use of the State of Oklahoma, the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per day for each and every day that he shall so neglect, fail or refuse to comply with the requirements of said section, and in addition to such penalty shall forfeit, and be removed from office.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 72, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-632. Action for neglect of county treasurer.

It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer and he is hereby empowered to institute in the name of the state the necessary suits, actions and proceedings to enforce the provisions of this act, and in the event of the neglect, failure or refusal of the State Treasurer to bring such suits, actions and proceedings, then the same may be instituted and maintained on the relation of any citizen of the state.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 72, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-633. Payment Register - Recording of interest.

Each county treasurer is required to keep a book called the "Payment Register," in which he shall enter every warrant by him paid, specifying the date upon which the same was paid and canceled, from whom received, its number and the amount for which it was originally drawn. Provided, that the county treasurer shall record the interest allowed and total amount paid on each group of warrants bearing the same registration date and presented for payment on the same date and need not separately record the interest allowed and total amount paid on each such warrant. Said payment register shall be in form prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector.
R.L. 1910, § 7426. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 118, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1974; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 81, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-635. Action against treasurer failing to make settlement.

If any county treasurer shall fail to make return, fail to make settlement or fail to pay over all money with which he may stand charged at the time and in the manner prescribed by law, it shall be the duty of the county clerk, on receiving instruction for that purpose from the State Auditor and Inspector, or from the county commissioners of his county, to cause suit to be instituted against such treasurer and his sureties or any of them in the district court of his county.
R.L. 1910, § 7430. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 5, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-636. Suspension of treasurer during action.

Whenever any suit shall have been commenced against any delinquent county treasurer as aforesaid the judge of the district court of such county may at his discretion suspend such treasurer from office pending the final termination of such suit and the board of county commissioners shall appoint some suitable person to fill such vacancy therein created as hereinbefore provided.
R.L. 1910, § 7431.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-637. When additional security required of treasurer.

The county commissioners may require the county treasurer to give additional securities whenever in the opinion of a majority of said county commissioners, the existing security shall have become insufficient and said commissioners are hereby also authorized and empowered to demand and receive from said county treasurer an additional bond as required by law, with good and sufficient security in such sum as said commissioners or a majority of them may direct whenever in their opinion more money shall have passed or is about to pass into the hands of said treasurer than is or would be recovered by the penalty on the previous bond.
R.L. 1910, § 7432.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-638. Failure to give additional bond vacates office.

If any county treasurer shall fail or refuse to give such additional bond within twenty (20) days from and after the day on which said commissioners shall have required said treasurer so to do, his office shall be declared vacant and another treasurer shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
R.L. 1910, § 7433.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-641. Embezzlement.

If any county treasurer or other officer or person charged with the collection, receipt, safekeeping, transfer or disbursement of the public money, or any part thereof, belonging to the state or to any county, precinct, district, city, town or school district of the state shall convert to the officer’s or person’s own use or to the use of any other person, body corporate or other association, in any way whatever, any of such public money, or any other funds, property, bonds, securities, assets or effects of any kind received, controlled or held by such officer or person by virtue of such office or public trust for safekeeping, transfer or disbursement, or in any other way or manner, or for any other purpose; or shall use the same by way of investment in any kind of security, stocks, loan property, land or merchandise, or in any other manner or form whatever; or shall loan the same, with or without interest, to any person, firm or corporation, except when authorized by law; or if any person shall advise, aid, or in any manner knowingly participate in such act, such county treasurer, or other officer or person shall be guilty of an embezzlement. Upon conviction thereof, such county treasurer or other officer or person shall be punished as provided in subsection C of Section 1451 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
R.L. 1910, § 7437. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 87, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 1982; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 151, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 71, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2002, c. 460, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 151 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-642. Treasurer's cash book and accounts.

The county treasurer shall keep a cash book, in which he shall enter an account of all money by him received, specifying in proper columns provided for that purpose the date of payment, the numbers of receipts issued therefor, by whom paid, and on account of what fund or funds the same were paid, whether state, county or school, road, sinking or other fund, or otherwise, and the treasurer shall keep an account of money received for and on account of taxes separate and distinct from moneys received on any other account, and shall also keep his account of money received for and on account of taxes levied and assessed for any one year separate and distinct from those levied and assessed for any other year.
R.L. 1910, § 7445.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-643. Treasurer's receipts.

Whenever the treasurer receives any money, warrant or order on account of licenses, fines or other account, except taxes charged on the tax roll, he shall make out the proper duplicate receipts for the same, and shall give one of said receipts to the person paying said money and the other to the county clerk within one (1) day thereafter in order that the treasurer may be charged with the amount thereof. The treasurer shall then enter the same in his cash book as in case of money received for taxes, but in a separate and distinct series of numbers of receipts issued therefor; and no person shall receive such license or be discharged from obligation, by reason of such fine on account, until he shall have so delivered such duplicate receipt to the county clerk, and the treasurer shall so inform the person making the payment at the time of payment.
R.L. 1910, § 7446. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 127, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-644.1. Clerk to keep duplicate of treasurer's collections and deposits.

The county clerk shall keep and maintain, in a safe place, the duplicate copy of all daily collections and deposits made by the county treasurer as required by Section 115 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes and as furnished to the county clerk by the county treasurer. The county clerk may keep a separate ledger of said transaction.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 3, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-645. Cities and towns of less than 5,000 - Designation as treasurer - Reimbursement of county - Ordinance - Powers and duties.

The board of trustees, the city council, or the board of city commissioners of any incorporated town or city having a population of less than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants according to the last Federal Decennial Census, shall have the authority to designate the county treasurer as the official treasurer of such incorporated town or city having a population of less than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants according to the last Federal Decennial Census, who shall serve in such capacity without additional compensation, provided, however, that the board of trustees, the city council, or the board of city commissioners shall pay into the general revenue fund of the county, upon a claim filed by the county clerk an amount which the board of trustees, the city council, or the board of city commissioners and the board of county commissioners estimate will reasonably reimburse the county for supplies which the county treasurer might need to serve as treasurer of any incorporated town or city in the state. The designation of the county treasurer as treasurer of the city or town shall be by ordinance and the voters of the city or town shall not elect a treasurer while the ordinance remains in effect. When so designated, the county treasurer shall exercise all the powers and perform all of the duties of the office of treasurer of the city or town and his official bond as county treasurer shall stand for any and all moneys and securities belonging to the city or town which come into his hands.
Added by Laws 1941, p. 65, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-646. Reimbursement of county officers replacing stolen funds.

The board of county commissioners of any county of this state is hereby authorized to appropriate and the county excise board thereof to approve the appropriation of county funds to reimburse any county officer, county board, county commission, and all members and employees of either thereof who has paid or who will pay his personal funds into the county treasury for the loss of the public funds, whether of money, cash items, or securities, therein which were stolen from the cash drawer or any other receptacle provided by the county commissioners, or taken by force or other unlawful means from the custody of the county officer, county board, county commission, or their deputies, but only where said board of county commissioners have neglected to protect such insurable assets of the county against such hazard by insurance policy in force at the time of loss under authority of Section 627 of this title.
Upon a showing satisfactory to the county commissioners, that the county officer, county board, county commission, or their deputies was without fault in relation to such theft, robbery, holdup or other cause, such board of county commissioners are hereby authorized to allow and pay the county treasurer's verified claim therefor out of the appropriation provided for herein.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 84, § 1. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 133, § 1, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-681. County treasurer official depository.

The county treasurer is hereby designated and made the official depository for all moneys, funds, rentals, penalties, costs, proceeds of sale of property, fees, fines, forfeitures and public charges of every kind that may be received by any county officer, county board, county commission, or by any employee of either of such officers, boards or commissions by virtue or under color of office; and the said county treasurer shall be responsible on his official bond for the faithful performance of duty as such official depository.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 104, p. 161, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-682. Duties of county officers - Deposit of funds - Change account funds - Worthless checks, etc. - Interest-bearing accounts.

It shall be the duty of each and every county officer, county board, county commission and all members and employees of either thereof, to deposit daily in the official depository designated in Section 681 of this title, all monies, checks, drafts, orders, vouchers, funds, rentals, penalties, costs, proceeds of sale of property, fees, fines, forfeitures and public charges of every kind received or collected by virtue or under color of office, except that each county officer, county board, and county commission is hereby authorized to keep in the office, from this deposit, no more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) to be used for their change needs. The amount so retained shall not be cumulative so that after each such deposit there shall not be on hand more than authorized by this section. A notation of the retention of this money shall be made in the proper accounting records. All checks, drafts, orders and vouchers so deposited shall be credited and cleared at par, and should payment be refused on any check, draft, order or voucher, should the same prove otherwise worthless, the amount thereof and any costs accruing thereon shall be a charge against the account theretofore credited with the same. Each county officer is hereby authorized to assess and collect a fee of Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) for each worthless check, draft, order or voucher. All monies when so received by the county treasurer, as such official depository, shall be deposited in interest-bearing accounts in financial institutions designated and qualified as county depositories as now provided by law and shall draw interest, subject to deduction of financial institution charges for maintaining, processing and collateralizing the account, which interest shall be paid monthly; and, when collected, shall be credited to the respective funds and accounts so earning the same; provided, that all interest collected on monies deposited pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be paid into the county treasury monthly by the authority to whose financial institution account the same shall have accrued and shall be credited to the general or contingent fund of the county, except that in civil cases all interest earned on funds, other than court costs, deposited in court by litigants shall, when so ordered by the court upon deposit, be disposed of as the court orders. This provision shall only apply to such deposit in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
Added by Laws 1917, c. 104, p. 161, § 2. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 218, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 28, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1988, c. 110, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 133, § 2, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1989, c. 336, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 2002, c. 232, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2006, c. 77, § 2, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 267, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-683. Monies, how credited and withdrawn.

All monies deposited in the official depository as provided in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, shall be credited to the account of the officers, board or commission or employee thereof so depositing the same and may be withdrawn, only in transfer of such parts thereof as may be due the county or its fund or funds under its management, or in distribution to the respective parties legally entitled thereto of such parts thereof as may have accrued as fees or expense money, and in refund of erroneous or excessive collections and credits, and in payment of legal claims and charges against any trust deposit or fund included in such account. All withdrawals of monies from the said depository shall be made on the voucher of the authority making such deposit, - which said vouchers shall show on their face the character of claim or charge liquidated or the fund or funds to which transferred in the county treasury, and shall, when redeemed, be delivered monthly to the county clerk and receipted for by him. It shall be the duty of the authority making any withdrawal to present the voucher therefor to the county treasurer for registration before delivery to the payee. Upon such presentation, the county treasurer shall register the said voucher in its proper numerical order, certify such registration by his official signature, and designate on the face of said voucher the bank through which the same shall be paid. Such voucher thereupon shall become the official draft of the county treasurer on such bank. The treasurer shall keep a record of all vouchers so registered by him, showing therein the date of issue and registration of each voucher, by whom and on what account drawn, to whom payable, the purpose for which issued and the amount thereof, and the name of bank on which registered for payment.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 104, p. 162, § 3. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 44, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-684. Time for payment to county treasury - Report of receipts.

All monies that shall be received during any calendar month by any county officer, county board, county commission or the members or employees of either thereof, accruing as a part of the funds of the county or municipal subdivision thereof, shall be paid into the county treasury, - that is, transferred from the official account of the officer, board, commission or employee of either thereof depositing the same, to the fund or funds of the county or municipal subdivision thereof to which the same belongs, - by the authority so receiving the same on or before the second Monday following the close of the calendar month in which such monies shall have been received; and it shall be the further duty of all such officers, boards, commissions, and the members and employees of either thereof, to make and file with the county clerk on or before the second Monday of each month, a verified report in writing showing the several sources, classes and amounts of money received by virtue or under color of office during the preceding calendar month, together with an itemized statement of the amount and purpose of all vouchers issued in disbursement, distribution and transfer thereof.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 104, p. 163, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-685. County treasurer may bring suit.

It shall be the duty of the county treasurer and he is hereby empowered to institute in the name of the state the necessary suits, actions and proceedings to enforce the provisions of this act, and in the event of the neglect, failure or refusal of the county treasurer to bring such suits, actions and proceedings, then the same may be instituted and maintained on the relation of any citizen of the state.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 104, p. 163, § 5.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-686. Penalty for violation.

Any official or employee thereof or any member or employee of any county board or county commission who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of Section 682 of this title, or any other provision of this act, shall forfeit and pay to the use of the county the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per day for each and every day that he shall so fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of said act, and shall forfeit and be removed from office; and, any such official who shall issue, sign, attest or utter any false or illegal voucher against any monies deposited, as in this act provided, shall be liable to the county on his official bond for a sum double in amount of any such illegal or fraudulent voucher, and shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 104, p. 163, § 6. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 152, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 72, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 152 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-691. Refund or payment only on voucher of county clerk.

All money collected through error by the county treasurer, and all other funds of whatsoever kind that shall come into his possession by virtue of office, except such as is required to be disbursed on warrant, bond, interest, coupon or depository voucher, shall be refunded or paid out as the case may be, only on voucher issued by the county clerk. No county treasurer shall, after having filed with the county clerk any report of collections, make any refund of any part thereof, except in the manner as herein provided.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 241, p. 342, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-692. Filing and auditing of claims.

All claims for money, subject to refund or disbursement as in this act provided, shall be filed with the county clerk, who is hereby authorized to audit the same, and to issue his voucher for such amounts thereof as he may find to be due the respective claimants.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 241, p. 342, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-693. Rules and regulations - Forms.

For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, and for its proper administration, the State Auditor and Inspector is hereby empowered to promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary but not inconsistent herewith, and he shall prescribe the forms of all claims, vouchers and other accounting stationery required under the provision hereof.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 241, p. 342, § 3. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 82, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-731. Tax levy to provide for buildings - Vote.

The board of county commissioners is authorized to provide for the construction or repairing of courthouses, jails or other necessary buildings, and make contracts on behalf of the county for building or repairing the same, and for the purpose of providing a fund for the payment of the cost of the same such board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the levy of a tax and to continue such provision from year to year for a period not exceeding five (5) years: Provided, that such levy for such purpose, together with the levies for all other purposes shall not exceed the amount authorized by law: Provided, further, that the money, raised by such levy, shall constitute a separate and distinct fund from all others in the hands of the county treasurer until the obligation assumed by the board of county commissioners under authority of this section shall have been discharged. And provided, further, that no levy of taxes for the purposes of this section shall be made until after a majority of the legally qualified voters of said county, voting upon said proposition, shall have voted in favor of the expenditures whose payment is to be provided for by said levy or levies of taxes, at a general election at which said proposition shall be submitted, or at a special election called for the purpose of voting upon said proposition. The proposition submitted at such general or special election shall be whether or not the board of county commissioners shall be authorized to expend the sum desired (stating such sum) for the building of a courthouse, jail, or other necessary building, and shall be arranged on the ballot in suitable and convenient form for voting. Such special election shall be held as nearly as possible in conformity to the general election laws of the state; and at any such general or special election the votes upon the proposition submitted shall be counted and canvassed, the returns thereof made, and the results declared as nearly in conformity to the general election laws of the state as possible: Provided, that notice of the submitting of such proposition to the voters of the county shall be given by the county clerk by publication in at least two newspapers published in said county and having a general circulation therein, for not less than thirty (30) days immediately prior to said election: And provided, further, that if there is only one paper published in such county, publication in that paper for the required time shall be sufficient; and if no paper be published therein, notice of such election shall be given by posting up written or printed notices thereof for the required time, at least one in each voting precinct of such county at the most public places in said precinct.
R.L. 1910, § 1619.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-732. Buildings to be erected when fund sufficient.

After a building fund has been accumulated, either from the proceeds of the sale of town lots or from any other source, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners within one year from the time such fund becomes available, to proceed to the erection of the necessary county buildings including a jail, if such fund shall in the judgment of the board be sufficient for that purpose.
R.L. 1910, § 1620.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-733. Advertisement for bids - Bids - Bond of contractor.

The board of county commissioners shall cause an advertisement for bids for the erection of such buildings to be printed in some newspaper printed in the county, or of general circulation therein if there be no newspaper published in said county, for a period of at least thirty (30) days prior to the date set for the opening of bids, and in such other newspapers in the state as the board may deem advisable. Such advertisement shall give the place where the plans and specifications may be examined, the date on which bids will be opened, the time which will be allowed for the completion of such building, and such other information as the board may direct. Bids may be opened, considered, passed upon, and contracts for the erection of said buildings let at any regular session of said board, or at a special session thereof called for such purpose, but in all cases the bids must be opened and contracts let in open session of said board. The lowest responsible bid must in all cases be accepted unless all bids are rejected, and the contract for such buildings shall be so conditioned that not more than ninety percent (90%) of the price agreed to be paid for the construction thereof shall be paid until the terms of the contract shall have been fully complied with and the buildings completed to the satisfaction of the board and accepted by them. The said board of county commissioners may require to be filed with each bid a bond, or in lieu thereof a certified check, conditioned that the bidder will enter into a contract with approved security for the performance of the work in accordance with the plans and specifications in case his bid be accepted, and, when such contract is awarded to any such bidder, such bidder shall execute to the county a good and sufficient bond in the sum of such contract, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, conditioned for the faithful and full performance of such contract.
R.L. 1910, § 1621. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 43, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-734. Contracts for sites, purchases, repairs, etc. - Bonds - Elections.

Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county considers it to be to the best interest of the county to acquire sites, purchase, erect, repair, remodel, equip and furnish a courthouse or jail, they shall have power to contract for the acquisition of sites, purchase, erection, repair, remodeling, equipping and furnishing of same and to issue bonds in payment therefor. Provided, however, that the bonds shall not be issued until the question shall have first been submitted to the people of the county and a three-fifths (3/5) majority of the qualified voters voting at any general election, or special election called by the board of county commissioners for the purpose, shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing such bonds.
R.L. 1910, § 1625. Amended by Laws 1955, p. 160, § 1; Laws 1959, p. 103, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-735. Conditions of calling election.

Before the board of county commissioners shall determine to call an election as provided under the preceding section to purchase or erect a courthouse or jail they shall cause to be made upon the records of their proceedings a statement showing the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the county, as shown by the last annual equalized assessment roll of taxable property within said county taken for the purpose of taxation, and in force and effect at the time, together with all outstanding indebtedness of every class and character whatsoever, and the cash in the hands of the county treasurer for county use with the amount of the bonds proposed to be issued.
R.L. 1910, § 1626.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-736. Notice of election.

The board of county commissioners shall give thirty (30) days' notice of the election upon the question of issuing said bonds, by publication in two weekly newspapers of general circulation published at the county seat of the county, unless there be but one weekly newspaper, in which event that one shall be sufficient; and if there be no weekly newspaper, then by five notices posted in five public places within the county. The notices of election shall contain the statement of the county commissioners, as provided by the preceding section, date of election, amount of bonds proposed to be issued and whether for courthouse or jail or for both courthouse and jail. The notices shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and attested by the county clerk.
R.L. 1910, § 1627.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-737. Majority vote necessary - Sale of bonds.

If a majority of the legal votes cast at the election be for the issuing of the bonds, the commissioners shall proceed at once to the issuing of same and shall deliver the bonds to the treasurer of the county, who shall be chargeable therefor upon his official bond. The treasurer, by and with the advice of the commissioners, shall proceed to sell said bonds and retain the proceeds thereof to be paid upon the orders of the commissioners as the same shall be needed: Provided, however, that said bonds shall not be sold for less than ninety-five cents ($0.95) on the dollar.
R.L. 1910, § 1628.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-738. Character of bonds.

Bonds issued shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate provided by Section 498.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, payable semiannually, and of denomination of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) each. The entire amount shall be paid within twenty-five (25) years. The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and countersigned by the county clerk. They shall be recorded by the county clerk and by the State Auditor and Inspector, both of whom shall endorse the same on the back thereof. Facsimile signatures may be used as provided in the Registered Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma.
R.L. 1910, § 1629. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 6, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1983, c. 170, § 30, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-740. Use of sinking fund - Warrants against estimated proceeds of tax levy.

The board of county commissioners, district judge and county judge of any county in this state may use for the purpose of erecting, remodeling or rebuilding a courthouse or jail, or both, at the county seat, all or any portion of the sinking fund of the county derived from penalties, interest and forfeitures accrued, or to accrue, and in addition thereto, where a mill tax for courthouse or jail purposes has been, or may be voted by a majority of the qualified electors of said county covering a period of years, the county commissioners, district judge and county judge of said county may make an estimate of the amount that the said levy together with the sinking fund, interest and penalties so derived will raise during the entire period of time for which said mill levy has been or may be voted, based on the average valuation of the property in said county for the last past five (5) years and may contract for and cause to be erected a courthouse and jail, or either in said county, at the county seat thereof, and may draw warrants against said estimate in payment therefor, which shall be a legal charge against said county, payable out of the fund thus derived. Said warrants to be issued in amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) each, and when funds accumulate in the county treasury to the credit of said fund sufficient to pay one or more of said warrants the county treasurer shall give notice by publication in a newspaper published in said county that the money is available to pay said warrants, or warrant, giving the number and date of said warrant or warrants, and unless said warrant, or warrants, are presented for payment within thirty (30) days from the date of said publications, said warrants, or warrant, so advertised shall cease to draw interest. Said contract for the building as aforesaid shall be approved by the county commissioners, district judge and county judge of said county. This act shall not be construed as affecting or repealing any existing law and shall be cumulative in its operation and effect.
Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 111, p. 133, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-745. Sale of courthouse - Appraisal - Leaseback - New facilities.

The board of county commissioners of any county may sell the courthouse of the county together with the real property upon which the courthouse is located if the contract price for such sale equals or exceeds the appraised value of the courthouse and real property upon which the courthouse is located. Such appraisal shall be made by the county assessor of the applicable county. The sale authorized by this section may only be made if, as part of the contract for sale, the purchaser agrees to lease the conveyed premises to the county until the county provides new courthouse facilities, whether by purchase, construction, remodeling, lease or some combination thereof. Such new facilities shall be provided within three (3) years from the date of the conveyance of the existing courthouse to the purchaser. The new facilities may be provided in whole or in part from proceeds of the sale of the existing county courthouse, including principal and interest.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 110, § 2, emerg. eff. April 4, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-746. Liability for cost of medical care of persons in custody.

A. When a person is in the custody of a county jail, the custodial county shall only be liable for the cost of medical care for conditions that are not preexisting prior to arrest and that arise due to acts or omissions of the county. A preexisting condition is a condition for which the person received medical treatment or advice, or a condition which was diagnosed in the six (6) months preceding the custody of the person by the law enforcement agency. An accidental injury sustained during the six (6) months preceding the custody of that person by the law enforcement agency will also be considered a preexisting condition.
B. An inmate in pretrial detention or the custody of a county jail shall be provided with the opportunity to receive necessary medical care for a preexisting condition and the inmate shall be liable for payment of the cost of such medical care including, but not limited to, medication, medical treatment, and transportation costs, for or relating to the condition requiring treatment.
C. The medical provider or hospital shall seek payment for all medical care provided for preexisting conditions directly from the offender. In the event there is a dispute between the jail and the medical provider or hospital concerning the existence or extent of a preexisting condition or the liability to pay medical expenses relating to such condition, and the sheriff pays the expense pending a final determination of liability for such medical expense, the court shall order the offender to reimburse the sheriff for all medical care and treatment for preexisting conditions and injuries except for amounts collected pursuant to Section 531 of this title. Nothing in this section shall require a jail to pay disputed medical expenses or expenses for any preexisting condition.
D. Unless a contract exists between a hospital and the county for medical care and treatment of inmates in the county jail, a hospital shall accept, as payment in full, reimbursement from the county according to the current fee schedule of the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board in effect at the time services were rendered; provided that payment of said services is made by the county within forty-five (45) calendar days of submission of a claim by the hospital.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 166, § 3, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 290, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2008, c. 139, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008; Laws 2010, c. 362, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-746.1. Medical Expense Liability Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board to be designated the "Medical Expense Liability Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received from fees assessed pursuant to Section 1313.7 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund shall be appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board for qualified medical expenses for inmates or persons in the custody of a county or city jail pursuant to the criteria set forth in Section 1313.7 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A portion of the Medical Expense Liability Revolving Fund shall be used for the costs the Board incurred in administering such monies.
Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 319, § 4. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 139, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 71.