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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1217. Dissolution of districts.

Whenever a petition signed by three-fourths (3/4) of the residents in any district organized under provisions of this act or a petition signed by all of the directors of such district is presented to the board of county commissioners and it shall appear from the petition that:
1. The district owns no property of any kind exclusive of records and files;
2. All of its debts and obligations have been fully paid; and
3. The district is not functioning, and will probably continue to be inoperative because the board of directors is unable to obtain the necessary financing or for any other reason,
the board of county commissioners shall, after such finding, issue a certificate stating the allegations in the petition as true and declaring the district dissolved, and shall make full minutes of such hearing in its journal and deliver the certificate to the secretary of the district. The secretary of the district shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, deliver all records and files to the county clerk, and thereupon the district shall be dissolved.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 17, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 16, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1218. Sale of facilities and property.

A. Whenever a district owning facilities and property desires to sell such facilities and property and dissolve, the board of directors may adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed plan and, upon such plan being approved by three-fourths (3/4) of the residents of such district present at a meeting called for that purpose, such resolution and plan may be submitted to the board of county commissioners.
B. If approved by the commissioners, the commissioners shall thereupon authorize the board of directors to carry through the plan of sale and shall further authorize the board of directors to wind up the affairs of the district, pay all debts and expenses, and distribute any excess funds to the members on an equal basis. Thereupon the district shall be dissolved as herein provided.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 18, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 17, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1219. Release of area from district.

A. If it becomes apparent that a certain area included within a district cannot be economically or adequately served by the services and facilities of the district, or no longer needs such services or facilities, the residents of such area may petition the county commissioners to release the area from the district. The petition shall describe by section or fraction thereof and by township and range the area affected and be signed by all three-fourths (3/4) of the residents of such area and be endorsed by the board of directors of the district.
B. After a finding that the granting of the petition is to the best interests of the affected residents and the district, the board of county commissioners shall issue a certificate stating that the area involved is released and separated from the district. Full minutes of the hearing shall be entered in the journal of the board of county commissioners and the certificate shall be delivered to the secretary of the district who shall, within thirty (30) days, cause the records of the district to be amended to exclude the area affected.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 19, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 18, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1220. Tax exemption.

Districts formed hereunder shall be exempt from all excise taxes and, further, shall be exempt from payment of assessments in any general or special taxing district levied upon the property of the district, whether real, personal, or mixed. Any and all securities and evidences of indebtedness issued by a district created pursuant to the Ambulance Service Districts Act and the income interest and capital gains thereon shall not be subject to the income tax laws of this state and persons owning or holding the securities and evidences of indebtedness or their heirs, devisees, successors, or assigns shall not be required to pay to the State of Oklahoma income tax upon the profits and capital gains upon the securities and evidences of indebtedness.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 20, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 19, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1230. Change of grade of road, street, etc. - Permanent improvement - Powers of commissioners.

Any board of county commissioners in the State of Oklahoma is hereby empowered, within the unincorporated limits of the county, to establish and change the grade of any road, street, avenue, lane, alley, or other public place, and to permanently improve the same by grading, paving, constructing, macadamizing, chatting or graveling, curbing, guttering, draining and otherwise improving the same, including the installation of the necessary manholes, catch basins, inlets and drainage pipes and storm sewers with necessary connections thereto for the purpose of providing for the adequate disposition of surface water falling on such improvements or carried thereon, and to make all necessary connections, whenever the public necessity may require such improvements.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1231. Compensation of abutting record title holders - Failure to compensate.

No change of any grade previously established by such county shall be made without making due compensation to the record title holders of abutting property for any damage caused by such grade change to the permanent improvements erected on said property with reference to the grade previously established. The failure to make such compensation shall in no way invalidate such assessments on the property chargeable with such assessments as provided in Section 1240 of this title.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 43, § 1, emerg. eff. March 27, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1232. Plans and specifications for improvements - Resolution - Assessment plat - Cost estimates - Protests - Assessment roll.

When the board of county commissioners deems it necessary to construct a project, grade, pave, macadamize, chat, gravel, curb, gutter, drain, or otherwise improve any road, street, alley, avenue, lane, or any part thereof, which has been established, within the unincorporated area of such county, it shall, by resolution, require the county engineer, or if there is no county engineer, a licensed engineer whose services have been contracted for, as provided by law, to prepare preliminary plans which shall include a typical section of the contemplated work or improvement, type or types of material, approximate thicknesses and widths, a preliminary estimate of the cost of such improvement, together with the cost of any improvements or draining connections directly chargeable to the property, and an assessment plat showing the area to be assessed. The resolution may provide for one or more types of construction, and the engineer shall separately estimate the cost of each type of construction. Each estimate may be in a lump sum or by unit prices, whichever seems most desirable to said engineer, for the complete improvement. The estimate shall also include the cost of advertising, appraising, engineering, and such other expense or contingencies, including attorneys and fiscal agents fees which in the judgment of such engineer are necessary or essential to the completion of such work or improvement and the payment of the cost thereof. Should more than one road, street, avenue, alley, lane, public place, or part thereof, be included in such resolution, separate estimates as to each shall be made, and any protest or objection shall be made and considered separately. For the purpose of protest in accordance with Section 1234 of this title, disconnected parts of the same street shall be treated as separate streets.
The resolution shall also require the county assessor to prepare a preliminary assessment roll based on the cost estimates of the preliminary plans and the assessor's estimate of the apportionment of benefits to the respective lots or tracts of land.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 148, § 1, operative July 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1233. Consulting engineer - Bond attorneys' or fiscal agents' services.

The board of county commissioners shall have authority to contract for the services of consulting engineers to prepare the necessary surveys, plans, plats, profiles, estimates, and all other details for said work or improvements and to supervise said work. The consulting engineer may be a person, firm, or corporation, resident in or outside of the State of Oklahoma, duly registered as an engineer in the State of Oklahoma. The board of county commissioners shall have authority to contract for the services of bond attorneys or fiscal agents to prepare and sell the bonds of the assessment district as provided for by law. These services shall include the preparation of documents and transcripts, printing, advertising, appraising, delivering, and such other expenses as may be necessary to issue and to sell bonds of the assessment district.
The compensation for the engineering services shall not exceed the guidelines established by the Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers. The compensation for the bond attorneys and fiscal agents shall be consistent with statutes prescribing fees for similar services for general obligation bonds issued by cities and counties. The county shall provide for the payment of such services and expenses from the assessments to be levied against the property as part of the cost of the improvements or from available county road funds.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 148, § 2, operative July 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1235. Contest of improvement.

Any record title holder of property or other person interested in such proposed improvement shall have the right to institute an action to contest the action of the board of county commissioners of such county in adopting and approving the plans, plats, typical sections, or estimates filed by the engineer in the district court of the county in which a road improvement district is located at any time not later than fifteen (15) days after publication of the resolution provided for in Section 1234 of this title. Any suit instituted after the expiration of said fifteen (15) days shall not be maintained to question such plans, plats, typical sections, or estimates and the record title holders of property liable for assessment shall be deemed to have waived all objections to such proposed improvement.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 43, § 3, emerg. eff. March 27, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1236. Petition for improvement - Sufficiency.

If the record title holders of more than sixty percent (60%) of the area of the land liable to assessments for any improvement petition the county commissioners of such county for the improvement of any road, street, alley, lane, or avenue, or part thereof, not less than six hundred (600) feet in length, the petition shall describe the character of the improvement desired, the width of the same, and the materials preferred by the petitioners for such improvement. The petition shall show the petitioners are the record title holders of the land liable for assessment and shall include a plat of the area to be assessed which shows the area of each parcel of land to be assessed on a pro rata basis of the entire area to be assessed, the preliminary plans, typical sections, and estimates. The notice providing for determining the necessity of such improvements shall not be published as provided in Section 1234 of this title.
The finding of the board of county commissioners as to the sufficiency of any such petition shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, including prohibiting protest or objection to such improvement, and against all persons. The board shall have the power to have hearings on said petition and compel the attendance of witnesses under oath to determine the sufficiency of said petition, and no action or suit to question the findings of the board on the sufficiency of said petition shall be commenced later than fifteen (15) days after such finding. Upon finding the petition sufficient, the board shall cause such improvements to be made in accordance with the prayer of said petition as nearly as may be practicable.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 148, § 4, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 43, § 4, emerg. eff. March 27, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1237. Powers of commissioners relative to petition for improvement - Revision of assessments.

Whenever the petition provided for by Section 1236 of this title is presented, or when the board of county commissioners of any county has determined to pave or otherwise improve any road, street, avenue, lane, alley, or other public place, and has passed the required resolution, the board shall then have the power to establish all rules and regulations as may be necessary to require the record title holders of all property subject to assessment to pay the cost of such improvement, to cause to be put in and constructed all drainage in and underneath the streets, avenues, lanes, and alleys, and other public places where such improvements are made, and all cost and expense for making such connections not paid for by the record title holder of property may be contracted for by said county and shall be taxed as a direct charge against such property and shall be included in and made a part of the assessment to cover the cost of such improvement.
Any assessment made pursuant to this section shall be subject to an annual revision by the county commissioners. Such revision shall be made to equitably distribute the benefits and costs of such improvements. The commissioners shall not raise the revision above the amount of the original assessment.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 43, § 5, emerg. eff. March 27, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 162, § 1, emerg. eff. June 13, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1239. Awarding of contracts - Excessive costs.

At the time and place specified in the notice to contractors, the board of county commissioners shall examine all bids received and, without unnecessary delay, award the contract to the lowest and best bidder, who will perform the work and furnish the materials which have been selected, and perform all the conditions imposed by the board, as prescribed in the resolution for the work or improvement and notice for proposals. The aggregate amount of the contract shall not exceed the final estimate of cost submitted by the engineer for the improvement as provided in Section 1238 of this title. In the event of any excess in cost over said engineer's estimate, the excess shall be void and no assessments for such excess levied. The board shall have the right to award a contract for all or a portion of such improvement or to reject any or all bids, and to readvertise for other bids when any such bids are not, in its judgment, satisfactory. The letting of the bid shall not be complete until the contract is duly executed, and the bonds approved.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 148, § 6, operative July 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1240. Appraisement and apportionment of benefits - Errors in description of lot or tract liable for assessment.

Within ten (10) days of the filing of the final plans, specifications and cost estimates with the county clerk, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, direct the county assessor to appraise and apportion the benefits to the several lots and tracts of land which shall be described in the resolution according to the record title of the land. Any error in the description of any lot or tract of land liable for assessments shall not invalidate such assessment or lien.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 148, § 7, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 43, § 7, emerg. eff. March 27, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 162, § 2, emerg. eff. June 13, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1241. County assessor - Duty to appraise and apportion - Reports.

It shall be the duty of the county assessor, within five (5) days after being directed to appraise the property, to proceed to appraise and apportion the benefits to such lots and tracts of land as shall have been designated by the board of county commissioners, according to the title as aforesaid, after having taken and subscribed an oath to make a true and impartial appraisement and apportionment. A written report of such appraisement and apportionment shall be returned and filed with the county clerk within ten (10) days from the date of notice to the county assessor.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1242. Objections to appraisement or apportionment - Hearing - Notice - Time.

When the report required pursuant to the provisions of Section 1241 of this title has been returned, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a time for holding a hearing to hear any complaints or objections that may be made concerning the appraisement and apportionment as to any of such lots or tracts of land. Notice of such hearing shall be published by the county clerk in six consecutive issues of a daily newspaper or two consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in said county. The time fixed for said hearing shall be not less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) days from the last publication. Not less than ten (10) days before said hearing the clerk shall notify each listed record title holder of lots or tracts of land within said district as shown by the current ownership rolls in the county treasurer's office in the manner provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 1234 of this title.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 14, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 148, § 8, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 43, § 8, emerg. eff. March 27, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1243. Review of appraisement and apportionment - Objections to proposed assessment.

A. The board of county commissioners conducting said hearing or any adjournment thereof shall have the power to review and correct said appraisal and apportionment, and to raise or lower the same as to any lots or tracts of land, as they shall deem just, and shall, by resolution, confirm the same as so revised and corrected by them.
B. At or prior to said hearing, any person, firm or corporation may file objections in writing against the validity or amount of any proposed assessment, specifically setting forth the nature thereof, and shall have full opportunity to be heard thereon. The board of county commissioners shall adjudicate and determine said objections and shall make such order as may be just and proper. Any objections to the regularity of the proceedings with reference to the making of the improvement or the validity or the amount of any assessment, shall be deemed waived unless presented at the time and in the manner herein specified.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1244. Property of cities, towns, counties, boards of education or school districts - Assessment against.

Any property which a city, town, county, or any board of education or school district shall hold title to shall be treated and considered the same as the property of other record title holders. Such city, town, county, school district, or board of education within the district to be assessed may pay the total assessment against its property without interest within thirty (30) days from the date of the publication of the resolution levying the assessment or, in the event the assessment is not paid in full without interest within the thirty-day period, the city, town, county, school district, or board of education shall annually provide by the levy of taxes in a sufficient sum to pay the maturing installments of assessments and interest on said assessments.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 16, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 43, § 9, emerg. eff. March 27, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1246. Street intersections and alley crossings - Improvement costs - State aid.

A. The board of county commissioners, in its discretion, may provide for the payment of the cost for improving streets, roads, intersections, alley crossings, or any part thereof, out of the county road fund.
B. The Transportation Commission is authorized in its sole discretion to enter into agreements with the board of county commissioners of any county for participation with State Highway Construction and Maintenance Funds in the cost of any improvements on roads and streets which are a part of the state highway system, and such agreements may provide for the award and supervision of the contract by said county, the state's share of the cost to be due and payable upon completion of the project.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 18, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 148, § 9, operative July 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1247. Payment of assessments - Interest - Levy of assessment - Assessment resolution - Liens.

Assessments in conformity to the appraisement and apportionment, as corrected and confirmed by the board of county commissioners, shall be payable in ten equal annual installments. The assessments shall bear interest at the rate of not more than thirteen percent (13%) per annum until paid, payable in each year at such time as the installments are made payable. The board of county commissioners of said county shall levy assessments by resolution in accordance with said appraisement and apportionment, as confirmed, against the record title holders of lots and tracts of land liable for said assessments. The resolution shall provide that the record title holders of the assessed property shall have the privilege of paying the amounts of their respective assessments without interest within thirty (30) days from the date of the publication of such resolution. The special assessments and each installment of such assessments and the interest on such assessments are hereby declared to be a lien against the lots and tracts of land assessed from the date of the publication of the resolution levying the same. Said lien shall be coequal with the lien of other taxes and prior and superior to all other liens against such lots or tracts of land. The lien shall continue for unpaid installments and interest until such assessments and interest thereon shall be fully paid. Unmatured installments shall not be deemed to be within the terms of any general covenant of warranty.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 148, § 10, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 43, § 10, emerg. eff. March 27, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1248. Road assessment record.

As soon as the assessing ordinance is adopted, the county clerk shall prepare a book which shall be known as the road assessment record in which the clerk shall enter the names of each person holding title to the land to be assessed as ascertained from the records of the county, or in case the name of the record title holder is not known, a statement to that effect and description of the lot, tract, or subdivision, with a blank space for entering the amount of the assessment and with a suitable column for entering the payments which may be made from time to time on account of such assessment.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 20, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 43, § 11, emerg. eff. March 27, 1984; Laws 2010, c. 40, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1249. Due date of first installment - Delinquent installments - Collection of installments - Limitation of actions.

The first installment of the assessment, together with interest upon the whole assessment from the date of the passage of the assessing resolution to the first day of the next September, shall be due and payable in cash on or before the first day of September next succeeding the passage of the resolution. If such assessing resolution is not passed prior to the first day of July, the first installment of such assessment shall be due and payable in cash with interest from the date of the passage of such assessing resolution to the first day of September of the following year. In case any installment or interest is not paid when due, the installment so matured and unpaid and the unpaid interest thereon shall draw interest at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum from maturity until paid, except otherwise provided. All assessments and interest shall be collected by the county clerk and shall be paid to the county treasurer who shall keep the same in a separate special fund for the purpose of paying the bonds and interest thereon, issued against such assessments. After the payment of all bonds and interest thereon, any surplus remaining in said fund shall be used for the purpose of repairing and maintaining any improvement for which assessments have been levied, and for no other purpose. No statute of limitations shall commence to run against any installment until after the maturity of all installments.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 21, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 148, § 11, operative July 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1252. Penalties for delinquent taxes - Disposition.

All penalties for delinquent taxes, including penalties on special assessments and the interest of bonds for paving or other special assessment bonds, over and above the amount specified in the face thereof, shall be and become the property of the county and shall be collected by the county treasurer.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 24, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1253. Grounds for sustaining action against board of county commissioners.

No suit shall be sustained to set aside any assessment, or to contest the area of assessment, or to enjoin the board of county commissioners from levying or collecting any such assessment, or installment thereof, or interest or penalty thereon, or issuing the bonds, or providing for their payment or contesting the validity thereof on any ground, or for any reason, other than for the failure of the board to adopt and publish the resolution declaring the necessity for such improvements and the publication thereof as provided in Section 6 of this act, and to give notice of the hearing on the return of the appraisers unless such suit shall be commenced not more than fifteen (15) days after the publication of the resolution levying assessments and no suit shall be sustained after the work has been completed and accepted by such county, except for failure to give such notice of the preliminary resolution of necessity or the failure to give the notice of the hearing on such return of the appraisers; and provided, further, that in the event any special assessment shall be found to be invalid or insufficient, in whole or in part, for any reason whatever the board may, at any time in such manner provided for levying an original assessment, proceed to cause a new assessment to be made and levied which shall have like force and effect as an original assessment.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 25, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1254. Acceptance of improvements.

Upon the completion of the improvement, the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not such work has been completed in accordance with the plans, profiles, specifications and contract therefor, and if found to be in compliance therewith shall accept the same, and when so accepted such action shall be conclusively binding upon all persons interested and upon the court.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 26, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1255. Improvement of existing roads, streets, avenues, alleys, or lanes - Application of act.

In all cases where the board of county commissioners shall deem it necessary to pave, construct, macadamize, chat or gravel, curb, gutter, drain or otherwise improve any road, street, avenue, alley, lane or any part thereof, which shall have been heretofore paved, constructed, macadamized, curbed, guttered, drained or otherwise improved, such improvement is authorized to be done under and in pursuance of the provisions of this act, and in such case all provisions of this act for making such improvements and levying assessments therefor and the issuance of bonds shall apply.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 27, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1256. Contractor's bond - Deposit prior to acceptance of improvement - Amount - Repair of improvements.

Upon acceptance by the board of county commissioners of said improvements, and before the final payment of the contract price, the board of county commissioners of any county shall require the contractor performing such work to make and execute a good and sufficient surety bond or deposit sufficient securities or obligations of the United States of America or of the State of Oklahoma or some municipality subdivision thereof to be approved by said board of county commissioners in the sum to be determined by the board of county commissioners, in no case to be less than ten percent (10%) of the contract price, conditioned that the contractor will immediately reimburse the county for the maintenance of said improvements against any failure due to defective workmanship or materials for a period of five (5) years from the time of its completion and acceptances. Whenever any repairs of said improvements due to defective workmanship or materials are deemed necessary by the board of county commissioners they shall order the same to be made under the supervision of the county engineer or, where there is no county engineer, contract for the services of a qualified engineer and the costs thereof certified to by said engineer; and, when approved by the board of county commissioners, the contractor and his bondsmen shall be notified of the amount expended and shall immediately become liable therefor.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 28, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1258. Proceeds from sale of bonds – Disbursement – Payment of contractor.

The proceeds from the sale of the bonds pursuant to the provisions of Section 1257 of this title shall be deposited in separate accounts established for each improvement and disbursed only for the cost associated with the respective improvement. Payment to the contractor shall be in parcels on the completion of the work or improvement or any part thereof, not less than one block, to an amount equal to the improvement so completed and accepted. Any funds not disbursed shall be utilized by the county commissioners to recall outstanding bonds. Payment to the contractor in money shall be paid no more than sixty (60) days after the due date for payment of assessments, including special assessments and each installment of such assessments and the interest on such assessments.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 30, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 148, § 14, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 2010, c. 40, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1259. Registration of bonds - Transfer or assignment.

The owner or holder of any road improvement bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by any county in the State of Oklahoma for the payment of road or street improvements in any such county shall register such bond with the county clerk or appointed agent of such county by presenting same to such clerk, who shall thereupon enter in a book to be kept for that purpose, a description of such bond, and the name of the owner or holder presenting the same for registration, and the date of registration thereof, and endorse upon such bond, over his signature, or a facsimile of his signature, the legend, "registered in my office". After registration of any such bond no transfer or assignment thereof shall be valid until such transfer or assignment has been registered with the clerk or appointed agent of such county.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 31, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 170, § 36, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1260. Consent of registered owners of bond to payment of special assessments - Presentment for payment - Endorsement - Cancellation.

Whenever the outstanding bonds in any series issued for the payment of road or street improvements in any district have been registered in accordance with the provisions of Section 1259 of this title, all of the registered owners of all of such bonds may file their consent in writing with the county clerk in which such district is located, that bonds of such series may be used in payment of special assessments in accordance with the provisions of this act; and such written consent shall be binding upon any transferee or assignee of any of such bonds, and upon all of the registered owners signing the same, as to all payments made in pursuance hereof, until written notice be filed with the clerk by any such registered owner, or registered transferee or assignee, of any such bond, terminating his consent thereto. After such written consent is filed, as aforesaid, and until written notice of termination is given as herein provided, the owner of any property in any such road improvement district may, with the written consent of the registered owner, or owners thereof, present to the county clerk of such county, the bond bearing the lowest serial number of the bonds outstanding in such series, or if the same be insufficient, then he may present the next serially numbered bond, or bonds, as the case may require, in payment of the special assessment, or of any installment thereof, upon said owner's property in such road improvement district, whether delinquent or unmatured, with all interest and penalty thereon. The clerk of said county shall endorse upon said bond, or bonds, the amount of the installment, or installments, and interest and penalty thereon, for which the registered owner, or owners, consent that said bond may be tendered as payment, and thereupon the clerk shall issue a receipt to the owner of such property to the extent of such installment, together with interest and penalty, for which credit has been endorsed, as aforesaid, upon said bond or bonds. Whenever the credits upon any such bond so endorsed equals the principal amount of such bond, together with all matured interest, said bond, together with all interest, whether due or to become due, shall be canceled by such clerk.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 32, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 170, § 37, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1261. Delinquent assessments or installments - Presentment of bond receipt as payment - Discharge of liens.

In the event any such road or street improvement assessment, or installments thereof, paid by endorsement upon such bonds, as provided in Section 32 of this act, are delinquent and in the hands of the county treasurer of the county, for collection, then said receipt issued by the county clerk of such county, as herein provided for, may be presented by the holder thereof to the county treasurer of such county, who shall thereupon endorse upon his records the satisfaction and discharge of the improvement taxes upon the property for the installments described in such receipt, and thereafter such property shall be free and discharged of and from all further lien for such installments of such assessment.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 33, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1262. Transferees or assignees - Obligations.

Any transferee or assignee of any such bonds, from a registered owner or holder thereof, shall be bound by any payments and discharges made prior to the registration of his transfer and in pursuance of the provisions hereof.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 34, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1263. Application of Sections 1230 through 1262.

The provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall apply only to road improvement districts.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 27, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1264. Annexation to road improvement district.

Upon the filing of a petition with the board of county commissioners for a change in boundaries of any road improvement district, signed by a majority of the assessed members of the existing road improvement district, the board of county commissioners shall cause notice to be published one time in a newspaper printed and published in the county and of general circulation in the area sought to be annexed, at least ten (10) days before the time at which such petition will be heard. Such notice shall state the time and place when and where the petition will be heard by the board of county commissioners, a brief substance of the petition and that all persons interested may appear and be heard. The board of county commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all contests and objections pertaining to such annexation. At such hearing the board of county commissioners shall also determine whether or not the annexation of such area to such road improvement district will be to the best interests of the residents of the area affected, or beneficial to the public health and welfare of said area as now exists, or to be developed, and if said board of county commissioners determines that it will, then the board of county commissioners shall make an order annexing such area to said road improvement district, and such territory for all purposes shall thereafter be a part of the road improvement district. The annexed territory shall assume its proportion of all legal indebtedness outstanding against the original road improvement district, including bonded indebtedness.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 162, § 3, emerg. eff. June 13, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1275. Authority to issue bond.

All counties in the State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of this act for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, leasing or operating water facilities, reservoirs or projects as defined in Section 1085.32 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes in such county, either individually or jointly with other political subdivisions or agencies of the state.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 327, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1276. Election - Resolution - Notice - Ballots.

A. Upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority of the board of county commissioners or upon a petition to the board of county commissioners signed by twenty percent (20%) of the qualified voters of the county as determined by the last general election, the board of county commissioners shall by resolution call an election for the purpose of issuing bonds as provided in Section 1 of this act.
B. The board of county commissioners shall give notice of said election by publication once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the county. If there is no daily or weekly newspaper published in such county, then notice shall be given by publication in the manner provided for in this section in a newspaper of general circulation in such county.
C. The resolution calling for the election and the notice shall contain:
1. The amount of bonds to be issued;
2. The time of holding said election, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the first publication of any notice; and
3. The purpose for which the facilities or reservoirs are to be used.
D. Printed ballots stating "For Bonds" and "Against Bonds" shall be cast at the election.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 327, § 2, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1277. Issuance and sale of bonds - Competitive bids - Deposit of proceeds.

A. If at the election three-fifths (3/5) of the voters voting thereon shall vote in favor of the issuance of water facility or reservoir general obligation bonds, the board of county commissioners shall proceed at once with the issuing of the bonds and shall deposit them in the treasury of the county. The county treasurer shall be responsible and chargeable for the bonds on his official bond.
B. The bonds shall be sold by competitive bid. The board of county commissioners shall award the purchase of the bonds to the highest responsible bidder, but shall have the right to reject any and all bids. The board shall in no event sell any of the bonds for less than par with accrued interest.
C. Proceeds from the sale of said bonds shall be deposited in the treasury of said county and the county treasurer shall pay out such money upon the orders of the board of county commissioners from time to time as the same shall be needed.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 327, § 3, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1278. Interest rate.

Bonds issued as provided in this act shall be made payable and be issued as provided by law in the Registered Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed ten percent (10%), per annum.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 327, § 4, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 170, § 38, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1279. Levy of taxes to pay principal and interest on bond.

It shall be the duty of the officers charged by law with the levying of taxes for county purposes to levy annually an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due each year on the bonds issued pursuant to this act.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 327, § 5, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1301. Vacation and sick leave plan.

Each county may develop and maintain a formal plan for vacation and sick leave for all regular employees. No person chosen by election or appointment to fill an elective office shall be subject to any leave plan, nor shall such person be eligible for accrual of any leave benefits.
Any leave plan adopted by a county shall not extend benefits to any employee in excess of leave benefits available to a regular state employee in the classified service.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 220, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1302. Wellness Council.

Each county or city-county health department may establish a Wellness Council to develop a wellness program for its employees. Participation in the program shall be available to all full-time employees. The Wellness Council shall establish determining factors in order to monitor achievement of and maintenance of healthy lifestyles with the ultimate goal of reduction of claims and subsequent reduction of costs for health insurance.
Each county or city-county health department may establish a separate fund to be designated as the "Wellness Program Fund". The Wellness Program Fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all monies received by the Wellness Council through general county funds and through grants, donations, contributions and gifts from public or private sources. Monies from the Wellness Program Fund may be used for incentives to encourage participation by employees and for costs related to the operation of the Wellness Council.
The Wellness Council shall track the number of participants, the cost of insurance premiums, and expenditure of funds on an annual basis and report findings to the board of county commissioners or the city-county board of health at a regularly scheduled meeting in January. All reporting shall be in strict compliance with all privacy laws.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 134, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 110, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1402. Purpose of County Budget Act.

The purpose of the County Budget Act is to provide a budget procedure for county governments which shall:
1. Establish uniform and sound fiscal procedures for the preparation, adoption, execution and control of budgets, and foster cooperation among the elected officials for the effective and informed operation of county government;
2. Enable counties to make financial plans for both current and capital expenditures and to ensure that their executive staffs administer their respective functions in accordance with adopted budgets;
3. Make available to the public and investors sufficient information as to the financial conditions, requirements and expectations of the county government; and
4. If requested, assist county governments to improve and implement generally accepted accounting principles as applied to governmental accounting, auditing and financial reporting and standards of governmental finance management if the principles are adopted.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 166, § 2, emerg. eff. May 13, 1981. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 135, § 2, emerg. eff. April 17, 1986; Laws 2011, c. 18, § 2, eff. July 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1403. Application of act.

This act shall apply to any county which by resolution of the governing body elects to come under and comply with all its provisions and requirements. Once a county has selected the County Budget Act to govern its budget procedures, the provisions of this act shall take precedence over any other state laws applicable to county budgets, except as may be provided otherwise in this act and supersede any conflicting laws. Any action of a county governing body to implement, rescind or repeal the application of this act shall be effective as of the beginning or end of a budget year pursuant to this act.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 166, § 3, emerg. eff. May 13, 1981. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 135, § 3, emerg. eff. April 17, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1405. Accounting records and financial statements - Establishment and maintenance.

The accounting records of each county may be established and maintained and financial statements prepared therefrom in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles promulgated from time to time by authoritative bodies in the United States. For counties that so choose, the State Auditor and Inspector shall prescribe a uniform system of accounting that conforms to generally accepted accounting principles for counties which have elected to come under the provisions of the County Budget Act. When requested, the State Auditor and Inspector shall disseminate to each county, through accounting manuals or other means, current generally accepted accounting principles.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 166, § 5, emerg. eff. May 13, 1981. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 18, § 3, eff. July 1, 2011.