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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-335. Record of warrants on county treasurer - Numbering of warrants.

They shall keep a book for the entry of warrants on the county treasurer, showing number, date, amount and name of the payee of each warrant drawn on the treasury, which book may be known as the "Warrant Book", and the warrants shall be numbered in relation to the order and decision allowing the amount for which the same was drawn.
R.L. 1910, § 1596.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-336. Warrants uncalled for to be canceled.

The board of commissioners is hereby authorized and required at each regular meeting to cancel and destroy all warrants drawn on any fund of the county that may have remained uncalled for and on file for a period of three years and upwards next preceding the regular meeting at which the cancellation takes place.
R.L. 1910, § 1597.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-338. Lease of county buildings or lands to United States, state or incorporated city or town for airports or public uses.

The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts with the authorities of the United States of America, the State of Oklahoma, and any incorporated city or town within the boundary of the county entering into such contract, leasing and letting to the United States of America, the State of Oklahoma, or to any incorporated city or town situated within the boundaries of the county making such contract, or contracts, any county building, or buildings, or lands, belonging to the county, for airports or public uses; and such contract, or contracts, when entered into by the board of county commissioners of any county, with the Governor of the State of Oklahoma, or with the proper authorities of the United States of America, or the proper authorities of any incorporated city or town located within the boundary of the county entering into such contract, shall be valid obligations. Contracts of like character heretofore entered into, by and between any authorities hereinbefore mentioned, are in all things hereby ratified, confirmed and legalized.
R.L. 1910, § 1599. Amended by Laws 1941, p. 60, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-339.1. Sale of county-owned property to Oklahoma Historical Society.

The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to sell to the Oklahoma Historical Society for purposes of restoration and preservation, county-owned land, sites or structures which have been deemed by the Oklahoma Historical Society to be of historical significance to the state.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 240, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-339.3. Disposition of funds.

The board of county commissioners shall place all funds received from the sale of land, sites or structures in a special fund to be used for the purchase or construction of facilities for use by the county. All such funds may be invested by the county treasurer as directed by the board of county commissioners in state or national banks or trust companies upon insured time deposit bearing interest at a rate no less than currently being paid upon insured savings accounts in said institutions or invested in direct obligations of the United States government.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 240, § 3, emerg. eff. May 30, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-339.4. Environmental remediation of land.

A. County commissioners may use county funds and resources for environmental remediation of land, including land owned by public trust authorities, if the Department of Environmental Quality certifies, in writing, that the property is polluted or contaminated to such degree that remediation is necessary to restore the environment. Remediation of the contamination or pollution shall be pursuant to a remediation plan approved by the Department of Environmental Quality.
B. Unless the Department of Environmental Quality determines that it is unnecessary under the circumstances, the remediation plan shall include a component describing erosion control and revegetation measures to be implemented. The remediation plan shall not be approved until the erosion control and revegetation measures have been certified as appropriate by the local conservation district.
C. The county may seek reimbursement for its remediation costs and expenses from state or federal monies or other sources, if any are authorized and available for such purpose.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 231, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-339.5. Landfills - Restrictions and enforcement.

The board of county commissioners of any county in which there is located within an unincorporated area of the county a construction/demolition landfill that receives more than two hundred (200) tons per day of solid waste, or the board of county commissioners of any adjacent county, to the extent that roads in the county commonly provide access to the landfill, may, with respect to unincorporated areas of the county, enact and enforce ordinances and regulations to restrict and control noise, dust and traffic associated with the landfill and to limit the impact of these factors on the aesthetic and economic interests of adjacent or nearby neighborhoods or businesses.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 392, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from Title 19, § 339.4 to avoid a duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-339.6. Curfew for juveniles - Fine - Community service.

A. The board of county commissioners of any county of this state having a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000) persons according to the last federal decennial census, by resolution, may determine a curfew for juveniles that will apply to all unincorporated areas of the county. The parameters of the curfew shall be determined by the board and all penalty provisions shall comply with the provisions of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes and federal law concerning detention and custody of juveniles.
B. The board shall provide public notice of the curfew in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice shall be published once weekly for a period of four (4) continuous weeks.
C. The county shall correspond and work in conjunction with any appropriate state agency, if assistance is required in producing signs and posting the curfew.
D. The county shall post curfew information, as determined pursuant to subsections A through C of this section, on the county line marker where any state highway enters a county and at all off-ramps where interstate highways or turnpikes enter a county, unless a state agency has such jurisdiction to properly post signs. The appropriate board of county commissioners shall reimburse any state agency that may assist for the full cost of the required signage.
E. Any person convicted of a curfew violation pursuant to this section shall be fined an amount not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). Any person convicted of a second or subsequent curfew violation shall be fined an amount not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or assigned not more than thirty (30) hours of community service, or both such fine and community service hours.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 110, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 355, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 114, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-339.8. Debt collection services.

A. The board of county commissioners may enter into a contract with a collection agency for the provision of collection services for debts and accounts receivable including, but not limited to, unpaid fees, penalties, interest, and other sums due the county, as applicable.
B. The board of county commissioners that enters into a contract with a collection agency pursuant to this section may authorize the addition of a collection fee in an amount not to exceed thirty-five percent (35%) on each item described in subsection A of this section that has been referred by the county to the collection agency for collection.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 232, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from Title 19, § 339.7 to avoid duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-340. Investigation of officers - Allowance of compensation, etc.

The board of county commissioners is hereby vested with full power to inquire into and investigate the accounts, disbursements, bills and expenses of any county, district, or township officer, and to that end may subpoena witnesses and in case any witness fails or refuses to obey any lawful order of the board of county commissioners he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, but in no case shall the board of county commissioners allow any compensation, fee, salary, bills or expenses to any officer or person except when expressly allowed by law.
R.L. 1910, § 1601.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-342. May sell unused lands of county.

The board of county commissioners is authorized to sell any unused town lots or parcels of ground not needed for courthouse or jail purposes of any county to the highest bidder for cash, in the manner hereinafter provided. Before any such sale shall be made the board of county commissioners, in regular or special session, shall adopt a resolution declaring that said real estate is not needed for courthouse or jail purposes of the county; said resolution to be published with other proceedings of said board and a copy of said resolution shall be certified by the county clerk to the judge of the district court of such county, and said judge shall appoint three disinterested freeholders of said county to appraise said real estate, said appraisement to be returned by said appraisers to the board of county commissioners.
R.L. 1910, § 1603.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-343. Notice of sale.

Upon the return of the appraisement, as provided in Section 342 of this title, the board of county commissioners shall give notice by publication in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the county, for two (2) successive weekly issues, that said real estate is about to be sold.
R.L. 1910, § 1604. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 92, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 1976.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-344. Sale of real estate – Public auction or sealed bids.

A. The sale of the real estate may be by public auction held at the county courthouse or at the site of the real property being sold at the time advertised or by sealed bids. Sealed bids for the real estate shall be in writing, sealed and delivered to the county clerk of such county. The county clerk shall preserve the bids unopened until the next regular meeting of the board of county commissioners after the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the date of the first publication, at which the board of county commissioners shall open such bids and award the real estate to the highest and best bidder for the real estate.
B. The real estate shall not be sold for less than eighty percent (80%) of its appraised value, and the boards of county commissioners shall have the power to reject any and all bids.
C. Proceeds from the sale of the property shall be deposited to the account from which the property was purchased.
R.L. 1910, § 1605. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 92, § 2, emerg. eff. May 6, 1976; Laws 2001, c. 231, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2006, c. 255, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-345. Annual statement to be published.

They shall superintend the fiscal concerns of the county and secure their management in the best manner; they shall keep an account of the receipts and expenditures of the county, and on the first Monday of July annually, they shall cause a full and accurate statement of the assessments, receipts and expenditures of the preceding year, to be made out in detail under separate heads, with an account of all the debts payable to and by the county treasurer, and they shall have the same printed in at least one newspaper in their county, and if there be no paper in the county the same shall be posted up at the usual place of holding their sessions, and at a public place in each precinct in the county.
R.L. 1910, § 1606.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-346. County map to be made.

Said board is authorized to procure for their county a copy of field notes, of the original survey of their county by the United States, and cause a map of the county to be constructed therefrom on a scale of not less than one inch to a mile, and laid off in congressional townships and sections, to be kept open in the office of the county clerk, and the field notes to be deposited in the same office.
R.L. 1910, § 1607.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-348. Place and manner of holding sessions.

All matters pertaining to the interest of the county shall be heard by the board of county commissioners in open session only and no executive session shall be held by said county commissioners pertaining to any matters coming before them, except in the manner and situations provided by Section 307 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Where the county has no courthouse, or the courthouse shall be unfit or inconvenient, they may hold their sessions for the transaction of business at any other suitable place in the county seat. No claim presented to the board of county commissioners shall be laid over longer than to the next regular session, when it shall be finally acted upon.
R.L. 1910, § 1616. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 150, § 1, emerg. eff. June 24, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-350. Holidays county offices to close - Designation.

The county commissioners and members of the county excise board of each county shall designate and publish between the 1st and 20th of January each year which holidays the county offices will be closed.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 275, § 1, emerg. eff. April 30, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-351.1. Agreements for fire protection services by municipalities - Charges.

The board of county commissioners of each county may enter into agreements with any municipality for the furnishing of fire protection and emergency services, including, but not limited to, medical attention and wreck removal, by said municipality for all persons and property in areas outside the corporate limits of such municipality and to pay for such services a reasonable amount on a per run basis, or such other equitable basis as may be agreed upon, and to pay for such services from funds of the county general fund or the county highway fund. The board of county commissioners of each county may also enter into reciprocal agreements with other counties for such services. The board of county commissioners shall also have the authority to collect charges for such services performed by a municipality or another county, pursuant to the provision of this section, from any person to whom such services are provided. Said funds shall be disbursed to the entities providing services.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 249, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 39, § 1, emerg. eff. March 26, 1980; Laws 1986, c. 171, § 1, emerg. eff. May 9, 1986; Laws 1992, c. 397, § 11, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2009, c. 120, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-351.3. Agreements with corporate fire department in unincorporated area or rural fire protection district for fire protection services.

The board of county commissioners of each county may enter into agreements with any nonprofit volunteer or full-time fire department organized pursuant to Section 592 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any rural fire protection district created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 901.1 through 901.29 of this title for the furnishing of fire protection services by such entities for all persons and property located in the unincorporated areas of the county. The board of county commissioners of each county may pay for such fire protection services on such equitable basis as may be agreed upon and the costs of such fire protection services may be paid out of the county general fund or the county highway fund.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 54, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-352.1. Agreements with senior citizen centers to provide certain services to certain individuals.

The board of county commissioners of each county may enter into agreements with any local senior citizen center which meets federal regulations for the furnishing of services for those county residents who by reason of age, infirmity or misfortune may have claims upon the sympathy and aid of the county and to pay for such services from funds of the county duly appropriated therefor.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 367, § 2, emerg. eff. July 14, 1982.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-353.1. Counseling services for certain persons.

A. Upon the availability of county funds, the board of county commissioners of each county and the sheriff of each county are hereby authorized to hire counselors or contract for services of counselors for the purpose of providing counseling services to victims of crime, relatives of crime victims, witnesses to crimes, inmates in county jails, mental health detainees in the custody of the county and county employees whose official duties relate to law enforcement or mental health, or immediate family members of such employees; provided, such counseling services shall not be provided at county expense for county employees or immediate family members thereof except for counseling services necessary as a direct result of such employee's performance of official duties.
B. For purposes of this section:
1. "Counselor" includes but is not limited to a licensed professional counselor as defined in the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, psychologist, social worker, chaplain, psychiatrist or any other person trained or experienced in providing counseling services; and
2. "Chaplain" means an ordained or authorized preacher, minister, priest or other ecclesiastical dignitary of any denomination who has been duly ordained or authorized to preach by the church to which he belongs.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 155, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 296, § 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-354. Transportation and distribution of commodities donated to county or school district.

The board of county commissioners of any county of this state shall have authority, in their discretion, to use and operate any trucks or automobiles owned by the county in transporting from any point in the State of Oklahoma to said county, or in transporting or distributing within said county, any commodities or items of value donated to the said county or any school district therein by or through the State of Oklahoma, the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of either, for redistribution to eligible recipients. The board shall also have authority to hire clerical help, rent office and storage facilities, and provide other necessary functions for the receipt and distribution of any such commodities, and the cost of such expenses may be paid either from the county highway funds or from the general fund of the county.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 158, § 1. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 67, § 1; Laws 1965, c. 498, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-358. Transportation of scouts and supervisors.

Authority is hereby granted to each board of county commissioners in this state to permit the use of county owned vehicles for the transportation of Boy Scouts and/or Girl Scouts and their supervisors to and from any Boy Scout and/or Girl Scout camp.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 192, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 296, § 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-359. Improvements upon school grounds.

The board of county commissioners may provide to public schools within the county such county-owned machinery and equipment to make improvements upon school grounds. The expense of operation, including operating personnel, may be billed to the school district requesting such improvements on an actual cost basis. The expense of the materials supplied for the improvements shall be paid from school funds.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 83, § 1. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 39, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-371. Authorization to contract for ambulance service - Liability insurance - Immunity - Pension benefits.

(a) The board of county commissioners of any county may contract for ambulance service with any city, town, county, person, firm or corporation or combination of them under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the parties. Such contracts shall provide for the carrying of liability insurance in such amount as may be fixed and may provide for minimum standards of service and equipment.
(b) Cities, towns and counties engaged in ambulance or emergency service shall be agents of the State of Oklahoma, acting solely and alone in a governmental capacity, and shall not be liable for any act of commission, omission or negligence while so engaged.
(c) Any employee of any city, town or county engaging in ambulance or emergency service at any time or place shall be considered to be serving in regular line of duty and shall be entitled to all the benefits of any pension fund to which he might otherwise be entitled.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 306, § 1, emerg. eff. May 7, 1968. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 151, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1974.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-372. Minimum standards for operation and equipment - Personnel - Charges - Audits.

If the board(s) of county commissioners, and the governing body of any city(ies) or town(s) shall enter into any contract as provided in Section 1, then the board(s) of county commissioners and the governing body of any city(ies) or town(s) shall, by resolution, establish a minimum of standards for the operation and equipping of said ambulances and for the qualifications and training of any personnel operating said ambulances within the county(ies). The board(s) of county commissioners and/or governing body of any city(ies) or town(s) shall also have the authority to establish by resolution the minimum charge to be made by any ambulance operator with which it has a contract and to provide for an audit of the books and the records of said operator. Said regulations shall be in compliance with, or exceed, applicable state laws, rules and regulations.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 306, § 2, emerg. eff. May 7, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-376. Electronic data processing equipment authorized - Manner of handling.

A. Until January 1, 1983, the board of county commissioners of any county in the State of Oklahoma may acquire electronic data processing equipment by purchase, lease or transfer, and may provide for the operation, maintenance, repair and utilization of such electronic data processing equipment as shall be necessary to conduct the county's business, or may enter into a contract for computer services with a capable data processing company, to provide systems designs and analysis for all county officials.
The board of county commissioners shall determine the most effective manner of handling the county's data processing needs, either by outright purchase or lease of equipment or entering into a contract for computer services, and shall offer data processing advisory service to all county elected officials.
B. Beginning January 1, 1983, each county purchasing agent may acquire electronic data processing equipment by purchase, lease or transfer, and may provide for the operation, maintenance, repair and utilization of such electronic data processing equipment as shall be necessary to conduct the county's business, or may enter into a contract for computer services with a capable data processing company, to provide systems designs and analysis for all county officials upon approval of the board of county commissioners.
The county purchasing agent shall determine the most effective manner of handling the county's data processing needs, either by outright purchase or lease of equipment or entering into a contract for computer services, and shall offer data processing advisory service to all county elected officials.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 301, § 1, emerg. eff. April 21, 1970. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 249, § 8.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-377. IT staff and data processing technicians.

The board of county commissioners of any county may employ competent information technology (IT) staff and a data processing technician who shall perform the duties of IT management or data processing management as prescribed and directed by the board of county commissioners. The IT staff and data processing technician shall receive as compensation salaries to be fixed by the board of county commissioners for their services, to be paid out of the general operating fund of the county. The compensations of the IT staff and data processing technician shall not be governed by the "Comprehensive Salary Code".
The IT staff and data processing technician shall be covered by the county blanket bond.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 301, § 2, emerg. eff. April 21, 1970. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 180, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980; Laws 2021, c. 64, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-378. Contracts with public trust.

A. Until January 1, 1983, nothing in Sections 376 or 377 of this title shall be interpreted as prohibiting a county, acting through the authority of the board of county commissioners, from contracting with an established public trust which has been or may be created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 176 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of providing to all county offices, departments and agencies electronic data processing services.
B. Beginning January 1, 1983, nothing in Sections 376 or 377 of this title shall be interpreted as prohibiting a county purchasing agent, upon approval of the board of county commissioners, from contracting with an established public trust which has been or may be created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 176 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of providing to all county offices, departments and agencies electronic data processing services.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 301, § 3, emerg. eff. April 21, 1970. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 249, § 9.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-381. Questions to be submitted to popular vote.

They shall submit to the people of the county at any regular or special election any question involving any extraordinary outlay of money by the county or any expenditures greater in amount than can be provided for by the annual tax, or whether the county will construct any courthouse, jail, or other public buildings, or aid or construct any road or bridge, and may aid any enterprise designed for the county, whenever a majority of the people thereof shall authorize the same as hereinafter provided. Provided that, for the purposes of this section the term "public buildings" shall include, but not be limited to, a county rest home, which shall be defined as any home, establishment, or institution owned and operated by the county in which there is offered or provided personal care and supervision to persons who are unable to care completely for themselves.
R.L. 1910, § 1608. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 12, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 15, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-382. Additional tax voted, when.

When county warrants are at a depreciated value, the said commissioners may in a like manner submit the question whether a tax of a higher rate than that provided for shall be authorized; and in all cases when an additional tax is laid in pursuance of a vote of the people of the county, or for constructing or ordering to be constructed any road or bridge, or for aiding in any enterprise contemplated by the preceding section, such special tax shall be paid in money and in no other manner.
R.L. 1910, § 1609.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-383. Mode of submitting questions to voters.

The mode of submitting questions to the people contemplated by the last two sections shall be the following: The whole question, including the sum desired to be raised, the amount of tax desired to be authorized, the rate per annum, and the whole regulation, including the time of its taking effect or having operation, if it be of a nature which can be set forth, and the penalty of its violation if there be one, is to be published at least four (4) weeks in some newspaper published in the county. If there be no such newspaper, the publication is to be made by posting up in at least one of the most public places in each election precinct in the county; and in all cases the notices shall name the time when such question will be voted upon, and the form in which the question shall be taken, and a copy of the question submitted shall be posted up at each place of voting during the day of election.
R.L. 1910, § 1610.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-384. Tax levy.

When the question submitted involves the borrowing or expenditure of money the proposition of the question must be accompanied by a proposition to authorize a tax for the payment thereof in addition to the usual taxes provided for by law; and no vote adopting the question proposed shall be valid unless it likewise adopts the amount of tax to be authorized to meet the liability incurred.
R.L. 1910, § 1611.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-385. Proceedings when proposition carries.

The commissioners being satisfied that the above requirements have been substantially complied with, and that a majority of votes were cast in favor of the proposition submitted, shall cause the same to be entered at large upon the book containing the record of their proceedings. Propositions thus acted upon cannot be rescinded by the board of county commissioners.
R.L. 1910, § 1612.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-387. Unexpended balance of special fund.

Whenever there remains in the treasury of any county an unexpended balance of any special fund, and all claims against such funds have been fully paid, and the purpose for which it was created has been fully observed, and there remains no further use for such balance for the purpose for which it was created, it shall be lawful for the board of county commissioners of such county to transfer such balance to any other fund of the county or subdivision to which such balance belonged.
R.L. 1910, § 1614.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-388. Ballot Title - Authorization.

A. When a county of this state is authorized to submit a proposition for approval by the registered voters of the respective county, whether by special election or otherwise, that will require a ballot title, it shall be the duty, in addition to any other duties required by law, of the county commissioners submitting the measure to prepare and file one copy of the measure with the district attorney of the county.
B. The county commissioners submitting the measure shall also submit a suggested ballot title which shall be filed on a separate sheet of paper and shall not be deemed part of the petition. The suggested ballot title:
1. Shall not exceed two hundred words;
2. Shall explain in basic words, which can be easily found in dictionaries of general usage, the effect of the proposition;
3. Shall be written on the eighth-grade reading comprehension level;
4. Shall not contain any words which have a special meaning for a particular profession or trade not commonly known to the citizens of this state;
5. Shall not reflect partiality in its composition or contain any argument for or against the measure;
6. In tax-related propositions, the proposition shall detail all known direct and indirect increases and decreases affecting the tax code;
7. In tax-related propositions, the proposition shall use the word “increase” when an increase in a tax may depend on the passage or failure of the proposition;
8. Shall contain language which clearly states that a "yes" vote is a vote in favor of the proposition and a "no" vote is a vote against the proposition; and
9. Shall not contain language whereby a "yes" vote is, in fact, a vote against the proposition and a "no" vote is, in fact, a vote in favor of the proposition.
C. The district attorney of the county for which a measure has been proposed shall review the filing required by subsections A and B of this section for legal correctness. Within five (5) days, the district attorney shall notify, in writing, the county commissioners whether or not the proposed ballot title complies with applicable laws.
D. A proposition subject to the provisions of this section shall be published as provided in Section 383 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 186, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-389. Notice of petition to raise taxes or assessments.

A. When a petition is to be circulated in all or a portion of a county, on a question which if approved by the voters would require additional taxes or assessments or a continuation of taxes or assessments, notice of circulation of the petition shall be filed with the county clerk of the county prior to the petition being circulated for signatures. The period of time for the gathering of signatures shall begin on the day after such filing and shall not exceed one (1) year, unless otherwise provided by law. The provisions of this section shall apply to all petitions to be circulated in all or a portion of a county, if the provisions thereof would require additional taxes or assessments, including but not limited to, those authorized by the following provisions of law:
1. Section 782 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. Section 872 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. Section 901.2 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
4. Section 902.2 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
5. Section 1204 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
6. Section 1236 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. When any petition is to be circulated in all or a portion of a county, each page of the petition shall contain a notice prominently displayed at the top in at least twelve-point type which reads “THIS IS A PETITION”. The first page of the petition shall contain a summary of the contents of the petition, which shall be made available to any person who is or may be eligible to sign the petition.
C. If the question submitted to voters based upon an election conducted pursuant to a circulated petition does not receive approval, a subsequent petition regarding the same question may be circulated beginning on the thirtieth day following the election date at which the question did not receive approval.
D. If a petition governed by the provisions of this section is circulated for signatures that does not result in a vote on the question, any subsequent petition with respect to the same question shall indicate on each page of the petition that a prior petition with respect to the same question has previously been circulated.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 249, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-401. Rental of quarters - Attendants, fuel, light and stationery.

In any county where there is no courthouse or jail erected by the county, or where those erected have not sufficient capacity, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to provide for court room, jail, and offices for the following named officers: sheriff, treasurer, register of deeds, district clerk, county clerk, district attorney, superintendent of public schools and judge of the district court, to be furnished by the county in a suitable building or buildings, for the lowest rent to be obtained at the county seat, or to secure and occupy suitable rooms at a free rent within the limits of the county seat or any of the additions thereto, until such county builds a courthouse. They shall also provide the courts appointed to be held therein, with attendants, fuel, lights and stationery, suitable and sufficient for the transaction of their business. If the commissioners neglect, the court may order the sheriff to make such necessary provision, and the expenses incurred by him in carrying the order into effect, when certified by the court, shall be a county charge.
R.L. 1910, § 1617.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-401.1. Courtroom, office space and other facilities in city other than county seat.

In any city other than the county seat, within the county, which has been designated as a court or court division city under authority of Sections 95.1 through 95.5, inclusive, of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the board of county commissioners may provide suitable and adequate courtroom and office space for the judges of the district court and attendants, for the court clerk and staff, and for a branch of the county law library where established under Section 1202 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to be furnished by the county in a suitable building in such city.
The board of county commissioners shall also furnish electricity, water, other utilities, toilet facilities and janitorial service, suitable and sufficient for the transaction of court business in such facilities.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 40, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-421. Entry on minutes - Matters to be entered.

After November 1, 2009, each board of county commissioners of the several counties in the state shall within thirty (30) days after the disposition of any tools, apparatus, machinery, and equipment belonging to the county or leased or otherwise let to it or any department thereof, the original cost of which is more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), whether sold, exchanged, junked, leased or let where authorized by statute, shall enter, or cause to be entered, in the minutes of the proceedings of the board the fact of such disposition, including complete description of item, serial number, the date property was acquired, the name and address of the person or firm from whom property was acquired, the cost price at time of acquisition or contract price if acquired under lease-rental agreement, the date of disposition, the name and address of the person or firm to whom property transferred, the price received therefor and the reason for disposition.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 81, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 1953. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 4, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2023, c. 337, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-421.2. Surplus machinery, equipment or vehicles - Transfer to political subdivisions.

A. A unanimous vote of the board of county commissioners may transfer any machinery, equipment or vehicle belonging to the county, which is deemed by the board to be surplus, to a political subdivision of the state which is in need of such machinery, equipment or vehicle. Upon such transfer, the subject property shall be removed from the inventory of the county.
B. The board of county commissioners shall not deem any property to be surplus during the period when the elections of any two county commissioners occur at the same time. This prohibition shall only apply to the property in use by and/or recorded on the inventory of the district of the county commissioner(s), the elections of which are set for the same date and not the remaining county officers. This prohibition shall cease to apply to any property in use by and/or recorded on the inventory of the district of any individual incumbent county commissioner who draws no opponent or who wins reelection at either the primary or general election. The prohibition of declaring county property or material surplus shall:
1. Begin thirty (30) days before the filing period for the elections of any two or more county commissioners in a county; and
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, end the day after two or more county commissioners are sworn in as such.
C. If two or more incumbents draw no opponents or if two or more incumbent county commissioners both win reelection, either at the primary, special, or general election, the prohibition of declaring county property or material surplus until the swearing in of county officials shall be removed and the county may dispose of surplus property as provided in subsection A of this section.
D. When the political subdivision receiving such property declares same to be surplus, the governing body shall give written notice to the county of its intent to transfer such property back to the county. The board of county commissioners shall have up to fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt of such notice to either accept or reject the property. The political subdivision shall transfer such property back to the county only if the board of county commissioners agrees to accept the property or the board fails to respond within the fifteen-day time period.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 155, § 1, emerg. eff. May 7, 1991. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 227, § 1, emerg. eff. May 19, 1992; Laws 2007, c. 100, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2011, c. 91, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2012, c. 144, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2017, c. 174, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2022, c. 51, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022; Laws 2023, c. 10, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-421.3. Obtaining surplus road and bridge building equipment.

Circuit Engineering Districts acting through cooperative agreements on behalf of counties are authorized to obtain surplus property pursuant to Section 34.1 of Title 80 of the Oklahoma Statutes and may contract to obtain surplus equipment for road and bridge building purposes pursuant to Section 339 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 320, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-423. Partial invalidity.

If any part of this act is for any reason held unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act and each part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any part be declared unconstitutional.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 81, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-431. Right of appeal - Bond - Appeal on demand of freeholders - Appeal by taxpayer.

From all decisions of the board of commissioners, upon matters properly before them, there shall be allowed an appeal to the district court by any persons aggrieved, including the county by its district attorney, upon filing a bond with sufficient penalty, and one or more sureties to be approved by the county clerk, conditioned that the appellant will prosecute his or her appeal without delay, and pay all cost that he or she may be adjudged to pay in the said district court; said bond shall be executed to the county, and may be sued in the name of the county upon breach of any condition therein; provided, that the district attorney, upon the written demand of at least fifteen (15) freeholders of the county, shall take an appeal from any action of the board of county commissioners when said action relates to the interest or affairs of the county at large or any portion thereof, in the name of the county, when he deems it to the interest of the county so to do; and in such case no bond shall be required or given and upon serving the notice provided for in the next section the county clerk shall proceed the same as if a bond had been filed; provided, further, that if the district attorney shall fail or refuse to appeal after the written demand of the said fifteen (15) freeholders, then any resident taxpayer of the county may be considered a person aggrieved and may appeal upon filing a bond with sufficient penalty, as provided in the foregoing portion of this paragraph.
R.L. 1910, § 1640. Amended by Laws 1915, c. 117, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-432. Time and manner of taking appeal - Folio of papers.

Said appeal shall be taken within twenty (20) days after the decision of said board, by serving a written notice on one of the members of the board of county commissioners, and the county clerk shall, upon the filing of the bond as hereinbefore provided, make a folio of all the papers filed in the proceedings of said board relating to the matter of their decision thereon, and shall deliver the same to the clerk of the district court.
R.L. 1910, § 1641. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 105, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-441. Officers to account to commissioners - Payments and receipts.

All treasurers, sheriffs, clerks, constables, and other officers chargeable with money belonging to the county shall render their accounts to and settle with the county commissioners at the time required by law, and pay into the county treasury any balance which may be due the county, take duplicate receipts therefor, and deposit one of the same with the clerk of the county within five (5) days thereafter.
R.L. 1910, § 1645.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-442. Examination of treasurer's tax records.

It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners at each annual meeting to examine the county treasurer's "tax-sale book" and "stub receipts" and ascertain the amount of redemption money in the treasury and compel the said treasurer to account for the same.
R.L. 1910, § 1646.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-443. Suit against delinquent officers.

If any person thus chargeable shall neglect or refuse to render true accounts or settle as aforesaid, the county commissioners shall adjust the accounts of such delinquent according to the best information they can obtain, and ascertain the balance due the county, and order suit to be brought in the name of the county therefor; and such delinquent shall not be entitled to any commission, and shall forfeit and pay to the county a penalty of twenty percent (20%) on the amount of funds due the county.
R.L. 1910, § 1647.