2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-180.43. Feeding, care, housing, and upkeep of prisoners - Expenses - Travel reimbursement - Violations.

A. Each county sheriff may contract with any public or private entity engaged in the business of transportation of prisoners, the Department of Justice of the United States of America, the Department of Corrections, or any municipality of this state for the feeding, care, housing, and upkeep of federal, state, or municipal prisoners, or alien detainees incarcerated in the county jail. Any funds received pursuant to said contract shall be the funds of the county where the federal, state, or municipal prisoners, or alien detainees are incarcerated and shall be deposited in the Sheriff's Service Fee Account. All purchases made pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be made pursuant to the purchasing procedures specified in Sections 1500 through 1507 of this title, including the use of blanket purchase orders as provided for in Section 310.8 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The sheriff shall be permitted to expend the funds for capital expenditures. The sheriff shall be permitted to expend any surplus in the Sheriff's Service Fee Account for administering expenses for salaries, training, equipment or travel.
The claim for said expenses shall be filed with and allowed by the board of county commissioners as other claims. The sheriff shall receive no compensation for said services. The sheriff shall file an annual report with the board of county commissioners not later than January 15 of each year. The State Auditor and Inspector shall conduct an audit of the report as on other public records of the county.
B. In lieu of the travel reimbursement or monthly travel allowance provided for by law, the board of county commissioners may purchase and provide for the operation, maintenance, insurance, equipping, and repair of an automobile for each county commissioner to be used in performing the duties of his office. In lieu of the travel reimbursement or monthly travel allowance provided for by law, the board of county commissioners, with the concurrence of the county sheriff, may purchase and provide for the operation, maintenance, insurance, equipping, and repair of automobiles for the use of the sheriff in performing the duties of his office. Any automobile purchased pursuant to the authority granted in this section shall be purchased by competitive bids. The use of any said automobile for private or personal purposes is hereby prohibited. In any county having a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand (350,000), where it is determined by the sheriff to be more economical and advantageous to the county, the sheriff may establish a monthly automobile allowance of not more than Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per month in lieu of the mileage per mile for in-county driving as authorized in this section. Any travel reimbursement other than in-county driving as provided for in this section shall be for actual and necessary expenses as provided for in the State Travel Reimbursement Act. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both said fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto shall be discharged from county employment.
C. The State of Oklahoma hereby declares and states that the increased number of persons impersonating law enforcement officers by making routine traffic stops while using unmarked cars is a threat to the public health and safety of all of the citizens of the State of Oklahoma; therefore it shall be unlawful for any county sheriff, deputy sheriff or reserve deputy sheriff to use any vehicle which is not clearly marked as a law enforcement vehicle for routine traffic enforcement except as provided in Section 12-218 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. In addition to Section 12-218 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the peace officer operating the law enforcement vehicle for routine traffic stops shall be dressed in the official uniform including shoulder patches, badge, and any other identifying insignias normally used by the employing law enforcement agency.
D. Each county sheriff may operate, or contract the operation of, a commissary for the benefit of persons lawfully confined in the county jail under the custody of the county sheriff. Any funds received pursuant to said operations shall be the funds of the county where the persons are incarcerated and shall be deposited in the Sheriff's Commissary Account. The sheriff shall be permitted to expend the funds to improve or provide jail services. The sheriff shall be permitted to expend any surplus in the Sheriff's Commissary Account for administering expenses for training equipment, travel or for capital expenditures. The claims for expenses shall be filed with and allowed by the board of county commissioners in the same manner as other claims. The sheriff shall receive no compensation for the operation of said commissary. The sheriff shall file an annual report on any said commissary under his or her operation no later than January 15 of each year. The State Auditor and Inspector shall conduct an audit of the report in the same manner as other public records of the county.
E. Each county sheriff may operate, or contract the operation of, a telephone system for the benefit of persons lawfully confined in the county jail under the custody of the county sheriff. Any funds received pursuant to said operations shall be the funds of the county where the persons are incarcerated and shall be deposited in the Sheriff's Service Fee Account. Such funds may be expended according to the guidelines previously established for expenditures from the general fund. The claims for expenses shall be filed with and allowed by the board of county commissioners in the same manner as other claims.
Added by Laws 1943, p. 76, § 32, emerg. eff. April 12, 1943. Amended by Laws 1945, p. 50, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1945; Laws 1951, p. 44, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1951; Laws 1957, p. 92, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1957; Laws 1965, c. 111, § 1, emerg. eff. May 19, 1965; Laws 1965, c. 508, § 1, emerg. eff. July 20, 1965; Laws 1974, c. 180, § 1, emerg. eff. May 11, 1974; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 78, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1979, c. 221, § 8, emerg. eff. May 30, 1979; Laws 1980, c. 120, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1980; Laws 1981, c. 101, § 1, emerg. eff. April 22, 1981; Laws 1982, c. 79, § 1; Laws 1984, c. 108, § 1; Laws 1989, c. 348, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1991, c. 166, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 237, § 1, emerg. eff. May 19, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 91, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1999, c. 24, § 2, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 33, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 19, § 1, emerg. eff. March 29, 2004; Laws 2017, c. 263, § 2; Laws 2018, c. 83, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2019, c. 25, § 8, emerg. eff. April 4, 2019.
NOTE: Laws 2018, c. 19, § 1 repealed by Laws 2019, c. 25, § 9, emerg. eff. April 4, 2019.