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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-255.1. XXX.

A. Pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), Public Law 117-2, the State of Oklahoma is the recipient of the federal ARPA funds drawn down by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES). The Oklahoma Legislature shall not be considered a subrecipient of the ARPA funds. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall be the responsible entity for any claw back penalties, legal, or other recoupment costs for the state.
B. 1. The Legislature authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to manage federal APRA funds by requiring all receiving entities known as subrecipients to sign a grant agreement. Any entity, without exception, including state agencies receiving an appropriation from the Statewide Recovery Fund or a similar fund with federal requirement attached to its use shall have a fully executed grant agreement in place within sixty (60) days after enactment of any legislation that appropriates funding from the Statewide Recovery Fund of the State Treasury created in Section 1, Chapter 319, O.S.L. 2022, and be in compliance with such agreement before a disbursement can be made. The mutually agreed upon grant agreement, as reviewed and approved by the subrecipient's legal counsel or advisor, shall be between the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the subrecipient. The grant agreement shall be standard for all receiving entities and shall be executed by an executive officer of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the subrecipient. The grant agreement shall outline the disbursement schedule, the subrecipient's efforts for compliance with the federal requirements for the use of the funds, including auditing, reporting, further disbursement, and cash management procedures as well as compliance with the Oklahoma laws governing the administration of the subrecipient. The requirements of this subsection shall also apply when a receiving entity has been designated as both a pass-through entity and a subrecipient.
2. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall publish a weekly report, to the Chairs of the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding and make available to the public on the state's website, of the status of all grant agreements, until such agreements are fully executed.
C. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall provide to Chairs of the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding and make available to the public on the state's website, a quarterly report of all expenditures of ARPA funds. The quarterly report shall include, but not be limited to, any impediments to distribution and corrective action necessary.
Added by Laws 2022, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 14, § 1, emerg. eff. Oct. 5, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-255.2. Pandemic Relief Primary Source Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury until July 1, 2028, a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the "Pandemic Relief Primary Source Revolving Fund". Except as otherwise provided in this section, the fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies directed for deposit to the fund by law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and shall be awarded by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce through grants to enhance industrial parks, airparks, and ports to cover costs related to water, wastewater, sewer, and broadband projects eligible under the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that support sites or surrounding communities identified by the Department as having such needs prior to the passage of this act and as discussed in the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Rural Development Working Group public meeting on September 15, 2022. Such funds shall be utilized in a manner consistent with the recommendations adopted by the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding on September 20, 2022.
Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 2022, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 22 § 1.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 255.1 of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-255.3. Pandemic Relief Secondary Source Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury until July 1, 2028, a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the "Pandemic Relief Secondary Source Revolving Fund". Except as otherwise provided in this section, the fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies directed for deposit to the fund by law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and shall be awarded by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce through grants to cover costs that are:
1. Directly associated with industrial parks, airparks, and ports at least partially funded by an appropriation from the Statewide Recovery Fund of the State Treasury created in Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, with priority given to projects partially funded by the Pandemic Relief Primary Source Revolving Fund; and
2. Anticipated by the Department to be ineligible expenditures for reimbursement under the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 2022, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 22 § 2.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 255.2 of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-255.4. Workforce Coordination Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the "Workforce Coordination Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies directed for deposit by law.
Added by Laws 2022, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 22 § 3.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 255.3 of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-255.5. ARPA Administrative Costs Fund.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated the "ARPA Administrative Costs Fund". Such fund shall be subject to legislative appropriation or transfer as provided by law and shall consist of all such monies as the Legislature may direct to be appropriated or transferred to said fund.
B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all interest and income derived from deposits to the ARPA Administrative Costs Fund shall be credited to the ARPA Administrative Costs Fund.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 298, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-256. Progressing Rural Economic Prosperity Fund (PREP Fund).

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated the "Progressing Rural Economic Prosperity Fund", also known as the "PREP Fund". Said fund shall be subject to legislative appropriation or transfer as provided by law and shall consist of all such monies as the Legislature may direct to be appropriated or transferred to said fund.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 411, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-261. Payments to State Treasurer.

When any cashier's check or other exchange has been issued by any state or national bank in the State of Oklahoma, made payable to the State of Oklahoma or any agency thereof, and such cashier's check or other exchange has not been presented for payment and paid by the bank of issue within three (3) years from the date of issuance, claim of the state thereto is hereby asserted and the bank of issuance is hereby made the agent of the state, and pursuant to such agency, the state or national bank issuing the same or the successor thereof shall pay the amount of any such cashier's check or other exchange to the State Treasurer under the provisions of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act using the same reports as required to report other forms of property.
In addition to examination by the Office of the State Treasurer pursuant to the provisions of Section 678 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all such banks shall permit the State Auditor and Inspector or a duly authorized deputy access to their records to ascertain whether any such cashier’s check or exchange has been issued and remains outstanding and unpaid.
To the extent discernable, the State Treasurer shall notify the state agency named in the remittance forms returned by the bank of the amount and of any other identifying data contained as to each item named; and upon presentation by such agency to the State Treasurer of claim duly authenticated and proof of right thereto the State Treasurer shall draw a voucher or order for the amount thereof found proper, to be paid to such agency.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 387, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 416, § 1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1949; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 59, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 2002, c. 95, § 3, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-262. Partial invalidity.

The provisions of this act are declared to be severable, and if any section, sentence, clause or part thereof be held invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, or the application thereof to any bank, person or circumstance is held invalid such invalidity or unconstitutionality or application shall not affect the remainder of the act, and the application thereof to other banks, persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. The Legislature declares that it would have passed this act and each section, sentence, clause or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
Laws 1947, p. 387, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-263. State checks or vouchers unpaid after 90 days - Cancellation.

All depository checks or vouchers issued after June 30, 1980, by any state officer, department, board, commission, institution or agency in payment of any obligation of the state which shall for any cause remain unpaid and outstanding for a period of ninety (90) days shall be canceled. Where the account originally charged can be identified the cancellation shall have the effect of restoring to the account the amount theretofore charged. Where the identity of the account originally charged cannot now be ascertained, the amount of such cancellation shall revert to and be credited to the General Revenue Fund of the state.
Laws 1957, p. 467, § 1; Laws 1980, c. 105, § 2, eff. July 1, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-275.1. Human Services warrants and checks - Duplication and destruction - Permanent copies maintained.

All warrants or checks issued by the Commission for Human Services and the State Treasurer, in payment of assistance to the needy, aged persons, blind or dependent children, shall be microfilmed or duplicated in a manner acceptable to the Archives and Records Commission, provided further that the Department of Human Services is hereby authorized and directed to destroy said warrants, by burning, shredding, chemical process or any other method which will insure the complete destruction thereof, after microfilm or other copies are made thereof. Any redeemed warrant or check that has been microfilmed, imaged or duplicated in a manner acceptable to the Archives and Records Commission shall be destroyed after a period of time consistent with banking industry standards for checks. The Archives and Records Commission, with the assistance of the State Treasurer, shall survey financial institutions to determine the industry standard for retention of paper checks after they have been duplicated in a manner consistent with federal law and industry practice. Such survey shall include the industry standard or federal law for retention of duplicated checks.
Added by Laws 1949, p. 440, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1949. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 441, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 1949; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 60, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1997, c. 164, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2003, c. 224, § 17, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 233, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2007, c. 1, § 47, emerg. eff. Feb. 22, 2007.
NOTE: Laws 2006, c. 20, § 1 repealed by Laws 2007, c. 1, § 48, emerg. eff. Feb. 22, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-275.2. Destruction of warrant registers after warrants microfilmed or duplicated.

Warrant registers maintained by the State Treasurer, listing warrants issued in payment to the needy persons referred to in Section 275.1 of this title, shall be destroyed in the manner hereinabove provided by the State Treasurer upon receipt of notice from the Department of Human Services that warrants listed thereon have been microfilmed or duplicated in a manner acceptable to the Archives and Records Commission or if the warrants have been destroyed with permission of the Archives and Records Commission.
Added by Laws 1949, p. 440, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1949. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 442, § 2, emerg. eff. April 14, 1949; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 61, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1997, c. 164, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2003, c. 224, § 18, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-275.6. Storage facilities and personnel - Duties of Department of Public Welfare.

The Department of Public Welfare shall provide adequate storage facilities for warrants redeemed by the State Treasurer in payment of assistance to the needy, aged persons, blind or dependent children, out of funds apportioned to the administrative fund under the direction of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission, and immediately after the effective date of this act shall provide the necessary personnel and equipment to remove all paid and canceled warrants redeemed prior to the effective date of this act, and thereafter, from the vaults in the State Capitol, to the place provided by the Department of Public Welfare.
Laws 1949, p. 440, § 6.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-275.7. Storage facilities - Duties of Director - Construction, rent or lease - Contracts.

The Director of the Department of Human Services is hereby authorized to provide any storage facilities which in the judgment of the Commission for Human Services is needed to store paid warrants from the administration account of the Human Services Medical and Assistance Fund under the control of the Commission for Human Services. The Department of Human Services is authorized to construct, rent or lease any necessary storage facilities, and to alter, or to enter into contracts for the alteration of such storage facilities to place them in a condition for proper protection of such records. The Director of the Department of Human Services is further authorized to employ necessary personnel and to contract for the purchase or lease of necessary equipment to carry out the purposes of this act.
Amended by Laws 1988, c. 326, § 33, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-275.8. State Treasurer - Redeemed bonds, etc. - Microfilm or duplicates - Disposition.

All state bonds, bond interest coupons and duplicates of receipts redeemed by the State Treasurer and delivered to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services as provided by Section 34.80 of this title shall be delivered by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to the Archives and Records Commission to be retained in accordance with the provisions of Sections 305 through 317 of Title 67 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All warrants or checks redeemed by the State Treasurer, shall be microfilmed, imaged or duplicated by the State Treasurer. The microfilm, image or other duplication shall be in accordance with requirements established for such records by the Archives and Records Commission. Any redeemed warrant or check that has been microfilmed, imaged or duplicated in a manner acceptable to the Archives and Records Commission shall be destroyed after a period of time consistent with banking industry standards for checks. The Archives and Records Commission, with the assistance of the State Treasurer, shall survey financial institutions to determine the industry standard for retention of paper checks after they have been duplicated in a manner consistent with federal law and industry practice. Such survey shall include the industry standard or federal law for retention of duplicated checks.
No state agency may require the State Treasurer to furnish an original warrant, state check, or state voucher to the state agency if the State Treasurer makes a duplicate available. If the State Treasurer is in possession of the original warrant, the original may be furnished in response to the following:
1. A subpoena;
2. A proper discovery request in a legal proceeding;
3. For investigative purposes of a law enforcement agency; or
4. For other good cause as determined by the State Treasurer.
Added by Laws 1949, p. 441, § 8, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1949. Amended by Laws 1973, c. 46, § 16, eff. July 1, 1973; Laws 1989, c. 367, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 337, § 13; Laws 1997, c. 164, § 7, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2003, c. 224, § 19, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 233, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 460.
NOTE: Laws 1989, c. 171, § 2 repealed by Laws 1990, c. 337, § 26.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-275.9. Claims or payrolls filed with Director of Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

Claims and/or payrolls filed with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall be maintained by said officer in accordance with the provisions of Sections 305 through 317 of Title 67 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1949, p. 441, § 9, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1949. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 47, § 62, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1980, c. 105, § 3, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1989, c. 367, § 3, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 461.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-275.11. Time limitation for state compliance with Title 40, § 165.2.

The State of Oklahoma shall be allowed ten (10) working days after the regular payday designated by an employer in order to comply with the requirements of Section 165.2 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2000, c. 336, § 13, eff. July 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-276.1. Creation of fund - Use.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the Secretary of State to be designated the "Revolving Fund for the Office of the Secretary of State". The revolving fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of fees and monies received by the Office of the Secretary of State for reproducing records or other papers or documents, and such other fees as are directed by law to be deposited in this fund, and any other miscellaneous receipts not otherwise directed by law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office of the Secretary of State for costs incurred in performing the duties and functions of the Office. Expenditures from said fund shall be made on warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 677, § 1, emerg. eff. July 12, 1961. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 157, § 4, emerg. eff. May 9, 1986; Laws 1990, c. 264, § 96, operative June 1, 1990; Laws 1999, c. 377, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 462.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-276.3. Central Filing System Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the Secretary of State to be designated the "Central Filing System Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all fees generated by paragraphs 4 through 9 of subsection A of Section 111 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes and all penalties collected pursuant to subsection (9) of Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes. All monies accruing to the credit of this fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office of the Secretary of State for expenses related to the central filing system created pursuant to Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes. Expenditures from this fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 206, § 10, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 309, § 11, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 314, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 2000, c. 371, § 178, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 463.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-276.4. Petty cash fund.

There is hereby created a petty cash fund not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for the Office of the Secretary of State to be used as a cash drawer change fund and for the purchase of or reimbursement for expenditures of less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to the rules and procedures established by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 82, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1996. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 464.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-277.1. Fund created - Expenditures.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the "Federal Revenue Sharing Fund" in which shall be deposited all federal revenue sharing receipts, including interest earned thereon as hereinafter provided. No money on deposit with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund shall be expended except pursuant to legislative appropriation.
Laws 1973, c. 1, § 1, emerg. eff. Jan. 29, 1973.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-277.2. Investments - Interest.

The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to invest federal revenue sharing monies in direct obligations of the United States of America or in certificates of deposits from banks in the State of Oklahoma, acceptable as depositories, when such certificates of deposits are secured by acceptable collateral and yield as much or more than direct obligations of the United States of America. Earnings or interest on federal revenue sharing monies shall be deposited in the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund.
Laws 1973, c. 1, § 2, emerg. eff. Jan. 29, 1973.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-278.1. Creation - Composition - Expenditure of moneys.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the "Anti-Recession Fiscal Assistance Fund." Said fund shall consist of all monies received by the state from entitlements under Title II of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-369), including interest earned thereon as hereinafter provided. No money on deposit with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Anti-Recession Fiscal Assistance Fund shall be expended except pursuant to legislative direction or appropriation.
Laws 1977, c. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. Jan. 26, 1977.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-278.2. Investments by State Treasurer - Deposit interest.

The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to invest monies deposited to the Anti-Recession Fiscal Assistance Fund in direct obligations of the United States of America or in certificates of deposit from banks in the State of Oklahoma, acceptable as depositories, when such certificates of deposit are secured by acceptable collateral and yield as much as or more than direct obligations of the United States of America. Earnings or interest on anti-recession fiscal assistance monies shall be deposited in the Anti-Recession Fiscal Assistance Fund.
Laws 1977, c. 2, § 2, emerg. eff. Jan. 26, 1977.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-279. Fund created - Composition - Transfer of funds.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a depository account for the Oklahoma Tax Commission, to be designated as the "Unclassified Taxes Account". The depository account shall consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Tax Commission for which the appropriate tax account is unidentified. The Oklahoma Tax Commission is authorized to transfer monies from the Unclassified Taxes Account to the appropriate tax account when such tax account is identified. On July 1, 1988, any monies in the Unclassified Taxes Account in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund. At the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, and at the close of each fiscal year thereafter, any monies in the Unclassified Taxes Account, held for a period of at least two (2) years, in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund of the state.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 204, § 5, operative July 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-281. Municipal corporations holding public utility bonds - Readjustment of indebtedness under bankruptcy laws.

It shall be lawful for the board of county commissioners of any county in the State of Oklahoma, or the board of education or other governing board of any school district in the State of Oklahoma, or the governing board of any other municipal corporation in the State of Oklahoma, which holds or owns any public utility bonds of any incorporated city or town of this state, the assessed valuation of which is less than the face value of the entire issue of said bonds and accrued interest thereon, to accept in writing any plan of readjustment of said indebtedness of such city or town which may be submitted by the governing board thereof under Section 80, of Chapter IX, of the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States of America, as amended in an act entitled "An Act to Establish an Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States" approved July 1, 1898, and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, approved May 24, 1934, and to accept in full settlement of such indebtedness either in cash or other securities of such incorporated city or town, an amount less than the full amount due on the face of said bonds and/or interest coupons.
Laws 1935, p. 124, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-282. Definitions - Debtor municipal corporation - Creditor municipal corporation.

For the purpose of this Act, a debtor municipal corporation hereunder is hereby defined as a municipal corporation or other political subdivision of this state which is insolvent or unable to meet its debts as they mature. A creditor municipal corporation hereunder is defined as being a municipal corporation or other political subdivision of this state which holds or owns bonds, warrants or securities of a debtor municipal corporation of this state.
Laws 1935, p. 123, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-283. Initiation of proceeding under bankruptcy laws.

A debtor municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state is hereby permitted and authorized, as a debtor, to initiate and conduct proceedings provided by the Bankruptcy Acts of the United States for the readjustment of municipal debts according to the provisions of said Bankruptcy Acts.
Laws 1935, p. 123, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-284. Participation by creditor corporation in proceedings.

Any creditor corporation of this state is hereby permitted and authorized to enter into contracts and plans with a debtor municipal corporation to initiate and participate in proceedings provided by the Bankruptcy Acts of the United States for the readjustment of municipal debts, and to become bound thereby.
Laws 1935, p. 123, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-285. Carrying out plan of municipal debt readjustment.

Any municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state shall carry out the plan or plans of municipal debt readjustment when and if authorized and approved by said Bankruptcy Court by refunding the same in the amounts and under the terms of said plan or plans so approved.
Provided, however, that said plan or plans does not authorize any greater interest than now provided for municipal securities under the laws of this state, and
Provided further, that any and all issues of bonds, securities or warrants authorized under any such plan or plans shall be conducted in conformity with and under the provisions of the laws of Oklahoma relating to refunding of municipal indebtedness, and
Provided further, that all creditor municipal corporations, as well as debtor municipal corporations of this state, shall be bound by the final decree of said Bankruptcy Court confirming the plan of readjustment of the debtor corporation.
Laws 1935, p. 123, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-286. Composition of indebtedness under bankruptcy law.

Any county, municipality, local improvement district organized or created for the purpose of grading, paving or otherwise improving public streets, alleys, or roads; or other similar district; also any paving district of any municipality of this state; any drainage or reclamation district; or any agency or instrumentality formed or existing pursuant to the laws of this state, which is an agency or instrumentality of a kind named or described in Section 81 of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States", as approved July 1, 1898, and as now or hereafter amended and supplemented, (Title 11, United States Code Section 401); which has power to incur indebtedness, either through action of its governing body or through the action of the governing body of any county, municipality, district, agency or instrumentality in which such county, municipality, district, agency or instrumentality is included; is hereby authorized to proceed under all applicable laws enacted by the Congress of the United States, under its federal bankruptcy powers, to effect a plan for the composition of its indebtedness; and the officials and governing body of such county, municipality, district, agency or instrumentality are authorized to adopt all proceedings and to do any and all acts necessary fully to avail such municipality, county, district, agency or instrumentality of the provisions of any of such Acts of the Congress of the United States.
Laws 1947, p. 389, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-291. When cancellation authorized.

That any municipality, political corporation or subdivision of this state, which has issued its bonds for any purpose and after the issuance or approval of said bonds it is determined that the purpose for which said bonds were issued has ceased to exist, is hereby authorized to cancel and destroy said bonds, thereby absolving itself from any liability for the payment of said bonds, or the coupons thereto attached, in the manner and under the procedure provided in Section Two hereof.
Laws 1919, c. 222, p. 318, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-292. Procedure - Notice.

Whenever, after the issuance or approval of said bonds it shall be determined that the purpose for which said bonds have been issued by such municipality, political corporation or subdivision of this state, has ceased to exist, the commissioners, board, council, or other officers of such municipality, political corporation or subdivision of this state, shall at its next session, either regular or special, by resolution declare that the purpose for which said bonds were issued has so ceased to exist, and pursuant thereto shall authorize and direct its clerk or secretary to issue and publish notice of such fact and of its intention to cancel and destroy said bonds, in some newspaper of general circulation within such municipality, political corporation or subdivision of this state, or within the county in which same is located, for at least fourteen (14) days, two insertions being necessary, and such clerk or secretary shall immediately upon the passage of such resolution post copies of such notice in five public places within such municipality, political corporation or subdivision of this state. Such notice shall specifically designate the bonds to be canceled, stating the purpose for which issued, the amount and date thereof, and shall further state in substance that on a day certain not less than two (2) weeks from the first publication and posting of said notice, unless formal objection and protest in writing is made by at least one-third (1/3) of the voters, qualified to vote, at the election by which said bonds were authorized to be issued, the said commissioners, board, council, or other officers of said municipality, political corporation or subdivision of this state, will proceed to cancel and destroy said bonds. Such bonds shall be destroyed by burning; and the clerk, or secretary, shall make an entry on the records showing the cancellation and destruction of said bonds, and the date and reason therefor.
Laws 1919, c. 222, p. 318, Sec. 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-304.2. Assignment of salary or wage earnings.

Except as otherwise provided by Section 165.3a of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes, assignment of salary or wage earnings in such instance shall be by separate instrument, and by affidavit. Except as otherwise provided by Section 165.3a of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes, it shall be unlawful to issue or authorize the issuance of a municipal warrant for salary or wages to any person other than the person earning the same, or to his or her assignee or the executor or administrator of his or her estate or to any person entitled to child support payments pursuant to an income assignment proceeding or a garnishment proceeding. Except as provided by income assignment procedures for the collection of child support, no assignment of a part of salary or wages shall be made, and any assignment of salary or wages before the same has been earned shall be a nullity and shall avail the assignee nothing.
Laws 1943, p. 143, § 2, emerg. eff. April 13, 1943; Laws 1986, c. 38, § 1, emerg. eff. March 26, 1986; Laws 1994, c. 25, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-305.1. Municipal or public utility billing - Payment without verification - Late charges - Discounts.

The governing board of a municipality shall be authorized to allow and pay the regular periodic billings of any municipal utility or of any public utility whose rates are fixed by, and are subject to the approval of, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission or any other public regulatory body or board of any utility cooperative for services furnished by the utility to the municipality without the issuance of a purchase order and filing of an invoice by such municipal or public utility, provided, further, that no municipal or public utility shall attach a late charge or deny a discount on any bill until a thirty-day period has lapsed from the receipt of the bill.
Laws 1969, c. 310, § 1; emerg. eff. April 28, 1969; Laws 1970, c. 216, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970; Laws 1980, c. 126, § 2, emerg. eff. April 10, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-305.2. Definitions.

The term "municipality" as used herein shall include any county, school district, city or town, and the term "governing board" shall include the board of county commissioners of a county, the board of education or district board of any school district, the city council of a city, and the board of trustees of a town.
Added by Laws 1969, c. 310, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 1969.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-306. Compromise and settlement of amount due under certain bonds and warrants and charged against property.

The holder of any matured and unpaid street improvement bonds or warrants, or district sanitary sewer, or storm sewer, or sidewalk warrants, issued by any municipal corporation of this state, whether such bond or warrant be unpaid in part or in whole, together with the owner of any property which is or shall be charged with a lien for the payment of any such matured and unpaid bond or warrant, in whole or in part, by virtue of the act or acts under which such bond or warrant may have been issued, and together with the mayor and city council of the issuing municipality are hereby authorized to enter into a compromise and settlement of the amount due thereon and charged against any such property.
Laws 1937, p. 157, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-306a. Form and contents of compromise settlement.

Such compromise settlement shall be in writing and shall prescribe the bond or bonds, or warrant or warrants involved, the date of issuance and maturity thereof; and the ordinance under which the same were issued; it shall also describe the property sought to be discharged and shall specify the total consideration for such settlement and the proportions of the same which the bondholder or warrant holder and the municipality shall each receive. It shall be executed by such bondholder or warrant holder, the property owner and the mayor of such municipality and shall be approved by resolution of the city council of such municipality.
Laws 1937, p. 157, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-306b. Judicial approval of compromise settlement - Release and discharge of property.

When any such compromise settlement shall have been duly executed by the parties and approved by the city council of such municipality, the same shall be presented to the district court of the county wherein the property sought to be discharged is situated upon the petition of the parties, which petition shall recite the facts and circumstances of the proposed compromise settlement and pray the confirmation of the same by said court and an order discharging the property from the lien securing the payment of such matured and unpaid street improvement bond, or warrant, or district sanitary sewer, or storm sewer, or sidewalk warrant. At any time after the filing of such petition the parties may present the same to said court and the court upon presentation shall examine the same and if the court shall find that said proposed compromise settlement is a fair adjustment of the rights and interests of the parties and the consideration for the same adequate and properly proportioned, an order shall be entered confirming said compromise settlement and discharging and releasing the property involved of and from any charge or lien of any special tax assessed for the purpose of paying such matured and unpaid bond or warrant; and, said court shall, at the time of entering of said order, cause to be endorsed upon such bond or bonds, or warrant or warrants, a statement showing the discharge and release of such property.
Laws 1937, p. 157, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-306c. Notation of discharge and release of property.

The county treasurer shall, upon presentation of a certified copy of any order entered in accordance with Section 3 hereof, thereupon enter upon the tax rolls of said county wherein any such special assessment shall appear a notation showing that the same has been discharged and released by virtue of such compromise settlement and order of the district court thereon.
Laws 1937, p. 158, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-306d. Cancellation of special assessment and lien of assessment or warrant.

In any case where the owner of any property which is or shall be charged with a lien for the payment of any such matured and unpaid special assessment, district sanitary sewer, storm sewer, or sidewalk warrant, is the owner and holder of any such warrant, he may upon surrendering the same to the county treasurer of the county wherein any such special assessment shall appear, have such special assessment and the lien thereof canceled, and such treasurer shall make a notation upon the tax rolls showing that such special assessment has been discharged and released and shall cancel such warrant and file the same in his office.
Laws 1937, p. 158, § 5.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-306e. Cancellation of special assessment and lien of bond, warrant or tax bill.

In any case where the owner of any property which is or shall be charged with a lien for the payment of any such matured and unpaid special assessment street improvement bond or special assessment warrant or tax bill, is the owner and holder of any such bond or portion of bond or special assessment warrant or tax bill, he may upon surrendering the same to the city clerk of the municipality wherein such special assessment shall appear, have such special assessment and lien thereof canceled and such city clerk shall make an endorsement upon the bond or special assessment warrant or tax bill and such city clerk shall make a notation upon the special assessment tax rolls showing that such special assessment has been discharged and released and shall cancel such bond and file the same in his office.
Laws 1937, p. 158, § 6.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-310.1a. Acknowledgment of delivery of merchandise - Approval of payment.

The officer, deputy or employee receiving satisfactory delivery of merchandise shall acknowledge such fact by signing the invoice or delivery ticket and no purchase order shall be approved for payment by the governing board unless the required signed invoices or delivery tickets are attached thereto.
Laws 1977, c. 75, § 2, operative July 1, 1977.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-310.2. Record of appropriations - Charges - Approval of claims - indebtedness in excess of appropriation - Authority to incur indebtedness.

The clerk of each county or encumbering officer of the municipality shall keep a record in such form as prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector in which shall be kept an exact account of each appropriation as made by the county excise board as departmentalized for each department of government or as made by the municipal governing body as authorized by law. The amount and purpose of each purchase order or contract shall be charged against the appropriation as made by the excise board or governing body at the time purchase is made or contract let and the balance in the appropriation account after such charges are deducted shall constitute the unencumbered balance available. No purchase order shall be paid until approved by the officer, board or commission having charge of the office or department for which the appropriation is available and from which such payment is proposed to be made, provided that no indebtedness for any purpose shall be incurred in excess of the appropriation for that purpose and provided that the county and municipal officers referred to herein are made responsible on their official bond for any and all indebtedness incurred by them. Each county or municipal officer in charge of a department or appropriation account shall be allowed to incur indebtedness against all appropriations within his department under the regulations as provided for herein, except when otherwise provided by law; and provided further, that only those municipal officers and employees designated by the governing board shall have authority to obligate the municipality.
Laws 1947, p. 391, § 2; Laws 1977, c. 75, § 5, operative July 1, 1977; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 97, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1980, c. 126, § 4, emerg. eff. April 10, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-310.3. Removal from office for exceeding appropriation.

Any county or municipal officer who in his capacity as an officer or as or through a purchasing officer shall incur or cause to be incurred any indebtedness, purchase order or obligation for any purpose or for any account in excess of the appropriation available therefor shall forfeit and be removed from office in the manner provided by law for willful maladministration.
Laws 1947, p. 391, § 3; Laws 1977, c. 75, § 6, operative July 1, 1977.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-310.4. Unexpended balances of fiscal year available until September 30th - Notice to present claims.

All unencumbered balances, if any, as shown by the officer charged with keeping the appropriation and expenditure records of the county, city, or town on hand at the close of day June 30, may remain as a credit for said fiscal year up to the close of day September 30, next. Said officer charged with keeping the appropriation and expenditure records of the county, city, or town shall at any time during the month of July advertise in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and shall cause to be published for two (2) consecutive times if in a daily newspaper and once if in a weekly newspaper, notice in the following form:
PUBLIC NOTICE
All persons having an indebtedness or claim against ________
_________________________________________________________________
County, City, or Town
are hereby notified that all invoices and documentation pertaining to said purchase order or contract must be recorded in the office of _____________ Clerk on or before September 30, 20___, covering all debts now unpaid and incurred during the period beginning on July 1, 20___, and ending on June 30, 20___, or said account shall be void and forever barred.
_____________________________________
Clerk or Encumbering Officer
Provided this act shall not be so construed to allow the incurring of a new indebtedness after June 30 chargeable to the appropriation account of the immediately preceding fiscal year.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 391, § 4, emerg. eff. May 21, 1947. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 75, § 7, operative July 1, 1977; Laws 1993 c. 318, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 2004, c. 361, § 3, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-310.5. Surplus for unencumbered balances - Supplemental appropriations - Cancellation of appropriations.

Provided all fund balance reserved for unencumbered balances of appropriations for the prior fiscal year on hand at the close of day September 30, may be appropriated by supplemental appropriation to current expense purposes in the current fiscal year in the manner now provided by law. In the event of the recording of an estimated encumbrance or in the event of an increase in the cost price of supplies, equipment, materials, etc., these underestimations may be provided for during the three-months period by the cancellation of appropriations made by the county excise board prior to June 30, subject to the approval both of the governing board and the officer in charge of the department or appropriation account only in instances as hereinabove set forth and only in amounts sufficient to pay such increased encumbrances, and by reappropriation to the appropriation accounts in which an underestimate encumbrance was made, all in the manner as now provided by law for the making of supplemental appropriations.
Amended by Laws 1988, c. 90, § 3, operative July 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-310.6. Rules and regulations.

For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act and for its proper administration, the State Auditor and Inspector is hereby empowered to promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary but not inconsistent herewith, and he shall prescribe all forms of records, required under the provisions hereof.
Laws 1947, p. 392, § 6; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 98, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.