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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1104D. Increase in benefits for certain judges.

Any justice or judge or surviving spouse of a deceased justice or judge who, on September 30, 1982, is receiving benefits from The Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges shall be entitled to receive an increase of ten percent (10%) of such benefits beginning October 1, 1982.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 316, § 5, eff. July 1, 1981. Renumbered from Title 74, § 930.2 and amended by Laws 1982, c. 360, §§ 3, 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1104E. Increase in retirement benefits.

Every person receiving retirement benefits from the System as of June 30, 1993, shall receive on July 1, 1994, an increase in retirement benefits to be computed as follows:
1. Multiply Seven Hundred Eighty Dollars ($780.00) by four percent (4%);
2. Multiply the sum of paragraph 1 by the number of years of credited service of the member;
3. Divide the sum of paragraph 2 by twelve (12) and this shall be the increase in the monthly retirement benefit;
4. This increase shall be adjusted to reflect any options selected by the member at the time of retirement.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 335, § 8, emerg. eff. July 30, 1985. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 340, § 20, eff. July 1, 1990; Laws 1994, c. 383, § 5, eff. July 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1104F. Benefit increase.

Any person receiving benefits from the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges as of June 30, 1999, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2000, shall receive a three percent (3%) increase in said benefits on July 1, 2000.
Added by Laws 2000, c. 377, § 4, eff. July 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1104G. Increase in benefits - Amount.

Any person receiving benefits from the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges as of June 30, 2001, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2002, shall receive a five percent (5%) increase in said benefits on July 1, 2002.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 394, § 3, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1104H. Uniform Retirement System for Justices - Increase in benefits.

Any person receiving benefits from the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges as of June 30, 2003, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2004, shall receive a four-percent increase in said benefits beginning in July 2004.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 536, § 11, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1104I. Increase in benefits - July 1, 2006.

Any person receiving benefits from the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges as of June 30, 2005, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2006, shall receive a four-percent increase in said benefits beginning in July 2006.
Added by Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 46, § 7, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1104J. Increase in benefits - July 1, 2008 - Offset.

Any person receiving benefits from the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges as of June 30, 2007, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2008, shall receive a four-percent increase in said benefits beginning in July 2008.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 415, § 3, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1104K. Increase in benefits – July 1, 2020 - Offset.

Any person receiving benefits from the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges as of June 30, 2019, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2020, shall receive an increase in benefits as follows:
1. Zero percent (0%) if the person has been retired for less than two (2) years as of July 1, 2020;
2. Two percent (2%) if the person has been retired for at least two (2) years but less than five (5) years as of July 1, 2020; and
3. Four percent (4%) if the person has been retired for five (5) years or more as of July 1, 2020.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 121, § 4, eff. July 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1105. Office of State Supernumerary Judges abolished - Retirement of Justices or Judges.

From and after January 13, 1969, former supernumerary judges shall become and be known as retired Justices or judges, as the case may be. They shall receive as retirement compensation, an amount equal to the benefits received by them before that date, payable monthly by the Judicial Retirement System. A former supernumerary Justice or judge who stands assigned by the Supreme Court to active judicial service duty shall receive as his annual retirement compensation, an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($17,500.00) payable monthly, for so long as he continues in full-time active duty under such assignment.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 128, § 5. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 138, § 1, operative July 1, 1976.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1107. Assignment of certain retired Justices and judges to judicial duties.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary as set forth in Senate Bill No. 494, of the Second Session of the Thirty-first Oklahoma Legislature, Justices or judges holding a supernumerary status, prior to the enactment of said Senate Bill No. 494, may, upon written application to the Court Administrator, be assigned judicial duties by the Supreme Court.
Any judge or Justice retired under the provisions of said Senate Bill No. 494 may, upon written application to the Court Administrator, be assigned judicial duties by the Supreme Court. Provided, such application for assignment or the actual assignment for judicial duty shall not constitute the creation of a public office under the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 315, § 1, emerg. eff. May 9, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1108A. Claims for payment of death benefit, unpaid accumulated contributions or final monthly benefit - Limitation.

All claims for payment of the death benefit, unpaid accumulated contributions of a deceased member or the final monthly benefit must be made within three (3) years of the date of death of the member. If no claim is made within three (3) years, payment of these monies shall no longer be due and all such monies shall be forfeited to the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges in the State Judicial Retirement Fund.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 322, § 10, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1109. "Justice or judge" to include Administrative Director of the Courts.

The term "Justice or judge," as used in connection with judicial retirement, shall include the Administrative Director of the Courts. The person holding that constitutional office at the effective date of this act may secure credit for his prior years of service with the judiciary by paying, within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this act, the amount of contributions he would have paid to the Judicial Retirement System had he been a member thereof since January 13, 1969. He shall not participate in any other state retirement system but may withdraw all his contributions paid to the general employees retirement system.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 247, § 4, emerg. eff. May 23, 1974.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1110. Termination of plan.

(1) In the event a plan of the Retirement System is terminated or in the event of complete discontinuation of contributions or is partially terminated, the right of all participants or in the event of partial termination the rights of the affected participants, whether retired or otherwise, shall become fully vested.
(2) In the event of termination of the plan, the board of trustees shall distribute the net assets of the fund, allowing a period of not less than six (6) nor more than nine (9) months for dissolution of disability claims, as follows:
(a) First, accumulated contributions shall be allocated to each respective participant, former participant, retired member, joint annuitant or beneficiary then receiving payments. If these assets are insufficient for this purpose, they shall be allocated to each such person in the proportion which his accumulated contributions bear to the total of all such participants' accumulated contributions. For purposes of this section, contribution means payment into the System by an employer or employee for the benefit of an individual employee.
(b) The balance of such assets, if any, remaining after making the allocations provided in subparagraph (a) of this section shall be disposed of by allocating to each person then having an interest in the fund the excess of his retirement income under the plan less the retirement income which is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the amount allocated to him under subparagraph (a) of this section. Such allocation shall be made with the full amount of the remaining assets to be allocated to the persons in each group in the following order of precedence:
(i) those retired members, joint annuitants or beneficiaries receiving benefits,
(ii) those members eligible to retire,
(iii) those members eligible for early retirement,
(iv) former participants electing to receive a vested benefit, and
(v) all other members.
In the event the balance of the fund remaining after all allocations have been made with respect to all retirement income in a preceding group is insufficient to allocate the full actuarial equivalent of such retirement income to all persons in the group for which it is then being applied, such balance of the fund shall be allocated to each person in such group in the proportion which the actuarial equivalent of the retirement income allocable to him pursuant to such group bears to the total actuarial equivalent of the retirement income so allocable to all persons in such group.
Provided no discrimination in value results, the board of trustees shall distribute the amounts so allocated in one of the following manners as the board of trustees in their discretion may determine:
(i) by continuing payment of benefits as they become due, or
(ii) by paying, in cash, the amount allocated to any such person.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 279, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1978. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 255, § 5, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1201. Establishment - Free use.

A. A county law library may be established in each county of this state. Law libraries in counties having a population of less than three hundred thousand (300,000) shall be established and operated in accordance with rules adopted by the Supreme Court. Law libraries in counties having a population of three hundred thousand (300,000) or more shall be established and operated in accordance with Section 1202 et seq. of this title.
B. County law libraries shall be open to the judges of the state, to state officials, to all the judges of the district, to all county officials, to the members of the Bar, and to the inhabitants of the county, free of charge under proper regulation provided, the Administrative Director of the Courts with approval of the Chief Justice shall establish uniform reasonable charges for the use of services and equipment, including, but not limited to, computer-assisted research, computers, facsimile machines, copiers, and telephone lines.
Added by Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 27, § 2, emerg. eff. Dec. 16, 1936. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 1. Renumbered from § 812 of Title 19 by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 286, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1202. Quarterly transfer of money to Law Library Fund - Purchases - Branch libraries.

A. 1. Unless the board of law library trustees in a county having a population of three hundred thousand (300,000) or more shall direct that no disbursement be made or that a lesser amount than provided in this section be transferred, the court clerk, within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter, shall transfer to the Law Library Fund the funds collected for credit to the Law Library Fund pursuant to Sections 152 and 153 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
2. In counties having a population of less than three hundred thousand (300,000), monies which are deposited into the county Law Library Fund shall be transferred on a quarterly basis to the Law Library Revolving Fund established under the authority of the Supreme Court.
B. Monies in the Law Library Fund may be expended for the purchase of books, periodicals, and other related materials and legal research services and for the establishment and maintenance of law libraries.
C. A law library may be established at the county seat of a county at a suitable place provided by the county commissioners of the county. The county commissioners may additionally provide a place designated by the board of law library trustees in counties having a population of three hundred thousand (300,000) or more or by the Supreme Court in all other counties elsewhere in the county than the county seat and there establish a branch library of the law library. The law library and any branch law library shall be governed and controlled and funds expended by the board of trustees or by the Supreme Court as provided by law.
Added by Laws 1936, p. 27, § 3, emerg. eff. Dec. 15, 1936. Renumbered from § 813 of Title 19 by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 95, § 1, operative April 1, 1972; Laws 1974, c. 126, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1974; Laws 1975, c. 55, § 10, emerg. eff. April 9, 1975; Laws 1975, c. 293, § 8, emerg. eff. June 5, 1975; Laws 1976, c. 253, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1976; Laws 1979, c. 112, § 1, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 242, § 2, operative July 1, 1981; Laws 1983, c. 273, § 6, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1990, c. 109, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1995, c. 286, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1203. Law Library Fund - Use.

All money collected for credit to the Law Library Fund shall be paid by the court clerk to the county treasurer. The money shall be kept in a separate account to be known as the "Law Library Fund". It shall be treated as a continuing fund. It shall neither be diverted to any other account nor be used for any purpose other than those specified in Section 1202 of this title.
Added by Laws 1972, c. 95, § 2, operative April 1, 1972. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 286, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1204. Board of Law Library Trustees.

The management of said library shall be under a board of law library Trustees, consisting of five (5) members, to be chosen in the manner hereinafter provided, to-wit:
(a) In counties having two or more district judges, two district judges of the county, who shall be selected by the district judges of said county, in counties having only one district judge, such district judge and the associate district judge of the county.
(b) The district attorney for the district that includes the county in which the law library is located, or an assistant district attorney who is designated by the district attorney.
(c) Two members of the county bar association who shall be chosen by the members thereof.
The present members of the board of law library trustees shall remain in office until the expiration of their terms of office.
Added by Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 28, § 5, emerg. eff. Dec. 15, 1936. Renumbered from Title 19, § 815 by Laws 1968, c. 138, §2. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1205. Officers of Board of Law Library Trustees.

The officers of said board of law library Trustees shall consist of a president and secretary, who shall be elected by members of the board.
Added by Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 28, § 6, emerg. eff. Dec. 15, 1936. Renumbered from Title 19, § 816 by Laws 1968, c. 138, §10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1206. Terms of trustees.

The four elective members of said board of trustees shall hold office for two (2) years, except the members of the first board, who shall be divided into two classes, with two trustees in each class, one class holding office for one (1) year and the other class holding office for two (2) years.
Immediately after the selection and election of said trustees they shall be divided into said classes by lot.
Added by Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 28, § 7, emerg. eff. Dec. 15, 1936. Renumbered from Title 19, § 817 by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1207. Trustees - Honorary office.

The office of trustee shall be honorary, without salary or other compensation.
Added by Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 28, § 8, emerg. eff. Dec. 15, 1936. Renumbered from Title 19, § 818 by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1208. Powers of Board of Law Library Trustees.

Such board of trustees, by a majority vote of all their members, shall have power:
First: To make and enforce all rules, regulations and bylaws necessary for the administration, government and protection of such library, and all property belonging thereto, or that may be loaned, devised, bequeathed or donated to the same.
Second: To remove any trustee for just cause, and fill all vacancies that may from any cause occur on the board.
Third: To define the powers and prescribe the duties of its officers, and to provide for the time and manner of their selection. Fourth: To elect all necessary subordinate officers, including a librarian and such assistants as may be necessary, and to prescribe their duties and fix the salary of same, and at their pleasure remove any such officer or assistant.
Fifth: To purchase books, journals, publications, and other personal property, the title to which shall be in the county.
Sixth: To order the drawing and payment, upon properly authenticated vouchers, duly certified by the president and secretary, of money from the Law Library Fund, for any liability or expenditure herein authorized, and generally to do all that may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 28, § 9, emerg. eff. Dec. 15, 1936. Renumbered from Title 19, § 819 by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1209. Claims, orders and demands - Filing - Payment - Contracts - Limitation.

The claims, orders and demands of the trustees of any such law library when duly made and authenticated as above provided shall be filed with the county clerk and considered and disposed of by the treasurer of such county out of the library fund, of which full entry and record shall be kept as in other cases. Provided that no contracts shall be entered into for any fiscal year in excess of the amount received the preceding fiscal year from such fund and such surplus as may remain on hand for such preceding year. Provided further that in order to determine said amount or limitation during the first year that this act is made operative in any county the amount to be contracted for shall not exceed the fund or amount which would have been raised under this act had it been in operation the year preceding the time it becomes effective.
Added by Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 29, § 10, emerg. eff. Dec. 15, 1936. Renumbered from Title 19, § 819, by Laws 1968, c. 138, §10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1210. Reports - Filing.

The board of trustees, on August 1 of each year, shall prepare the following reports, a copy of which shall be filed with the Administrative Director of the Courts:
1. A financial report showing the receipts and disbursements of money and the total amount in the fund at the end of the fiscal year, such report to be made on a form prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector; and
2. An inventory report of all property, number of books, periodicals, and other publications on hand, the number added by purchase, gift or otherwise during the year, the number lost or missing, and such other information as is requested by the Administrative Director of the Courts.
The Administrative Director of the Courts may require additional reports when deemed necessary in the discharge of the Administrative Director of the Courts duties.
Added by Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 29, § 11, emerg. eff. Dec. 15, 1936. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 3. Renumbered from Title 19, § 821 by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 68, § 1, emerg. eff. March 28, 1972; Laws 1979, c. 112, § 2, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 1989, c. 353, § 14; Laws 2003, c. 184, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1211. Meetings of board of law library trustees.

The board of trustees shall meet once each month and at such other times as they may appoint, at a place to be appointed for that purpose. A majority of all their number shall constitute a quorum for business.
Added by Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 29, § 12, emerg. eff. Dec. 15, 1936. Renumbered from § 822 of Title 19 by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 112, § 3, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 1999, c. 90, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1213. Acceptance of Act by resolution - Discontinuance.

In order for this act and the provisions thereof to apply and to be put in force and effect in any county, it shall be necessary for the governing board of the court fund of such county to adopt a resolution to that effect; and when such resolution shall be adopted, this act shall be in full force and effect as to such county, provided that the board of library trustees of such county created by this act is hereby empowered at its discretion to discontinue the operation of this act in said county.
Added by Laws 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 29, § 14, emerg. eff. Dec. 15, 1936. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 4. Renumbered from Title 19, § 824 by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1215. Transfer of monies to court fund for purchases and maintenance.

The board of law library trustees of any county law library in the State of Oklahoma, by a majority vote, is hereby authorized to transfer to the court fund of such county, from time to time, such unallocated monies in the law library fund of the county as may be deemed unnecessary by said board for the purchase of law books and periodicals for said library, and for the proper maintenance thereof. The provisions of this act shall not apply to counties having a population in excess of one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) according to the last preceding Federal Census.
Added by Laws 1943, p. 80, § 1, emerg. eff. March 22, 1943. Renumbered from Title 19, § 826 by Laws 1968, c. 138, §10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1219. Photographic or chemical reproduction apparatus - Rules.

The board of law library trustees, in addition to the duties and authority now provided by law may acquire photographic or chemical reproduction apparatus for use in conjunction with the service now furnished the public in said law library. They are given the right to make rules consistent herewith for the operation of said apparatus, and said law library.
Added by Laws 1957, p. 127, § 2. Renumbered from Title 19, §830 by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1220. Counties in excess of 300,000 population - National Association of Law Librarians - Dues - Conventions.

In all counties of this state having a population in excess of three hundred thousand (300,000) according to the 1960 Federal Decennial Census or any subsequent Federal Decennial Census, the board of law library trustees in any county establishing a county law library, in addition to the duties and authority now provided by law, are hereby authorized, from the funds in its hands, to pay the annual dues of the librarian in the National Association of Law Librarians, and in addition thereto, the necessary expenses of such librarian in attending the annual conventions of such National Association of Law Librarians.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 188, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963. Renumbered from Title 19, § 831 by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1221. Court clerk as custodian - Duties.

Unless otherwise provided by the board of trustees, the court clerk shall serve as custodian of the county law library. He shall make and maintain in his office a complete inventory of all the books, periodicals and other property of the law library; he shall make such reports as are required by the board of trustees and the Administrative Director of the Courts; and he shall service the volumes of the county law library with current pocket parts and supplements.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 138, § 5.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1224. Transfer of surplus funds from Law Library Fund.

On August 1 each year the board of trustees shall transmit to the Supreme Court for deposit in the State Judicial Revolving Fund all funds on deposit in the law library fund in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the income to such Fund during the preceding fiscal year, the existing surplus on hand on the effective date of this act being excluded.
Added by 1975, c. 55, § 11, emerg. eff. April 9, 1975. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 112, § 4, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 2004, c. 443, § 4, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1225. Enforcement of provisions.

The State Auditor and Inspector shall enforce all of the provisions of this act and report any violations thereof to the Chief Justice, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House.
Added by 1975, c. 55, § 12, emerg. eff. April 9, 1975. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 85, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1226. Amount of transfers to fund specified.

A. At the request of the board of trustees of the law library in a county having a population of three hundred thousand (300,000) or more, the presiding judge of an administrative district, with the approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, shall be authorized to transfer up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per fiscal year from the court fund of the county in which the law library is located to the Law Library Fund of that county.
B. In counties having a population of less than three hundred thousand (300,000), the court fund of the county in which a law library is located shall annually transfer to the Law Library Revolving Fund the following amounts:
1. In counties having a population of less than ten thousand (10,000), the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00); and
2. In counties having a population of ten thousand (10,000) or more, but less than thirty thousand (30,000), the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00); and
3. In counties having a population of thirty thousand (30,000) or more, but less than three hundred thousand (300,000), the sum of Nine Thousand Dollars ($9,000.00).
Added by Laws 1975, c. 293, § 9, emerg. eff. June 5, 1975. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 105, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1977; Laws 1979, c. 113, § 1, operative July 1, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 242, § 3, operative July 1, 1981; Laws 1995, c. 286, § 5, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1227. Law Library Revolving Fund - Authorized expenditures.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Supreme Court to be designated the "Law Library Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies collected by the clerks of the district court for law libraries as prescribed by law, the sales of any law library books or equipment, charges for services, gifts, grants, private donations, and federal funding. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Supreme Court upon approval of the Chief Justice for:
1. The payment of charges due and owing by county law libraries at the time this statute is enacted;
2. The purchase of books, journals, publications, computer-assisted research devices and services, computer equipment and maintenance, communication charges, and other necessary equipment, services, and fixtures;
3. The payment of the salaries and benefits of personnel to administer the law libraries and assist in the purchase, sale, and inventory of books and equipment and the payment of all bills due and owing by county law libraries. Without regard for the county in which bills were incurred or monies accrued, all monies received in the fund shall be combined and all bills paid from this fund;
4. The payment of incidental expenses as established in rules promulgated by the Supreme Court;
5. The payment of expenses occurring as the result of a natural disaster, accident, or equipment malfunction which is not reasonably foreseeable;
6. No initial orders or renewals for printed materials not previously on subscription may be placed after July 1, 1997; and
7. On or before August 1, 1997, the Administrative Director of the Courts shall solicit proposals for electronic research services to be provided to county law libraries if funds are available. Such proposals shall provide both compact disc and Internet access capabilities.
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.
B. Until June 30, 2021, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall, at the request of the Administrative Director of the Courts, transfer any monies from the Law Library Revolving Fund to the Supreme Court Administrative Revolving Fund or the Interagency Reimbursement Fund as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals and district courts by law.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 286, § 14, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 400, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 78; Laws 2015, c. 343, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 249, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 2016; Laws 2017, c. 12, § 1, emerg. eff. April 6, 2017; Laws 2020, c. 110, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1301. Deposit of fees, fines, costs and forfeitures - Bond.

All fees, fines, costs and forfeitures shall, when collected by the court clerk, be deposited in a fund in the county treasury designated "The Court Fund", and shall be used, from year to year, in defraying the expenses of holding court in said county. The county treasurer shall act as an agent of the state in the care and handling of the Court Fund, but the treasurer's bond shall cover the treasurer's obligations in regard to this fund.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1968. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 227, § 2, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1302. Governing board of Court Fund.

The governing board of the Court Fund created by Section 1 of this act shall be a district judge, an associate district judge and the clerk of the court of the county where the fund is established. If there is more than one district judge in the judicial district, the district judge shall be the judge who resides in that county. If no district judge resides in that county, it shall be the judge who was nominated from that county. If several judges were nominated from or reside in that county, it shall be the one selected by all district judges in the judicial district. The associate district judge shall be the associate district judge elected from the county. If there are several such judges, it shall be the one selected by all such associate district judges. The membership of the governing board shall remain as presently constituted by law until January 13, 1969, and the provisions of this section shall become effective January 13, 1969.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 2, emerg. eff. May 17, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1304A. Publication of court dockets in certain counties - Payment of expenses.

In each county with a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, the chief judge of the district court may, with the concurrence of the majority of the district judges regularly serving in the county, authorize the publication of court dockets in a daily newspaper designated by order of such judges, which newspaper is qualified by law to publish legal notices. The cost of such service shall be paid for by the court clerk out of the court fund on a monthly basis. It shall be computed by multiplying the number of all civil cases filed during the preceding month, save and except small claims suits and juvenile, mental health, habeas corpus and paternity proceedings, by the sum of Three Dollars ($3.00). The amount so computed shall be paid to the designated newspaper publisher upon a verified claim presented to the court clerk. The newspaper designated under the provisions of this act shall publish daily a docket that shall include jury, nonjury, motion and demurrer, criminal and civil dockets as well as all such other proceedings of the district court sitting in the county as the chief judge, with a concurrence of the majority of the district judges regularly serving in the county, may order.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 114, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1974.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1305. Quarters for special judges.

No charge shall be made by any city or town in the state for the use of municipally-owned quarters by a special judge. A majority of the governing board of the court fund may authorize the use of money from the court fund to rent privately-owned quarters for special judges in counties of over three hundred thousand (300,000) according to the latest Federal Census.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 5, emerg. eff. May 17, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1307. Report of receipts, expenses and transfers.

A. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each quarter of every fiscal year, the court clerk of each county shall report to the Administrative Director of the Courts, in the manner prescribed by law for the reporting of information by agencies to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services pursuant to the Oklahoma State Finance Act, the:
1. Gross receipts to the court fund during the preceding quarter;
2. Total amount of expenses paid during the preceding quarter, including, but not limited to, bond and interest expense and payments to the county general fund; and
3. Total amount of money transferred or to be transferred to the State Judicial Revolving Fund for the entire past fiscal year as set forth in Section 1308 of this title.
B. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall subsequently report the information required by subparagraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A of this section within ten (10) days after receipt of the information to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in a manner consistent with the policies and procedures of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for reporting by state agencies pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma State Finance Act.
C. The information required by this section for reporting by court clerks pursuant to subsection A of this section and for reporting by the Administrative Director of the Courts pursuant to subsection B of this section shall be in a form that separates fines, fees, forfeitures and other sources of revenue. The information shall also indicate the amount of receipts used for local court expenses and the amount deposited into the State Judicial Revolving Fund.
D. A ceiling on the amount of local court funds to be allocated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the local court budgets shall be established in the annual appropriation to the courts.
E. Not later than December 1 and February 1 of each year, the Administrative Director of the Courts shall provide an estimate of the amount of funds to accrue to the State Judicial Revolving Fund in the subsequent fiscal year.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 7, emerg. eff. May 17, 1968. Amended by Laws 1973, c. 236, § 11, emerg. eff. May 24, 1973; Laws 1975, c. 55, § 7, emerg. eff. April 9, 1975; Laws 1978, c. 212, § 14, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 1991, c. 238, § 28, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 303, § 24, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 225, § 5, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 193, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 339, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 323, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1998; Laws 2002, c. 390, § 7, emerg. eff. June 4, 2002; Laws 2004, c. 443, § 5, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 80.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1308. Deposits in State Judicial Retirement Fund and State Judicial Fund.

Clerks in counties having a population of less than seventy thousand (70,000) must transmit each quarter for deposit in the State Judicial Revolving Fund the amount by which the receipts deposited in the court fund for the quarter, including the interest earned on the court fund, exceeds the expenses for the quarter, provided the court clerk shall retain from the excess amount a sum equal to twenty percent (20%) of the expenses for the quarter. Clerks in counties having a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or more shall transmit each month for deposit in the State Judicial Revolving Fund the amount by which the receipts deposited in the court fund for the reporting period for the report required by Section 1307 of this title, including interest earned on the court fund, exceeds the expenses for the reporting period, provided the clerk shall retain from the excess amount a sum equal to twenty percent (20%) of the expenses for the reporting period. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year, the court clerk, in addition to the other amounts due hereunder, shall transmit to the Supreme Court for deposit in the State Judicial Revolving Fund an amount equal to the gross receipts for the entire past fiscal year less the total amount of expenses, as defined in subsection A of Section 1307 of this title, and less the transfers made for the past fiscal year.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 9, emerg. eff. April 7, 1968. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 153, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1970; Laws 1973, c. 236, § 12, emerg. eff. May 24, 1973; Laws 1975, c. 55, § 8, emerg. eff. April 9, 1975; Laws 1978, c. 212, § 15, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 1980, c. 160, § 1, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1991, c. 286, § 17, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 303, § 26, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 225, § 6, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 193, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 323, § 3, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 2, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1998; Laws 1998, c. 51, § 14, emerg. eff. April 2, 1998; Laws 2004, c. 443, § 6, eff. July 1, 2004.
NOTE: Laws 1991, c. 238, § 29 repealed by Laws 1992, c. 303, § 31, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1309. Time allowed for transfer of remittances to proper fund.

All remittances transmitted to the Supreme Court for deposit to the State Judicial Revolving Fund and to the State Judicial Retirement Fund shall be placed by the Administrative Director of the Courts in a clearing account and thence transferred to the proper fund after refunds directed by the State Auditor and Inspector have been effected or thirty (30) days of receipt, whichever is the shorter period of time.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 128, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 1975. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 212, § 16, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 86, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1994, c. 225, § 7, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 323, § 4, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 257, § 21, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 443, § 7, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1310.1. Supreme Court Revolving Fund - Creation.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Supreme Court, to be designated the "Supreme Court Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of monies appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes specified in this section and fees collected pursuant to Sections 72, 73.5, 1506 and 1707 of this title and paragraph 2 of subsection E of Section 152 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Supreme Court for refunds to bondsmen and for the purpose of paying expenses authorized by Section 1809 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Sections 103.1, 1311, 1507, 1660 and 1707 of this title, Sections 562 and 1355.13A of Title 22 and paragraph 2 of subsection E of Section 152 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and to make any other expenditures determined by the Supreme Court to be necessary due to unforeseen emergencies impacting the operation of state courts, as well as recurring and nonrecurring expenditures to perform the duties imposed upon the Supreme Court or Court of Civil Appeals by law. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
B. Until June 30, 2021, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall, at the request of the Administrative Director of the Courts, transfer any monies from the Supreme Court Revolving Fund to the Supreme Court Administrative Revolving Fund or the Interagency Reimbursement Fund as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals and district courts by law.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 225, § 9, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 383, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1998; Laws 1998, c. 418, § 69, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2003, c. 5, § 1, emerg. eff. March 28, 2003; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 81; Laws 2015, c. 343, § 2, emerg. eff. June 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 249, § 2, emerg. eff. May 5, 2016; Laws 2017, c. 12, § 2, emerg. eff. April 6, 2017; Laws 2019, c. 354, § 5, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2020, c. 110, § 2, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1310.2. State Judicial Revolving Fund.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Supreme Court to be designated the "State Judicial Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all receipts designated for deposit thereto pursuant to law and monies appropriated by the Legislature for deposit thereto. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted by the Supreme Court as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals and district courts by law. The Administrative Director of the Courts, with the approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, is authorized to use the amounts deposited in the State Judicial Revolving Fund for any lawful purpose including but not limited to payment of recurring and nonrecurring administrative and operating expenses for the Supreme Court and the district courts subject to the ceilings established in the annual appropriations to the Supreme Court and the district courts. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or the Administrative Director of the Courts acting at the direction of the Chief Justice, shall determine the allocation of funds and expenditures between or among the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, and district courts. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. The Supreme Court is hereby authorized to transfer funds from the State Judicial Revolving Fund to the district courts for duties imposed by law.
B. Until June 30, 2021, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall, at the request of the Administrative Director of the Courts, transfer any monies from the State Judicial Revolving Fund to the Supreme Court Administrative Revolving Fund as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals and district courts by law.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 443, § 9, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 307, § 1; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 82; Laws 2015, c. 343, § 3, emerg. eff. June 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 249, § 3, emerg. eff. May 5, 2016; Laws 2017, c. 12, § 3, emerg. eff. April 6, 2017; Laws 2020, c. 110, § 3, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1310.3. Supreme Court Administrative Revolving Fund.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Supreme Court to be designated as the "Supreme Court Administrative Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies transferred by the Supreme Court in any given fiscal year or years. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and shall be budgeted and expended by the Supreme Court as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals and district courts by law. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
B. Until June 30, 2021, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall, at the request of the Administrative Director of the Courts, transfer any monies from the Supreme Court Administrative Revolving Fund to the Interagency Reimbursement Fund as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals and district courts by law.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 233, § 7, eff. July 1, 2008. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 83; Laws 2015, c. 343, § 4, emerg. eff. June 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 249, § 4, emerg. eff. May 5, 2016; Laws 2017, c. 12, § 4, emerg. eff. April 6, 2017; Laws 2020, c. 110, § 4, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1311. Transfer of funds for jury trials.

When the court fund in any county becomes so exhausted that it appears that a party cannot procure an immediate trial by jury, the Administrative Director of the Courts upon the request of the presiding judge of the judicial administrative district and upon the approval by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, shall transfer from the Supreme Court Revolving Fund to the court fund of said county an amount that will be sufficient to permit an immediate jury trial of all cases that are triable by a jury and that are ready for trial.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 12, emerg. eff. May 17, 1968. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 225, § 10, eff. July 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1312. Audit of court fund and law library fund.

The court fund of the district court as well as the law library fund in every county of this state shall be audited at least once every two (2) fiscal years by the State Auditor and Inspector or by his duly appointed deputy or deputies and all of the books, records and accounts thereof shall be thoroughly inspected.
A copy of the audit report for each local court fund and each law library fund shall be filed by the State Auditor and Inspector with the following officers not later than the first day of July commencing July 1, 1972: Administrative Director of the Courts, Attorney General, Chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees and Director of Finance.
The State Auditor and Inspector shall prescribe the proper forms for both the audit and the financial report required to be filed by the board of law library trustees.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 265, § 1. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 87, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.