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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.30-3. Agreement on contract - Submission to arbitration - Selection of arbitrators.

A. It shall be the obligation of the Rural Fire Protection District, acting through its corporate authorities, to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with the representatives of the full-time firefighters within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice from said bargaining agent requesting a meeting for collective bargaining purposes. The obligation shall include the duty to cause any collective bargaining agreement resulting from negotiations to be reduced to a written agreement, the term of which shall not exceed one (1) year; provided, any such agreement shall continue from year to year and be automatically extended for one-year terms unless written notice of request for bargaining is given by either the Rural Fire Protection District authorities or the bargaining agent of the full-time firefighters at least thirty (30) days before the anniversary date of such negotiated agreement. Within ten (10) days of receipt of such notice by the other party, a conference shall be scheduled for the purposes of collective bargaining, and until a new agreement is reached, the currently existing written agreement shall not expire and shall continue in full force and effect.
B. In the event that the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities are unable, within thirty (30) days from and including the date of the first meeting, to reach an agreement on a contract, any and all unresolved issues shall be submitted to arbitration, upon request of either party.
C. Within five (5) days from the date of the request for arbitration referred to in subsection B of this section, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall each select and name one arbitrator and shall immediately thereafter notify each other in writing of the name and address of the person so selected. The two arbitrators so selected and named shall, within five (5) days from and after the expiration of the five-day period hereinabove mentioned, agree upon and select a third arbitrator. If, on the expiration of the period allowed therefor, the arbitrators are unable to agree upon the selection of a third arbitrator, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to provide a list of five arbitrators. Within five (5) days after receipt of the list of arbitrators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the two arbitrators already selected shall alternately strike the name of one arbitrator from the list of five until one name remains, with the employer making the first strike from the list. The third arbitrator, whether selected as a result of an agreement between the two arbitrators previously selected or selected from the list provided by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, shall act as chairperson of the arbitration board.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 136, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.30-4. Arbitration hearing - Submission of arbitration statement - Evidence - Selection decision.

The arbitration board, acting through its chairperson, shall call a hearing to be held within ten (10) days after the date of the appointment of the chairperson and shall, acting through its chairperson, give at least seven (7) days of notice in writing to each of the other two arbitrators, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities of the time and place of such hearing. At least seven (7) days before the date of the hearing the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall submit to each other and to the arbitration board members a written arbitration statement listing all contract terms which the parties have resolved and all contract issues which are unresolved. Each arbitration statement shall also include a final offer on each unresolved issue. The terms and offers contained in the arbitration statements shall be known collectively as each parties’ last best offer. The hearing shall be informal and the rules of evidence prevailing in judicial proceedings shall not be binding. Any documentary evidence and other data deemed relevant by the arbitrators may be received into evidence. The arbitrators shall have the power to administer oaths and to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of books, records, and other evidence relative or pertinent to the issues presented to them for determination. A hearing shall be concluded within twenty (20) days from the time of commencement. Within seven (7) days after the conclusion of the hearing, a majority of the arbitration board members shall select one of the two last best offers as the contract of the parties. The criteria to be used by the board in determining which offer to select shall be limited to those in Section 6 of this act. The arbitration board may not modify, add to or delete from the last best offer of either party. Written notice of the selection decision shall be mailed or delivered to the employer and the union.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 136, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.30-5. Decision factors - Responsibility for fees and expenses.

A. The arbitrators shall conduct the hearings and render their decision upon the basis of a prompt, peaceful and just settlement of all submitted disputes between the full-time firefighters in a Rural Fire Protection District and the corporate authorities. The factors, among others, to be given weight by the arbitrators in arriving at a decision shall include:
1. Comparison of wage rates, insurance, retirement, other fringe benefits or hourly conditions of employment of the rural fire district in question with prevailing wage rates or hourly conditions of employment of skilled employees of the building trades and industry in the local operating area involved;
2. Comparison of wage rates, insurance, retirement, other fringe benefits or hourly conditions of employment of the rural fire district in question with wage rates or hourly conditions of employment maintained for the same or similar work of employees exhibiting like or similar skills under the same or similar working conditions in the local operating area involved;
3. Comparison of wage rates, insurance, retirement, other fringe benefits or hourly conditions of employment of the rural fire district in question with wage rates or hourly conditions of employment of fire departments in other political subdivisions of comparable size and economic status both within and without the State of Oklahoma;
4. Interest and welfare of the public and revenues available to the Rural Fire Protection District; or
5. Comparison of peculiarities of employment in regard to other trades or professions, including specifically:
a.
hazards of employment,
b.
physical qualifications,
c.
educational qualifications,
d.
mental qualifications, and
e.
job training and skills.
B. Fees and necessary expenses of the arbitrator selected by the bargaining agent and the arbitrator selected by the corporate authorities shall be borne by the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities respectively. The reasonable fees and necessary expenses of the third arbitrator shall be borne equally by the bargaining agent and corporate authorities.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 136, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.30-6. Special election to select offer.

A. If the corporate authority’s last best offer is not selected by the arbitration board, that party may submit the offers which the parties submitted to the arbitration board to the voters of the Fire Protection District for their selection by requesting a special election for that purpose. The request for an election must be filed with the Clerk of the Board of Directors for the Fire Protection District within ten (10) days of the date of the written decision of the arbitration board. Written notice of the filing of the request shall be given to the bargaining agent. If a request for an election is not filed in a timely manner, the board’s selection decision shall be final, and the last best offer it selected shall constitute the agreements of the parties.
B. Upon receiving a request for an election pursuant to the provision of this section, the District Clerk shall notify the governing body of the Fire Protection District of the request. Within ten (10) days of such notification the governing body shall call for a special election. The election shall be governed by the state laws on Fire Protection District elections and the election shall be held as nearly as may be in conformity with the state law provisions governing bond elections for the Fire Protection District; provided, no informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same if the election shall have been otherwise fairly conducted. Only residents of the Fire Protection District who are qualified electors in their respective precincts shall be eligible to vote in said election. The ballot shall inform the voters that they must choose either the last best offer of the bargaining agent or the last best offer of the corporate authority. The last best offer receiving a majority of the votes shall become the agreement of the parties.
C. Concerning issues relating to money, such ballot shall clearly state the total dollar amount of the offer from the union and the total dollar amount of the offer from the employer. Such ballot shall also disclose the percentage of increase or decrease both offers have over or under the last contract of the two parties.
D. Agreements which are reached as a result of selection by the arbitration board or by election shall be effective on the first day of the fiscal year involved regardless of the date of the final selection.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 136, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 104, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.30-7. Negotiated collective bargaining agreement - Required provisions - Disputes.

Any agreement actually negotiated between the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities either before or within thirty (30) days after arbitration shall constitute the collective bargaining contract governing full-time firefighters in the Rural Fire Protection District for the period stated therein; provided that such period shall not exceed one (1) year. Any collective bargaining agreement negotiated under the terms and provisions of this act shall specifically provide that the full-time firefighters in the Rural Fire Protection District who are subject to its terms shall have no right to engage in any work stoppage, slowdown or strike, the consideration for such provision being the right to a resolution of disputed questions. All rules, regulations, fiscal procedures, working conditions, district practices and manner of conducting the operation and administration of Rural Fire Protection Districts currently in effect on the effective date of any negotiated agreement shall be deemed a part of the agreement except as modified or changed by the specific terms of such agreement. Every such agreement shall contain a clause establishing arbitration procedures for the immediate and speedy resolution and determination of any dispute which may arise involving the interpretation or application of any of the provisions of such agreement or the actions of any of the parties under that agreement. In the absence of such negotiated procedure, the dispute may be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this act, except that the arbitration board shall be convened within ten (10) days after demand therefor by the bargaining agent upon the corporate authority or authorities. In such case the arbitration board's determination shall be final.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 136, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.30-8. Appropriation of monies required by collective bargaining - Notice - Time limitation.

When wages, rates of pay or any other matters requiring appropriation of monies by any Rural Fire Protection District are included as matters of collective bargaining conducted under the provisions of this act, it is the obligation of the bargaining agent to serve written notice of request for collective bargaining on the corporate authorities at least one hundred twenty (120) days before the last day on which monies can be appropriated by the Rural Fire Protection District to cover the contract period which is the subject of the collective bargaining procedure.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 136, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.30-9. Violations - Penalties.

It shall be unlawful for any collective bargaining representative or member of a Rural Fire Protection District to strike or engage in any work stoppage; and it shall further be unlawful for any official, executive, administrator, manager, or member of a governing body exercising the authority to fix and determine the salaries, hours of work, and employment conditions of a Rural Fire Protection District in this state to fail to bargain in good faith in accordance with the provisions of this act. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for such offense, and each day during which such violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense. Any such conviction shall be grounds for immediate dismissal from Rural Fire Protection District employment, for any full-time firefighter so employed.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 136, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.32. Purpose of act.

The purpose of this act is to provide a budget procedure for fire protection districts which shall:
1. Establish uniform and sound fiscal procedures for the preparation, adoption, execution and control of budgets;
2. Enable districts to make financial plans for both current and capital expenditures and to ensure that their directors administer their respective functions in accordance with adopted budgets;
3. Make available to the public and investors sufficient information regarding the financial conditions, requirements and expectations of the district; and
4. Assist districts in improving and implementing generally accepted accounting principles as applied to governmental accounting, auditing and financial reporting and standards of governmental finance management.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 2, eff. June 1, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.34. Definitions.

As used in this act:
1. "Account" means an entity for recording specific revenues or expenditures or for grouping related or similar classes of revenues and expenditures and recording them within a fund or department;
2. "Appropriation" means an authorization and allocation of money to be expanded for a purpose;
3. "Board" means the board of directors of a fire protection district;
4. "Budget" means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal year, including an estimate of proposed expenditures for given purposes and the proposed means for financing them;
5. "Budget summary" means a tabular listing of revenues by source and expenditure, by fund and by department within each fund for a budget year;
6. "Budget year" means the fiscal year for which a budget is prepared or being prepared;
7. "Current year" means the year in which the budget is prepared and adopted, or the fiscal year immediately preceding the budget year;
8. "Deficit" means the excess of the liabilities, reserves, contributions and encumbrances of a fund over its assets as reflected by its book of account;
9. "Department" means a functional unit within a fund which carries on a specific activity;
10. "District" means a fire protection district;
11. "Estimated revenue" means the amount of revenues estimated to be received during the budget year in each fund for which a budget is prepared. Revenue includes any appropriated fund balance in the budget of revenues for a fund for the budget year;
12. "Fiscal year" means the annual period for reporting fiscal operations which begins and ends on dates as the Legislature provides;
13. "Fund" means an independent fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts to record cash and other financial resources, together with all liabilities, which are segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives, or as otherwise defined in current generally accepted accounting principles;
14. "Fund balance" means the excess of the assets of a fund over its liabilities, reserves, contributions and encumbrances, as reflected by its books of accounts;
15. "Immediate prior fiscal year" means the fiscal year preceding the current year;
16. "Operating reserve" means that portion of the fund balance which has not been appropriated in a budget year. The "operating reserve" will be equivalent to the "unappropriated fund balance" in any fund for which a budget is prepared.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 4, eff. June 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 222, § 3, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.35. Advice and services of State Auditor and Inspector.

The State Auditor and Inspector or his designee shall advise the districts on procedural and technical matters relating to accounting and budget procedures and shall prescribe all the forms of whatever nature, including but not limited to, budget forms, supporting schedules and other accounting books and records. It shall be the duty of the district with notice of such advice to follow the instructions or advice of the State Auditor and Inspector until relieved of such duty by a court of competent jurisdiction or until the Supreme Court shall hold otherwise.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 5, eff. June 1, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.36. Annual financial statement.

It shall be the duty of the board of the district on or before the third Monday of July in each year to produce or cause to be produced and forwarded to the State Auditor and Inspector a financial statement of the district for the preceding year ending June 30th.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 6, eff. June 1, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.37. Budgets - Format - Budget summary - Estimate of revenues - Determination of needs.

A. At least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, a budget for each fund of the district for which a budget is required shall be completed by the board. Each budget shall provide a complete financial plan for the budget year. The budget format shall be as prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector. The format shall contain at least the following in tabular form for each fund, itemized by department and account within each fund:
1. Actual revenues and expenditures for the immediate prior fiscal year;
2. Estimated actual revenues and expenditures for the current fiscal year; and
3. Estimated revenues and expenditures for the budget year.
B. The budget for each fund shall contain a budget summary. It shall also be accompanied by a budget message from the board which shall explain the budget and describe its important features.
C. The estimate of revenues in each fund for any budget year shall include probable income by source which the district is legally empowered to collect or receive at the time the budgets are adopted. The estimate shall be based upon a review and analysis of past and anticipated revenues of the district. Any portion of the budget of revenues to be derived from special assessments shall not exceed the estimated amount of the assessment which is available for appropriation, as finally determined by the board, or which can or must be raised as required by law. The budget of expenditures for each fund shall not exceed the estimated revenues for each fund. No more than ten percent (10%) of the total budget for any fund may be budgeted for miscellaneous purposes.
D. The board shall determine the needs of the district for sinking fund purposes, and include these requirements in the debt service fund budget for the budget year.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 7, eff. June 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 222, § 4, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.40. Cash surpluses.

If and when an actual cash surplus accrues in any fund for any prior fiscal year, such surplus shall forthwith be transferred to the same fund for the fiscal year next succeeding the year for which the assessments were originally imposed, and shall be used to pay any warrants and interest thereon which may be outstanding and unpaid for such year. After all warrants and interest on such warrants for such year have been paid or reserved for the surplus, if any, shall forthwith be transferred to the next succeeding year for the same purpose. This procedure shall be followed for each succeeding fiscal year or reserved for, and then any cash surplus remaining shall accrue and be transferred to the current fiscal year, to be used to pay any legal warrant and interest charges of such year. The term "actual cash surplus" as used herein, is hereby defined to mean an excess of actual cash actually on hand over and above all legal obligations. Assessments in process of collection shall not be considered in determining the actual cash surplus for any fund for any fiscal year or years.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 10, eff. June 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 222, § 5, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.41. Accounts and accounting - Budgets - Needs assessment.

Any monies received or expended by the district must be accounted for by fund and account. Each district shall prepare a budget for the general fund and for other funds as the board may require pursuant to this act. The board shall determine the district's needs for sinking fund purposes, and include these requirements in the debt service fund budget for the budget year.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 11, eff. June 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 222, § 6, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.42. Hearing on proposed budget.

The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of the budget year. Notice of the date, time and place of the hearing, together with the proposed budget summaries, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district not less than five (5) days before the date of the hearing. Affidavit and proof of publication shall be attached to the budget when filed with the county clerk and State Auditor and Inspector. The district shall make available a sufficient number of copies of the proposed budgets as the board shall determine and have them available for review or for distribution or sale at the office of the district. At the public hearing on the budgets, any person may present to the board comments, recommendations or information on any part of the proposed budget.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 12, eff. June 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 222, § 7, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.43. Adoption of budget.

A. After the hearing required by Section 901.42 of this title, and at least seven (7) days prior to the beginning of the budget year, the board shall adopt the budget. The board may add or increase items or delete or decrease items in the budget. In all cases the proposed expenditures shall not exceed the estimated revenues for any fund.
B. The adopted budget shall be filed with the county clerk of each county in which the district is located on or before the first day of the budget year. At the same time that the budget is filed with the county clerk, one copy of the budget as adopted shall be transmitted to the State Auditor and Inspector and one copy shall be kept on file in the office of the district.
C. The adopted budget shall be in effect on and after the first day of the fiscal year to which it applies. The budget as adopted and filed with the State Auditor and Inspector shall constitute an appropriation for each fund, and the appropriation thus made shall not be used for any other purpose except as provided by law.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 13, eff. June 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 222, § 8, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.44. Protests.

Within thirty (30) days after the filing of any district budget with the State Auditor and Inspector, any party being assessed may commence action in district court to protest any alleged illegality of the budget or assessment. The thirty-day protest period begins upon the date the budget is received in the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector. After receipt of a protest, the State Auditor and Inspector shall transmit by certified mail one copy of each protest to the district, and one copy of each protest to the county treasurer of each county in which the district is located. Any protest filed shall inure to the benefit of all parties assessed within the district. Upon notification of a protest being filed in district court, the district will have thirty (30) days to withdraw the budget in order to correct any alleged illegalities. If no protest is filed within the thirty-day period, the budget, any appropriations and assessments thereof shall be deemed legal and final until amended by the board as authorized by law. Parties being assessed shall have the right at all reasonable times to examine the budget on file with the board, the county clerk or the State Auditor and Inspector for the purpose of checking illegalities in the budget or for filing protests in accordance with this section.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 14, eff. June 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 222, § 9, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.45. Funds - Prohibited acts - Liability.

A. No expenditure may be authorized or made by any employee or member of the board which exceeds any fund balance for any fund of the budget as adopted or amended or which exceeds the appropriation for any fund of the budget as adopted or amended. Any balance remaining in a fund at the end of the budget year shall be carried forward to the credit of the fund for the next budget year.
B. It shall be unlawful for any employee or member of the board in any budget year:
1. To create or authorize creation of a deficit in any fund; or
2. To authorize, make or incur expenditures or encumbrances in excess of ninety percent (90%) of the appropriation for any fund of the budget as adopted or amended until revenues in an amount equal to at least ninety percent (90%) of the appropriation for the fund have been collected. Any fund balance which is included in the appropriation for the fund is considered revenue in the budget year for which it is appropriated. Expenditures may then be made and authorized so long as any expenditure does not exceed any fund balance.
C. Any obligation that is contracted or authorized by any member or employee of the board in violation of this act shall become the obligation of the member or employee himself and shall not be valid or enforceable against the district. Any member or employee who violates this act shall forfeit his position and shall be subject to such civil and criminal punishments as are provided by law. Any obligation, authorization for expenditure or expenditure made in violation of this act shall be illegal and void.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 15, eff. June 1, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.46. Funds and accounts.

A district shall maintain, according to its own accounting needs, some or all of the funds and account groups in its system of accounts that are consistent with legal and operating requirements and as prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector. The required funds may include, but not be limited to:
1. A general fund, to account for all monies received and disbursed for general district purposes, including all assets, liabilities, reserves, fund balances, revenues and expenditures which are not accounted for in any other fund or special ledger account;
2. Special revenue funds, as required, to account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources that are restricted by law to expenditures for specified purposes;
3. Debt service fund, which shall include the district sinking fund, established to account for the retirement of general obligation bonds or other long-term debt and payment of interest thereon. Any monies pledged to service general obligation bonds or other long-term debt must be deposited in the debt service fund;
4. Capital improvement fund, to account for financial resources segregated for acquisition, construction or other improvement related to capital facilities other than those financed by general long-term debt;
5. A ledger or group of accounts in which to record the details relating to the general fixed assets of the county;
6. A ledger or group of accounts in which to record the details relating to the general funds or other long-term debt of the district; and
7. Such other funds or ledgers as may be established by the district.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 16, eff. June 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 222, § 10, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.47. Classification of estimated revenue and appropriation expenditures.

Estimated revenue and appropriation expenditures in the budget of each fund shall be classified in conformity with the accounting system prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector. Revenues shall be classified separately by source. Expenditures shall be departmentalized by appropriate functions and activities within each fund and shall be classified within the following categories:
1. Salaries and wages, which may include expenses for salaries, wages, per diem allowances and other forms of compensation;
2. Employee benefits paid to any member or employee of the board for services rendered or for employment. Employee benefits may include employer contributions to a retirement system, insurance, vacation allowances, sick leave, terminal pay or similar benefits;
3. Operating expenses, which may include materials and supplies, articles and commodities which are consumed or materially altered when used, such as office supplies, operating supplies and repair and maintenance supplies, and all items of expense to any persons, firm or corporation rendering a service in connection with repair, sale or trade of such articles or commodities, such as services or charges for communications, transportation, advertising, printing or binding, insurance, public utility services, repairs and maintenance, rentals, miscellaneous items and all items of operating expense to any person, firm or corporation rendering such services;
4. Other services and charges, which may include all current expenses other than those listed in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6 of this section;
5. Capital outlays, which may include outlays which result in acquisition of or additions to fixed assets purchased by the district, including land, buildings, improvements other than buildings, and all construction, reconstruction, appurtenances or improvements to real property accomplished according to the conditions of a contract, machinery and equipment, furniture and autos and trucks; and
6. Debt service, which may include outlays in the form of debt principal payments, periodic interest payments, paying agent's fees, or related service charges for benefits received in part in prior fiscal periods as well as in current and future fiscal periods.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 17, eff. June 1, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.48. Transfer of appropriation between accounts.

A. The board may transfer any unexpended and unencumbered appropriation or any portion thereof from one account to another within the same department or from one department to another within the same fund; except that no appropriation for debt service or other appropriation required by law may be reduced below the minimums required.
B. Whenever the necessity for maintaining any special fund of a district has ceased to exist and a balance remains in the fund, the board may authorize the transfer of the balance to the general fund. Applicable law shall govern the use or transfer of balance in any debt service or special revenue fund.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 18, eff. June 1, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.49. Amendment of budget - Supplemental appropriations.

A. The board may amend the budget to make supplemental appropriations to any fund up to the amount of additional revenues which are available for current expenses as shown by a fund balance for the fund due to:
1. Revenues received from sources not anticipated in the budget for that year;
2. Revenues received from anticipated sources but in excess of the budget estimates therefor; or
3. Unexpended unencumbered cash balances on hand at the end of the preceding fiscal year which had not been anticipated in the budget. Any appropriation authorizing the creating of an indebtedness shall be governed by the applicable provisions of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.
B. If at any time during the budget year it appears probable that revenues available will be insufficient to meet the amount appropriated, or that due to unforeseen emergencies there is temporarily insufficient money in a particular fund to meet the requirements of appropriation for the fund, the board shall take action as it deems necessary. For that purpose, it may amend the budget to reduce one or more appropriations, but no appropriation for debt service may be reduced and no appropriation may be reduced by more than the amount of the unencumbered and unexpended balance thereof. No transfer shall be made from the debt service fund to any other fund except as may be permitted by the terms of the bond issue or applicable law.
C. A budget amendment as provided in this section authorizing supplemental appropriations or a decrease or change in appropriation or funds shall be adopted at a meeting of the board and filed with the district, the county clerk of each county in which the district is located and the State Auditor and Inspector.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 19, eff. June 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 222, § 11, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.50. 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 the forms of whatsoever nature referred to in this act including but not necessarily limited to budget forms, supporting schedule forms and all other accounting stationery required, desired or needed under the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 20, eff. June 1, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.58. Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Agriculture, to be designated the "Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the State Department of Agriculture from any monies received from appropriations, deposits made pursuant to the provisions of this act, proceeds resulting from the sale of equipment purchased out of monies in the fund, and such other monies specifically designated by law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry for the purpose of purchasing new firefighting equipment for purchase by rural fire departments and such other purposes specifically designated by law. 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 1988, c. 294, § 4, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 54, § 2, emerg. eff. April 14, 1989; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 72.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.59. Purchase of equipment - Acquisition of storage space.

A. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use the Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund to purchase new firefighting equipment for purchase by rural fire departments.
B. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to acquire space for storing firefighting equipment while not in possession of a fire department and to pay the necessary costs thereof from the Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund as funds become available.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 294, § 5, operative July 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.60. Sale of equipment - Rules and regulations.

A. The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to sell firefighting equipment to rural fire departments cooperating with the State Department of Agriculture in fire control under the terms of written cooperative agreements.
B. All proceeds derived from the sale of firefighting equipment by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be credited to the Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund.
C. The State Department of Agriculture shall promulgate such rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act and is authorized to require from the rural fire departments such information, forms and reports as are necessary for properly and efficiently administering this section and Section 4 of this act.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 294, § 6, operative July 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-901.61. Administration of rural fire protection program - Acquisition of federal excess property - Rural fire protection coordination districts.

A. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby directed to administer a rural fire protection program and is hereby authorized to acquire federal excess property for the support and operation of fire departments and fire districts.
B. For the purpose of coordination of improved rural fire protection, rural fire protection coordination districts are hereby created to consist of the following counties:
District 1, composed of Washington, Nowata, Craig, Ottawa, Mayes, Delaware and Rogers Counties.
District 2, composed of Wagoner, Cherokee, Adair, Sequoyah, Muskogee, Okmulgee and McIntosh Counties.
District 3, composed of Pittsburg, Haskell, LeFlore, Pushmataha, Latimer, McCurtain and Choctaw Counties.
District 4, composed of Garvin, Pontotoc, Coal, Atoka, Johnston, Murray, Carter, Love, Marshall and Bryan Counties.
District 5, composed of Lincoln, Okfuskee, Hughes, Seminole, Pottawatomie, Payne and Pawnee Counties.
District 6, composed of Creek, Osage and Tulsa Counties.
District 7, composed of Alfalfa, Grant, Kay, Noble, Garfield, Major, Blaine and Kingfisher Counties.
District 8, composed of Canadian, Oklahoma, Cleveland and Logan Counties.
District 9, composed of Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, McClain, Stephens and Tillman Counties.
District 10, composed of Roger Mills, Custer, Washita, Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Jackson and Harmon Counties.
District 11, composed of Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woods, Ellis, Woodward and Dewey Counties.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 294, § 7, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 29, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.2. Creation and organization of district.

A. Whenever ten persons who are holders of title to lands in a county located outside of the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town, or fifty-one percent (51%) of the property owners in the proposed district, shall petition the board of county commissioners of the county in which such area owned by them is located for the formation of a rural road improvement district, and the petitioners comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Rural Road Improvement District Act, the board of county commissioners may enter its order organizing such district, and when so organized such district shall have the powers conferred herein or such as hereafter may be conferred by law upon such rural road improvement districts.
B. 1. The board of county commissioners is authorized to determine whether the election for organization of a rural road improvement district shall be conducted pursuant to the procedures set out in Section 902.5 of this title or pursuant to the procedures set out in Section 902.20 of this title.
2. The board of county commissioners is authorized to determine whether the elections for directors of a duly organized rural road improvement district shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Section 902.6 of this title or pursuant to the procedures set out in Section 902.21 of this title.
C. 1. Despite any provisions in this section to the contrary, if no persons reside in the proposed rural road district, the board of county commissioners may only conduct the election for the proposed organization of a rural road improvement district pursuant to the procedures set out in Section 902.20 of this title.
2. Despite any provisions in this section to the contrary, if no persons reside in the proposed rural road district, the board of county commissioners may only conduct the election for directors of a duly organized rural road improvement district pursuant to the procedures set out in Section 902.21 of this title.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 291, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 218, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.4. Notice of election - Qualified voters.

The county clerk shall cause notice of the election to be given one (1) day a week for two (2) consecutive weeks by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory comprising the proposed district. The notice shall state the time and place of holding the election and set forth the description of the boundaries of the proposed district and its general purpose and intention. All persons who are residents of the proposed district and who are registered voters in their respective precincts shall be qualified to vote on the proposition. If there are no persons who are residents of the proposed district, all persons owning real property within the proposed district who are registered voters shall be qualified to vote on the proposition.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 291, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 218, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.5. Conduct of election - Certification of results - Orders.

Such elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state and the regular election officials shall be in charge at the usual polling place of each regular precinct, or part of a precinct, which shall include lands within the boundaries of such proposed district. The county election board shall certify results of the election to the board of county commissioners who shall meet on the second Monday next following such election and proceed to determine the percentages of the vote cast.
If, upon such determination, it appears that at least three-fifths (3/5) of all the votes cast are "Rural Road Improvement District - Yes", the board shall, by order declare such territory duly organized as a rural road improvement district under the name theretofore designated. Such order shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and from that date such district shall be complete.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.6. Directors - Meetings - Terms - Bylaws - Election resolution - Conduct of election - Vacancies.

Directors of a rural road improvement district shall be the owners of real property in and residents of said district. At the time of making its order organizing the district, the board of county commissioners shall set a first meeting of property owners of said district and direct the manner of giving notice by publication thereof. The owners of property within the district present at such meeting shall elect nine (9) directors who shall hold their office until the next general election, at which time their successors shall be elected. The property owners present at such first meeting shall adopt the bylaws of the district. At the first general election after organization of the district the three qualified persons receiving the highest number of votes for member of board of directors of the district shall hold their respective offices for the term of six (6) years. The three qualified persons receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for four (4) years, and the three qualified persons having the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two (2) years. Each two (2) years thereafter, there shall be elected for a term of six (6) years three members of said board of directors. The board of directors of the district shall submit, within fifteen (15) days before the filing period of any district election, a resolution to the secretary of the county election board conducting said election. The resolution shall contain the following:
1. The date of the election; and
2. The offices to be filled or the questions to be voted upon at the election; and
3. Qualifications for the offices; and
4. Any other information necessary for conducting said election.
The regular election in the district shall be held at the same time as the general election in this state. All polling places of precincts, all or any part of which include areas within the boundaries of the district, shall be supplied ballots for the purpose of permitting electors of the district to vote for members of the board of directors of the district. Filing for the office of member of the board of directors shall be with the county election board on a nonpartisan basis during the regular filing period for state and county offices and shall be done without the payment of a filing fee and without filing of a petition in support of the candidate's candidacy. Vacancies on the board shall be filled, for the unexpired term thereof, by the board of directors.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.7. Officers of board of directors - Term - Compensation.

The board of directors of the district shall elect from its members a president, a vice-president and a secretary. The county treasurer of the county in which the district is located shall serve as treasurer, but shall not be a member of the board. The term and duties of the president, vice-president and secretary shall be fixed in the bylaws. The officers and members of the board shall serve without compensation.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.