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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1706.1. Payment of audit expenses.

The net proceeds of the one-tenth mill annual ad valorem levy upon the net total assessed valuation in any emergency medical service district for any year which shall be authorized and mandatorily required to be appropriated and dedicated to emergency medical service district audit shall henceforth be restricted to and used only for audit survey and reporting receipt, disbursement and management of emergency medical service district affairs financed by ad valorem levy and miscellaneous revenues other than ad valorem taxation accruing to the general fund of the emergency medical service district, whether such audit be in the performance of duties charged to the State Auditor and Inspector and instigated at the State Auditor and Inspector's own initiative and directive, on request of the board of trustees of the emergency medical service district, on request of the board of county commissioners of such county or on order of the Governor as provided by Section 212 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If, after completion of audit of all emergency medical service district accounts so financed, and report thereof, including report of audit of cash funds where possible, as provided by this section, unless there be directive from the Governor for other and/or further inquiry, the board of trustees of the emergency medical service district may, upon certificate of completion by the State Auditor and Inspector, request that any unexpended and unencumbered balance of appropriation therein be, by the board of trustees of the emergency medical service district, lapsed and canceled and the revenues restricted thereby revert to surplus, available for appropriation to any lawful emergency medical service district purpose.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 136, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1707. Organization of board.

The board shall elect a chairman. The chairman shall have all the rights and privileges as any other member of the board, including the right to vote on questions. Each member of the board shall be entitled to cast one vote. The members shall elect a vice-chairman from among them and develop such other rules or procedures as may be necessary to ensure the orderly conduct of business. The vice-chairman shall serve as chairman during the absence or vacancy of the chairman. When a vacancy occurs such position on the board shall be considered vacant until the vacancy is filled in the manner provided by law. Regular meetings of the board shall be set by the board. Special meetings shall be held at the call of the chairman or any two (2) members of the board. A majority of all the members of the board shall constitute a quorum and have the power to transact business. Any official action of the board in adopting or revising the district budget or any portion thereof shall be effective upon the approving vote of a majority of all board members.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 145, § 7, eff. June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1709. Budget for each fund - Format - Summary - Estimate of revenues and expenditures - Determination of need for sinking fund purposes.

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 ad valorem property taxation shall not exceed the estimated amount of tax which is available for appropriation 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, pursuant to Section 9C of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, and include these requirements in the debt service fund budget for the budget year.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 145, § 9, eff. June 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 14, § 2, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1710. Sinking fund levy - Formula - Intent of act.

It shall be the duty of the board to make a levy each year for a sinking fund, which shall, with cash actually on hand and lawful investments in such fund, excluding taxes in process of collection, be sufficient to pay:
1. All the bonded indebtedness of such district coming due in the following years;
2. The interest accrued but unpaid and to accrue on all outstanding bonds of such district to June 30th of such fiscal year, but including any interest falling due on the last and final bond maturity occurring after such June 30th but before the tax levy of the succeeding fiscal year may be made and collected; and
3. A sum, after reserving from said cash and investments on hand for bond and bond-interest accruals as aforesaid.
The foregoing formula shall be applied by said district each year in determining the amount necessary to raise by tax levy for sinking fund purposes, independently of actions taken in previous years, and if by omission to make a levy which could have been validly made for any bonds or interest coupons, or where from any cause the cash and valid investments in the sinking fund does not equal the accrual liabilities, it shall be the duty of said district to readjust the annual bond accrual in accordance with the foregoing formula in order that said bonds shall be paid when due, save and except only that where the cash and valid investments in the sinking fund at the close of any fiscal year, after reserving for interest accrued and accruing under the priority therefor as contained in Section 9C of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, is insufficient to pay and retire any bonds matured or to mature before another tax levy may be made and collected and no action has been instituted to refund such matured bonds, it shall be the duty of said district to include, in addition to interest thereon or aforesaid, an accrual therefor in an amount equal to the bonds so matured or to mature or the annual accrual first lawfully applicable to the issue thereof, whichever is the lesser.
It is the sole intention of this act to require that sinking funds be applied as provided by Section 9C of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 145, § 10, eff. June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1710.1. Emergency medical service districts – Ambulance services.

A. Any proceeds collected pursuant to the provisions of Section 9C of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution shall only be expended for the purpose of providing funds for the support, organization, operation and maintenance of district ambulance services, known as emergency medical service districts.
B. Emergency medical service districts formed pursuant to said Section 9C of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution may own and operate the ambulance service or may provide ambulance service through contracts with one or more ambulance service providers.
C. Emergency medical service districts that provide ambulance services through contracts with one or more ambulance service providers shall utilize not less than ninety percent (90%) of all revenues collected by the district for payment of such contracts to said providers.
Added by Laws 2005, c. 186, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1711. Computation of levy for each fund - Procedure.

When the board has ascertained the total assessed valuation of the property taxed ad valorem in the district, and has computed the total of the several items of appropriation for general fund, sinking fund, and other legal purposes for the district, the board shall then proceed to compute the levy for each fund of each district. The levy for the general fund shall be that as last authorized by a vote of the citizens of the district. The procedure for the computation of the sinking fund levy shall be as follows:
1. Determine the total amount of the several items of appropriation for the fund;
2. Deduct from such total appropriation the actual cash surplus of the immediately preceding fiscal year;
3. Deduct from the remainder thus ascertained the estimated probable income from sources other than ad valorem taxation; however, in no event shall the amount of such estimated income exceed ninety percent (90%) of the actual collections from such sources for the previous fiscal year. Also, deduct the estimated probable revenue to be derived from surplus collection from taxes in the process of collection of the immediately preceding taxable year; provided that the surplus so estimated shall be surplus cash as hereinafter defined, and shall include none of that portion of the reserve added at the beginning of such year for delinquent tax, and shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the actual collections of surplus back taxes legally accrued to and credited to the same fund account of the immediately preceding fiscal year;
4. Add to the remainder a reserve for delinquent taxes, the amount of which reserve shall be determined by the board, after taking into consideration the amount of uncollected taxes for the previous year or years; provided that the reserve so added shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) or be less than five percent (5%); and provided, further, that the reserve so added shall not be subject to review by the excise board;
5. Compute the levy necessary to raise an amount of money equal to the remainder thus ascertained, based upon the total assessed valuation of the district, taking into consideration any deduction which must be made because of the exemption of homesteads as required by Section 2406 et seq. of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
6. Compute the reduction in levy necessary to be made because of monies being required by law to be used for the purpose of reducing ad valorem tax levies.
The rates of levy for general fund, sinking fund and other purposes authorized by law shall be separately made and stated, and the revenue accruing therefrom respectively, when collected, shall be credited to the proper fund accounts.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 145, § 11, eff. June 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 14, § 3, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1712. 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 taxes were originally levied, 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 until all warrants issued prior to the current fiscal year are paid 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. Taxes 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 1986, c. 145, § 12, eff. June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1713. Accounting of monies.

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, pursuant to this act and Section 9C of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, and include these requirements in the debt service fund budget for the budget year.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 145, § 13, eff. June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1714. Hearing on 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 excise board 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 1986, c. 145, § 14, eff. June 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 14, § 4, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1715. Adoption of budget - Filing - Effective date - Review of budget.

A. After the hearing 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 excise board 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 excise board, 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 they apply. The budgets as adopted and filed with the excise board shall constitute an appropriation for each fund, subject to final approval of the county excise board as provided by law, and the appropriation thus made shall not be used for any other purpose except as provided by law.
D. At the time required by law, the county excise board shall review the budget for approval.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 145, § 15, eff. June 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 14, § 5, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1716. Protests against budget.

Within fifteen (15) days after the filing of any district budget with the State Auditor and Inspector, any taxpayer may file protests against any alleged illegality of the budget in the manner provided by this section and Sections 24103 through 24111 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The fifteen-day protest period begins upon the date the budget is received in the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector. After receipt of a taxpayer 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 and the excise board of each county in which the district is located. The taxpayer protest shall specify the alleged illegality in the budget and the grounds upon which the alleged illegality is based. Any protest filed by any taxpayer shall inure to the benefit of all taxpayers. If no protest is filed by any taxpayer within the fifteen-day period, the budget and any appropriations thereof shall be deemed legal and final until amended by the board or the county excise board as authorized by law. Taxpayers shall have the right at all reasonable times to examine the budget on file with the board, the county excise board or the State Auditor and Inspector for the purpose of checking illegalities in the budget or for filing protests in accordance with this section and Sections 24103 through 24111 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 145, § 16, eff. June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1717. Prohibitions on expenditures - Violations - Penalties.

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 1986, c. 145, § 17, eff. June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1718. Funds and account groups to be maintained.

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 government 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 bonds 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 1986, c. 145, § 18, eff. June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1719. Classification of estimated revenues and appropriation expenditures.

Estimated revenues 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 1986, c. 145, § 19, eff. June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1720. Transfer of unexpended or unencumbered appropriation or funds in special fund.

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.
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 1986, c. 145, § 20, eff. June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1721. Amendment of budget.

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 excise board of each county in which the district is located and the State Auditor and Inspector.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 145, § 21, eff. June 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 14, § 6, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1722. Rules and regulations - Forms.

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 1986, c. 145, § 22, eff. June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1723. Purchases by board - Process.

Purchases by any board of trustees of any emergency medical service district shall be made in accordance with the bidding requirements as provided in Sections 1501 and 1505 of this title.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 145, § 23, eff. June 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 7, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1999, c. 245, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2012, c. 167, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-1801. Reverse auction bidding.

A. A county of the state is authorized to use a reverse auction bidding procedure to obtain bids for the purchase of goods or services of any type or kind. The reverse auction shall be a real-time bidding process taking place at a previously scheduled time and Internet location and for a previously established duration, in which multiple suppliers, anonymous to each other, submit bids to provide the goods or services. The reverse auction procedure may be used as an alternative to any state law applicable to the purchase of the goods or services.
B. The procedure shall provide:
1. A bid opening and bid closure. At the opening date and time, the county shall begin accepting reverse auction electronic bids. Reverse auction bids shall be accepted until the bid closure, except as provided by paragraph 6 of this subsection, unless the county determines it is in the best interest of the county to extend the closing time and notifies the reverse auction bidders of the extended closing time by public announcement at the Internet location at least fifteen (15) minutes prior to the original closing time;
2. The posting of all reverse auction bids electronically and updating of bids on a real-time basis by the county;
3. The authorization for the county to require bidders to register before the opening date and time and, as part of that registration, require bidders to agree to any terms, conditions or other requirements of the solicitation or applicable acts;
4. The authorization for the county to also require potential bidders to prequalify as bidders and to restrict solicitations to prequalified online and reverse auction bidders;
5. The retention of the authority of the county to determine the criteria that will be used as the basis for making awards; and
6. The authorization for the county to determine it is in the best interest of the county to allow it to accept an electronic bid after the specified official closing date and time, in the event the county determines that a significant error or event occurred that affected the electronic receipt of any reverse auction bid by the county.
C. All bids submitted electronically through the reverse auction bidding process pursuant to this section are subject to the same public disclosure laws that govern bids received pursuant to any other law of this state governing procurement procedures for a county.
D. All remedies available to the county and suppliers through a bid process pursuant to any other law of this state are also available to the county reverse auction bidders in a reverse auction bidding process.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 42, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-1. Number of justices – Terms of office.

The Supreme Court shall consist of nine (9) Justices. Each Justice in office on July 1, 2020, shall serve the term for which the Justice was appointed or retained in office by retention ballot and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, unless the Justice vacates the office prior to the end of his or her term or is removed from office as provided by law. Any Justice in office on July 1, 2020, shall be eligible for retention in the same office for succeeding terms.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 145, p. 232, § 1, emerg. eff. March 30, 1917. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 154, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-2. Supreme court judicial districts.

Beginning July 1, 2020:
1. Supreme Court Judicial District No. 1 shall embrace and include Congressional District No. 2 as constituted on January 8, 2019;
2. Supreme Court Judicial District No. 2 shall be an at-large district;
3. Supreme Court Judicial District No. 3 shall embrace and include Congressional District No. 5 as constituted on January 8, 2019;
4. Supreme Court Judicial District No. 4 shall embrace and include Congressional District No. 3 as constituted on January 8, 2019;
5. Supreme Court Judicial District No. 5 shall embrace and include Congressional District No. 4 as constituted on January 8, 2019;
6. Supreme Court Judicial District No. 6 shall embrace and include Congressional District No. 1 as constituted on January 8, 2019;
7. Supreme Court Judicial District No. 7 shall be an at-large district;
8. Supreme Court Judicial District No. 8 shall be an at-large district; and
9. Supreme Court Judicial District No. 9 shall be an at-large district.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 145, p. 232, § 2, emerg. eff. March 30, 1917. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 24, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1968; Laws 2019, c. 154, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-3. Justices elected - When.

At the regular biennial election in 1918, a justice shall be elected for each of said four additional districts, who shall be nominated by the electors of the district in which he resides, at the primary election, next preceding such biennial election. The justice for districts six and nine shall be elected for a term of six (6) years; the justice for district number seven, for a term of four (4) years, and the justice for district number eight, for a term of two (2) years, and thereafter, three of the Justices of the Supreme Court shall be elected at each general biennial election to serve for a term of six (6) years each, from the second Monday in January, succeeding his election. The successors to the existing five justices shall be elected at the time authorized by existing laws, it not being the purpose of this act to disturb the terms or districts of such justices.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 145, p. 233, § 3, emerg. eff. March 30, 1917.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-3.1. Salaries.

A. For fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, except as otherwise provided by the Board on Judicial Compensation after the effective date of this act, the following judicial officers shall receive compensation for their services, payable monthly as follows:
1. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall receive an annual salary of One Hundred Seventy-two Thousand Forty-nine Dollars ($172,049.00); and
2. An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court shall receive an annual salary of One Hundred Sixty-one Thousand One Hundred Twelve Dollars ($161,112.00).
B. Any increase in salary provided for in subsection A of this section must be paid from existing available funds.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 384, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 37, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 499, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2015, c. 399, § 1; Laws 2021, c. 341, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-3.2. Creation - Membership - Staff - Reimbursement.

A. There is hereby created the Board on Judicial Compensation. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 of Article VII of the Oklahoma Constitution, members of the State Judiciary shall receive compensation as shall be fixed by the Board on Judicial Compensation as provided in this act, unless such compensation is rejected or amended by law passed by a majority vote of each house of the Legislature. If the Governor vetoes such a law, the procedure shall be the same as for the veto of any other bill or joint resolution.
B. The Board shall be composed of seven (7) members. Two members shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two members shall be appointed by the Governor, and one member shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be from labor and civic organizations. The members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be from communications media and retail business. The members appointed by the Governor shall be from manufacturing and professional fields not otherwise specified. The member appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be from agriculture. No more than four members shall be from any one political party. No active or retired judge or attorney practicing law in any state may serve on the Board on Judicial Compensation.
C. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide such staff and support as is necessary for the Board on Judicial Compensation to carry out its duties. Requests from the Board for staff and support shall be coordinated through the Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts.
D. The members of the Board shall serve terms which run concurrently with the terms of the respective appointing authorities and shall serve at their pleasure.
E. The members of the Board shall select a chair and secretary and such other officers as they deem necessary.
F. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed by their appointing authority for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 499, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-3.3. Meetings - Changes in judicial compensation.

A. The Board on Judicial Compensation shall meet on the third Tuesday of September in every odd-numbered year in the Administrative Office of the Courts, at which meeting the Board shall review the compensation paid to members of the State Judiciary and, if necessary, change the compensation. In its review, the Board shall consider various factors, including judicial compensation in other states, with an emphasis on states within the region, the value of comparable services performed in the private sector, compensation of attorneys in the private and public sectors, compensation of other state, county and municipal public officials, and changes in the cost of living. The Board may, at the call of the chair or upon a majority vote of its membership, hold such additional meetings as are necessary to carry out its official duties. Any change in judicial compensation shall be made by the Board not later than the third Tuesday of November in the odd-numbered year. Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and a majority vote of the quorum shall be necessary for the Board to act. If the Board recommends a change in judicial compensation, notice of such recommendation shall be provided to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore and the Chair of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, and the Speaker and the Chair of the Appropriations and Budget Committee of the House of Representatives.
B. Any change in judicial compensation, unless rejected or amended as provided for in Section 3.2 of this title, shall become effective on July 1 of the following calendar year. Any amendment passed by a majority vote of each house of the Legislature shall become effective as provided by the amendment unless vetoed by the Governor.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 499, § 3, eff. July 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 278, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-3.4. State judiciary for whom compensation will be set.

For purposes of this act, the State Judiciary for which the Board on Judicial Compensation shall review and set compensation shall be as follows:
1. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
2. The Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;
3. The Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals;
4. The Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals;
5. The Presiding Judge of the Court of Civil Appeals;
6. The Judges of the Court of Civil Appeals;
7. The district court judges;
8. The associate district court judges; and
9. The special district court judges.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 499, § 4, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-4. Office of Management and Enterprise Services to provide rooms and supplies.

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall provide suitable office space, furniture, furnishings, and office supplies for each Justice for use in the performance of his or her official duties.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 145, p. 233, § 6, emerg. eff. March 30, 1917. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 8, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 75.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-5. Justices not to be candidates for nonjudicial office.

No Justice of the Supreme Court shall become, during the term for which he may be elected or appointed, a candidate for any office other than a judicial position.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 145, p. 233, § 7, emerg. eff. March 30, 1917.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-9. Jury trial allowed, when.

In any cause in the Supreme Court wherein said Court is exercising its original jurisdiction in which an issue of fact is presented properly triable by a jury, and either party to said cause demands a jury trial, or in cases of indirect contempts, if the accused demands a jury trial, said Court shall not dismiss such cause for the reason that a jury is required, but shall proceed in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
R.L. 1910, § 1755.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-10. Manner of trial.

The Supreme Court may try said issue of fact in banc or may designate one of its members to preside at such trial; and a jury shall be secured as provided in the following section. The Court or the justice trying the same shall conduct said trial, and the verdict therein shall be rendered in the same manner as the trial of issues of fact in civil causes in district courts.
R.L. 1910, § 1756.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-10.1. Supreme Court – Publicly available calendar of cases pending.

A. The Oklahoma Supreme Court shall maintain a calendar of cases pending before the court which shall be made available to the public on the Supreme Court website. Such calendar shall include:
1. Dates the court will hear oral argument, hearings before referees or any other hearings or proceedings of the court;
2. For cases challenging the constitutionality of an act of the Legislature, the briefing schedule of the case;
3. Dates of court conferences including cases to be assigned or considered during such conferences;
4. Dates the court is closed and dates the court is in session; and
5. Any other information that will assist litigants, attorneys and the public in monitoring the cases before the court.
B. For each entry noting oral argument or other hearings or proceedings of the court, the calendar shall include the case names, case numbers, counsel of record and a concise description of the issues in the case.
C. The Supreme Court shall publish on the Supreme Court website and update weekly a list of cases for which it has granted review, whether by granting certiorari or otherwise. Such list shall include the case names, case numbers, counsel of record and a concise description of the issues in the case.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 267, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-11. Jury, how secured.

The Supreme Court, or the member thereof designated to try said issue of fact, shall by order direct the clerk of said Court to issue an open venire for twenty-four persons having the qualification of jurors in the district court, to be drawn from the body of the state, which venire shall state the time and place said jurors shall appear. The venire shall be issued to and served and returned by the marshal of said Court. If any of said jurors shall be disqualified to serve, the court may summon other jurors, in the manner provided by law, to complete said panel. Challenges shall be allowed to such jurors as in civil causes before the district court.
R.L. 1910, § 1757.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-12. Fees and costs - Attendance of witnesses.

The party demanding a jury shall deposit with the Clerk of the Supreme Court a sum sufficient to pay the expenses of summoning the jury and the jurors' fees. The Clerk, Marshal, jurors and witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees and mileage as are allowed in the district court for like services. Witnesses may be notified by the Clerk by mail and shall be required to attend from any county in the state, if required by the party requesting such witness. The entire costs in the cause shall be adjudged against the losing party, or apportioned in such manner as the Court may in its discretion direct. The Court may require deposits from either party as the cause proceeds, to secure costs.
R.L. 1910, § 1758.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-14. Actions involving removal or location of state capital or educational or charitable institutions - Jurisdiction, powers and procedure.

Exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, to hear and determine any action that may be brought involving the legality of the removal or location, or an attempt to remove or locate, the state capital or any normal school or other educational or charitable institution of the state, and in any such action the Supreme Court shall have the same power and jurisdiction, including the power to appoint a referee, which it now has under the laws of this state in contests over the location of county seats, and all such actions shall be governed by the same procedure which now prevails in county seat contests.
Provided that any resident taxpayer of this state, shall have a right to a hearing before the Supreme Court upon the execution of a good and sufficient bond for cost, to be approved by the Clerk of the Court. And, provided further that any and all actions brought under the provisions of this act shall be commenced within ten (10) days after the passage of any act for the removal or location of the state capital or any normal school or other educational or charitable institution of the state.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 1, p. 1, § 1, emerg. eff. Dec. 10, 1910.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-14.1. Entities authorized to issue bonds – Application to the Supreme Court for approval.

Any department, institution, board, bureau, division, commission, agency, trusteeship, or authority of state government authorized to issue bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness may, upon advice of bond counsel or upon governing board approval, file an application with the Supreme Court of Oklahoma for the approval of any obligations to be issued by it. Exclusive original jurisdiction shall be conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine each such application pursuant to rules and procedures designated by the Court. The Court may give such applications precedence over the other business of the Court and to consider and pass upon the applications and any protests which may be filed against the application as expeditiously as possible.
Notice of the hearing on each application shall be given by a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the state that on a day named, the applicant will ask the Court to hear its application and approve the obligations. Notice shall inform all persons interested that they may file protests against the issuance of the obligations and be present at the hearing and contest its legality. The notice shall be published one time not less than ten (10) days prior to the date named for the hearing and the hearing may be adjourned from time to time in the discretion of the Court.
If the Court is satisfied that the obligations have been properly authorized in accordance with the law and that when issued, they will constitute valid obligations in accordance with their terms, the Court shall render its written opinion approving the obligations and shall fix the time within which a petition for rehearing may be filed. The decision of the Court shall be a judicial determination of the validity of the obligations, shall be conclusive as to the applicant, its officers and agents, and thereafter the obligations so approved and the revenues pledged to their payment shall be incontestable in any court in this state.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 171, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-15. Deposit to cover costs - Indigents.

In each case filed in the Supreme Court and in each application seeking reinstatement to the Oklahoma Bar Association, and at the time of filing same, there shall be deposited with the Clerk as costs in said cause Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) of which no rebate of any part thereof shall be made; provided, the Supreme Court may prescribe by rules the procedure for affording access to that Court, without the deposit of costs, to those indigent persons who are deemed by it entitled thereto.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 87, § 5. Amended by Laws 1921, c. 23, p. 29, § 1; Laws 1927, c. 102, p. 163, § 1; Laws 1967, c. 153, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1967; Laws 1972, c. 118, § 1, emerg. eff. March 31, 1972; Laws 1983, c. 273, § 4, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 223, § 16, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1993, c. 227, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2004, c. 293, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-15.1. Appeals - Additional attorney fees.

On any appeal to the Supreme Court, the prevailing party may petition the court for an additional attorney fee for the cost of the appeal. In the event the Supreme Court or its designee finds that the appeal is without merit, any additional fee may be taxed as costs.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 336, § 5, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982.