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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-751. Governing bodies of cities authorized to contract with county commissioners.

The governing bodies of the cities of this state are hereby empowered and authorized to enter into a contract with the county commissioners of the county in which such city is located for the purpose of erecting, maintaining or operating a building to be used for a city hall and courthouse purpose or for a county and city jail or either or both of them, upon such terms or conditions as may be agreed upon between the two contracting bodies.
Added by Laws 1931, p. 113, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-752. County commissioners authorized to contract with governing body of city.

The county commissioners of any county of this state are hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the governing body of any city, the county seat of such county, for the purpose of erecting, maintaining or operating a building to be used for city hall and county courthouse purposes or as a county-city jail or either or both of them, on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto.
Added by Laws 1931, p. 114, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-753. Use of property owned by city or county.

The county commissioners or the governing body of any city entering into the above described contract are hereby authorized to use any property owned by either said county or city, for the purpose of erecting thereon, said building or buildings on such terms and such conditions as may be agreed upon between said county commissioners and said governing body of such city.
Added by Laws 1931, p. 114, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-754. Use of proceeds of sale of property by city or county.

The county commissioners or the governing body of any city entering into the above described contract are hereby authorized to use such funds of said city or county as may be derived from the sale of real or personal property belonging to said city or county, irrespective of the purpose for which said property has been used. That said funds so derived from the sale of any city or county property may be combined with any other available funds of said city or county for the purpose of erecting said building or buildings, pursuant to a contract entered into under the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1931, p. 114, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-761. Insurance proceeds - Use to restore building or records.

In all counties of the State of Oklahoma where the courthouse, or any part thereof, or the records of the county, or any part thereof, have been destroyed by fire, lightning, windstorm, or by any act of God, the board of county commissioners of such county shall have power and authority to use any insurance money, or money collected by them from insurance on said property, or any money in the treasury to the credit of such county in the courthouse fund, or any part thereof, to restore, rebuild, and make anew any such courthouse, or part thereof, or the records of the county, or any part thereof, and when such insurance money has been collected, said board of county commissioners shall have power and authority to pay out of such moneys and funds the cost of the restoration of such property or part thereof by warrants drawn and issued upon the filing and allowance of verified claims as now provided and required by law, or without notice or bid when in the judgment of the board of county commissioners said courthouse can be built, equipped and supplies can be bought at a lower and better price.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 191, p. 419, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-762. Insurance - Courthouse fund - Use of to purchase equipment and supplies.

The board of county commissioners of such county shall have power, in addition to all other power they now possess by law, to use any part of any moneys collected by the county for insurance on such destroyed property, and the courthouse fund, to purchase any books, blank books, stationery, fixtures, furniture, typewriters, adding machines, and other equipment and supplies as may be, or shall be, necessary to restore the lost or destroyed records, fixtures, supplies and equipment of such county, where the same has been destroyed as aforesaid.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 191, p. 420, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-763. Funds - Use of without appropriation.

Such board of county commissioners shall have power to use such money and funds that may be paid in to such county from any such insurance, without the same being appropriated by the excise board, and such money or funds shall not be considered by the excise board in making appropriations for current expenses as money received from sources other than ad valorem taxes.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 191, p. 420, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-764. Assessment lists and rolls - Replacing - Deputy county assessors.

The board of county commissioners shall have power and authority, where the assessment lists, assessment rolls, or abstracts thereof, or the tax lists, or tax rolls, or any part thereof, for any year or years have been lost or destroyed, as above set out, to cause another, or other, assessments of the taxable property in said county to be made for any such year or years, and in order to make such assessments and to make such assessment lists, rolls, or abstracts thereof, or tax lists, rolls, or abstracts thereof, the county commissioners may employ such number of deputy county assessors on the recommendation and nomination of the county assessor as in the judgment of the board of county commissioners will be necessary to make the assessment of the taxable property of the county and to prepare assessment lists, rolls, and abstracts thereof, and tax lists and tax rolls, in the shortest possible time that will be to the best interest of the county.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 191, p. 420, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-765. Proclamation - Publication and posting - Persons holding tax receipts - Duty.

In all such cases where the tax rolls and the records of the county treasurer's office, pertaining to the taxes on any of the property in the county, have been destroyed as aforesaid, the board of county commissioners shall have power and authority to order and direct, by proclamation in some weekly newspaper for three successive issues and by posting one copy of said resolution and proclamation on the front door of each and every school house in said county, that all persons holding tax receipts for three (3) years immediately prior to the first publication of said proclamation, for the past three (3) years, shall be required to present the same to the county treasurer, that he may give proper credit for the taxes against said property, and upon a failure of any person so to present said tax receipts within ninety (90) days after publication and posting of such resolution or proclamation the presumption shall be that the taxes for such year or years have not been paid, and if such delinquent taxpayer shall fail within six (6) months to make satisfactory proof to the board of county commissioners that the taxes on such property have been paid, then it shall be conclusively presumed that the taxes on such property have not been paid prior to the time the records thereof were destroyed.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 191, p. 420, § 5.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-766. Taxes - Action to foreclose lien.

When such time shall have elapsed that it is conclusively presumed that the taxes on any such property have not been paid, then the board of county commissioners shall have power and authority to order and direct that the district attorney file an action in the district court to foreclose the lien of the county on such property for the unpaid taxes thereon, and the proceedings to foreclose any such lien for the unpaid taxes shall be the same as the foreclosure of a mortgage for default in payment, and without appraisement; provided, that any number of persons may be made parties defendant in the same action.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 191, p. 421, § 6.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-767. Audits - Destroyed records - Apportionment of cash on hand.

The board of county commissioners of any county where the county, township, school district, or other municipal ledger or ledgers, or any other record, or any part thereof, have been destroyed as above set forth, and where there is a total or partial lack of record as to the balance of cash on hand to the credit of the various funds of each of the municipal subdivisions of such county, shall have power and authority, upon such reasonable regulations and resolutions as such board shall make, to audit and apportion or have audited and apportioned and determined, the balance of cash on hand to the credit of the various funds of each of such municipal subdivisions of such county.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 191, p. 421, § 7.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-768. State Auditor and Inspector - Budgets and estimates - Delivery to county clerk.

The State Auditor and Inspector is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the county clerk all county, school district, city and township budgets and estimates in his possession for the purpose of enabling the county to remake a portion of the financial records lost or destroyed by fire, lightning, windstorm or by any act of God, and the county clerk shall execute a receipt therefor and retain the same in his possession for such a time as is reasonable for the preparation of the records of said county.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 191, p. 421, § 8. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 7, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-769. Courthouse fund and other monies - Purchase of material without bids.

The board of county commissioners of any such county is hereby authorized to expend any such money provided under the provisions of this act available for the construction of a courthouse, and any money on hand in county treasury to the credit of the courthouse fund, to purchase, without bids, material for the construction of said courthouse, employ skilled and common labor and to purchase equipment and office supplies to furnish said courthouse.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 191, p. 421, § 9.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-781. Bonds authorized.

All counties in this state are hereby authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing sites, erecting and constructing county hospitals including alterations, additions to, and enlargements of existing hospital buildings in the county, such bonds to be issued as hereinafter provided, except as provided in the Municipal and County Economic and Community Development Bonds Act pursuant to Section 800 et seq. of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 273, p. 386, § 1, emerg. eff. March 25, 1919. Amended by Laws 1941, p. 65, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1941; Laws 2022, c. 155, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-782. Resolution of necessity - Petition - Notice of election.

Upon the adoption by the county commissioners of a resolution declaring the necessity therefor, or whenever twenty percent (20%) of the qualified voters of any county of this state, as determined by the last previous general election, shall petition the board of county commissioners of such county to call an election for the purpose of issuing bonds to purchase sites, erect and construct county hospitals, including alterations, additions to and enlargement of existing hospital buildings, it shall be the duty of said county commissioners to call an election and give notice thereof in two (2) daily or weekly newspapers of general circulation published at the county seat of the county; provided, that if there be one daily or weekly newspaper published in such county, in that event one shall be sufficient, and such notices shall be published for four (4) consecutive weeks. If there is no daily or weekly newspaper published in such county, then printed notices shall be posted in one of the most public places in each voting precinct of the county at least thirty (30) days prior to said election. Said petition calling for said election shall name the amount of bonds to be issued and shall state the time of holding said election, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the first publication of any notice or the posting of said notice, and shall state for what purposes the hospital is to be used.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 273, p. 386, § 2. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 79, p. 127, § 1; Laws 1941, p. 66, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-784. Issuance and sale of self-liquidating or general obligation bonds.

If at said election three-fifths of the voters voting thereon shall vote in favor of the issuance of hospital self-liquidating revenue and/or general obligation bonds, the board of county commissioners shall proceed at once to the issuing of same and shall deposit the bonds in the treasury of the county, the treasurer being responsible and chargeable therefor on his official bond. The board of county commissioners shall proceed to sell said bonds and deposit the proceeds from the sale thereof in the treasury of said county which money shall be paid out by the treasurer upon the orders of the board of county commissioners from time to time as the same shall be needed; provided, however, that said bonds shall not be sold for less than par value thereof and accrued interest thereon.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 273, p. 387, § 4. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 79, p. 127, § 2; Laws 1970, c. 286, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-785. Issuance of bonds - Interest.

Bonds issued as herein provided shall be made payable and be issued as provided by law, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate provided by Section 498.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 273, p. 387, § 5. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 79, p. 127, § 3; Laws 1970, c. 286, § 2, emerg. eff. April 27, 1970; Laws 1983, c. 170, § 31, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-786. Tax levy - Annual report - Estimate of needs - Issuance of revenue bonds.

As to general obligation bonds, it shall be the duty of the officers charged by law with the levying of taxes for county purposes to levy annually an amount sufficient to pay the interest due each year on the bonds issued hereunder and at the proper time, and in addition thereto, to levy an amount sufficient to pay part of the principal as the same becomes due.
The board of control shall, at the written request of the board of county commissioners before the end of each fiscal year, file with the board of county commissioners a report of their proceedings with reference to such hospital, and shall also file a financial statement and estimate of needs, and shall at the proper time certify the amount necessary to maintain and improve said hospital for the ensuing year.
The excise board of any county in this state which operates a county hospital shall make an annual levy of not less than one-fourth of one mill on all the taxable property of the county, the proceeds of which shall be credited by the county treasurer to the county hospital fund, the purpose of this levy being to supply funds for the care of the county charity patients, and shall levy annually an amount sufficient to maintain such county hospital.
Provided, that in considering and fixing appropriations the excise board shall take into account as an item of income from sources other than ad valorem tax the gross operating receipts of the hospital for the previous fiscal year.
As to self-liquidating revenue bonds, any county may, by its board of county commissioners, issue negotiable revenue bonds of the county, for the purpose of constructing a county hospital, or making alterations or additions to a county hospital. Such revenue bonds shall be issued in the same manner as revenue bonds issued by an independent school district to construct recreational facilities under the provisions of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Sections 821.1 through 821.9, inclusive. The bonds shall be secured by a pledge of and shall be payable from the net revenues of the county hospital. Provided, that the hospital shall be operated in the same manner as a county hospital constructed from the proceeds of general obligation bonds.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 273, p. 387, § 6. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 79, p. 128, § 4; Laws 1939, p. 220, § 1; Laws 1951, p. 45, § 1; Laws 1953, p. 505, § 1; Laws 1970, c. 286, § 3, emerg. eff. April 27, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-787. Site and building.

Out of the proceeds of said bonds the county commissioners shall proceed to purchase a suitable site for the erection of such county hospital and to erect said building on said site, or to alter, add to, or enlarge existing hospital buildings in accordance with the plans and specifications to be prepared by an experienced architect and submitted to said board of county commissioners, which plans and specifications shall have been approved by the board of control hereinafter created. Said board of control shall be responsible for selecting an experienced licensed architect.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 273, p. 387, § 7. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 79, p. 128, § 5; Laws 1941, p. 66, § 3; Laws 1970, c. 286, § 4, emerg. eff. April 27, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-790a. Application of act.

The provisions of this act shall not apply in cases where the board of county commissioners of any county in this state are now operating a hospital in connection with the Oklahoma home of the county under the Poor and Indigent Statutes of this state out of county general fund revenues.
Added by Laws 1939, p. 222, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-792. Medical staff - Admissions - Rules and regulations.

If a county hospital is operated by a board of control, it shall be the duty of said board of control to appoint annually at the first meeting in January none other than good, competent, trained, and skilled physicians and surgeons to the medical staff of the hospital, after acceptance by the executive committee of the medical staff. Admission of patients to the hospital shall be only upon recommendation of a member of the medical staff. The medical staff shall organize and adopt rules, regulations, or bylaws for their practice in such county hospital, however, rules, regulations, or bylaws shall not become effective until approved by the board of control and when so approved they shall be signed by each member of the medical staff.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 273, p. 388, § 12. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 72, § 2, emerg. eff. May 21, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-793. Purchase of building - Gifts.

The county commissioners may proceed under the provisions of this act to purchase any building or property already erected, which is suitable for hospital purposes. The county commissioners may also accept property by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise for the use of such hospital.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 273, p. 389, § 13. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 72, § 3, emerg. eff. May 21, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-794. Audit of financial books and records.

The financial books and records of each county-owned hospital operating under authority of existing law must be audited for the preceding fiscal year, within ninety (90) days of the close of each year, by an independent accountant who is vested with the authority to practice the profession of accounting and auditing as a public accountant in conformity with the laws of the State of Oklahoma. The public accountant performing such a hospital audit must investigate and report upon the manner in which the county hospital is complying with the statutes pertaining to the financial operation of said hospital and upon the manner in which the county hospital is conforming to the books, forms, and accounting methods adopted and approved by the American Hospital Association and the Oklahoma Hospital Association. Four (4) copies of the audit report for each fiscal year must be filed within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of the fiscal year, one with the board of county commissioners, one in the office of the county clerk, one with the district attorney, and one with the State Auditor and Inspector, and publication of the existence and location of these audit reports shall be made by publication in a newspaper for two (2) issues in general circulation in the county. The cost of such audits shall be determined by the board of control of such county-owned hospitals by reference to generally accepted practices in the field of certified public accounting, and the payment for such audits shall be made by the allowance of claims by the board of control. In addition to, or in lieu of, the above provided annual audit, it shall be possible upon request of the county commissioners of any county, or upon request of the Governor, signed by five percent (5%) of the legal voters of any county, or by order of the Governor, to cause the State Auditor and Inspector to audit, for the preceding fiscal year, the books and records of the county-owned hospital operating under authority of existing law, and the cost of such audit shall be a proper charge against funds otherwise provided for by law.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 221, § 1, emerg. eff. Aug. 7, 1961. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 290, § 1; Laws 1970, c. 286, § 8, emerg. eff. April 27, 1970; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 83, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-795. Penalties.

Any person violating any provision of this act shall be removed from any office that he holds in connection with such county hospital by a court of competent jurisdiction and, in addition thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 221, § 2, emerg. eff. Aug. 7, 1961.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.1. City and county planning and zoning - Cooperative planning commission - Board of adjustment.

For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma in conserving the natural resources of the state, and in promoting the health, safety, peace, morals and general welfare of the people of the state, there may be provided in all applicable counties of the state, city and county planning and zoning, in the manner herein provided, and for that purpose there are hereby created in each of such applicable counties a city-county cooperative planning commission and a county board of adjustment with the respective powers and duties as set out in this act.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 164, § 1, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.3. Discontinuance of existing commission - Establishment of new commission - Procedure.

The board of county commissioners of any such county desiring to avail itself of the provisions of this act, shall at any time, discontinue any existing county planning commission and remove the entire membership thereof and set up a metropolitan area planning commission in the following manner:
(a) By resolution of the board of county commissioners, entered in the commissioners' journal of proceedings, setting forth its intention to avail itself of the provisions of this act and to enter into an agreement with the municipality for the organization of the metropolitan area planning commission herein provided for and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.
(b) Such resolution shall not become effective until such agreement has been entered into and until the municipality has by proper ordinance provided for the dissolution and discontinuance of its city planning commission.
(c) After such agreement has been entered into a copy thereof, together with a copy of said resolution, shall be served upon the county planning commission by delivering same to the chairman of the respective commissions, whereupon the terms of office of the members of such county and city planning commissions shall expire and the tenure of their respective director and technical staff shall cease.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 165, § 3, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.4. Definitions.

For the purpose of this act, certain terms are defined as provided in this section. Whenever appropriate, the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. "Municipality" or "municipal" shall mean or relate only to incorporated cities and towns. "Mayor" means the chief executive of the municipality, whether the official designation of his office be mayor, city manager or otherwise. "Council" means the legislative body of the municipality. The term "streets" includes streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, viaducts, highways and other ways. "Subdivision" and "zoning" are defined as hereinafter provided. "Board" shall mean the board of county commissioners. "Commission" shall mean the metropolitan area planning commission. "Area" shall mean all territory included within the jurisdiction of the commission.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 165, § 4, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.5. Commission membership - Appointment and tenure - Compensation - Vacancies—Removal.

The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission shall consist of eleven (11) members, selected as follows: six shall be appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council and three shall be appointed by the board. The mayor of the municipality or a person designated by the mayor as an alternate and the chair of the board or a person designated by the chair of the board as an alternate shall be ex officio members of the Commission and shall be entitled to vote on all matters. Members selected by the mayor other than the alternate of the mayor shall serve for terms of three (3) years, except that the respective terms of the first two members appointed shall be one (1) year, the next two members appointed two (2) years, and the next two members three (3) years. Members selected by the chair of the board other than the alternate of the chair, shall serve for terms of three (3) years, except that the respective term of the members first appointed shall be one, two, and three years. All members of the Commission shall serve as such without compensation, except the commissioners may receive a per diem as set by the local board and council not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each meeting attended not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month, and the appointed members other than the alternates shall hold no other municipal or county office. Vacancies occurring otherwise than through the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term by the official appointing the original holder of said membership.
A member of such Commission, other than an alternate, once qualified, can thereafter be removed during his or her term of office only for cause and after a hearing held before the governing body by which he or she was appointed.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 165, § 5, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 179, § 2, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963; Laws 1977, c. 157, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1977; Laws 1990, c. 215, § 5, emerg. eff. May 18, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 47, § 1, emerg. eff. April 8, 1992; Laws 2009, c. 267, § 2, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.6. Chairman - Meetings - Rules - Employees - Fees - Financial assistance.

The commission shall elect its chairman from its appointed members and fill such other offices as it may determine. The term of the chairman shall be one (1) year. The commission shall hold at least one (1) meeting each month and all meetings shall be open to the public. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and keep a record of its functions and activities, which record shall be a public record. The commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary and may establish a schedule of fees to cover the various services rendered and may also contract with other persons and agencies for such services as it may require, including private legal counsel and private auditing service, within the limits of its appropriations and may incur necessary expenses, all subject to the approval of the appropriate governing bodies. The commission may contract for, receive, and utilize any grants, or other financial assistance, from the United States or from any other source, public or private, in furtherance of its functions, and may incur necessary expenses in obtaining said grants, and/or financial assistance, within the limits of its appropriations; and shall receive and disburse such grants and/or other financial assistance in such manner as may be agreed upon by the board and council. The commission may to the extent authorized by the charter or ordinances of any city or town in the county, act as the planning commission for such city or town or lend planning assistance under such mutual arrangement for the sharing of expenses as may be agreed upon.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 166, § 6, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 141, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.7. Master plan - Public hearing.

The commission shall make, adopt, and may publish a master plan of the municipality, and of the unincorporated area of the county, for the purpose of bringing about a coordinated physical development in accordance with the present and future needs of such area. The master plan shall be developed so as to conserve the natural resources of the area, to insure efficient expenditure of public funds, and to promote the health, safety, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare of the people of the area and the state. Such master plan may include, among other things, studies and recommendations relative to the location, character, and the extent of highways, railroads, bus, streetcar and other transportation routes, bridges, public buildings, schools, parks, parkways, airports, forests, wildlife refuges, dams and projects affecting the conservation of natural resources, and studies and recommendations for an annual budget and long-range financial program for public improvements. The commission may also perform in the area any additional urban planning which is needed, including but not limited to surveys, land use studies, urban renewal plans, technical services, and other planning work. The commission may adopt the master plan in whole or part, and subsequently amend or extend the adopted plan or portions thereof. Before the adoption, amendment, or extension of the plan or portions thereof, the commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon. Such hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The adoption of the plan or portions thereof shall be by resolution carried by not less than the majority of the full membership of the commission including the ex officio members thereof. Before such master plan or part thereof shall have the status of an official plan, it shall be submitted to and shall have the approval of the council insofar as such plan affects the area within the city limits of the municipality and shall have the approval of the board of county commissioners, insofar as such plan affects the unincorporated area of the county, as the case may be. The council and/or board may approve the plan in whole or in part, or return the plan or any portion thereof to the commission for further consideration. Any part so approved shall immediately become in full force and effect as to the area covered by the approved portion of such plan. Should the council or board fail to act upon such plan within forty-five (45) days from the date of its submission by the commission, such plan shall be deemed to be approved by said council or board. After the adoption of the master plan, or part thereof, an attested copy shall be certified by the commission and by the approving authority and shall be certified to the county clerk of such county for safekeeping and as a public record, and certified to the clerks of such incorporated areas as may be covered or affected by the plan.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 166, § 7, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 141, § 3; Laws 1980, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.8. Approval of plans after adoption of master plan.

From and after the adoption of the master plan or portion thereof and its proper certification, then and henceforth no improvement of a type embraced within the recommendations of the master plan shall be constructed or authorized without first submitting the proposed plans thereof to the commission and receiving the written approval and recommendation of said commission; provided, however, that this requirement shall be deemed to be waived if the commission fails to make its report and recommendations within forty-five (45) days after the receipt of the proposed plans, and provided further that the disapproval or recommendations of the commission may be overruled by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, properly recorded, of any regularly constituted governmental legislative body, board, or officials sponsoring or acting upon the proposed improvements, after the reasons for such overruling are spread upon its minutes.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 167, § 8, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.10. Transfer or sale of lands.

Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land within the area, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or negotiates to sell any land by reference to or exhibition thereof, or by other use of a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been approved by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission or the Commission's staff as provided in the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 863.9 of this title and filed of record in the office of the county clerk, or whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any parcel of ground, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or negotiates to sell any tract of land of five (5) acres or less, or which transfer or sale will result in a remainder tract of land of five (5) acres or less, where such tract or remainder tract was not shown of record in the office of the county clerk as separately owned at the effective date of the regulations hereinafter provided for and not located within a subdivision approved according to law and filed of record in the office of the county clerk, or if so located, not comprising at least one (1) entire lot as recorded, without first obtaining the written approval of the Commission or the Commission's staff as provided in the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 863.9 of this title, by the endorsement on the instrument of transfer, shall be subject to the penalties by this act provided; and such transaction shall be unlawful and the deed or other instrument of transfer shall not be valid; and if recorded, shall not import notice; and the description of such lot or parcel by metes and bounds, in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring, shall not exempt the transaction or the parties from such penalties or from the remedies in this act provided.
In the consideration of such transfers, referred to as "lot-splits", the Commission shall apply the same regulations as are applied to subdivisions in order to accomplish the purposes of planning as herein provided.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 168, § 9, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 47, § 2, emerg. eff. April 8, 1992; Laws 2006, c. 27, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2017, c. 119, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.11. Building line or set-back regulations - Considerations - Hearings.

Wherever a plan for major highways has been adopted and filed by the commission, the council and board, upon recommendations of the commission, are hereby authorized and empowered to establish, regulate, and limit, and to change and amend, building line or set-back regulations on such major highways, and to prohibit any new building or set-back lines within the area. In establishing such building lines, the council and board shall take into consideration the present stage of development along such highways, including the type of buildings and nature of their use, as well as their number and location; the present width of such highways and type of construction; the amount of traffic using such highways; and probably future needs to protect safety and provide adequate transportation along such highways in view of the trend of development of residential, commercial, and industrial areas served by such highways.
Regulations authorized by this section shall not be adopted, changed, or amended by the council and board until a public hearing has been held thereon by the commission.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 168, § 11, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.12. Enforcement of building line and set-back regulations - Appeals - Modification.

After the council and board shall have established building or set-back lines on such major highways, no new building or structure shall be erected within such building or set-back lines in the area and no permit for such building shall be issued by the city building inspector as respects the territory over which the municipality shall have enforcement jurisdiction or by the county engineer, hereby designated to administer and enforce building line and set-back regulations for the county, as respects the territory over which the county shall have enforcement jurisdiction. The city board of adjustment, as respects the territory over which the county shall have enforcement jurisdiction, shall hear appeals of any property owner aggrieved by such building line and set-back regulations in specific cases, in order than unwarranted hardship, which constitutes an unreasonable deprivation of uses as distinguished from a mere grant of privilege, may be avoided, the intended purpose of the regulations strictly observed, and the public welfare and public safety protected.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 169, § 12, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.13. Zoning powers - Structures and equipment exempt.

For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience, prosperity, order, quality of life, and general welfare, and to lessen danger and congestion of public transportation and travel, and to secure safety from fire and other dangers, and to prevent overcrowding of land, and to avoid undue concentration of population, and to provide adequate police protection, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, forests, recreational facilities, military and naval facilities, and other public requirements, and to prevent undue encroachment thereon, the council, as respects the municipality and the board of any such county, as respects the unincorporated areas of the county, are hereby empowered in accordance with the conditions and procedure specified in this act, in the areas, respectively, to regulate the location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of the lot or area which may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density and distribution of population, and the uses of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic and public activities and other purposes.
The zoning power hereby conferred shall not apply to the erection, installation, and use of structures and equipment, by public service corporations subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, or other similar state or federal regulatory bodies; nor to the erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural purposes or the planning of agricultural crops.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 169, § 13, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 54, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Laws 1999, c. 220, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.13A. Board of county commissioners may establish fines and penalties.

A. A board of county commissioners may provide for enforcement of its regulations and establish fines, penalties or other remedies for any offense in violation of its regulations, which shall be recoverable together with costs of suit.
B. 1. In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by law, a board of county commissioners shall have the power to establish and enforce fines and penalties for violation of its zoning, subdivision, storm water and floodplain regulations, including the issuance of citations by designated county personnel for violations of its zoning, subdivision, storm water and floodplain regulations. A board of county commissioners may additionally establish that any person who fails to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued within the period permitted for its correction may be assessed a fine or penalty for each ensuing day during which such failure or violation continues.
2. In issuing a citation pursuant to this subsection, the county employee shall proceed as follows:
a.
the employee shall prepare a written citation to appear in court, containing the name and address of the cited person and the violation/offense charged, and stating when the person shall appear in district court. The time to appear specified in the citation shall be at least five (5) days after the issuance of the citation,
b.
one copy of the citation to appear shall be delivered to the person cited, and such person shall sign a duplicate written citation which shall be retained by the county employee, and
c.
as soon as practicable, one copy of the citation shall be filed with the district court specified therein and one copy delivered to the prosecuting attorney.
3. If a person fails to appear in district court at the designated time, a warrant for arrest shall be issued.
4. Violations and penalties shall be deemed misdemeanor offenses, punishable by a fine of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the district court within the county.
5. Fines and penalties collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the appropriate county fund.
6. Issuance of citations and/or payment of fines or penalties shall in no way preclude other remedies or appropriate action or proceedings to prevent or remove a violation.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 271, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.14. Division into districts or zones.

Whenever the commission of such county shall make and certify to the board of county commissioners of such county a zoning plan, including both the full text of the zoning resolution and proposed regulations and map or maps, representing the recommendations of the commission for the regulation by districts or zones, of the location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures in the areas of the county, not included within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality as herein defined, and the percentage of the lot or area which may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density and distribution of population, the uses of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic and public activities and other purposes, then the board may exercise the powers granted and, for the purposes mentioned in Section 13 of this act, may divide the areas of such county not included within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality into districts or zones in such number, shape and areas as it may determine and, for said purposes, may regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 169, § 14, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.15. Recommendations by commission.

Prior to the adoption of any zoning regulations the board, as it affects its jurisdiction, shall request the commission to recommend the boundaries of the various districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. The commission shall make a preliminary report of its recommendations for such zoning regulations and shall hold public hearing thereon, and such additional public hearings as it shall deem advisable. Such hearings may be adjourned from time to time. Within ninety (90) days after the final adjournment of such hearings the commission shall make its final report to the boards, together with a summary of the results of the public hearings, its proposed zoning regulations, map or maps, and suggested resolution. The board may then adopt the proposed regulations or refer them back to the commission for further consideration.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 170, § 15, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-863.16. Existing nonconforming uses.

The lawful use of a building, structure or premises as such existed at the time of the adoption and recording of any regulation affecting it, may be continued, although such use does not conform with the provisions of such regulation. The board, as it affects its jurisdiction, may provide for the termination of nonconforming uses either by specifying the period or periods within which they shall be required to cease, or by providing a formula or formulas whereby the compulsory termination of nonconforming use shall be so fixed as to allow a reasonable period for the recovery of amortization of the investment in the nonconformance, provided, that in each instance any such action of the board shall be taken only after public notice and hearing thereon has been had before the commission and that commission's recommendations with respect thereto certified to the board.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 170, § 16, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.