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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.8. Powers and duties of board of directors.

The board of directors shall have the following powers and duties:
1. To manage and conduct the business affairs of such district;
2. To make and execute all necessary contracts;
3. To purchase or lease-purchase and maintain necessary and convenient equipment for the construction and maintenance of roads within the district which acquisition shall be made pursuant to state competitive bidding laws;
4. To cooperate with the county in the use of county equipment for the construction and maintenance of roads within the district;
5. In cooperating with the county to utilize the services of county employees, sufficient to maintain and operate the equipment owned by such district in otherwise improving and maintaining the roads of the district;
6. To take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, and to dispose of, real or personal property of every kind necessary for the operation of the district;
7. To construct or otherwise acquire suitable buildings or structures for the housing of equipment and supplies of the district, or for carrying on its own business and affairs which acquisition shall be made pursuant to state competitive bidding laws;
8. To employ such officers and employees as may be required, fix their compensation and prescribe their duties;
9. To establish rules and regulations for the district and for the construction and maintenance of roads, culverts and drainage projects within the district; and
10. To do any and all other things necessary and proper in the management and operation of the district for the purpose of constructing and maintaining roads to serve the people of the district.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 225, § 2, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.9. Regular meetings - Special meetings - Quorum - Voting - Records.

The board of directors shall establish a time and place for regular meetings, and in addition thereto, shall hold such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. Five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and upon all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of at least a majority of those present and voting, a quorum being present. All records of said board must be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.10. Actions and proceedings to enforce act.

The board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or appear and defend, any and all actions and proceedings, suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper to fully carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Rural Road Improvement District Act, or to enforce, maintain, protect or preserve any and all rights or privileges conferred hereby, or acquired in pursuance hereof. Actions and proceedings shall be prosecuted and defended in the corporate name of the district, and the board is empowered to employ attorneys to represent the district in any such actions or proceedings, or to advise the board in respect of its duties under this act.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.11. Rural road improvement district property record.

To permit retirement of the bonded indebtedness of the rural road improvement district, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the board to prepare and keep a record which shall be known as the rural road improvement district property record. Such record shall contain the names of the owners of the lands in the district as they appear on the tax rolls of the county or upon the deed records, the description of all property subject to ad valorem taxation, and the assessed value of such property as shown by the records of the county assessor. No error in the names of owners or in the description thereof shall invalidate the levy of taxes provided for in the Oklahoma Rural Road Improvement District Act if sufficient description is given to identify such property.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.12b. Financing of improvements on pay-as-you-go basis.

A. Nothing in this act shall prevent the board of directors from using the levy provided for in Section 902.15 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes for financing improvements on a pay-as-you-go basis provided the district has no outstanding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. Pay-as-you-go improvements shall be subject to the assessment limits in Section 902.15 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be approved in the same manner as described in Section 902.12 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall not be approved for more than the actual estimated cost of such purchase and construction. For the purposes of this section, “pay-as-you-go improvements” shall be defined as improvements that are constructed and paid for when necessary revenues are accumulated.
B. A district choosing to finance improvements on a pay-as-you-go basis shall not issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness until a time following the financing and completion of pay-as-you-go improvements.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 209, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.13. Bonds.

Such bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States and shall run for a period of not more than forty (40) years, the amount, maturity dates, redemption provisions and interest rates to be determined by the board of directors. The principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the treasurer of the county in which said district shall be organized, or at any bank or paying agency designated by the board of directors. Such bonds shall each be of a denomination of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), shall be negotiable in form, executed in the name of the district, and signed by the president of the board of directors and the secretary of the district. In addition and without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions, the district shall be authorized to issue notes or other evidences of indebtedness for the corporate purposes enumerated in Sections 2 through 18 of this act in the same manner and subject to the same procedures as bonds issued by the district. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14 of this act, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness may be sold by the board of directors to the federal government or any agency thereof at negotiated or private sale. Bonds shall be numbered consecutively as issued and shall be dated as of the date of issuance, and shall be payable in their numerical order with interest to date of payment.
The bonds shall express upon their face that they are issued pursuant to a duly adopted resolution of the board of directors for the district and under the provisions of Sections 2 through 18 of this act. The secretary shall keep a record of the bonds sold, their number, date of sale, the prices received and the name of the purchaser. These bonds shall bear interest at the rate of not exceeding sixteen percent (16%) per annum.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.14. Sale of bonds.

The board shall sell such bonds from time to time in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise the money for the construction of the proposed work, the acquisition of property and rights and otherwise to fully carry out the objects and purposes of the Oklahoma Rural Road Improvement District Act. Before making any sale of bonds the board shall, at a meeting, by resolution, declare its intention to sell a specified amount of the bonds and the day and hour and place of such sale and shall cause such resolution to be entered in the minutes and notice of the sale to be given by publication thereof at least ten (10) days in some newspaper of said county if published in a daily newspaper or two (2) weeks if published in a weekly newspaper, or said notice may be published in two issues of a daily newspaper provided they are published a week apart. Said bonds may be sold either at public auction for cash to the highest bidder or upon sealed bids as determined by the board of directors. At the time appointed, the board shall award the purchase of the bonds to the highest responsible bidder, but shall reserve and always have the right to reject any and all bids, but said board shall in no event sell any of said bonds for less than par with accrued interest.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.15. Bond election.

Bonds and other evidences of indebtedness and the interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual levy of not to exceed five (5) mills on the dollar upon the ad valorem taxed property of the district, and all the ad valorem taxed property of the district, including the ad valorem taxed property of public service corporations, shall be and remain liable to be assessed for such payments as herein provided; provided, if Article X, Section 8 of the Oklahoma Constitution requires one hundred percent (100%) of fair cash value to be taxable for purposes of ad valorem taxation, the maximum number of mills authorized by this section shall be three-fourths (3/4) of one (1) mill.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 162, § 158, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.16. Additional assessments - Calling of election.

A. The board may also levy an additional annual assessment sufficient to care for the cost of operation of the district and the maintenance of its roads, equipment and for payment of the salaries of employees of the district, provided that no such annual assessment for operations, maintenance and salaries shall exceed three (3) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property in the district.
B. The board may call an election of the registered voters of the district, or if there are no registered voters of the district, the owners of real property in the district who are registered voters, in the manner provided for in Section 902.12 of this title, to determine whether or not the board shall levy an annual assessment not to exceed three (3) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property in the district for the purpose of providing additional funds for the operation of the district, the maintenance of its roads, equipment and salaries of the employees of the district. Such annual assessment shall be in addition to the annual assessment provided for in subsection A of this section. The number of mills shall be set forth in the resolution calling the election and, if approved, shall remain in effect until increased or decreased in a later election called in the manner provided for in Section 902.12 of this title, but the total additional annual levy shall not exceed three (3) mills.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 162, § 159, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 23, § 1, emerg. eff. March 30, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 218, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.18. Powers and duties concerning supervision and control of county roads.

Nothing in this act shall be deemed to exclude a county from supervision and control of the county roads in a district or to relieve the county from any duty or obligation to improve and maintain such county roads. The authority and powers of such districts shall be in addition to those of the counties and shall be carried out in cooperation with such counties.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.19. Formation of district without bonded indebtedness or tax levies.

Whenever ten or more persons who are holders of title to lands located outside the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town file a petition and map with the board of county commissioners of the county in which such area is located showing that they are the owners of all land described and included within the boundaries of the proposed district, that they all desire the formation of a rural road limited improvement district and that there will not be any bonded indebtedness or levy of taxes for payment of road improvement or maintenance, the said board of county commissioners may forthwith enter its order organizing such district, specifying therein that such district has no power to incur debt or levy taxes; and when such order is entered such district shall have the powers conferred herein or such as may hereafter be conferred by law upon such district.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.20. Conduct of district organization elections.

Elections to determine whether a rural road improvement district will be organized may be conducted at a mass meeting or convention of the owners of real property in and residents of the district, or if there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property in the district, who are qualified to vote. The chair of the board of county commissioners or his or her designee shall preside at the meeting and the voting shall be by secret ballot. The presiding officer shall have the authority to appoint a secretary of the meeting and the commissioner and secretary shall certify results of the election to the board of county commissioners who shall meet on the second Monday next following the election and proceed to determine the percentage of votes cast. If, upon such determination, at least three-fifths (3/5) of all the votes cast are "Rural Road Improvement District - Yes", the board shall, by order declare such territory duly organized as a rural road improvement district under the name designated. The order shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and from that date the district shall be complete.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 291, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 218, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.21. Election of district directors - Qualifications - Notice.

Directors of a rural road improvement district shall be the owners of real property in and residents of the district or, if there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property in the district. At the time of making its order organizing the district, the board of county commissioners shall set a first meeting of property owners of the district and direct the manner of giving notice by publication thereof. The owners of property within the district present at such meeting shall elect nine (9) directors who shall hold their office until the second Saturday in January of each even-numbered year, at which time their successors shall be elected. The property owners present at the first meeting shall adopt the bylaws of the district.
Subsequent elections for directors of the district may be held at a mass meeting or convention of the owners of real property in and residents of the district, or if there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property in the district, who are qualified to vote. The voting shall be by secret ballot. At the first regular election after organization of the district called for the purpose of electing members of the board of directors, the three qualified persons receiving the highest number of votes for member of board of directors of the district shall hold their respective offices for a term of six (6) years. The three qualified persons receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for four (4) years, and the three qualified persons having the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two (2) years. Each two (2) years thereafter, there shall be elected for a term of six (6) years three members of the board of directors. Notice of the mass meeting or convention called for the purpose of electing directors of a rural road improvement district shall be given by publishing notice of the meeting stating the time, place and agenda in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such district is located once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks next preceding the date of the election, and by posting the notice in three public places in the district for at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the election. The notice shall list the offices to be filled and the questions to be voted on, if any.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 291, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 218, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-902.22. Fraud or irregularities in election - Dispute procedure.

Any person seeking to dispute an election held pursuant to Section 4 or 5 of this act for alleged irregularities or fraud shall do so by filing a written petition with the board of county commissioners of such county within ten (10) days of the date of such election. The board of county commissioners shall set the matter for hearing not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days from the filing of the petition. Any person seeking to dispute the determination of the board of county commissioners made at such hearing may appeal the decision of the board to the district court in the manner provided by law for an appeal of an agency order in Sections 318 through 323 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any proceedings in district court, which are otherwise authorized by law, alleging irregularities or fraud in an election.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 291, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-904.1. Creation of county jail trust authority - Election.

A. The board of county commissioners of any county, if the board determines that such would be conducive to the promotion and preservation of the public safety of the county, may call an election at which shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the county the question of whether to create a county jail trust authority.
B. Notice of the election shall be given by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks next preceding the date of the election. The notice shall specify the date of the election. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this state. If a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the question at an election called for such purpose by the board of county commissioners approve, the county jail trust authority shall be created.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-904.2. Board of directors - Officers.

A. The directors of the Authority so created shall consist of five (5) members and include the chairperson of the board of county commissioners, the county sheriff, one member appointed by the presiding district court judge, one member appointed by the board of county commissioners, and one member appointed by the county sheriff. The appointed members shall be residents of the county and shall not be elected officials.
B. The county sheriff shall serve as chairperson of the board of directors. The board of directors of the Authority shall appoint a clerk and a treasurer. The board of directors shall fix the term and duties of the clerk and treasurer. The chairperson and members of the board shall serve without compensation. The treasurer shall give an official bond, in an amount fixed with sureties approved by the board of directors, conditioned upon faithful accounting for all money pertaining to the Authority and coming into the hands of the treasurer.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 176, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-904.3. Powers and duties of board.

The board of directors shall have the following powers and duties:
1. To manage and conduct the business and affairs of such authority;
2. To make and execute all necessary contracts;
3. To acquire by lease, purchase, gift or otherwise and to operate and maintain all necessary and convenient county correction and detention facilities, including but not limited to facilities for incarceration of criminals, juvenile detention and correction facilities, mental health and alcohol and substance abuse correction and detention facilities, kitchen facilities, medical facilities and other equipment and supplies for the full equipment of such facilities;
4. To contract for employees, sufficient to maintain and operate the criminal justice facilities of the authority;
5. To take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, and to dispose of, real or personal property of every kind necessary or convenient for the operation of the authority;
6. To construct or otherwise acquire buildings and structures suitable for the housing of equipment and supplies of the authority or necessary or convenient for carrying on its business and affairs;
7. To employ such officers and employees as may be required, fix their compensation and prescribe their duties;
8. To contract with federal, state and local governments and agencies for the use of the facilities of the authority;
9. To establish rules for the authority; and
10. To do any and all other things necessary and proper in the management and operation of the authority for the purpose of promoting the establishment and maintenance of an effective corrections and detention system which will enhance the preservation of the welfare and safety of the residents of the county.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-904.4. Meetings of board.

The board of directors shall establish a time and place for regular meetings, and in addition thereto, shall hold such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. A simple majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and upon all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of a simple majority of the members of the entire board. All records of said board shall be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-904.5. Authority to sue and be sued.

The board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or appear and defend, any and all actions and proceedings, suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper to fully carry out the provisions of this act, or to enforce, maintain, protect or preserve any and all rights or privileges conferred hereby, or acquired in pursuance hereof. Actions and proceedings shall be prosecuted and defended in the corporate name of the authority, and the board is empowered to employ attorneys to represent the authority in any such actions or proceedings, or to advise the board in respect of its duties under this act.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-904.6. Plan of operation - Election on funding.

A. As soon as practicable after organization of the authority, the board of directors shall, by resolution entered on its record, formulate a general plan of proposed operation for the authority in which shall be stated the estimated cost of operation and maintenance of the authority, what property, real or personal, is proposed to be acquired or constructed and the estimated cost of acquiring or constructing the same.
B. When the board of directors has estimated the cost of the operation and maintenance of the authority, and the cost of acquiring or constructing and real or personal property, it shall request the board of county commissioners to call an election pursuant to Section 1370 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes to fund any acquisition or construction, and the operation and maintenance of the authority.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-904.7. Payment of claims.

No claims shall be paid by the treasurer of the authority until the same shall have been presented and allowed by the board of directors. All warrants shall be signed by the chairman of the board of directors of the authority and countersigned by the clerk. If the treasurer of the authority has not sufficient money on hand to pay the warrants when presented, he shall endorse thereon "not paid for want of funds" and endorse thereon the date presented, over his signature, and from the time of the presentation until paid such warrant shall draw interest at the rate not to exceed ten percent (10%) per annum. All claims against the authority shall be verified the same as is required in the case of claims filed against the counties in this state and the clerk of the authority is hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths to the parties verifying such claims the same as a county clerk or notary public might do. The treasurer of the authority shall keep a register in which he shall enter each warrant presented for payment, showing the date and amount of the warrant, to whom payable, the date of the presentation for payment, the date of payment, and the amount paid in redemption thereof, and all warrants shall be paid in the order of their presentation for payment to the treasurer of the authority. All warrants shall be drawn and payable to the claimant or his assignee only.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-904.8. Dissolution of the authority.

In the event of the dissolution of the authority, the board of directors of the authority shall be trustees for the disposition of the property and the proceeds of the disposition of such property and all funds remaining on hand shall be deposited with the county treasurer who shall thereupon succeed to the powers and duties of the treasurers of the authority. When all of the property of the authority has been disposed of and the funds of the authority deposited with the county treasurer, the powers and functions of the board of directors of the authority, as trustees for dissolution, shall cease and the board of county commissioners shall succeed to all of the powers and duties of the authority insofar as it shall be necessary for them to wind up and conclude the affairs of the authority.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-904.9. Annual audits required.

The directors of every county jail trust authority created pursuant to the provisions of this act shall cause an audit to be made of, including but not limited to, the funds, accounts and fiscal affairs of the authority. The audit shall be ordered within thirty (30) days of the close of each fiscal year which shall commence July 1 and end June 30.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-904.10. Auditors' qualifications - Audit by State Auditor and Inspector - Certification of authorities' creation - Expense of audit.

A. The audits required by Section 9 of this act shall be certified with the unqualified opinion of a certified public accountant, a licensed public accountant or the State Auditor and Inspector. The required audit shall adhere to standards set by the State Auditor and Inspector. One copy of the annual audit shall be filed with the State Auditor and Inspector not more than one hundred twenty (120) days following the close of each fiscal year of the authority.
B. In the event that a copy of the audit as required by this section is not filed with the State Auditor and Inspector within the time herein provided or for any other reason deemed expedient by him, the State Auditor and Inspector is authorized to either commence an audit or employ a certified public accountant or licensed public accountant to make the audit herein required at the cost and expense of the county jail trust authority.
C. Within one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of this act or within one hundred eighty (180) days after creation, whichever is first, each county jail trust authority organized pursuant to the provisions of this act shall certify to the State Auditor and Inspector the date it was created.
D. Prior to the levying of any assessment by a county jail trust authority, there shall be filed with the Secretary of State an executed original or certified copy of a written instrument or election return declaring creation of the authority and a notice of said filing with the Secretary of State shall be delivered to the State Auditor and Inspector.
E. The necessary expense of audits required by Section 9 of this act shall be paid from the funds of the county jail trust authority.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-905.1. Definitions.

As used in the Oklahoma Regional Jail District Act, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. “Operation” includes but is not limited to leasing services, contracting for services, planning, financing, construction and maintenance of a regional jail regardless of the source of funding; and
2. “Regional jail district project” includes but is not limited to planning, financing and construction of a regional jail.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 20, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-905.2. Regional jail districts - Powers - County duties - Termination.

A. Any county or combination of counties by resolution of their governing boards, may jointly create a regional jail district pursuant to the provisions of Section 176 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of planning, financing, construction, maintenance and operation of a jail located within the boundaries of such counties. A regional jail district created pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall have the powers granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 176 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes in addition to the powers granted pursuant to the provisions of this act except that no district created pursuant to the provisions of this act shall have any power or authority to exercise or to attempt to exercise any powers of eminent domain. The county or combination of counties, or their agencies, creating the regional jail district shall be designated the beneficiary of the district. The boundaries of the regional jail district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the county or counties creating the district.
B. The board of county commissioners of each county desiring to join the regional jail district shall approve a resolution to join the district and shall approve an agreement which specifies the duties of each county within the regional jail district. If any county wishes to join a regional jail district which has already been established pursuant to this section, the agreement shall be rewritten and approved by each member county.
C. The agreement which specifies the duties of each county within the regional jail district shall contain the following:
1. The name of the regional jail district;
2. The names of the counties within the regional jail district;
3. The formula for calculating the contribution of each county to the costs of the regional jail district;
4. The types of prisoners which the regional jail may house, limited to prisoners which may be transferred to counties under state law;
5. The methods and powers which may be used for planning, constructing, financing or maintaining a regional jail;
6. The duties of the director of the regional jail; and
7. The timing and procedures for approval of the annual budget of the regional jail district by the regional jail commission.
D. Any county, city or town may contract with a regional jail commission for the purposes of holding prisoners.
E. A regional jail district created pursuant to this section shall exist for the duration of the operation of the regional jail and no longer than one (1) year after cessation of operation of the regional jail.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 20, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-905.3. Regional jail districts - Powers.

In addition to the powers granted to the regional jail district by its member counties under the agreement, the regional jail district has all the powers necessary or appropriate to carry out its purposes including, but not limited to, the following:
1. To adopt bylaws and rules for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;
2. To maintain an office at such place or places in one or more of the member counties as the commission may designate;
3. To sue and be sued;
4. To make and execute leases, contracts, releases, compromises and other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers or to carry out its purposes;
5. To acquire, construct, reconstruct, repair, alter, improve, and extend jail facilities;
6. To sell, assign, mortgage, grant a security interest in, exchange, donate and convey any or all of its properties whenever the commission finds such action to be in furtherance of the purposes of the district;
7. To collect rentals, fees and other charges in connection with its services or for the use of any facilities; or
8. To issue its bonds, notes or other obligations for any of its corporate purposes and to refund the same.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 20, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-905.4. Regional jail commission - Commissioners - Tenure - Compensation.

A. Any regional jail district created pursuant to Section 3 of this act shall be governed by a commission. The regional jail commission shall be composed of the sheriff and presiding county commissioner from each county within the district. Each regional jail commissioner of the regional jail district shall serve during his or her tenure as sheriff or as presiding county commissioner.
B. Commissioners of the regional jail district shall serve until successors have been duly appointed. Vacancies on the regional jail commission shall be filled by the succeeding sheriff or presiding county commissioner for the remainder of the term.
C. Commissioners of the regional jail district shall serve without compensation, except that they shall be reimbursed by the district for any reasonable and necessary expenses in the performance of duties as regional jail commissioner.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 20, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-905.5. Regional jail director - Compensation - Authority.

A. The director, appointed by the regional jail commission, shall administer the regional jail.
B. The director shall be paid a salary determined by the regional jail commission. The director shall have the authority to hire other officers and employees for positions that are authorized by the commission.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 20, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-905.6. Prisoners.

A. The regional jail established pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of this act may be used to hold prisoners who have pled guilty or been found guilty of a crime or prisoners who are being held prior to or during trial.
B. Each county within the regional jail district may keep its own jail for holding any prisoners who have pled guilty or been found guilty of a crime or who are being held prior to or during trial.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 20, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-931. Authorization to establish and maintain.

Each county in the State of Oklahoma having a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more, as determined by the last Federal Decennial Census or any subsequent Federal Decennial Census, is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, provide, maintain, construct, set apart, and conduct parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, swimming pools, social and community centers, and other public recreational facilities anywhere within the said county.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 93, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-932. Dedication of lands and buildings.

The board of county commissioners of any such county may dedicate and set apart for use as playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreational purposes any lands or buildings, or both, within said county owned or leased by such county and not then devoted to another public use; and such county may, in such manner as may now or hereafter be authorized or provided by law for the acquisition of lands or buildings for public purposes by such county, acquire or lease lands or buildings, or both, within said county for playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreational purposes, and when the board of county commissioners of such county shall dedicate, set apart, acquire, or lease land or buildings for such purposes it may, on its own initiative, provide for their conduct, equipment, and maintenance as now or hereafter authorized and provided by law.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 93, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-933. Period of dedication - Resolution.

The board of county commissioners of such counties may dedicate land or buildings as provided in Section 2 herein for a period of twenty-five (25) years, or for so long as the said lands and buildings shall be used or shall be convenient for use for said recreational purposes, or for a period of years not in excess of twenty-five (25) years, and for so long thereafter as the said lands and buildings may be used or may be convenient for use for said recreational purposes, provided that any dedication made pursuant to this section by the board of county commissioners shall be effective only after the said board of county commissioners shall have passed a resolution setting forth the terms of the dedication, and said resolution shall have been filed with the county clerk of said county; further provided that nothing in this section shall prevent such county from owning or operating recreational facilities without a formal dedication of such land or buildings as provided herein.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 93, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-934. Joint establishment of recreational system.

Such counties may jointly establish and conduct such a system of recreation, including recreation centers, parks, swimming pools, playgrounds, and any and all other recreational facilities and activities, with any city, chartered or otherwise, town, or school district within said county as may now or hereafter be authorized or provided by law.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 93, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-941. Counties over 300,000 population - Installation and operation of parking lot.

In any county in the State of Oklahoma, the board of commissioners of each county of the state is hereby authorized in its discretion, by the adoption of a resolution to set forth in its minutes, to install and operate on any tract of land of the county not needed or used for other county purposes county parking lots on which motor and other vehicles may be parked, and may charge parking fees therefor, and may install parking meters or other parking control devices, all as provided for and fixed in said resolution.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 101, § 1. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 277, § 1, emerg. eff. June 24, 1965; Laws 2015, c. 321, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-942. Penalty for failure to pay fee.

Any person parking a motor or other vehicle in such a parking lot without paying the parking fee, as provided for and fixed in said resolution, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Dollars ($5.00).
Added by Laws 1959, p. 101, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-943. County parking fund.

The fines so collected shall be paid monthly by the collecting court to the county clerk, who shall deposit the same in a fund in the county treasury to be known as the "County Parking Fund", which fund may be expended by said board of commissioners as authorized by said resolution.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 102, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-944. Improperly placed, stopped, parked or standing vehicles - Civil fines - Courthouse security.

A. No person shall place, stop, park, or stand any vehicle, including trailers or implements of husbandry, contrary to any official sign reserving, restricting, or regulating the placing, stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle within the boundaries of the following:
1. County-owned property; and
2. Public property within unincorporated areas of a county.
B. In counties with a population over five hundred thousand (500,000) according to the last decennial census, the county sheriff shall be responsible for the enforcement of subsection A of this section.
C. Any person violating the provisions of subsection A of this section shall be subject to a civil fine. A violation shall be indicated by the placing of a notice of such violation on the windshield of the vehicle improperly placed, stopped, parked, or standing.
The fine for such violation shall be Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for a standard parking violation and Sixty Dollars ($60.00) for parking in a designated handicapped parking space.
D. Of the monies generated from such fines the court clerk shall retain Five Dollars ($5.00) with the balance of the monies being deposited in the Sheriff’s Service Fee Account to be expended exclusively for the purpose of providing courthouse security.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 381, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-951. Fund and system authorized.

The board of county commissioners of any county in the State of Oklahoma having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000), according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for a retirement fund and system for any or all of the employees of such county as delayed compensation in order to encourage continuity of dedicated service on the part of employees and thereby promote public efficiency, and to provide retirement allowances and other benefits for such employees, their surviving spouses and surviving children; such fund to be supported by joint contributions by such county and the employees to be benefited.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 216, § 1. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 19, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 25, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-952. Control and management.

Every county establishing a retirement fund and system under the terms of this act is authorized and directed to provide for the control and management of such system by resolution which in addition to other provisions shall provide for:
1. The qualifications of the persons eligible for retirement benefits;
2. The minimum age for retirement of employees;
3. The limitations of amounts to be paid to persons eligible for retirement benefits;
4. A board of trustees to administer the fund to be selected as provided for in Section 952.1 of this title;
5. The amount of contributions to be made by the county and the amount to be made by the employees; and
6. Such rules, regulations, policies, and procedures as the board of trustees shall determine necessary for the proper regulation of the retirement fund and system.
Such fund and system shall be known as the "Employees' Retirement System of _________ County, Oklahoma", and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all funds handled and all of its cash and securities and other property held.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 217, § 2. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 124, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 2013, c. 281, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-952.2. Payment of certain expenses and costs.

All costs and expenses for the selection and compensation of actuarial consultants, investment managers, financial consultants, institutional custodian services, commissions or other costs resulting from the purchase, sale or other transfer of assets, and all costs and expenses related to those services provided in accordance with Section 953.1 of this title shall be paid from the retirement fund except as otherwise provided in Section 956.2 of this title.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 124, § 3, eff. July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 185, § 1, emerg. eff. May 15, 1995.