Oklahoma Statutes
Title 19. Counties and County Officers

§19-863.31. Electrical and elevator construction contractors - Examination and renewal fees. - The fee for the examination and initial certificate shall be...

§19-863.32. Joint city-county electrical examining and appeal board. - Joint examining and appeal board. a. Creation. The board of...

§19-863.33. Examinations - Certificates - Issuance without examination. - No person shall be issued a certificate as a Class...

§19-863.34. Apprentices. - Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the employment...

§19-863.35. Classes of licenses - Fees. - The following classes of licenses are hereby established for the...

§19-863.36. Bonds. - Any person desiring an electrical license of any kind as...

§19-863.37. Necessity for license - Applications - Contents - Violations. - No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business...

§19-863.38. Electrical inspector - Deputies - Duties - Fees. - There is hereby created the office of "electrical inspector" of...

§19-863.39. Standards of safety. - All electrical wiring, materials, equipment and the methods of installation...

§19-863.40. Plumbing inspector - Qualifications - Duties. - All plumbing materials, equipment and methods of installation thereof in...

§19-863.41. Increase in population. - Any county availing itself of the provisions of this act...

§19-863.42. Inspection by county inspector continued. - The inspection of electrical work as herein provided on houses...

§19-863.43. Partial invalidity. - If any section, clause, paragraph or part of this act...

§19-863.44. Building and/or fire codes. - Any county of the state to which the provisions of...

§19-863.44A. High-Rise Safety Act of 1975. - This act may be cited as the "High-Rise Safety Act...

§19-863.44B. Purpose. - The purpose of this act is to require the installation...

§19-863.44C. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. High-rise building shall mean...

§19-863.44D. Sprinkler systems required - Exceptions. - Every high-rise building to be constructed within this state after...

§19-863.44E. Penalties. - Violation of this act shall be punishable by a penalty...

§19-863.44F. Provisions as cumulative. - The provisions of this act shall be cumulative to existing...

§19-863.45. County building inspector. - There is hereby authorized the creation of the office of...

§19-863.46. Agreements with cities. - The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to enter...

§19-863.47. Appeals. - Any person aggrieved by any order or decision of the...

§19-863.48. Penalties - Injunction. - Violation of any of the provisions or conditions of this...

§19-864.1. Joint city-county electrical examining and appeals board - Authorization. - For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma...

§19-864.2. Definitions. - For the purpose of this act the following words shall...

§19-864.3. Creation - Board - Duties - Review of Decisions - Expenses of operation. - Joint city-county electrical examining and appeals board: a. The board...

§19-864.4. Certificates of competency - Examinations. - No person shall be issued a certificate of competency as...

§19-864.5. Examination fees - Renewals. - The fee for the examination and issuance of the initial...

§19-864.6. Apprentices - Registration - Limitations. - All apprentices as herein defined shall be registered with the...

§19-864.7. Classes of licenses. - The following classes of licenses are hereby established for the...

§19-864.8. Bond. - Any person desiring an electrical license of any kind, as...

§19-864.9. License - Application. - No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business...

§19-864.10. Electrical inspector - Selection - Duties. - There is hereby authorized the creation of the office of...

§19-864.11. Manner of installation. - All electrical wiring, materials, equipment and the methods of installation...

§19-864.12. Manufacturers and assemblers. - Manufacturers or assemblers of electrical equipment shall not be subject...

§19-864.13. Annexed territory. - The inspection of electrical work as herein provided on improvements...

§19-864.14. Exceptions. - The provisions of this act shall not apply to: 1....

§19-864.15. Violations. - Violation of any of the provisions or conditions of this...

§19-864.16. Identification of contractors. - Every contractor shall have a means of identification which may...

§19-865.51. County planning commission and county board of adjustment authorized. - For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma...

§19-865.52. Resolution of board - Majority vote of people. - Each county of the state which is hereby authorized to...

§19-865.53. Territorial jurisdiction. - The territorial jurisdiction of the county, as respects administering and...

§19-865.54. Definitions. - For the purpose of this act, certain terms are defined...

§19-865.55. Commission membership. - The commission shall consist of three (3) members appointed by...

§19-865.56. Cooperation and assistance. - In the pursuance of its duties, the planning commission may...

§19-865.57. Coordinated physical development. - The commission may prepare, adopt, and from time to time...

§19-865.58. Adoption and amendment of plan - Notice and hearing - Public record. - The commission may adopt the plan or plans, in whole...

§19-865.59. Proposed improvements - Recommendations by commission. - From and after the adoption of the plan or plans...

§19-865.60. Rules and regulations for enforcement. - The commission is hereby empowered to promulgate and adopt rules...

§19-865.61. Exemptions. - The rules and regulations of this commission shall not apply...

§19-865.62. County board of adjustment. - The board of county commissioners of any such county shall...

§19-865.63. Appeals to county board of adjustment. - Appeals to the county board of adjustment may be taken...

§19-865.64. Appeals to district court and Supreme Court. - An appeal to the district court from any decision, ruling,...

§19-865.65. Schedule of fees. - The board may establish a schedule of fees for inspections...

§19-865.66. Notice of public hearings. - A. Notice of all public hearings herein provided for shall...

§19-865.67A. Board of county commissioners may establish fines and penalties. - A. A board of county commissioners may provide for enforcement...

§19-865.68. Exclusive control. - From and after the time such commission is constituted by...

§19-865.69. Existing county planning commissions - Advisory agency. - For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma...

§19-866.1. Metropolitan area planning commission - County board of adjustment. - For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma...

§19-866.2. City and county powers. - In any county of the state authorized to avail itself...

§19-866.3. Funds - Grants. - Any county of the state which is hereby authorized to...

§19-866.4. Territorial jurisdiction. - The territorial jurisdiction of the municipality as respects administering and...

§19-866.5. Establishment of planning commission. - The board of county commissioners of any such county and...

§19-866.6. Definitions. - For the purpose of this act, certain terms are defined...

§19-866.7. Commission membership - Appointment and tenure - Compensation - Vacancies - Removal. - The commission shall consist of the following members: four (4)...

§19-866.8. Chairman - Meetings - Rules - Employees - Fees. - The commission shall elect its chairman from its appointed members...

§19-866.9. Submission of proposals and plans - Advice and cooperation of other agencies. - To facilitate effective and harmonious planning of the metropolitan area,...

§19-866.10. Metropolitan comprehensive plan. - A. 1. The metropolitan area planning commission shall prepare, adopt,...

§19-866.11. Submission of proposed improvement plans for commission recommendations. - From and after the adoption of the comprehensive plan or...

§19-866.12. Plats and subdivisions - Rules and regulations. - The commission is hereby empowered to adopt rules and regulations...

§19-866.13. Recording of plats or deeds - Approval. - From and after the adoption of a plan for major...

§19-866.14. Building lines. - Wherever a plan for major streets and highways has been...

§19-866.15. Enforcement of building line regulations - Appeals - Modification. - After the council or board shall have established building or...

§19-866.16. Zoning powers - Exemptions. - A. For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety,...

§19-866.16A. Board of county commissioners may establish fines and penalties. - A. A board of county commissioners may provide for enforcement...

§19-866.17. Division into districts or zones. - Whenever the commission of such county shall make and certify...

§19-866.18. Recommendations by commission. - Prior to the adoption of any zoning regulations the board,...

§19-866.19. Termination of nonconforming uses. - The board, within its area of jurisdiction may provide for...

§19-866.20. Amendment or repeal of regulations - Notice and hearing. - The zoning regulations imposed and the districts created under authority...

§19-866.21. Permits required - Administration of rules and regulations. - After the adoption of such zoning regulations or building line...

§19-866.22. County Board of Adjustment. - The board of county commissioners of any such county shall...

§19-866.23. Appeals to board - Powers and duties. - Appeals to the county board of adjustment may be taken...

§19-866.24. Appeals to district court. - An appeal to the district court from any decision, ruling,...

§19-866.25. Zoning regulations to govern. - Whenever the zoning regulations made under authority of this act...

§19-866.26. Construction codes. - Whenever a zoning plan has been adopted and filed by...

§19-866.27. Housing code. - Whenever a zoning plan and building code have been officially...

§19-866.28. Building permit fees - Inspection fees. - For building permits issued under this act, there shall be...

§19-866.29. Notice of public hearings. - A. Notice of all public hearings herein provided for shall...

§19-866.30. Exemptions from zoning regulations. - A. The zoning power conferred herein shall not apply to...

§19-866.31. Validation of existing plans, ordinances, etc. - All existing plans, regulations, resolutions, ordinances and codes and all...

§19-866.32. Violations and penalties. - A violation of this act or of any order or...

§19-866.33. Exclusive control by commission - Transfer of records, etc. - From and after the time such commission is constituted by...

§19-866.34. Continued operation after population increase. - Any county availing itself of the provisions of this act...

§19-866.35. Contracts with city-county planning commissions. - For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma...

§19-867.1. Dedications for street or highway purposes not required as condition for approval of zoning ordinance. - The county commissioners of any county or the governing body...

§19-867.2. Counties exempt. - This act shall not apply in counties of more than...

§19-868.1. Creation of county planning commission and board of adjustment. - In every county subject to the provisions of this act...

§19-868.2. Personnel of county planning commission. - The county planning commission shall be composed of seven (7)...

§19-868.3. Personnel and procedure of county board of adjustment. - The county board of adjustment shall be composed of three...

§19-868.4. Staff and finances - Fees. - The county planning commission may appoint such employees as it...

§19-868.5. Procedure of county planning commission. - The county planning commission shall hold at least one regular...

§19-868.6. Master plan. - The county planning commission shall make, adopt and may publish...

§19-868.7. Submission of proposed improvements to county planning commission. - From and after the adoption of the master plan or...

§19-868.8. Approval of plat of subdivided lands - Rules and regulations. - From and after the date of the adoption of a...

§19-868.9. Building law regulations. - Whenever a plan for major highways has been adopted and...

§19-868.10. Enforcement - Appeals - Modification. - After the board of county commissioners shall have established building...

§19-868.11. Zoning by board of county commissioners. - The board of county commissioners is hereby empowered to adopt...

§19-868.11A. Board of county commissioners may establish fines and penalties. - A. A board of county commissioners may provide for enforcement...

§19-868.12. Zoning regulations defined. - Zoning regulations are hereby defined as regulations restricting the height,...

§19-868.13. Outdoor advertising structures. - Outdoor advertising structures may be built and maintained in areas...

§19-868.14. Existing uses. - A legally existing use, building or structure, existing at the...

§19-868.15. Procedure for adoption of zoning regulations. - Prior to the adoption of any zoning regulations, the board...

§19-868.16. Amendment of zoning regulations. - The regulations imposed and the districts created under authority of...

§19-868.17. Enforcement by county engineer. - After the adoption of such zoning regulations or building line...

§19-868.17A. Building and fire codes for unincorporated areas. - The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, adopt building...

§19-868.18. Appeals to county board of adjustment. - Appeals to the county board of adjustment may be taken...

§19-868.19. Appeals to district court and Supreme Court. - An appeal to the district court from any decision, ruling,...

§19-868.20. Conflicts between cities or towns and county. - The jurisdiction of the county planning commission and the county...

§19-868.21. Violations. - A violation of this act or of any order or...

§19-868.22. Counties in which applicable. - The provisions of this act shall apply only to counties...

§19-869.1. Lake area planning commission - Power to create. - For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma...

§19-869.2. Resolution creating. - In any county or counties authorized by this act to...

§19-869.3. Membership - Qualifications - Term - Joint commission - Removal - Vacancies - Compensation. - A lake area planning commission shall consist of not less...

§19-869.4. Jurisdiction of commission. - The jurisdictional area of a lake area planning commission may...

§19-869.5. Authority of commission - Powers of county - Officers - Meetings - Funds - Personnel - Expenses - Fees - A lake area planning commission shall have the authority to...

§19-869.6. Administration of zoning regulations - Board of adjustment. - At the discretion of the board or boards of county...

§19-869.7. Violations - Penalties. - A violation of this act or any order or regulation...

§19-871. Proposal for organization - Powers. - Whenever fifty persons, resident of a given area, or a...

§19-872. Petition. - A petition shall be filed with the board of county...

§19-872.1. Annexation of territory. - Upon the filing of a petition with the board of...

§19-873. Conduct of election - Canvass of votes - Order organizing district. - Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the general...

§19-874. Board of directors - Appointment and removal - Powers - Custodian of funds - Reports - Compensation. - The board of county commissioners shall, after the organization of...

§19-875. Meetings of board - Records - Right of entry - Acquisition of property - Contracts. - The board of directors shall hold their regular meetings in...

§19-876. Title to property - Sale of sewerage system - Election - Dissolution. - (a) The legal title to all property acquired under this...

§19-877. Conveyances - Actions and suits. - The board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to...

§19-878. Secretary - Clerk. - It shall be the duty of the secretary to attend...

§19-879. Bylaws, rules and regulations - Public, district and private sewer lines. - The board of directors of such district is hereby authorized...

§19-880. Subdistrict sewers - Petition - Profiles, plans and specifications - Contracts. - Whenever such district sewer or sewers shall have been authorized,...

§19-881. Computation and apportionment of cost - Assessment - Special assessment bonds. - As soon as any subdistrict sewer line or lines shall...

§19-882. Collection of installments - Delinquency - Lien of assessments - Foreclosure - Sale. - The clerk of said district shall no earlier than the...

§19-883. Suit to set aside assessment or bond - Limitation - New assessment. - No suit shall be sustained to set aside any assessment...

§19-884. General plan of proposed operation - Bonds. - As soon as practicable after the organization of such improvement...

§19-886. Payment of bonds. - Such bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by...

§19-887. Annual assessment by county assessor. - The county assessor must on or before the first Monday...

§19-888. Equalization of assessments - Notice of meeting. - On or before the 15th day of May in each...

§19-889. Hearing and determination of objections - Changes. - Upon the day specified in the notice required by the...

§19-890. Levy and collection of assessments for payment of bonds and costs of operation - Lien - Limitations. - The board shall then levy an annual assessment sufficient to...

§19-891. Costs and expenses - Paid out of construction fund. - The cost and expense of purchasing and acquiring property and...

§19-892. Tolls and charges. - For the purpose of defraying the expenses of the organization...

§19-893. Notice for bids. - After adopting the plans for the construction of the district...

§19-894. Presentation and allowance of claims - Warrants. - No claims shall be paid by the clerk of said...

§19-896. Approval of bonds by Supreme Court. - That the board is authorized in its discretion to file...

§19-897. County clerks to record instruments without fee. - All instruments and deeds filed for record in the office...

§19-898.1. Consolidation with adjacent city or town. - A county sewer improvement district lying adjacent to a city...

§19-898.2. Request for consolidation - Election - Terms - Ordinance. - The board of directors of any county sewer improvement district,...

§19-898.3. Property of city or town upon consolidation - Former district offices vacated. - Whenever an entire county sewer improvement district shall be consolidated...

§19-898.4. Assumption of legal bonded indebtedness. - The property within the county sewer improvement district consolidated under...

§19-898.5. Compliance with former district bond resolutions. - In the event of such consolidation, the city or town...

§19-898.6. Bonds affected. - The bonds of the county sewer improvement district referred to...

§19-898.7. Mineral rights not affected. - The consolidation of a county sewer improvement district with an...

§19-901.1. Organization authorized. - Whenever twenty-five percent (25%) of the holders of title to...

§19-901.2. Petition - Map - Notice, hearing and order - Name - Calling election. - The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the proposed...

§19-901.3. Notice of election - Qualifications of voters. - The county clerk shall cause notice of the election to...

§19-901.4. Conduct of election - Returns and canvass of votes - Order. - Such elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general...

§19-901.5. Board of directors - Elections - Vacancies. - A. Directors of a fire protection district shall be the...

§19-901.5A. Election procedures in lieu of election procedures set out in Section 901.5. - A. The board of directors of a fire protection district...

§19-901.6. Chairman, clerk and treasurer. - The board of directors of the district shall select one...

§19-901.7. Powers and duties of directors. - A. The board of directors shall have the power and...

§19-901.7a. Fire chief for certain districts – Qualifications - Duties. - All Fire Protection Districts having more than two full-time paid...

§19-901.8. Meetings - Regulation and prevention of fire hazards. - The board of directors shall establish a time and place...

§19-901.9. Suits and actions. - The board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to...

§19-901.11. Fire protection district appraisal record. - To permit an apportionment of the cost of the benefits...

§19-901.14. Formulation of plan. - As soon as practicable after organization of such district, the...

§19-901.15. Bond election. - When the board of directors shall have estimated the cost...

§19-901.16. Requisites of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness. - Such bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the...

§19-901.17. Sale of bonds. - The board shall sell such bonds from time to time...

§19-901.18. Payment of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness and interest. - Such bonds and other evidences of indebtedness and the interest...

§19-901.19. Levy of assessments. - A. Each year the board shall levy an assessment sufficient...

§19-901.20. Collection of assessments. - Upon direction of the board, the clerk must compute and...

§19-901.21. Claims against district. - No claims shall be paid by the treasurer of said...

§19-901.22. Including additional territory. - Any territory located within the same county of an existing...

§19-901.23. Withdrawal of territory from district. - Any portion of the district which will not be benefited...

§19-901.23a. Annexation of all or a portion of a fire protection district - Requirements. - In the case of a municipality annexing a portion of...

§19-901.24. Dissolution of district. - In the event of the dissolution of a district, the...

§19-901.25. Contracts for fire protection service. - A. Any city or town located in the same county...

§19-901.25a. Inclusion of contiguous districts. - When the respective territories of any city or town and...

§19-901.27. Audits - Order - Petition - Cost. - A. The board of directors of each fire protection district...

§19-901.28. Certification of audit - Standards - Filing - Certification of creation - Filing of creating document. - A. The audits required by Section 901.27 of this title...

§19-901.29. Expenses of audit. - The necessary expense of audits required by Section 1 of...

§19-901.30. Strikes, work stoppages or slowdowns prohibited - Grant of labor rights - Violations - Arbitration. - A. The protection of the public health, safety and welfare...

§19-901.30-1. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. “Bargaining agent” means any...

§19-901.30-2.1. Subpoena of witnesses and documents - Notice and service - Rules - Hearings. - A. To accomplish the objectives and to perform the duties...

§19-901.30-2.2. Unfair labor practices - Complaint - Order to cease and desist - Restraining order. - A. The Public Employees Relations Board is empowered, as hereinafter...

§19-901.30-2. Collective bargaining - Bargaining agent - Hearing - Election. - A. Full-time firefighters in a Rural Fire Protection District shall...

§19-901.30-3. Agreement on contract - Submission to arbitration - Selection of arbitrators. - A. It shall be the obligation of the Rural Fire...

§19-901.30-4. Arbitration hearing - Submission of arbitration statement - Evidence - Selection decision. - The arbitration board, acting through its chairperson, shall call a...

§19-901.30-5. Decision factors - Responsibility for fees and expenses. - A. The arbitrators shall conduct the hearings and render their...

§19-901.30-6. Special election to select offer. - A. If the corporate authority’s last best offer is not...

§19-901.30-7. Negotiated collective bargaining agreement - Required provisions - Disputes. - Any agreement actually negotiated between the bargaining agent and the...

§19-901.30-8. Appropriation of monies required by collective bargaining - Notice - Time limitation. - When wages, rates of pay or any other matters requiring...

§19-901.30-9. Violations - Penalties. - It shall be unlawful for any collective bargaining representative or...

§19-901.31. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§19-901.32. Purpose of act. - The purpose of this act is to provide a budget...

§19-901.33. Application of act. - This act shall apply to all fire protection districts created...

§19-901.34. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Account" means an entity...

§19-901.35. Advice and services of State Auditor and Inspector. - The State Auditor and Inspector or his designee shall advise...

§19-901.36. Annual financial statement. - It shall be the duty of the board of the...

§19-901.37. Budgets - Format - Budget summary - Estimate of revenues - Determination of needs. - A. At least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning...

§19-901.40. Cash surpluses. - If and when an actual cash surplus accrues in any...

§19-901.41. Accounts and accounting - Budgets - Needs assessment. - Any monies received or expended by the district must be...

§19-901.42. Hearing on proposed budget. - The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed...

§19-901.43. Adoption of budget. - A. After the hearing required by Section 901.42 of this...

§19-901.44. Protests. - Within thirty (30) days after the filing of any district...

§19-901.45. Funds - Prohibited acts - Liability. - A. No expenditure may be authorized or made by any...

§19-901.46. Funds and accounts. - A district shall maintain, according to its own accounting needs,...

§19-901.47. Classification of estimated revenue and appropriation expenditures. - Estimated revenue and appropriation expenditures in the budget of each...

§19-901.48. Transfer of appropriation between accounts. - A. The board may transfer any unexpended and unencumbered appropriation...

§19-901.49. Amendment of budget - Supplemental appropriations. - A. The board may amend the budget to make supplemental...

§19-901.50. Rules and regulations. - For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of...

§19-901.55. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§19-901.56. Effectiveness of section - Coordinator defined - Consideration and determination of need of financial assistance - Certification - Distribution of monies - Expenditures. - A. The provisions of this section shall become effective when...

§19-901.57. Administration of grants. - A. When funds are made available for such purpose, the...

§19-901.58. Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...

§19-901.59. Purchase of equipment - Acquisition of storage space. - A. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to...

§19-901.60. Sale of equipment - Rules and regulations. - A. The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to sell...

§19-901.61. Administration of rural fire protection program - Acquisition of federal excess property - Rural fire protection coordination districts. - A. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby directed to...

§19-902.1. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§19-902.2. Creation and organization of district. - A. Whenever ten persons who are holders of title to...

§19-902.3. Petition - Deposit - Filing - Hearing - Orders - Election. - The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the proposed...

§19-902.4. Notice of election - Qualified voters. - The county clerk shall cause notice of the election to...

§19-902.5. Conduct of election - Certification of results - Orders. - Such elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general...

§19-902.6. Directors - Meetings - Terms - Bylaws - Election resolution - Conduct of election - Vacancies. - Directors of a rural road improvement district shall be the...

§19-902.7. Officers of board of directors - Term - Compensation. - The board of directors of the district shall elect from...

§19-902.8. Powers and duties of board of directors. - The board of directors shall have the following powers and...

§19-902.9. Regular meetings - Special meetings - Quorum - Voting - Records. - The board of directors shall establish a time and place...

§19-902.10. Actions and proceedings to enforce act. - The board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to...

§19-902.11. Rural road improvement district property record. - To permit retirement of the bonded indebtedness of the rural...

§19-902.12. Bond election - Resolution - Notice - Conduct of election - Canvass of returns. - A. When the board of directors shall have estimated the...

§19-902.12b. Financing of improvements on pay-as-you-go basis. - A. Nothing in this act shall prevent the board of...

§19-902.13. Bonds. - Such bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the...

§19-902.14. Sale of bonds. - The board shall sell such bonds from time to time...

§19-902.15. Bond election. - Bonds and other evidences of indebtedness and the interest thereon...

§19-902.16. Additional assessments - Calling of election. - A. The board may also levy an additional annual assessment...

§19-902.17. Amount of levies. - The amount of such levies shall be fixed by resolution...

§19-902.18. Powers and duties concerning supervision and control of county roads. - Nothing in this act shall be deemed to exclude a...

§19-902.19. Formation of district without bonded indebtedness or tax levies. - Whenever ten or more persons who are holders of title...

§19-902.20. Conduct of district organization elections. - Elections to determine whether a rural road improvement district will...

§19-902.21. Election of district directors - Qualifications - Notice. - Directors of a rural road improvement district shall be the...

§19-902.22. Fraud or irregularities in election - Dispute procedure. - Any person seeking to dispute an election held pursuant to...

§19-904.1. Creation of county jail trust authority - Election. - A. The board of county commissioners of any county, if...

§19-904.2. Board of directors - Officers. - A. The directors of the Authority so created shall consist...

§19-904.3. Powers and duties of board. - The board of directors shall have the following powers and...

§19-904.4. Meetings of board. - The board of directors shall establish a time and place...

§19-904.5. Authority to sue and be sued. - The board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to...

§19-904.6. Plan of operation - Election on funding. - A. As soon as practicable after organization of the authority,...

§19-904.7. Payment of claims. - No claims shall be paid by the treasurer of the...

§19-904.8. Dissolution of the authority. - In the event of the dissolution of the authority, the...

§19-904.9. Annual audits required. - The directors of every county jail trust authority created pursuant...

§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...

§19-905. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§19-905.1. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Regional Jail District Act, the...

§19-905.2. Regional jail districts - Powers - County duties - Termination. - A. Any county or combination of counties by resolution of...

§19-905.3. Regional jail districts - Powers. - In addition to the powers granted to the regional jail...

§19-905.4. Regional jail commission - Commissioners - Tenure - Compensation. - A. Any regional jail district created pursuant to Section 3...

§19-905.5. Regional jail director - Compensation - Authority. - A. The director, appointed by the regional jail commission, shall...

§19-905.6. Prisoners. - A. The regional jail established pursuant to the provisions of...

§19-931. Authorization to establish and maintain. - Each county in the State of Oklahoma having a population...

§19-932. Dedication of lands and buildings. - The board of county commissioners of any such county may...

§19-933. Period of dedication - Resolution. - The board of county commissioners of such counties may dedicate...

§19-934. Joint establishment of recreational system. - Such counties may jointly establish and conduct such a system...

§19-935. Provisions as cumulative. - The provisions of this act shall in no manner supersede...

§19-941. Counties over 300,000 population - Installation and operation of parking lot. - In any county in the State of Oklahoma, the board...

§19-942. Penalty for failure to pay fee. - Any person parking a motor or other vehicle in such...

§19-943. County parking fund. - The fines so collected shall be paid monthly by the...

§19-944. Improperly placed, stopped, parked or standing vehicles - Civil fines - Courthouse security. - A. No person shall place, stop, park, or stand any...

§19-951. Fund and system authorized. - The board of county commissioners of any county in the...

§19-952. Control and management. - Every county establishing a retirement fund and system under the...

§19-952.1. Board of trustees. - A. The board of trustees shall be composed of nine...

§19-952.2. Payment of certain expenses and costs. - All costs and expenses for the selection and compensation of...

§19-953. Contributions by county - Use of funds - Return of employee funds. - A. Every county establishing a retirement fund and system and...

§19-953.1. Board of trustees - Counties having a population in excess of 675,000. - A. The board of trustees shall discharge their duties with...

§19-953.1A. Board of trustees - Counties having a population of 675,000 or less. - A. The board of trustees shall discharge their duties with...

§19-953.2. Fiduciaries - Power and authority - Restrictions. - A. A fiduciary with respect to the retirement system shall...

§19-954. Annual appropriation - Maximum contributions. - It shall be the mandatory duty of the board of...

§19-955. Prorating in case of insufficiencies. - If the funds in any retirement system are insufficient to...

§19-956. Eligibility for benefits - Reduction of mandatory service requirement - Disability - Military service - Surviving spouse. - No member of a county retirement system shall be eligible...

§19-956.2. Alternative method of determining retirement benefits - Vesting restrictions. - A. In lieu of the retirement benefits specified in Section...

§19-957. Employee defined. - An "employee", as used Sections 951 through 962 of this...

§19-957-1. County retirement system — Eligibility – Contribution limits. - The county commissioners of any county establishing a drainage district...

§19-958. Necessary provisions by resolution. - The board of county commissioners of any county establishing a...

§19-959. Money not liable to attachment, garnishment, levy or seizure - Exception of qualified domestic orders. - A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, sums of...

§19-960. Payment of certain employer's contributions from court fund. - A. In addition to all other items which are now...

§19-961. Employees whose salaries are paid in whole or in part from Law Library Fund. - In addition to all other items which are now or...

§19-962. Appeals. - Any county employee who has petitioned the board of trustees...

§19-965. Defined benefit retirement plan - Amendment or modification - Impact statement. - A. As used in this section: 1. “Concurrent funding” means...

§19-971. Election to establish – Creation of fund – Contributions – Definitions. - A. Effective July 1, 1999, each county of the state...

§19-1001. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§19-1002. Purpose - Commission created. - The purpose of this act is to foster and promote...

§19-1003. Counties authorized to act - Contract with cities - Resolution of necessity. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law,...

§19-1004. Commission membership - Tenure - Vacancies - Compensation - Expenses. - The city-county park and recreation commission shall consist of eleven...

§19-1005. Chairman - Meetings - Quorum - Fee schedule - Financial assistance. - The commission shall elect its chairman from the appointed members...

§19-1006. Director. - The commission shall appoint a director of the city-county park...

§19-1007. Annual budget, contributions and expenditures - Tax levy. - It shall be the duty of the commission to prepare...

§19-1008. Powers of commission. - Every city-county park and recreation commission created by this act...

§19-1009. Bringing in other cities, towns or school districts. - The governing body of any other city, town or school...

§19-1010. Retirement system - Workers' compensation. - If, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 37 of Title...

§19-1011. Act as cumulative. - This act is intended to be cumulative and in addition...

§19-1101. Authorization to establish countywide programs - Financing. - The board of county commissioners of any county may, by...

§19-1102. Purposes for which funds may be expended. - Any such county establishing an economic development program under this...

§19-1103. Advisory committee - Duties and responsibilities. - After the passage of said resolution the board of county...

§19-1103.1. Executive director - Contract for services - Salary. - Any county establishing an economic development program may contract for...

§19-1104. Cooperation with other counties, agencies, etc. - Any two or more counties may jointly and cooperatively undertake...

§19-1201. Ambulance Service Districts Act. - This act may be cited as the "Ambulance Service Districts...

§19-1202. Definitions. - As used in the Ambulance Service Districts Act unless the...

§19-1203. District board of directors - Authorization to create districts – Emergency medical services plan. - A. When a district is totally within the municipal city...

§19-1204. Petition for creation of district - Contents. - A. A petition signed by at least twenty-five percent (25%)...

§19-1205. Notice and hearing. - A. Whenever a petition, as provided in Section 1204 of...

§19-1206. Determination by board - Declaration of incorporation. - A. At the time and place set for the hearing...

§19-1207. Board of directors - Bylaws. - A. Immediately following the incorporation of the districts by the...

§19-1208. Governing body - Meetings - Vacancies - Rules and regulations. - The board shall be the governing body of the district...

§19-1209. Powers of district. - A. Every district incorporated hereunder shall have perpetual existence, subject...

§19-1210. Proportionate payment of costs. - A. Each county in which any of the area of...

§19-1211. Annexation of additional area. - Area outside the boundaries of any district which can be...

§19-1212. Notice of annexation petition. - Notice shall be given, as provided in Section 1205 of...

§19-1213. Hearing and determination of annexation petition. - At the time and place set for the hearing and...

§19-1214. Terms of board members - Annual meetings of residents. - A. The term of office of every member elected to...

§19-1215. Officers. - The board of directors shall annually elect a chairman, vice-chairman,...

§19-1216. Operation and repair of equipment - Compensation - Budgets - Audits. - It shall be the duty of the chairman of the...

§19-1217. Dissolution of districts. - Whenever a petition signed by three-fourths (3/4) of the residents...

§19-1218. Sale of facilities and property. - A. Whenever a district owning facilities and property desires to...

§19-1219. Release of area from district. - A. If it becomes apparent that a certain area included...

§19-1220. Tax exemption. - Districts formed hereunder shall be exempt from all excise taxes...

§19-1221. Consolidation of districts. - A. Two or more districts organized under the Ambulance Service...

§19-1230. Change of grade of road, street, etc. - Permanent improvement - Powers of commissioners. - Any board of county commissioners in the State of Oklahoma...

§19-1231. Compensation of abutting record title holders - Failure to compensate. - No change of any grade previously established by such county...

§19-1232. Plans and specifications for improvements - Resolution - Assessment plat - Cost estimates - Protests - Assessment roll. - When the board of county commissioners deems it necessary to...

§19-1233. Consulting engineer - Bond attorneys' or fiscal agents' services. - The board of county commissioners shall have authority to contract...

§19-1234. Notice to affected record title holders - Protests. - A. Any county creating a road improvement district pursuant to...

§19-1235. Contest of improvement. - Any record title holder of property or other person interested...

§19-1236. Petition for improvement - Sufficiency. - If the record title holders of more than sixty percent...

§19-1237. Powers of commissioners relative to petition for improvement - Revision of assessments. - Whenever the petition provided for by Section 1236 of this...

§19-1238. Resolution of contest or noncontest of improvement - Approval of plans and specifications - Contractor's bond - Bidding procedure. - After the expiration of the time for objection or protest...

§19-1239. Awarding of contracts - Excessive costs. - At the time and place specified in the notice to...

§19-1240. Appraisement and apportionment of benefits - Errors in description of lot or tract liable for assessment. - Within ten (10) days of the filing of the final...

§19-1241. County assessor - Duty to appraise and apportion - Reports. - It shall be the duty of the county assessor, within...

§19-1242. Objections to appraisement or apportionment - Hearing - Notice - Time. - When the report required pursuant to the provisions of Section...

§19-1243. Review of appraisement and apportionment - Objections to proposed assessment. - A. The board of county commissioners conducting said hearing or...

§19-1244. Property of cities, towns, counties, boards of education or school districts - Assessment against. - Any property which a city, town, county, or any board...

§19-1246. Street intersections and alley crossings - Improvement costs - State aid. - A. The board of county commissioners, in its discretion, may...

§19-1247. Payment of assessments - Interest - Levy of assessment - Assessment resolution - Liens. - Assessments in conformity to the appraisement and apportionment, as corrected...

§19-1248. Road assessment record. - As soon as the assessing ordinance is adopted, the county...

§19-1249. Due date of first installment - Delinquent installments - Collection of installments - Limitation of actions. - The first installment of the assessment, together with interest upon...

§19-1250. Installments - Payment - Collecting agent - Duties. - The assessments provided for and levied pursuant to the provisions...

§19-1251. Action to foreclose lien - Petition - Summons - Parties - Judgments - Surety bond or deposit. - Any holder of any road improvement bond issued pursuant to...

§19-1252. Penalties for delinquent taxes - Disposition. - All penalties for delinquent taxes, including penalties on special assessments...

§19-1253. Grounds for sustaining action against board of county commissioners. - No suit shall be sustained to set aside any assessment,...

§19-1254. Acceptance of improvements. - Upon the completion of the improvement, the board of county...

§19-1255. Improvement of existing roads, streets, avenues, alleys, or lanes - Application of act. - In all cases where the board of county commissioners shall...

§19-1256. Contractor's bond - Deposit prior to acceptance of improvement - Amount - Repair of improvements. - Upon acceptance by the board of county commissioners of said...

§19-1257. Road Improvement Bonds. - The board of county commissioners of any county, after the...

§19-1258. Proceeds from sale of bonds – Disbursement – Payment of contractor. - The proceeds from the sale of the bonds pursuant to...

§19-1259. Registration of bonds - Transfer or assignment. - The owner or holder of any road improvement bonds heretofore...

§19-1260. Consent of registered owners of bond to payment of special assessments - Presentment for payment - Endorsement - Cancellation. - Whenever the outstanding bonds in any series issued for the...

§19-1261. Delinquent assessments or installments - Presentment of bond receipt as payment - Discharge of liens. - In the event any such road or street improvement assessment,...

§19-1262. Transferees or assignees - Obligations. - Any transferee or assignee of any such bonds, from a...

§19-1263. Application of Sections 1230 through 1262. - The provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of Title 19...

§19-1264. Annexation to road improvement district. - Upon the filing of a petition with the board of...

§19-1275. Authority to issue bond. - All counties in the State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized...

§19-1276. Election - Resolution - Notice - Ballots. - A. Upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority...

§19-1277. Issuance and sale of bonds - Competitive bids - Deposit of proceeds. - A. If at the election three-fifths (3/5) of the voters...

§19-1278. Interest rate. - Bonds issued as provided in this act shall be made...

§19-1279. Levy of taxes to pay principal and interest on bond. - It shall be the duty of the officers charged by...

§19-1301. Vacation and sick leave plan. - Each county may develop and maintain a formal plan for...

§19-1302. Wellness Council. - Each county or city-county health department may establish a Wellness...

§19-1401. Short title. - This act may be cited as the "County Budget Act"....

§19-1402. Purpose of County Budget Act. - The purpose of the County Budget Act is to provide...

§19-1403. Application of act. - This act shall apply to any county which by resolution...

§19-1404. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Account" means a columnar...

§19-1405. Accounting records and financial statements - Establishment and maintenance. - The accounting records of each county may be established and...

§19-1406. Maintenance of funds and account groups. - Each county shall maintain, according to its own accounting needs,...

§19-1407. County budget board - Membership - Officers - Vacancies - Meetings. - A county budget board is created in each county which...

§19-1408. Preparation of budget for each fund. - The county budget board shall prepare for each budget year...

§19-1409. Adoption of budget - Capital projects fund budget - Reserve fund. - A. All budgets comprising normal operations of the county shall...

§19-1410. Fund budgets required - Format - Contents. - A. At least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning...

§19-1411. Estimate of revenues and expenditures. - A. On or before a date set by the county...

§19-1412. Public hearings - Notice. - The county budget board shall hold a public hearing on...

§19-1413. Adoption of budget - Filing - Appropriations. - A. After the hearing and at least seven (7) days...

§19-1414. Examination of budgets - Powers and duties of excise board. - A. The county excise board shall examine the county budgets....

§19-1415. Protests - Status of budget - Examination. - Within fifteen (15) days after the filing of any county...

§19-1416. Expenditures exceeding fund balance prohibited - Budget balances - Other unlawful acts - Liability. - A. No expenditure may be authorized or made by any...

§19-1417. Classifying estimated revenues and expenditures. - Estimated revenues and appropriation expenditures in the budget of each...

§19-1418. Transfer of appropriations. - A county budget board may authorize transfers of any unencumbered...

§19-1419. Transfer of special fund, debt service and special assessment fund balances. - Whenever the necessity for maintaining any special fund of a...

§19-1420. Supplemental appropriations - Amendment of budget. - A. The county budget board may amend the budget to...

§19-1421. Implementation and administration of act. - For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of...

§19-1500. County purchasing agent - Appointment - Training - Duties and responsibilities - Salary - Office space and equipment. - A. The county clerk of each county or an employee...

§19-1500.1. County purchasing agent – Powers – Electronic commerce. - A. Except as otherwise provided by Section 1500 et seq....

§19-1501. Duties of county purchasing agent - Requisition of purchase orders. - A. The county purchasing agent: 1. Shall, within the amount...

§19-1502. Uniform identification system and inventory system for county supplies, materials, equipment, information technology and telecommunication goods - County road and bridge inventory officer - Duties of county commissioners. - A. 1. The board of county commissioners or a designated...

§19-1503. Department receiving officers to be designated. - A. Each county officer shall designate two (2) employees to...

§19-1504. Duties of receiving officer. - A. A receiving officer shall receive all purchased, lease-purchased or...

§19-1505. Procedures for the operation of county government. - The following procedures shall be used by counties for the...

§19-1505.1. Contracts for supplies, equipment or materials - Bidders to provide information as to manufacturer and country of origin of supplies, equipment and materials. - A. The county purchasing agent may require each bidder for...

§19-1505.2. Exception to purchasing procedures for public trusts. - The procedures specified in Sections 1500 through 1505 of this...

§19-1506. Sheriff or deputy sheriff authorized to make certain travel purchases by credit card. - A. Subject to the limitations and procedures provided by this...

§19-1507. Number of credit cards issued and amount of charges allowed. - A. The number of credit cards issued and the amount...

§19-1601. Short title. - Sections 1 through 11 of this act shall be known...

§19-1602. Definitions. - As used in the Transient Merchant Licensing Act: 1. "Transient...

§19-1603. Exemptions. - A. The provisions of the Transient Merchant Licensing Act shall...

§19-1604. License required. - No transient merchant shall transact business in any county in...

§19-1605. Application for license - Contents. - A. Any transient merchant desiring to transact business in any...

§19-1606. Forms for applications for license and license certificate. - The court clerk in each county shall design and cause...

§19-1607. Agents of transient merchants. - Each person designated by a transient merchant as his agent...

§19-1608. License fee - Bond. - Each application for a transient merchant license shall be accompanied...

§19-1609. Issuance of license - Transferability - Validity. - A transient business license shall be issued only when all...

§19-1610. Violations - Misdemeanor. - Any person or entity that transacts a transient business as...

§19-1611. Enforcement of act. - It is the duty of the county sheriff and other...

§19-1701. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§19-1702. Purpose of act. - The purpose of this act is to provide a budget...

§19-1703. Application of act. - This act shall apply to all emergency medical service districts...

§19-1704. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Account" means an entity...

§19-1705. Advice on procedural and technical matters. - The State Auditor and Inspector, or his designee, shall advise...

§19-1706. Annual financial statement. - It shall be the duty of the board of the...

§19-1706.1. Payment of audit expenses. - The net proceeds of the one-tenth mill annual ad valorem...

§19-1707. Organization of board. - The board shall elect a chairman. The chairman shall have...

§19-1708. Preparation of annual budget for each fund. - The board shall prepare for each budget year a budget...

§19-1709. Budget for each fund - Format - Summary - Estimate of revenues and expenditures - Determination of need for sinking fund purposes. - A. At least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning...

§19-1710. Sinking fund levy - Formula - Intent of act. - It shall be the duty of the board to make...

§19-1710.1. Emergency medical service districts – Ambulance services. - A. Any proceeds collected pursuant to the provisions of Section...

§19-1711. Computation of levy for each fund - Procedure. - When the board has ascertained the total assessed valuation of...

§19-1712. Cash surpluses. - If and when an actual cash surplus accrues in any...

§19-1713. Accounting of monies. - Any monies received or expended by the district must be...

§19-1714. Hearing on budget. - The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed...

§19-1715. Adoption of budget - Filing - Effective date - Review of budget. - A. After the hearing and at least seven (7) days...

§19-1716. Protests against budget. - Within fifteen (15) days after the filing of any district...

§19-1717. Prohibitions on expenditures - Violations - Penalties. - A. No expenditure may be authorized or made by any...

§19-1718. Funds and account groups to be maintained. - A district shall maintain, according to its own accounting needs...

§19-1719. Classification of estimated revenues and appropriation expenditures. - Estimated revenues and appropriation expenditures in the budget of each...

§19-1720. Transfer of unexpended or unencumbered appropriation or funds in special fund. - The board may transfer any unexpended and unencumbered appropriation or...

§19-1721. Amendment of budget. - A. The board may amend the budget to make supplemental...

§19-1722. Rules and regulations - Forms. - For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of...

§19-1723. Purchases by board - Process. - Purchases by any board of trustees of any emergency medical...

§19-1801. Reverse auction bidding. - A. A county of the state is authorized to use...

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Oklahoma Statutes Title 19. Counties and County Officers

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Title 19. Counties and County Officers