Title 19, Title 19 — Counties and County Officers

A. Two or more districts organized under the Ambulance Service Districts Act may be consolidated into a single district by complying with the procedures prescribed in this section. B. The proposal for consolidation shall be prepared in written form and shall set forth in detail t…

pecuniary interest prohibited. It is hereby made unlawful and deemed a Class D3 felony offense for any of the funds of the county to be deposited in any bank in which the county treasurer or any member of the board of county commissioners is the owner of any stock or otherwise di…

improvement - Powers of commissioners. Any board of county commissioners in the State of Oklahoma is hereby empowered, within the unincorporated limits of the county, to establish and change the grade of any road, street, avenue, lane, alley, or other public place, and to permane…

to compensate. No change of any grade previously established by such county shall be made without making due compensation to the record title holders of abutting property for any damage caused by such grade change to the permanent improvements erected on said property with refere…

Assessment plat - Cost estimates - Protests - Assessment roll. When the board of county commissioners deems it necessary to construct a project, grade, pave, macadamize, chat, gravel, curb, gutter, drain, or otherwise improve any road, street, alley, avenue, lane, or any part the…

services. The board of county commissioners shall have authority to contract for the services of consulting engineers to prepare the necessary surveys, plans, plats, profiles, estimates, and all other details for said work or improvements and to supervise said work. The consultin…

A. Any county creating a road improvement district pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of this title, except as provided for in Section 1236 of this title, shall provide notice to the affected record title holders of private property and an opportunity to pro…

Any record title holder of property or other person interested in such proposed improvement shall have the right to institute an action to contest the action of the board of county commissioners of such county in adopting and approving the plans, plats, typical sections, or estim…

If the record title holders of more than sixty percent (60%) of the area of the land liable to assessments for any improvement petition the county commissioners of such county for the improvement of any road, street, alley, lane, or avenue, or part thereof, not less than six hund…

improvement - Revision of assessments. Whenever the petition provided for by Section 1236 of this title is presented, or when the board of county commissioners of any county has determined to pave or otherwise improve any road, street, avenue, lane, alley, or other public place, …

Approval of plans and specifications - Contractor's bond - Bidding procedure. After the expiration of the time for objection or protest on the part of the record title holders of property to an improvement, or if insufficient protest is filed, the board of county commissioners sh…

At the time and place specified in the notice to contractors, the board of county commissioners shall examine all bids received and, without unnecessary delay, award the contract to the lowest and best bidder, who will perform the work and furnish the materials which have been se…

The provisions of this act shall be cumulative with all existing laws governing deposit of funds by the county treasurer of the several counties. Added by Laws 1959, p. 95, § 4.

description of lot or tract liable for assessment. Within ten (10) days of the filing of the final plans, specifications and cost estimates with the county clerk, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, direct the county assessor to appraise and apportion the bene…

Reports. It shall be the duty of the county assessor, within five (5) days after being directed to appraise the property, to proceed to appraise and apportion the benefits to such lots and tracts of land as shall have been designated by the board of county commissioners, accordin…

Notice - Time. When the report required pursuant to the provisions of Section 1241 of this title has been returned, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a time for holding a hearing to hear any complaints or objections that may be made concerning the appraisement and a…

proposed assessment. A. The board of county commissioners conducting said hearing or any adjournment thereof shall have the power to review and correct said appraisal and apportionment, and to raise or lower the same as to any lots or tracts of land, as they shall deem just, and …

or school districts - Assessment against. Any property which a city, town, county, or any board of education or school district shall hold title to shall be treated and considered the same as the property of other record title holders. Such city, town, county, school district, or…

costs - State aid. A. The board of county commissioners, in its discretion, may provide for the payment of the cost for improving streets, roads, intersections, alley crossings, or any part thereof, out of the county road fund. B. The Transportation Commission is authorized in it…

Assessment resolution - Liens. Assessments in conformity to the appraisement and apportionment, as corrected and confirmed by the board of county commissioners, shall be payable in ten equal annual installments. The assessments shall bear interest at the rate of not more than thi…

As soon as the assessing ordinance is adopted, the county clerk shall prepare a book which shall be known as the road assessment record in which the clerk shall enter the names of each person holding title to the land to be assessed as ascertained from the records of the county, …

Collection of installments - Limitation of actions. The first installment of the assessment, together with interest upon the whole assessment from the date of the passage of the assessing resolution to the first day of the next September, shall be due and payable in cash on or be…

The assessments provided for and levied pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of this title shall be payable as the installments become due, together with the interest on said installments, to the county clerk who shall give proper receipts for such payments an…

Judgments - Surety bond or deposit. Any holder of any road improvement bond issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of this title shall have the right to institute, in the name of the county issuing such bond, an action in the district court of the county …

All penalties for delinquent taxes, including penalties on special assessments and the interest of bonds for paving or other special assessment bonds, over and above the amount specified in the face thereof, shall be and become the property of the county and shall be collected by…

commissioners. No suit shall be sustained to set aside any assessment, or to contest the area of assessment, or to enjoin the board of county commissioners from levying or collecting any such assessment, or installment thereof, or interest or penalty thereon, or issuing the bonds…

Upon the completion of the improvement, the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not such work has been completed in accordance with the plans, profiles, specifications and contract therefor, and if found to be in compliance therewith shall accept the same, an…

or lanes - Application of act. In all cases where the board of county commissioners shall deem it necessary to pave, construct, macadamize, chat or gravel, curb, gutter, drain or otherwise improve any road, street, avenue, alley, lane or any part thereof, which shall have been he…

improvement - Amount - Repair of improvements. Upon acceptance by the board of county commissioners of said improvements, and before the final payment of the contract price, the board of county commissioners of any county shall require the contractor performing such work to make …

The board of county commissioners of any county, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the publication of the assessing resolution, within which period the whole of any assessment may be paid without interest, may provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable bonds…

contractor. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds pursuant to the provisions of Section 1257 of this title shall be deposited in separate accounts established for each improvement and disbursed only for the cost associated with the respective improvement. Payment to the contrac…

The owner or holder of any road improvement bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by any county in the State of Oklahoma for the payment of road or street improvements in any such county shall register such bond with the county clerk or appointed agent of such county by presenting…

special assessments - Presentment for payment - Endorsement - Cancellation. Whenever the outstanding bonds in any series issued for the payment of road or street improvements in any district have been registered in accordance with the provisions of Section 1259 of this title, all…

bond receipt as payment - Discharge of liens. In the event any such road or street improvement assessment, or installments thereof, paid by endorsement upon such bonds, as provided in Section 32 of this act, are delinquent and in the hands of the county treasurer of the county, f…

Any transferee or assignee of any such bonds, from a registered owner or holder thereof, shall be bound by any payments and discharges made prior to the registration of his transfer and in pursuance of the provisions hereof. Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 34, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.

The provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall apply only to road improvement districts. Added by Laws 1979, c. 27, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1979.

Upon the filing of a petition with the board of county commissioners for a change in boundaries of any road improvement district, signed by a majority of the assessed members of the existing road improvement district, the board of county commissioners shall cause notice to be pub…

All counties in the State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of this act for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, leasing or operating water facilities, reservoirs or projects as defined in Section 1085.32 of Title 82 of the Okla…

A. Upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority of the board of county commissioners or upon a petition to the board of county commissioners signed by twenty percent (20%) of the qualified voters of the county as determined by the last general election, the board of county com…

of proceeds. A. If at the election three-fifths (3/5) of the voters voting thereon shall vote in favor of the issuance of water facility or reservoir general obligation bonds, the board of county commissioners shall proceed at once with the issuing of the bonds and shall deposit …

Bonds issued as provided in this act shall be made payable and be issued as provided by law in the Registered Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed ten percent (10%), per annum. Added by Laws 1982, c. 327, § 4, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982. Amen…

It shall be the duty of the officers charged by law with the levying of taxes for county purposes to levy annually an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due each year on the bonds issued pursuant to this act. Added by Laws 1982, c. 327, § 5, emerg. eff. June 1, 1…

The following shall be substantially the form for every petition, or petitions, filed with the Governor, asking that an election be called for the purpose of creating such new county, or detaching territory from one county, for the purpose of adding same to another; provided, tha…

Training - Creation - Membership. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2026, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training, hereinafter called the "Commission". The Commission sh…

The duties of the Commission shall be: 1. To oversee a professional development program for training Oklahoma county commissioners, county clerks, county treasurers, county assessors, court clerks, their deputies and employees, county sheriffs, excise board members, candidates fo…

The President of Oklahoma State University or his or her designee shall serve as chair of the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training. After the first meeting, the Commission shall meet as it deems necessary or when called by the chair or by any three mem…

A. The Cooperative Extension Service is hereby authorized to create advisory boards as they deem necessary. Members of such advisory boards shall be appointed by the Cooperative Extension Service and shall include, but shall not be limited to, county government officials and appr…

The objectives of each education and training program, as developed by the Commission in consultation with the advisory boards and administered through the Cooperative Extension Service at Oklahoma State University, shall include, but shall not be limited to: 1. Encouraging the p…

A. 1. Any professional or clerical support staff required by the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training shall be provided through the Cooperative Extension Service. 2. The training programs developed pursuant to Section 130.1 et seq. of this title shall …

programs and educational seminars - Expenses. A. Each county commissioner, county clerk, county treasurer, and court clerk holding office on May 11, 1982, and those elected thereafter and the deputies of such elected county officers shall be required to participate in the appropr…