Title 19, Title 19 — Counties and County Officers

service - Rules - Hearings. A. To accomplish the objectives and to perform the duties prescribed by this act, the Public Employees Relations Board may subpoena witnesses, issue subpoenas to require the production of books, papers, records, and documents which may be needed as evi…

and desist - Restraining order. A. The Public Employees Relations Board is empowered, as hereinafter provided, to prevent any person, including a bargaining agent and corporate authorities, from engaging in any unfair labor practice as defined herein. B. Whenever it is charged th…

Selection of arbitrators. A. It shall be the obligation of the Rural Fire Protection District, acting through its corporate authorities, to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with the representatives of the full-time firefighters within ten (10) days after receipt …

statement - Evidence - Selection decision. The arbitration board, acting through its chairperson, shall call a hearing to be held within ten (10) days after the date of the appointment of the chairperson and shall, acting through its chairperson, give at least seven (7) days of n…

expenses. A. The arbitrators shall conduct the hearings and render their decision upon the basis of a prompt, peaceful and just settlement of all submitted disputes between the full-time firefighters in a Rural Fire Protection District and the corporate authorities. The factors, …

A. If the corporate authority’s last best offer is not selected by the arbitration board, that party may submit the offers which the parties submitted to the arbitration board to the voters of the Fire Protection District for their selection by requesting a special election for t…

provisions - Disputes. Any agreement actually negotiated between the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities either before or within thirty (30) days after arbitration shall constitute the collective bargaining contract governing full-time firefighters in the Rural Fire Pr…

bargaining - Notice - Time limitation. When wages, rates of pay or any other matters requiring appropriation of monies by any Rural Fire Protection District are included as matters of collective bargaining conducted under the provisions of this act, it is the obligation of the ba…

It shall be unlawful for any collective bargaining representative or member of a Rural Fire Protection District to strike or engage in any work stoppage; and it shall further be unlawful for any official, executive, administrator, manager, or member of a governing body exercising…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fire Protection District Budget Act". Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 1, eff. June 1, 1987.

The purpose of this act is to provide a budget procedure for fire protection districts which shall: 1. Establish uniform and sound fiscal procedures for the preparation, adoption, execution and control of budgets; 2. Enable districts to make financial plans for both current and c…

This act shall apply to all fire protection districts created pursuant to the provisions of Section 901 et seq. of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 1987, c. 202, § 3, eff. June 1, 1987.

As used in this act: 1. "Account" means an entity for recording specific revenues or expenditures or for grouping related or similar classes of revenues and expenditures and recording them within a fund or department; 2. "Appropriation" means an authorization and allocation of mo…

The State Auditor and Inspector or his designee shall advise the districts on procedural and technical matters relating to accounting and budget procedures and shall prescribe all the forms of whatever nature, including but not limited to, budget forms, supporting schedules and o…

It shall be the duty of the board of the district on or before the third Monday of July in each year to produce or cause to be produced and forwarded to the State Auditor and Inspector a financial statement of the district for the preceding year ending June 30th. Added by Laws 19…

revenues - Determination of needs. A. At least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, a budget for each fund of the district for which a budget is required shall be completed by the board. Each budget shall provide a complete financial plan for the budget ye…

Order. Such elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state and the regular election officials shall be in charge at the usual polling place of each regular precinct, or part of a precinct, which shall include lands within the boundaries of …

If and when an actual cash surplus accrues in any fund for any prior fiscal year, such surplus shall forthwith be transferred to the same fund for the fiscal year next succeeding the year for which the assessments were originally imposed, and shall be used to pay any warrants and…

Any monies received or expended by the district must be accounted for by fund and account. Each district shall prepare a budget for the general fund and for other funds as the board may require pursuant to this act. The board shall determine the district's needs for sinking fund …

The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of the budget year. Notice of the date, time and place of the hearing, together with the proposed budget summaries, shall be published in a newspaper of general cir…

A. After the hearing required by Section 901.42 of this title, and at least seven (7) days prior to the beginning of the budget year, the board shall adopt the budget. The board may add or increase items or delete or decrease items in the budget. In all cases the proposed expendi…

Within thirty (30) days after the filing of any district budget with the State Auditor and Inspector, any party being assessed may commence action in district court to protest any alleged illegality of the budget or assessment. The thirty-day protest period begins upon the date t…

A. No expenditure may be authorized or made by any employee or member of the board which exceeds any fund balance for any fund of the budget as adopted or amended or which exceeds the appropriation for any fund of the budget as adopted or amended. Any balance remaining in a fund …

A district shall maintain, according to its own accounting needs, some or all of the funds and account groups in its system of accounts that are consistent with legal and operating requirements and as prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector. The required funds may include, …

expenditures. Estimated revenue and appropriation expenditures in the budget of each fund shall be classified in conformity with the accounting system prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector. Revenues shall be classified separately by source. Expenditures shall be departmen…

A. The board may transfer any unexpended and unencumbered appropriation or any portion thereof from one account to another within the same department or from one department to another within the same fund; except that no appropriation for debt service or other appropriation requi…

A. The board may amend the budget to make supplemental appropriations to any fund up to the amount of additional revenues which are available for current expenses as shown by a fund balance for the fund due to: 1. Revenues received from sources not anticipated in the budget for t…

A. Directors of a fire protection district shall be the surface owners of real property in and residents of the district and shall not be paid firefighters for the fire protection district. B. At the time of making its order organizing the district, the board of county commission…

For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, and for its proper administration, the State Auditor and Inspector is hereby empowered to promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary but not inconsistent herewith, and he shall prescrib…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Rural Fire Protection Program Fund Act". Added by Laws 1988, c. 294, § 1, operative July 1, 1988.

Consideration and determination of need of financial assistance - Certification - Distribution of monies - Expenditures. A. The provisions of this section shall become effective when funds are made available for such purpose. Upon the availability of such funds, the State Departm…

A. When funds are made available for such purpose, the State Department of Agriculture shall administer grants from any monies which may be available for the purpose of the improvement of fire protection in rural areas of the State of Oklahoma, to the end that the hazard of loss …

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Agriculture, to be designated the "Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies…

A. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use the Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund to purchase new firefighting equipment for purchase by rural fire departments. B. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to acquire space for stori…

out in Section 901.5. A. The board of directors of a fire protection district is hereby authorized to adopt, by resolution, the election procedures set out in this section in lieu of the election procedures set out in Section 901.5 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. B. The boa…

The board of directors of the district shall select one (1) of its members for chairman and shall appoint a clerk and a treasurer. The board of directors shall fix the term and duties of the chairman, clerk and treasurer. The chairman and members of the board shall serve without …

A. The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to sell firefighting equipment to rural fire departments cooperating with the State Department of Agriculture in fire control under the terms of written cooperative agreements. B. All proceeds derived from the sale of firefight…

Acquisition of federal excess property - Rural fire protection coordination districts. A. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby directed to administer a rural fire protection program and is hereby authorized to acquire federal excess property for the support and operation…

A. The board of directors shall have the power and duty to: 1. Manage and conduct the business affairs of such district; 2. Make and execute all necessary contracts; 3. Purchase or lease-purchase and maintain all necessary and convenient engines, hoses, hose carts or other applia…

Duties. All Fire Protection Districts having more than two full-time paid firefighters shall have one full-time fire chief who shall supervise and administer the fire protection district in accordance with the policies and procedures prescribed by the board of directors. The fire…

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. Two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and upon all qu…

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 preser…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Rural Road Improvement District Act". Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.

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 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…

election - Canvass of returns. A. When the board of directors shall have estimated the cost of purchases and construction work, it shall call an election at which shall be submitted to the registered voters of the district, or if there are no registered voters of the district, th…

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 indebtednes…

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 paya…

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 Okl…

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, includi…