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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 2099 By: Woods
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to travel allowance for county
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8 amended by Section 1, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2024 (19
8 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 165), which relates to
9 travel allowances in lieu of traveling expenses;
9 making travel allowance for certain officers
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 165, as last
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14 amended by Section 1, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2024 (19 O.S. Supp. 2025,
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15 Section 165), is amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 165. A. In lieu of reimbursement for traveling
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17 expenses within their county, each county commissioner and sheriff
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18 may shall receive a monthly travel allowance of up to One Thousand
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19 Dollars ($1,000.00). In lieu of the reimbursement for traveling
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20 expenses authorized by law for each county officer, each county
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21 assessor may shall receive a monthly travel allowance of up to Nine
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22 Hundred Dollars ($900.00), and each county clerk, court clerk, and
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23 county treasurer may shall receive a monthly travel allowance of up
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24 to Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00). Each such county officer may
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1 shall be subject to the penalty provided by Section 166 of this
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2 title for failure to attend the meetings specified in that section.
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3 B. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2028 and every fiscal year
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4 thereafter, the monthly amount of travel reimbursement allowances
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5 for county officers shall increase annually by two percent (2%).
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6 C. All newly elected county officials shall be reimbursed by
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7 their respective counties for any approved training provided before
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8 such official takes office. Such training expenses shall be
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9 reimbursed in January when such official takes office.
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10 D. The provisions of this section and Sections 163 and 164 of
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11 this title shall not prevent the emergency use of a county-owned
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12 vehicle or county-owned or leased equipment by a county officer when
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13 such county officer is acting on behalf of the county or when such
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14 use is related to county business. As used in this subsection,
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15 "emergency" means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the
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17 E. The provisions of this section and Sections 163 and 164 of
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18 this title shall not prevent the use of county-owned or leased
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19 equipment by a county commissioner. For the purposes of this
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20 section, county-owned or leased equipment shall not include
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21 automobiles or pick-up trucks. The provisions of this subsection
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22 shall not be construed to authorize the use of county-owned or
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23 leased equipment by a county commissioner for purposes other than
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1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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