An act relating to county officers, the official text

1                           STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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2                 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

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3 SENATE BILL 976                       By: Daniels
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6                           AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to county officers; allowing for

7   certain counties to employ a county manager;

8   designating duties of county manager; amending 19

8   O.S. 2021, Section 1407, which relates to the

9   membership of county budget boards; providing for

9   certain ex officio member of county budget board;

10  making language gender neutral; providing for

10  codification; and providing an effective date.

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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14  SECTION 1.     NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 491 of Title 19, unless there is
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16 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17  The board of county commissioners of a county with a population

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18 greater than five hundred thousand (500,000) according to the latest
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19 Federal Decennial Census, with the approval of the county budget
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20 board, may, by resolution, employ and set the salary of a county
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21 manager. Such county manager shall:
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22  1. Work with the board of county commissioners, other county

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23 officers, and county employees to improve the efficiency of county
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24 government operations;
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1      2. Oversee a county human resources department;

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2      3. Assist the board of county commissioners and county budget

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3 board with developing and implementing the county budget;
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4      4. Oversee a county information technology department;

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5      5. Serve as an ex officio member of the county budget board;

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7      6. Perform other administrative functions delegated to the

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8 county manager by the board of county commissioners or the county
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9 budget board.
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10     SECTION 2.  AMENDATORY   19 O.S. 2021, Section 1407, is

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11 amended to read as follows:
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12     Section 1407. A county budget board is created in each county

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13 which elects to come under the provisions of this act the County
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14 Budget Act. The board shall consist of each elected county officer.
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15 If the county has a county manager, as provided for in Section 1 of
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16 this act, the county manager shall serve as an ex officio member of
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17 the county budget board. The chairman chair of the board of county
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18 commissioners shall serve as chairman chair of the county budget
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19 board. The county clerk shall serve as secretary of the county
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20 budget board. The chairman chair shall have all the rights and
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21 privileges as of any other member of the board, including the right
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22 to vote on questions. Each member of the board shall be entitled to
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23 cast one vote. The members shall elect a vice-chairman vice chair
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24 from among them and develop such other rules or procedures as may be
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1 necessary to ensure the orderly conduct of business. The vice-
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2 chairman vice chair shall serve as chairman chair during the absence
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3 or vacancy of the chairman chair. When a vacancy occurs in the
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4 office of any county officer serving as a member of the board, such
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5 position on the board shall be considered vacant until the county
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6 office is filled in the manner provided by law. Regular meetings of
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7 the board shall be set by the board. Special meetings shall be held
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8 at the call of the chairman chair or any two (2) members of the
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9 board. A majority of all the members of the board then in office
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10 shall constitute a quorum and have the power to transact business.
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11 Any official action of the board in adopting or revising the county
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12 budget or any portion thereof shall be effective upon the approving
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13 vote of a majority of all the board members then in office.
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14  SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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