Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-4-107

A. The salary of the director and other employees of the bureau

and any detention home established pursuant to Section 2-4-108 of

this title shall be fixed by the judge of the Juvenile Division,

subject to the general administrative authority of the county

commissioners of the contracting county.

B. The judge of the Juvenile Division, subject to the general

administrative authority of the county commissioners of the

contracting county, may fix a limit on the amount of expenses that

may be incurred by the director and assistants to the director, such

limit to be in the judgment of the judge adequate to care for the

expenses necessary to carrying out the orders of the court in an

efficient and expedient manner. The director and assistants to the

director and other personnel of the court shall keep and maintain

their offices at the place where the office of the judge of the

court is kept, unless the judge of the Juvenile Division, subject to

the general administrative authority of the county commissioners of

the contracting county, shall direct otherwise. The offices of the

director and assistants to the director shall contain adequate

equipment, desk space and consultation rooms necessary for

appropriate office procedure.

C. In addition to their salaries, the director and assistants

to the director shall be reimbursed at the same rate as state

employees for mileage traveled by them in the investigation of court

cases and in supervising probationers. The director and assistants

may also receive reimbursement, at the rate and in the manner

applicable to other county officers, for actual and necessary

expenses incurred by them in attending conferences, meetings,

seminars or official business of the court either within or outside

of the State of Oklahoma.

D. In all counties having a juvenile bureau, the budget of the

juvenile bureau for salaries and expenses of the director,

counselors and other employees shall be established and funded as

follows:

1. All expenses incurred in complying with the provisions of

this article shall be a county charge or funded by a special sales

tax dedicated to juvenile programs and expenses;

2. The salaries and other compensation of all employees of the

juvenile bureau shall be fixed by the judge within the limit of the

total appropriations therefor; and

3. It is made the duty of the county excise board to make the

necessary appropriation and levy for the payment of salaries of the

director and all other employees, together with the expenses of

administering the bureau, consistent with the duty to do likewise

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with the budget estimates of other county officers under the board's

jurisdiction, as required by the Constitution and laws of this

state.

Except in instances where it is entitled to representation

because of insurance coverage, the district attorney of the county

in which the juvenile bureau is located shall represent the juvenile

bureau and any employee who was acting in his or her official

capacity at the time of the act or omission complained of in any

lawsuit. If the district attorney has a conflict of interest or

otherwise declines to represent the juvenile bureau or its

employees, the county commissioners may request the assistance of

the Attorney General or authorize the employment of private counsel

for the juvenile bureau and its employees in their official

capacity.