Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-17-212
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Funds - Establishment - Kinds
Official statutory text
A municipality shall establish funds consistent with legal and
operating requirements. Each municipality shall maintain according
to its own needs some or all of the following funds or ledgers in
its system of accounts:
1. A general fund, to account for all monies received and
disbursed for general municipal government purposes, including all
assets, liabilities, reserves, fund balances, revenues and
expenditures which are not accounted for in any other fund or
special ledger account. All monies received by the municipality
under the motor fuel tax or under the motor vehicle license and
registration tax and earmarked for the street and alley fund may be
deposited in the general fund and accounted for as a "street and
alley account" within the general fund. Expenditures from this
account shall be made as earmarked and provided by law. All
references to the street and alley fund or to the special fund
earmarked for state-shared gasoline and motor vehicle taxes may mean
the street and alley account provided in this section;
2. Special revenue funds, as required, to account for the
proceeds of specific revenue sources that are restricted by law to
expenditures for specified purposes;
3. Debt service fund, which shall include the municipal sinking
fund, established to account for the retirement of general
obligation bonds or other long-term debt and payment of interest
thereon and judgments as provided by law. Any monies pledged to
service general obligation bonds or other long-term debt must be
deposited in the debt service fund;
4. Capital project funds, to account for financial resources
segregated for acquisition, construction or other improvement
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related to capital facilities other than those accounted for in
enterprise funds and nonexpendable trust funds;
5. Enterprise funds, to account for each utility or enterprise
or other service, other than those operated as a department of the
general fund, where the costs are financed primarily through user
charges or where there is a periodic need to determine revenues
earned, expenses incurred or net income for a service or program;
6. Trust and agency funds, to account for assets held by the
municipality as trustee or agent for individuals, private
organizations or other governmental units or purposes, such as a
retirement fund or a cemetery perpetual care fund;
7. Internal service funds, to account for the financing of
goods or services provided by one department or agency of the
municipality to another department or agency, or to another
government, on a cost reimbursement basis;
8. A ledger or group of accounts in which to record the details
relating to the general fixed assets of the municipality;
9. A ledger or group of accounts in which to record the details
relating to the general bonds or other long-term debt of the
municipality; or
10. Such other funds or ledgers as may be established by the
governing body.
operating requirements. Each municipality shall maintain according
to its own needs some or all of the following funds or ledgers in
its system of accounts:
1. A general fund, to account for all monies received and
disbursed for general municipal government purposes, including all
assets, liabilities, reserves, fund balances, revenues and
expenditures which are not accounted for in any other fund or
special ledger account. All monies received by the municipality
under the motor fuel tax or under the motor vehicle license and
registration tax and earmarked for the street and alley fund may be
deposited in the general fund and accounted for as a "street and
alley account" within the general fund. Expenditures from this
account shall be made as earmarked and provided by law. All
references to the street and alley fund or to the special fund
earmarked for state-shared gasoline and motor vehicle taxes may mean
the street and alley account provided in this section;
2. Special revenue funds, as required, to account for the
proceeds of specific revenue sources that are restricted by law to
expenditures for specified purposes;
3. Debt service fund, which shall include the municipal sinking
fund, established to account for the retirement of general
obligation bonds or other long-term debt and payment of interest
thereon and judgments as provided by law. Any monies pledged to
service general obligation bonds or other long-term debt must be
deposited in the debt service fund;
4. Capital project funds, to account for financial resources
segregated for acquisition, construction or other improvement
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related to capital facilities other than those accounted for in
enterprise funds and nonexpendable trust funds;
5. Enterprise funds, to account for each utility or enterprise
or other service, other than those operated as a department of the
general fund, where the costs are financed primarily through user
charges or where there is a periodic need to determine revenues
earned, expenses incurred or net income for a service or program;
6. Trust and agency funds, to account for assets held by the
municipality as trustee or agent for individuals, private
organizations or other governmental units or purposes, such as a
retirement fund or a cemetery perpetual care fund;
7. Internal service funds, to account for the financing of
goods or services provided by one department or agency of the
municipality to another department or agency, or to another
government, on a cost reimbursement basis;
8. A ledger or group of accounts in which to record the details
relating to the general fixed assets of the municipality;
9. A ledger or group of accounts in which to record the details
relating to the general bonds or other long-term debt of the
municipality; or
10. Such other funds or ledgers as may be established by the
governing body.
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