Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.30
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Salaries and expenses
Official statutory text
A. Beginning January 1, 1997, each district attorney shall
receive a salary of Seventy-one Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-three
Dollars ($71,663.00) per year, payable monthly. Beginning January
1, 1999, each district attorney shall receive a salary of Eighty-
five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) per year, payable monthly.
Beginning July 1, 2003, each district attorney shall receive a
salary equal to ninety-eight percent (98%) of the salary of a
district judge. Any increase in salary in fiscal year 2015 must be
paid from existing available funds.
B. All appointees and employees of district attorneys, except
special district attorneys appointed pursuant to subsection C of
Section 215.37M of this title, shall be deemed to be state officers
or employees for all purposes. All special district attorneys
appointed pursuant to subsection C of Section 215.37M of this title
shall be deemed to be state officers only for purposes of The
Governmental Tort Claims Act and Rule 1.11 of the Rules of
Professional Conduct for attorneys licensed to practice law in this
state.
C. Population, for the purposes of Section 215.1 et seq. of
this title, shall be as determined by the last Federal Decennial
Census. The salaries of the district attorneys and the salaries of
the assistant district attorneys and their operating and maintenance
expenses in each county shall be paid by the state. Provided
however:
1. In counties having a population of four hundred thousand
(400,000) or more, the salary of the district attorney and assistant
district attorneys may be supplemented by the county. Such
supplement for the district attorney shall not exceed twenty-five
percent (25%) of the salary provided for district attorneys by this
section. Such supplement for the assistant district attorneys shall
not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the salary authorized for
assistant district attorneys in Section 215.34 of this title.
2. The salaries and operating expenses of those assistant
district attorneys who are assigned to child support enforcement
duties shall be paid by funds received as reimbursement from the
Department of Human Services under terms of a contract with the
office of the district attorney as authorized by Section 237.1 of
Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. The District Attorneys Council, which may hereinafter be
referred to as the "Council", is hereby designated as the state
agency for the administration and disbursement of all salaries and
expenses of the offices of district attorneys authorized by law.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 129
All such payrolls and claims against State Treasury funds must be
approved by the Council prior to submission to the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services for payment. The Council and the
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall
promulgate reasonable rules and regulations covering the preparation
of estimates of needs, budgets and claims for the administration of
this act, Section 215.1 et seq. of this title, the transmittal of
county funds to the State Treasury and the disbursement of all state
and county funds under this act.
receive a salary of Seventy-one Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-three
Dollars ($71,663.00) per year, payable monthly. Beginning January
1, 1999, each district attorney shall receive a salary of Eighty-
five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) per year, payable monthly.
Beginning July 1, 2003, each district attorney shall receive a
salary equal to ninety-eight percent (98%) of the salary of a
district judge. Any increase in salary in fiscal year 2015 must be
paid from existing available funds.
B. All appointees and employees of district attorneys, except
special district attorneys appointed pursuant to subsection C of
Section 215.37M of this title, shall be deemed to be state officers
or employees for all purposes. All special district attorneys
appointed pursuant to subsection C of Section 215.37M of this title
shall be deemed to be state officers only for purposes of The
Governmental Tort Claims Act and Rule 1.11 of the Rules of
Professional Conduct for attorneys licensed to practice law in this
state.
C. Population, for the purposes of Section 215.1 et seq. of
this title, shall be as determined by the last Federal Decennial
Census. The salaries of the district attorneys and the salaries of
the assistant district attorneys and their operating and maintenance
expenses in each county shall be paid by the state. Provided
however:
1. In counties having a population of four hundred thousand
(400,000) or more, the salary of the district attorney and assistant
district attorneys may be supplemented by the county. Such
supplement for the district attorney shall not exceed twenty-five
percent (25%) of the salary provided for district attorneys by this
section. Such supplement for the assistant district attorneys shall
not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the salary authorized for
assistant district attorneys in Section 215.34 of this title.
2. The salaries and operating expenses of those assistant
district attorneys who are assigned to child support enforcement
duties shall be paid by funds received as reimbursement from the
Department of Human Services under terms of a contract with the
office of the district attorney as authorized by Section 237.1 of
Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. The District Attorneys Council, which may hereinafter be
referred to as the "Council", is hereby designated as the state
agency for the administration and disbursement of all salaries and
expenses of the offices of district attorneys authorized by law.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 129
All such payrolls and claims against State Treasury funds must be
approved by the Council prior to submission to the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services for payment. The Council and the
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall
promulgate reasonable rules and regulations covering the preparation
of estimates of needs, budgets and claims for the administration of
this act, Section 215.1 et seq. of this title, the transmittal of
county funds to the State Treasury and the disbursement of all state
and county funds under this act.
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