Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.36
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Boards of county commissioners to provide certain
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facilities and services.
A. Effective January 1, 1983, it shall be the duty of the board
of county commissioners of each county in each district attorney's
district to provide:
1. Sufficient office space in the county courthouse, and the
costs of utility services for power, lighting, heat, cooling,
appropriate janitorial service, and costs of maintenance, upkeep,
and repair of such space, for the personnel and programs of the
office of the district attorney;
2. A sufficient law library and subscriptions to legal
publications necessary for the performance of the duties of the
district attorney, the same to remain an asset and property of the
county;
3. Sufficient funds for the costs and necessary expenses of
investigation, prosecution or defense of any action, whether
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contemplated or actual, wherein the county officers, county
appointees or employees, while acting in their official capacity may
be party plaintiffs, defendants or intervenors.
B. Capital assets or properties presently owned by each county
and assigned for use to the office of the district attorney shall
continue to be furnished and owned by said county for use by the
office of the district attorney, with the expense of ordinary
maintenance and repair to be paid by the state. At such time as the
utility of the same shall be of no benefit and, when authorized by
the District Attorneys Council, such property shall be returned to
the county for disposal as provided by law. Said equipment's
equitable replacement is to be provided by the state. Capital
assets or properties presently leased by the county and assigned for
use to the office of the district attorney shall be assigned to the
state by the county, at the request of the Council; thereafter, said
capital assets or properties shall be leased by the state, subject
to the terms and conditions of the lease agreements. Lease payments
shall become the responsibility of the state. Capital assets or
properties presently held by the county under an approved lease-
purchase agreement for equipment or properties assigned to the
office of the district attorney, may, at the election of the
Council, be assumed by the state and any existing intangible worth
by reason of such assumption shall be the property of the state.
The county shall be released from financial responsibility of lease-
purchase payments under the terms of said agreement and held
harmless therefrom by the state. In the event the agreement is
completed to full term, the asset acquired shall be the property of
the state. In the event the state, through the Council, declines to
assume such obligation under any pending lease-purchase agreement,
said county shall retain such agreement and the equipment or the
property held thereunder, and shall have the right to assign such
equipment or property and its use to any county use which may be
provided by law.
C. Counties having a population of three hundred thousand
(300,000) or more shall, and counties having a population of less
than three hundred thousand (300,000) may, furnish sufficient
equipment and personnel for equipment operation for such computer
services and digitizing as the district attorney deems necessary.
A. Effective January 1, 1983, it shall be the duty of the board
of county commissioners of each county in each district attorney's
district to provide:
1. Sufficient office space in the county courthouse, and the
costs of utility services for power, lighting, heat, cooling,
appropriate janitorial service, and costs of maintenance, upkeep,
and repair of such space, for the personnel and programs of the
office of the district attorney;
2. A sufficient law library and subscriptions to legal
publications necessary for the performance of the duties of the
district attorney, the same to remain an asset and property of the
county;
3. Sufficient funds for the costs and necessary expenses of
investigation, prosecution or defense of any action, whether
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 134
contemplated or actual, wherein the county officers, county
appointees or employees, while acting in their official capacity may
be party plaintiffs, defendants or intervenors.
B. Capital assets or properties presently owned by each county
and assigned for use to the office of the district attorney shall
continue to be furnished and owned by said county for use by the
office of the district attorney, with the expense of ordinary
maintenance and repair to be paid by the state. At such time as the
utility of the same shall be of no benefit and, when authorized by
the District Attorneys Council, such property shall be returned to
the county for disposal as provided by law. Said equipment's
equitable replacement is to be provided by the state. Capital
assets or properties presently leased by the county and assigned for
use to the office of the district attorney shall be assigned to the
state by the county, at the request of the Council; thereafter, said
capital assets or properties shall be leased by the state, subject
to the terms and conditions of the lease agreements. Lease payments
shall become the responsibility of the state. Capital assets or
properties presently held by the county under an approved lease-
purchase agreement for equipment or properties assigned to the
office of the district attorney, may, at the election of the
Council, be assumed by the state and any existing intangible worth
by reason of such assumption shall be the property of the state.
The county shall be released from financial responsibility of lease-
purchase payments under the terms of said agreement and held
harmless therefrom by the state. In the event the agreement is
completed to full term, the asset acquired shall be the property of
the state. In the event the state, through the Council, declines to
assume such obligation under any pending lease-purchase agreement,
said county shall retain such agreement and the equipment or the
property held thereunder, and shall have the right to assign such
equipment or property and its use to any county use which may be
provided by law.
C. Counties having a population of three hundred thousand
(300,000) or more shall, and counties having a population of less
than three hundred thousand (300,000) may, furnish sufficient
equipment and personnel for equipment operation for such computer
services and digitizing as the district attorney deems necessary.
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