Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-333

another term - Duties.

A. The board of county commissioners shall keep a book in which

all orders and decisions made by them shall be recorded, except

those relating solely to roads and bridges as required by Section

334 of this title. All orders for the allowance of money from the

county treasury shall state on what account and to whom the

allowance is made, dating the same and numbering them consecutively

from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December,

inclusive, in each year.

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B. Any county commissioner who fails to file for reelection or

is defeated in any primary or general election or by any other

manner it is impossible for the commissioner to serve another term

in office, shall not acquire, purchase, contract for or dispose of

any machinery or equipment, or expend or approve for expenditure any

monies for any purpose other than normal or routine operating

expenditures except as provided in this section. It shall be the

mandatory duty of the commissioner to execute payment and to pay all

outstanding obligations of the county incurred by the commissioner,

or on behalf of the commissioner by the board of county

commissioners, prior to the expiration of the term of office of the

commissioner. However, in the case of lease-purchase contracts,

rental, lease or other payments extending beyond the term of office

of the commissioner it shall be the mandatory duty of the

commissioner to execute and to make such payments current as of the

date of expiration of the term of office of the commissioner. The

commissioner shall be liable both personally and on the official

bond of the commissioner for any violation of the mandatory duties

herein imposed.

R.L. 1910, § 1594. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 80, § 1; Laws 1965, c.

387, § 1, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965; Laws 1996, c. 65, § 1, emerg.

eff. April 9, 1996.