Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-444
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Publication of proceedings
Official statutory text
It shall be the mandatory duty of the board of county
commissioners to cause to be published in a newspaper published in
the county, a full and complete report of all its official
proceedings at each regular and special meeting, except blanket
purchase orders, within the time provided for in Sections 445 and
446 of this title, and the board of county commissioners shall pay
for the same from the appropriation as provided in this section.
The board of county commissioners may also order the publication of
the official proceedings in a newspaper printed in any other than
the English Language whenever it shall deem it necessary for the
better information of the inhabitants. The board of county
commissioners may omit the listing of all employees and their
salaries approved for payment in the monthly publication of
proceedings. However, it shall be the mandatory duty of the board
of county commissioners to cause to be published a full and complete
report of all the county employees and their salaries paid annually.
An asterisk shall be placed in front of the names of employees paid
for less than the full twelve (12) months of the preceding calendar
year. The listing shall reflect the gross salary of every employee
reported to the Internal Revenue Service on the W-2 Form of the
employee. Such annual publication of the employees and their
salaries shall be published annually in the month of February for
the preceding calendar year in a newspaper of the county which meets
the requirements set forth in Section 106 of Title 25 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
It shall also be the mandatory duty of the board of county
commissioners and the county excise board, each fiscal year, to take
such steps as may be necessary and proper under the statutes
relating to estimates of needs and appropriations, to appropriate,
in the General Government account within the general fund of the
county, an amount sufficient to pay for the publication of all such
proceedings during the fiscal year, at the legal rate therefor, but
in no event less than the total of legal claims for publication of
such proceedings during the immediately preceding fiscal year.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 216
R.L. 1910, § 1648. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 79, § 1, emerg. eff.
May 19, 1953; Laws 1986, c. 136, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1993,
c. 318, § 4, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993.
commissioners to cause to be published in a newspaper published in
the county, a full and complete report of all its official
proceedings at each regular and special meeting, except blanket
purchase orders, within the time provided for in Sections 445 and
446 of this title, and the board of county commissioners shall pay
for the same from the appropriation as provided in this section.
The board of county commissioners may also order the publication of
the official proceedings in a newspaper printed in any other than
the English Language whenever it shall deem it necessary for the
better information of the inhabitants. The board of county
commissioners may omit the listing of all employees and their
salaries approved for payment in the monthly publication of
proceedings. However, it shall be the mandatory duty of the board
of county commissioners to cause to be published a full and complete
report of all the county employees and their salaries paid annually.
An asterisk shall be placed in front of the names of employees paid
for less than the full twelve (12) months of the preceding calendar
year. The listing shall reflect the gross salary of every employee
reported to the Internal Revenue Service on the W-2 Form of the
employee. Such annual publication of the employees and their
salaries shall be published annually in the month of February for
the preceding calendar year in a newspaper of the county which meets
the requirements set forth in Section 106 of Title 25 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
It shall also be the mandatory duty of the board of county
commissioners and the county excise board, each fiscal year, to take
such steps as may be necessary and proper under the statutes
relating to estimates of needs and appropriations, to appropriate,
in the General Government account within the general fund of the
county, an amount sufficient to pay for the publication of all such
proceedings during the fiscal year, at the legal rate therefor, but
in no event less than the total of legal claims for publication of
such proceedings during the immediately preceding fiscal year.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 216
R.L. 1910, § 1648. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 79, § 1, emerg. eff.
May 19, 1953; Laws 1986, c. 136, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1993,
c. 318, § 4, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993.
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