Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-157
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Budget - Contributions - Expenditures
Official statutory text
It shall be the duty of the commission to prepare an annual
budget.
Each county and city establishing a city-county library system,
as herein provided, at the beginning of each fiscal year or as soon
thereafter as may be practicable, shall agree upon the necessary
contributions to be made by each for the establishment, operation
and maintenance of the city-county library system, appropriate such
funds as may be agreed upon, and combine said funds with funds from
any other source. Periodically, as may be agreed upon, the city and
county shall contribute their appropriated funds to a common fund
upon claims therefor being filed by the commission with the
governing body of the city and with the board of county
commissioners. The contributions shall be made by warrants, issued
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by the appropriate officers and made payable to the city treasurer
or county treasurer, as may be agreed upon by the city and county.
Said common fund shall be maintained as a depository account with
either the city treasurer or county treasurer, as may be agreed
upon, and shall be disbursed upon vouchers drawn by such officer or
employee of the commission as may be agreed upon by the city and
county. Said vouchers shall be issued only in payment of claims
which have been executed in the manner prescribed by law for claims
against the county or the city and before delivery to the payee,
shall be registered with the city treasurer or county treasurer, as
the case may be.
The officer or employee of the commission designated by the city
and county to draw vouchers in payment of such claims shall be
bonded in an amount as may be required by the city and county, but
not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). The designated
officer or employee shall be governed by the same statutory
provisions relating to depository accounts as apply to county
officials generally. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as
exempting from the application of the general statutes relating to
appropriations the funds contributed by the city and county to this
common fund.
Income of the city-county library system from fines, fees, sales
of personal property, and other miscellaneous sources, excluding
income from sales of real property, shall not be considered general
revenue of either the city or the county. It shall be deposited
promptly with the city treasurer or the county treasurer, as the
case may be, and shall be credited directly to the depository
account of the commission without appropriation. Income from this
source shall constitute a revolving fund which shall not be subject
to fiscal limitations and which may be expended by the commission
for the replacement or repair of books and other personal property
other than motor vehicles.
In the event funds are made available for library purposes in
the county, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10A of Article X
of the Oklahoma Constitution, all or any part of the cost of
establishing, maintaining and operating the city-county library
system as set forth in the powers granted to the commission in
Section 158 of this title, and otherwise, may be paid with such
funds, and the city-county library commission is authorized hereby
to administer the expenditure of such funds in the same manner as
herein provided for expenditure of funds appropriated from general
revenue for library purposes.
budget.
Each county and city establishing a city-county library system,
as herein provided, at the beginning of each fiscal year or as soon
thereafter as may be practicable, shall agree upon the necessary
contributions to be made by each for the establishment, operation
and maintenance of the city-county library system, appropriate such
funds as may be agreed upon, and combine said funds with funds from
any other source. Periodically, as may be agreed upon, the city and
county shall contribute their appropriated funds to a common fund
upon claims therefor being filed by the commission with the
governing body of the city and with the board of county
commissioners. The contributions shall be made by warrants, issued
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 45
by the appropriate officers and made payable to the city treasurer
or county treasurer, as may be agreed upon by the city and county.
Said common fund shall be maintained as a depository account with
either the city treasurer or county treasurer, as may be agreed
upon, and shall be disbursed upon vouchers drawn by such officer or
employee of the commission as may be agreed upon by the city and
county. Said vouchers shall be issued only in payment of claims
which have been executed in the manner prescribed by law for claims
against the county or the city and before delivery to the payee,
shall be registered with the city treasurer or county treasurer, as
the case may be.
The officer or employee of the commission designated by the city
and county to draw vouchers in payment of such claims shall be
bonded in an amount as may be required by the city and county, but
not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). The designated
officer or employee shall be governed by the same statutory
provisions relating to depository accounts as apply to county
officials generally. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as
exempting from the application of the general statutes relating to
appropriations the funds contributed by the city and county to this
common fund.
Income of the city-county library system from fines, fees, sales
of personal property, and other miscellaneous sources, excluding
income from sales of real property, shall not be considered general
revenue of either the city or the county. It shall be deposited
promptly with the city treasurer or the county treasurer, as the
case may be, and shall be credited directly to the depository
account of the commission without appropriation. Income from this
source shall constitute a revolving fund which shall not be subject
to fiscal limitations and which may be expended by the commission
for the replacement or repair of books and other personal property
other than motor vehicles.
In the event funds are made available for library purposes in
the county, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10A of Article X
of the Oklahoma Constitution, all or any part of the cost of
establishing, maintaining and operating the city-county library
system as set forth in the powers granted to the commission in
Section 158 of this title, and otherwise, may be paid with such
funds, and the city-county library commission is authorized hereby
to administer the expenditure of such funds in the same manner as
herein provided for expenditure of funds appropriated from general
revenue for library purposes.
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