Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-619
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The boards of county commissioners of the several counties of
the state shall have authority to receive by agreement with the
governing board of any municipality, the prisoners of the
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municipality, who have been sentenced to imprisonment in the
municipality's jail, either as punishment or in lieu of payment of
fine and costs for the violation of any municipal ordinance, and
such board of county commissioners shall have authority to work any
such prisoners on the public highways or upon a rock pile, or rock
crusher, for the purpose of providing material for use upon public
highways or any public institution of such county, or upon any
public work in which the county is interested. Any such person so
imprisoned for nonpayment of fine and costs shall receive credit
upon his or her fine and costs of One Dollar ($1.00) for each day so
confined in prison or worked upon the public highways, rock pile,
rock crusher, or other public work; provided, the board of county
commissioners shall not pay for the services of such prisoners,
except the cost of their transportation and maintenance.
The boards of county commissioners of the several counties of
the state shall have authority to receive by agreement with the
governing board of any municipality, the prisoners of the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 69
municipality, who have been sentenced to imprisonment in the
municipality's jail, either as punishment or in lieu of payment of
fine and costs for the violation of any municipal ordinance, and
such board of county commissioners shall have authority to work any
such prisoners on the public highways or upon a rock pile, or rock
crusher, for the purpose of providing material for use upon public
highways or any public institution of such county, or upon any
public work in which the county is interested. Any such person so
imprisoned for nonpayment of fine and costs shall receive credit
upon his or her fine and costs of One Dollar ($1.00) for each day so
confined in prison or worked upon the public highways, rock pile,
rock crusher, or other public work; provided, the board of county
commissioners shall not pay for the services of such prisoners,
except the cost of their transportation and maintenance.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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