Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-125

A. Every member of the board of education or board of county

commissioners who shall hereafter vote for the payment of any money

or transfer of any property belonging to the school district in

settlement of any claim known to such member to be fraudulent or

void, or in pursuance of any unauthorized, unlawful or fraudulent

contract or agreement made or attempted to be made, for any school

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district, by any officer or officers thereof, and every person

having notice of the facts with whom such unauthorized, unlawful or

fraudulent contract shall have been made, or to whom, or for whose

benefit such money shall thereafter be paid, or such transfer of

property shall be made, shall be liable in damage to all innocent

persons in any manner injured thereby and shall be liable to the

school district affected for double the amount of all sums of money

so paid, and double the value of property so transferred, as a

penalty to be recovered by civil suit brought by the board of

education of such school district, or by any school district elector

thereof, as provided in Section 5-126 of this title.

B. Any member of a board of education of a school district who

votes for the payment of any money or transfers any property

belonging to the school district in settlement of any claim known to

such member to be fraudulent, void or in pursuance of any

unauthorized, unlawful or fraudulent contract or agreement made or

attempted to be made for any such district shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor. Every person having notice of the facts with whom any

unauthorized, unlawful or fraudulent contract shall have been made

or to whom or for whose benefit such money or property shall have

been or thereafter will be paid shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Upon conviction of a misdemeanor described in this section, the

person shall make full restitution of all monies and/or property

misallocated and be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not to

exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and restitution and

imprisonment and if such person is a member of a board of education,

shall be removed from office pursuant to Section 1181 et seq. of

Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 91 et seq. of Title 51

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Such illegal payment of money shall include, but shall not

be limited to, salaries or any compensation paid to any person for

teaching or performing other services for the district when such

person does not have a written contract required by law or does not

hold a valid certificate as required by law or by rules and

regulations of the State Board of Education for the subjects taught

or services performed and which is valid for the entire time for

which such person has been paid. Any person receiving an illegal

payment knowing or having reasonable cause to believe such payment

to be illegal shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject

to the punishment prescribed in subsection B of this section.