Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-187
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Unencumbered balances – Date for submission of all
Official statutory text
claims – Notice.
All unencumbered balances, if any, as shown by the officer
charged with keeping the appropriation and expenditure records of
the school district on hand at the close of day June 30, may remain
as a credit for said fiscal year up to the close of day September
30. If a date earlier than September 30 is established, the
encumbrance clerk shall publish, on the district’s web site for two
consecutive times if also published in a daily newspaper and once if
published in a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the school
district, notice of the date set by the board of education for the
submission of all claims against unencumbered balances of the prior
fiscal year in the following form:
PUBLIC NOTICE
All having a claim against the ____ Public School District are
notified that all invoices and required documentation pertaining to
an approved purchase order for services rendered or goods or
materials delivered pursuant to that purchase order must be recorded
with the encumbrance clerk of the district on or before the ____ day
of _____, 20__, covering all debts now unpaid and incurred during
the period of the prior fiscal year beginning on July 1, 20__, and
ending on June 30 20___, or the claim upon which the invoice or
purchase order is based shall be void and forever barred.
__________________________
District Encumbrance Clerk
This section shall not permit the incurring of new indebtedness
chargeable to the appropriation account of the immediately preceding
fiscal year.
All unencumbered balances, if any, as shown by the officer
charged with keeping the appropriation and expenditure records of
the school district on hand at the close of day June 30, may remain
as a credit for said fiscal year up to the close of day September
30. If a date earlier than September 30 is established, the
encumbrance clerk shall publish, on the district’s web site for two
consecutive times if also published in a daily newspaper and once if
published in a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the school
district, notice of the date set by the board of education for the
submission of all claims against unencumbered balances of the prior
fiscal year in the following form:
PUBLIC NOTICE
All having a claim against the ____ Public School District are
notified that all invoices and required documentation pertaining to
an approved purchase order for services rendered or goods or
materials delivered pursuant to that purchase order must be recorded
with the encumbrance clerk of the district on or before the ____ day
of _____, 20__, covering all debts now unpaid and incurred during
the period of the prior fiscal year beginning on July 1, 20__, and
ending on June 30 20___, or the claim upon which the invoice or
purchase order is based shall be void and forever barred.
__________________________
District Encumbrance Clerk
This section shall not permit the incurring of new indebtedness
chargeable to the appropriation account of the immediately preceding
fiscal year.
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