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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 19. COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

  § 19-180.62. Basic salaries.  

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  • A.  The basic salaries of county officers upon which all salaries and future increases or decreases thereof shall be computed, shall be as follows:

    1.  In every county having a net valuation of all tangible taxable property, as defined in Sections 180.58 and 180.59 of this title, of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) or less, the basic salary of each of the county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall not be less than Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Thirty-nine Thousand Dollars ($39,000.00) per annum;

    2.  In every county having a net valuation of all tangible taxable property, as defined in Sections 180.58 and 180.59 of this title, of more than Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) but not more than Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00), the basic salary of each of the county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall not be less than Twenty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Forty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($42,500.00) per annum;

    3.  In every county having a net valuation of all tangible taxable property, as defined in Sections 180.58 and 180.59 of this title, of more than Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00) but not more than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), the basic salary of each of the county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall not be less than Twenty-four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($24,500.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Forty-four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($44,500.00) per annum;

    4.  In every county having a net valuation of all tangible taxable property, as defined in Sections 180.58 and 180.59 of this title, of more than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) but not more than Six Hundred Million Dollars ($600,000,000.00), the basic salary of each of the county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall not be less than Twenty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Forty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($42,500.00) per annum; and

    5.  In every county having a net valuation of all tangible taxable property, as defined in Sections 180.58 and 180.59 of this title, of more than Six Hundred Million Dollars ($600,000,000.00), the basic salary of each of the county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall not be less than Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Thirty-nine Thousand Dollars ($39,000.00) per annum.

    B.  The board of county commissioners shall set the salaries for all elected county officials within the limits allowed by law.

    C.  The annual salaries fixed by this act shall be paid either monthly or twice a month, by order of the board of county commissioners, for each month or fraction thereof the incumbent lawfully occupies and holds title to such office.

Added by Laws 1959, p. 96, § 5.  Amended by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 19, eff. Jan. 13, 1969; Laws 1969, c. 14, § 1, eff. Feb. 10, 1969; Laws 1974, c. 72, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974; Laws 1978, c. 234, § 1, eff. Jan. 8, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 257, § 1, eff. July 1, 1981; Laws 1982, c. 191, § 1, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1989, c. 56, § 2, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 109, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 8, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 195, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 133, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.