§ 19-452.1. Director and deputies of country juvenile facilities and services - Employment by judge responsible for juvenile docket.

With the approval of the board of county commissioners, the judge responsible for the juvenile docket of any county may employ a director of county juvenile facilities and services and deputies to the director as the judge may deem appropriate.  The director shall perform the duty or duties of directions and implementations of county juvenile facilities and services as prescribed and directed by the board of county commissioners.  Such directors and their deputies shall serve at the will and discretion of the judge responsible for the juvenile docket.

The director and deputies of county juvenile facilities and services shall receive as compensation a salary or salaries to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, to be paid out of the general operating fund of the county or out of special funds created by a vote of the people for the purposes of funding county juvenile facilities and services.  The compensation of the director and any deputies shall not be governed by the comprehensive salary code, as provided in Section 180.58 et seq. of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 1997, c. 283, § 3, emerg. eff. May 27, 1997.