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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1964 By: Nollan of the House
and
Rader of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to children; amending 10A O.S. 2011,
Section 2-4-107, as last amended by Section 3,
Chapter 155, O.S.L. 2018 (10A O.S. Supp. 2020 ,
Section 2-4-107), which relates to the salaries and
expenses of juvenile bureau employees; modifying how
salary for director is set; requiring that salary be
set by board of county commissioners; eliminating the
director salary cap; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2011, Section 2 -4-107, as
last amended by Section 3, Chapter 155, O.S.L. 2018 (10A O.S. Supp.
2020, Section 2-4-107), is amended to read as follows:
Section 2-4-107. A. 1. The salary of the juvenile bureau
director and shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners of
the county. Salarie s of all other employees of the bureau and any
detention home established pursuant to Section 2 -4-108 of this title
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shall be fixed by the judge of the Juvenile Division, subject to the
general administrative authority of the county commissioners of the
contracting county. The salary of the director shall not exceed
ninety percent (90%) of salaries of county Class A officers.
2. The salary of any other employee of the juvenile bureau
shall not exceed eighty -five percent (85%) of Class A county
officers.
B. The judge of the Juvenile Division, subject to the general
administrative authority of the county commissioners of the
contracting county, may fix a limit on the amount of expenses that
may be incurred by the director and assistants to the director, such
limit to be in the judgment of the judge adequate to care for the
expenses necessary to carrying out the orders of the court in an
efficient and expedient manner. The director and assistants to the
director and other personnel of the court shall keep and maintain
their offices at the place where the office of the judge of the
court is kept, unless the judge of the Juvenile Division, subject to
the general administrative authority of the county commissioners of
the contracting county, shall direct otherwis e. The offices of the
director and assistants to the director shall contain adequate
equipment, desk space and consultation rooms necessary for
appropriate office procedure.
C. In addition to their salaries, the director and assistants
to the director shall be reimbursed at the same rate as state
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employees for mileage traveled by them in the investigation of court
cases and in supervising probationers. The director and assistants
may also receive reimbursement, at the rate and in the manner
applicable to other county officers, for actual and necessary
expenses incurred by them in attending conferences, meetings,
seminars or official business of the court either within or outside
of the State of Oklahoma.
D. In all counties having a juvenile bureau, the b udget of the
juvenile bureau for salaries and expenses of the director,
counselors and other employees shall be established and funded as
follows:
1. All expenses incurred in complying with the provisions of
this article shall be a county charge or funded by a special sales
tax dedicated to juvenile programs and expenses;
2. The salaries and other compensation of all employees of the
juvenile bureau shall be fixed by the judge within the limit of the
total appropriations therefor; and
3. It is made the d uty of the county excise board to make the
necessary appropriation and levy for the payment of salaries of the
director and all other employees, together with the expenses of
administering the bureau, consistent with the duty to do likewise
with the budget estimates of other county officers under the board's
jurisdiction, as required by the Constitution and laws of this
state.
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4. E. Except in instances where it is entitled to
representation because of insurance coverage, the district attorney
of the county in which the juvenile bureau is located shall
represent the juvenile bureau and any employee who was acting in his
or her official capacity at the time of the act or omission
complained of in any lawsuit. If the district attorney has a
conflict of interest or otherwise declines to represent the juvenile
bureau or its employees, the county commissioners may request the
assistance of the Attorney General or authorize the employment of
private counsel for the juvenile bureau and its employees in their
official capacity.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021 .
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET, dated
02/25/2021 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.