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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 564 By: Hall of the Senate
and
Mize and Caldwell (Trey) of
the House
An Act relating to counties and county offic ers;
amending 19 O.S. 2011, Section 455, which relates to
county reward fund; providing for a plea agreement in
dispersion of reward; providing for consideration by
board of county commissioners and local law
enforcement following attorney ’s report; providing
criteria by which the board of county commissioners
may consider reward amount; requiring conviction or
plea agreement before dispersion of reward; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 455, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 455. A. The board of county commissioners of each
county is hereby authorized to offer and pay a reward, from county
funds, in an amount not to exceed On e Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
for the arrest and conviction or plea agreement, or for evidence
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leading to the arrest and conviction or plea agreement of any person
stealing or defacing county road signs or any other county property.
B. The board of count y commissioners may create and maintain a
reward fund of not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) from
which to pay the rewards provided for in subsection A of this
section.
C. All claims relating to a conviction or plea agreement shall
be considered together by the board of county commissioners and
local law enforcement following receipt of the prosecuting
attorney’s report.
D. In determining the amount of the reward, the board of county
commissioners shall have sole discretion to honor or deny the claim,
but shall consider:
1. The severity of the offense;
2. The size of the fine imposed;
3. The number of persons claiming a reward and the degree to
which each claimant was responsible for the arrest or conviction;
4. The burden, if any, incurred by the claimant including cost
to appear at trial; and
5. Other factors which the board or governing body deems
appropriate.
E. No reward shall be authorized by th e county until the
conviction or plea agreement of the accused.
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F. Any person convicted un der subsection A of this section may
in lieu of the fine be required to deposit like amount into the
county reward fund.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective December 1, 2021.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL G OVERNMENT,
dated 04/05/2021 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.