Oklahoma 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2597 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2597 By: Humphrey
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to counties and county officers;
41	41	amending 19 O.S. 2021, Section 165, which relates to
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50	50	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
51	51	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 165, is
52	52	amended to read as follows:
53	53	Section 165. A. In lieu of reimbursement for traveling
54	54	expenses within their county each county commissioner and sheriff
55	55	may receive a monthly travel allowance of Seven Hundred Dollars
56	56	($700.00) Seven Hundred Seventy Dollars ($770.00 ). In lieu of the
57	57	reimbursement for traveling expenses authorized by law for each
58	58	county officer, each county assessor may receive a monthly travel
59	59	allowance of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), and each county clerk,
60	60	court clerk and county treasurer may rec eive a monthly travel
61	61	allowance of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each such county
62	62	officer may be subject to the penalty provided by Section 166 of
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89	89	this title for failure to attend the meetin gs specified in that
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91	91	B. All newly elected county offi cials shall be reimbursed by
92	92	their respective counties for any approved training provided before
93	93	such official takes office. Such training expenses shall be
94	94	reimbursed in January when such off icial takes office.
95	95	C. The provisions of this section and Sect ions 163 and 164 of
96	96	this title shall not prevent the emergency use of a county -owned
97	97	vehicle or county-owned equipment by a county officer when such
98	98	county officer is acting on behalf of the co unty or when such use is
99	99	related to county business. As used i n this subsection, "emergency"
100	100	means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting
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102	102	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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