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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2597 By: Humphrey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to counties and county officers;
amending 19 O.S. 2021, Section 165, which relates to
travel allowance for elected offi cials; modifying
travel allowance for county commissioners and
sheriff; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 165, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 165. A. In lieu of reimbursement for traveling
expenses within their county each county commissioner and sheriff
may receive a monthly travel allowance of Seven Hundred Dollars
($700.00) Seven Hundred Seventy Dollars ($770.00 ). In lieu of the
reimbursement for traveling expenses authorized by law for each
county officer, each county assessor may receive a monthly travel
allowance of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), and each county clerk,
court clerk and county treasurer may rec eive a monthly travel
allowance of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each such county
officer may be subject to the penalty provided by Section 166 of
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this title for failure to attend the meetin gs specified in that
section.
B. All newly elected county offi cials shall be reimbursed by
their respective counties for any approved training provided before
such official takes office. Such training expenses shall be
reimbursed in January when such off icial takes office.
C. The provisions of this section and Sect ions 163 and 164 of
this title shall not prevent the emergency use of a county -owned
vehicle or county-owned equipment by a county officer when such
county officer is acting on behalf of the co unty or when such use is
related to county business. As used i n this subsection, "emergency"
means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting
state that calls for immediate action.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-5563 MJ 01/13/23