Oklahoma § 19-3 - Powers of county exercised by board of commissioners Contracts while not acting as a board
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§ 19-3. Powers of county exercised by board of commissioners Contracts while not acting as a board
The powers of a county as a body politic and corporate shall be
exercised by its board of county commissioners.
It is hereby declared to be contrary to law, and against public
policy, for any individual county commissioner, or commissioners,
when not acting as a board, to enter into any contract, or to
attempt to enter into any contract, as to any of the following
matters:
(a) Any purchase of equipment, machinery, supplies or materials
of any kind for any county or any commissioner's district, or
districts, thereof;
(b) Any contract or agreement relating to or for the leasing or
rental of any equipment, machinery, supplies or materials for any
county or any commissioner's district, or districts, thereof;
(c) To do or transact any business relating to such county, or
any commissioner's district, or districts thereof, or to make any
contract or agreement of any kind relating to the business of such
county, or any commissioner's district, or districts thereof;
And none of such acts or attempted contracts as above set forth,
done or attempted to be done, by an individual county commissioner
or commissioners, when not acting as a board, shall ever be subject
to ratification by the board of county commissioners, but shall be
illegal, unlawful and wholly void.
Provided that nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting
or preventing the chairman of the board of county commissioners from
performing such duty or duties as he may be required by law to
perform as chairman of such board, but only after the board, by a
majority vote thereof, shall have authorized and directed such
performance by said chairman.
R.L. 1910, § 1499. Amended by Laws 1955, p. 153, § 1.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19-3 ("Powers of county exercised by board of commissioners Contracts while not acting as a board") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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