Oklahoma § 69-624 - County engineer - Appointment - Compensation - Removal Qualifications - Joint employment - Agreement for engineering

§ 69-624. County engineer - Appointment - Compensation - Removal Qualifications - Joint employment - Agreement for engineering

services.

A. The board of county commissioners of each county shall

employ one or more full- or part-time county engineers, who shall

perform the duties as provided by law. The county engineer shall

receive as compensation a salary to be fixed by the board of county

commissioners for his services on road and bridge and other work

appertaining thereto, and all necessary and actual expenses incident

thereto.

B. Any person employed as county engineer may be relieved of

his duties by the board of county commissioners.

C. The county engineer shall be registered as a professional

engineer or certified as an engineer-in-training by the State Board

of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

pursuant to Sections 475.1 et seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, and shall have a practical knowledge of civil engineering,

be skilled in bridge, culvert and road building and in laying of

drains and general road work and be active and diligent in the

discharge of his duties.

D. The boards of county commissioners may enter into an

agreement to jointly employ a county engineer. Such agreement shall

be written and entered in the minutes of each participating board of

county commissioners. The engineer employed under such agreement

shall be the designated county engineer for each of the respective

counties.

E. In the event a board of county commissioners determines that

it cannot afford to employ a full-time county engineer, or if it

cannot enter into an agreement with other counties to jointly employ

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

a part-time county engineer, then said board shall enter into an

agreement with the Department of Transportation for the provision of

necessary county engineering services. Any engineering services

provided by the Department of Transportation shall be furnished

without cost or expense to the county. However, nothing in this

section shall be construed to relieve a board of county

commissioners of the responsibilities or costs associated with the

efficient and necessary construction and maintenance of roads,

bridges, culverts and drainage projects within its jurisdiction, or

as otherwise provided by law. Road funds shall be withheld from any

county failing to employ or utilize county engineering services as

provided herein.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 624, operative July 1, 1968. Amended

by Laws 1982, c. 311, § 1; Laws 2006, c. 63, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.