Oklahoma § 19-1503 - Department receiving officers to be designated

§ 19-1503. Department receiving officers to be designated

A. Each county officer shall designate two (2) employees to act

as receiving officers for their departments. A written designation

of such employees shall be filed with the county clerk and shall be

entered in the minutes of the board of county commissioners.

B. The county may designate two individuals who are not county

employees for each of the following entities within the county to

act as receiving and requisitioning officers:

1. Fire protection districts organized and operated pursuant to

the provisions of Sections 901.1 through 901.29 of this title;

2. Fire protection services established pursuant to the

provisions of Section 351 of this title;

3. Volunteer or full-time fire departments established pursuant

to Section 592 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

4. Municipal fire departments organized and operated pursuant

to the provisions of Sections 29-101 through 29-108 and Sections 29201 through 29-204 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

A written designation of these individuals shall be filed with the

county clerk and shall be entered in the minutes of the board of

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

county commissioners meeting in which the designations are made.

Further, entities described in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this

subsection, choosing to have any nonemployee of the county

designated as a receiving and requisitioning officer shall provide

evidence of blanket bond coverage or employee dishonesty liability

insurance for each such designee.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 249, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1983. Amended by Laws

2016, c. 321, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016.