Oklahoma § 19-180.62 - Basic salaries
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§ 19-180.62. Basic salaries
A. The basic salaries of county officers upon which all
salaries and future increases or decreases thereof shall not be less
than Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) per annum nor shall they
exceed Forty-nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($49,500.00) per
annum, provided the basic salary for the sheriff, which shall be no
less than other salaries for county officers controlled by this
section, shall not be less than Forty-four Thousand Dollars
($44,000.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Seventy-four Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($74,500.00) per annum.
B. The board of county commissioners, or if the county has
elected to come under the County Budget Act, the budget board
members of the county, shall set the salaries for all elected county
officials within the limits allowed by law.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers
C. The annual salaries fixed by this act shall be paid either
monthly or twice a month, by order of the board of county
commissioners, for each month or fraction thereof the incumbent
lawfully occupies and holds title to such office.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 96, § 5. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 19,
eff. Jan. 13, 1969; Laws 1969, c. 14, § 1, eff. Feb. 10, 1969; Laws
1974, c. 72, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974; Laws 1978, c. 234, §
1, eff. Jan. 8, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 257, § 1, eff. July 1, 1981;
Laws 1982, c. 191, § 1, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1989, c. 56, §
2, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 109, § 1, eff. July 1,
1993; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 8, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 195,
§ 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 133, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000;
Laws 2019, c. 27, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 65, § 3,
eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2024, c. 394, § 3, eff. July 1, 2024.
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