Oklahoma § 19-180.63 - Increase to basic salary
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§ 19-180.63. Increase to basic salary
In every county in this state, the salary of all county officers
named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall be
increased from the applicable basic salary named in Section 180.62
of this title, for gross assessed valuation or serviceability,
according to the following scale:
A. To the basic salary:
1. Add the product of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) times each
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) gross assessed valuation, or
major fraction thereof, until a gross assessed valuation of Seventyfive Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00) is reached;
2. Thereafter add the product of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
times each additional Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) gross
assessed valuation, or major fraction thereof, until a gross
assessed valuation of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00)
is reached;
3. Thereafter add the product of One Hundred Twenty-five
Dollars ($125.00) times each additional Seven Million Dollars
($7,000,000.00) gross assessed valuation, or major fraction thereof,
until a gross assessed valuation of Two Billion Dollars
($2,000,000,000.00) is reached; and
4. Thereafter as to all additional gross assessed valuation add
the product of One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00) times each
additional Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) gross assessed
valuation, or major fraction thereof.
B. Also, the salary of each county officer shall be
additionally increased from the basic salary named in Section 180.62
of this title, and the additions thereto heretofore provided in this
section, for population or service load according to the following
scale:
1. The product of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) times
each one thousand (1,000) population, or major fraction thereof,
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until a population of seventy-five thousand (75,000) is reached;
thereafter;
2. The product of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) times
each additional five thousand (5,000) population, or major fraction
thereof, until a population of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000)
is reached; thereafter add; and
3. The product of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) times
each additional ten thousand (10,000) population, or major fraction
thereof.
C. This section shall not reduce the present salary of any
county officer in Oklahoma during their present term of office.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 97, § 6. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 212, § 1,
emerg. eff. April 10, 1961; Laws 1963, c. 66, § 1, emerg. eff. May
14, 1963; Laws 1967, c. 352, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 1967; Laws
1968, c. 138, § 9; Laws 1968, c. 412, § 16; Laws 1969, c. 14, § 1,
emerg. eff. Feb. 10, 1969; Laws 1972, c. 115, § 1, emerg. eff. March
31, 1972; Laws 1974, c. 72, § 2, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974; Laws
1977, c. 239, § 1, eff. July 1, 1977; Laws 1978, c. 234, § 2, eff.
Jan. 8, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 257, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981; Laws 1982,
c. 191, § 2, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1985, c. 293, § 2, emerg.
eff. July 23, 1985; Laws 1989, c. 324, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws
1993, c. 239, § 9, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2010, c. 362, § 1, eff.
Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 9, § 1; Laws 2021, c. 65, § 4, eff. Nov.
1, 2021.
§19-180.63a.
Repealed by Laws 1969, c. 14, § 1, eff. Feb. 10, 1969.
§19-180.63b.
Repealed by Laws 1969, c. 14, § 1, eff. Feb. 10, 1969.
§19-180.63d. Withholding of salary increase.
The salary increase authorized by this measure shall be withheld
in those counties in which the composite ad valorem assessment ratio
for the county is less than nine percent (9%) of the property value
as certified by the Board of Equalization at any time during the
calendar year 1979, or any year thereafter.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 234, § 3, eff. Jan. 8, 1979.
§19-180.63e. Certain increases or decreases in salaries of county
officers prohibited.
County officers shall not receive any salary increase or
decrease during their term of office unless by operation of law
enacted prior to their election or appointment.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 293, § 3, emerg. eff. July 23, 1985. Amended
by Laws 1987, c. 209, § 3, eff. July 1, 1987.
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