Oklahoma § 19-215.30 - Salaries and expenses

§ 19-215.30. Salaries and expenses

A. Beginning January 1, 1997, each district attorney shall

receive a salary of Seventy-one Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-three

Dollars ($71,663.00) per year, payable monthly. Beginning January

1, 1999, each district attorney shall receive a salary of Eightyfive Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) per year, payable monthly.

Beginning July 1, 2003, each district attorney shall receive a

salary equal to ninety-eight percent (98%) of the salary of a

district judge. Any increase in salary in fiscal year 2015 must be

paid from existing available funds.

B. All appointees and employees of district attorneys, except

special district attorneys appointed pursuant to subsection C of

Section 215.37M of this title, shall be deemed to be state officers

or employees for all purposes. All special district attorneys

appointed pursuant to subsection C of Section 215.37M of this title

shall be deemed to be state officers only for purposes of The

Governmental Tort Claims Act and Rule 1.11 of the Rules of

Professional Conduct for attorneys licensed to practice law in this

state.

C. Population, for the purposes of Section 215.1 et seq. of

this title, shall be as determined by the last Federal Decennial

Census. The salaries of the district attorneys and the salaries of

the assistant district attorneys and their operating and maintenance

expenses in each county shall be paid by the state. Provided

however:

1. In counties having a population of four hundred thousand

(400,000) or more, the salary of the district attorney and assistant

district attorneys may be supplemented by the county. Such

supplement for the district attorney shall not exceed twenty-five

percent (25%) of the salary provided for district attorneys by this

section. Such supplement for the assistant district attorneys shall

not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the salary authorized for

assistant district attorneys in Section 215.34 of this title.

2. The salaries and operating expenses of those assistant

district attorneys who are assigned to child support enforcement

duties shall be paid by funds received as reimbursement from the

Department of Human Services under terms of a contract with the

office of the district attorney as authorized by Section 237.1 of

Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. The District Attorneys Council, which may hereinafter be

referred to as the "Council", is hereby designated as the state

agency for the administration and disbursement of all salaries and

expenses of the offices of district attorneys authorized by law.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

All such payrolls and claims against State Treasury funds must be

approved by the Council prior to submission to the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for payment. The Council and the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

promulgate reasonable rules and regulations covering the preparation

of estimates of needs, budgets and claims for the administration of

this act, Section 215.1 et seq. of this title, the transmittal of

county funds to the State Treasury and the disbursement of all state

and county funds under this act.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 340, § 11, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. Amended

by Laws 1985, c. 306, § 1, emerg. eff. July 24, 1985; Laws 1988, c.

109, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 264, § 28, operative July

1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 58, § 1, emerg. eff. April 10, 1991; Laws

1994, c. 239, § 2; Laws 1996, c. 24, § 3, emerg. eff. April 3, 1996;

Laws 1997, c. 384, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 261, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 389, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2002;

Laws 2008, c. 334, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 68;

Laws 2014, H.J.R. No. 1096, § 2, eff. July 1, 2014.