Oklahoma § 19-326 - Meetings - Passing on bills and claims

§ 19-326. Meetings - Passing on bills and claims

A. In addition to the special sessions for equalizing

assessments, and all other special sessions now provided by law, the

county commissioners shall meet and hold sessions for the

transaction of business in the county courthouse, at the county

seat, on or before the first Monday of each month, and may remain in

session as long as the public business may require, and the passing

upon, allowing or rejecting of bills against the county shall be

taken up and passed upon by the board in the order in which the

claims have been filed, and in which order such claims must be

entered upon the calendar, except salary, wage and compensation

claims of officers and deputies and employees, which salary, wage

and compensation claims may be considered and paid, on or after the

termination of the service pay period; provided, that such claims by

subordinate deputies and employees be first approved by the officer

having charge of the office or department. The board of county

commissioners may recess or adjourn its meetings within the session,

either from time to time or from day to day, or on call of the

chair; but, if such board does not sooner adjourn its session for

any month, such session shall terminate and be adjourned by

operation of law on the last business day of such month. If the

board shall have adjourned its session before the last business day

of any month, the county clerk shall have power to call special

sessions when the best interests of the county demand it, upon

giving five (5) days’ notice of the time and object of calling the

commissioners together, by posting up notices in three public places

in the county, or by publication in some newspaper of general

circulation in the county; provided, that in the case of a vacancy

in the office of county clerk, the chair of the board shall have

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

power to call a special session for the purpose of filling such

vacancy.

B. The board of county commissioners may meet at times and in

places within the county other than the county courthouse if it is

determined that such meetings are beneficial to the general public.

Such meetings shall be in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting

Act.

C. County commissioners may attend and participate in

conferences, trainings, and educational, press, and social events,

even if a quorum is present, provided that no official action is

taken and any discussion of the business of the board of county

commissioners is incidental to the event.

D. County commissioners may attend and participate in meetings

and proceedings of the Legislature, even if a quorum is present,

provided that no official action is taken.

E. In a county that has a county budget board as provided in

Section 1407 of this title, county commissioners and other county

elected officers may discuss budgetary matters, provided that a

quorum of the county budget board is not present and no official

action is taken.

R.L. 1910, § 1587. Amended by Laws 1945, p. 80, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 16, 1945; Laws 1988, c. 41, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1993,

c. 239, § 13, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 139, § 2, eff. Nov.

1, 2001; Laws 2025, c. 369, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 2025.