Oklahoma § 19-444 - Publication of proceedings

§ 19-444. Publication of proceedings

It shall be the mandatory duty of the board of county

commissioners to cause to be published in a newspaper published in

the county, a full and complete report of all its official

proceedings at each regular and special meeting, except blanket

purchase orders, within the time provided for in Sections 445 and

446 of this title, and the board of county commissioners shall pay

for the same from the appropriation as provided in this section.

The board of county commissioners may also order the publication of

the official proceedings in a newspaper printed in any other than

the English Language whenever it shall deem it necessary for the

better information of the inhabitants. The board of county

commissioners may omit the listing of all employees and their

salaries approved for payment in the monthly publication of

proceedings. However, it shall be the mandatory duty of the board

of county commissioners to cause to be published a full and complete

report of all the county employees and their salaries paid annually.

An asterisk shall be placed in front of the names of employees paid

for less than the full twelve (12) months of the preceding calendar

year. The listing shall reflect the gross salary of every employee

reported to the Internal Revenue Service on the W-2 Form of the

employee. Such annual publication of the employees and their

salaries shall be published annually in the month of February for

the preceding calendar year in a newspaper of the county which meets

the requirements set forth in Section 106 of Title 25 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

It shall also be the mandatory duty of the board of county

commissioners and the county excise board, each fiscal year, to take

such steps as may be necessary and proper under the statutes

relating to estimates of needs and appropriations, to appropriate,

in the General Government account within the general fund of the

county, an amount sufficient to pay for the publication of all such

proceedings during the fiscal year, at the legal rate therefor, but

in no event less than the total of legal claims for publication of

such proceedings during the immediately preceding fiscal year.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

R.L. 1910, § 1648. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 79, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 19, 1953; Laws 1986, c. 136, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1993,

c. 318, § 4, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993.