Oklahoma § 19-863.2 - Counties and cities to which applicable - Metropolitan

§ 19-863.2. Counties and cities to which applicable - Metropolitan

area planning commission - Contributions.

Any county of the state having within its boundaries more than

fifty percent (50%) of the incorporated area of a city having not

less than one hundred eighty thousand (180,000) population,

according to the last preceding Federal Decennial Census, or any

future Federal Decennial Census, is hereby authorized to avail

itself of the provisions of this act and to form a cooperative

planning commission with such city and may combine its funds with

the funds of such city, to be expended for the purposes as herein

set forth. The board of county commissioners of any such county in

this state may and they are hereby authorized to cooperate with the

council of any such city as herein provided, and the funds herein

referred to and named may be used in such work. Each county and

city forming a cooperative city-county planning commission, as

herein provided, shall, by resolution, at the beginning of the

fiscal year, or so soon thereafter as may be practicable, agree upon

contribution in equal amounts, appropriate funds for the amounts

necessary, and combine said funds. The board and council shall

contribute the funds appropriated to a common fund periodically as

may be agreed upon by the board and council, upon a claim being

filed by the commission with the respective board and council. The

contribution shall be made by warrant drawn by the appropriate

officer, after approval of the claim, payable to the city treasurer

or the county treasurer as may be agreed upon by the board and

council. Said common fund shall be maintained by either the city

treasurer or the county treasurer as may be agreed upon and shall be

disbursed upon vouchers drawn by such officer as may be agreed upon

by the board and council. Said vouchers shall be registered with

the city treasurer or county treasurer, as the case may be, before

delivery to the payee and shall be issued only in payment of claims

which have been executed in the manner prescribed by law for claims

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

against the county or the city and after such claims have been

approved by the board and council. The officer designated by the

board and council to draw vouchers for payment of such claims shall

be bonded in an amount as may be required by the board and council

but not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). The

designated officer shall be governed by the same statutory

provisions for depository accounts as apply to county officials.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as exempting the

contributions of the city and county to this common fund from the

application of the general statutes relating to appropriations. The

city-county cooperative planning commission shall be designated

"metropolitan area planning commission". Such city is hereby

empowered to adopt, amend, extend, add to, or carry out a city plan

for such city. Such county is hereby empowered to adopt, amend,

extend, add to, or carry out a county plan within the unincorporated

area of such county, all as provided in this act.

Added by Laws 1955, p. 164, § 2, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended

by Laws 1957, p. 140, § 1; Laws 1959, p. 105, § 1; Laws 1963, c.

179, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963; Laws 1980, c. 54, § 1, eff.

Oct. 1, 1980.