Oklahoma § 65-157 - Budget - Contributions - Expenditures

§ 65-157. Budget - Contributions - Expenditures

It shall be the duty of the commission to prepare an annual

budget.

Each county and city establishing a city-county library system,

as herein provided, at the beginning of each fiscal year or as soon

thereafter as may be practicable, shall agree upon the necessary

contributions to be made by each for the establishment, operation

and maintenance of the city-county library system, appropriate such

funds as may be agreed upon, and combine said funds with funds from

any other source. Periodically, as may be agreed upon, the city and

county shall contribute their appropriated funds to a common fund

upon claims therefor being filed by the commission with the

governing body of the city and with the board of county

commissioners. The contributions shall be made by warrants, issued

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries

by the appropriate officers and made payable to the city treasurer

or county treasurer, as may be agreed upon by the city and county.

Said common fund shall be maintained as a depository account with

either the city treasurer or county treasurer, as may be agreed

upon, and shall be disbursed upon vouchers drawn by such officer or

employee of the commission as may be agreed upon by the city and

county. Said vouchers shall be issued only in payment of claims

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

against the county or the city and before delivery to the payee,

shall be registered with the city treasurer or county treasurer, as

the case may be.

The officer or employee of the commission designated by the city

and county to draw vouchers in payment of such claims shall be

bonded in an amount as may be required by the city and county, but

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

officer or employee shall be governed by the same statutory

provisions relating to depository accounts as apply to county

officials generally. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as

exempting from the application of the general statutes relating to

appropriations the funds contributed by the city and county to this

common fund.

Income of the city-county library system from fines, fees, sales

of personal property, and other miscellaneous sources, excluding

income from sales of real property, shall not be considered general

revenue of either the city or the county. It shall be deposited

promptly with the city treasurer or the county treasurer, as the

case may be, and shall be credited directly to the depository

account of the commission without appropriation. Income from this

source shall constitute a revolving fund which shall not be subject

to fiscal limitations and which may be expended by the commission

for the replacement or repair of books and other personal property

other than motor vehicles.

In the event funds are made available for library purposes in

the county, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10A of Article X

of the Oklahoma Constitution, all or any part of the cost of

establishing, maintaining and operating the city-county library

system as set forth in the powers granted to the commission in

Section 158 of this title, and otherwise, may be paid with such

funds, and the city-county library commission is authorized hereby

to administer the expenditure of such funds in the same manner as

herein provided for expenditure of funds appropriated from general

revenue for library purposes.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 493, § 7, emerg. eff. April 13, 1961.

Amended by Laws 1992, c. 322, § 16, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c.

335, § 2, eff. July 1, 1993.