Oklahoma § 68-3152 - Duties mandatory - Penalty for failure to perform

§ 68-3152. Duties mandatory - Penalty for failure to perform

The provisions of this article relating to the duties of various

officials, and the time within which such duties shall be performed,

are hereby declared to be mandatory, and the failure of any such

official, board or commission, to perform the duties prescribed

herein, within the time specified, shall subject them to removal

from office, for neglect of duty; and they shall receive no

remuneration, compensation or salary for their services, after the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation

time herein fixed for the performance of such duties and until the

same shall have been completed or performed. Each of them shall

also be subject to a penalty of Five Dollars ($5.00) per day for

each day's delay for such neglect or failure, and it shall be the

duty of the district attorney to institute proper action to collect

any such penalty; provided, that the validity of any levy or

appropriation shall not be affected because of any insufficiency,

informality or delay in the performance of any duty imposed upon any

official, board or commission by this article.

Laws 1965, c. 501, § 2. Renumbered from § 24404 by Laws 1988, c.

162, § 161, eff. Jan. 1, 1992 and Laws 1991, c. 249, § 1, eff. Jan.

1, 1992.