Each organized county within the state shall be a body corporate and politic and as such shall be empowered for the following purposes: 1. To sue and be sued; 2. To purchase and hold real and personal estate for the use of the county, and lands sold for taxes as provided by law; 3. To […]
This act shall be known and may be cited as the City-County Park and Recreation Act of Oklahoma. Added by Laws 1965, c. 335, § 1, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
The purpose of this act is to foster and promote the establishment, maintenance and operation of city-county park and recreation systems in order to give all of the citizens of the counties affected hereby equal access to a comprehensive system of recreational facilities. It is the policy of the state to encourage the formation of […]
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, or of any charter, ordinance, rule or regulation, any county of the state having within its boundaries a city having not less than one hundred thousand population, according to the last or any succeeding Federal Decennial Census, is hereby authorized to avail itself of the […]
The city-county park and recreation commission shall consist of eleven (11) members. Five of the members shall be appointed by the mayor of the city subject to approval of the governing body thereof. Four of the members shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. The mayor of the city and the chairman of […]
The commission shall elect its chairman from the appointed members and fill such other offices as its bylaws may establish. The term of the chairman shall be one year. The commission shall hold at least one meeting each month and all meetings shall be open to the public. It shall adopt rules for the transaction […]
The commission shall appoint a director of the city-county park and recreation commission on the basis of merit and experience. Such director shall be a graduate of an accredited college or university in the field of landscape architecture, horticulture, park management, recreation or related field or shall have had a minimum of ten years’ experience […]
It shall be the duty of the commission to prepare an annual budget which shall be subject to the approval of the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners. Each county and city establishing a city-county park and recreation system, as herein provided, at the beginning of each fiscal year or […]
Every city-county park and recreation commission created by this act shall have all the powers necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purpose and provisions hereof, including, in addition to others herein granted, the following powers, all of which shall be exercised subject to approval by the governing body of the city and the […]
The governing body of any other city, town or school district in a county in which a city-county park and/or recreation system has been established is authorized to contract with the city-county park and recreation commission, subject to the approval of the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners, to bring […]
If, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 37 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes or of any statute supplemental thereto or of any charter provision of the city, a retirement system is established for the employees of the city, the employees of the city-county park and/or recreation system may be included in that retirement […]
This act is intended to be cumulative and in addition to any other law heretofore passed on recreational facilities and shall not repeal any law on this subject. Added by Laws 1965, c. 335, § 11, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
Before any new counties shall be established, or any county lines in this state shall be altered or changed, such question shall first be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors residing in the territory to be formed into such new county or transferred to another county, and shall be approved by the sixty […]
The board of county commissioners of any county may, by resolution, provide for the establishment of a countywide economic development program and may provide for the financing thereof from the county general fund. After the passage of said resolution by the board of county commissioners, the county excise board shall annually appropriate an amount up […]
Any such county establishing an economic development program under this act may utilize the funds herein authorized to conduct studies and prepare comprehensive plans for its future economic growth and development; to inventory the services, facilities and resources of the entire county; to promote, stimulate and encourage the growth and development of the agriculture, commerce […]
After the passage of said resolution the board of county commissioners shall create a county economic development advisory committee of not less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) members, which shall be representative of the various private and public interests and political subdivisions within the county. It shall be the duty and responsibility […]
Any county establishing an economic development program may contract for the services of an executive director for the program. The executive director shall be employed by and serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners; provided, said employment shall be renewed on an annual basis. The salary of the executive director shall be […]
Any two or more counties may jointly and cooperatively undertake programs to promote the growth and development of the industrial payroll of the area or region in which such counties are located, and any county may likewise cooperate with political subdivisions of the county and with other public or private nonprofit agencies to achieve the […]
Any county treasurer violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term not less than one (1) year nor more than four (4) years. Added by Laws 1925, c. 88, p. 139, § 2. Amended […]
The bondsmen of said county treasurer shall be liable to the bank depositing any of the securities as above named for the accounting of all such securities and the return to said bank of any or all of the securities as above named, or their value in money. Before any of the securities above named […]
