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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 4063 By: Wallace
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to counties and county officers;
7 creating the Oklahoma Sheriff's Office Salary
8 Assistance Grant Program Act; providing certain
8 reference; defining terms; creating grant program to
9 provide additional resources to sheriff's offices;
9 establishing certain eligibility criteria;
10 authorizing and limiting certain utilizations of
10 grant awards; prohibiting certain reduction or
11 supplantation of funds; authorizing the promulgation
11 of rules; creating the Oklahoma Sheriff's Office
12 Salary Assistance Revolving Fund; vesting the fund
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13 fund characteristics; requiring and limiting fund
13 utilization; establishing budgeting and expenditure
14 procedures; amending 19 O.S. 2021, Sections 180.62
14 and 180.67, which relate to salaries of county
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15 structures and limits; providing for noncodification;
16 providing for codification; providing an effective
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19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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20 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
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21 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
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22 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
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23 Sheriff's Office Salary Assistance Grant Program Act".
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 1 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 180.66A of Title 19, unless
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3 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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4 A. As used in this section:
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5 1. "Combined service-load" means the sum of the service-load
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6 factor multiplied by the service-area factor of a qualified county;
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7 2. "Grant" means an amount authorized to be awarded under the
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8 provisions of this section;
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9 3. "Qualified county" means any county recognized as a county
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10 of this state as of the effective date of this act;
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11 4. "Service-area factor" means the total number of square miles
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12 within the boundaries of a qualified county; and
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13 5. "Service-load factor" and "population" shall have the same
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14 meaning as provided in Section 180.60 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma
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15 Statutes.
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16 B. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall establish and administer
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17 the Oklahoma Sheriff's Office Salary Assistance Grant Program to
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18 support the state purpose of ensuring professional law enforcement
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19 throughout the state by providing financial assistance to sheriff's
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20 offices in qualified counties. Such program shall embody the
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21 following procedures and criteria:
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22 1. Not later than the 30th day after the first day of a
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23 qualified county's fiscal year, the county may submit an application
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 1 for a grant to the Oklahoma Tax Commission. A county may submit
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2 only one application each fiscal year;
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3 2. Grants awarded under the provisions of this section shall be
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4 to qualified counties in the following amounts:
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5 a. Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) for a
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6 county in the lower twenty-six (26) of qualified
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7 counties ranked by combined service-load factor,
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8 b. Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00) for
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9 a county ranked higher than twenty-six (26) but lower
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10 than fifty-three (53) of qualified counties ranked by
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11 combined service-load factor, and
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12 c. Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for a
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13 county ranked equal to or greater than fifty-three
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14 (53) of qualified counties ranked by combined service-
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15 load factor.
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16 C. Counties awarded a grant from the program shall limit use of
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17 the grant proceeds to the following:
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18 1. To provide a minimum annual salary of not less than:
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19 a. Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) for a
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20 county sheriff,
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21 b. Forty-five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00) for each
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22 deputy sheriff, and
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23 c. Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) for each jailer
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 1 2. To increase the salary of officers and employees described
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2 in paragraph 1 of subsection C of this section;
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3 3. To hire additional deputy sheriffs or staff for the
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4 sheriff's office; or
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5 4. To purchase vehicles, firearms, and safety equipment for the
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6 sheriff's office.
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7 D. No county shall budget or expend an amount of an award
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8 provided under the provisions of this section for a purpose other
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9 than one listed in subsection C of this section; provided, that no
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10 amount shall be expended by a county as otherwise authorized by
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11 paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 of subsection C of this section unless the
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12 minimum salaries as described in paragraph 1 of subsection C of this
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13 section have been achieved in such county.
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14 E. No county shall reduce or supplant existing funding or the
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15 county's methodology for allocating funds to a county sheriff's
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16 office due to the award of grant funding as provided under the
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17 provisions of this section.
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18 F. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall promulgate rules as need
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19 to implement the provisions of this section, including, but not
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20 limited to, rules addressing the application process, application
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21 submission timelines, and procedures for assuring compliance with
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22 the provisions of this section.
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 1 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 180.66B of Title 19, unless
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3 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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4 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
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5 for the Oklahoma Tax Commission to be designated the "Oklahoma
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6 Sheriff's Office Salary Assistance Revolving Fund". The fund shall
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7 be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and
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8 shall consist of all monies directed to the fund and eligible for
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9 deposit by law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are
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10 hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma
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11 Tax Commission exclusively for the purposes and in compliance with
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12 the Oklahoma Sheriff's Office Salary Assistance Grant Program.
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13 Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by
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14 the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with
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15 the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for
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16 approval and payment.
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17 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 180.62, is
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18 amended to read as follows:
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19 Section 180.62 A. The Except as otherwise provided in the
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20 Oklahoma Sheriff's Office Salary Assistance Grant Program Act
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21 created in Sections 1 through 3 of this act, the basic salaries of
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22 county officers upon which all salaries and future increases or
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23 decreases thereof shall not be less than Nineteen Thousand Dollars
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 1 ($19,000.00) per annum nor shall they exceed Forty-nine Thousand
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2 Five Hundred Dollars ($49,500.00) per annum.
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3 B. The board of county commissioners, or if the county has
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4 elected to come under the County Budget Act, the budget board
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5 members of the county, shall set the salaries for all elected county
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6 officials within the limits allowed by law.
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7 C. The annual salaries fixed by this act shall be paid either
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8 monthly or twice a month, by order of the board of county
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9 commissioners, for each month or fraction thereof the incumbent
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10 lawfully occupies and holds title to such office.
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11 SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 180.67, is
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13 Section 180.67 A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B
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14 of this section and except as provided in the Oklahoma Sheriff's
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15 Office Salary Assistance Grant Program Act created in Sections 1
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16 through 3 of this act, it is hereby declared to be the intent of the
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17 Legislature that this act shall be the comprehensive salary code for
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18 all counties of the state and no county officer in paragraph 1 of
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19 Section 180.61 of this title, or their assistants, deputies, or
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20 other employees by whatever title designated, shall receive any
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21 salary or wages except as provided in Section 180.58 et seq. of this
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 1 B. Counties may opt to utilize the appropriate State of
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2 Oklahoma pay structure in lieu of or in addition to the salary code
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3 referenced in subsection A of this section.
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4 SECTION 6. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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5 SECTION 7. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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6 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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7 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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8 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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