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§19-180.43.
§19-180.43.
A. Each sheriff shall be paid actual expenses by the county for
keeping, feeding, and maintaining prisoners, not to exceed the sum of
Three Dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) per day for each prisoner for
the first twenty prisoners and Two Dollars ($2.00) per day for each
additional prisoner. The claim for said expenses shall be filed with
and approved or disapproved by the board of county commissioners as
other claims, and the sheriff shall receive no other compensation for
said services. The sheriff shall file an annual report with the board
of county commissioners not later than January 15 of each year. The
State Auditor and Inspector shall conduct an audit of the report as on
other public records of the county.
B. Each county sheriff may contract with the Department of Justice of
the United States of America, the Department of Corrections, or any
municipality of this state for the feeding, care, housing, and upkeep
of federal, state, or municipal prisoners, or alien detainees
incarcerated in the county jail. Any funds received pursuant to said
contract shall be the funds of the county where the federal, state, or
municipal prisoners, or alien detainees are incarcerated and shall be
deposited in a separate revolving fund with the county treasurer. All
purchases made pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be
made pursuant to the purchasing procedures specified in Sections 1500
through 1505 of this title, including the use of blanket purchase
orders as provided for in Section 310.8 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. The sheriff shall be permitted to expend any surplus in the
revolving fund for administering expenses for salaries, training,
equipment, or travel, or for capital expenditures.
The claim for said expenses shall be filed with and allowed by the
board of county commissioners as other claims. The sheriff shall
receive no compensation for said services. The sheriff shall file an
annual report with the board of county commissioners not later than
January 15 of each year. The State Auditor and Inspector shall conduct
an audit of the report as on other public records of the county.
C. In lieu of the travel reimbursement or monthly travel allowance
provided for by law, the board of county commissioners may purchase
and provide for the operation, maintenance, insurance, equipping, and
repair of an automobile for each county commissioner to be used in
performing the duties of his office. In lieu of the travel
reimbursement or monthly travel allowance provided for by law, the
board of county commissioners, with the concurrence of the county
sheriff, may purchase and provide for the operation, maintenance,
insurance, equipping, and repair of automobiles for the use of the
sheriff in performing the duties of his office. Any automobile
purchased pursuant to the authority granted in this section shall be
purchased by competitive bids. The use of any said automobile for
private or personal purposes is hereby prohibited. In any county
having a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand
(350,000), where it is determined by the sheriff to be more economical
and advantageous to the county, the sheriff may establish a monthly
automobile allowance of not more than Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00)
per month in lieu of the mileage per mile for in-county driving as
authorized in this section. Any travel reimbursement other than
in-county driving as provided for in this section shall be for actual
and necessary expenses as provided for in the State Travel
Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by
a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or
by both said fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto shall be
discharged from county employment.
D. The State of Oklahoma hereby declares and states that the increased
number of persons impersonating law enforcement officers by making
routine traffic stops while using unmarked cars is a threat to the
public health and safety of all of the citizens of the State of
Oklahoma; therefore it shall be unlawful for any county sheriff,
deputy sheriff or reserve deputy sheriff to use any vehicle which is
not clearly marked as a law enforcement vehicle for routine traffic
enforcement as provided in Section 12-218 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. In addition to Section 12-218 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, the peace officer operating the law enforcement vehicle for
routine traffic stops shall be dressed in the official uniform
including shoulder patches, badge, and any other identifying insignias
normally used by the employing law enforcement agency.
E. Each county sheriff may operate, or contract the operation of, a
commissary for the benefit of persons lawfully confined in the county
jail under the custody of the county sheriff. Any funds received
pursuant to said operations shall be the funds of the county where the
persons are incarcerated and shall be deposited in the Sheriff's
Commissary Account. The sheriff shall be permitted to expend the funds
to improve or provide jail services. The sheriff shall be permitted to
expend any surplus in the Sheriff's Commissary Account for
administering expenses for training equipment, travel or for capital
expenditures. The claims for expenses shall be filed with and allowed
by the board of county commissioners in the same manner as other
claims. The sheriff shall receive no compensation for the operation of
said commissary. The sheriff shall file an annual report on any said
commissary under his or her operation no later than January 15 of each
year. The State Auditor and Inspector shall conduct an audit of the
report in the same manner as other public records of the county.
Nothing in this subsection shall circumvent the provisions of Section
73 of Title 7 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
F. Each county sheriff may operate, or contract the operation of, a
telephone system for the benefit of persons lawfully confined in the
county jail under the custody of the county sheriff. Any funds
received pursuant to said operations shall be the funds of the county
where the persons are incarcerated and shall be deposited in the
Sheriff's Service Fee Account. Such funds may be expended according to
the guidelines previously established for expenditures from the
general fund. The claims for expenses shall be filed with and allowed
by the board of county commissioners in the same manner as other
claims.
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