Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-160: Extra help and travel expenses - Payment from separate

budget items.

An item appropriated in the budget of a county officer other

than the county election board for compensating regular employees of

the office may not be expended for extra help or for payment of

travel expenses. From, and only from, an item in the budget for his

office wherein appropriation is made separate from paying regular or

permanent deputies may a county officer make expenditures for extra

help or travel expenses. This act shall not apply to counties with

a population over three hundred thousand (300,000) at the last

decennial census.