Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.58: Application and purpose of act - Legislative

determination.

A. Sections 180.58 through 180.68 of this title shall apply to

all counties.

B. The purpose of Sections 180.58 through 180.68 of this title

is to codify and revise the laws of the state relating to the

salaries and wages of county officers and their deputies and

employees, and to establish said salaries and wages by general law

applicable throughout the state under a uniform schedule fixing such

salaries and wages and future increases and reductions thereof upon

the following bases:

1. The available revenues of the several counties out of which

such salaries and wages may be paid;

2. The amount of services required to be performed;

3. The monetary value of such services in relation to that of

nongovernmental services of similar nature in the areas wherein such

services are performed; and

4. The relative amounts of services required of the various

county officers, their deputies and employees upon investigation and

full consideration of the applicable facts.

C. The Legislature has determined that the foregoing bases of

such schedule gradations generally are cognate to the combination of

the following factors:

1. The gross assessed valuation of all tangible taxable

property of the county, hereinafter referred to as "service-

ability"; and

2. The population of the county, hereinafter referred to as the

"service-load".

The application of said factors properly establishes a rational and

relevant formula for uniformity of salaries and wages and of future

increases and decreases thereof.