Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-226: Annual budget for health department

The county board of health shall annually file with the county

excise board an estimate of needs for the operation or maintenance

of the county, district or cooperative department of health to the

extent that county funds are required for such purpose, and it shall

be the mandatory duty of the county excise board to approve the same

to the extent that such estimate of needs can be financed with

proceeds of a levy authorized in accordance with the provisions of

Section 9A, Article 10, Oklahoma Constitution; and so much of the

levy as may be needed shall thereupon be ordered made. The estimate

of needs may include, in addition to items for current operating

expenses, items for anticipated capital outlay in the future which

may accumulate from year to year until the total required amounts

will be available for expenditure. Provided, that nothing herein

shall prohibit the appropriation or use of other county funds for

such purposes, or for other public health purposes.