{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-180.43","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.43","heading":"Feeding, care, housing, and upkeep of prisoners -","body":"Expenses - Travel reimbursement - Violations.\n\nA. Each county sheriff may contract with any public or private\n\nentity engaged in the business of transportation of prisoners, the\n\nDepartment of Justice of the United States of America, the\n\nDepartment of Corrections, or any municipality of this state for the\n\nfeeding, care, housing, and upkeep of federal, state, or municipal\n\nprisoners, or alien detainees incarcerated in the county jail. Any\n\nfunds received pursuant to said contract shall be the funds of the\n\ncounty where the federal, state, or municipal prisoners, or alien\n\ndetainees are incarcerated and shall be deposited in the Sheriff's\n\nService Fee Account. All purchases made pursuant to the provisions\n\nof this subsection shall be made pursuant to the purchasing\n\nprocedures specified in Sections 1500 through 1507 of this title,\n\nincluding the use of blanket purchase orders as provided for in\n\nSection 310.8 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The sheriff\n\nshall be permitted to expend the funds for capital expenditures.\n\nThe sheriff shall be permitted to expend any funds in the Sheriff's\n\nService Fee Account for administering expenses for salaries,\n\ntraining, equipment or travel.\n\nThe claim for said expenses shall be filed with and allowed by\n\nthe board of county commissioners as other claims. The sheriff\n\nshall receive no compensation for said services. The sheriff shall\n\nfile an annual report with the board of county commissioners not\n\nlater than January 15 of each year. The State Auditor and Inspector\n\nshall conduct an audit of the report as on other public records of\n\nthe county.\n\nB. In lieu of the travel reimbursement or monthly travel\n\nallowance provided for by law, the board of county commissioners may\n\npurchase and provide for the operation, maintenance, insurance,\n\nequipping, and repair of an automobile for each county commissioner\n\nto be used in performing the duties of his office. In lieu of the\n\ntravel reimbursement or monthly travel allowance provided for by\n\nlaw, the board of county commissioners, with the concurrence of the\n\ncounty sheriff, may purchase and provide for the operation,\n\nmaintenance, insurance, equipping, and repair of automobiles for the\n\nuse of the sheriff in performing the duties of his office. Any\n\nautomobile purchased pursuant to the authority granted in this\n\nsection shall be purchased by competitive bids. The use of any said\n\nautomobile for private or personal purposes is hereby prohibited.\n\nIn any county having a population of at least three hundred fifty\n\nthousand (350,000), where it is determined by the sheriff to be more\n\neconomical and advantageous to the county, the sheriff may establish\n\na monthly automobile allowance of not more than Four Hundred Dollars\n\n($400.00) per month in lieu of the mileage per mile for in-county\n\ndriving as authorized in this section. Any travel reimbursement\n\nother than in-county driving as provided for in this section shall\n\nbe for actual and necessary expenses as provided for in the State\n\nTravel Reimbursement Act. Any person violating the provisions of\n\nthis subsection, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor\n\nand shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars\n\n($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than\n\nthirty (30) days, or by both said fine and imprisonment, and in\n\naddition thereto shall be discharged from county employment.\n\nC. The State of Oklahoma hereby declares and states that the\n\nincreased number of persons impersonating law enforcement officers\n\nby making routine traffic stops while using unmarked cars is a\n\nthreat to the public health and safety of all of the citizens of the\n\nState of Oklahoma; therefore it shall be unlawful for any county\n\nsheriff, deputy sheriff or reserve deputy sheriff to use any vehicle\n\nwhich is not clearly marked as a law enforcement vehicle for routine\nsed number of persons impersonating law enforcement officers\n\nby making routine traffic stops while using unmarked cars is a\n\nthreat to the public health and safety of all of the citizens of the\n\nState of Oklahoma; therefore it shall be unlawful for any county\n\nsheriff, deputy sheriff or reserve deputy sheriff to use any vehicle\n\nwhich is not clearly marked as a law enforcement vehicle for routine\n\ntraffic enforcement except as provided in Section 12-218 of Title 47\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes. In addition to Section 12-218 of Title 47\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes, the peace officer operating the law\n\nenforcement vehicle for routine traffic stops shall be dressed in\n\nthe official uniform including shoulder patches, badge, and any\n\nother identifying insignias normally used by the employing law\n\nenforcement agency.\n\nD. Each county sheriff may operate, or contract the operation\n\nof, a commissary for the benefit of persons lawfully confined in the\n\ncounty jail under the custody of the county sheriff. Any funds\n\nreceived pursuant to said operations shall be the funds of the\n\ncounty where the persons are incarcerated and shall be deposited in\n\nthe Sheriff's Commissary Account. The sheriff shall be permitted to\n\nexpend the funds to improve or provide jail services. The sheriff\n\nshall be permitted to expend any surplus in the Sheriff's Commissary\n\nAccount for administering expenses for training equipment, travel or\n\nfor capital expenditures. The claims for expenses shall be filed\n\nwith and allowed by the board of county commissioners in the same\n\nmanner as other claims. The sheriff shall receive no compensation\n\nfor the operation of said commissary. The sheriff shall file an\n\nannual report on any said commissary under his or her operation no\n\nlater than January 15 of each year. The State Auditor and Inspector\n\nshall conduct an audit of the report in the same manner as other\n\npublic records of the county.\n\nE. Each county sheriff may operate, or contract the operation\n\nof, a telephone system for the benefit of persons lawfully confined\n\nin the county jail under the custody of the county sheriff. Any\n\nfunds received pursuant to said operations shall be the funds of the\n\ncounty where the persons are incarcerated and shall be deposited in\n\nthe Sheriff's Service Fee Account. Such funds may be expended\n\naccording to the guidelines previously established for expenditures\n\nfrom the general fund. The claims for expenses shall be filed with\n\nand allowed by the board of county commissioners in the same manner\n\nas other claims.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0f55d5823b6dcb018d11bcb146acfa9b90df5922d145ef8531c5e56f7df8aac2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-18","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-180.51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}