{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-215.36","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.36","heading":"Boards of county commissioners to provide certain","body":"facilities and services.\n\nA. Effective January 1, 1983, it shall be the duty of the board\n\nof county commissioners of each county in each district attorney's\n\ndistrict to provide:\n\n1. Sufficient office space in the county courthouse, and the\n\ncosts of utility services for power, lighting, heat, cooling,\n\nappropriate janitorial service, and costs of maintenance, upkeep,\n\nand repair of such space, for the personnel and programs of the\n\noffice of the district attorney;\n\n2. A sufficient law library and subscriptions to legal\n\npublications necessary for the performance of the duties of the\n\ndistrict attorney, the same to remain an asset and property of the\n\ncounty;\n\n3. Sufficient funds for the costs and necessary expenses of\n\ninvestigation, prosecution or defense of any action, whether\n\ncontemplated or actual, wherein the county officers, county\n\nappointees or employees, while acting in their official capacity may\n\nbe party plaintiffs, defendants or intervenors.\n\nB. Capital assets or properties presently owned by each county\n\nand assigned for use to the office of the district attorney shall\n\ncontinue to be furnished and owned by said county for use by the\n\noffice of the district attorney, with the expense of ordinary\n\nmaintenance and repair to be paid by the state. At such time as the\n\nutility of the same shall be of no benefit and, when authorized by\n\nthe District Attorneys Council, such property shall be returned to\n\nthe county for disposal as provided by law. Said equipment's\n\nequitable replacement is to be provided by the state. Capital\n\nassets or properties presently leased by the county and assigned for\n\nuse to the office of the district attorney shall be assigned to the\n\nstate by the county, at the request of the Council; thereafter, said\n\ncapital assets or properties shall be leased by the state, subject\n\nto the terms and conditions of the lease agreements. Lease payments\n\nshall become the responsibility of the state. Capital assets or\n\nproperties presently held by the county under an approved lease-\n\npurchase agreement for equipment or properties assigned to the\n\noffice of the district attorney, may, at the election of the\n\nCouncil, be assumed by the state and any existing intangible worth\n\nby reason of such assumption shall be the property of the state.\n\nThe county shall be released from financial responsibility of lease-\n\npurchase payments under the terms of said agreement and held\n\nharmless therefrom by the state. In the event the agreement is\n\ncompleted to full term, the asset acquired shall be the property of\n\nthe state. In the event the state, through the Council, declines to\n\nassume such obligation under any pending lease-purchase agreement,\n\nsaid county shall retain such agreement and the equipment or the\n\nproperty held thereunder, and shall have the right to assign such\n\nequipment or property and its use to any county use which may be\n\nprovided by law.\n\nC. Counties having a population of three hundred thousand\n\n(300,000) or more shall, and counties having a population of less\n\nthan three hundred thousand (300,000) may, furnish sufficient\n\nequipment and personnel for equipment operation for such computer\n\nservices and digitizing as the district attorney deems necessary.","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":"054009f10025e2760b9bcedc126e0d7cf62df7907ec29e941ed3922bfa9c4133","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-215.35c","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-215.37a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}