{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-15-70","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-70","heading":"County officers may make annual levy – Purpose of levy","body":"A. The county commissioners, the county excise board and all\n\nother proper officers of the county may make an annual levy upon all\n\ntaxable property in the county in an amount not to exceed one-half\n\n(1/2) of one (1) mill per annum in counties of more than fifteen\n\nthousand (15,000) population. In counties of less than fifteen\n\nthousand (15,000) population, the proper officers of the county may\n\nmake an annual levy upon all taxable property in the county of not\n\nexceeding one (1) mill per annum. The purpose of the levy is to\n\nraise funds for:\n\n1. The support and maintenance of the fair, including the\n\npayment of premiums on livestock, poultry, agricultural and\n\nhorticultural products, dairy products, boys' and girls' club work\n\nor other junior agricultural organizations which shall be in one\n\nclass, products of domestic science and domestic arts, farm women's\n\nclubs, hand paintings, cultivated plants and flowers;\n\n2. Necessary expenses of management of said fair, including\n\noffice expenses, postage, telephone, digital and electronic\n\ncommunication, Internet and supporting equipment, salary and\n\ntraveling expenses of the secretary, printing and necessary office\n\nsupplies;\n\n3. Premium ribbons and badges, clerical help, guards,\n\nsuperintendents and judges;\n\n4. Advertising, decorating and cleaning the grounds and\n\nbuildings; and\n\n5. The repair of or erecting buildings owned and controlled by\n\nsaid county that are or will be used for free fair purposes.\n\nB. In the counties of this state having a population in excess\n\nof fifty-five thousand (55,000), according to the 1940 Federal\n\nDecennial Census and in which county there is not authorized a state\n\nfair, it shall be the mandatory duty of the county commissioners and\n\nthe excise board and other officers of the county, to make annual\n\nlevy for the purposes specified by this section upon all taxable\n\nproperty in such county of not less than one-fourth (1/4) of one (1)\n\nmill per annum.","path":["OK Code","Title 2"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os2.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"46d3d288e55d466530e0d71fcf47db0d7139c35115ba126f40247a2f2f052c77","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-15-7","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-15-71"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}