{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-218.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-218.1","heading":"Travel expenses - Reimbursement - Payment by credit","body":"card.\n\nA. Upon direction of the director of a city-county health\n\ndepartment, employees of such city-county health department may be\n\nreimbursed for use of their personally owned automobiles while\n\nperforming their duties on official business for the Department at a\n\nrate not to exceed that allowed for mileage to state employees.\n\nTravel claims for reimbursement on a mileage basis shall be\n\naccompanied by a detailed statement showing an adequate basis for\n\ncomputing the miles of travel and the purpose for the travel, and\n\nmay be paid from any funds available for that purpose.\n\nB. Subject to the limitations and procedures provided by this\n\nsection, approved employees of a city-county health department may\n\npurchase materials, supplies, or services necessary for travel out\n\nof the county in which the city-county health department operates by\n\nuse of one or more credit cards issued to the city-county health\n\ndepartment. Purchases made with the credit cards shall be limited\n\nto actual expenses for travel out of the county by employees in the\n\nperformance of their official duties. For purposes of this section,\n\n\"actual expenses for travel\" shall mean expenses for travel by\n\npublic or private railroads, airplanes, buses, rental cars, or other\n\npublic or private conveyances, fuel, oil, meals, lodging, parking\n\nfees, or telephone expenses.\n\nC. The city-county health department shall encumber sufficient\n\nfunds each month to pay for the estimated charges made with the\n\ncards including any annual or other fee owed for use of the cards.\n\nPayment for charges incurred on any card shall be made in a timely\n\nmanner so that no interest charges or penalties accrue and so that\n\nthe total payment amount corresponds to the balance of charges for\n\npurchases in addition to any applicable annual fee or service\n\ncharge.\n\nD. All receipts for charges made by use of any card issued to a\n\ncity-county health department shall be maintained to facilitate\n\naccurate records of total monthly expenditures for which the city-\n\ncounty health department shall be obligated.\n\nE. Employees who make credit purchases with credit cards issued\n\nto a city-county health department shall immediately and accurately\n\ndocument the expenditures on a form prepared by the State Auditor\n\nand Inspector, attaching receipts and a written explanation of each\n\nexpenditure as to the date, case number, or other identification\n\nnumber, area or location, reason for expenditure and amount\n\nexpended. A copy of the form shall be submitted to the director of\n\nthe city-county health department for approval and the original form\n\nshall be attached to the purchase order and shall be submitted for\n\npayment. A copy of the form shall be retained for the records of\n\nthe city-county health department.\n\nF. An employee of the city-county health department shall not\n\nreceive any reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of subsection A\n\nof this section for any expenses for which a credit card issued\n\npursuant to the provisions of this section has been used.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e2dbaca987e06b540cb239feab2e854c02dfe7777d8a9f5cf653a57a8b6b8035","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-218","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-219"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}