Oklahoma HB 1964: Children; salaries; expenses; juvenile bureau; employees; director.

Bill Text

An Act 
ENROLLED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 1964 By: Nollan of the House 
 
    and 
 
  Rader of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to children; amending 10A O.S. 2021, 
Section 2-4-107, which relates to the salaries and 
expenses of juvenile bureau employees; modifying how 
salary for director is set; requiring that salary be 
set by board of county commissioners; and eliminating 
the director salary cap. 
 
 
 
 
SUBJECT: Children 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 2-4-107, is 
amended to read as follows: 
 
Section 2-4-107.  A.  1.  The salary of the juvenile bureau 
director and shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners of 
the county.  Salaries of all other employees of the bureau and any 
detention home established pursuant to Section 2-4-108 of this title 
shall be fixed by the judge of the Juvenile Division, subject to the 
general administrative authority of the county commissioners of the 
contracting county.  The salary of the director shall not exceed 
ninety percent (90%) of salaries of county Class A officers. 
 
2.  The salary of any other employee of the juvenile bureau 
shall not exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of Class A county 
officers. 
 
B.  The judge of the Juvenile Division, subject to the general 
administrative authority of the county commissioners of the 
contracting county, may fix a limit on the amount of expenses that 

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may be incurred by the director and assistants to the director, such 
limit to be in the judgment of the judge adequate to care for the 
expenses necessary to carrying out the orders of the court in an 
efficient and expedient manner.  The director and assistants to the 
director and other personnel of the court shall keep and maintain 
their offices at the place where the office of the judge of the 
court is kept, unless the judge of the Juvenile Division, subject to 
the general administrative authority of the county commissioners of 
the contracting county, shall direct otherwise.  The offices of the 
director and assistants to the director shall contain adequate 
equipment, desk space and consultation rooms necessary for 
appropriate office procedure. 
 
C.  In addition to their salaries, the director and assistants 
to the director shall be reimbursed at the same rate as state 
employees for mileage traveled by them in the investigation of court 
cases and in supervising probationers.  The director and assistants 
may also receive reimbursement, at the rate and in the manner 
applicable to other county officers, for actual and necessary 
expenses incurred by them in attending conferences, meetings, 
seminars or official business of the court either within or outside 
of the State of Oklahoma. 
 
D.  In all counties having a juvenile bureau, the budget of the 
juvenile bureau for salaries and expenses of the director, 
counselors and other employees shall be established and funded as 
follows: 
 
1.  All expenses incurred in complying with the provisions of 
this article shall be a county charge or funded by a special sales 
tax dedicated to juvenile programs and expenses; 
 
2.  The salaries and other compensation of all employees of the 
juvenile bureau shall be fixed by the judge within the limit of the 
total appropriations therefor; and 
 
3.  It is made the duty of the county excise board to make the 
necessary appropriation and levy for the payment of salaries of the 
director and all other employees, together with the expenses of 
administering the bureau, consistent with the duty to do likewise 
with the budget estimates of other county officers under the board's 
jurisdiction, as required by the Constitution and laws of this 
state. 
 

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4. E.  Except in instances where it is entitled to 
representation because of insurance coverage, the district attorney 
of the county in which the juvenile bureau is located shall 
represent the juvenile bureau and any employee who was acting in his 
or her official capacity at the time of the act or omission 
complained of in any lawsuit.  If the district attorney has a 
conflict of interest or otherwise declines to represent the juvenile 
bureau or its employees, the county commissioners may request the 
assistance of the Attorney General or authorize the employment of 
private counsel for the juvenile bureau and its employees in their 
official capacity. 
 

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Passed the House of Representatives the 3rd day of March, 2021. 
 
 
 
  
 Presiding Officer of the House 
 of Representatives 
 
 
Passed the Senate the 25th day of April, 2022. 
 
 
 
  
 Presiding Officer of the Senate 
 
 
 
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________ 
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. 
By: _________________________________ 
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________ 
day