Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 180.62 – Basic Salaries

A. The basic salaries of county officers upon which all salaries and future increases or decreases thereof shall be computed, shall be as follows:
1. 1. In every county having a net valuation of all tangible taxable property, as defined in Sections 180.58 and 180.59 of this title, of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) or less, the basic salary of each of the county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall not be less than Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Thirty-nine Thousand Dollars ($39,000.00) per annum;
2. 2. In every county having a net valuation of all tangible taxable property, as defined in Sections 180.58 and 180.59 of this title, of more than Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) but not more than Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00), the basic salary of each of the county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall not be less than Twenty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Forty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($42,500.00) per annum;
3. 3. In every county having a net valuation of all tangible taxable property, as defined in Sections 180.58 and 180.59 of this title, of more than Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00) but not more than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), the basic salary of each of the county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall not be less than Twenty-four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($24,500.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Forty-four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($44,500.00) per annum;
4. 4. In every county having a net valuation of all tangible taxable property, as defined in Sections 180.58 and 180.59 of this title, of more than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) but not more than Six Hundred Million Dollars ($600,000,000.00), the basic salary of each of the county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall not be less than Twenty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Forty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($42,500.00) per annum; and
5. 5. In every county having a net valuation of all tangible taxable property, as defined in Sections 180.58 and 180.59 of this title, of more than Six Hundred Million Dollars ($600,000,000.00), the basic salary of each of the county officers named in paragraph 1 of Section 180.61 of this title shall not be less than Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) per annum nor shall it exceed Thirty-nine Thousand Dollars ($39,000.00) per annum.
B. The board of county commissioners shall set the salaries for all elected county officials within the limits allowed by law.
C. The annual salaries fixed by this act shall be paid either monthly or twice a month, by order of the board of county commissioners, for each month or fraction thereof the incumbent lawfully occupies and holds title to such office.

Laws 1959, SB 22, p. 96, § 5; Amended by Laws 1968, HB 1323, c. 412, § 19, eff. January 13, 1969; Amended by Laws 1969, HB 1042, c. 14, § 1, emerg. eff. February 10, 1969; Amended by Laws 1974, SB 7, c. 72, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974; Amended by Laws 1978, HB 1631, c. 234, § 1, eff. January 8, 1979; Amended by Laws 1981, HB 1292, c. 257, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1981; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1938, c. 191, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1983; Amended by Laws 1989, HB 1280, c. 56, § 2, emerg. July 1, 1989; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1568, c. 109, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1744, c. 239, § 8, emerg. eff. July 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1998, HB 1245, c. 195, § 1, eff. November 1, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2000, SB 1228, c. 133, § 1, eff. November 1, 2000 (superseded document available).