1. A. The executive board, with such committee as may be selected from the county fair association, shall make an estimate of the cost of the township and county fairs, and shall certify such estimate to the county excise board in time to be acted upon by the county excise board at its annual meeting for making tax levies.

2. B. The items to be considered in the expenditure of funds shall be for:

   1. 1. Premiums on livestock, poultry, agricultural and horticultural products, dairy products, boys' and girls' club work, products of domestic science and domestic arts, school exhibits, hand painting, decorating and drawing, manufactured articles, cultivated plants and flowers;
   2. 2. Necessary expenses of management of township and county fairs organized under the provisions of this article, including office expenses, postage, telephone, digital and electronic communication, Internet and supporting equipment, salary and traveling expenses of the secretary, printing and necessary office supplies, premium ribbons and badges, clerical help, guards, superintendents and judges;
   3. 3. Advertising the fairs and for decorating and cleaning the grounds and buildings, and for caring for the grounds and buildings; and
   4. 4. Transportation and arrangement of township fair exhibits at the county fair and county fair exhibits at the Oklahoma State Fair and other State Fairs.

Laws 1915, HB 280, c. 179, § 7; Amended by Laws 1925, SB 152, c. 38, p. 57, § 7; Amended by Laws 2001, HB 1378, c. 146, § 179, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001 (superseded document available); Renumbered from 2 O.S. § 97 by Laws 2001, HB 1378, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001; Amended by Laws 2025, HB 1547, c. 175, § 3, eff. November 1, 2025 (superseded document available).