A. It shall be the mandatory duty of the board of county commissioners of any counties to include in the estimates of needs for any such counties for each fiscal year, whether an exposition and fair is held in such year or not:

1. Unless a lesser sum is requested by the board of directors; and

2. A sum not less than Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) in counties having a net assessed valuation, as provided in Section 1, Chapter 6, Title 19, Oklahoma Session Laws 1943, at the time the appropriation is made of not less than Thirty-five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00) and not more than Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00); or a sum of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in counties having such a net assessed valuation at the time the appropriation is made of more than Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) but not more than Forty-five Million Dollars ($45,000,000.00); or a sum not less than Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) in counties having such a net assessed valuation at the time the appropriation is made of more than Forty-five Million Dollars ($45,000,000.00).

B. The money shall be used by the board of directors for:

1. The payment of premiums, salaries, and other expenses incurred in the management, operation and conducting of a exposition and fair, including the salary of the secretary-treasurer and office employees, and secretary's bond premium;

2. The maintenance of buildings and the upkeep of grounds, the construction of new buildings, or either of such purposes; and

3. Any other expense incidental to the general purposes of this subsection.

C. The amount appropriated shall be a part of the current expenses of the county, and it is hereby made the mandatory duty of the excise board of the county establishing an exposition and fair to approve the amount so estimated for the purposes by the board of county commissioners.

D. The miscellaneous income received by the board of directors during any year shall not be taken into consideration as a part of the estimated income used in financing the estimated needs of the county. The estimated needs shall be exclusive of the estimated miscellaneous income.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 6, § 13. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 230, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 131.13 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 270, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.