A. Except as provided in Section 17-102 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes and subsection B of this section, all public funds of any county or of any subdivision thereof shall be disbursed only in the payment of legal warrants, bonds and interest coupons. Counties may implement a direct deposit system to have warrants transferred electronically to a financial institution. The State Auditor and Inspector shall promulgate rules as necessary for the implementation and administration of a direct deposit system.

B. Any board of county commissioners of a county of this state may issue a negotiable instrument which will serve as both a warrant on the treasury and a check ordering payment of the warranted amount of money from the account of the treasury. This instrument shall be prepared and issued in accordance with procedures and requirements provided by law for a warrant and a check and shall be signed by the chair of the board of county commissioners, the county clerk and the county treasurer. Printing on the instrument shall indicate that the instrument is a "warrant" of the county and a "check" drawn on the account of the county. The provisions of Sections 601 through 606 of this title shall apply to instruments authorized by this subsection.

Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 80, p. 180, § 1. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 82, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1988, c. 90, § 5, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1988, c. 330, § 13; Laws 1990, c. 221, § 3, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 318, § 8, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 144, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2004, c. 361, § 4, eff. July 1, 2004.