A. The county excise board shall meet at the county seat on the first Monday of July of each year as provided in Section 3014 of this title or on such earlier date in the year as determined by the excise board, and organize by electing one of its members as chairman, and another as vice chairman who shall preside in the absence of the chairman, for the purpose of performing the duties required of it by law during such fiscal year. Thenceforth, said board may meet from day to day, or adjourn from day to day and time to time thereafter for said purpose.
B. In its functionings it is hereby declared an agency of the state, as a part of the system of checks and balances required by the Constitution, and as such it is empowered to require adequate and accurate reporting of finances and expenditures for all budget and supplemental purposes, charged with the duty of requiring adequate provision for performance of mandatory constitutional and statutory governmental functions within the means available, but it shall have no authority thereafter to deny any appropriation for a lawful purpose if within the income and revenue provided.
C. Each member of the county excise board shall be required to attend and successfully complete a course of instruction consisting of at least six (6) hours within eighteen (18) months of appointment for the first four (4) years of service on the board and three (3) hours of instruction for every four (4) years of service after the expiration of the initial four-year period. The course of instruction shall include the duties and responsibilities of the county excise board, including duties and responsibilities related to authorized millage rates imposed by local taxing jurisdictions, and the course shall be offered by or approved by the Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 501, § 2. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 226, § 8, emerg. eff. May 27, 1980. Renumbered from § 2486 of this title by Laws 1988, c. 162, § 163, eff. Jan. 1, 1992 and Laws 1991, c. 249, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 300, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
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