Mayor and Officials—Automobiles.
Oklahoma City Charter, art. IV, § 19
in effectSection 19. - Mayor and Officials—Automobiles.
No automobile or motor vehicle, nor the gasoline or oil used therein, shall be furnished by the City to the Mayor, the Councilors, or any other City officials or employees, except for use in discharging the official duties of such employees or officers. The using of any City automobile, gasoline or oil by any such City official or employee, except as aforesaid, shall be unlawful, and the allowance and payment of any claim for expense in operating such automobile shall be unlawful and subject any such officer or employee to civil liability and recovery by the City of the value of the use of such automobile and the gasoline or oil used therein. Action for such recovery may be instituted in the name of the City in any court of competent jurisdiction upon the relation of not less than ten voting citizens and residents of the City and shall be prosecuted as any other civil action.
(Charter, 2-8-1927; am. 4-2-1957; am. 8-4-2021)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKCH_ARTIVDUOFEM_S19MAOFUTFetched: 10/28/2026