(a) In case any city, town, county, or other political subdivision of the state shall fail or refuse to pay in whole or in part any tax when due under the provisions of any state tax law, the Tax Commission shall issue a tax warrant for the amount of tax due, and the sheriff shall serve such warrant on the county treasurer. From the date of such service, the said tax, penalties and interest shall be a lien on all ad valorem tax penalties collected by said treasurer for and on account of any such city, town, county, or other political subdivision of the state until the amount of all such delinquent tax, penalties and interest is paid; and the county treasurer is hereby directed and required to remit the amount of all such ad valorem tax penalties, when collected by him, to the Tax Commission until the amount due the State of Oklahoma on such delinquent tax is paid; provided that such lien shall not attach to the property to which such penalties so collected are attributable.
(b) The State of Oklahoma shall have the right, on the relation of the Tax Commission, to sue any such city, town, county, or other political subdivision for any such tax in any court of competent jurisdiction, and if judgment is rendered in favor of the state in such suit it shall be collected and paid as provided by law for the collection of judgments against cities, towns, counties, or other political subdivisions of the state.
Laws 1965, c. 414, § 2.