Title 11, Title 11 — Cities and Towns

of Governor - Election of officers. The secretary of the county election board shall, within five (5) days after the canvass of the returns of the election, certify to the Governor the results of the vote on the question. If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of revoking t…

municipal charters. Where a municipality has adopted a charter containing a special provision to the effect that at the expiration of a specified period after the adoption of the charter the governing body may submit to the registered voters of the municipality the question of wh…

Where a municipality has adopted a charter and the charter does not address compensation of elective city officers, the compensation of such elective city officers may be fixed by ordinance. Added by Laws 1996, c. 79, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.

officers. No municipality shall adopt an ordinance restricting or expanding the powers and duties, supervisory and management authority, or the regulation of day-to-day activities of a duly elected law enforcement officer unless such authority is specifically granted by the munic…

The municipal governing body may enact ordinances, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of Oklahoma for any purpose mentioned in Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes or for carrying out their municipal functions. Municipal ordinances, rules or regula…

A. No municipal governing body may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which regulates the amount of rent to be charged for privately owned, single-family or multiple unit residential or commercial rental property. B. This section shall not be construed to pro…

All proposed ordinances of a municipality shall be considered at a public meeting of the council or board of trustees. A vote of a majority of all the members of the council or board of trustees shall be required for the final passage of an ordinance. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 14-102,…

measures. Every ordinance except an emergency ordinance shall go into effect thirty (30) days after its final passage unless it specifies a later date. An emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of peace, health, or safety shall go into effect upon its final pa…

clause An ordinance may contain only one subject and the subject shall be expressed in its title. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by a municipal governing body shall be: 1. "Be it ordained by the Council of the City of _______", for city ordinances; or 2. "Be it orda…

Every ordinance enacted by a municipal governing body shall be entered in an ordinance book immediately after its passage. The entry shall contain the text of the ordinance and shall state the date of its passage, the page of the journal containing the record of the final vote on…

No ordinance having any subject other than the appropriation of monies shall be in force unless published or posted within fifteen (15) days after its passage. Every municipal ordinance shall be published at least once in full, except as provided for in Section 14-107 of this tit…

and summary of contents. A. If a municipal governing body enacts or adopts by reference ordinances which are compilations or codes of law or regulations relating to traffic, building, plumbing, electrical installations, fire prevention, inflammable liquids, milk and milk products…

A. The governing body of a municipality may, from time to time, authorize a codification of its ordinances. Such a code may be kept up to date by use of a loose-leaf system and process of amendment. In a code of municipal ordinances, the title, enacting clauses and emergency sect…

The penal ordinances of every municipality shall be compiled and published in a permanent form, either printed or typed, periodically, but not less than once each ten (10) years. Each municipality shall also publish biennial supplements to the permanent volume of compiled penal o…

Judicial notice. When a municipality has compiled and published its permanent volume or biennial supplement of penal ordinances, the governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution notifying the public of the publication. A copy of the resolution shall be filed in the…

ordinances. A. The governing body of a municipality may provide for enforcement of its ordinances and establish fines, penalties, or imprisonment, as authorized by subsections B through D of this section, for any offense in violation of its ordinances, which shall be recoverable …

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipal court which collects a penalty assessment or other state fee from a defendant pursuant to state law may retain eight cents ($0.08) of such monies and may also retain all interest accrued thereon prior to the due date for …

noncompliance with municipal court sentence. A. As used in this section: 1. "Department" means the Department of Public Safety; 2. "Notification form" means a form prescribed by the Department which contains a statement from the court that the person has failed to satisfy the sen…

custody of municipal officer. When a defendant is in the custody of a municipal jail, the custodial municipality shall only be liable for the cost of medical care for conditions that are not preexisting prior to arrest and that arise due to acts or omissions of the municipality. …

A. A municipal governing body is authorized to offer and pay a reward, from municipal funds, in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the arrest and conviction, or for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of any person stealing or defacing municipa…

The powers of initiative and referendum, reserved by the Oklahoma Constitution to the people, are reserved to the people of every municipal corporation with reference to all legislative authority which it may exercise and amendments to municipal charters. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-…

municipalities. The procedure in municipalities which do not provide by ordinance or charter for the manner of exercising the initiative and referendum powers shall be governed by the Oklahoma Constitution and general state law, except as otherwise provided in Sections 15-101 thr…

A. The form of the petition for either initiative or referendum in a municipality shall be substantially as provided in Sections 1 and 2 of Title 34 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A true copy of each measure proposed by initiative and referendum shall be filed with the clerk of the mu…

Protests. A. When signed copies of a petition are timely filed with the clerk, the clerk shall make a physical count of the number of signatures appearing on the petitions. He shall then publish, in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, a notice o…

A. The parties submitting a petition for either initiative or referendum shall also prepare and file a ballot title for the measure. The ballot title may be filed with the clerk prior to circulating the petition, but it must be submitted no later than the time that the signed cop…

A qualified elector who is dissatisfied with the wording of a ballot title may appeal, within ten (10) days after the ballot title is filed with the clerk, to the district court in the county in which the situs of the municipality is located. The petition for appeal shall offer a…

When a ballot title has been decided upon, either as approved by the municipal attorney or by the district court, the clerk shall notify the mayor in writing, and attach a copy of the petition and ballot title. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-107, eff. July 1, 1978.

- Submission to voters. When an initiative petition demands the enactment of an ordinance or resolution, the mayor shall present the petition to the municipal legislative body at its next meeting. If the petition is not granted more than thirty (30) days before the next general m…

Whenever a referendum is demanded against any measure passed by the municipal governing body, or whenever an initiative petition demands an amendment to the municipal charter, the question shall be submitted to the registered voters of the municipality for their approval or rejec…

Along with each initiative measure the municipal governing body may submit a competing bill or resolution. If conflicting ordinances or charter amendments are submitted to the registered voters, and two or more of such conflicting measures are approved by the registered voters, t…

The governing body of a municipality shall give notice of a general municipal election or a special election by publishing the resolution calling for the election. The resolution shall: contain the facts described in Section 13-102 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The resolu…

charter or subject to Oklahoma Town Meeting Act - Exception - Choice of election procedure - Residency requirements. A. The provisions of Section 16-101 et seq. of this title shall not apply to any municipality which is governed by charter; provided, that elections for such munic…

General municipal elections shall be held in cities and towns on the first Tuesday in April in each odd-numbered year. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-103, eff. July 1, 1978.

fails to hold municipal election or biennial town meeting. No monies shall be distributed pursuant to Section 1104 of Title 47 and Section 504 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes to any incorporated city or town which has failed to hold a general or special municipal election to…

The laws applicable to general elections shall govern general municipal elections except as otherwise provided. Municipal elected officials, including those from wards as well as at large, shall be elected at large by the registered voters of the entire municipality. Laws 1977, c…

ballot. No candidate's name shall be printed upon the official ballot for a general municipal election unless such candidate shall have been nominated by some political party at the primary election or unless his name is presented as an independent candidate as provided in Sectio…

nonpartisan elections abolished. Municipal elections shall be nonpartisan and all candidates shall file as independent candidates unless, prior to the date for notifying the county election board of the call for the election, the municipality has in effect an ordinance providing …

Any candidate who is unopposed for an office in a general municipal election shall be deemed elected and certified; and his name shall not appear on the general election ballot. If there is only one candidate for each of the offices which are to be filled at the election, and no …

A primary election shall be held in cities and towns on the second Tuesday of February in each odd-numbered year, at which time the several political parties shall nominate candidates for offices which are to be elected at the upcoming general municipal election. Added by Laws 19…

The general laws relating to primary elections shall govern partisan municipal primaries except as otherwise provided. Party candidates for municipal office, including those from wards as well as at large, shall be nominated at large by the registered voters of the respective par…

To be eligible to become a candidate for a political party nomination in a municipality’s partisan primary election, or an independent candidate in such municipality’s general election, a person must for at least six (6) months prior to filing a declaration of candidacy be a regi…

A candidate may have his or her name printed upon the nonpartisan general municipal election ballot as candidate for any office to be filled at the election. To become a candidate, a declaration of candidacy must be filed with the county election board no earlier than 8:00 a.m. o…

Any candidate who is unopposed for an office in a partisan primary election shall be deemed nominated and so certified; and his or her name shall not appear on the primary election ballot. If there are unopposed candidates for each of the offices which are up for election, no pri…

When the municipal governing body shall deem it advisable, it may, by resolution or ordinance, authorize the mayor to call a special election on a date established in Section 3-101 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of submitting to the registered voters of the …

The ballot for a special election shall be prepared by the secretary of the county election board and shall set forth the proposition or propositions to be voted upon, and if more than one proposition is submitted, they shall be arranged so that each proposition may be voted upon…

officers. A. When the office of a municipal elected official is to be filled at a special partisan election, the resolution or order of the governing body calling the election shall contain the following facts: 1. A filing period of three (3) days which shall begin not more than …

Officers to be elected - Terms. In a statutory aldermanic city with one (1) councilmember per ward, the terms of the elected officers shall be staggered so that at any one general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms: 1. Councilmembers …

councilmember per ward. At the first general municipal election held in the odd-numbered year following adoption of the aldermanic form of government with one (1) councilmember per ward, the officers to be elected and their terms are as follows: 1. Four-year terms: Councilmembers…

Officers to be elected - Terms. In a statutory aldermanic city with two councilmembers per ward, the terms of the elected officers shall be staggered so that at any one general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms: 1. One (1) councilmem…

councilmembers per ward – Terms of office. A. At the first general municipal election held in the odd- numbered year following adoption of the aldermanic form of government with two councilmembers per ward, the officers to be elected and their terms are as follows: 1. Four-year t…