Title 11, Title 11 — Cities and Towns

The term “paid fire department” means one which has in its employ more than two full-time salaried firefighters and no enrolled volunteer firefighters. Added by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003.

Contracts. A municipality may: 1. Provide protection from fire for all persons and property within its boundaries; 2. Contract to give or receive such protection to or from one or more municipalities or private organizations; 3. Provide fire protection jointly with one or more mu…

Any contract for fire protection entered into by the governing bodies of municipalities shall expressly stipulate the terms and conditions upon and in compliance with which each party thereof is to cooperate in furnishing, maintaining, and operating fire equipment for outside aid…

Pension fund. All municipal firefighters, full paid or volunteer, attending and serving at fires or doing fire prevention work or rescue, resuscitation, first aid, inspection or any other official work outside the corporate limits of a municipality as provided in Sections 29-105 …

limits considered agent of state - Liability for damages. A municipal fire department answering any fire alarms or performing fire prevention services or rescue, resuscitation, first aid, inspection or any other official work outside the corporate limits of its municipality shall…

protection. A. Any city or town operating a paid fire department may contract with a private entity, organization, corporation or company for the performance of the essential functions of fire suppression, prevention, and life safety duties in a fire department and, if required, …

services. The question of contracting for fire protection services with a private entity, organization, corporation or company and, if required, the transfer of capital assets used in fire protection services to a public trust, shall be submitted to the registered voters of the c…

body. A. 1. The question submitted to the registered voters of the municipality shall be substantially in the following form: Shall the City of ___________ contract for fire protection services with a private entity, organization, corporation or company? ( ) Yes ( ) No 2. If the …

The resolutions required pursuant to Section 3 of this act shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk and filed in the office of the Secretary of State and in the archives of the city. Added by Laws 1997, c. 142, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.

level of service. The delivery of fire protection services shall meet or exceed the current levels and standards of fire protection services being provided by the municipality, pursuant to the provisions of Section 324.8 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, in order for a privat…

of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System. All firefighters in the state whose fire department provides fire protection services to a participating municipality, as defined in paragraph 9 of Section 49-100.1 of this title, on or after the effective date of this a…

sheet. Every private entity, organization, corporation or company providing fire protection services to a municipality shall, within ninety (90) days after the end of its fiscal year, publish one insertion in a legal newspaper that services that municipality. Such insertion shall…

District Act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Public Safety Protection District Act". Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

The governing body of a municipality may initiate the creation of a public safety protection district by the adoption of a resolution calling for the question to be placed before the registered voters of the municipality of whether to organize a public safety protection district.…

authority. A. A public safety protection district shall include all territory located within the municipality. B. Management of the public safety protection district, as well as management of any employee hired from district funds, shall be vested within the existing administrati…

A. The costs of an election to establish a public safety protection district shall be paid by the municipality in the proportions determined by the county election board conducting the special election. B. The election to determine whether a district shall be established, and the…

If the certified election results show that a sixty percent (60%) majority of all the votes cast are "Public Safety Protection District – Yes", the governing body of the municipality shall, by adoption of an ordinance or resolution or both an ordinance and resolution, declare the…

A. There shall be levied an annual assessment no greater than five (5) mills on the dollar of assessed value of the types of property in the district as provided in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of subsection A of Section 2803 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the proceeds of which s…

Every assessment levied under the authority of this act shall be a lien against the tract of land on which it has been levied, until paid, and the lien shall be coequal with the lien of ad valorem and other taxes including special assessments, and prior and superior to all other …

The county assessor shall compute and enter in respective columns of the tax rolls the respective sums in dollars and cents to be paid on each piece of property therein enumerated. The county clerk shall certify to the county treasurer in the county where the district or any part…

A public safety protection district may be dissolved by a majority vote of the registered voters at an election called for that purpose by the governing body of the municipality. Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

As used in this act, "public safety protection" means any of, or combinations of, the following operations: 1. Law enforcement; 2. Fire public safety protections; or 3. Emergency medical services provided by the municipality. Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.…

The purpose of the Oklahoma Volunteer Firefighters Act, Sections 29-201 through 29-205 of this title, is to provide for a uniform system of fire protection for the lives and property of the people of Oklahoma. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 29-201, eff. July 1, 1978.

As used in Sections 29-201 through 29-205 of this title: 1. “Volunteer firefighter” means a person who is enrolled as a member of a fire department and who serves in such capacity without receiving a regular salary. A person who is a salaried public safety employee of a municipal…

Any municipality having a volunteer fire department shall limit by ordinance the size of the volunteer fire department to not less than twelve nor more than twenty-five members for municipalities with a population of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500); or not less than e…

department. Any municipality which has volunteers enrolled as members of the fire department shall adopt by ordinance a code of minimum rules and regulations in substantial compliance with the following: Article 1. The Fire Chief. (a) The chief shall be the head of the department…

A municipality may enter into agreements for used equipment that has been tested and certified as safe with a volunteer fire department and shall not be liable for any damage caused by the use of such equipment by the volunteer fire department. Added by Laws 2016, c. 150, § 1, ef…

A. As used in this section and Section 4 of this act: 1. “Combination fire department” means a fire department which has in its employ more than two full-time salaried firefighters and at least one but not more than twenty-five volunteer firefighters. However, a fire department t…

The provisions of Sections 29-101 through 29-115 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes relating to paid fire departments, paid fire chiefs, paid firefighters or fire department equipment or other property shall also apply to combination fire departments unless otherwise noted. Add…

department. Volunteer firefighters of a combination fire department shall: 1. Be required, when notified, to respond to alarms of fire and other emergencies; 2. Be required to be present at all regular meetings, call meetings and schools presented for the benefit of the firefight…

There is hereby created a “Volunteer Firefighter Recognition Program”. This program shall recognize the following persons with a certification of recognition from the Governor: 1. Employers of volunteer firefighters who allow the firefighter time off for training and emergency re…

statement and estimate A municipal governing body may establish and maintain a municipal hospital and do all things necessary and proper in its discretion pursuant to the authority granted to it by the Constitution and laws of this state to further the ability of the municipality…

The municipal governing body may, in its discretion and by ordinance, place the exclusive management and control of the municipal hospital under a board of control of five (5) members, chosen by the governing body from the citizens of any school district which is part of the muni…

The board of control shall, immediately after the appointment and qualification of its members, meet and organize by electing one member as president and one member as secretary. The municipal treasurer shall act as treasurer of the board. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-103, eff. July 1…

Hospital fund - Personnel. The board of control shall adopt rules and regulations for its own guidance and for the governance and operation of the municipal hospital, not inconsistent with this article, which shall be subject to the approval of the municipal governing body. It sh…

The board of control shall hold meetings at least once each month and keep a complete record of all its proceedings. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum thereof. One of its members shall visit and examine the hospital at least twice each month. No member of the b…

and surgeons. The board of control shall appoint none other than competent and experienced nurses and attendants for the municipal hospital, and employ competent and experienced physicians and surgeons to care for, and render medical and surgical treatment to, the patients of the…

Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal or real property for the benefit of the municipal hospital, or for the establishment, maintenance or endowment of the hospital, shall have the right to vest the title to such money or property in the municipality, to be hel…

The board of control shall have the power, with the approval of the municipal governing body, to purchase grounds and erect thereon a suitable building for the hospital and to suitably equip the same. The title to the grounds so purchased, as well as any building thereon, shall b…

The board of control shall make, on or before the thirty-first day of July in each year, an annual report to the municipal governing body stating: 1. The condition of its trust on the thirtieth day of June of that year; 2. The various sums of money and property received, and how …

statement and estimate. A municipal governing body may establish and maintain a public library for the use and benefit of the citizens of the municipality. The governing body may establish branch libraries in different parts of the municipality to accommodate the citizens of the …

The municipal governing body may, in its discretion and by ordinance, place the management and control of the public library under a library board of directors. The library board shall consist of at least five but not more than nine directors, chosen by the municipal governing bo…

The library board, immediately after the appointment and qualification of its directors, shall meet and organize by electing one director as president, one director as secretary, and by electing such other officers as the board may deem necessary. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 31-103, eff…

The library board shall have control and supervision of the public library of the municipality. The library board may appoint a suitable librarian and remove the librarian, subject to approval of the municipal governing body. The board shall fix any fees to be charged by the libr…

The library board shall have the power, with the approval of the municipal governing body, to purchase grounds and erect thereon a suitable building for the use of the municipal library and to suitably equip the same, and to lease rooms or buildings for the use of the library. Th…

The library board may impose fines or suitable penalties for loss of, failure to return, or damage to library materials, subject to ordinances which the municipal governing body may enact. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 31-106, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1992, c. 381, § 3, eff. July 1, 1992.

Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal or real property for the benefit of the municipal library shall have the right to vest the title to such money or property in the municipality, to be held and controlled by the municipality, when accepted, according to the …

The library board shall make, on or before the thirty-first day of July in each year, an annual report to the municipal governing body stating: 1. The condition of its trust on the thirtieth day of June of that year; 2. The various sums of money and property received from the lib…

As used in Sections 32-101 through 32-117 of this title, the terms "public parking stations" and "parking stations" include parking lots, parking areas, passageways, arcades, buildings or other structures for parking or storage of automotive vehicles, and facilities for ingress a…

A municipal governing body may: 1. acquire or construct parking stations within the limits of the municipality; 2. own, maintain, and operate parking stations; 3. own and lease parking stations to or cause parking stations to be maintained and operated by a financially responsibl…