Title 19, Title 19 — Counties and County Officers

If any application for a hearing, upon any question arising after any such election has been held, is filed with the Supreme Court it shall be the duty of said court to make said matter special and give it precedence over the other business of said court, and consider and pass up…

specifications - Contracts. Whenever such district sewer or sewers shall have been authorized, the said board of directors shall then proceed to employ a registered professional engineer licensed in the State of Oklahoma, and cause to be prepared profiles, plans and specification…

Special assessment bonds. As soon as any subdistrict sewer line or lines shall have been completed the engineer having charge of the work shall compute the whole cost thereof which shall also include the cost of advertising, appraising, engineering and such other expense necessar…

assessments - Foreclosure - Sale. The clerk of said district shall no earlier than the first day in July and no later than the tenth day in July in each year certify the installments of assessments coming due on the first day of September in said year, together with interest on t…

assessment. No suit shall be sustained to set aside any assessment made or special assessment bond for which any assessment is security, unless brought within thirty (30) days from the time such assessment is made; provided, that in the event any special assessment shall be set a…

As soon as practicable after the organization of such improvement district, the board of directors shall, by resolution entered on its record, formulate a general plan of proposed operation for the district, in which shall be stated what constructed works or other property is pro…

Such bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual assessment upon the real property of the district, and all the real property of the district shall be and remain liable to be assessed for such payments as herein provided. Added by Laws 1947, p. …

The county assessor must on or before the first Monday in May in each year assess all the real property in the district to the persons who own, claim, or have the possession or control thereof, at its full cash value. He must prepare an assessment book, in which must be listed al…

On or before the 15th day of May in each year the assessor must complete his assessment book and deliver the same to the clerk of the board, who must immediately give notice thereof and of the time the board of directors, acting as a board of equalization, will meet to equalize a…

Upon the day specified in the notice required by the preceding section, the board of directors, which is hereby constituted the board of equalization for that purpose, shall meet and continue in session from day to day as long as may be necessary, not to exceed ten (10) days excl…

All special election commissioners, selected and commissioned as provided herein, shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of Three Dollars ($3.00) per day for each and every day necessarily employed in the work connected with the holding of such election, includi…

and costs of operation - Lien - Limitations. The board shall then levy an annual assessment sufficient to pay the interest of the outstanding bonds, as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds in the amount set forth in the…

The cost and expense of purchasing and acquiring property and constructing the works and improvements herein provided for shall be wholly paid in cash or in the bonds of said district issued as hereinbefore provided at their par value with accrued interest. The bonds may be issue…

For the purpose of defraying the expenses of the organization of the district and the care, operation, management, repair and improvement of the property purchased and works constructed, including salaries of officers and employees, the board may fix rates of tolls and charges fo…

After adopting the plans for the construction of the district sewer lines, sewerage disposal, or treatment plant, or parts thereof, and other work in connection therewith, and after determining the property necessary to be acquired, and after the bonds as hereinbefore provided fo…

No claims shall be paid by the clerk of said district until the same shall have been presented and allowed by the board of directors and only upon warrants signed by the president and countersigned by the clerk, and if the district treasurer has not sufficient money on hand to pa…

That the board is authorized in its discretion to file an application with the Supreme Court of Oklahoma for the approval of any bonds or series of bonds to be issued hereunder, and exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine e…

All instruments and deeds filed for record in the office of the county clerk by or under the direction of the board of directors of any sewer improvement district located in such county shall be filed and recorded without any filing or recording fee being charged therefor. Added …

A county sewer improvement district lying adjacent to a city or town may consolidate and become one municipal corporation with such city or town, with all the powers, obligations and duties of the adjacent city or town whose name shall be assumed and adopted in the proceedings he…

Ordinance. The board of directors of any county sewer improvement district, or the resident citizens liable to pay a majority of the taxes assessed, as shown by the last preceding tax roll of the county, on real property situated within the boundaries of such county sewer improve…

district offices vacated. Whenever an entire county sewer improvement district shall be consolidated with an adjacent city or town, the property, both real and personal and effects of every nature and description of such county sewer improvement district shall be the property of …

The property within the county sewer improvement district consolidated under the provisions of this act shall assume its full proportion of all legal bonded indebtedness of the city or town to which it is consolidated, and the city or town to which it is consolidated shall assume…

In the event of such consolidation, the city or town shall comply with provisions of bond resolutions pertaining to outstanding county sewer improvement district bonds and shall remit the sum due for debt requirements as set out therein. Added by Laws 1955, p. 182, § 5, emerg. ef…

The bonds of the county sewer improvement district referred to in this act pertain only to bonds issued under authority of Title 19, Oklahoma Statutes 1951, Section 884, which consist of bonds issued for public main lines and sewage disposal or treatment plant, including the othe…

The consolidation of a county sewer improvement district with an adjoining city or town under the provisions of this act, shall not affect or qualify the rights of any owner or owners of mineral interests or mineral estates, or interests therein, in and to the land covered in any…

Any city, town or place being a candidate for the location of any county seat in any such election may appoint and designate one qualified elector in any precinct or voting place to act as challenger at such precinct; and may appoint and designate one poll book holder and one spe…

Whenever twenty-five percent (25%) of the holders of title to lands outside of the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town shall petition the board of county commissioners of the county in which such area owned by them is located for the formation of a fire protection d…

To permit an apportionment of the cost of the benefits accruing by reason of the maintenance of fire protection, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the board to prepare and keep a record which shall be known as the fire protection district appraisal record. Such record shall co…

As soon as practicable after organization of such district, the board of directors shall, by resolution entered on its record, formulate a general plan of proposed operation for the district in which shall be stated the cost of operation and maintenance of the district, what prop…

When the board of directors shall have estimated the cost of such purchases and construction work, it shall call an election at which shall be submitted to the electors of the district the question of whether or not the bonds of the district shall be issued in the amount so deter…

indebtedness. Such bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States and shall run for a period of not more than forty (40) years, the amount, maturity dates, redemption provisions and interest rates to be determined by the board of directors. The principal and interest…

The board shall sell such bonds from time to time in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise the money for the construction of the proposed work, the acquisition of property and rights and otherwise to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this ac…

and interest. Such bonds and other evidences of indebtedness and the interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual assessment upon the ad valorem taxed property of the district, and all the ad valorem taxed property of the district, including the ad valorem tax…

A. Each year the board shall levy an assessment sufficient to raise the annual interest on the outstanding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, and, in addition thereto, an amount equal to the amount of the bonds to be retired in said year or the installment of principal to …

Calling election. The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the proposed boundaries of such district and shall be accompanied by a map of such proposed district, drawn to a scale of not less than one (1) inch to the mile. The petitioners shall accompany such petition…

Upon direction of the board, the clerk must compute and enter in respective columns of the assessment book the respective sums in dollars and cents in each fund to be paid on each piece of property therein enumerated and the clerk shall, no later than twenty (20) days after the v…

No claims shall be paid by the treasurer of said district until the same shall have been presented and allowed by the board of directors and only warrants signed by the president and countersigned by the clerk, and if the district treasurer has not sufficient money on hand to pay…

Any territory located within the same county of an existing district may be included in the limits of such district by decision of the board of directors, certified to the board of county commissioners, with the written consent of twenty-five percent (25%) of the holders of title…

Any portion of the district which will not be benefited by remaining therein may be withdrawn from the district by the filing of a petition containing the names of more than fifty-one percent (51%) of the homeowners with three (3) acres or less, homeowners within a planned unit d…

district - Requirements. In the case of a municipality annexing a portion of or all of a fire protection district as established by this section the following shall apply: 1. The delivery of fire protection services shall meet or exceed the current levels and standards of fire pr…

In the event of the dissolution of a district, the board of directors of the district shall be trustees for the disposition of the property and the proceeds of the disposition of such property and all funds remaining on hand shall be deposited with the county treasurer who shall …

A. Any city or town located in the same county as any fire protection district may contract, for one (1) year or more, for fire protection service by the district throughout or within part of the area of the city or town. During the term of the contract, without curtailing the ri…

When the respective territories of any city or town and any district are contiguous they may be included in the limits of the district in the same manner as provided for the organization of fire protection districts. Such territory shall not be included or added to the territory …

A. The board of directors of each fire protection district with revenues of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or more to its general fund during a fiscal year shall cause an audit to be made of, including but not limited to, the funds, accounts and fiscal affairs o…

Certification of creation - Filing of creating document. A. The audits required by Section 901.27 of this title shall be prepared by a certified public accountant or a licensed public accountant. The required audit shall adhere to standards set by the State Auditor and Inspector.…

The necessary expense of audits required by Section 1 of this act shall be paid from funds of the fire protection district. Added by Laws 1986, c. 70, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.

The county clerk shall cause notice of the election to be given by publication once a week for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory comprising the proposed district. Such notice shall state the time and place of holding the election and …

of labor rights - Violations - Arbitration. A. The protection of the public health, safety and welfare demands that the permanent members of any Rural Fire Protection District not be accorded the right to strike or engage in any work stoppage or slowdown. This necessary prohibiti…

As used in this act: 1. “Bargaining agent” means any lawful association, fraternal organization, labor organization, federation or council having as one of its purposes the improvement of wages, hours and other conditions of employment among employees of Rural Fire Protection Dis…

Election. A. Full-time firefighters in a Rural Fire Protection District shall have the separate right to bargain collectively with their Rural Fire Protection District and to be represented by a bargaining agent in such collective bargaining with respect to wages, salaries, hours…