Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-17-213 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-17-213
Funds - Classification of revenues and expenditures
Status: in_force

Each fund shall be made up of accounts for classifying revenues

and expenditures. Revenues shall be classified separately by

source. Expenditures shall be departmentalized within each fund and

shall be classified into at least the following accounts:

1. Personal services, which may include expenses for salaries,

wages, per diem or other compensation, fees, allowances or

reimbursement for travel expenses, and related employee benefits,

paid to any officer or employee for services rendered or for

employment. Employee benefits may include employer contributions to

a retirement system, insurance, sick leave, terminal pay or similar

benefits;

2. Materials and supplies, which may include articles and

commodities which are consumed or materially altered when used, such

as office supplies, operating supplies and repair and maintenance

supplies, and all items of expense to any person, firm or

corporation rendering a service in connection with repair, sale or

trade of such articles or commodities;

3. Other services and charges, which may include all current

expenses other than those listed in paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 5 or 6 of

this section, such as services or charges for communications,

transportation, advertising, printing or binding, insurance, public

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utility services, repairs and maintenance, rentals, miscellaneous

items and all items of expenses to any person, firm or corporation

rendering such services;

4. Capital outlays, which may include outlays which result in

acquisition of or additions to fixed assets which are purchased by

the municipality, including machinery and equipment, furniture,

land, buildings, improvements other than buildings, and all

construction, reconstruction, appurtenances or improvements to real

property accomplished according to the conditions of a contract;

5. Debt service, which may include outlays in the form of debt

principal payments, periodic interest payments, or related service

charges for benefits received in part in prior fiscal periods as

well as in current and future fiscal periods; and

6. Fund transfers, which may include permanent transfers of

resources from one fund to another.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-36-512 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-36-512
Indemnification, insurance and bonding requirements
Status: in_force

A. An authority may adopt indemnification, insurance and

bonding requirements related to small wireless facility permits

subject to the requirements of this section.

B. An authority may require a wireless provider to defend,

indemnify and hold harmless the authority and its officers, agents

and employees against any claims, demands, damages, lawsuits,

judgments, costs, liens, losses, expenses and attorney fees

resulting from the installation, construction, repair, replacement,

operation or maintenance of wireless facilities, wireless support

structures or utility poles to the extent caused by the wireless

provider, its contractors, subcontractors and their officers,

employees or agents. A wireless provider has no obligation to

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defend, indemnify or hold harmless an authority, its officers,

agents or employees against any liabilities or losses due to or

caused by the sole negligence of the authority or its employees or

agents.

C. An authority may require a wireless provider to have in

effect insurance coverage naming the authority and its officers,

agents and employees as additional insureds against the claims,

demands, damages, lawsuits, judgments, costs, liens, losses,

expenses and attorney fees described in subsection B of this

section, so long as the authority imposes similar requirements on

other right-of-way users and such requirements are reasonable and

nondiscriminatory.

D. An authority may require a wireless provider to furnish

proof of insurance, if required, prior to the effective date of any

permit issued for a small wireless facility.

E. An authority may adopt bonding requirements for small

wireless facilities if the authority imposes similar requirements in

connection with permits issued for other right-of-way users.

1. The purpose of such bonds shall be to:

a. provide for the removal of abandoned or improperly

maintained small wireless facilities, including those

that an authority determines need to be removed to

protect public health, safety or welfare,

b. restoration of the right-of-way in connection with

removals under this paragraph, or

c. recoup rates or fees that have not been paid by a

wireless provider in over twelve (12) months, so long

as the wireless provider has received reasonable

notice from the authority of any of the noncompliance

listed above and an opportunity to cure.

2. An authority shall not require either of the following under

paragraph 1 of this subsection:

a. a cash bond, unless any of the following apply:

(1) the wireless provider has failed to obtain or

maintain a bond required under this section, or

(2) the surety has defaulted or failed to perform on

a bond given to the authority on behalf of the

wireless provider, or

b. a bond in an amount exceeding One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) per small wireless facility.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-108 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-37-108
Employment of engineers - Acts necessary for erection,
Status: in_force

operation and repair.

The municipal governing body may appoint and employ all

engineers and other officers to superintend and operate waterworks

both during and after the construction of the same as may be

necessary. The governing body may do all acts it deems necessary

for the erection or operation, alteration and repair of the

waterworks.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-16-206 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-16-206
First election held in town
Status: in_force

At the first general municipal election held in the odd-numbered

year following adoption of the town board of trustees form of

government, the officers to be elected and their terms are as

follows:

1. Four-year terms: Trustees from odd-numbered wards; and the

clerk.

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2. Two-year terms: Trustees from even-numbered wards; and the

treasurer.

At general municipal elections held thereafter, the successors of

the officers whose terms are expiring shall be elected for four-year

terms.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-22-107 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-22-107
Licenses and fees regulated by ordinance - Expiration -
Status: in_force

Issuance - Seal - Exchange of information for collecting of state

and local taxes.

Municipal licenses and license fees shall be regulated by

ordinance. A municipality may establish such license requirements

as it deems appropriate in the exercise of its police power and may

provide that each applicant supply his state sales tax

identification number or proof of exemption pursuant to the

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provisions of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Any license issued

by the governing body shall expire no later than one (1) year after

the date of its issuance or on June 30 of each year. No license may

be issued until the amount prescribed therefor is paid to the

municipal treasurer. No license in any case may be assigned or

transferred. Licenses shall be signed as provided for by ordinance.

The clerk shall affix the corporate seal of the municipality to the

license. A municipality and the Oklahoma Tax Commission may

exchange information to further the collection or enforcement of

state and local taxes. The municipality and the officers and

employees of the municipality shall preserve the confidentiality of

such information in the same manner and be subject to the same

penalties as provided for by Section 205 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, provided that the municipal prosecutor and other municipal

enforcement personnel may receive all information necessary to

enforce municipal sales tax ordinances or licensing ordinances.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-24-118 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-24-118
Powers Declared Supplementary
Status: in_force

Powers Declared Supplementary. The provisions of this act shall

be regarded as supplementary and additional to and cumulative of

powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as being in

derogation of any powers now existing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-27-117 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-27-117
Arrests - Release by signing citation - Bail - Amount
Status: in_force

and conditions - Temporary cash bond.

A. If a resident of a municipality served by a municipal court

is arrested by a law enforcement officer for the violation of any

traffic ordinance for which Section 27-117.1 of this title does not

apply, or is arrested for the violation of a nontraffic ordinance,

the officer shall immediately release said person if the person

acknowledges receipt of a citation by signing it. Provided,

however, the arresting officer need not release said person if it

reasonably appears to the officer that the person may cause injury

to himself or others or damage to property if released, that the

person will not appear in response to the citation, or the person is

arrested for an offense against a person or property. If said

person fails to appear in response to the citation, a warrant shall

be issued for his arrest and his appearance shall be compelled.

If the arrested resident is not released by being permitted to

sign a citation as provided for in this subsection, he shall be

admitted to bail either before or after arraignment, or shall be

released on personal recognizance. A municipality may prescribe a

fine for up to the maximum amount authorized by courts not of record

for failure of a person to have a valid driver's license when

charged with a traffic violation.

B. If a nonresident of a municipality served by a municipal

court is arrested by a law enforcement officer for a violation of

any ordinance for which Section 27-117.1 of this title does not

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apply, the defendant shall be eligible to be admitted to bail either

before or after arraignment.

C. The amount and conditions of bail granted pursuant to the

provisions of subsections A and B of this section shall be

determined by the judge who shall prescribe rules for the receipt of

bail and for the release on personal recognizance. The amount of

bail for each offense shall not exceed the maximum fine plus court

costs, unless the defendant has a previous history of failing to

appear according to the terms or conditions of a bond, in which case

the amount of bail shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00). In the event of arrests at night, emergencies, or when

the judge is not available, a court official, the chief of police or

his designated representative may be authorized by the judge,

subject to such conditions as shall be prescribed by the judge, to

accept a temporary cash bond in a sufficient amount to secure the

appearance of the accused. The cash bond shall not exceed the

maximum fine provided for by ordinance for each offense charged,

unless the defendant has a previous history of failing to appear

according to the terms or conditions of a bond, in which case the

amount of the cash bond shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00). The court official, chief of police or his designated

representative is authorized, subject to such conditions as shall be

prescribed by the judge, to release a resident of the municipality

on personal recognizance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-36-302 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-36-302
Registration of bonds
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be registered by the clerk of the municipality

in a book to be provided for that purpose. The book shall show a

description of the bond, the name and address of the owner or

holder, and the date of registration. Upon the books of the

treasurer shall be noted the name of the holder of the bond and his

address. The bond shall be endorsed by the clerk over his

signature, or a facsimile of his signature, the legend "registered

in my office". Each bond shall bear a certificate of registration.

Any subsequent holder may cause the same to be registered in the

name of the holder upon submission of proper proof of ownership.

After registration of any bond, no transfer or assignment thereof

shall be valid until such transfer or assignment has been registered

with the municipal clerk. Nothing herein shall prevent the

appointment and compensation by the municipality of a registrar,

transfer, authenticating, paying or other agents to effect the

transfer of ownership or change of payee of any bonds issued by the

municipality and to maintain books and records relating thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-43-109.2 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-43-109.2
Residential building permits - Verification of
Status: in_force

contractor's insurance - Fees - Liability.

A. Any entity that issues building permits shall, before

issuance of a residential building permit, obtain a certificate of

insurance from the appropriate insurer that the contractor has

general liability insurance in an amount required by other

construction trade contractors licensed by the Construction

Industries Board and that the contractor has workers’ compensation

insurance or a workers’ compensation exemption verification

document. A residential building permit shall be defined for this

section as any building permit for a single-family or a duplex

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residential structure and shall include construction of a new

structure, remodel of an existing structure, and the addition to an

existing structure. Not included under the definition of a

residential building permit are a single-family or a duplex carport,

patio cover, storage building, accessory building, pool, or fence.

B. This provision shall not apply to a person or persons

performing the construction or remodeling to his, her, or their own

single-family or duplex structure on their own property regardless

if the construction or remodeling is to a single family or duplex

structure that is also for rental purposes, unless the modifications

are being performed by and the permit is acquired by a general

contractor or subcontractor, in which case the general contractor or

subcontractor shall meet the requirements set forth in subsection A

of this section.

C. If the entity should require a contractor to register in

order to monitor insurance verifications, the registration fee shall

not exceed the fee assessed by the entity for other construction

trade contractors licensed by the Construction Industries Board.

D. The entity shall not be liable if the documentation provided

is false or if the general liability insurance or workers’

compensation insurance lapses after the building permit is issued.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-233 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-37-233
Right of action of bondholder
Status: in_force

Any holder of any improvement bond issued hereunder shall have

the right to institute, in the name of the municipality issuing the

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bond, an action in the district court in the county in which the

property is located to foreclose the lien of the assessments

whenever the assessments, or any installment thereof, are delinquent

for a period of at least six (6) months. The petition for

foreclosure shall generally:

1. State the ownership of the bond;

2. Describe the property assessed;

3. Describe the nature of the improvement;

4. Set forth the amount of the unpaid delinquent assessment or

installment and penalty thereon at the rate of twelve percent (12%)

per annum; and

5. Pray for the foreclosure of the lien.

Summons shall be issued on the petition as in other civil actions

and the cause tried by the district court. Judgment may be entered

on the petition for the amount of the unpaid assessment, or

installment, together with interest thereon at the rate of twelve

percent (12%) per annum from the date the assessment or installment

was due and payable up to the date of the filing of the petition,

and for the sum of six percent (6%) interest on the judgment

computed from the time of filing the petition until the judgment is

paid, together with reasonable attorneys fees. If the judgment,

together with interest, costs and attorneys fees, is not paid within

six (6) months after the date of the rendition thereof, an order of

sale shall issue by the clerk of the court, directed to the sheriff

of the county, to sell the real estate in the manner and form as for

sale of real estate under execution. Upon the payment of the

judgment, the amount thereof exclusive of costs and attorneys fees

shall be paid to the municipal treasurer for deposit in the

separate, special fund to pay outstanding bonds and interest

thereon. The judgment shall provide for the sale of the real estate

subject to existing general ad valorem taxes. All owners or

encumbrancers shall be made parties defendant in the suit. Upon the

institution of an action to collect delinquent and unpaid

assessments in any improvement district against property liable

therefor, no other or further action shall be instituted and

maintained to collect such delinquent assessment against the

property for that year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-50-114.3 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-50-114.3
Trustee-to-trustee transfer - Treatment of trust -
Status: in_force

Rules.

A. An individual who has been designated, pursuant to Section

401(a)(9)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as

the beneficiary of a deceased member and who is not the surviving

spouse of the member, may elect, in accordance with Section

402(c)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to have

a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer of any portion of such

beneficiary's distribution from the System made only to an

individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity

(other than an endowment contract) described in Section 408(a) or

(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (IRA)

(including, effective for distributions after December 18, 2015, a

SIMPLE IRA but only if such contribution occurs after the two-year

period described in Section 72(t)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of

1986, as amended, and is made in accordance with the Protecting

Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015), or, effective for

distributions after December 31, 2007, to a Roth individual

retirement account or annuity described in Section 408A of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Roth IRA), that is

established on behalf of such designated individual for the purpose

of receiving the distribution. If such transfer is made, then:

1. For distributions made after December 31, 2006, but prior to

July 1, 2010, the transfer is treated as an eligible rollover

distribution for purposes of Section 402(c)(11) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. For plan years beginning after

December 31, 2009, the transfer is treated as an eligible rollover

distribution;

2. The transferee IRA is treated as an inherited individual

retirement account or an inherited individual retirement annuity

(within the meaning of Section 408(d)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986, as amended), and must be titled in the name of the

deceased member, for the benefit of the beneficiary; and

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3. The required minimum distribution rules of Section

401(a)(9)(B) (other than clause iv thereof) of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986, as amended, apply to the transferee IRA.

B. A trust maintained for the benefit of one or more designated

beneficiaries shall be treated in the same manner as a designated

beneficiary.

C. The State Board shall promulgate such rules as are necessary

to implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-29-113 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-29-113
Fire protection services to meet or exceed current
Status: in_force

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 private

entity, organization, corporation or company to provide fire

protection services to a municipality.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-20-105 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-20-105
Effect of change
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided for by the governing body, the

effective date of a change in the name, boundaries, or number of

wards shall be the effective date of the ordinance making such

change. Election of councilmembers or trustees for wards which have

no representation due to such change shall take place at the time

established by the governing body of the municipality but not later

than the next regular municipal election. The terms of office of

such new councilmembers or trustees shall be as provided for by the

law applicable to the form of municipal government. A change in the

boundaries or number of wards shall not disqualify a councilmember

or trustee from completing the term for which he was elected.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-24-117 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-24-117
Construction
Status: in_force

Construction. Section 24-101 et seq. of this title and all the

terms and provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to

effectuate the purposes set forth herein; provided, however, nothing

in the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority Act shall be construed to

authorize the Authority to loan its credit to any investor-owned

utility.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-229 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-37-229
Issuance of negotiable coupon books
Status: in_force

The municipal governing body may, after the expiration of thirty

(30) days from the publication of the assessing ordinance, within

which period the whole of any assessment may be paid without

interest, provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds. The

bonds shall be in the aggregate amount of the assessments then

remaining unpaid, bearing date of thirty (30) days after the

publication of the assessing ordinance, and be of such denominations

as the governing body and the contractor shall determine. The bonds

shall in no event become a liability of the municipality issuing the

bonds. The bonds shall be payable on or before the first of October

next succeeding the September 1 on which the last installment of

assessments shall mature. The interest on the bonds shall be at the

rate of not to exceed twelve percent (12%) per annum, payable

October 1 following the due date of the first installment of

assessments, and semiannually thereafter, until maturity, and

fifteen percent (15%) per annum after maturity. The bonds shall be

designated as Improvement Bonds and shall:

1. Recite the areas for the improvement of which they have been

issued;

2. State that they are payable, in cash, from the assessments

which have been levied upon the lots and tracts of land benefited by

the improvement and from the accumulation of the interest and

penalty on the assessments;

3. Designate the place, either within or without Oklahoma,

where the bonds and interest shall be payable;

4. Be signed by the mayor and attested by the municipal clerk;

and

5. Contain an impression of the corporate seal of the

municipality thereon.

Facsimile seals and signatures of the mayor and municipal clerk may

be used as provided in the Registered Public Obligations Act of

Oklahoma. The bonds shall be issued in series, and the bonds of

each series shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number

One. The bonds of each series shall be payable, in cash, in their

numerical order.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-12-112 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-12-112
Departments and agencies - Merger or consolidation of
Status: in_force

town offices.

In the town board of trustees form of government, there shall be

such administrative departments, officers, and agencies as the board

may establish. The board may combine, merge, or consolidate by

ordinance any of the various offices of town government as it deems

necessary and convenient for the administration of the affairs or

government of the town. Any consolidation of elected town offices

shall go into effect at the end of the term of office of those

officers whose offices are consolidated or when a vacancy occurs in

one of the offices to be consolidated. An ordinance consolidating

offices must be enacted at least thirty (30) days prior to the date

of the next municipal primary election.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-39-113 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-39-113
Use of revenues
Status: in_force

A. All money received by the city from any special assessment

or assessment within a district shall be held in a special fund and

used to:

1. Pay the cost of the improvement for which the assessment was

made;

2. Reimburse the city for any work performed or cost incurred

by the city in constructing the improvement; or

3. Pay the interest and principal due on any outstanding

negotiable bonds, including replenishment of debt service reserves,

reimbursements to bond insurers or other providers of credit

enhancement, and other payments required in connection with bonds

issued to pay for improvements.

B. Any person who uses money in a district fund other than as

provided in this section is guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and

shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by

both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-214 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-37-214
Rules regarding protests - Sufficiency
Status: in_force

In determining the sufficiency of any protest or petition as

provided in Section 37-213 of this title, the governing body shall

be guided by these rules:

1. Each paper containing signatures shall have attached thereto

the affidavit of an owner of property to be assessed, or his agent,

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stating that each signature was affixed in his presence and is the

signer's genuine signature;

2. The protest or petition shall be counted only for the

property described as belonging to the signer;

3. The signature of one co-owner shall be counted only to the

extent of the signer's interest in the property, but the signature

of one joint tenant will protest or petition the entire interest;

4. A protest or petition signed by a guardian, executor,

administrator or trustee shall be valid without an order of court

therefor; and

5. A protest or petition is valid if signed by a person who has

an equitable title, including a recorded contract of purchase.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-50-136.6 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-50-136.6
Police Pension and Retirement System - Increase in
Status: repealed

benefits - Offset.

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any

person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and

Retirement System as of June 30, 2003, who continues to receive

benefits on or after July 1, 2004, shall receive a four-percent

increase in said benefits beginning in July 2004.

B. Any increase in benefits a person is eligible to receive

pursuant to repealed Section 50-120 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, after June 30, 2002, shall be offset by the increase in

benefits, if any, provided by this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-8-111 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-8-111
Abstinence in voting in certain meetings
Status: in_force

If a member of the governing body of a municipality abstains

from voting, he shall be deemed to have cast a negative vote, which

shall be recorded in the minutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-22-106 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-22-106
License tax on occupations - Authority to levy and
Status: in_force

collect - Penalties.

A. A municipal governing body may levy and collect a license

tax on auctioneers, contractors, druggists, hawkers, peddlers,

bankers, brokers, pawnbrokers, merchants of all kinds, grocers,

confectioners, restaurants, butchers, taverns, public boarding

houses, billiard tables, bowling alleys, and other amusement

devices, drays, hacks, carriages, omnibuses, carts, wagons and other

vehicles used in the municipality for pay, hay scales, lumber

dealers, furniture dealers, saddle or harness dealers, stationers,

jewelers, livery stable keepers, real estate agents, express

companies or agencies, telegraph companies or agencies, shows,

theatres, all kinds of exhibitions for pay, also photographers,

photographers' agents, agents of all kinds and solicitors. The

taxes so levied and collected shall be applied for the use and

benefit of the municipality as the governing body may direct.

B. All scientific and literary lectures and entertainments

shall be exempt from license taxation, and also all concerts and

musical or other entertainments given exclusively by the citizens of

the municipality.

C. The governing body may establish penalties for any failure

to observe the license provisions or to pay the tax provided for by

ordinance.

D. A municipal body which levies and collects a license tax on

licensed plumbing, electrical and mechanical contractors pursuant to

subsection A of this section, may only assess the tax on the

licensed contractor and shall not levy or collect such tax on a

licensed journeyman or apprentice. The amount of tax assessed shall

be determined by the municipalities based on the number of licensed

journeymen or apprentices under the supervision of the licensed

contractor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-50-111.2 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-50-111.2
Transfer of credited service from or to other
Status: in_force

retirement system.

A. A member of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement

System may receive up to five (5) years of credited service

accumulated by the member while a member of the Oklahoma

Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Law

Enforcement Retirement System, the Teacher's Retirement System of

Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System or a

county retirement system created pursuant to Section 951 of Title 19

of the Oklahoma Statutes or an Oklahoma municipal retirement system,

if the member is not receiving or eligible to receive retirement

credit or benefits from said service in any other public retirement

system. The member shall decide the number of years of credited

service, not to exceed five (5) years, to purchase. The State Board

shall determine the amount for the purchase pursuant to Section 50-

111.4 of this title. The amount may be paid through a trustee-to-

trustee transfer to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement

System from another system designated in this section, and/or

through payments made by the member. The transferred credited

service of the member from another retirement system pursuant to

this section shall not alter the member's normal retirement date or

vesting requirements. The transferred credited service will be

added after the member reaches normal retirement date or vesting

date.

B. The Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System shall

transfer credited service to another Oklahoma state retirement

system upon request of former members. Upon transfer, the former

member shall have forfeited all rights in the Oklahoma Police

Pension and Retirement System. Employee and city contributions of

the former municipal retirement systems prior to January 1, 1981,

are not transferable.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-50-110 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-50-110
Contributions by members of System - Picked up
Status: in_force

contributions.

A. Each member in the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement

System prior to the effective date of this act shall contribute to

the System a minimum of eight percent (8%) of the member’s actual

paid base salary. On or after the effective date of this act, each

member shall contribute to the System a minimum of nine percent

(9%).

At the option of the participating municipality, the

participating municipality may pay all or any part of the member’s

required contribution. The sums contributed shall be paid online to

the System as provided in this article within ten (10) days

following the payroll period on which the contributions are based.

Amounts deducted from the salary of a member and not paid to the

System after thirty (30) days from each ending payroll date shall be

subject to a monthly late charge of five percent (5%) of the unpaid

balance to be paid by the municipality to the System. All funds

received by a participating municipality for police retirement

purposes shall be forwarded to the Oklahoma Police Pension and

Retirement Board for credit to the Oklahoma Police Pension and

Retirement Fund.

B. Each municipality shall pick up under the provisions of

Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and pay the

contribution which the member is required by law to make to the

System for all compensation earned after December 31, 1988.

Although the contributions so picked up are designated as member

contributions, such contributions shall be treated as contributions

being paid by the municipality in lieu of contributions by the

member in determining tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986 and such picked-up contributions shall not be includable in

the gross income of the member until such amounts are distributed or

made available to the member or the beneficiary of the member. The

member, by the terms of this System, shall not have any option to

choose to receive the contributions so picked up directly and the

picked-up contributions must be paid by the municipality to the

System.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 630

Member contributions which are picked up shall be treated in the

same manner and to the same extent as member contributions made

prior to the date on which member contributions were picked up by

the municipality. Member contributions so picked up shall be

included in gross salary for purposes of determining benefits and

contributions under the System.

The municipality shall pay the member contributions from the

same source of funds used in paying salary to the member, by

effecting an equal cash reduction in gross salary of the member.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-49-143.4 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-49-143.4
Firefighters Pension and Retirement System - Increase
Status: repealed

in benefits - Offset.

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section and

except for persons receiving benefits pursuant to Section 49-101 of

Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, effective July 1, 2004, any

person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and

Retirement System as of June 30, 2003, who continues to receive

benefits on or after July 1, 2004, shall receive a four-percent

increase in said benefits beginning in July 2004.

B. Any increase in benefits a person is eligible to receive

pursuant to repealed Section 49-136 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma

Statutes after June 30, 2002, shall be used to offset the increase

in benefits provided in subsection A of this section.

C. Effective July 1, 2004, any persons receiving benefits

pursuant to Section 49-101 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes

shall each receive a monthly benefit equal to Six Dollars and

ninety-six cents ($6.96) for each year of credited service not to

exceed thirty (30) years of service.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-11-119 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-11-119
Personnel board - Membership and tenure
Status: in_force

In a statutory strong-mayor-council city, there shall be a

personnel board consisting of three members elected by the council

for staggered six-year terms. The council shall elect the three

original members so that the term of one member will expire in each

succeeding even-numbered year. The term of their successors shall

be for six (6) years, beginning at 7:30 o'clock p.m. on the first

Monday in May in every even-numbered year. Members shall serve

until their successors are elected and qualified, and they shall

serve without compensation unless the council provides otherwise.

The council, by a vote of a majority of its members, after adequate

opportunity for a public hearing, may remove a member for the good

of the service, and may fill vacancies for the unexpired term.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-39-101 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-39-101
Citation
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the Improvement District Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-29-104.1 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-29-104.1
Paid fire department - Definition
Status: in_force

The term “paid fire department” means one which has in its

employ more than two full-time salaried firefighters and no enrolled

volunteer firefighters.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-36-227 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-36-227
Street improvement districts - Written consent of
Status: in_force

landowners.

A. Before any property can be included as part of a street

improvement district pursuant to Section 36-202 of Title 11 of the

Oklahoma Statutes or any municipal governing body action pursuant to

Section 36-203 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, written consent

shall be obtained by the owners of more than one-half (1/2), in

area, of the land to be included in the street improvement district.

B. It shall be the responsibility of the petitioners to provide

the municipal clerk with the requisite number of signatures if a

street improvement district is created pursuant to Section 36-202 of

Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. It shall be the responsibility

of the municipality to provide the municipal clerk with the

requisite number of signatures if a street improvement district is

created pursuant to Section 36-203 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

C. The municipal clerk shall certify that the requisite number

of signatures consenting to a street improvement district is

received before approving such district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-36-121 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-36-121
Resolution waiving penalties - Entries on record
Status: in_force

When any assessment, assessments, installments thereof, or

penalties thereon shall be cancelled, compromised or waived by the

governing body, a copy of its resolution, certified by the municipal

clerk, shall be presented to the municipal or county official

charged with the collection of such special assessment, assessments,

installments or penalties. The official shall forthwith make the

necessary entries in the records and books of his office as may be

required to carry out the purposes of the resolution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-16-210 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-16-210
Strong-mayor-council cities - Officers to be elected -
Status: in_force

Terms.

In a statutory strong-mayor-council city, 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 from Wards One, Two and Five (if one).

At the next general municipal election, the following officers are

to be elected for four-year terms:

1. Councilmembers from Wards Three, Four and Six (if one); and2. The mayor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-16-212 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-16-212
Council-manager and strong-mayor-council cities - Form
Status: in_force

of general municipal election ballot.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 100

The ballots for the general election in a statutory council-

manager or statutory strong-mayor-council city shall be of the

office block type, listing the names of independent candidates and

party nominees for each office under the respective office without

party designation or emblems as follows:

For Councilmember from Ward One

(Vote for One)

______ Name of independent candidate or party nominee

______ Name of independent candidate or party nominee

For Councilmember from Ward Two

(Vote for One)

______ Name of independent candidate or party nominee

______ Name of independent candidate or party nominee
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-18-101 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-18-101
Procedure for changing form of government - Petition or
Status: in_force

governing body resolution.

Any city operating pursuant to a statutory form of city

government may change to any one of the other statutory forms of

city government. The mayor shall issue an order calling for an

election on the question of whether or not the city shall change its

form of government if:

1. an initiative petition is filed with the governing body of

the municipality; or

2. the governing body, by resolution, so directs.

The initiative petition or resolution of the governing body shall be

filed at least one hundred twenty (120) days before the filing date

for the next municipal general election and shall include the form

of government which is proposed for adoption. The order calling for

the election shall be issued by the governing body of the

municipality within ten (10) days after a decision has been made on

the ballot title, or within ten (10) days after the effective date

of the resolution of the governing body.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-33-109 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-33-109
Grants and devises of real property - Gifts and
Status: in_force

bequests.

Any governmental unit which may provide for or establish any

recreation center or facilities as provided herein may accept any

grant or devise of real estate, or any gift or bequest of money or

other personal property or any donation to be applied (either

principal or income) for either temporary or permanent use for

playground or recreational centers or recreational purposes; but if

the acceptance thereof for such purpose will subject such

governmental unit to additional expense for improvement, maintenance

or otherwise, the acceptance of any grant, devise or gift shall be

subject to the approval of the governing body of such governmental

unit. Money received for such purpose, unless otherwise provided by

the terms of the gift or bequest, shall be deposited with the

treasurer of the governmental unit to be a special account of the

recreation center or activity and shall be considered as a

continuing fund to be used for such purpose and shall not be

considered as a part of the cash surplus on hand of the governmental

unit for the purpose of making appropriations and levying taxes for

the governmental unit.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-47-114 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-47-114
Subdivision regulations
Status: in_force

A. Before the commission may exercise jurisdiction over

subdivision of land, it shall adopt regulations governing the

subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. The regulations may

provide for the proper arrangement of streets in relation to other

existing or planned streets and to the master plan, for adequate and

convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of fire-

fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air, or for the avoidance

of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of

lots.

B. The regulations on subdivision of land may include

provisions as to the extent to which streets and other ways shall be

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 503

graded and improved and to which water and sewer and other utility

mains, piping or other facilities shall be installed as a condition

precedent to the approval of the plat. The regulations or practice

of the commission may provide for a tentative approval of the plat

previous to such installation; but any such tentative approval shall

be revocable for failure to comply with commitments on which the

tentative approval was based, and shall not be entered on the plat.

In lieu of the completion of any improvements and utilities prior to

the final approval of the plat, the commission may accept an

adequate bond satisfactory to the commission, with surety, to secure

to the municipality the actual construction and installation of the

improvements or utilities at a time and according to specifications

fixed by or in accordance with the regulations of the commission,

and further conditioned that the developer will pay for all material

and labor entering into the construction of the improvements. The

municipality is hereby granted the power to enforce such bond by all

appropriate legal and equitable remedies.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting to

any municipality or city planning commission the power to direct any

public utility to extend its services to any particular area.

D. All regulations governing the subdivision of land shall be

published as provided by law for the publication of ordinances, and

before adoption, a public hearing shall be held thereon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-11-110 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-11-110
Council - Quorum - Rules
Status: in_force

A majority of all the members of the council shall constitute a

quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. The

council may determine its own rules.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-19-103 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-19-103
Ballots - Certification of results - Order
Status: in_force

The question submitted to the registered voters of the

municipality shall be substantially in the following form:

Shall the ________ (City or Town) of ________ change its

name to the (City or Town) of ________?

( ) Yes.

( ) No.

The secretary of the county election board shall, within five

(5) days after the canvass of returns, certify the results of the

election on the question to the governing body. If a majority of

the votes cast are in favor of adopting the new name, the governing

body shall, within twenty (20) days after receiving the

certification, adopt a resolution stating that the name of the

municipality has been changed and giving the new name of the

municipality. The resolution shall also state the date that the

change will take effect. The effective date shall be not less than

thirty (30) days after the resolution is adopted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-47-103 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-47-103
City planning commission - Membership
Status: in_force

The city planning commission shall consist of nine (9) members

to be appointed by the mayor, if the mayor be an elective officer,

otherwise by such officer as the council may designate as the

appointing power in the ordinance creating the commission. In a

municipality which is divided into wards or other subdivisions for

the election of members of the council, one member shall be

appointed to the planning commission from each of the wards or

subdivisions. All members of the commission shall serve as such

without compensation, and the members shall hold no other municipal

office, except that one member may be a member of the zoning board

of adjustment or appeals and no more than four members may serve on

design committees or commissions. The term of each member shall be

six (6) years or until his or her successor is appointed and

qualified; except that when the commission is first appointed, the

respective terms of three of the members shall be three (3), four

(4) and five (5) years. Members may be removed by the mayor, after

a public hearing, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance

in office. The mayor shall file a written statement of reasons for

the removal. Vacancies occurring otherwise than through the

expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term by the

mayor or by the appointing power designated by the council in

municipalities in which the mayor is not an elective officer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-21-201 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-21-201
Municipalities subject to inundation - Acquiring new
Status: in_force

townsite.

When fifty percent (50%) or more of the area of a municipality

shall be liable to inundation by the construction of a lake,

reservoir or other body of water, and the municipal governing body

determines that it is impracticable to annex adjacent or contiguous

terrritory which is necessary for the municipality, the governing

body may acquire a new site for the municipality.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-110 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-37-110
Establishing water districts - Regulations to protect
Status: in_force

water supply.

The governing body of any municipality securing its water supply

from a stream or reservoir located outside of its corporate limits

may designate by ordinance a district to be known as a water

district. The water district shall be designated by metes and

bounds and may embrace any lands, directly or indirectly flowing or

shedding water into any such stream or reservoir as the governing

body ordains. The governing body may adopt and enforce any rules

promulgated by the Board of Environmental Quality for the protection

of any such water supply.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-13-107 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-13-107
Charter election - Certification of results - Approval
Status: in_force

by Governor.

The question of whether or not the municipality shall adopt the

proposed charter shall be submitted to the registered voters of the

municipality at a general or special election. If a majority of the

votes cast, as certified by the secretary of the county election

board, are in favor of adopting the charter, the charter shall then

be certified by the mayor of the municipality and authenticated by

the seal of the municipality. The submission to and approval by the

registered voters shall be set forth on the charter. The charter

shall then be submitted to the Governor for his approval, and the

Governor shall approve the charter if it is not in conflict with the

Constitution and laws of Oklahoma. Upon his approval, the charter

shall become the organic law of the municipality and supersede any

existing charter and all ordinances in conflict with it.

in conflict with it.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-3-103 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-3-103
Notice of election
Status: in_force

At least ten (10) days' notice of the election shall be given by

the board of county commissioners by publication in a newspaper of

general circulation in the proposed town, and by posting a copy of

the order in not less than ten (10) of the most public places in the

proposed town.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-41-112 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-41-112
Correction of errors in plats and conveyances -
Status: in_force

Petition to district court.

The district court in the county in which the property is

situated shall have the jurisdiction to correct municipal plats and

plats of additions and subdivisions. The owner of any lot within

the portion of the plat sought to be corrected may file his petition

in the district court to correct the plat, or any portion thereof,

when the same has been erroneously made by duplicating lot numbers

in any block or incorrectly describing the distances on the plat or

when the same is, in any manner, incorrect in description or

otherwise. The court may correct the description of property in any

conveyance of any lot, where the plat is corrected, which may be

necessary for the purpose of making a complete and correct

descriptive chain of title to the lot.
Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-39-102 — OK Code / Title 11 / Section 11-39-102
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Improvement District Act, the singular includes

the plural and:

1. “Acquired” means the acquisition of property or interests in

property by purchase, gift, condemnation or other lawful means;

2. “City” means any city or town incorporated pursuant to the

laws of Oklahoma;

3. “Engineer” means a city engineer, city official, employee or

other person competent to advise and assist the governing body in

planning and making an improvement;

4. “Cost” means any cost necessarily or reasonably incurred in

making the improvement, including but not limited to cost of:

a. preparation of preliminary reports,

b. preparation of plans and specifications,

c. preparation and publication of notices of hearings,

resolutions, ordinances and other proceedings,

d. fees and expenses for engineers, attorneys, laborers

and other personal services,

e. rights-of-way, materials and other lawful expenses

incurred in making any improvement, and

f. capitalized interest, funding of reserves, premiums

for reserve surety bonds, and obtaining bond

insurance, letters of credit or other credit

enhancements or liquidity instruments;

5. “District” means an area designated by the governing body to

be benefited by an improvement and subjected to payment of special

assessments for all or a portion of the cost of the improvement;

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6. “Governing body” means the city council, city commission or

board of trustees of an incorporated city or town;

7. “Improve” means to construct, reconstruct, maintain,

restore, replace, renew, repair, install, equip, extend, purchase,

alter or otherwise perform any work which provides a new facility,

or enhances, extends or restores the value or usefulness of an

existing facility;

8. “Improvement” means any type of improvement made by

authority of this Improvement District Act and includes

reimprovement of any prior improvement made pursuant to any other

act;

9. “Mail” means by first-class mail;

10. “Trustee” means a city acting pursuant to this act;

11. “Street” means any highway, street, alley, boulevard,

avenue, right-of-way, public ground, or other public facility, or

any part thereof; and

12. “Publish” or “publication” means printing in a newspaper

which maintains an office in the city or town and is of general

circulation within the city or town, or, if there is no newspaper

which maintains an office in the city or town, a newspaper of

general circulation within the city or town and in two (2) separate

issues thereof, at least seven (7) days apart.