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11 OK Stat § 11-20-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-20-101. Review of wards after each federal census.

|A. As soon as practicable following each federal census, the municipal governing body shall review the wards and ward boundaries of the municipality. The governing body shall change the boundaries or number of wards, if necessary, in the manner provided by this article, so that the wards are formed of compact and contiguous territory and are substantially equal in population. |B. The municipal governing body, to the extent practicable, shall not subdivide precincts established by a county election board in establishing ward or council boundaries.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 20-101, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1993, c. 316, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
11 OK Stat § 11-20-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-20-102. Procedure for proposing ward changes.

|A change in the name, boundaries, or number of wards in a municipality may be proposed at any time by: |1. a resolution of the municipal governing body; or2. an initiative petition filed with the governing body of the municipality.Any change in the number or boundaries of wards shall be made with due regard to the equitable apportionment of the population and the convenience and contiguity of the wards.Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 35, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
11 OK Stat § 11-20-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-20-103. Changes proposed by governing body - Notice.

|The governing body shall give at least thirty (30) days' notice of the proposal by the governing body to change the name, boundaries, or number of wards. The notice shall be published at least once. After the thirty-day notice period, the governing body may make the proposed changes by ordinance which shall be approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of its members. |Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 36, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
11 OK Stat § 11-20-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-20-104. Change adopted by initiative petition.

|Within thirty (30) days after an election adopting the question in the initiative petition requesting a change in the name, boundaries or number of wards, the municipal governing body by ordinance shall make the requested changes. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 20-104, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 296, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001.
11 OK Stat § 11-20-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-20-105. Effect of change.

|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. |Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 37, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
11 OK Stat § 11-20-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-20-106. Record of change.

|The governing body shall provide for the recording and filing of changes made in the name, boundaries or number of municipal wards. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 20-106, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-101. Authority to change municipal limits.

|The municipal governing body by ordinance may add to the municipality territory adjacent or contiguous to its corporate limits and increase or diminish the corporate limits as the governing body deems desirable for the benefit of the municipality. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-102. Annexation of territory separated by railway, intervening strip or highway right-of-way.

|Where any territory to be annexed is separated from the corporate limits of the municipality only by a railway right-of-way, an intervening strip less than four (4) rods wide, or a highway right-of-way, the territory shall be considered adjacent or contiguous to the municipality. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-102, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 220, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-105. Annexation by petition - Notice - Cost - Governing body ordinance.

|At least three-fourths of the registered voters and the owners of at least three-fourths (in value) of the property in any territory adjacent or contiguous to the municipality may request annexation by signing and filing a petition with the governing body of the municipality. The petitioners must give notice of the presentation of the petition by publication at least once each week for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality where the petition has been presented. The municipality may pay the cost of the annexation proceedings. After the notice of the petition has been given, the governing body by ordinance may annex the territory to the municipality. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-105, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 128, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-106. Failure to grant request in annexation petition - Filing in district court.

|If the governing body fails to grant the request contained in a petition for annexation within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the notice, or refuses to grant the request, the petitioners may file their petition with the clerk of the district court in the county in which the situs of the municipal government is located. Notice of the filing shall be served upon a deputy municipal clerk and upon the mayor together with a notice of the time and place that the district court will hear the petition. The notice must be given at least ten (10) days before the date of the hearing. The hearing on the petition may be held at a regular or special term of the district court or by the court in vacation. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-106, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 362, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-108. Lands platted for educational or charitable institutions - Annexation only by petition.

|When any lands adjacent to the corporate limits of any municipality have been surveyed and platted into lots and blocks for the purpose of being sold in whole or in part to establish, build or maintain any religious, fraternal, or benevolent school, college, home or other educational or charitiable institution, these lands may not be annexed to the municipality without a petition requesting annexation first being signed and filed by at least a majority of the resident owners of the lands to be annexed. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-108, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-109. Taxation of annexed territory.

|A. Tracts of land in excess of forty (40) acres which are annexed to a municipality and used for industrial or commercial purposes shall not be subject to ad valorem taxes at the municipal rate. Tracts of annexed land in excess of five (5) acres which are used by persons engaged in farming or ranching, and all farm animals and livestock, and all agricultural implements and machinery and household goods located on the land, shall not be subject to municipal taxes unless the municipality furnishes services to these tracts as are ordinarily furnished to municipal residents. Tracts of land with an area of width no greater than three hundred twenty-six (326) feet at the widest point which are annexed to a municipality shall not be subject to municipal taxes, unless such tracts are annexed pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 21-103 of this title. No land which is used for agricultural purposes may be taken within the limits of a town and taxed at a greater rate than land which is adjacent to but outside the town limits. |B. The revenue and taxation ordinances of any municipality and the licensing and regulatory authority of any municipality shall not apply or extend to any military installation located on federal property which has been annexed in part or in whole by a municipality on or after July 1, 1998, except to the following extent. The sales, use and occupancy tax ordinances of a municipality shall be applicable and extend to the part or whole of the military installation on federal property annexed on or after July 1, 1998, but the applicability of such ordinances shall be limited to activities on the military installation engaged in by the private sector involving the sale of goods and services taxable under the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, the storage, use or other consumption of tangible property taxable under the Oklahoma Use Tax Code, and the occupancy of hotel/motel rooms for rent whether received in money or otherwise.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-109, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 119, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2007, c. 362, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2014, c. 320, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-110. Detachment of municipal territory - Procedure.

|A. Territory may be detached from the corporate limits of a municipality by the governing body when: |1. An ordinance of the governing body so directs; or2. A petition requesting detachment, signed by at least three-fourths (3/4) of the registered voters and by the owners of at least three-fourths (3/4), in value, of the property to be detached, is filed with the governing body.Only land which is within the limits of the municipality and upon its border and not laid out in lots and blocks, or land which had been annexed to a municipality, may be detached by petition.B. Petitioners for detachment of municipal territory shall comply with the following procedures:1. A true and complete unsigned copy of the petition requesting detachment shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality before it is circulated and signed by at least three-fourths (3/4) of the registered voters and by the owners of at least three-fourths (3/4), in value, of the property to be detached, as required by subsection A of this section;2. Signed copies of the petition requesting detachment shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality within ninety (90) days after the initial filing of the unsigned copy with the clerk; and3. Notice of the filing of the signed petition requesting detachment with the clerk of the municipality shall be given in the same manner provided for petitions requesting annexation.Failure to comply with the notice requirement or the other procedures set forth in this subsection shall render the petition for detachment insufficient and no action thereon shall be required by the clerk or governing body of the municipality.C. When signed copies of the petition requesting detachment are timely filed with the clerk of the municipality, the clerk shall determine the sufficiency of the signatures appearing on the petition. The clerk shall then publish, in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, a notice of the filing and the apparent sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition. Within ten (10) days following the publication, the governing body of the municipality shall hold a public hearing on the petition requesting detachment and take such action thereon as the governing body deems appropriate, which may include approval, denial, or deferral.D. Appeal to the district court concerning any action by the clerk or governing body of the municipality on a petition requesting detachment shall be in the same manner provided for petitions requesting annexation.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-110, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 343, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-111. Liability of detached territory.

|Any lands detached from a municipality and the owners thereof shall be liable to the municipality only for the cost of public improvements which may have been constructed on the detached lands at the expense of the municipality. The municipality shall have no claim upon nor collect any tax from the detached territory for any public debt or the cost of any public improvements which have not been expended directly upon the detached lands. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-111, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-112. Record regarding territory annexed or detached.

|When any territory is annexed to or detached from a municipality, whether by ordinance or court order, the mayor shall file and record a duly certified copy of the ordinance or court order, together with an accurate map or plat of the territory, in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the territory, or the greater portion of it, is located and with the Ad Valorem Division of the Oklahoma Tax Commission. The record in the office of the county clerk shall be conclusive evidence of such annexation or detachment. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-112, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 314, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-113. Annexation of unoccupied property for road and bridge construction.

|Upon proper notification, a municipality may annex any unoccupied property of an owner who is not a resident of this state which is adjacent or contiguous to property already within the municipal limits for the sole purpose of constructing roads and/or bridges which are provided for in the comprehensive plan of the municipality, if such owner does not object to the annexation within thirty (30) days of the publication and mailing of such notice. For purposes of this subsection, notice shall be given by posting a copy of the notice on the subject property, by publication in a legally qualified newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the property to be annexed is located and by certified mail to the owner of such property as shown by the current year's tax rolls in the county treasurer's office. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 215, § 4, emerg. eff. May 18, 1990.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-114. Petition to annex unincorporated territory enclosed by boundaries of other municipality - District court action.

|A. The majority of the owners of a subdivision or property owners located in unincorporated territory which is enclosed by the boundaries of a municipality may petition for annexation in writing to another municipality if: |1. The width of the boundary is less than twenty (20) feet; and2. The property is contiguous to the other municipality except for the boundary.B. The governing body of the other municipality may grant the petition after notifying the enclosing municipality in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to adoption of the annexation ordinance. The boundary of the enclosing municipality shall recede to the extent of the annexation. The enclosing municipality at any time may reestablish its boundary within unincorporated territory enclosed by it on or after July 1, 2001. The enclosing municipality may bring an action in district court to invalidate the annexation. If the district court finds that the conditions for annexation exist and that the enclosing municipality has not demonstrated a substantial governmental interest in the use of the property, it shall uphold the annexation.Added by Laws 1991, c. 57, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 150, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-115. Inclusion of territory in public records or notices – Presumption of validity.

|In the event any territory has been included within public records or public notices describing the corporate boundaries of a municipality for purposes of an election or ad valorem tax assessment of the municipality for five (5) consecutive years, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the territory is situated within the municipality. The public records and public notices shall be evidence of the jurisdiction of the municipality over the territory in all suits by or against the municipality. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 220, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-121 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-121. Furnishing retail electric service to certain electric consuming facilities prohibited.

|Except as provided in this section, municipal corporations or public trusts thereof, the Grand River Dam Authority, rural electric cooperatives or investor-owned electric utilities shall not furnish retail electric service to an electric consuming facility which is currently being served, or which was being served and the electric facilities are in place to render such a service, by a municipal corporation or public trust thereof, the Grand River Dam Authority, a rural electric cooperative or an investor-owned electric utility unless the entities involved have agreed by mutual consent, in writing, to such transaction. For purposes of this section, the term "electric consuming facility" means everything that utilizes electric energy from a central station source. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 26, § 1, emerg. eff. March 30, 1989. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 245, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 1992; Laws 1998, c. 391, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1998.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-201 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-201. Municipalities subject to inundation - Acquiring new 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. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-201, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-202. Approval of plat - Special election.

|The owners of a tract of land located not more than ten (10) miles from the nearest limits of the municipality, or located at any greater distance which is reasonable under the circumstances in order to secure the most desirable site, may present to the governing body a plat of the tract of land prepared in the same manner as a plat for a proposed municipal incorporation. The governing body shall examine the plat and may require amendments and changes as it deems expedient. If the governing body finds that the area contained in the plat is a suitable and desirable site for the municipality, it shall call for a special election on the question of whether the territory comprised within the plat shall be annexed to the municipality and serve as the new site for the municipality. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-202, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-203 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-203. Approval of annexation - Recording of resolution and plat.

|If a majority of the votes cast in the election are in favor of annexation of the territory and relocation of the municipality, the governing body shall so declare by resolution, and a copy of the resolution and the plat shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and the office of the Secretary of State. If part or all of the territory comprised within the new site is located in a county other than that in which the municipality is located, the resolution and plat shall be recorded in each county. Upon the date of the filing of the resolution and the plat, the territory shall be annexed to and be the site of the municipality. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-203, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-204. New boundaries of the municipality.

|All portions of land within the original boundaries of the municipality shall continue to be within its limits and subject to its governmental authority. The governing body may, in the interest of the public or the owners of such land, detach any territory embraced within its original limits in the manner provided by law for the detachment of municipal territory. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-204, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-205 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-205. Additional powers of governing body in relocating municipality.

|In relocating a municipality subject to inundation, the governing body may also: |1. Provide by ordinance for the acquisition of a new site through the exercise of the right of condemnation in the manner provided by law for municipalities, or by negotiated purchases or in any other lawful manner;2. Provide for the reimbursement of owners of the annexed property through the issuance of bonds in the manner provided by law for cities and towns, and hold any necessary bond election together with the special election on the question of annexation and relocation, or through the encumbrance of the acquired property or in any other lawful manner;3. Provide for the administration of the annexed property, including, but not limited to, the authority to zone and other similar and usual powers for regulating use and development of realty and the power to provide for and regulate the sale of lots and excess property, if any, and to enact ordinances as will facilitate the orderly and equitable relocation of the municipality; and4. Act in concert with, or deal with, any private person, agency, nonprofit corporation, governmental body or agency or other appropriate entity in the accomplishment of these ends.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-205, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-21-222 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-21-222. Condemnation proceedings relating to rural electric cooperatives or electric public utilities - Moratorium - Implementation of retail consumer choice contingency.

|There is hereby declared a moratorium on all municipal condemnation proceedings instituted pursuant to Section 437.2 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, initiated prior to the enactment of electric restructuring enabling legislation and the implementation of consumer choice of retail electric energy suppliers. The moratorium shall also apply to all municipalities or public trusts thereof which attempt to condemn the facilities of electric public utilities or rural electric cooperatives for the purpose of utilizing such facilities for the delivery of electric power and energy. The moratorium shall remain in effect until the enactment of electric restructuring enabling legislation and implementation of consumer choice of retail electric energy suppliers. Upon such enactment of electric restructuring enabling legislation and implementation of consumer choice of retail electric energy suppliers, the municipal condemnation provisions authorizing municipalities with electric utilities to condemn the facilities of rural electric cooperatives contained in Section 437.2 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes is hereby repealed. The moratorium provided for herein shall have prospective and retroactive application. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 391, § 2, emerg. eff. June 10, 1998. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 397, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001.