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11 OK Stat § 11-36-310 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-310. Limitation of bondholder actions on street improvement bonds.

|The right of any holder to enforce the lien of any street improvement bond or street improvement refunding bond by foreclosure, mandamus, refunding, or otherwise, shall be barred upon the expiration of three (3) years after the maturity date named on the face of such bond, unless the bondholder, prior to the expiration of the three-year period, shall have: |1. Commenced suit to foreclose his lien by filing an action for that purpose and procuring service of summons therein; or2. Evidenced his willingness to accept street improvement refunding bonds, issued under the provisions of Sections 36-309 through 36-312 of this title, in exchange for the bond.The running of the three-year period of limitation shall be an absolute bar to any action or proceeding brought thereafter, whether the same is plead as a defense or not, and the property against which the bonds represented a lien shall thereafter be, by operation of law, absolved of any lien or liability on account of the bonds.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-310, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-311 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-311. Notice to bondholders - Holder may accept street improvement refunding bonds.

|At least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the three-year limitation on actions by bondholders, the municipal clerk shall notify the holders of all outstanding street improvement bonds that the same are about to be barred by the statute of limitations by: |1. Mailing a notice to the holder of each bond at his last known address, as shown by the records of the clerk; and2. Publishing the notice in some newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the street improvement district is located. If there is no newspaper published in the municipality, then the publication shall be made in some newspaper published in the county, and by publication of the notice in at least one nationally recognized financial journal.The notice to bondholders shall be substantially in the following form:NOTICE TO ALL HOLDERS OF STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS OFDISTRICT NO.______ (or, if appropriate, insert the ordinance or serial no.) OF THE _____ (City or Town) OF _________, OKLAHOMA:You are hereby notified that on the _____ day of _____, 19__, the above bonds and rights thereunder will be barred by the Statute of Limitation, as provided in Section 36-310 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. You will govern yourselves accordingly.___________CLERK OF THE ______ (City or Town) of _______, OKLAHOMA.Failure of the clerk to give notice provided herein shall not impair any of the provisions of Sections 36-309 through 36-312 of this title.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-311, eff. July 1, 1978. d
11 OK Stat § 11-36-312 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-312. Limitation of actions to enforce lien of bonds by holder not receiving refunding bonds.

|The right of any bondholder, who has filed with the municipal clerk an "Agreement to Accept Street Improvement Refunding Bonds" but who has not been issued street improvement refunding bonds, to enforce the lien of any street improvement bond or street improvement refunding bond by foreclosure, mandamus, tax sale and resale, refunding, or otherwise, shall be barred upon the expiration of three (3) years after the date of the filing of his "Agreement to Accept Street Improvement Refunding Bonds". The running of the three-year period of limitation shall be an absolute bar to any action or proceeding brought thereafter, whether the same be plead as a defense or not, and the property against which the bonds represented a lien shall thereafter be absolved of any lien or liability on account of the bonds or "Agreement to Accept Street Improvement Refunding Bonds". A certificate issued by the municipal clerk certifying that no holder of any such bonds has either |1. filed his "Agreement to Accept Street Improvement Refunding Bonds";2. commenced foreclosure, mandamus, refunding or otherwise, within the three-year period as prescribed herein; or3. commenced foreclosure within the three-year period prescribed in Section 36-310 of this title,shall operate to remove any cloud upon the title of any property created by the street improvement bond, the street improvement refunding bond, or "Agreement to Accept Street Improvement Refunding Bonds", and the liens represented thereby. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to give a remedy where no remedy of any type or nature previously existed in any bondholder or owner, or to revive a lien or right where no remedy previously existed.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-312, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-401 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-401. Widening streets - Acquisition of real estate - Payment of cost.

|A municipality may acquire by condemnation, in the manner provided by law, or by purchase or gift, the necessary real estate or interest therein for the purpose of laying out, opening, extending, widening or straightening any street, boulevard, alley, park or public square within the municipality. The governing body may provide for the payment of the costs of the real estate in accordance with Sections 36-401 through 36-414 of this title and may purchase the real estate from the capital outlay account for streets and alleys. Whenever the governing body deems it to be in the best interest of the municipality to pay the cost of the real estate from moneys on hand, it may authorize by resolution the payment for the real estate from the appropriate fund or funds of the municipality, after transferring the funds to the street and alley account. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-401, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-402 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-402. Preliminary plans - Examination and approval - Proposed assessment roll.

|When the governing body deems it necessary to acquire real estate for the purpose of laying out, opening, extending, widening or straightening any street, boulevard, alley, park or public square within the municipality, it shall direct, by resolution, the engineer to prepare the necessary plans, specifications, profiles and an estimate of the probable cost of the improvement and to submit them for approval to the governing body. Upon the approval of the plans and estimates, the engineer shall at once prepare a proposed assessment roll which shall contain: |1. The names of the last-known owners of real estate abutting the improvement, not less than one (1) block distance from the improvement, and including such additional area as shall be deemed to be benefited by reason of the improvement. The record owners shall be listed as shown by the current year's tax rolls in the county treasurer's office, or as shown by certificate of a bonded abstractor;2. A description of each tract or parcel of land to be assessed; and3. The amount of the proposed assessment of each tract or parcel of land, based on apportionment of the cost of improvement among the tracts and parcels benefited by the improvement in proportion to the entire area benefited by the improvement.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-402, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-403 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-403. Resolution of necessity - Assessment of cost - Notice of hearing.

|The proposed assessment roll shall be submitted by the engineer to the governing body, which shall examine the same and correct any errors which may appear therein. The governing body shall adopt a resolution approving the assessment roll and declaring the work of improvement necessary to be done. The resolution shall: 1. State that the assessment roll, as approved, is on file in the municipal clerk's office; |2. Set forth the time and place that the governing body will hold a hearing on any complaints or objections that may be made concerning the apportionment and assessment of costs for the improvement. The date of the hearing shall be not less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) days after the date of the last publication; and3. Direct that notice be given by publication of the resolution for not less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) days in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, or by publication for four (4) consecutive weeks in a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.A copy of the notice of the nature and amount of the assessment shall also be mailed by restricted delivery mail to the owners of land liable to assessment for the cost of the improvement, directed to the address of such owner as shown on the assessment roll, which mailing shall be not less than ten (10) days before the first hearing. The notice by restricted delivery mail shall be considered cumulative of the notice by publication.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-403, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 196, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-404 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-404. Hearing - Correction and confirmation of apportionment - Right of action.

|At the hearing on the assessment and apportionment, the governing body shall give full opportunity to hear any and all protests that may be urged against the levy of assessments for the cost of the improvement and shall have the right to hear witnesses until a full and complete hearing shall be had thereon. The protests shall be in writing, specifically setting forth the nature of the objection raised. After the conclusion of the hearing, the governing body shall adjudicate the objections and may make such order on the levy of assessments as may be just and proper. Any objection shall be deemed waived unless presented at the time and in the manner prescribed herein. Any owner of land liable to assessment shall have the right to institute an action to contest the validity of the amount of the assessment at any time within ten (10) days after the final adjudication thereof by the governing body, but no suit may be maintained to contest the validity or the amount of the assessment, or any other matter pertaining to the proposed improvement after the expiration of the ten-day period. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-404, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-405 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-405. Assessing ordinance - Interest on installments - Lien.

|The governing body, by ordinance, shall levy assessments against the several lots and tracts of land benefited by reason of the improvement in accordance with its determination and final adjudication and fix a lien upon the property for the amount of the assessments. The ordinance shall provide that: |1. The assessments are payable in ten (10) equal annual installments, with interest thereon at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, payable annually;2. The installments shall be due and payable on or before the first day of September of each year following the date of the passage of the assessing ordinance;3. The owner of any lot, piece or parcel of land shall have the right to pay the entire assessment without interest within thirty (30) days after the date of the publication of the assessing ordinance;4. Upon failure to pay an installment the municipal clerk shall certify the delinquency to the county treasurer to be placed upon the delinquent tax list of the county for the current year; and 5. If installments are not paid when due, they shall bear interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum, and no earlier than July 1 and no later than July 10 of the following year, shall be certified to the county treasurer to be placed upon the delinquent list, and the property shall be sold to pay such delinquent assessment in the manner provided for the sale of property for delinquent taxes. Provided, that no such certification shall be made to the county treasurer unless the city or town clerk shall have sent a notice of the nature and amount of the assessment by restricted delivery mail on or before June 1 of said year to the last-known address of the owner of the assessed property.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-405, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 196, § 3, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-406 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-406. Issuance of negotiable coupon bonds.

|Upon the expiration of thirty (30) days after the passage of the assessing ordinance, the governing body may provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable interest coupon bonds. The bonds shall be designated Local Improvement Bonds and shall be of such denominations and in such form as the governing body shall determine. The bonds shall bear the date of thirty (30) days after the publication of the assessing ordinance and shall bear interest at the rate of seven percent (7%) per annum until paid, and ten percent (10%) per annum, from maturity. The bonds may be registered in the name of the holder thereof and shall be payable at the office of the municipal treasurer or at the fiscal agency of the State of Oklahoma. The interest thereon shall be payable annually on the first day of September of each year. Upon the issuance of the bonds, they shall be delivered to the municipal treasurer and shall be sold at not less than par. If the governing body deems it most advantageous to the municipality, the bonds may be used for the payment of the cost of acquiring the real estate necessary for the improvement. The bonds shall be paid from the accumulation of assessments, interest and penalty, levied against the several lots and tracts of land described in the assessing ordinance. The accumulations shall be retained in a separate, special fund used for the purpose of paying the bonds and interest thereon, and for no other purpose whatsoever. Any surplus remaining in the fund, after the payment of all bonds and the interest thereon, shall become the property of the municipality. In no event shall the municipality be liable for the payment of the bonds. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 170, § 17, eff. July 1, 1983.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-407 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-407. Additional improvements on widened streets - Surface waters, etc. - Assessment.

|The governing body may grade, pave, macadamize, chat, gravel, and install necessary manholes, catch basins, inlets, drainage pipe and sewers with necessary connections therefor, for the purpose of adequately disposing of the surface water falling upon any street, alley, boulevard, park or public square which is being improved pursuant to this subarticle. In proceeding with such work of improvement, the governing body may contract therefor, levy and collect special assessments, and provide for the issuance and payment of bonds, or tax bills, to pay for the improvements, in accordance with the provisions of existing law or charter. The area benefited by reason of the construction of the improvements shall be those lots, pieces and parcels of land abutting and adjacent to the improvement, as described in the written statement of the engineer as benefiting by reason of acquiring, opening, extending, widening or straightening the street, alley, boulevard, avenue, park or public square, and as confirmed by the governing body. Protests and assessments shall be made in the manner provided in Sections 36-403 through 36-406 of this title. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-407, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-408 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-408. Excess of cost over benefits.

|Whenever the governing body determines that any lot or tract of land abutting upon the improvement is to be assessed and the cost of the improvement exceeds the benefits accruing to the lot or tract of land, the municipality shall bear the excess and shall pay for the excess out of the general revenues of the municipality in such manner as the governing body determines. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-408, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-409 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-409. Limitation on certain collections and bond sales for widening streets.

|A. Any municipality that proposes to widen an existing two-lane street to a width which would permit four or more lanes of traffic shall be liable for the entire costs of the improvement, except that portion of the costs that may be paid by the board of county commissioners, the State of Oklahoma, the United States of America, or the amount set forth in a petition for street improvements as assessable against property owners. |B. No assessments shall be collected nor shall any improvement bonds which are to be paid from assessment collections be sold or assigned after April 28, 1971, which relate to the financing or a widening project for which assessments are prohibited under subsection A of this section and unless the improvement has been completed as of April 28, 1971.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-409, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-410 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-410. Laying out or widening across public property - Declaration of necessity - Exceptions.

|Whenever the municipal governing body deems it necessary for public use and convenience to extend, open, widen, or lay out any street or avenue over, upon or across any public property which is wholly within the municipal limits and which is owned by the state, county, school district, or board of education, the governing body by ordinance shall declare the public necessity for the use of such street. Public property which is actually covered by a public building may be taken for the purposes named in this section upon approval by the appropriate governing body or officer of the governmental agency which has title to the building. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-410, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-411 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-411. Description of property - Delivery of copy of ordinance - Making improvements.

|The ordinance of necessity shall particularly describe the tract of land necessary to be taken for public use and a copy of the ordinance, duly certified by the municipal clerk, shall be delivered to: |1. The Governor, if the property to be taken is state property;2. The county clerk, if the property to be taken is county property; and3. To the clerk of the school district or board of education, if the property to be taken is school property.Upon passage and proper delivery of the ordinance of necessity, the municipality shall have the power to immediately enter upon the land and improve it by opening, widening, extending or laying out, over, upon and across the land a street or avenue, and the land so taken shall become a part of the street system of the municipality. When the ordinance of necessity has been passed, it shall be considered conclusive evidence in any court of the public necessity for opening, widening, or laying out such street.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-411, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-412 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-412. Compensation to owner - How ascertained - Exempting land from assessment.

|A. No compensation shall be paid to the state, county, school district or board of education for taking land for street purposes as provided in Sections 36-410 and 36-411 of this title, unless the property taken was acquired by purchase or condemnation or is held in a private and not a governmental capacity. If the land taken for street purposes was acquired by purchase or condemnation or is held in a private or proprietary capacity and not in a governmental capacity, then compensation shall be paid in accordance with the method for ascertaining damages in eminent domain proceedings for the taking of private property. |B. If the land taken for street purposes was not acquired by purchase or eminent domain proceedings and is not owned and held in a private or proprietary capacity, no expense, special assessment, or other charge shall be levied or assessed against the land so taken or any part thereof by reason of the opening, widening, extending, laying out, curbing, guttering, or paving of the street or avenue. The exemption from all such paving, special assessments and other expenses shall be in lieu of any compensation for the taking of the land for public streets.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-412, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-413 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-413. Dedication of public property for street purposes.

|Any board of county commissioners, board of education or school district shall have full power and authority at all times to offer to the public for public use and for street purposes any lands owned or held by it in any municipality, whether such lands be held in a governmental or private or proprietary capacity. To effect a dedication to the public, it shall only be necessary for the municipal governing body to adopt a resolution declaring the land described dedicated to public use as a public street or avenue. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-413, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-414 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-414. Authority and control over property taken.

|When public land has been appropriated for street purposes, as provided in Sections 36-410 through 36-413 of this title, such land shall not again be subject to the control or authority of the state, county, school district or board of education until and unless the land so taken shall be no longer used by the public for street purposes. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-414, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-501 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-501. Short title - Oklahoma Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act". |Added by Laws 2018, c. 140, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.