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19 OK Stat § 19-902.12b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.12b. Financing of improvements on pay-as-you-go basis.

|A. Nothing in this act shall prevent the board of directors from using the levy provided for in Section 902.15 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes for financing improvements on a pay-as-you-go basis provided the district has no outstanding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. Pay-as-you-go improvements shall be subject to the assessment limits in Section 902.15 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be approved in the same manner as described in Section 902.12 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall not be approved for more than the actual estimated cost of such purchase and construction. For the purposes of this section, “pay-as-you-go improvements” shall be defined as improvements that are constructed and paid for when necessary revenues are accumulated. |B. A district choosing to finance improvements on a pay-as-you-go basis shall not issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness until a time following the financing and completion of pay-as-you-go improvements.Added by Laws 2009, c. 209, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
19 OK Stat § 19-902.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.13. Bonds.

|Such bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States and shall run for a period of not more than forty (40) years, the amount, maturity dates, redemption provisions and interest rates to be determined by the board of directors. The principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the treasurer of the county in which said district shall be organized, or at any bank or paying agency designated by the board of directors. Such bonds shall each be of a denomination of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), shall be negotiable in form, executed in the name of the district, and signed by the president of the board of directors and the secretary of the district. In addition and without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions, the district shall be authorized to issue notes or other evidences of indebtedness for the corporate purposes enumerated in Sections 2 through 18 of this act in the same manner and subject to the same procedures as bonds issued by the district. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14 of this act, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness may be sold by the board of directors to the federal government or any agency thereof at negotiated or private sale. Bonds shall be numbered consecutively as issued and shall be dated as of the date of issuance, and shall be payable in their numerical order with interest to date of payment. |The bonds shall express upon their face that they are issued pursuant to a duly adopted resolution of the board of directors for the district and under the provisions of Sections 2 through 18 of this act. The secretary shall keep a record of the bonds sold, their number, date of sale, the prices received and the name of the purchaser. These bonds shall bear interest at the rate of not exceeding sixteen percent (16%) per annum.Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
19 OK Stat § 19-902.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.14. Sale of bonds.

|The board shall sell such bonds from time to time in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise the money for the construction of the proposed work, the acquisition of property and rights and otherwise to fully carry out the objects and purposes of the Oklahoma Rural Road Improvement District Act. Before making any sale of bonds the board shall, at a meeting, by resolution, declare its intention to sell a specified amount of the bonds and the day and hour and place of such sale and shall cause such resolution to be entered in the minutes and notice of the sale to be given by publication thereof at least ten (10) days in some newspaper of said county if published in a daily newspaper or two (2) weeks if published in a weekly newspaper, or said notice may be published in two issues of a daily newspaper provided they are published a week apart. Said bonds may be sold either at public auction for cash to the highest bidder or upon sealed bids as determined by the board of directors. At the time appointed, the board shall award the purchase of the bonds to the highest responsible bidder, but shall reserve and always have the right to reject any and all bids, but said board shall in no event sell any of said bonds for less than par with accrued interest. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
19 OK Stat § 19-902.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.15. Bond election.

|Bonds and other evidences of indebtedness and the interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual levy of not to exceed five (5) mills on the dollar upon the ad valorem taxed property of the district, and all the ad valorem taxed property of the district, including the ad valorem taxed property of public service corporations, shall be and remain liable to be assessed for such payments as herein provided; provided, if Article X, Section 8 of the Oklahoma Constitution requires one hundred percent (100%) of fair cash value to be taxable for purposes of ad valorem taxation, the maximum number of mills authorized by this section shall be three-fourths (3/4) of one (1) mill. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 162, § 158, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
19 OK Stat § 19-902.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.16. Additional assessments - Calling of election.

|A. The board may also levy an additional annual assessment sufficient to care for the cost of operation of the district and the maintenance of its roads, equipment and for payment of the salaries of employees of the district, provided that no such annual assessment for operations, maintenance and salaries shall exceed three (3) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property in the district. |B. The board may call an election of the registered voters of the district, or if there are no registered voters of the district, the owners of real property in the district who are registered voters, in the manner provided for in Section 902.12 of this title, to determine whether or not the board shall levy an annual assessment not to exceed three (3) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property in the district for the purpose of providing additional funds for the operation of the district, the maintenance of its roads, equipment and salaries of the employees of the district. Such annual assessment shall be in addition to the annual assessment provided for in subsection A of this section. The number of mills shall be set forth in the resolution calling the election and, if approved, shall remain in effect until increased or decreased in a later election called in the manner provided for in Section 902.12 of this title, but the total additional annual levy shall not exceed three (3) mills.Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 162, § 159, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 23, § 1, emerg. eff. March 30, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 218, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
19 OK Stat § 19-902.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.17. Amount of levies.

|The amount of such levies shall be fixed by resolution of the board which shall have power to establish all rules necessary to ensure collection of such levies. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
19 OK Stat § 19-902.18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.18. Powers and duties concerning supervision and control of county roads.

|Nothing in this act shall be deemed to exclude a county from supervision and control of the county roads in a district or to relieve the county from any duty or obligation to improve and maintain such county roads. The authority and powers of such districts shall be in addition to those of the counties and shall be carried out in cooperation with such counties. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
19 OK Stat § 19-902.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.19. Formation of district without bonded indebtedness or tax levies.

|Whenever ten or more persons who are holders of title to lands located outside the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town file a petition and map with the board of county commissioners of the county in which such area is located showing that they are the owners of all land described and included within the boundaries of the proposed district, that they all desire the formation of a rural road limited improvement district and that there will not be any bonded indebtedness or levy of taxes for payment of road improvement or maintenance, the said board of county commissioners may forthwith enter its order organizing such district, specifying therein that such district has no power to incur debt or levy taxes; and when such order is entered such district shall have the powers conferred herein or such as may hereafter be conferred by law upon such district. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
19 OK Stat § 19-902.20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.20. Conduct of district organization elections.

|Elections to determine whether a rural road improvement district will be organized may be conducted at a mass meeting or convention of the owners of real property in and residents of the district, or if there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property in the district, who are qualified to vote. The chair of the board of county commissioners or his or her designee shall preside at the meeting and the voting shall be by secret ballot. The presiding officer shall have the authority to appoint a secretary of the meeting and the commissioner and secretary shall certify results of the election to the board of county commissioners who shall meet on the second Monday next following the election and proceed to determine the percentage of votes cast. If, upon such determination, at least three-fifths (3/5) of all the votes cast are "Rural Road Improvement District - Yes", the board shall, by order declare such territory duly organized as a rural road improvement district under the name designated. The order shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and from that date the district shall be complete. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 291, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 218, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
19 OK Stat § 19-902.21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.21. Election of district directors - Qualifications - Notice.

|Directors of a rural road improvement district shall be the owners of real property in and residents of the district or, if there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property in the district. At the time of making its order organizing the district, the board of county commissioners shall set a first meeting of property owners of the district and direct the manner of giving notice by publication thereof. The owners of property within the district present at such meeting shall elect nine (9) directors who shall hold their office until the second Saturday in January of each even-numbered year, at which time their successors shall be elected. The property owners present at the first meeting shall adopt the bylaws of the district. |Subsequent elections for directors of the district may be held at a mass meeting or convention of the owners of real property in and residents of the district, or if there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property in the district, who are qualified to vote. The voting shall be by secret ballot. At the first regular election after organization of the district called for the purpose of electing members of the board of directors, the three qualified persons receiving the highest number of votes for member of board of directors of the district shall hold their respective offices for a term of six (6) years. The three qualified persons receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for four (4) years, and the three qualified persons having the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two (2) years. Each two (2) years thereafter, there shall be elected for a term of six (6) years three members of the board of directors. Notice of the mass meeting or convention called for the purpose of electing directors of a rural road improvement district shall be given by publishing notice of the meeting stating the time, place and agenda in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such district is located once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks next preceding the date of the election, and by posting the notice in three public places in the district for at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the election. The notice shall list the offices to be filled and the questions to be voted on, if any.Added by Laws 1994, c. 291, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 218, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
19 OK Stat § 19-902.22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-902.22. Fraud or irregularities in election - Dispute procedure.

|Any person seeking to dispute an election held pursuant to Section 4 or 5 of this act for alleged irregularities or fraud shall do so by filing a written petition with the board of county commissioners of such county within ten (10) days of the date of such election. The board of county commissioners shall set the matter for hearing not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days from the filing of the petition. Any person seeking to dispute the determination of the board of county commissioners made at such hearing may appeal the decision of the board to the district court in the manner provided by law for an appeal of an agency order in Sections 318 through 323 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any proceedings in district court, which are otherwise authorized by law, alleging irregularities or fraud in an election. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 291, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994.
19 OK Stat § 19-904.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-904.1. Creation of county jail trust authority - Election.

|A. The board of county commissioners of any county, if the board determines that such would be conducive to the promotion and preservation of the public safety of the county, may call an election at which shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the county the question of whether to create a county jail trust authority. |B. Notice of the election shall be given by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks next preceding the date of the election. The notice shall specify the date of the election. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this state. If a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the question at an election called for such purpose by the board of county commissioners approve, the county jail trust authority shall be created.Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
19 OK Stat § 19-904.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-904.2. Board of directors - Officers.

|A. The directors of the Authority so created shall consist of five (5) members and include the chairperson of the board of county commissioners, the county sheriff, one member appointed by the presiding district court judge, one member appointed by the board of county commissioners, and one member appointed by the county sheriff. The appointed members shall be residents of the county and shall not be elected officials. |B. The county sheriff shall serve as chairperson of the board of directors. The board of directors of the Authority shall appoint a clerk and a treasurer. The board of directors shall fix the term and duties of the clerk and treasurer. The chairperson and members of the board shall serve without compensation. The treasurer shall give an official bond, in an amount fixed with sureties approved by the board of directors, conditioned upon faithful accounting for all money pertaining to the Authority and coming into the hands of the treasurer.Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 176, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001.
19 OK Stat § 19-904.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-904.3. Powers and duties of board.

|The board of directors shall have the following powers and duties: |1. To manage and conduct the business and affairs of such authority;2. To make and execute all necessary contracts;3. To acquire by lease, purchase, gift or otherwise and to operate and maintain all necessary and convenient county correction and detention facilities, including but not limited to facilities for incarceration of criminals, juvenile detention and correction facilities, mental health and alcohol and substance abuse correction and detention facilities, kitchen facilities, medical facilities and other equipment and supplies for the full equipment of such facilities;4. To contract for employees, sufficient to maintain and operate the criminal justice facilities of the authority;5. To take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, and to dispose of, real or personal property of every kind necessary or convenient for the operation of the authority;6. To construct or otherwise acquire buildings and structures suitable for the housing of equipment and supplies of the authority or necessary or convenient for carrying on its business and affairs;7. To employ such officers and employees as may be required, fix their compensation and prescribe their duties;8. To contract with federal, state and local governments and agencies for the use of the facilities of the authority;9. To establish rules for the authority; and10. To do any and all other things necessary and proper in the management and operation of the authority for the purpose of promoting the establishment and maintenance of an effective corrections and detention system which will enhance the preservation of the welfare and safety of the residents of the county.Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
19 OK Stat § 19-904.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-904.4. Meetings of board.

|The board of directors shall establish a time and place for regular meetings, and in addition thereto, shall hold such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. A simple majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and upon all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of a simple majority of the members of the entire board. All records of said board shall be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
19 OK Stat § 19-904.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-904.5. Authority to sue and be sued.

|The board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or appear and defend, any and all actions and proceedings, suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper to fully carry out the provisions of this act, or to enforce, maintain, protect or preserve any and all rights or privileges conferred hereby, or acquired in pursuance hereof. Actions and proceedings shall be prosecuted and defended in the corporate name of the authority, and the board is empowered to employ attorneys to represent the authority in any such actions or proceedings, or to advise the board in respect of its duties under this act. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
19 OK Stat § 19-904.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-904.6. Plan of operation - Election on funding.

|A. As soon as practicable after organization of the authority, the board of directors shall, by resolution entered on its record, formulate a general plan of proposed operation for the authority in which shall be stated the estimated cost of operation and maintenance of the authority, what property, real or personal, is proposed to be acquired or constructed and the estimated cost of acquiring or constructing the same. |B. When the board of directors has estimated the cost of the operation and maintenance of the authority, and the cost of acquiring or constructing and real or personal property, it shall request the board of county commissioners to call an election pursuant to Section 1370 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes to fund any acquisition or construction, and the operation and maintenance of the authority.Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
19 OK Stat § 19-904.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-904.7. Payment of claims.

|No claims shall be paid by the treasurer of the authority until the same shall have been presented and allowed by the board of directors. All warrants shall be signed by the chairman of the board of directors of the authority and countersigned by the clerk. If the treasurer of the authority has not sufficient money on hand to pay the warrants when presented, he shall endorse thereon "not paid for want of funds" and endorse thereon the date presented, over his signature, and from the time of the presentation until paid such warrant shall draw interest at the rate not to exceed ten percent (10%) per annum. All claims against the authority shall be verified the same as is required in the case of claims filed against the counties in this state and the clerk of the authority is hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths to the parties verifying such claims the same as a county clerk or notary public might do. The treasurer of the authority shall keep a register in which he shall enter each warrant presented for payment, showing the date and amount of the warrant, to whom payable, the date of the presentation for payment, the date of payment, and the amount paid in redemption thereof, and all warrants shall be paid in the order of their presentation for payment to the treasurer of the authority. All warrants shall be drawn and payable to the claimant or his assignee only. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
19 OK Stat § 19-904.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-904.8. Dissolution of the authority.

|In the event of the dissolution of the authority, the board of directors of the authority shall be trustees for the disposition of the property and the proceeds of the disposition of such property and all funds remaining on hand shall be deposited with the county treasurer who shall thereupon succeed to the powers and duties of the treasurers of the authority. When all of the property of the authority has been disposed of and the funds of the authority deposited with the county treasurer, the powers and functions of the board of directors of the authority, as trustees for dissolution, shall cease and the board of county commissioners shall succeed to all of the powers and duties of the authority insofar as it shall be necessary for them to wind up and conclude the affairs of the authority. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
19 OK Stat § 19-904.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-904.9. Annual audits required.

|The directors of every county jail trust authority created pursuant to the provisions of this act shall cause an audit to be made of, including but not limited to, the funds, accounts and fiscal affairs of the authority. The audit shall be ordered within thirty (30) days of the close of each fiscal year which shall commence July 1 and end June 30. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 237, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.