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11 OK Stat § 11-37-211 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-211. Examination and approval of plans - Resolution of necessity.

|Upon the filing of the preliminary plans, preliminary estimate and assessment plat, the governing body shall examine them and, if found satisfactory, shall adopt and approve them by resolution, and declare such work of improvement necessary to be done. The resolution shall: |1. Contain the time and place that the governing body will hold a hearing on the proposed improvement; and2. Direct the municipal clerk to give notice as required in Section 37-212 of this title.The resolution shall further provide that:1. Any person, firm, corporation, administrator or guardian holding title to the land liable to assessment may file, within fifteen (15) days after the last publication of notice, with the clerk a protest in writing against the improvement; and2. The municipality may proceed to cause the improvements to be made, contract therefor and levy assessments for the payment thereof, if the record owners of more than one-half, in area, of the land liable to be assessed do not file their written protest as provided in this section.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-211, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-212 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-212. Notice of resolution of necessity - Publication and mailing.

|A. The resolution of necessity shall be published in at least two (2) consecutive Thursday issues of a daily newspaper, or at least two (2) consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper, which newspaper shall be of general circulation in the municipality. |B. Not less than ten (10) days before the date of the first hearing affecting the proposed district, as set forth in the resolution of necessity, the clerk shall notify each listed owner of lots or tracts of land within the district as shown by the current year's tax rolls in the county treasurer's office, which list shall be furnished by the engineer, as follows:1. By mailing a postal card directly to the listed owner at his last-known address as shown by the tax roll, notifying the owner of the initiation of proceedings and advising him that his property, describing it, will be liable to assessment to pay for the improvement, and referring him to the newspaper and issues thereof in which the resolution is or will be published for further particulars; or2. In lieu of mailing the postal card, by mailing to each of the listed owners a copy of the newspaper publication, which mailing shall not be less than ten (10) days before the first hearing.If several tracts appear to be owned by the same person, all may be included in the same notification.C. Proof of the notification given shall be made by affidavit of the clerk and filed in his office. However, the failure of any one or more listed owners to receive the notification shall not invalidate any of the proceedings hereunder.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-212, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-213 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-213. Protests - Hearing - Findings as conclusive and binding.

|Protests shall be heard and considered at the next regular meeting of the governing body following the expiration of the fifteen-day period after the last publication of the resolution of necessity. The hearing may be continued from time to time. The finding of the governing body as to the sufficiency or insufficiency of the protest or petition shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes and against all persons. The governing body shall have the power to hear any protest or petition and compel the attendance of witnesses under oath to determine the sufficiency thereof. If sufficient protests are filed as to any one or more noncontiguous areas, the same shall be eliminated from the proceedings, but the other areas shall not be affected thereby. No action or suit to question the findings of the governing body on the sufficiency of the protests or petition shall be commenced later than fifteen (15) days after the finding. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-213, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-214 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-214. Rules regarding protests - Sufficiency.

|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, 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; and5. A protest or petition is valid if signed by a person who has an equitable title, including a recorded contract of purchase.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-214, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-215 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-215. Right of property owner to institute action in district court.

|Any property owner shall have the right to institute an action in the district court in the county in which the situs of the municipal government is located at any time not later than fifteen (15) days after the action of the municipal governing body in adopting and approving the plans, profiles, specifications, estimates and assessment plat, to contest such action. Any suit instituted after the expiration of the fifteen (15) days shall not be maintained to question the plans, profiles, specifications, estimates or assessment plat, and the property owners liable for assessment shall be deemed to have waived all objections thereto. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-215, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-216 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-216. Resolution ordering improvement - Detailed plans, etc. - Contractor's bonds.

|A. After the expiration of the time for filing protests against the proposed improvement, or if insufficient protests have been filed, the municipal governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that no protests have been filed, or if protests have been filed, that the protests were insufficient, and expressing the determination of the governing body to proceed with the improvement. The resolution shall require the engineer to forthwith submit and file detailed plans, profiles, specifications and estimates of probable cost. |B. After the engineer has filed the detailed plans and estimates, the governing body shall examine them and, if found satisfactory, shall adopt and approve them by resolution, and order the improvement to be done. The resolution ordering the improvement shall:1. State that the improvement will be constructed in accordance with the final detailed plans, specifications and profiles of the engineer;2. Set forth any reasonable terms and conditions that the governing body shall deem proper to impose with reference to the letting of the contract and the provisions thereof;3. Require the contractor to execute to the municipality a good and sufficient bond, in the amount stated in the resolution, conditioned for the full and faithful execution of the work and the performance of the contract for the protection of the municipality and all property owners interested, against any loss or damage by reason of the negligence of the contractor, or improper execution of the work, or for the use of inferior material;4. Require the contractor to execute a bond, in the amount stated in the resolution, for the maintenance of the improvements against any failure due to defective workmanship or materials for a period of not less than one (1) year from the time of its completion and acceptance;5. Require the execution of a good and sufficient bond to the State of Oklahoma for the payment of all labor and material used in the construction of the improvement in the full amount of the contract price therefor; and6. Direct the municipal clerk, after the filing of the final plans, profiles, specifications and estimates, to advertise for sealed proposals for furnishing the materials and performing the work necessary in making the improvement.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-216, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-217 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-217. Advertisement and notice for proposals - Filing date for suits and actions.

|A. The notice of the municipality's advertisement for proposals shall set forth: |1. The boundaries of the area to be improved, referring to the assessment plat on file;2. The kind of improvements proposed;3. What bonds will be required to be executed by the contractor, as specified in the resolution ordering the improvement; 4. A reference to the plans and specifications;5. The time and the place for filing sealed proposals; and6. The time and place that the governing body will consider the proposals.The notice shall be published in ten (10) consecutive issues of a daily newspaper, or two (2) consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper, which is of general circulation in the municipality.B. No action or suit to question the adoption of the resolution ordering the improvement, or its sufficiency, or the final, detailed estimates of the engineer, shall be commenced later than fifteen (15) days after the first publication of the notice for proposals.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-217, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-218 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-218. Awarding of contract - Aggregate cost.

|At the time and place named in the notice for proposals to contractors, the municipal governing body shall examine all bids received. Without unnecessary delay, the governing body shall award the contract to the lowest and best bidder. Contractors' bids shall not be held valid longer than forty-five (45) days after the deadline for filing the proposals with the municipality. The aggregate amount of the contract shall not exceed the aggregate estimate of cost submitted by the engineer. The governing body shall have the right to award a contract for all or a portion of the improvement or to reject any or all bids, and to readvertise for other bids when any bids are not, in its judgment, satisfactory. The letting of the contract shall not be complete until the contract is duly executed and the bonds approved. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-218, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-219 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-219. Final statement of cost - Preparing assessment roll.

|A. After the completion of the work and after the cost of the same has been ascertained, the engineer shall prepare and file with the municipal clerk a final, complete and accurate statement of the cost of the entire improvement, including engineering, advertising, legal, right-of-way, easements and other expenses incurred by the municipality incident to the improvement, together with any and all additions to the contract price of the improvements. The governing body shall adopt and confirm the final statement of cost, if found to be correct. |B. The engineer or municipal clerk shall thereupon prepare and file an assessment roll, which shall contain among other things:1. The names of the last-known owners of the property to be assessed, as shown by the current year's tax rolls in the county treasurer's office, or as shown by certificate of a bonded abstractor; or in case the name of the owner is not known, a statement to that effect;2. A description of each tract or parcel of land to be assessed; and3. The amount of the assessment of each tract or parcel of land.The amount assessed to each tract or parcel of land shall be on an area basis, in proportion to the area of the whole district, exclusive of public highways. All property within two hundred (200) feet of the improvements shall be deemed to be abutting thereon for the purposes of protest and assessment, to the extent that such property is within the limits of the assessment plat. If a fractional part of a lot, parcel, or tract of land is within an assessment area, the benefit shall be computed for the fractional part, but the entire lot, parcel or tract of land under the same ownership of which the fractional part is a part shall be subject to assessment for the benefit.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-219, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-220 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-220. Hearing of objections on assessments - Time of hearing - Notice.

|When the assessment roll is filed, the governing body shall set a time for holding a hearing on any complaints or objections that may be made concerning the apportionment as to any of the lots. Notice of the hearing shall be published in five (5) consecutive issues of a daily newspaper, or two (2) consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper, which is of general circulation in the municipality. The date fixed for the hearing shall be not less than five (5) nor more than thirty (30) days from the date of the last publication. Not less than ten (10) days before the hearing, the municipal clerk shall also notify each listed owner or property chargeable with the cost of the improvement by mail to his address, as shown by the current year's tax rolls in the county treasurer's office, or as shown by certificate of a bonded abstractor. The notice shall state: |1. That the assessment roll is on file in the municipal clerk's office;2. The date the assessment roll was filed; and3. The time and place that the governing body will hear and consider any objections.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-220, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-221 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-221. Correction and confirmation of apportionment.

|Any owner of real estate proposed to be assessed may, at or prior to the hearing on the apportionment, file his objections in writing against the validity of the assessment roll and proposed assessment, setting forth the nature thereof, and shall have full opportunity to be heard. The governing body shall make such adjustments as may be just and proper. Any and all objections to the amount and validity of the assessments shall be deemed waived unless presented at the time and in the manner herein specified. At the hearing on the apportionment, or any adjournment thereof, the municipal governing body may review and correct the apportionment and raise or lower the same as to any lots or tracts of land, as it shall deem just. The governing body by resolution shall confirm the apportionment and assessment as so revised and corrected by it. The determination by the governing body of the existence and extent of special benefit to each tract or parcel of land in the district is hereby declared to be legislative in nature, and shall be conclusive upon the property owners and upon the courts. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-221, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-222 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-222. Assessing ordinance - Interest on installments - Liens.

|Assessments in conformity with the appraisement and apportionment, as corrected and confirmed by the governing body, shall be payable in ten equal annual installments, and shall bear interest not to exceed the rate of thirteen percent (13%) per annum until paid, payable in each year at such time as the several installments are made payable. The governing body, by ordinance and by referring to the assessment roll as confirmed, shall levy assessments in accordance with the assessment roll and apportionment, as confirmed, against the several lots and tracts of land liable therefor. The ordinance shall provide that the owners of the property so assessed shall have the privilege of paying the amounts of their respective assessments without interest within thirty (30) days after the date of the publication of the assessing ordinance. The special assessments, and each installment thereof and the interest and penalties thereon, are hereby declared to be a lien against the lots and tracts of land as assessed from the date of the publication of the ordinance levying the same, coequal with the lien of other taxes and prior and superior to all other liens against such lots or tracts of land. The liens shall continue as to unpaid installments, interest and penalties until the assessments, interest and penalties thereon shall be fully paid, but unmatured installments shall not be deemed to be within the terms of any general convenant or warranty. |Amended by Laws 1982, c. 9, § 3, emerg. eff. March 15, 1982.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-223 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-223. Treatment of property owned by municipality, counties or schools.

|Any property which is owned by the municipality, or county, or any board of education or school district, shall be treated and considered the same as the property of other owners. The municipality, county, school district or board of education within the district to be assessed shall annually provide, by the levy of taxes in a sufficient sum, for payment of the maturing installments of assessments and interest and penalty thereon. In municipalities containing a population of less than two thousand five hundred (2,500), according to the latest federal census, the municipality may, with the consent of the school board, provide for the payment of such assessments, or the construction and installment of sewer and water improvements, with funds derived from the issuance of building bonds or receipts of a building tax levy of a school district served by such improvement. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-223, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-224 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-224. Assessment record.

|As soon as the assessing ordinance is adopted, the municipal clerk shall prepare a book which shall be known as the Assessment Record, in which he shall enter: |1. The names of each person owning the land to be assessed, as ascertained from the records of the county; or in case the name of the owner is not known, a statement to that effect;2. A description of the lot, tract or subdivision;3. A blank space for entering the amount of the assessment; and4. A suitable column for entering the payments which may be made from time to time on account of the assessment.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-224, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-225 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-225. Due date of first installment - Payment of assessments - Interest on delinquent installments.

|A. The first installment of the assessment, together with interest upon the whole assessment from the date of the passage of the assessing ordinance to the first day of the next September, shall be due and payable in cash on or before the first day of September next succeeding the passage of the assessing ordinance. If the assessing ordinance is not passed prior to the first day of July in any year, the first installment of the assessment shall be due and payable in cash with interest from the date of the passage of the assessing ordinance to the first day of September of the following year. |B. The assessments shall be payable as the several installments become due, together with the interest thereon, to the municipal clerk, who shall give proper receipts for the payments, and credit the payments upon the Assessment Record. In case any installment or interest is not paid when due, the installment so matured and unpaid and the unpaid interest thereon shall draw interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum from maturity until paid, except as otherwise provided.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-225, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-226 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-226. Collection of payments - Bond of clerk - Special fund.

|The municipal clerk shall be required to execute a good and sufficient bond, with sureties, and in an amount to be approved by the governing body, payable to the municipality, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties conferred upon him as collector of the assessments. The municipal clerk shall keep an accurate account of all assessment collections made by him, and shall pay to the municipal treasurer daily the amounts of the assessments collected by him. The amounts so collected and paid to the municipal treasurer shall constitute a separate, special fund to be used and applied to the payment of bonds and the interest coupons which are issued against the assessments. After the payment of all bonds and interest thereon, any surplus remaining in the fund shall be paid to the general fund. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-226, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-227 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-227. Delinquent installments - Certification to county treasurer - Collection of taxes and penalties.

|The municipal clerk, promptly after the date of maturity of any installment and interest and no earlier than the first day of July and no later than the tenth day of July in each year, shall certify the installment and interest then due to the county treasurer of the county in which the assessed property is located. Once certified to the county treasurer, payment may only be made to the county treasurer except as otherwise provided for in this section. At the time of collection the county treasurer shall collect a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for each parcel of property and such fee shall be deposited to the general fund of the county. The county treasurer shall place the installment and interest upon the November delinquent tax list of the same year which is prepared by the county treasurer, and collect the installment and interest as other delinquent taxes are collected. Provided, that no such certification shall be made to the county treasurer unless the city or town clerk shall have sent 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. The county treasurer shall collect the installments of assessment, together with interest and penalty, as certified to him by the municipal clerk, but any taxpayer shall have a right to pay his ad valorem taxes to the county treasurer regardless of the delinquency of such assessments. Within thirty (30) days from the receipt of a delinquent assessment, interest and penalty, as collected by the county treasurer, the same shall be paid by the county treasurer to the municipal treasurer for disbursement in accordance with the provisions of Section 37-226 of this title. All payments to the municipal treasurer on account of such assessments shall be certified by him to the municipal clerk for crediting on the Assessment Record. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-227, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 196, § 4, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 2000, c. 82, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
11 OK Stat § 11-37-228 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-37-228. Acceptance of work after completion in accordance with plans.

|Upon the completion of the improvement, the governing body shall determine whether or not the work has been completed in accordance with the plans, specifications and contract therefor. If the governing body finds the work to be in compliance, it shall accept the same. When the work is so accepted, the action shall be conclusively binding upon all persons interested and upon the court. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-228, eff. July 1, 1978.