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11 OK Stat § 11-36-202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-202. Petition for street improvements by owners.

|A. The owners of more than one-half, in area, of the land liable to assessment for any improvement may petition the municipal governing body for the improvement of any street, alley, lane or avenue, or part thereof, not less than one block in length. The petition shall be filed with the municipal clerk. The petition shall state in bold, capitalized letters at the top of the page that the cost of the proposed improvements shall be assessed against the property benefited by the improvements. The petition shall: |1. Describe the character of the improvement desired and the width of the improvement;2. Indicate the materials preferred by the petitioners for the improvement; and3. Show that the petitioners are the record owners of the land liable to assessment.B. The governing body shall determine the sufficiency of the petition and its finding shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes and against all persons. The governing body may conduct hearings on the sufficiency of the petition and compel the attendance of witnesses under oath. No action or suit to question the findings of the governing body on the sufficiency of the petition may be commenced later than fifteen (15) days after such finding.C. Upon making a satisfactory determination of the sufficiency of the petition, the governing body shall direct the engineer to prepare preliminary plans and estimates, as provided in Section 36-203 of this title, and proceed with the improvement in the manner provided by Sections 36-201 through 36-226 of this title.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-202, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 54, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-203 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-203. Preliminary plans and costs of improvement - Governing body action.

|Whenever the municipal governing body deems it necessary to grade, pave, construct, macadamize, chat or gravel, curb, gutter, drain or otherwise improve any street, alley, avenue, lane or any part thereof which shall have been heretofore paved, within the limits of the municipality, it shall direct, by resolution, the engineer to prepare preliminary plans and an estimate of cost. The resolution shall require the engineer to prepare and submit to the municipal clerk the following: |1. Preliminary plans, showing a typical section of the contemplated improvement, the type or types of material, and approximate thicknesses and widths;2. Assessment plat, showing the area to be assessed; and3. Preliminary estimate of the total cost of the improvement.The cost estimate may be in a lump sum or by unit prices, as the engineer may deem most desirable, for the improvement complete in place. The estimate shall also include the cost of advertising, appraising, engineering, and such other expense as in the judgment of the engineer is necessary or essential to the completion of the work of improvement and the payment of the cost thereof. The engineering fees shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the contract price of the improvement. If the resolution provides for one or more types of construction, the engineer shall separately estimate the cost of each type of construction. If more than one street, avenue, alley, lane, public place, or part thereof is included in such resolution, separate estimates as to each shall be made.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-203, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-204. Examination and approval of plans - Resolution of necessity.

|Upon the filing of the plans, assessment plat, and preliminary estimate of the cost of the improvements with the clerk, 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 36-205 of this title.The resolution shall further provide that:1. Any person, firm, corporation, administrator or guardian holding title to the lands 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 of the street, avenue, lane, alley or public place, or part thereof; 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, § 36-204, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-205 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-205. Notice of resolution of necessity - Publication and mailing.

|A. The resolution of necessity shall be published in six (6) consecutive issues of a daily newspaper, or 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 on the proposed improvement, 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 in the following manner: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 will be liable to assessment 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 certificate of the clerk which shall be filed in his office. However, the failure of any one or more of the listed owners to receive the notification shall not invalidate any of the proceedings hereunder.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-205, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-206 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-206. Protests - Determination of sufficiency - Effect of protests on the improvement.

|A. Protests which have been filed in accordance with Section 36-204 of this title shall be heard and considered at the hearing on the proposed improvement. The hearing may be continued from time to time so that all protestants may be heard. |B. The findings of the governing body as to the sufficiency or insufficiency of any protest shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes and against all persons. At any hearing on such protests, the governing body may compel the attendance of witnesses under oath to determine the sufficiency thereof, and no action or suit to question the findings of the governing body on the sufficiency of the protests shall be commenced later than fifteen (15) days after the finding.C. Any number of streets, avenues, lanes, alleys or other public places, or parts thereof, to be improved may be included in the resolution of necessity; but protests or objections shall be made and considered separately as to each street or way. For the purpose of protest, disconnected parts of the same street shall be treated as separate streets.D. If any street, avenue, lane, alley, or other public place, or part thereof, has been protested by the owners of more than fifty percent (50%) of the land liable to assessment for the improvement, the municipal governing body shall not include the same in proceedings hereunder for a period of six (6) months except upon petition by the owners as provided in Section 36-202 of this title.E. If sufficient protests are filed as to any one or more of such streets, avenues, lanes, alleys or public places, or parts thereof, the same shall be eliminated from the proceedings, but the other streets, avenues, lanes, alleys or other public places, or parts thereof, as to which sufficient protests have not been filed shall not be affected thereby.F. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this section, when a section of any street or avenue included in the resolution of necessity does not exceed two (2) blocks, and does not exceed one thousand (1,000) feet in length and at the ends or limits of the section to be improved there is paving already constructed on and along the street or avenue to be improved, the governing body may cause such improvement to be constructed and to charge the cost thereof to the property liable for assessment as herein provided regardless of the number of protests that are filed against the proposed improvement of such section, street or avenue.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-206, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-207 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-207. Right of property owner to institute action in district court - Waiver of objections.

|Any property owner, or other person interested in the proposed improvement, shall have the right to institute an action in the district court in the county in which situs of the municipality 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, § 36-207, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-208 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-208. 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. The resolution ordering the improvement shall be adopted not later than one (1) year after the adoption of the resolution of necessity or after the filing of a petition by property owners for street improvements. The resolution 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 the material to be used;3. 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;4. 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;5. 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 three (3) years from the time of its completion and acceptance. Such maintenance bond shall not be required where the street improvements consist in chatting or graveling;6. Require the execution of a good and sufficient bond for payment of labor and material in accordance with applicable state law; and7. 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, § 36-208, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-209 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-209. Advertisement and notice for proposals - Filing date for suits or actions.

|A. The notice of the municipality's advertisement for proposals shall set forth: |1. The streets, avenues, or other public places to be improved;2. The kind of improvements proposed;3. That 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 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, § 36-209, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-210 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-210. Award 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, who will perform the work and furnish the materials which have been selected, and perform all the conditions imposed by the governing body, as prescribed in the resolution ordering the improvement and notice for proposals. The aggregate amount of the contract shall not exceed the aggregate estimate of cost submitted by the engineer for the improvement, and in the event of any excess in cost over the engineer's estimate, the excess shall be void and no assessments for such excess may be levied. 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, § 36-210, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-211 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-211. Final statement of cost - Designation of land in improvement district - Roster.

|A. After the contract has been let and the grading and underground connections have been made, 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, appraising, advertising and other expenses incurred or to be incurred by the municipality incident to the improvement, together with any and all additions to the contract price of the improvements and the cost of all water, gas, sewer or other utility connections directly chargeable against the abutting property. |B. The engineer or municipal clerk shall prepare a roster of the owners of the lots and parcels of land which are to be included in the improvement district. The roster shall contain, according to the record title thereof: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 the certificate of a bonded abstractor; or in case the name of the owner is not known, a statement to that effect; and2. A description of each tract or parcel of land to be assessed.Any error in the description of any lot or tract of land liable for assessment shall not invalidate the assessment or lien thereof.C. The governing body shall adopt and approve the final statement of cost, and the roster designating the lots and parcels of land liable for assessment, if they are found to be correct.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-211, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-212 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-212. Appointment of appraisers - Duties - Preparation of assessment roll - Conclusiveness.

|A. After the approval of the final statement of cost and the roster designating the property in the improvement district, the governing body by resolution shall appoint a board of appraisers to appraise and apportion the benefits to the several lots and tracts of land described in the roster. The board of appraisers shall consist of three (3) disinterested freeholders of the municipality who are not owners of property to be assessed for the improvement. |B. The appraisers shall take and subscribe an oath to make a true and impartial appraisement and apportionment. The appraisers may be paid for their services. The act of a majority of the appraisers shall have like force and effect as the act of all.C. Within five (5) days after being notified of their appointment, the appraisers shall proceed to appraise and apportion the benefits to such lots and tracts of land as have been designated by the governing body. The cost of the improvement shall be apportioned among the lots and subdivisions of each quarter block, as provided in Section 36-213 of this title, according to the ownership thereof as it appears on the roster and according to the benefits to be assessed to each lot or parcel. The appraisers shall prepare and file an assessment roll containing the amount of the apportionment and assessment of each tract or parcel of land listed on the roster with the municipal clerk within ten (10) days after being notified of their appointment.D. The determination by the board of appraisers, as confirmed by the governing body, of the property to be assessed and of the amount of benefits shall be conclusive upon the owners of the property assessed and shall not be subject to review by any court.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-212, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-214 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-214. Hearing of objections on assessments - Time of hearing - Notice.

|A. When the assessment roll has been 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 or tracts of land. |B. 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 ten (10) 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 of property chargeable with the cost of the improvement at 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, in the following manner:1. By mailing a postal card directly to the owner, notifying him of the facts contained in subsection C of this section, and referring him to the newspaper and issues thereof in which the notice is or will be published; 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 be not 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. The notice by publication and by mail 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.D. Proof of the notification given shall be made by certificate of the clerk which shall be filed in his office. However, the failure of any one or more of the listed owners to receive the notification shall not invalidate any of the proceedings hereunder.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-214, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-215 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-215. Hearing - Correction and confirmation of apportionment.

|Any person, firm or corporation may, at or prior to the hearing on the apportionment, file objections in writing against the validity of the assessment roll or amount of the proposed assessment, specifically setting forth the nature thereof, and shall have full opportunity to be heard thereon. The governing body shall adjudicate and determine the objections and may make such order as may be just and proper. Any objections to the regularity of the proceedings with reference to the making of the improvement or the validity or the amount of any assessment 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 assessment, 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. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-215, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-216 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-216. Assessing ordinance - Interest on installments - Lien.

|Assessments in conformity to the appraisement and apportionment, as corrected and confirmed by the governing body, shall be payable in ten equal annual installments, and shall bear interest at the rate of not to exceed 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 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 thereon, are hereby declared to be a lien against the lots and tracts of land so 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 lien shall continue as to unpaid installments and interest until the assessments and interest thereon shall be fully paid, but unmatured installments shall not be deemed to be within the terms of any general convenant or warranty. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-215, eff. July 1, 1978.