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11 OK Stat § 11-29-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-113. Fire protection services to meet or exceed current level of service.

|The delivery of fire protection services shall meet or exceed the current levels and standards of fire protection services being provided by the municipality, pursuant to the provisions of Section 324.8 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, in order for a private entity, organization, corporation or company to provide fire protection services to a municipality. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 142, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-114. Certain firefighters governmental employees and members of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System.

|All firefighters in the state whose fire department provides fire protection services to a participating municipality, as defined in paragraph 9 of Section 49-100.1 of this title, on or after the effective date of this act shall be governmental employees, as described in Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling 1989-49, 1989-1 CB 117, and shall be members of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System. The Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Board shall determine whether a firefighter is a governmental employee as defined in this section. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 142, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 388, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-115. Publication of income or loss statement and balance sheet.

|Every private entity, organization, corporation or company providing fire protection services to a municipality shall, within ninety (90) days after the end of its fiscal year, publish one insertion in a legal newspaper that services that municipality. Such insertion shall be a statement of income or loss and a balance sheet that relates only to the fire protection services being provided to the municipality. The statement shall be prepared in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles along with an opinion of fair presentation by a certified public accountant. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 142, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-151 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-151. Short title - Oklahoma Public Safety Protection District Act.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Public Safety Protection District Act". |Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-152 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-152. Creation of district – Municipal resolution.

|The governing body of a municipality may initiate the creation of a public safety protection district by the adoption of a resolution calling for the question to be placed before the registered voters of the municipality of whether to organize a public safety protection district. The resolution shall be submitted to the registered voters of the municipality at the next general election. When a district is organized, it shall have the powers conferred by this act. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-153 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-153. Included territory – Management and budgetary authority.

|A. A public safety protection district shall include all territory located within the municipality. |B. Management of the public safety protection district, as well as management of any employee hired from district funds, shall be vested within the existing administration of the municipal government that created the district.C. Budgetary oversight shall be vested within the existing legislative body of the municipal government that created the district.Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-154 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-154. Election costs – Notice to voters.

|A. The costs of an election to establish a public safety protection district shall be paid by the municipality in the proportions determined by the county election board conducting the special election. |B. The election to determine whether a district shall be established, and the notice thereof, shall be conducted in the same manner as other municipal questions which are submitted to the electorate of the municipality. The notice shall require the registered voters of the municipality to cast ballots which contain the words: "Public Safety Protection District – Yes" and "Public Safety Protection District – No" or words equivalent thereto. All residents of the municipality who are qualified electors shall be qualified to vote on the proposition. The public safety protection district election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state, and the regular election officials shall be in charge at the usual polling place of each regular precinct, or part of a precinct, which shall include lands within the boundaries of the municipality.Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-155 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-155. Votes required for adoption.

|If the certified election results show that a sixty percent (60%) majority of all the votes cast are "Public Safety Protection District – Yes", the governing body of the municipality shall, by adoption of an ordinance or resolution or both an ordinance and resolution, declare the public safety protection district established. Any ordinances or resolutions establishing a public safety protection district shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in the county. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-156 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-156. Annual assessment – Proceeds - Exemptions.

|A. There shall be levied an annual assessment no greater than five (5) mills on the dollar of assessed value of the types of property in the district as provided in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of subsection A of Section 2803 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the proceeds of which shall be used for the operation and maintenance of the public safety protection district including expenses related to any of the following, or combination of the following purposes: |1. Purchasing and maintaining public safety equipment;2. Purchasing and maintaining public safety vehicles;3. Payment of salaries and benefits of the municipal employees who provide law enforcement or fire protection public safety services or both law enforcement and fire protection public safety services within the district;4. Payment of salaries and benefits of the municipal employees who provide emergency medical services; or5. Payment for emergency medical services provided by the municipality.Such proceeds may also be used for payment of any costs related to fire and police operations. Such assessment shall only be levied on the types of property located in the district as provided in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of subsection A of Section 2803 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.B. The annual assessment provided in subsection A of this section shall not apply to real property zoned for agricultural or industrial land use, livestock employed in support of the family, implements of husbandry as defined by Section 1-125 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, personal property owned by agricultural business entities and public service corporations as defined by Section 2808 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-157 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-157. Assessment lien.

|Every assessment levied under the authority of this act shall be a lien against the tract of land on which it has been levied, until paid, and the lien shall be coequal with the lien of ad valorem and other taxes including special assessments, and prior and superior to all other liens, and the assessment shall draw interest and shall be collected in the same manner as ad valorem taxes. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-158 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-158. Collection of tax - Delinquency.

|The county assessor shall compute and enter in respective columns of the tax rolls the respective sums in dollars and cents to be paid on each piece of property therein enumerated. The county clerk shall certify to the county treasurer in the county where the district or any part thereof is located the amount of assessment in each fund levied upon each tract. The county treasurer shall enter the amount of each in separate columns of the tax list of the county. The assessments shall be collected by the county treasurer at the same time and in the same manner as all other taxes are collected in this state. Costs associated with the collection of the assessments incurred by the county treasurer shall be paid from the proceeds of the district. If any assessment becomes delinquent, it shall draw interest as a penalty after delinquency at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum. All assessments and penalties collected or received by the county treasurer pursuant to this act shall be paid to the municipal treasurers for the benefit of the public safety protection district. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-159 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-159. Dissolution.

|A public safety protection district may be dissolved by a majority vote of the registered voters at an election called for that purpose by the governing body of the municipality. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-160 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-160. Public safety protection defined.

|As used in this act, "public safety protection" means any of, or combinations of, the following operations: |1. Law enforcement;2. Fire public safety protections; or3. Emergency medical services provided by the municipality.Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-201 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-201. Oklahoma Volunteer Firefighters Act - Purpose.

|The purpose of the Oklahoma Volunteer Firefighters Act, Sections 29-201 through 29-205 of this title, is to provide for a uniform system of fire protection for the lives and property of the people of Oklahoma. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 29-201, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-202. Definitions.

|As used in Sections 29-201 through 29-205 of this title: |1. “Volunteer firefighter” means a person who is enrolled as a member of a fire department and who serves in such capacity without receiving a regular salary. A person who is a salaried public safety employee of a municipality shall not serve as a volunteer firefighter of a volunteer fire department unless the person is off duty and such service is not a condition of employment. A public safety employee is a person employed to serve as a salaried firefighter, police or other law enforcement officer or emergency medical technician;2. “Volunteer fire department” means a fire department which has in its employ not more than two full-time salaried firefighters; and3. “Municipality” means a municipality which has qualified to participate in the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 29-202, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2007, c. 356, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2007.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-203 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-203. Size of volunteer department.

|Any municipality having a volunteer fire department shall limit by ordinance the size of the volunteer fire department to not less than twelve nor more than twenty-five members for municipalities with a population of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500); or not less than eight or more than twenty-five members for municipalities with a population of eight hundred (800) to one thousand five hundred (1,500); or not less than six or more than twenty-five members for municipalities with a population of less than eight hundred (800). Any municipality having a volunteer fire department that serves a nine-one-one (911) emergency telephone area of fifty (50) square miles or more may increase the size of the volunteer fire department up to an additional five members, with the total number of members of the volunteer fire department not to exceed thirty. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 29-203, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 352, § 51, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 1981, c. 3, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1981; Laws 1983, c. 230, § 1, emerg. eff. June 17, 1983; Laws 2002, c. 115, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2013, c. 147, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-206 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-206. Used fire equipment

|A municipality may enter into agreements for used equipment that has been tested and certified as safe with a volunteer fire department and shall not be liable for any damage caused by the use of such equipment by the volunteer fire department. |Added by Laws 2016, c. 150, § 1, eff. Nov 1, 2016.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-301 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-301. Definitions.

|A. As used in this section and Section 4 of this act: |1. “Combination fire department” means a fire department which has in its employ more than two full-time salaried firefighters and at least one but not more than twenty-five volunteer firefighters. However, a fire department that would otherwise be considered a “combination fire department” under this definition but for the fact that it had more than twenty-five (25) volunteer firefighters on June 1, 2003, shall be considered a “combination fire department” as long as it does not exceed the number of volunteer firefighters that it had on June 1, 2003; and2. “Volunteer firefighter of a combination fire department” means a person who is enrolled as a volunteer member of a combination fire department and who serves in such capacity without receiving a regular salary. The person, who is a salaried employee of a municipality, shall not serve as a volunteer firefighter of a combination fire department if such service as a volunteer firefighter is a condition of employment with the municipality. A person, who is a salaried public safety employee of a municipality, shall not serve as a volunteer firefighter of a combination fire department unless the person is off duty and such service is not a condition of employment.B. For the purposes of this subsection, a public safety employee is a person employed to serve as a salaried firefighter, police or other law enforcement officer or emergency medical technician.Added by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-302 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-302. Application of other provisions of law.

|The provisions of Sections 29-101 through 29-115 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes relating to paid fire departments, paid fire chiefs, paid firefighters or fire department equipment or other property shall also apply to combination fire departments unless otherwise noted. |Added by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 4, eff. July 1, 2003.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-303 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-303. Duties of volunteer firefighters of combination fire department.

|Volunteer firefighters of a combination fire department shall: |1. Be required, when notified, to respond to alarms of fire and other emergencies;2. Be required to be present at all regular meetings, call meetings and schools presented for the benefit of the firefighters;3. Be dropped from a fire department’s rolls if such volunteer firefighter has two unexcused absences in succession or three unexcused absences in a period of three (3) months;4. Notify the chief if such volunteer firefighter is leaving the municipality for an extended period of time;5. Be expelled from the rolls if such volunteer firefighter refuses to attend training classes provided for him or her;6. Be expelled from the rolls for the following offenses:a.conduct unbecoming of a firefighter,b.any act of insubordination,c.neglect of duty,d.any violation of rules and regulations governing the fire department, ore.conviction of a felony; and7. Reside in the same county as the combination fire department he or she is enrolled in or in a county that immediately borders the county in which the combination fire department is located.Added by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 5, eff. July 1, 2003.
11 OK Stat § 11-29-304 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-29-304. Volunteer Firefighter Recognition Program.

|There is hereby created a “Volunteer Firefighter Recognition Program”. This program shall recognize the following persons with a certification of recognition from the Governor: |1. Employers of volunteer firefighters who allow the firefighter time off for training and emergency responses; and2. Volunteer firefighters for their service to the citizens of their community and to this state.Added by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 6, eff. July 1, 2003.
11 OK Stat § 11-30-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-30-101. Establishment of municipal hospitals - Financial statement and estimate

|A municipal governing body may establish and maintain a municipal hospital and do all things necessary and proper in its discretion pursuant to the authority granted to it by the Constitution and laws of this state to further the ability of the municipality to provide hospital service. After the establishment of a municipal hospital, the governing body shall include an item in its municipal financial statement and estimate of needs for the following fiscal year to maintain the hospital. The municipal governing body may engage in transactions to manage, lease or operate a medical facility outside the municipal limits to provide a benefit to the community or lessen the burden of government which does not solely provide a benefit by generating administrative fees. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-101, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 61, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2016, c. 233, § 1.
11 OK Stat § 11-30-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-30-102. Hospital board of control.

|The municipal governing body may, in its discretion and by ordinance, place the exclusive management and control of the municipal hospital under a board of control of five (5) members, chosen by the governing body from the citizens of any school district which is part of the municipality with reference to their fitness for such office. The members of the board of control shall hold office for a term of five (5) years from the first day of May following their appointment, and their terms shall be staggered. At the first regular meeting of the board, the members shall cast lots for respective terms of one year, two years, three years, four years, and five years; thereafter the terms of all members shall be five (5) years. Vacancies in the board of control shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-102, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1995, c. 34, § 1, emerg. eff. Mar. 31, 1995.
11 OK Stat § 11-30-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-30-103. Organization of board.

|The board of control shall, immediately after the appointment and qualification of its members, meet and organize by electing one member as president and one member as secretary. The municipal treasurer shall act as treasurer of the board. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-30-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-30-104. Rules and regulations - Expenditures and receipts - Hospital fund - Personnel.

|The board of control shall adopt rules and regulations for its own guidance and for the governance and operation of the municipal hospital, not inconsistent with this article, which shall be subject to the approval of the municipal governing body. It shall have exclusive control of expenditures of all moneys collected and deposited to the credit of the municipal hospital fund, of the hospital building or buildings, and of the care and custody of the grounds, rooms, or buildings purchased, leased or set apart for the hospital. All money received by the board on account of the operation of the hospital, or otherwise, shall be paid by the board to the municipal treasurer, who shall deposit the same in a special account in the municipal treasury to be designated the "hospital fund." Such moneys shall be paid out only upon warrants authorized by the board, drawn and signed by its secretary, and countersigned by its president. The board shall have authority to establish a petty cash fund, not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) at any one time, for use in maintaining the hospital, which money shall be expended by the superintendent of the hosptial on forms prescribed and authorized by the board of control. The board of control shall have authority to appoint, and remove, a suitable superintendent, or matron, or both, and necessary assistants and nurses, and to fix their compensation, all of which shall be subject to the approval of the municipal governing body. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-30-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-30-105. Meetings - Examinations - Pecuniary interest.

|The board of control shall hold meetings at least once each month and keep a complete record of all its proceedings. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum thereof. One of its members shall visit and examine the hospital at least twice each month. No member of the board shall have a pecuniary interest, either directly or indirectly, in any purchase for the hospital, except when such a purchase is made upon a competitive bid basis. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-30-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-30-106. Qualifications of nurses and attendants - Physicians and surgeons.

|The board of control shall appoint none other than competent and experienced nurses and attendants for the municipal hospital, and employ competent and experienced physicians and surgeons to care for, and render medical and surgical treatment to, the patients of the hospital. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-106, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-30-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-30-107. Donations.

|Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal or real property for the benefit of the municipal hospital, or for the establishment, maintenance or endowment of the hospital, shall have the right to vest the title to such money or property in the municipality, to be held and controlled by the municipality, when accepted, according to the terms of the donation. The municipality shall be held and considered to be a special trustee as to such money or property donated. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-107, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-30-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-30-108. Grounds and building.

|The board of control shall have the power, with the approval of the municipal governing body, to purchase grounds and erect thereon a suitable building for the hospital and to suitably equip the same. The title to the grounds so purchased, as well as any building thereon, shall be taken in the name of the municipality as grantee. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-108, eff. July 1, 1978.