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11 OK Stat § 11-36-217 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-217. 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 may pay the total assessment against its property without interest within thirty (30) days from the date of the publication of the ordinance levying the assessment. In the event the assessment is not paid in full without interest within the thirty-day period, the municipality, county, school district or board of education shall annually provide, by the levy of taxes in a sufficient sum, for payment of the maturing installments of assessments and interest thereon. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-217, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-218 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-218. Assessment record.

|As soon as the assessing ordinance is adopted, the municipal clerk shall prepare a book which shall be known as the Street 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, § 36-218, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-219 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-219. Due date of first installment - Payment of assessment - 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 Street 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.C. No statute of limitations shall commence to run against any installment until after the maturity of all installments.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-219, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-220 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-220. Notice of maturity of installments.

|A. The municipal clerk shall, not less than thirty (30) days and not more than forty (40) days before the maturity of any installment of an assessment, publish in two (2) successive issues of a daily newspaper, or in one (1) issue of a weekly newspaper, which is of general circulation in the municipality, a notice which: 1. Advises the owners of the land affected by the assessment of the date when the installment and interest will be due; |2. Designates the street, streets, or other public places for the improvement of which the assessments have been levied; and3. States that unless the installment and interest shall be promptly paid, the installment and interest shall bear interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum thereafter until paid, and that proceedings will be taken according to law to collect the installment and interest.B. In addition to publication of the notice of maturity of installments, the municipality may also notify each owner of land affected by the assessment at his address as shown on the Assessment Record by mailing a postal card directly to the owner reciting the facts contained in the published notice, or by mailing to the owner a copy of the newspaper publication.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-220, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-221 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-221. 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 the clerk 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 the bonds and 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 used for the purpose of repairing and maintaining any improvement for which assessments have been levied, and for no other purpose whatsoever.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-221, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-222 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-222. Delinquent installments - Certification to county treasurer - Collection of taxes and penalties.

|A. The municipal clerk, 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 of the following 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 town clerk shall have sent a notice of the nature and amount of the assessment by restricted delivery mail on or before June 1 of said year to the last-known address of the owner of the assessed property. 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 the right to pay his ad valorem taxes to the county treasurer regardless of the delinquency of such assessments. Within thirty (30) days after 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 36-221 of this title. The failure of the municipal clerk to publish notice of the maturing of any installment and interest shall in no way affect the validity of the proceedings to collect the same under the provisions of this section. All payments to the municipal treasurer on account of such assessments shall be certified by him to the municipal clerk for crediting on the Street Assessment Record. |B. All penalties for delinquent taxes, including penalties on special assessments and the interest of bonds for paving or other special assessment bonds, over and above the amount specified on the face thereof, shall be the property of the municipality and shall be collected by the county treasurer, it being the intent of this provision to have such penalties go to the street repair fund of the municipality.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-222, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 196, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 2000, c. 82, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-223 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-223. Setting aside assessments - Limitation on suits.

|No suit may be sustained to set aside any assessment, nor to contest the area of assessment, nor to enjoin the municipal governing body from levying or collecting any assessment, or installment thereof, or interest or penalty thereon, or issuing the bonds, or providing for their payment, or contesting the validity thereof on any ground unless such suit shall be commenced not more than fifteen (15) days after the publication of the ordinance levying assessments. After the fifteen-day period has expired, or after the work has been completed and accepted by the municipality, a suit may be brought only for the failure of the governing body to adopt and publish the resolution declaring the necessity for the improvements, as provided in Sections 36-204 and 36-205 of this title, or for the failure to give notice of the hearing on the assessment roll, as provided in Section 36-214 of this title. If any special assessment shall be found to be invalid or insufficient, in whole or in part, for any reason whatever, the governing body at any time, in the manner provided for levying an original assessment, may proceed to cause a new assessment to be made and levied which shall have like force and effect as an original assessment. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-223, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-224 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-224. Accepting improvements.

|Upon the completion of the improvement, the municipal governing body shall determine whether or not the work has been completed in accordance with the plans, profiles, 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, § 36-224, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-225 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-225. Replacement bonds - Repairs.

|Upon acceptance of the improvements and before the final payment of the contract price, the governing body shall require the contractor performing the work to make and execute a good and sufficient surety bond, or deposit sufficient securities or obligations of the United State of America or of the State of Oklahoma or some municipal subdivision thereof, to be approved by the governing body in the sum as determined by the governing body, but in no case to be less than ten percent (10%) of the contract price. The bond shall be conditioned for the immediate reimbursement to the municipality by the contractor for the maintenance of the improvements against any failure due to defective workmanship or materials for a period of three (3) years from the time of its completion and acceptance. Whenever any repairs of the improvements due to defective workmanship or materials are deemed necessary by the governing body, they shall order the same to be made under the supervision of the municipal engineer and the costs thereof certified to by the engineer. When such repairs have been approved by the governing body, the contractor and his bondsmen shall be notified of the amount expended and shall immediately become liable therefor. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-225, eff. July 1, 1978. d
11 OK Stat § 11-36-226 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-226. Renewing improvements.

|If the municipal governing body shall deem it necessary to pave, construct, macadamize, chat or gravel, curb, gutter, drain, or otherwise improve any street, avenue, alley, lane or any part thereof, which shall have been heretofore paved, constructed, macadamized, curbed, guttered, drained, or otherwise improved, the improvement is authorized to be done in accordance with the procedures on street improvements. In such case, the provisions of Sections 36-201 through 36-312 of this title for making improvements and levying assessments therefor and the issuance of bonds shall apply. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-226, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-227 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-227. Street improvement districts - Written consent of landowners.

|A. Before any property can be included as part of a street improvement district pursuant to Section 36-202 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any municipal governing body action pursuant to Section 36-203 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, written consent shall be obtained by the owners of more than one-half (1/2), in area, of the land to be included in the street improvement district. |B. It shall be the responsibility of the petitioners to provide the municipal clerk with the requisite number of signatures if a street improvement district is created pursuant to Section 36-202 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. It shall be the responsibility of the municipality to provide the municipal clerk with the requisite number of signatures if a street improvement district is created pursuant to Section 36-203 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes.C. The municipal clerk shall certify that the requisite number of signatures consenting to a street improvement district is received before approving such district.Added by Laws 2012, c. 174, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-301 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-301. Issuance of negotiable coupon bonds.

|The municipal governing body may, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the publication of the assessing ordinance, within which period the whole of any assessment may be paid without interest, provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds to pay all or any part of the cost of the street improvement. The bonds shall be in the aggregate amount of the assessments then remaining unpaid, bearing the date of thirty (30) days after the publication of the assessing ordinance, and be of such denominations as the governing body and the contractor shall determine. The bonds shall in no event become a liability of the municipality issuing the bonds. The bonds shall be payable on or before the first of October next succeeding the September 1 on which the last installment of assessments shall mature. The interest on the bonds shall be at the rate of not to exceed twelve percent (12%) per annum, payable on October 1 following the due date of the first installment of assessments, and semiannually thereafter, until maturity, and fifteen percent (15%) per annum after maturity. The bonds shall be designated as Street Improvement Bonds and shall: |1. Recite the street or streets or part of streets, or other public places, for the improvement of which they have been issued;2. State that they are payable, in cash, from the assessments which have been levied upon the lots and tracts of land benefited by the improvement and from the accumulation of the interest and penalty on the assessment;3. Designate the place, either within or without Oklahoma, where the bonds and interest shall be payable;4. Be signed by the mayor and attested by the municipal clerk; and5. Contain an impression of the corporate seal of the municipality thereon.Facsimile of the signatures of the mayor and municipal clerk may be used as provided in the Registered Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma. The bonds shall be issued in series, and the bonds of each series shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number One, and the bonds of each series shall be payable, in cash, in their numerical order.Amended by Laws 1982, c. 9, § 2, emerg. eff. March 15, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 170, § 14, eff. July 1, 1983.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-302 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-302. Registration of bonds.

|The bonds shall be registered by the clerk of the municipality in a book to be provided for that purpose. The book shall show a description of the bond, the name and address of the owner or holder, and the date of registration. Upon the books of the treasurer shall be noted the name of the holder of the bond and his address. The bond shall be endorsed by the clerk over his signature, or a facsimile of his signature, the legend "registered in my office". Each bond shall bear a certificate of registration. Any subsequent holder may cause the same to be registered in the name of the holder upon submission of proper proof of ownership. After registration of any bond, no transfer or assignment thereof shall be valid until such transfer or assignment has been registered with the municipal clerk. Nothing herein shall prevent the appointment and compensation by the municipality of a registrar, transfer, authenticating, paying or other agents to effect the transfer of ownership or change of payee of any bonds issued by the municipality and to maintain books and records relating thereto. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 170, § 15, eff. July 1, 1983. d
11 OK Stat § 11-36-303 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-303. Bond payment and cancellation.

|The municipality shall have the right to call in and pay the bonds or any number thereof in the following manner: Whenever there shall be sufficient funds in the hands of the municipal treasurer after the payment of all interest due and to become due within the next six (6) months, the treasurer, on or before March 10 and September 10 of any year, shall give notice by certified mail addressed to the last registered holder of the bonds called at the address appearing on his registry, that there has accumulated funds sufficient to pay the designated bonds and interest thereon to April 1 next or October 1 next, as the case may be, and directing the presentation of the bonds for payment and cancellation. The bonds which are called will cease to bear interest after April 1 or October 1, as provided in the notice. Upon the payment and cancellation of the bonds, proper entry thereof shall be made upon the books of the clerk and treasurer. Upon the accumulation of sufficient funds as herein provided to pay one or more bonds, the municipal treasurer shall call and pay such bonds, and in the event of failure to do so, he shall be liable for all such damages as may result therefrom. The provisions of this section may be enforced by appropriate proceedings in mandamus against the treasurer. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-303, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-304 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-304. Delivery of bonds to contractor.

|The cash prepayments and the bonds in the amount that may be necessary for the purpose shall be turned over and delivered to the contractor or assigns at par and accrued interest in payment of the amount due, including advertising, engineering and appraising costs, in accordance with the terms of the contract. The bonds shall be executed and held by the municipality and delivered in parcels from time to time upon the completion and approval of the work, or any part thereof not less than one (1) block, in an amount equal to the improvement so completed and accepted. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-304, eff. July 1, 1978. d
11 OK Stat § 11-36-305 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-305. Consent to use bonds as payment for assessments.

|The registered holder of any outstanding bonds issued to pay for a street improvement may file his consent in writing with the municipal clerk to use the bonds to pay for an assessment, or installment thereof, which has been levied by the governing body. The written consent shall be binding upon any transferee or assignee of the bonds, and upon all of the registered owners signing the consent, as to all payments and discharges made for such assessment until written notice be filed with the clerk by the registered holder, transferee or assignee, of the bond terminating his consent thereto. After the written consent is filed and until written notice of termination is given, the owner of any property in the street improvement district may present, with the written consent of the registered holder or holders, to the clerk the bonds bearing the lowest serial numbers of the bonds outstanding in the series as payment for the assessment, or any installment thereof, upon the owner's property, whether delinquent or unmatured, with all interest and penalty thereon. The clerk shall endorse upon each bond the amount of the installment, and interest and penalty thereon, for which the bond is tendered as payment. The clerk shall then issue a receipt to the owner of the property for the amount of the installment, together with interest and penalty, for which credit has been endorsed upon the bonds. Whenever the credits upon any bond so endorsed equals the principal amount of the bond, together with all matured interest, the bond, together with all matured interest, whether due or to become due, shall be canceled by the clerk. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 170, § 16, eff. July 1, 1983.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-306 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-306. Payment of delinquent assessments by endorsement on bonds.

|If an assessment or installment thereof which is paid by endorsement upon a bond is delinquent and in the hands of the county treasurer for collection, then the receipt issued by the clerk may be presented by the registered holder of the bond to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall thereupon endorse upon his records the satisfaction and discharge of the delinquent installments upon the property described in the receipt. Thereafter the property shall be free and discharged from all further lien for such installments of assessment. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-306, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-36-307 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-307. Settlement between property owner and bondholder - Ratification.

|All settlements or compromises made by any property owner with the registered holder of bonds in accordance with Section 36-305 of this title are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall be binding upon all persons, including subsequent holders and assignees of the bonds. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-307, eff. July 1, 1978. der
11 OK Stat § 11-36-309 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-36-309. Refunding street improvement bonds - Authority.

|Any municipality which has issued street improvement bonds by virtue of the authority of any law or charter provision is authorized to refund the bonds. In refunding such bonds, the governing body may provide for: |1. The levy and collection of assessments to pay the bonds;2. The retirement of the street improvement bonds originally issued;3. The cancellation of any or all prior assessments, and penalties and interest, together with interest and penalties that have accrued thereon, by and with the written consent and under written contract with the holders of any series of the street improvement bonds;4. A written "Agreement to Accept Street Improvement Refunding Bonds" in exchange for the bonds originally issued; and5. The procedure for such refunding in accordance with applicable law.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-309, eff. July 1, 1978.