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11 OK Stat § 11-16-207 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-207. Aldermanic cities and towns - Appointment of certain officials after submission to vote.

|A. The city council of any city may provide by ordinance for the submission to a vote of the registered voters of the city the question of providing for the appointment by the mayor, with the approval of the council, of the city marshal, the street commissioner, the city clerk, the city treasurer, or the city clerk-treasurer. |B. The board of trustees of any town may provide by ordinance for the submission to a vote of the registered voters of the town the question of providing for the appointment by the board of trustees of the town clerk, the town treasurer or the town clerk-treasurer.C. The question of appointing each official shall be submitted separately on the ballot. The question providing for the appointment of the clerk or the treasurer may be consolidated into one question provided the two offices are to be consolidated into the office of clerk-treasurer. The question providing for the appointment of any official shall read substantially as follows:Shall the (Marshal, Street Commissioner, Clerk, Treasurer, Clerk-Treasurer) be appointed by the (mayor, with the approval of the council, board of trustees)?( ) Yes.( ) No.If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of appointment to the office, the appointive position shall take effect at the end of the current term of the office. In cities, the appointive officer shall be appointed and may be removed by the mayor, with the approval of the council. In towns, the appointment and removal shall be by a majority vote of all the members of the board of trustees.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-207, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-208 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-208. Council-manager cities - Officers to be elected - Terms.

|In a statutory council-manager city, the terms of the elected officers shall be staggered so that at any one general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms: |1. Councilmembers from Wards One, Two and Five (if one).At the next general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms:1. Councilmembers from Wards Three, Four and Six (if one); and2. The councilmember at large.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-208, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-209 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-209. First election held in council-manager city.

|At the first general municipal election held in the odd-numbered year following adoption of the statutory council-manager form of government, the officers to be elected and their terms are as follows: |1. Four-year terms: Councilmembers from Wards One, Two and Five (if one).2. Two-year terms: Councilmembers from Wards Three, Four and Six (if one); and the councilmember at large.At general municipal elections held thereafter, the successors of the officers whose terms are expiring shall be elected for four-year terms.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-209, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-210 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-210. Strong-mayor-council cities - Officers to be elected - Terms.

|In a statutory strong-mayor-council city, the terms of the elected officers shall be staggered so that at any one general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms: |1. Councilmembers from Wards One, Two and Five (if one).At the next general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms:1. Councilmembers from Wards Three, Four and Six (if one); and2. The mayor.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-210, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-211 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-211. First election held in strong-mayor-council city.

|At the first general municipal election held in the odd-numbered year following adoption of the statutory strong-mayor-council form of government, the officers to be elected and their terms are as follows: |1. Four-year terms: Councilmembers from Wards One, Two and Five (if one).2. Two-year terms: Councilmembers from Wards Three, Four and Six (if one); and the mayor.At general municipal elections held thereafter, the successors of the officers whose terms are expiring shall be elected for four-year terms.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-211, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-212 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-212. Council-manager and strong-mayor-council cities - Form of general municipal election ballot.

|The ballots for the general election in a statutory council-manager or statutory strong-mayor-council city shall be of the office block type, listing the names of independent candidates and party nominees for each office under the respective office without party designation or emblems as follows: |For Councilmember from Ward One(Vote for One)______ Name of independent candidate or party nominee______ Name of independent candidate or party nomineeFor Councilmember from Ward Two(Vote for One)______ Name of independent candidate or party nominee______ Name of independent candidate or party nomineeLaws 1977, c. 256, § 16-212, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-213 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-213. Transitional provisions for municipalities not in conformance with general election or town meeting procedure.

|A. If the term of an elected officer as set forth in the notice of the last election for the office will expire in an even-numbered year, a regular municipal election or town meeting, if the municipality is subject to the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act, shall be held in order to elect a successor. The term of the successor shall be either three (3) or five (5) years as necessary in order to comply with the provisions of Section 16-101 et seq. of this title. Thereafter, the term of said office shall be four (4) years. Any such election or town meeting held in an even-numbered year shall be conducted in the manner provided by law applicable to municipal elections or town meetings, whichever is appropriate. |B. If the term of an elected officer as set forth in the notice of the last election for the office will expire in an odd-numbered year, but the term of office does not coincide with the offices named in Section 16-201 et seq. of this title, a regular municipal election or town meeting shall be held in order to elect a successor. The term of the successor shall be either two (2) or four (4) years as necessary in order to comply with the provisions of Section 16-101 et seq. of this title. Thereafter, the term of said office shall be four (4) years.Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1988, c. 105, § 23, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-301 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-301. Short title.

|Sections 1 through 15 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Town Meeting Act". |Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-302 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-302. Municipalities required to hold town meetings - Election - Ordinance providing alternative procedure - Repeal of ordinance.

|A. Except as otherwise provided in this act, Section 16-301 et seq. of this title, all municipalities with fewer than two thousand (2,000) residents, according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, that are not governed by charter, shall elect officers and consider questions raised by initiative or referendum, pursuant to Section 15-101 et seq. of this title, at biennial town meetings or special town meetings of the voters of each municipality as provided in this act. Provided, that a municipality of fewer than two thousand (2,000) residents may at any time adopt an ordinance requiring that its officers shall be elected and initiative and referendum questions shall be decided only through elections conducted by the county election board pursuant to Section 16-101 et seq. of this title. Any municipality that passes an ordinance pursuant to this section shall upon adoption of the ordinance provide a copy of the ordinance to the county election board of the county in which the municipality is located. |B. If the ordinance is repealed, elections of the municipality shall be at a town meeting. The municipality shall provide a copy of the repealer to the county election board of the county in which the municipality is located. If a municipality with fewer than two thousand (2,000) residents fails to hold its regular municipal elections as required by law, the municipality shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act, Section 16-301 et seq. of this title; provided, further, that such municipality may adopt a resolution requiring that its elections be conducted by the county election board as provided in this section.Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 78, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1989; Laws 2013, c. 25, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-303 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-303. Time for town meeting - Purpose - Special town meetings.

|In municipalities subject to the provisions of Section 16-301 et seq. of this title, a biennial town meeting of the voters shall be held on the first Tuesday in April in each odd-numbered year for the purpose of electing municipal officers and considering questions raised by initiative or referendum pursuant to Section 15-101 et seq. of this title. |In addition to the election proceedings of said meeting the mayor or presiding officer may upon compliance with the Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes and other provisions appropriate to the law, conduct regular business meetings or any other town business which would be in order and of interest to those citizens in attendance. Special town meetings for these purposes may be called at other times as provided in this act.Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Amended by Laws 1990, c. 22, § 1, emerg. eff. March 29, 1990.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-304 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-304. Notice - Publication - Posting - Contents.

|Notice of the biennial town meeting or special town meeting for the purposes of electing officers and considering initiative or referendum questions shall be given by the governing body of the municipality in accordance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The notice shall be signed by a majority of the members of the governing body. |In addition to the requirements of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, notice of the biennial town meeting and any special town meeting shall be given by publishing notice of the meeting stating the date, time, place and agenda in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at least ten (10) days before the date of the meeting. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, the notice shall be given by posting a copy of the notice and agenda in at least five (5) public places in the municipality. The notice shall list the offices to be filled, including the number of officers to be elected for four-year terms and the number of officers to be elected to fill unexpired terms, and the questions to be voted on, if any.Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-305 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-305. Presiding officer - Minutes - Officers - Voting - Registration requirements - False affidavits.

|A. When a municipality fails to hold a biennial meeting on the first Tuesday of April in an odd-numbered year, the governing body shall immediately schedule and give notice of a special town meeting for the purpose of electing officers. Such notice shall be in accordance with Section 4 of this act. |B. If the governing body fails or refuses to hold a biennial or special town meeting for the purpose of electing officers, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the municipality is located shall call a town meeting for the purpose of electing officers. The sheriff, or his deputy, of the county in which the municipality is located shall attend any town meeting called by the board of county commissioners, and if the municipal officers fail to conduct the meeting, shall moderate the meeting.Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-307 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-307. Voting eligibility - Town meeting pollbook - Illegal voting - Penalty.

|A. The presiding officer at a town meeting shall follow reasonable and necessary procedures to ensure that persons who are not registered voters of the town do not vote. Registered voters shall be seated in a clearly marked area separate from persons not registered to vote. |B. To be eligible to vote at a town meeting, a person must be registered with the county election board at an address located within the municipality. Before being seated in the section reserved for registered voters, each voter shall sign his or her name in a town meeting pollbook, said signature to constitute a sworn affidavit on the part of the voter that he or she is eligible to vote at the election. The pollbook shall be prepared by the municipal clerk. For such purpose, the municipal clerk or designee of the municipal clerk shall be authorized to administer the oath or affirmation contained in the affidavit. The town meeting pollbook shall be on file in the office of the municipal clerk and shall be open to public inspection during reasonable office hours; provided, however, that such town meeting pollbooks may be digitized or electronically copied and stored by the municipal clerk at the end of six (6) months from the date of the election wherein such town meeting pollbook was used. Any person knowingly voting illegally or found guilty of casting more than one vote for any office or on any question considered at the meeting shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 447, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 2002; Laws 2016, c. 41, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-308 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-308. Election of municipal officers.

|A person present at the meeting electing him or her to municipal office shall be treated as accepting, unless he or she declines before the meeting is adjourned. When not present, he or she shall be served as soon as possible with a written notice of election, signed and mailed by the municipal clerk. No person elected shall assume the duties of the office until he or she has signed the oath of office as required by law. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-309 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-309. Filing of list of municipal officers elected - Notification of changes in list.

|The municipal clerk shall file with the secretary of the county election board a list of the names and addresses of the municipal officers elected and shall notify the secretary of the county election board of any changes in the list as filed. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-310 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-310. Contest of election by nominee.

|Any person nominated for municipal office may, at any time before 5:00 p.m. of the third business day following the town meeting in which he or she was nominated, contest the correctness of the announced results of said election by filing a written petition with the district court of any county in which the municipality is located. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-311 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-311. Petition alleging fraud - Bond - Hearing - Answer - Judgment - Ineligibility for office - Liability of contestant - Damages.

|When a petition alleging fraud is filed, said petition must be accompanied by a cash bond of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), running in favor of the contestee and conditioned upon payment of any and all liabilities or judgments arising from the contest so filed. In said petition, contestant must allege the specific act constituting such alleged fraud and the names of the alleged perpetrators of such fraud. If such petition is filed in the manner herein provided, the district judge of the county in which the alleged fraud occurred, or such other judge as may be assigned by the Supreme Court, shall hear and determine said issue without delay or continuance of more than one (1) day. On the day of such hearing, the contestee may file answer to such petition or may file cross petition, setting forth in detail, as required of a petitioner herein, such claim of fraud. An original petition or cross petition must be under oath and under penalty of perjury. The judge shall try and determine the issues formed by such pleadings and render such judgment as he or she may deem just and proper, according to the evidence submitted. The decision of said district judge shall be final as to any changes in the total votes, and a copy of such judgment and decision shall be furnished the officer who presided at the town meeting. In any case where fraud is proved on the part of a nominee, he or she shall be declared ineligible for the office for which he or she was nominated. In all cases where a petition is filed which alleges fraud, but after hearing said allegations are not reasonably sustained by competent evidence, the contestant shall be civilly liable in damages to the contestee for all damages sustained, including a reasonable attorney fee and all reasonable and proper costs of conducting such contest; and in the event it be alleged and found that such petition was frivolous in nature, the contestee may also be allowed punitive damages to be paid by said petitioner. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-312 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-312. Petition alleging irregularities other than fraud - Sufficiency of allegations - Hearing.

|When a petition alleging irregularities other than fraud is filed, the petition must allege a sufficient number of irregularities and of such nature as to: |1. Prove that the contestant is lawfully entitled to be announced the winner; or2. Prove that it is impossible to determine with mathematical certainty which nominee is entitled to be announced the winner. Proof of failure of the presiding officer to take the vote by a paper ballot shall be sufficient proof of this requirement.If such allegations are not made, the petition shall be deemed frivolous by the presiding judge and shall be dismissed. Said petition must set forth specific allegations of irregularities. If said petition is filed in the manner herein provided, the district judge of the county or such other judge as may be assigned by the Supreme Court shall hear and determine said issue in the same manner as provided for a petition alleging fraud.Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 78, § 3, emerg. eff. April 17, 1989
11 OK Stat § 11-16-313 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-313. Impossibility of determining winner - Special town meeting to fill contested office.

|In the event, after a hearing is conducted pursuant to Section 11 or 12 of this act, it is deemed impossible to determine who should be announced the winner, the judge shall notify the presiding officer of the town meeting of the same. It shall then be the duty of the presiding officer to call a special town meeting for the purpose of filling the contested office, provided that any nominee upon whom fraud has been proved shall not be a nominee in the new election. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-314 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-314. Omission of or noncompliance with notice requirements - Correction - Rectification of other errors and omissions - Validation of business of original action.

|When any of the requirements of this act as to notice of a biennial or special town meeting have been omitted or not complied with, the omission or noncompliance, if the meeting and the business transacted at it is otherwise legal and within the scope of the municipal powers, may be corrected and legalized by a majority vote of the registered voters present at a regular town meeting or special town meeting of the municipality called for that purpose, with notice as required by Section 4 of this act. The question to be voted upon shall substantially be, "Shall the action taken at the meeting of this town held on (state date) in spite of the fact that (state error or omission), and any act or action of the municipal officers or agents pursuant thereto be readopted, ratified and confirmed?". Errors or omissions in the conduct of an original meeting which are not the result of an unlawful notice or noncompliance within the scope of the notice, may be rectified by a resolution of the governing body of the municipality passed by a majority of the members of the governing body at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose, stating that the defect was the result of oversight, inadvertence or mistake. When an error or omission of this nature has been thus corrected by resolution, all business within the terms of the action of the qualified voters shall be as valid as if the requirements had been initially complied with, on condition, however, that the original action thereby corrected by the governing body was in compliance with the legal exercise of its governing powers. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-16-315 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-16-315. Elections to be conducted by county election board - Option to be conducted at town meeting.

|Whenever in Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes provisions are made for election of officers or consideration of questions at elections conducted by the county election board pursuant to Section 16-101 et seq. of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, such elections may be held or questions considered at biennial or special town meetings, if the municipality is subject to the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-17-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-17-101. Borrowing or appropriating monies - Investments - Deposit of monies.

|A. Any act of a municipal governing body which provides for the borrowing of monies or for appropriating monies shall not be valid unless a majority of the governing body of the municipality votes in favor of the action. The municipal governing body may not appropriate or draw any order on the treasurer for monies unless the same has been appropriated in the manner provided by law or ordered in pursuance of some object provided for by law. |B. A municipality may invest its funds in any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by those agencies, authorities, instrumentalities, or public entities whose governing boards are appointed by the municipality or issued by any public trust of which it is sole beneficiary, excluding obligations which are industrial development bonds as defined in the provisions of Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1953, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereto.C. If a municipality has established a system for the separate accounting of monies by fund sources that has been certified by the auditor of the municipality, the treasurer of such municipality acting as an officer of the municipality or as agent of any instrumentality or public trust of the municipality may deposit into one or more accounts of an authorized depository all monies coming into his custody. Unless otherwise provided for by law, interest earnings shall be prorated according to fund source.Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.