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82 OK Stat § 82-632 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-632. Preliminary work, loans for.

|In order to facilitate the preliminary work, which shall include, but not be limited to, the preparation of the official plan, the appraisals and the cost of administration incidental thereto, the board, by resolution, may borrow money at a rate of interest not exceeding six percent (6%), per annum, evidenced by interim bonds or notes of the district payable not later than five (5) years from the date thereof, which resolution shall provide for the levy and collection of an assessment against all property included in the district for the payment of the principal and interest on maturity. Provided, the total amount of money so borrowed with interest shall not exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25) per acre of all lands embraced in the project, and any such interim bonds or notes issued in excess thereof shall be void, but such board shall not issue interim bonds or notes to borrow money as provided above, until such board has been authorized by the court having jurisdiction of such district, after a public hearing, to issue such interim bonds or notes. Notice by publication, setting forth the purpose, time and place of said hearing shall be given by the Clerk of such court. Upon said hearing if it appears that it is necessary to fulfill the purposes of such district to borrow money as set forth in the application to the court, the court shall enter an order to such effect. If said interim bonds or notes shall not have been paid, or refunded by the issuance of bonds or notes for completion of the project prior to the time for the levy and collection of the assessment for payment of the principal and interest thereof, such an assessment shall be levied and collected to pay said principal and interest as hereinabove in this title provided. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 184, § 44. Amended by Laws 1959, p. 378, § 7; Laws 1963, c. 271, § 12, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963.
82 OK Stat § 82-634 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-634. Levy of assessments.

|After the list of real property, with the appraised benefits as approved by the court, or that part thereof from which no appeal is pending has been filed with the secretary of the district, then from time to time, as the affairs of the district demand it, the board of directors shall levy on all real or other property upon which benefits have been appraised, an assessment of such portion of said benefits as may be found necessary by said board to pay the cost of the execution of the official plan including superintendence of construction and administration, plus ten percent (10%) of said total, to be added for contingencies, but not to exceed, in the total of principal, the appraised benefits so adjudicated. The said assessment shall be apportioned to and levied on each tract of land or other property in said district in proportion to the benefits appraised, and not in excess thereof and in case bonds are issued as provided herein and hereafter, then the amount of interest, which will accrue on such bonds, as estimated by said board of directors, shall be included in and added to the said assessment, but the interest to accrue on account of the issuing of said bonds shall not be construed as a part of the cost of construction in determining whether or not the expenses and costs of making said improvements are or are not equal to or in excess of the benefits appraised. As soon as said assessment is levied, the board shall report it to the court for confirmation. Upon the entry of the order of the court confirming the assessment the clerk of the court shall transmit a certified copy of said order to the governing or taxing body of each political subdivision assessed and said governing or taxing body shall receive and file the same. After the court has confirmed the assessment, the secretary of the board of directors, at the expense of the district, shall prepare in duplicate an assessment record of the district. |Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 184, § 45; Laws 1959, p. 378, § 9.
82 OK Stat § 82-635 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-635. Owners may pay assessments in full - Bonding resolution for unpaid assessments.

|When the assessment roll is placed on file in the office of the district, notice by publication shall be given to property owners that they may pay their assessments. Any owner of real property assessed for the execution of the official plan under the provision of this act shall have the privilege of paying such assessment to the treasurer of the board of directors within thirty (30) days from the time such assessment is placed on file in the office of the district, and the amount to be paid shall be the full amount of the assessment less any amount added thereto to meet interest. When such assessment has been paid, the secretary of the board shall enter upon the said assessment record opposite each tract for which payment is made the words "paid in full" and such assessment shall be deemed satisfied. The payment of such assessment shall not relieve the land owners from the necessity for the payment of a maintenance assessment nor for the payment of any further assessment which may be necessary as herein provided. Any property owner failing to pay assessments in full as provided for herein shall be deemed to have consented to the issuance of bonds as provided for in this act, and to payment of interest thereon. |After the expiration of the period of thirty (30) days within which the property owners may pay their respective assessments, as limited herein, the treasurer of the district shall certify to the board of directors the aggregate of the amount so paid, and thereupon the board of directors shall pass and spread upon their records a bonding resolution in which shall be stated the amount of the assessment, and the amount thereof paid as aforesaid, and thereupon the board shall in the same resolution apportion the uncollected assessment into installments or levies, provide for the collection of interest upon the unpaid installments, and they may order the issuance of bonds (in an amount not exceeding ninety percent (90%) of the levy) in anticipation of the collection of said installments. The residue of the special assessment so levied (not less than ten percent (10%) shall constitute a contingent account to protect the bonds from casual default, and any part thereof in excess of the ten percent (10%) of the next installment of maturing bond principal, together with the next two installments of semiannual interest, if not needed for this purpose, may be transferred from time to time to the maintenance fund of the district.Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 185, § 46.
82 OK Stat § 82-636.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-636.1. Authority to contract indebtedness.

|The board of directors of any Conservancy District or Master Conservancy District, notwithstanding any other provision of the Conservancy Act of Oklahoma, and in addition to all other powers conferred by law, may borrow money and otherwise contract indebtedness for the purposes set forth in the Conservancy Act of Oklahoma, and, without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, to borrow money and accept grants from the United States of America, or from any corporation or agency created or designated by the United States of America, and, in connection with such loan or grant, to enter into such agreements as the United States of America or such corporation or agency may require; and to issue its bonds, notes or obligations therefor, and to secure the payment thereof by mortgage, pledge or deed of trust on all or any property, assets, franchises, rights, privileges, licenses, rights-of-way, easements, revenues, or income of the District. The bonds, notes or obligations issued pursuant to this section shall not be secured or retired by any assessment of real property located within the District nor shall they be deemed a general obligation of the State of Oklahoma, any municipality or the District. |Added by Laws 1995, c. 112, § 7, emerg. eff. April 21, 1995.
82 OK Stat § 82-637 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-637. Maintenance assessment - Apportionment - To be additional tax.

|To maintain, operate and preserve the reservoirs, ditches, drains, dams, levees, canals or other improvements made pursuant to this act and to strengthen, repair and restore the same, when needed, and for the purpose of defraying the current expenses of the district, the board of directors may upon the substantial completion of said improvements and on or before the first day of October in each year thereafter, levy an assessment upon each tract or parcel of land and other property, upon corporate property, within the district subject to assessments under this act, to be known as a "Conservancy Maintenance Assessment". Said maintenance assessment shall be apportioned upon the basis of the total appraisal of benefits accruing for the original and subsequent construction, shall not exceed one percent (1%) thereof in any one year unless the court shall by its order find a necessity exists and authorize an assessment of a larger percentage, and shall be certified in duplicate to the county clerk of each county in which lands of said district are situated, said maintenance assessment shall be entered in the same book as general assessments but in a separate column, or in a separate book kept for the purpose of maintenance assessments and if in a separate book, it shall be entered in like manner and at the same time as the annual installment special assessment is entered. Said county clerk shall certify the same to the treasurer of the county at the same time that he certified the annual installment of the bond fund, and make return thereof and shall be liable for the same penalties for failure or neglect so to do, as may be provided herein for the annual installment of the assessment. The amount of the maintenance tax paid by any parcel of land shall not be credited against the benefits assessed against such parcel of land; but the maintenance special assessment shall be in addition to any special assessment that has been or can be levied against the benefit appraisal. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 189, § 48. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 382, § 13.
82 OK Stat § 82-638 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-638. Petition for readjustment of maintenance assessment - Notice and hearing.

|Whenever the owners, or representatives of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the acreage or value of the lands in the district shall file a petition with the court clerk in whose office the petition was filed, stating that there has been a material change in the value of the property in the district since the last previous appraisal of benefits, and praying for a readjustment of the appraisal of benefits for the purpose of making equitable basis for the levy of the maintenance assessment, the said clerk shall give notice of the filing and hearing of said petition in the manner hereinbefore provided. |Upon hearing said petition if said court shall find there has been a material change in the value of property in said district since the last previous appraisal of benefits, the court shall order that there be a readjustment of the appraisal benefits for the purpose of providing a basis upon which to levy the maintenance assessment of said district. Thereupon the court shall direct the appraisers of the conservancy district to make such readjustment of appraisal in the manner provided in this act, and said appraisers shall make their report; and the same proceedings shall be had thereon, as nearly as may be, as are herein provided for the appraisal of benefits accruing for original construction. Provided, that in making the readjustment of the appraisal of benefits said appraisals shall not be limited to the aggregate amount of the original or any previous appraisal benefits, and that after the making of such readjustment of limitations of such annual maintenance assessment to one percent (1%) of the total appraised benefits shall apply to the amount of the benefits as readjusted; and provided, further, that there shall be no such readjustment of benefits oftener than once in ten (10) years.Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 189, § 49.
82 OK Stat § 82-639 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-639. Annual levy of special assessment - Special assessment book.

|The board of directors shall each year thereafter determine, order and levy the part of the local assessment levied under this act, which shall become due and collectable during each year at the same time the state and county taxes are due and collected, which annual levy shall be evidenced and certified by said board not later than October first of each year to the county clerk of each county in which the real or other property affected by said district is situated. The certificate of said annual levy shall be substantially as in the schedule herein. |They shall follow a table or schedule showing in properly ruled columns: 1. The name of the owners of said property, which may be as they appear in the decree of the court confirming appraisals, including the name of a city, county, town or township. 2. The description of the property opposite the names of the said owners. 3. The total amount of the said annual installment of all assessments on such piece of property for the account of the funds. 4. A blank column in which the county treasurer shall record the several amounts as collected by him. 5. A blank column in which the clerk shall record the date of payment of the different sums. 6. A blank column in which the county treasurer shall report the names of the person or persons paying the several amounts.The said certificates and report shall be prepared in triplicate in a well-bound book which shall be endorsed and named "Conservancy Assessment Book of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . County, Oklahoma", which endorsement shall also be printed at the top of each page in said book.Two copies of that part of such triplicate affecting lands in any county shall be forwarded to the county clerk of such county, one for his use and one for the county treasurer, to whom the clerk shall certify one copy. It shall be the duty of the county clerk of each county to receive the same as a special assessment book, and to certify the same as other special assessment records to the county treasurer of his county, whose duty it shall be to collect the same according to law. And such special assessment book shall be the treasurer's warrant and authority to demand and receive the assessment due in his county as found in the same, and it shall be unlawful for any such county treasurer to accept payment of the general taxes levied against any tract, parcel, piece of land or property described in such conservancy assessment book, until the owner has been notified by him that there is a special assessment noted in the conservancy book against such tract of land or other property.Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 190, § 50; Laws 1967, c. 382, § 14, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967.
82 OK Stat § 82-640 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-640. Collection of assessments - Duties of county officers - Delinquents.

|The county treasurer of each county in which lands of the district lie, shall make daily report to the county clerk of the county of the sums collected by him, and it shall be the duty of the county clerk on the first day of each month to issue his warrant payable to the treasurer of the district for all sums in the hands of the treasurer of the county, according to his report as aforesaid. Said county clerk shall, as soon as the county treasurer's books report the collections through October 31st, each year, make a report to the treasurer of said district of the sums collected and of the assessments not collected as returned to him by the treasurer of the county. |All assessments or taxes provided for in this act, remaining unpaid after they become due and collectable shall be delinquent and bear a penalty of one per cent (1%) per month from the date of delinquency until paid, and be enforceable by tax sale as a part of the ad valorem tax charge each year.Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 191, § 51; Laws 1967, c. 382, § 9, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967.
82 OK Stat § 82-641 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-641. Bond of county treasurer.

|Before receiving the aforesaid "Assessment Book" the treasurer of each county in which lands or other property of the district are located, shall execute to the board of directors of the district a bond with at least two good and sufficient sureties or a surety company, and which shall be paid for by the district in a sum not less than the probable amount of any annual levy of said assessment to be collected by him during any one (1) year, on condition that said treasurer shall pay over and account for all assessments so collected by him according to law. Said bond after approval by said board of directors shall be deposited with the secretary of the board of directors who shall produce same for inspection and use as evidence whenever and wherever lawfully requested so to do. |Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 191, § 52.
82 OK Stat § 82-642 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-642. Lien of assessments - Correcting irregular assessments - Deeds.

|All conservancy assessments as provided for in this title, together with all costs in collecting the same, remaining unpaid after they become due and collectable, shall constitute a lien on the specific properties against which the said assessments have been levied, said lien to be coequal with the lien of ad valorem taxes and all other taxes and all special assessments and shall be prior and superior to all other liens upon all the lands and other property against which such assessments shall be levied as is provided in this title. Such assessments shall be collected in each county by the county treasurer of each county as and at the time ad valorem taxes are collected, and any tax sale shall include all charges, and such lien may be evidenced by any ad valorem tax sale certificate including said charge substantially in the form required by law. |If any assessment made pursuant to the provisions of this title shall prove invalid, the board of directors shall subsequently amend all acts or proceedings promptly, and without delay remedy all defects or irregularities as the case may require by making and providing for the collection of new assessments or otherwise.Unless expressly declared to the contrary, no warranty deed or other deed made pursuant to a judicial sale shall warrant against any portion of any assessment or assessments levied hereunder except installments due before the date of such deed.Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 191, § 53. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 629, § 15; Laws 1963, c. 271, § 13; Laws 1967, c. 382, § 15; Laws 1970, c. 328, § 3, emerg. eff. April 28, 1970.
82 OK Stat § 82-643 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-643. Assessment book to be prima facie evidence.

|The "Delinquent Conservancy Book" of the district court shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of all matters therein contained. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 192, § 54.
82 OK Stat § 82-644 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-644. Duties of municipal officers as to assessments against municipality - Dissolution of district - Rights of bond holders.

|Whenever assessments are made against a county, city, town or township, it shall be the duty of the governing or taxing body of said political subdivision, upon receipt of the order of the court which established the district, confirming the appraisal of benefits and assessments based thereon, to receive and file the said order, and to immediately take all the legal and necessary steps to collect the same. It shall be the duty of the said governing or taxing body or persons to levy and assess a tax by a uniform rate in addition to all other taxes authorized, or limitations fixed, upon all the taxable property within the political subdivision, to make out the proper estimate, and fix the proper rate, and certify the same to the county clerk and county treasurer of the county in which such subdivision is, whose duty it shall be to receive same, certify the same for collection to the treasurer of the county as other ad valorem taxes, and his duty it shall be to collect the same for the benefit of the conservancy district, all of said officers above named being authorized and directed to take all the necessary steps for the levying, collection and distribution of such tax. |Nothing in this section shall prevent the assessment of the real estate or other property of corporations or persons situated within such political subdivision, which may be subject to assessment for special benefits to be received.In the event of any dissolution or disincorporation of any conservancy district organized pursuant to the provisions of this act, such dissolution or disincorporation shall not affect the lien of any assessment for benefits imposed pursuant to the provisions of this act, or the liability of any land or lands in such district to the levy of any future assessments for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of any bonds issued hereunder, and that in event of any failure on the part of the officers of any district to qualify and act or in the event of any resignations or vacancies in office, which shall prevent action by the said district or by its proper officers, it shall be the duty of the county clerk and of all officers charged in any manner with the duties of assessing, levying and collecting for public purposes in any county, municipality, political subdivision in which such lands shall be situated to do and perform all acts which may be necessary and requisite to the collection of any such assessment which may have been imposed and to the levying, imposing and collecting of any assessment which it may be necessary to make for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on said bond.Any holder of any bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this act or any person or officers being a party in interest may either at law or in equity by suit, action or mandamus, enforce and compel performance of the duties required by this act of any of the officers or persons mentioned in this act.Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 192, § 55.
82 OK Stat § 82-645 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-645. Use of surplus funds.

|Any surplus funds in the treasury of the district may be used for retiring bonds, reducing loans or obligations, reducing the rate of assessments or for the accomplishing of any other of the legitimate objects of this district. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 193, § 56. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 382, § 16, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967.
82 OK Stat § 82-646 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-646. Compensation of officials.

|Each member of the board of directors and each appraiser shall receive compensation allowed by the court and his necessary expenses for the time actually employed in performing his duties. Before any duties devolve upon a county clerk or county treasurer under this act the board of directors of the district shall consult them and agree upon the salaries for the extra clerical force, if any, required in their respective offices to carry out the requirements of the law by reason of the establishment of said district, and the said board of directors shall provide for and pay said salaries to said clerk or clerks, while engaged on the work of the district, which clerk shall be selected and appointed by each of said county officers for their respective offices. In case of disagreement as to the compensation of such extra clerical force, the matter shall be referred to the court for its determination. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 193, § 57. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 382, § 17.