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11 OK Stat § 11-3-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-3-101. Petition for incorporation of town - Notice - Contents.

|A. A petition for incorporation of a town shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed town is located, at the time indicated in the notice, as provided for in subsection C of this section, or as soon thereafter as the board can receive and consider it. The petition shall be: |1. In writing; and2. Signed by at least one-third (1/3) of the registered voters residing in the proposed town as shown by the preceding general election or by at least twenty-five (25) registered voters residing in the proposed town, whichever number is greater. The registered voters signing the petition must be residents of the proposed town at the time of signing the petition and for the sixty (60) days immediately preceding the signing of the petition.B. Each petition shall be on a separate sheet and shall be authenticated by the affidavit of at least one credible witness that the signatures are genuine, that the signatures on the petition are in compliance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section, and that the signatures on the petition were not gathered more than thirty (30) days prior to the petition being presented to the board. The petition shall include:1. The name of the proposed town;2. The survey and plat of the proposed town;3. The resident population including names and addresses of persons residing in the area of the proposed town not more than sixty (60) days prior to presenting the petition to the board of county commissioners;4. The number and boundaries of the proposed town wards or, if no wards are proposed, the number of positions on the proposed board of trustees;5. The appropriate documentation to prove that territory within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of a municipality having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) has historically been identified as a community of people residing in compact form, if applicable; and6. Affidavits verifying the facts contained in the petition.C. Not less than thirty (30) days before presenting the petition to the board of county commissioners, notice of the intent of the petitioners to apply for incorporation of a town shall be given by leaving the survey, plat, census, and description of wards, if any, in some convenient place in the proposed town for examination by those having an interest in the application.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 3-101, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2004, c. 329, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2011, c. 98, § 1.
11 OK Stat § 11-3-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-3-102. Hearing on petition - Order of commissioners calling for election on question.

|Within thirty (30) days after the petition for incorporation has been presented, the board of county commissioners shall determine, either by affidavit or by oral testimony in a hearing on the petition, whether the requirements for incorporation have been fully complied with. If the board is satisfied with the petitioners' compliance, it shall call for an election for the purpose of submitting to the registered voters of the proposed town the question of whether or not such territory shall become an incorporated town. The order of the board calling for the election shall name the date for the election and shall be submitted to the secretary of the county election board for the purpose of conducting the election. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 3-102, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-3-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-3-103. Notice of election.

|At least ten (10) days' notice of the election shall be given by the board of county commissioners by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed town, and by posting a copy of the order in not less than ten (10) of the most public places in the proposed town. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 3-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-3-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-3-104. Conduct of election - Ballots.

|The election shall be conducted in accordance with applicable election laws. The registered voters of the proposed town shall vote on the question of incorporation by separate ballot, which shall be substantially in the following form: |For incorporation as the town of ___________( ) Yes.( ) No.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 3-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-3-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-3-105. Canvassing returns - Statement of result - Order of incorporation.

|The county election board shall canvass the returns of the election. Within five (5) days after the canvass of the returns of the election, the secretary of the county election board shall certify the results of the election to the board of county commissioners. If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of incorporation as a town, the board of commissioners shall, within twenty (20) days after receiving the result of the vote, issue an order declaring that the town has been incorporated and naming the date for the election of town officers. The territory shall, from the date of the commissioners' order, be deemed a body corporate and an incorporated town. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 3-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-3-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-3-106. Notice of election of town officers - Fees and expenses.

|The order of the board of county commissioners shall be submitted to the secretary of the county election board for the purpose of conducting the election of town officers. If the town is eligible to come within the provisions of the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act and a majority of the petitioners desire to comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act, the petitioners shall call the election in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act. Notice of any election of town officers shall be in the manner provided by law for municipal elections. All expenses for any election on the question of incorporation and the election of officers shall be paid by the county and reimbursed by the town when fully organized. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 3-106, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 357, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
11 OK Stat § 11-3-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-3-107. Officers to be elected.

|The officers to be elected shall be those provided by law applicable to the town board of trustees form of government. These officers shall hold office until the next odd-numbered year, at which time the first regular municipal election shall be held under the town board of trustees form of government as provided in Section 16-206 of this title, and until their successors are elected and qualified. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 3-107, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-4-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-4-101. Petition for incorporation of city - Contents.

|A petition for incorporation of a city shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed city is located. The petition shall: |1. Be in writing; and2. Be signed by at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the registered voters residing in the proposed city, as shown by the preceding general election.Each petition shall be on a separate sheet and shall be authenticated by the affidavit of at least one credible witness that the signatures are genuine and the signers of the petition are registered voters of the proposed city. The petition shall include: 1. The name of the proposed city;2. The survey and plat of the proposed city;3. The resident population according to the latest federal census or other census recognized by the laws of Oklahoma, which population must be one thousand (1,000) inhabitants or more;4. The number and boundaries of the proposed city wards;5. A designation of the statutory form of city government that is proposed for the city when it becomes incorporated; and6. Affidavits verifying the facts alleged in the petition.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 4-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-4-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-4-102. Order calling for election on question - Notice.

|Within thirty (30) days after filing the petition for incorporation of a city, the board of county commissioners shall call for an election for the purpose of submitting to the registered voters of the proposed city the question of whether or not such town or community of people shall become an incorporated city. The order calling for the election shall name the date for the election and shall be submitted to the secretary of the county election board for the purpose of conducting the election. The order shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed city for a period of at least twenty (20) days prior to the election. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 4-102, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-4-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-4-103. Alternative procedure for incorporated towns.

|As an alternative procedure to filing a petition with the board of county commissioners, the board of trustees of an incorporated town, by resolution, may direct the mayor to submit the question of whether or not the town shall become a city to the registered voters of the town at a special or general election. The resolution shall: 1. Divide the municipality into the required number of wards for purposes of the proposed city; |2. Designate the statutory form of city government that is proposed for the city when it becomes incorporated; and3. Name the date for the election.If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of incorporation as a city, as certified by the county election board, the town board shall adopt a resolution declaring that the city has been incorporated and naming the date for the election of city officers. The city shall, from the date of the board's resolution, be deemed a body corporate and an incorporated city.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 4-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-4-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-4-104. Conduct of election - Ballots.

|The election on the question of incorporation shall be conducted in accordance with applicable election laws. The registered voters of the proposed city shall vote on the question by separate ballot, which shall be substantially in the following form: Shall the ________ (town, community, territory) of ________ become incorporated as the city of ________ and operated under the statutory ________ (name of proposed statutory form) form of city government as provided by the laws of Oklahoma? |( ) Yes.( ) No.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 4-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-4-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-4-105. Canvassing returns - Certification of results - Order of incorporation.

|The county election board shall canvass the returns of the election. Within five (5) days after the canvass of the returns of the election, the secretary of the county election board shall certify to the board of county commissioners the results of the election. If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of incororation as a city under the designated statutory form, the board of commissioners shall, within twenty (20) days after receiving the results of the vote, issue an order declaring that the city has been incorporated under the designated statutory form of city government and naming the date for the election of city officers. The city shall, from the date of the commissioners' order, be deemed a body corporate and an incorporated city. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 4-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-4-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-4-106. Notice of election of city officers - Fees and expenses.

|The order of the board of county commissioners shall be submitted to the secretary of the county election board for the purpose of conducting the election. Notice of the election of city officers shall be in the manner provided by law for municipal elections. All expenses for the election on the question of incorporation and the election of officers shall be paid by the county and reimbursed by the city when fully organized. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 4-106, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 357, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
11 OK Stat § 11-4-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-4-107. Officers to be elected.

|The officers to be elected shall be those provided by the laws governing the statutory form of city government which has been adopted. These officers shall hold office until the next odd-numbered year, at which time the first regular municipal election shall be held in accordance with the form of government adopted, and until their successors are elected and qualified. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 4-107, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-5-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-5-101. City incorporating as a town - Procedure.

|Any city may become an incorporated town. A petition for a city to become an incorporated town shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the city is located. The petition shall: |1. Be in writing; and2. Be signed by at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the registered voters of the city, as shown by the preceding general election.The petition shall clearly express the desire of the petitioners to become incorporated as a town and shall be authenticated by the affidavit of at least one credible witness that the signatures are genuine and that the signers of the petition are registered voters of the city. The petition shall include:1. The name of the city and of the proposed town;2. The survey and plat of the city;3. The resident population according to the latest federal census or other census recognized by the laws of Oklahoma;4. The description and name of the proposed town wards; and5. Affidavits verifying the facts alleged in the petition.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 5-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-5-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-5-102. Order calling for election on question - Notice.

|Within thirty (30) days after filing the petition for a city incorporating as a town, the board of county commissioners shall call for an election for the purpose of submitting to the registered voters of the city the question of whether or not such city shall become an incorporated town. The order calling for the election shall name the date for the election and shall be submitted to the secretary of the county election board for the purpose of conducting the election. The order shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city for a period of at least twenty (20) days prior to the election. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 5-102, eff. July 1, 1978. 0
11 OK Stat § 11-5-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-5-103. Election on city incorporating as town - Ballots.

|The election shall be conducted in accordance with applicable election laws. A separate ballot shall be prepared for submitting the question of whether or not the city shall become an incorporated town. The ballot shall be in substantially the following form: |Shall the City of _________ become an incorporated town and be known as the Town of ________?( ) Yes.( ) No.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 5-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-5-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-5-104. Certification of results - Order of incorporation - Notice of election of town officers - Fees and expenses.

|The county election board shall canvass the returns of the election. Within five (5) days after the canvass of the returns of the election, the secretary of the county election board shall certify to the board of commissioners the results of the election. If a majority of the votes cast in the election are in favor of the city incorporating as a town, the board of commissioners shall, within twenty (20) days after receiving the result of the vote, issue an order declaring the town's incorporation and naming the date for the election of town officers. Notice of the election of town officers shall be in the manner provided by law for municipal elections. All expenses for the election on the question of incorporation and the election of officers shall be paid by the incorporated town. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 5-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-5-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-5-105. Town officers to be elected.

|The officers to be elected shall be those provided by law applicable to the town board of trustees form of government. These officers shall hold office until the next odd-numbered year, at which time the first regular municipal election shall be held under the town board of trustees form of government as provided in Section 16-206 of this title, and until their successors are elected and qualified. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 5-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-5-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-5-106. Indebtedness assumed by incorporated town.

|All indebtedness of any nature, whether resulting from a bond issue or otherwise, shall be assumed by the incorporated town. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 5-106, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-6-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-6-101. Proposal for consolidation - Terms and conditions - Approval by governing bodies.

|Any two or more municipalities lying adjacent to each other may consolidate and become one municipal corporation. A proposal for consolidation shall be prepared by the governing body of a municipality when: |1. A resolution of the governing body so directs; or2. A petition signed by at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the registered voters of the municipality, as shown by the preceding general election, is filed with the governing body.The proposal shall then be submitted to the governing body of an adjacent municipality for its approval. When the proposal is approved, the governing bodies of the municipalities to be consolidated, or their representatives, shall prepare the terms and conditions of the consolidation. The terms and conditions of consolidation shall provide for the transition of officers and employees of each municipality which is to be consolidated. If each governing body approves the terms of consolidation, it shall adopt a resolution declaring its approval and shall provide for an election on the question of consolidation.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 6-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-6-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-6-102. Ballots - Election on question.

|The question submitted to the registered voters of each municipality shall be substantially in the following form: |Shall the municipalities of ______ and ______ (name of all municipalities to be consolidated) consolidate as the ______ (city or town) of ________ and be operated under the _____________ form of government?( ) Yes.( ) No.If a majority of the votes cast in each municipality are in favor of consolidation, the governing body in each municipality shall declare, by ordinance, that the consolidation has been approved and shall proceed to consolidate under the terms of consolidation. The consolidation and formation of the municipal corporation shall take effect on the date named in the terms and conditions. Upon the effective date, the municipal corporation shall be governed by laws applicable to the form of government which has been adopted.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 6-102, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-6-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-6-103. Record of consolidation.

|The order of each municipality declaring consolidation as a municipal corporation shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk in the county in which the situs of the consolidated municipal corporation is located and filed in the office of the Secretary of State and in the archives of the municipal corporation. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 6-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-6-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-6-104. Property and obligations after consolidation.

|All real and personal property belonging to each municipality so consolidated, and all its notes, bonds, obligations, accounts, demands, evidences of debt, rights and franchises, books, records, maps and plats shall become the property of the consolidated municipal corporation. Each municipality as it existed before consolidation shall remain liable for all its obligations and outstanding indebtedness which are due or become due on the day of the election on consolidation, and the property within such municipality shall be assessed to pay the obligations and indebtedness in the same manner as if a consolidation had not taken place. In no event shall the consolidated municipal corporation be liable for obligations existing before consolidation unless expressly provided for by the terms and conditions of consolidation. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 6-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-7-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-7-101. Dissolution of municipality - Application - Notice of election on question.

|An application for dissolution of a municipality shall be filed with the governing body of the municipality. The application shall: 1. Be in writing; |2. Set forth the reasons for the request; and3. Be signed by not less than one-third of the registered voters residing in the municipality as shown by the preceding general election.If the governing body of the municipality determines that the reasons for dissolution are good, it shall call for an election for the purpose of submitting to the registered voters of the municipality the question of whether or not the municipality should be dissolved. Notice of the election shall be given by the governing body in the manner provided by law for municipal elections.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 7-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-7-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-7-102. Conduct of election - Results.

|Registered voters of the municipality shall vote by ballot "yes" or "no" on the question of dissolution of the municipality. The election shall be conducted in accordance with applicable election laws. If a majority of the votes are in favor of dissolution, and the votes have been cast by at least two-fifths of the registered voters of the municipality (as shown by the preceding general election), a statement of the vote signed by the mayor, and attested by the clerk, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in the county in which the situs of the municipality is located and in the office of the Secretary of State. At the expiration of six (6) months from the date of the election on the question, the municipality shall cease to be a corporation. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 7-102, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-7-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-7-103. Disposition of property - Payment of debts and liabilities - Contract rights.

|The property belonging to the dissolved municipality shall be used first to pay its debts and liabilities, and then disposed of in the manner as a majority of the registered voters of the municipality shall direct in a special election on the question of disposition of property. No dissolution of an incorporated municipality shall impair the rights of any person in any contract or agreement to which the municipality is a party. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 7-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-7-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-7-104. Real property owned by municipality at time of dissolution.

|If a municipality is the owner in fee simple of real property at the time it is dissolved, and this real property is thereafter brought within the boundaries of another existing incorporated municipality, the fee simple title of this real property will divest from the dissolved municipality and vest in the existing municipality. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 7-104, eff. July 1, 1978.