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11 OK Stat § 11-23-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-23-102. Defense of municipal employees - Procedure for request and defense.

|If a municipality is to defend a municipal employee in a civil action or special proceeding as provided for in Section 23-101 of this title, the following procedure shall apply: |1. The employee shall make a written request to the governing body of the municipality within ten (10) days after service of summons on the employee. A copy of the request shall be transmitted by the employee to his immediate supervisor and to the municipal attorney or other designated legal counsel;2. Before any defense is initiated, an inquiry shall be made by the municipal governing body of the facts upon which the action or special proceeding is based. Unless the governing body determines that the employee was acting in good faith and in the course of his employment, representation shall not be provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 23-101 of this title;3. Upon the decision of the municipal governing body to provide representation for the employee, it shall direct an attorney to appear and defend the action. Said attorney shall determine the method of preparation and presentation of the defense and shall not be held civilly liable for the exercise of such discretion;4. The employee named in the action may employ private counsel at his own expense to assist in his defense;5. It shall be the duty of any municipal law enforcement agency to provide investigators at the request of the designated attorney to assist him in implementing the provisions of this section;6. No findings or reports of the municipal governing body, the designated attorney, or persons making inquiry subject to their direction pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be discoverable or admissible as evidence in any such action or special proceeding, and no reference thereto shall be made in any such trial or hearing; and7. Any officer or employee who acts outside the scope of his official authority shall be liable for damages in the same manner as any private citizen.Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 49, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
11 OK Stat § 11-23-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-23-103. Cost of litigation when municipality defends municipal employee.

|The cost of litigation in any case for which representation is provided pursuant to Sections 23-101 and 23-102 of this title shall be paid by the municipality. Cost of litigation shall include, but is not limited to, court cost, deposition expenses, travel and lodging, witness fees and other similar costs; except that this section shall not be construed as authorizing the payment by the municipality of any judgment making an award of monetary damages. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 23-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-23-103.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-23-103.1. Employee defined.

|As used in Sections 23-101 through 23-103 of this title, employee means any person who is acting or who has acted in behalf of a political subdivision or an agency whether that person is acting on a permanent or temporary basis, with or without being compensated or on a full-time or part-time basis. Employee also includes all elected or appointed officers, members of governing bodies and other persons designated to act for an agency or political subdivision, but shall not include independent contractors. |Laws 1979, c. 44, § 6, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979.
11 OK Stat § 11-23-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-23-105. Ambulance service - Liability insurance - Employee benefits.

|A. The governing body of any municipality or county may contract for ambulance service with the state or any of its agencies or any other municipality, county, person, firm, or corporation or combination thereof subject to such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the parties or in accordance with the requirements of the Interlocal Cooperation Act. Such contracts, if with a person, firm, or corporation, shall provide for the carrying of liability insurance in a sum of not less than the risk of liability of the municipality pursuant to the provisions of Section 154 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |B. Any employee of a municipality, county, or public trust, engaging in ambulance or emergency service provided by the employer shall be entitled to all benefits of any pension fund or insurance benefits to which such employee might otherwise be entitled. If the employee of any city, town, county, or public trust performs ambulance or emergency service in his off-duty hours in addition to such employee's principal employment, the time spent in such additional duty shall not be counted toward the person's pension and the compensation received shall not be used to calculate the pension that person may receive at some future time.Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 50, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
11 OK Stat § 11-23-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-23-109. Ordinance to establish employee benefit program.

|The municipal governing body may enact an ordinance for the establishment of an employee benefit program to encourage outstanding performance in the workplace. The ordinance shall provide for the expenditure of funds for the purchase of recognition awards for presentation to an employee or members of a work unit. |Added by Laws 2018, c. 188, § 2.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-101. Short Title.

|Short Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority Act". |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-102. Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity.

|Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity. It is declared that the provision of adequate, reliable and economic sources of electrical energy is in the public interest; that there is a need to establish a means by which municipalities and public trusts operating municipal electric systems may jointly plan, finance, own and operate facilities relating to electrical energy and acquire fuel and other supplies for the generation of electrical energy through the creation of a power authority in order to achieve economies and efficiencies not possible for municipalities and public trusts acting alone; that the joint planning, financing, ownership and operation of facilities relating to electrical energy, the acquisition of fuel and other supplies for the generation of electrical energy and the issuance of revenue bonds as provided herein is for a public use and serves a valid public purpose; and that the Legislature finds it necessary and proper to provide a method for municipalities and public trusts operating municipal electric systems to jointly plan, finance, develop, own or operate, either by themselves or with other public agencies, utilities or persons, facilities appropriate to the present and projected needs of such municipalities and public trusts for electrical energy. It is further declared that the intent of this act is to consider all methods for the generation of electrical energy and to provide such energy in the most economical manner available. |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 2, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-103. Creation of the Authority.

|Creation of the Authority. There is hereby created within the State of Oklahoma a power authority to be known as "Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority". Said Authority shall be, and is hereby declared to be a state governmental agency, body politic and corporate, with powers of government and with authority to exercise the rights, privileges and functions hereinafter specified. |Nothing in this act or in any other act or law contained, however, shall be construed as authorizing the Authority to levy or collect taxes or assessments, or to create any indebtedness payable out of the taxes or assessments, or in any manner to pledge the credit of the State of Oklahoma, or any subdivision thereof.Laws 1981, c. 218, § 3, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-105.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-105.1. Electric generation project - Joint interest - Exception.

|Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (f) of Section 24-105 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes that prohibits joint ownership in any plant for the generation of electric energy with any investor-owned utility that did not exist on May 10, 1981, the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority is hereby authorized to own a joint interest in any electric generation project, except any nuclear generating plant. |Added by Laws 2001, c. 397, § 2, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-106. Public Property.

|Public Property. It is hereby found, determined, and declared that the creation of the Authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes are in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and that the Authority is an institution of purely public charity performing an essential governmental function and all property of said Authority (including the Authority's interest in any property held jointly with any other person) is hereby declared and shall in all respects be considered to be public property and title to such property shall be held by the Authority only for the benefit of the public and the use of such property pursuant to the terms of this act shall be and is hereby declared to be for essential public and governmental purposes, that is, for the promotion of public general welfare in the matter of providing an adequate, dependable and economic electric power supply in an effort to better the general condition of the residents of the State of Oklahoma, and all of the property of and income, obligations and interest on all the bonds and notes of the Authority and the transfer thereof shall be and hereby are declared to be nontaxable for any and all purposes by the State of Oklahoma or any of its political subdivisions. |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 6, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981. der
11 OK Stat § 11-24-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-110. Eminent Domain.

|Eminent Domain. Except as otherwise provided by this act, the Authority may acquire all real or personal property that it deems necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act, whether in fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, by condemnation and the exercise of the power of eminent domain in the manner and by like proceedings as provided by general law with respect to condemnation. The Authority shall never have power of eminent domain with respect to any real or personal property or interest therein at the time owned or leased by any person as part of a system, whether existing, under construction or being planned, or facilities for the generation, transmission, production or distribution of electrical power. The authority of the Authority to acquire real or personal property by condemnation or the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be a continuing power, and no exercise thereof shall exhaust it. |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 10, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-111. Legal Investments.

|Legal Investments. The bonds herein authorized are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all political subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all political subdivisions for any purpose for which deposit of bonds or other obligations of this state is now or may hereafter be authorized. |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 11, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-113. Rents, Rates and Other Charges; Corporation Commission Exemption.

|Rents, Rates and Other Charges; Corporation Commission Exemption. The Authority may establish, levy and collect or may authorize, by contract, franchise, lease or otherwise, the establishment, levying and collection of rents, rates and other charges for the products and services afforded by the Authority or by or in connection with any project which it may construct, acquire, own, operate or control or with respect to which it may have any interest or any right to the products and services thereof as it may deem necessary, proper, desirable or reasonable. Rents, rates and other charges shall be at least sufficient to meet the operation, maintenance and other expenses thereof, including reasonable reserves, interest and principal payments, including payments into one or more sinking funds for the retirement of principal, to comply with all terms and provisions of the bond resolution, trust indenture or other security agreement relating to the bonds issued in connection with any project, to accumulate any excess income which may be required by the purchasers of such bonds or may be dictated by the requirements of such bond resolution, trust indenture or security agreement for achieving ready marketability of and low interest on such bonds and to generate funds sufficient to fulfill the terms of any other contracts or agreements made by the Authority. The Authority may pledge its rates, rents and other revenue, or any part thereof, as security for the repayment, with interest and premium, if any, of any monies borrowed by it or advanced to it for any of its authorized purposes and as security for the payment of amounts due and owing by it under any contract. |The Authority shall be exempt in any and all respects from the jurisdiction or control of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Nothing herein shall be construed as depriving the State of Oklahoma of its power to regulate and control fees and/or charges to be collected for the use of any products and services afforded by the Authority, provided, that the State of Oklahoma does hereby pledge to and agree with the purchasers and successive holders of the bonds issued hereunder that the state will not limit or alter the power hereby vested in the Authority to establish, levy and collect such rents, rates and other charges as will produce revenue sufficient to meet the operation, maintenance and other expenses set forth in the preceding paragraph of this Section 13, or in any way to impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the bonds, or of any person in their behalf, until the bonds, together with the interest thereon, with interest on unpaid installments of interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the bondholders and all other obligations of the Authority in connection with such bonds are fully met and discharged.Laws 1981, c. 218, § 13, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-114. Acquisition and Construction Contracts.

|The Authority shall be subject to the provisions of the Public Competitive Bidding Act, as provided by Sections 101 et seq. of Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided, however, where the Authority is purchasing an undivided interest in a project that is being constructed or operated by another person, the initial purchase of such interest by the Authority and any contracts entered into by such person while acting as agent for the Authority in connection with such project shall not be subject to the provisions of such act. |Added by Laws 1981, c. 218, § 14, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-115. Financial statements - Filing.

|Within ninety (90) days following the closing of each fiscal year, the Authority shall cause to be prepared certified financial statements which shall be filed with the State Auditor and Inspector and with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in accordance with the requirements for financial statement audits in Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1981, c. 218, § 15, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 290, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 45.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-116. Meetings and Records.

|Meetings and Records. All meetings of the Authority shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, as provided by Sections 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All records of the Authority shall be subject to the provisions of Section 24 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 16, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-117 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-117. Construction.

|Construction. This act and all the terms and provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein; provided however, nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the Authority to loan its credit to any investor-owned utility nor to acquire or subsidize any nuclear powered generating plant. |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 17, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-118 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-118. Powers Declared Supplementary.

|Powers Declared Supplementary. The provisions of this act shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to and cumulative of powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as being in derogation of any powers now existing. |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 19, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981. d
11 OK Stat § 11-24-119 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-119. Irrevocable Contracts.

|Irrevocable Contract. While any of the bonds issued by the Authority shall remain outstanding or while the Authority has any undischarged duties or obligations under any contract or agreement, including obligations to any joint owner of any project, the powers, duties or existence of the Authority or of its officers, employees or agents shall not be diminished, impaired or affected in any manner which will affect adversely the interest and right of the owners of such bonds or the persons to whom such duties or obligations are owed under such contracts or agreements. The provisions of this act shall be for the benefit of the state, the Authority, every owner of the Authority's bonds and every other person to whom the Authority owes a duty or is obligated by contract or agreement and, upon and after the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this act, shall constitute an irrevocable contract by the state with the owners of such bonds and the other persons to whom the Authority owes a duty or is obligated by such contracts or agreements. |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 19, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-120 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-120. Personnel to be Included in Unclassified Service.

|Personnel to be Included in Unclassified Service. In addition to those officers and positions in the unclassified service of the state as now provided by law, all personnel of the Authority shall be included in the unclassified service of the state. |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 20, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-24-121 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-24-121. Partial Invalidity.

|Partial Invalidity. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of the act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. |Laws 1981, c. 218, § 26, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-25-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-25-101. Oklahoma Municipal Energy Independence Act.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Municipal Energy Independence Act”. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 103, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
11 OK Stat § 11-25-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-25-102. Municipal energy district authority - Trustees.

|A. The governing body of a municipality, by ordinance, may establish a municipal energy district authority for the municipality. The authority shall be a public trust as provided for in Sections 176 through 180.3 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |B. The authority shall consist of five trustees as follows:1. The mayor of the municipality;2. Two members of the governing board of the municipality; and3. Two persons appointed by the mayor of the municipality who shall be residents of the municipality and shall not be elected officials.C. The mayor of the municipality shall serve as chair of the authority.Added by Laws 2011, c. 103, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
11 OK Stat § 11-25-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-25-103. Trustees’ meetings.

|The trustees of a municipal energy district authority shall establish a time and place for regular meetings and may hold special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. Three trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and upon all questions requiring a vote of the trustees there shall be a concurrence of three trustees for approval. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 103, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
11 OK Stat § 11-25-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-25-104. Trustees’ powers and duties.

|A. The trustees of a municipal energy district authority shall be authorized to: |1. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of the authority;2. Make and execute all necessary contracts;3. Secure funding through sources which may include:a.issuance of notes or bonds,b.public or private lenders,c.grants or loans from other governmental entities when funds are available, ord.any other public or private funding source;4. Make loans directly to willing and consenting property owners or through a financial institution for the following purposes:a.to finance the purchase and installation of distributed-generation renewable energy sources,b.to make energy-efficient improvements or retrofits that are permanently affixed to residential, commercial, or industrial property,c.to conduct residential and commercial building energy audits, andd.to establish financial incentive programs for energy-efficient improvements; and5. Make loans or other repayment mechanisms for capital expenditures available to implement green community programs and qualified energy-conservation projects.B. The trustees of an energy district authority shall coordinate with electric utilities that provide electric service within the borders of the municipality on programs offered by the authority pursuant to the Oklahoma Municipal Energy Independence Act. No program offered by a municipal energy district authority shall be used directly or indirectly to compete against an electric service provider's similar program within the borders of the municipality for electric customers.Added by Laws 2011, c. 103, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.