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11 OK Stat § 11-12-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-104. Election of mayor.

|The board of trustees shall elect from among its members a mayor. The mayor shall be elected in each odd-numbered year at the first board of trustees meeting held after trustee terms begin, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The mayor shall serve until his successor has been elected and qualified. All references to the president of the town board of trustees in Oklahoma Statutes shall mean the town mayor. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 12-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-12-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-105. Duties of the mayor - Acting mayor.

|The mayor shall preside at meetings of the board and shall certify to the correct enrollment of all ordinances and resolutions passed by it. He shall be recognized as head of the town government for all ceremonial purposes and shall have such other powers, duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. The mayor shall have all the powers, rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities of a trustee, including the right to vote on questions. During the absence, disability or suspension of the mayor, the board shall elect from among its members an acting mayor. When a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor, the board shall elect another mayor from among its members to serve for the duration of the unexpired term. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 12-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-12-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-106. Powers vested in board of trustees - Designated powers.

|All powers of a statutory town board of trustees town, including the determination of matters of policy, shall be vested in the board of trustees. Without limitation of the foregoing, the board may: |1. Appoint and remove, and confirm appointments of, designated town officers and employees as provided by law or ordinance;2. Enact municipal legislation subject to limitations as may now or hereafter be imposed by the Oklahoma Constitution and law;3. Raise revenue, establish rates for services and taxes, make appropriations, regulate salaries and wages and all other fiscal affairs of the town, subject to limitations as may now or hereafter be imposed by the Oklahoma Constitution and law;4. Inspect the books and accounts maintained by the town treasurer;5. Inquire into the conduct of any office, department or agency of the town, and investigate municipal affairs, or authorize and provide for such inquiries;6. Create, change and abolish offices, departments or agencies, other than those established by law; assign additional functions and duties to offices, departments and agencies established by this article; and define the duties, powers and privileges of all officers which are not defined by this article; and7. Grant pardons for violation of municipal ordinances, including the remission of fines and costs.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 12-106, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-12-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-107. Board of trustees - Meetings.

|The board of trustees shall meet regularly at least monthly at such times as it may prescribe by ordinance or otherwise. |Special meetings may be called by the mayor or:1. Any two trustees where the board has three members; or2. Any three trustees where the board has five members.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 12-107, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-12-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-108. Board of trustees - Quorum - Rules and voting.

|A majority of all the members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. The board may determine its own rules, and may compel the attendance of absent members in the manner and under penalties as the board may prescribe. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 12-108, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-12-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-109. Town clerk - Creation and duties - Compensation.

|The town clerk shall be an officer of the town. The town clerk shall: |1. keep the journal of the proceedings of the board of trustees; and2. enroll all ordinances and resolutions passed by the board of trustees in a book or set of books kept for that purpose;and3. have custody of documents, records, and archives, as may be provided for by law or by ordinance, and have custody of the town seal; and4. attest and affix the seal of the town to documents as required by law or by ordinance; and5. have such other powers, duties, and functions related to his statutory duties as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance. The person who serves as town clerk may be employed by the town to perform duties not related to his position as town clerk. The salary, if any, for said duties shall be provided for separately by ordinance.Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 23, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
11 OK Stat § 11-12-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-110. Town treasurer - Creation and duties - Compensation.

|The town treasurer shall be an officer of the town. The town treasurer shall: |1. maintain accounts and books to show where and from what source all monies paid to him have been derived and to whom and when any monies have been paid; and2. deposit daily funds received for the town in depositories as the board of trustees may designate; and3. have such other powers, duties, and functions related to his statutory duties as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance. The person who serves as town treasurer may be employed by the town to perform duties not related to his position as town treasurer. The salary, if any, for said duties shall be provided for separately by ordinance.The books and accounts of the town treasurer shall be subject at all times to examination by the board of trustees.Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 24, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
11 OK Stat § 11-12-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-111. Chief of police - Creation and duties.

|The board of trustees may appoint a chief of police, who shall enforce municipal ordinances and have such other powers, duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. The chief of police may appoint police officers as he deems necessary, subject to the approval and confirmation of the board of trustees. All references in Oklahoma Statutes to the town marshal shall mean the town chief of police. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 12-111, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1979, c. 44, § 2, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979.
11 OK Stat § 11-12-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-112. Departments and agencies - Merger or consolidation of town offices.

|In the town board of trustees form of government, there shall be such administrative departments, officers, and agencies as the board may establish. The board may combine, merge, or consolidate by ordinance any of the various offices of town government as it deems necessary and convenient for the administration of the affairs or government of the town. Any consolidation of elected town offices shall go into effect at the end of the term of office of those officers whose offices are consolidated or when a vacancy occurs in one of the offices to be consolidated. An ordinance consolidating offices must be enacted at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the next municipal primary election. |Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 25, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
11 OK Stat § 11-12-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-113. Compensation of town elective officers.

|The compensation of all elective town officers shall be fixed by ordinance. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 12-113, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-12-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-12-114. Appointments and removals.

|Appointments and promotions in the service of a statutory town board of trustees government shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness; and removals, demotions, suspensions, and layoffs shall be made solely for the good of the service. The board by ordinance may establish a merit system and provide for its organization and functioning, and provide for personnel administration and regulation of personnel matters. The board of trustees may remove for cause any appointive officer by a majority vote of all its members. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 12-114, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-101. Municipalities may adopt charter.

|Any city or town containing a population of two thousand (2,000) inhabitants or more, as shown by the latest federal census or other census recognized by the laws of Oklahoma, may frame a charter for its own government. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 12-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-102. Procedure for adopting charters - Petition or governing body resolution.

|The mayor of an incorporated municipality shall issue an order calling for an election on the question of whether or not the municipality shall frame a charter for its own government and elect a board of freeholders to prepare the charter when: |1. A petition signed by not less then twenty-five percent (25%) of the registered voters of the municipality, as shown by the preceding general election, is filed with the governing body; or2. The governing body, by resolution, so directs.The order calling for the election shall be issued within ten (10) days after a petition has been filed with the governing body or within ten (10) days after the date of the governing body resolution.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-102, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-103. Election on question and board of freeholders.

|The election on the question and board of freeholders shall be held at a general or special election to be held in the municipality within thirty (30) days after the order calling for the election. Notice of the election shall be given in the manner required for municipal elections. The question submitted to the registered voters of the municipality shall be substantially in the following form: |Shall the _____ (City or Town) of _______ frame a charter for its own government?( ) Yes.( ) No.The board of freeholders, which is to be voted on in the same election, shall consist of two qualified electors from each ward in the municipality. The freeholders shall be elected by the registered voters of the respective wards. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in each ward shall be elected as members of the board of freeholders. The ballot shall be substantially in the following form:For Freeholder from Ward One(Vote for Two)________Name of candidate for freeholder_________Name of candidate for freeholder.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-104. Canvassing returns - Certification of results.

|The county election board shall canvass the returns and the secretary of the board shall, within five (5) days after the canvass of the returns of the election, certify the results to the municipal governing body. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of framing a charter for the municipality, the board shall tabulate the votes on the election of freeholders and declare the results in the certification to the governing body. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-105. Preparation of charter.

|The board of freeholders shall prepare a charter for the municipality within ninety (90) days after their election. The charter shall be consistent with and subject to the Oklahoma Constitution and shall not be in conflict with the Constitution and laws relating to the exercise of initiative and referendum. |The proposed charter shall be signed in duplicate by at least a majority of the freeholders. One copy of the proposed charter shall be given to the mayor and the other shall be given to the county clerk of the county in which the situs of the municipality is located.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-106. Notice of charter election.

|Within twenty (20) days after receipt of the proposed charter from the board of freeholders, the governing body shall publish the proposed charter and an announcement of the date for the charter election in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality once per week for three (3) consecutive weeks. The date for the charter election shall not be less than twenty (20) days nor more than thirty (30) days after the last publication. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-106, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 16, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-107. Charter election - Certification of results - Approval by Governor.

|The question of whether or not the municipality shall adopt the proposed charter shall be submitted to the registered voters of the municipality at a general or special election. If a majority of the votes cast, as certified by the secretary of the county election board, are in favor of adopting the charter, the charter shall then be certified by the mayor of the municipality and authenticated by the seal of the municipality. The submission to and approval by the registered voters shall be set forth on the charter. The charter shall then be submitted to the Governor for his approval, and the Governor shall approve the charter if it is not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of Oklahoma. Upon his approval, the charter shall become the organic law of the municipality and supersede any existing charter and all ordinances in conflict with it. |in conflict with it.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-107, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-108. Deposit of copies for record - Judicial notice.

|After the approval of the charter by the Governor, duplicate copies shall be made and one shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, and the other, after being recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the situs of the municipality is located, shall be deposited in the archives of the municipality. Thereafter the charter shall be judicially noticed in all court proceedings. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-108, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-109. Charter controls over conflicting laws.

|Whenever a charter is in conflict with any law relating to municipalities in force at the time of the adoption and approval of the charter, the provisions of the charter shall prevail and shall operate as a repeal or suspension of the state law or laws to the extent of any conflict. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-109, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-110. Payment of expenses for framing and adopting charter.

|All charter election expenses shall be paid by the municipality. The municipality may provide for the payment of the expenses incurred by the board of freeholders in the framing of the charter. |Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 24, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. d
11 OK Stat § 11-13-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-111. Charter amendments - Procedure.

|Amendments to a municipal charter may be proposed by: |1. An initiative petition, signed by a number of the registered voters residing in the municipality equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of votes cast at the preceding general election. Charter amendments proposed by initiative petition shall be governed in all respects by the provisions of Sections 15-101 through 15-110 of this title; or2. A resolution of the municipal governing body. Notice of charter amendments proposed by resolution and the election on them shall be in the same manner provided for adoption of municipal charters as set forth in Sections 13-106 and 13-107 of this title, except that only the article that contains the proposed charter amendments needs to be published and considered pursuant to those sections.If a majority of the votes cast in the election on the charter amendments, as certified by the secretary of the county election board, are in favor of adopting the proposed amendments to the charter, the charter shall be so amended, certified and authenticated by the mayor, and submitted to the Governor for approval. The Governor shall approve the charter amendments if they are not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of Oklahoma. Upon approval, the charter as amended shall become the organic law of the municipality and supersede any existing charter and all ordinances in conflict with it. The charter amendments shall be filed and recorded in the same manner provided for filing of municipal charters.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-111, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 301, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-112. Revocation or abolishment of charter - Adopting statutory form - Procedure.

|A proposal to revoke or abolish the charter of a municipality shall be made in the same manner provided for charter amendments and shall include the proposed statutory form of municipal government to be adopted when the charter is revoked, unless the proposal includes the adoption of a new charter in lieu of the existing charter. The question to be submitted to the registered voters of the municipality shall be substantially in the following form: |Shall the (City or Town) of _______revoke the charter under which it is now operating, and adopt and be governed under the statutory ______ (name of proposed statutory form) form of municipal government as provided by the laws of Oklahoma?( ) Yes.( ) No.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-112, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-113. Charter revocation - Canvassing returns - Proclamation of Governor - Election of officers.

|The secretary of the county election board shall, within five (5) days after the canvass of the returns of the election, certify to the Governor the results of the vote on the question. If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of revoking the charter, the Governor, within twenty (20) days after receiving the certification, shall issue a proclamation stating that the municipality has revoked its charter and adopted the statutory form of municipal government specified in the question. The proclamation of the Governor shall also direct the governing body of the municipality to divide the municipality into the number of wards required and to hold primary and general elections in the manner provided by the statutory form of government which has been adopted. From the date of the Governor's proclamation, the charter of the municipality shall be revoked, and the municipality shall be governed under the laws relating to the statutory form of government which the municipality has adopted. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-113, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-114. Special charter provisions relating to abandonment of municipal charters.

|Where a municipality has adopted a charter containing a special provision to the effect that at the expiration of a specified period after the adoption of the charter the governing body may submit to the registered voters of the municipality the question of whether or not the charter shall be abandoned and the municipality governed under a statutory form of government, and the specified time has expired and the governing body has failed to submit the question, then the question shall be submitted to the registered voters at the next election which may be held in the municipality. The secretary of the county election board shall submit the question substantially in the language of the charter provision. If a majority of the votes cast, as certified by the secretary of the county election board, are in favor of abandoning the charter and adopting a statutory form, the results of the election shall be certified to the Governor in the manner provided for revocation of charters. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 13-114, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-115. Compensation of elective city officers.

|Where a municipality has adopted a charter and the charter does not address compensation of elective city officers, the compensation of such elective city officers may be fixed by ordinance. |Added by Laws 1996, c. 79, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
11 OK Stat § 11-13-116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-13-116. Ordinances relating to elected law enforcement officers.

|No municipality shall adopt an ordinance restricting or expanding the powers and duties, supervisory and management authority, or the regulation of day-to-day activities of a duly elected law enforcement officer unless such authority is specifically granted by the municipal charter of said municipality. |Added by Laws 2015, c. 373, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
11 OK Stat § 11-14-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-14-101. Municipal ordinances - Authority.

|The municipal governing body may enact ordinances, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of Oklahoma for any purpose mentioned in Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes or for carrying out their municipal functions. Municipal ordinances, rules or regulations may be repealed, altered or amended as the governing body ordains. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 14-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-14-101.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-14-101.1. Rent control - Prohibition.

|A. No municipal governing body may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which regulates the amount of rent to be charged for privately owned, single-family or multiple unit residential or commercial rental property. |B. This section shall not be construed to prohibit any municipality or any authority created by a municipality for that purpose from:1. regulating in any way property belonging to that municipality or authority;2. entering into agreements with private persons which regulate the amount of rent charged for subsidized rental properties; or3. enacting ordinances or resolutions restricting rent for properties assisted with federal Community Development Block Grant Funds.Added by Laws 1988, c. 38, § 1, emerg. eff. March 21, 1988.
11 OK Stat § 11-14-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-14-102. Ordinances - Procedure governing passage.

|All proposed ordinances of a municipality shall be considered at a public meeting of the council or board of trustees. A vote of a majority of all the members of the council or board of trustees shall be required for the final passage of an ordinance. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 14-102, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-14-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-14-103. Effective date of municipal ordinances - Emergency measures.

|Every ordinance except an emergency ordinance shall go into effect thirty (30) days after its final passage unless it specifies a later date. An emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of peace, health, or safety shall go into effect upon its final passage unless it specifies a later date. Such an emergency measure must state in a separate section the reasons why it is necessary that the measure become effective immediately. The question of emergency must be ruled upon separately and approved by the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths (3/4) of all the members of the governing body of the municipality. |Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.