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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-112. Recording and filing of resolutions.

The resolutions required pursuant to Section 3 of this act shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk and filed in the office of the Secretary of State and in the archives of the city.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 142, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-113. Fire protection services to meet or exceed current level of service.

The delivery of fire protection services shall meet or exceed the current levels and standards of fire protection services being provided by the municipality, pursuant to the provisions of Section 324.8 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, in order for a private entity, organization, corporation or company to provide fire protection services to a municipality.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 142, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-114. Certain firefighters governmental employees and members of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System.

All firefighters in the state whose fire department provides fire protection services to a participating municipality, as defined in paragraph 9 of Section 49-100.1 of this title, on or after the effective date of this act shall be governmental employees, as described in Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling 1989-49, 1989-1 CB 117, and shall be members of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System. The Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Board shall determine whether a firefighter is a governmental employee as defined in this section.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 142, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 388, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-115. Publication of income or loss statement and balance sheet.

Every private entity, organization, corporation or company providing fire protection services to a municipality shall, within ninety (90) days after the end of its fiscal year, publish one insertion in a legal newspaper that services that municipality. Such insertion shall be a statement of income or loss and a balance sheet that relates only to the fire protection services being provided to the municipality. The statement shall be prepared in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles along with an opinion of fair presentation by a certified public accountant.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 142, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-152. Creation of district – Municipal resolution.

The governing body of a municipality may initiate the creation of a public safety protection district by the adoption of a resolution calling for the question to be placed before the registered voters of the municipality of whether to organize a public safety protection district. The resolution shall be submitted to the registered voters of the municipality at the next general election. When a district is organized, it shall have the powers conferred by this act.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-153. Included territory – Management and budgetary authority.

A. A public safety protection district shall include all territory located within the municipality.
B. Management of the public safety protection district, as well as management of any employee hired from district funds, shall be vested within the existing administration of the municipal government that created the district.
C. Budgetary oversight shall be vested within the existing legislative body of the municipal government that created the district.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-154. Election costs – Notice to voters.

A. The costs of an election to establish a public safety protection district shall be paid by the municipality in the proportions determined by the county election board conducting the special election.
B. The election to determine whether a district shall be established, and the notice thereof, shall be conducted in the same manner as other municipal questions which are submitted to the electorate of the municipality. The notice shall require the registered voters of the municipality to cast ballots which contain the words: "Public Safety Protection District – Yes" and "Public Safety Protection District – No" or words equivalent thereto. All residents of the municipality who are qualified electors shall be qualified to vote on the proposition. The public safety protection district election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state, and the regular election officials shall be in charge at the usual polling place of each regular precinct, or part of a precinct, which shall include lands within the boundaries of the municipality.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-155. Votes required for adoption.

If the certified election results show that a sixty percent (60%) majority of all the votes cast are "Public Safety Protection District – Yes", the governing body of the municipality shall, by adoption of an ordinance or resolution or both an ordinance and resolution, declare the public safety protection district established. Any ordinances or resolutions establishing a public safety protection district shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in the county.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-156. Annual assessment – Proceeds - Exemptions.

A. There shall be levied an annual assessment no greater than five (5) mills on the dollar of assessed value of the types of property in the district as provided in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of subsection A of Section 2803 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the proceeds of which shall be used for the operation and maintenance of the public safety protection district including expenses related to any of the following, or combination of the following purposes:
1. Purchasing and maintaining public safety equipment;
2. Purchasing and maintaining public safety vehicles;
3. Payment of salaries and benefits of the municipal employees who provide law enforcement or fire protection public safety services or both law enforcement and fire protection public safety services within the district;
4. Payment of salaries and benefits of the municipal employees who provide emergency medical services; or
5. Payment for emergency medical services provided by the municipality.
Such proceeds may also be used for payment of any costs related to fire and police operations. Such assessment shall only be levied on the types of property located in the district as provided in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of subsection A of Section 2803 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The annual assessment provided in subsection A of this section shall not apply to real property zoned for agricultural or industrial land use, livestock employed in support of the family, implements of husbandry as defined by Section 1-125 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, personal property owned by agricultural business entities and public service corporations as defined by Section 2808 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-157. Assessment lien.

Every assessment levied under the authority of this act shall be a lien against the tract of land on which it has been levied, until paid, and the lien shall be coequal with the lien of ad valorem and other taxes including special assessments, and prior and superior to all other liens, and the assessment shall draw interest and shall be collected in the same manner as ad valorem taxes.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-158. Collection of tax - Delinquency.

The county assessor shall compute and enter in respective columns of the tax rolls the respective sums in dollars and cents to be paid on each piece of property therein enumerated. The county clerk shall certify to the county treasurer in the county where the district or any part thereof is located the amount of assessment in each fund levied upon each tract. The county treasurer shall enter the amount of each in separate columns of the tax list of the county. The assessments shall be collected by the county treasurer at the same time and in the same manner as all other taxes are collected in this state. Costs associated with the collection of the assessments incurred by the county treasurer shall be paid from the proceeds of the district. If any assessment becomes delinquent, it shall draw interest as a penalty after delinquency at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum. All assessments and penalties collected or received by the county treasurer pursuant to this act shall be paid to the municipal treasurers for the benefit of the public safety protection district.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-160. Public safety protection defined.

As used in this act, "public safety protection" means any of, or combinations of, the following operations:
1. Law enforcement;
2. Fire public safety protections; or
3. Emergency medical services provided by the municipality.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 239, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-201. Oklahoma Volunteer Firefighters Act - Purpose.

The purpose of the Oklahoma Volunteer Firefighters Act, Sections 29-201 through 29-205 of this title, is to provide for a uniform system of fire protection for the lives and property of the people of Oklahoma.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 29-201, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-202. Definitions.

As used in Sections 29-201 through 29-205 of this title:
1. “Volunteer firefighter” means a person who is enrolled as a member of a fire department and who serves in such capacity without receiving a regular salary. A person who is a salaried public safety employee of a municipality shall not serve as a volunteer firefighter of a volunteer fire department unless the person is off duty and such service is not a condition of employment. A public safety employee is a person employed to serve as a salaried firefighter, police or other law enforcement officer or emergency medical technician;
2. “Volunteer fire department” means a fire department which has in its employ not more than two full-time salaried firefighters; and
3. “Municipality” means a municipality which has qualified to participate in the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 29-202, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2007, c. 356, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-203. Size of volunteer department.

Any municipality having a volunteer fire department shall limit by ordinance the size of the volunteer fire department to not less than twelve nor more than twenty-five members for municipalities with a population of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500); or not less than eight or more than twenty-five members for municipalities with a population of eight hundred (800) to one thousand five hundred (1,500); or not less than six or more than twenty-five members for municipalities with a population of less than eight hundred (800). Any municipality having a volunteer fire department that serves a nine-one-one (911) emergency telephone area of fifty (50) square miles or more may increase the size of the volunteer fire department up to an additional five members, with the total number of members of the volunteer fire department not to exceed thirty.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 29-203, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 352, § 51, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 1981, c. 3, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1981; Laws 1983, c. 230, § 1, emerg. eff. June 17, 1983; Laws 2002, c. 115, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2013, c. 147, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-301. Definitions.

A. As used in this section and Section 4 of this act:
1. “Combination fire department” means a fire department which has in its employ more than two full-time salaried firefighters and at least one but not more than twenty-five volunteer firefighters. However, a fire department that would otherwise be considered a “combination fire department” under this definition but for the fact that it had more than twenty-five (25) volunteer firefighters on June 1, 2003, shall be considered a “combination fire department” as long as it does not exceed the number of volunteer firefighters that it had on June 1, 2003; and
2. “Volunteer firefighter of a combination fire department” means a person who is enrolled as a volunteer member of a combination fire department and who serves in such capacity without receiving a regular salary. The person, who is a salaried employee of a municipality, shall not serve as a volunteer firefighter of a combination fire department if such service as a volunteer firefighter is a condition of employment with the municipality. A person, who is a salaried public safety employee of a municipality, shall not serve as a volunteer firefighter of a combination fire department unless the person is off duty and such service is not a condition of employment.
B. For the purposes of this subsection, a public safety employee is a person employed to serve as a salaried firefighter, police or other law enforcement officer or emergency medical technician.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-302. Application of other provisions of law.

The provisions of Sections 29-101 through 29-115 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes relating to paid fire departments, paid fire chiefs, paid firefighters or fire department equipment or other property shall also apply to combination fire departments unless otherwise noted.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 4, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-303. Duties of volunteer firefighters of combination fire department.

Volunteer firefighters of a combination fire department shall:
1. Be required, when notified, to respond to alarms of fire and other emergencies;
2. Be required to be present at all regular meetings, call meetings and schools presented for the benefit of the firefighters;
3. Be dropped from a fire department’s rolls if such volunteer firefighter has two unexcused absences in succession or three unexcused absences in a period of three (3) months;
4. Notify the chief if such volunteer firefighter is leaving the municipality for an extended period of time;
5. Be expelled from the rolls if such volunteer firefighter refuses to attend training classes provided for him or her;
6. Be expelled from the rolls for the following offenses:
a.
conduct unbecoming of a firefighter,
b.
any act of insubordination,
c.
neglect of duty,
d.
any violation of rules and regulations governing the fire department, or
e.
conviction of a felony; and
7. Reside in the same county as the combination fire department he or she is enrolled in or in a county that immediately borders the county in which the combination fire department is located.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 5, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-29-304. Volunteer Firefighter Recognition Program.

There is hereby created a “Volunteer Firefighter Recognition Program”. This program shall recognize the following persons with a certification of recognition from the Governor:
1. Employers of volunteer firefighters who allow the firefighter time off for training and emergency responses; and
2. Volunteer firefighters for their service to the citizens of their community and to this state.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 6, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-30-101. Establishment of municipal hospitals - Financial statement and estimate

A municipal governing body may establish and maintain a municipal hospital and do all things necessary and proper in its discretion pursuant to the authority granted to it by the Constitution and laws of this state to further the ability of the municipality to provide hospital service. After the establishment of a municipal hospital, the governing body shall include an item in its municipal financial statement and estimate of needs for the following fiscal year to maintain the hospital. The municipal governing body may engage in transactions to manage, lease or operate a medical facility outside the municipal limits to provide a benefit to the community or lessen the burden of government which does not solely provide a benefit by generating administrative fees.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-101, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 61, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2016, c. 233, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-30-102. Hospital board of control.

The municipal governing body may, in its discretion and by ordinance, place the exclusive management and control of the municipal hospital under a board of control of five (5) members, chosen by the governing body from the citizens of any school district which is part of the municipality with reference to their fitness for such office. The members of the board of control shall hold office for a term of five (5) years from the first day of May following their appointment, and their terms shall be staggered. At the first regular meeting of the board, the members shall cast lots for respective terms of one year, two years, three years, four years, and five years; thereafter the terms of all members shall be five (5) years. Vacancies in the board of control shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-102, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1995, c. 34, § 1, emerg. eff. Mar. 31, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-30-104. Rules and regulations - Expenditures and receipts - Hospital fund - Personnel.

The board of control shall adopt rules and regulations for its own guidance and for the governance and operation of the municipal hospital, not inconsistent with this article, which shall be subject to the approval of the municipal governing body. It shall have exclusive control of expenditures of all moneys collected and deposited to the credit of the municipal hospital fund, of the hospital building or buildings, and of the care and custody of the grounds, rooms, or buildings purchased, leased or set apart for the hospital. All money received by the board on account of the operation of the hospital, or otherwise, shall be paid by the board to the municipal treasurer, who shall deposit the same in a special account in the municipal treasury to be designated the "hospital fund." Such moneys shall be paid out only upon warrants authorized by the board, drawn and signed by its secretary, and countersigned by its president. The board shall have authority to establish a petty cash fund, not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) at any one time, for use in maintaining the hospital, which money shall be expended by the superintendent of the hosptial on forms prescribed and authorized by the board of control. The board of control shall have authority to appoint, and remove, a suitable superintendent, or matron, or both, and necessary assistants and nurses, and to fix their compensation, all of which shall be subject to the approval of the municipal governing body.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-30-105. Meetings - Examinations - Pecuniary interest.

The board of control shall hold meetings at least once each month and keep a complete record of all its proceedings. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum thereof. One of its members shall visit and examine the hospital at least twice each month. No member of the board shall have a pecuniary interest, either directly or indirectly, in any purchase for the hospital, except when such a purchase is made upon a competitive bid basis.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-30-106. Qualifications of nurses and attendants - Physicians and surgeons.

The board of control shall appoint none other than competent and experienced nurses and attendants for the municipal hospital, and employ competent and experienced physicians and surgeons to care for, and render medical and surgical treatment to, the patients of the hospital.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-106, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-30-107. Donations.

Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal or real property for the benefit of the municipal hospital, or for the establishment, maintenance or endowment of the hospital, shall have the right to vest the title to such money or property in the municipality, to be held and controlled by the municipality, when accepted, according to the terms of the donation. The municipality shall be held and considered to be a special trustee as to such money or property donated.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-107, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-30-108. Grounds and building.

The board of control shall have the power, with the approval of the municipal governing body, to purchase grounds and erect thereon a suitable building for the hospital and to suitably equip the same. The title to the grounds so purchased, as well as any building thereon, shall be taken in the name of the municipality as grantee.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-108, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-30-109. Annual report of board of control.

The board of control shall make, on or before the thirty-first day of July in each year, an annual report to the municipal governing body stating:
1. The condition of its trust on the thirtieth day of June of that year;
2. The various sums of money and property received, and how such moneys have been expended and for what purposes;
3. The financial condition of the hospital;
4. The budget for the hospital for the next fiscal year;
5. The number of its physicians, attendants, nurses and employees; and
6. Such other information and suggestions as it may deem of general interest.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 30-109, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-31-101. Establishment of municipal libraries - Financial statement and estimate.

A municipal governing body may establish and maintain a public library for the use and benefit of the citizens of the municipality. The governing body may establish branch libraries in different parts of the municipality to accommodate the citizens of the municipality. After the establishment of a municipal public library, the municipal governing body shall include an item in its municipal financial statement and estimate of needs for the following fiscal year to maintain the public library.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 31-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-31-102. Library board of directors.

The municipal governing body may, in its discretion and by ordinance, place the management and control of the public library under a library board of directors. The library board shall consist of at least five but not more than nine directors, chosen by the municipal governing body with reference to their fitness for such office. No director shall receive compensation as such. Directors appointed to the library board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years from the first day of May following their appointment, and their terms shall be staggered. The municipal governing body may remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty. Vacancies in the library board of directors shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 31-102, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 381, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2012, c. 25, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-31-103. Organization of library board.

The library board, immediately after the appointment and qualification of its directors, shall meet and organize by electing one director as president, one director as secretary, and by electing such other officers as the board may deem necessary.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 31-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-31-104. Powers and duties of library board - Fixing of fees.

The library board shall have control and supervision of the public library of the municipality. The library board may appoint a suitable librarian and remove the librarian, subject to approval of the municipal governing body. The board shall fix any fees to be charged by the library and shall have such other powers and authority as may be provided by ordinances of the municipality.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 31-104, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1991, c. 124, § 16, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 381, § 2, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-31-105. Grounds and building.

The library board shall have the power, with the approval of the municipal governing body, to purchase grounds and erect thereon a suitable building for the use of the municipal library and to suitably equip the same, and to lease rooms or buildings for the use of the library. The title to any grounds so purchased or leased, as well as any building thereon, shall be taken in the name of the municipality as grantee.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 31-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-31-106. Library board may impose fines or penalties.

The library board may impose fines or suitable penalties for loss of, failure to return, or damage to library materials, subject to ordinances which the municipal governing body may enact.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 31-106, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1992, c. 381, § 3, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-31-107. Donations.

Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal or real property for the benefit of the municipal library shall have the right to vest the title to such money or property in the municipality, to be held and controlled by the municipality, when accepted, according to the terms of the donation. The municipality shall be held and considered to be a special trustee as to such property or money donated.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 31-107, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1992, c. 381, § 4, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-31-108. Annual report of board.

The library board shall make, on or before the thirty-first day of July in each year, an annual report to the municipal governing body stating:
1. The condition of its trust on the thirtieth day of June of that year;
2. The various sums of money and property received from the library fund and other sources, and how such moneys have been expended and for what purposes;
3. The budget for the library for the next fiscal year;
4. Statistics on the general character and number of books and periodicals which:
a. are on hand;
b. are lost or missing;
c. have been added by purchase, gift or otherwise during the year; and
d. have been loaned out during the year;
5. The number of persons making use of the library during the year; and
6. Such other information, statistics and suggestions as it may deem of general interest.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 31-108, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-101. Definitions.

As used in Sections 32-101 through 32-117 of this title, the terms "public parking stations" and "parking stations" include parking lots, parking areas, passageways, arcades, buildings or other structures for parking or storage of automotive vehicles, and facilities for ingress and egress to automobile parking facilities.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-102. General powers of municipality.

A municipal governing body may:
1. acquire or construct parking stations within the limits of the municipality;
2. own, maintain, and operate parking stations;
3. own and lease parking stations to or cause parking stations to be maintained and operated by a financially responsible person, firm, or corporation; or
4. own and lease to a responsible person, firm, or corporation who shall construct, finance, and operate one or more parking stations.
The right of the municipality to own, lease, maintain, operate, and cause to be operated parking facilities and to fix and collect fees and tolls for the use of said facilities is hereby declared to be a public right and use. Said right and facilities shall constitute a public benefit. The municipal governing body may do all things necessary and proper in its discretion pursuant to the authority granted to it by the Constitution and laws of this state to further the ability of the municipality to provide parking facilities and services.
Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 62, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-103. Acquiring land for parking stations - Title.

A municipal governing body, in its discretion, may acquire, by purchase, gift or condemnation, lands for public parking stations for the control of traffic within the corporate limits of the municipality. In acquiring lands for public parking stations by condemnation, the provisions of state law relating to the exercise of eminent domain by railroads shall be followed. The title to land condemned or otherwise acquired for parking stations shall be vested in the municipality; and the costs thereof may be paid as provided in Section 32-105 of this title for parking station improvements.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-104. Rights of common carriers and utilities.

If the exercise of powers granted by Sections 32-103, and 32-105 through 32-117 of this title by the municipality makes necessary the relocation, raising, rerouting or changing the grade of or altering the construction of any railroad, common carrier, or public utility property or facility, then all such relocation, raising, rerouting, changing of grade or alteration of construction shall be accomplished at the expense of the parking station improvement district. The municipality shall not disturb the possession or operation of any railroad, common carrier, or public utility in or to the appropriated property or facility until the relocated property or facilities are available for use and until marketable title thereto has been transferred to the railroad, common carrier or public utility.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-105. Establishing parking station improvement district - Restrictions on cost.

A municipal governing body may make or cause to be made municipal parking facilities or improvements thereon which confer a special benefit upon property within a definable area of the municipality and may levy and collect special assessments upon property in the area deemed by the governing body to be benefited by the improvement. The improvement district shall be established by the adoption of a resolution of the governing body. In the resolution, the governing body shall:
1. Fix the percentage of cost of acquiring and improving lands for parking stations which is to be assessed against the improvement district; and
2. Direct and order a public hearing on the advisability of the improvement, as provided in Section 32-107 of this title.
The municipality may pay such portion of the cost of the improvement as the governing body may determine, but not more than fifty percent (50%) of the total cost thereof.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-106. Surveys and plans of proposed parking stations.

Before establishing an improvement district for parking stations, the governing body may conduct a survey and investigation for the purpose of determining:
1. Suitable locations for parking stations;
2. The approximate cost of acquiring and improving the land therefor;
3. The area to be included in the improvement district or districts; or
4. The percentage of the costs of acquiring and improving such parking stations which shall be paid by the municipality and the property owners within the district.
A written report on such survey and investigation shall be filed in the office of the municipal clerk. For the purpose of the survey and investigation, the governing body may employ appraisers, engineers, and other persons as it may deem necessary. The cost of the survey and investigation shall be included as a part of the cost of acquiring and improving the land for parking stations; except that if no land be acquired, the costs may be paid from the general fund of the municipality.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-106, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-107. Public hearing on improvement - Notice.

Before any contract is let or work is ordered or authorized for parking station improvements, except the survey and investigation authorized in Section 32-106 of this title, the governing body shall conduct a public hearing on the advisability of the improvement, as set forth in the resolution establishing the improvement district. Notice of the hearing shall be given by:
1. Publishing a notice in not less than two (2) issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. The two (2) publications shall be seven (7) days apart, and the last publication shall be at least three (3) days before the hearing; and
2. Mailing a postal card, or a copy of the newspaper publication, to each listed owner of property within the district, as shown by the current year's tax rolls in the county treasurer's office, which mailing shall be not less than ten (10) days before the hearing on the improvement.
The notice by mail and by publication shall contain:
1. The time and place of the hearing;
2. The general nature of the proposed improvements;
3. The estimated or probable cost of the proposed improvements;
4. The extent of the proposed improvement district to be assessed;
5. The proposed method of assessment; and
6. The proposed apportionment of cost between the improvement district and the muncipality.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-107, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-108. Resolution authorizing improvement - Notice.

The governing body may, by a majority vote of its entire membership, adopt a resolution authorizing the parking station improvement at any time within six (6) months after the final adjournment of the hearing on the advisability of making the improvement. Notice of the resolution shall be published in at least two (2) issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. The notice shall state that any record owner of property liable to assessment may protest the improvement, as provided in Section 32-109 of this title.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-108, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-109. Protest.

The parking station improvement shall not be commenced if, within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the resolution ordering the improvement, written protests have been filed by both:
1. A majority of the record owners of property liable for assessment within the improvement district; and
2. The record owners of more than one-half the area liable for assessment in the district.
The governing body shall be judge of the sufficiency of any protest and its decision shall be final and conclusive. Names may be withdrawn from any protests by the signers thereof at any time before the governing body convenes to determine the sufficiency thereof.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-109, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-110. Petition for improvement - Contents.

A petition for any parking station improvement may be filed with the municipal clerk. The petition shall be signed by either:
1. A majority of the record owners of property liable for assessment under the proposal; or
2. The record owners of more than one-half the area liable for assessment under the proposal.
The petition shall set forth:
1. The general nature of the proposed improvement;
2. The estimated or probable cost;
3. The extent of the proposed improvement district to be assessed;
4. The proposed methods of assessment; and
5. The proposed apportionment of cost between the improvement district and the municipality.
Upon the filing of the petition, the governing body may make findings by resolution as to the advisability of the improvement, the nature of the improvement, the estimated cost, the boundaries of the improvement district, the method of assessment and apportionment of cost between the improvement district and the municipality, all as determined by the governing body. Thereupon the governing body may proceed without notice and hearing to order the improvement as provided in Section 32-108 of this title, except that no protests shall be received as provided therein. The area of the improvement district finally determined by the governing body to be assessed may not exceed the district proposed in the petition unless notice is given and a hearing held as provided in Section 32-107 of this title, and the proceedings shall be subject to protest as in other cases.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-110, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-111. Rules applicable to a petition for improvement.

For the purposes of a petition for parking station improvement, the following shall apply:
1. After any petition has been signed by an owner of land in the improvement district, any change in ownership of the land shall not affect the petition;
2. If any of the owners of lands within the improvement district are tenants in common or joint tenants, each cotenant or joint tenant shall be considered a landowner to the extent of his undivided interest in said land;
3. The owner of a life estate shall be deemed the sole landowner;
4. Guardians of minors or insane persons may petition for their wards when authorized by the probate court to do so; and
5. An Oklahoma corporation having its registered office in the municipality and owning land in the improvement district shall be deemed a record landowner.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-111, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-112. Limitation on suits contesting establishment of the district.

No suit shall be maintained in any court to enjoin or in any way contest the establishment of parking stations or the establishment of an improvement district unless the suit be instituted and summons served within thirty (30) days after the date of the filing of a petition for the improvement with the municipal clerk, or within thirty (30) days after the date of the public hearing on the advisability of the improvement.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-112, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-113. Apportionment of costs - Assessing ordinance - Limitation on suits.

The portion of the cost of any improvement to be assessed against the property in the improvement district shall be apportioned against the property in accordance with the special benefits accruing thereto by reason of the improvement. The cost may be assessed equally per front foot or per square foot against all lots and pieces of land within the improvement district or the cost may be determined and fixed on the basis of any other reasonable assessment plan which will result in imposing substantially equal burdens or shares of the cost upon property similary benefited. The governing body shall determine the final apportionment of costs of the improvement and shall levy, by ordinance, assessments in accordance with the apportionment against the property liable therefor. No suit shall be maintained in any court to enjoin or in any way contest the validity of any special assessment for the cost of acquiring or improving parking stations unless the same be instituted and summons served within thirty (30) days after the date of the publication of the ordinance levying the assessment.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-113, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-114. Levy and collection of costs - Installments - Issuance of bonds.

The levy and assessment shall be payable in not more than ten equal annual installments. Interest on the whole amount remaining due and unpaid each year shall be at a rate not exceeding eight percent (8%) per annum. Delinquent installments, and the unpaid interest thereon, shall draw interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum from maturity until paid. Any owner of land within the improvement district may, within thirty (30) days after the assessing ordinance is passed, pay the entire amount assessed against such land. The assessing ordinance may provide that if the entire amount of all assessments shall not have been paid within thirty (30) days after passage of the assessing ordinance, special assessment bonds may be issued, sold, collected and enforced as to unpaid installments of assessments in the same manner as bonds for municipal street improvements are issued, sold, collected and enforced.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-114, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-115. Cost of maintaining or operating parking stations - Charges.

After any parking stations are acquired and improved by the municipality, the cost of maintaining, operating and policing the same shall be borne by the municipality. The use of the parking stations may be free or for such charge or charges as shall be determined by the governing body, to be collected either by parking meters, by attendants, or otherwise. The governing body may also prescribe and enforce any fees or charges which are to be made for the use of such facilities by any lessee or operator of the parking stations.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-115, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-32-117. Disposal of parking station property.

If any parking station so acquired and improved shall become unsuitable or unusable as a parking station, the governing body, by ordinance, may discontinue the use of the land as a parking station and use the same for other municipal purposes or sell the same as provided by law.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 32-117, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-33-101. Purpose of Oklahoma public parks and recreation law.

The purpose of Sections 33-101 through 33-115 of this title is to promote the establishment, operation and support of public recreational facilities for the welfare of the people by local governmental units of Oklahoma either singly or jointly.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 33-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-33-102. Definitions.

For the purposes of Sections 33-101 through 33-115 of this title, the term "governing body" means any city council, city commission, town board of trustees, board of county commissioners, school board, or other body acting in lieu thereof, in the State of Oklahoma. The term "governmental unit" means any city, town, school district, or county in the State of Oklahoma.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 33-102, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-33-103. Powers of cities, towns, counties and school districts.

Any city, town, school district or county may establish, provide, maintain, construct, set apart and conduct, either singly or jointly in cooperation with one or more of the other governmental units specified herein, parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, athletic fields or grounds, swimming pools, social and community centers, and other facilities and activities in public schools, parks, buildings and facilities now owned or acquired. For such purposes the governing body of the governmental unit may dedicate and set apart for use as playgrounds, recreation centers and other recreational purposes any lands or buildings, or both, owned or leased by the governmental unit and not dedicated or devoted to another public use. The governmental unit may, in such manner as may now or hereafter be authorized or provided by law for the acquisition of lands or buildings for public purposes by the governmental unit, acquire or lease lands or buildings, or both, within or beyond the corporate limits of the governmental unit for playgrounds, recreation centers and other recreational purposes. When the governing body of the governmental unit shall dedicate, set apart, acquire or lease buildings for such purposes, it may on its own initiative provide for their conduct, equipment and maintenance according to the provisions of this subarticle by making an appropriation from the general revenues of the governmental unit as for other current expenses of the governmental unit. Any governing body is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, provide, maintain, construct and conduct recreational activities on local nongovernmental properties as well as on publicly-owned facilities.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 33-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-33-104. Joint establishment and conduct of system of recreation.

Any two or more governmental units may jointly establish and conduct such a system of recreation, including recreation centers, parks, swimming pools, playgrounds and any and all other recreational facilities and activities, and may exercise all the powers given by Sections 33-101 through 33-115 of this title. The respective governing bodies operating such a joint program or programs may provide by agreement among themselves for all matters connected with the program and determine what items of cost and expense shall be paid by each. All such facilities and activities shall be governmental in nature, and no liability for negligence shall accrue against any participating governmental unit.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 33-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-33-105. Powers of governing body - Creation and powers of recreation board or commission.

The governing body of any governmental unit may establish a system of supervised recreation and it may, by resolution or ordinance, vest the power to provide, maintain and conduct playgrounds, recreation centers and other recreational facilities and activities in a board, department or commission as it may determine. Any agency so designated shall have the power to maintain and equip playgrounds, recreation centers and the buildings thereon, and it may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subarticle employ play leaders, playground directors, supervisors, recreational superintendents, and such other officers and employees as may be deemed proper. However, all appropriations for such purposes shall remain and be vested in the governing body of the governmental unit.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 33-105, eff. July 1, 1978.