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2023 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; or
2. Any three trustees where the board has five members.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 12-107, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
2. enroll all ordinances and resolutions passed by the board of trustees in a book or set of books kept for that purpose;and
3. have custody of documents, records, and archives, as may be provided for by law or by ordinance, and have custody of the town seal; and
4. attest and affix the seal of the town to documents as required by law or by ordinance; and
5. 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.
2023 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; and
2. deposit daily funds received for the town in depositories as the board of trustees may designate; and
3. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; or
2. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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; or
2. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; or
3. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-104. Style of ordinances - Title and subject - Enacting clause

An ordinance may contain only one subject and the subject shall be expressed in its title. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by a municipal governing body shall be: 1. "Be it ordained by the Council of the City of _______", for city ordinances; or 2. "Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of _______", for town ordinances. The enacting clause of ordinances proposed by the voters under their powerof initiative shall be "Be it ordained by the People of the _______ (City of Town) of _______".
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 14-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-105. Ordinance book - Entries.

Every ordinance enacted by a municipal governing body shall be entered in an ordinance book immediately after its passage. The entry shall contain the text of the ordinance and shall state the date of its passage, the page of the journal containing the record of the final vote on its passage, the name of the newspaper in which the ordinance was published, and the date of the publication. Compilations or codes of municipal law or regulations need not be enrolled in full in the book of ordinances, but the ordinance adopting by reference or enacting such compilation or code shall be entered and a copy of the compilation or code shall be filed and kept in the office of the municipal clerk.
Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-106. Publication of ordinances.

No ordinance having any subject other than the appropriation of monies shall be in force unless published or posted within fifteen (15) days after its passage. Every municipal ordinance shall be published at least once in full, except as provided for in Section 14-107 of this title. When publishing the ordinance, the publisher or managing officer of the newspaper shall prefix to the ordinance a line in brackets stating the date of publication as "Published _______", giving the month, day, and year of publication.
Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 28, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-107. Publication of certain codes and ordinances by title and summary of contents.

A. If a municipal governing body enacts or adopts by reference ordinances which are compilations or codes of law or regulations relating to traffic, building, plumbing, electrical installations, fire prevention, inflammable liquids, milk and milk products, protection of the public health, or any other matters which the municipality has the power to regulate, such ordinances are not required to be published in full. Legal publication of such ordinances may be by publishing the title and a summary of their contents in the manner provided by Section 14-106 of this title. At least one copy of such ordinances shall be kept in the office of the municipal clerk for public use, inspection, and examination. The municipal clerk shall keep copies of the ordinances, codes, or compilations for distribution or sale at a reasonable price.
B. A municipality which adopts building standards shall adopt and enforce codes adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.
C. Nothing in this act shall prevent or take away from any city, town or county the authority to enact and enforce rules containing higher standards and requirements than the codes adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission nor prevent or take away from any city, town or county the authority to amend such adopted codes to make changes necessary to accommodate local conditions except as provided in subsections D and E of this section.
D. A city, town or county may begin enforcing the higher standards and requirements allowed in subsection C of this section no less than thirty (30) days after submitting the higher standards and requirements to the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission in such form as the Commission may prescribe.
E. No city, town or county shall adopt real estate development building or construction ordinances, rules or codes restricting or prohibiting connections to the facilities of utility providers lawfully operating in this state, nor may any city, town or county discriminate in the adoption of such rules or codes against one or more utility providers based in whole or in part upon the nature or source of the utility service provided.
F. Ordinances which are passed by the governing body with an emergency clause attached are not required to be published in full, but may be published by title only in the manner provided by Section 14-106 of this title.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 14-107, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 144, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1979; Laws 1984, c. 126, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2002, c. 407, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2009, c. 80, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2009, c. 439, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2, 2009; Laws 2020, c. 52, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-108. Codification of municipal ordinances.

A. The governing body of a municipality may, from time to time, authorize a codification of its ordinances. Such a code may be kept up to date by use of a loose-leaf system and process of amendment. In a code of municipal ordinances, the title, enacting clauses and emergency sections may be omitted and temporary and special ordinances and parts of ordinances may also be omitted. Permanent and general ordinances and parts of ordinances which are to be repealed by the code shall be omitted from the code. The ordinances and parts of ordinances included in the code may be revised, rearranged, renumbered, and reorganized into some systematic arrangement. The governing body may publish in connection with the code new matter, provisions of state law relating to the municipality, a history of the municipality, the history of the municipal government, the names of officials and other informational matter as the governing body may decide. The book or pamphlet containing the code may also contain an index and forms and instructions as the governing body may decide.
B. At least three copies of the code shall be kept in the office of the municipal clerk for public use, inspection and examination. The municipal clerk shall keep copies of the code for distribution or sale at a reasonable price.
C. Notice of the publication of the code shall be in the manner provided for publication by title of certain codes and ordinances in subsection A of Section 14-107 of this title.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 14-108, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-109. Mandatory compilation of penal ordinances.

The penal ordinances of every municipality shall be compiled and published in a permanent form, either printed or typed, periodically, but not less than once each ten (10) years. Each municipality shall also publish biennial supplements to the permanent volume of compiled penal ordinances. No municipal ordinance shall be enforced if it is not reflected in such a permanent volume or supplement if the ordinance was adopted before the latest compilation or supplement. A codification of municipal ordinances which includes all penal ordinances is sufficient for complying with this compilation requirement if the code is issued as a permanent volume with biennial supplements and if the procedures for filing and notice, as outlined in Section 14-110 of this title, have been complied with. Provided, further, the ten-year codification requirement shall be satisfied if the code complies with the compilation requirement and the biennial supplements are made a part of the permanent volume which are maintained in permanent form either bound or in a loose-leaf form.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 14-109, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1979, c. 44, § 3, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-110. Notice and filing of penal ordinance compilation - Judicial notice.

When a municipality has compiled and published its permanent volume or biennial supplement of penal ordinances, the governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution notifying the public of the publication. A copy of the resolution shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in each county in which the municipality is located. The county clerk shall assign the filed resolution a book and page number. At least one copy of the permanent volume and each biennial supplement shall be deposited free of cost by the municipality in the county law library of each county wherein the municipality is located, and receipt of same shall be duly noted in writing by the county law librarian. A copy of the receipt may be filed with the county clerk who shall then assign a book and page number. The permanent volume or biennial supplement of compiled penal ordinances shall be available for purchase by the public at a reasonable price. Ordinances which have been compiled and filed in accordance with this section shall be judicially noticed in all court proceedings. Provided, a court may consider a book and page reference of the county clerk's filings as satisfactory proof of compliance so that judicial notice may be taken of an ordinance.
Amended by Laws 1985, c. 87, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1989, c. 104, § 2, emerg. eff. April 25, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-111.1. Retention of penalty assessments or other state fees.

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipal court which collects a penalty assessment or other state fee from a defendant pursuant to state law may retain eight cents ($0.08) of such monies and may also retain all interest accrued thereon prior to the due date for deposits as provided in state law. The fee shall be deposited as determined by the municipal governing body.
B. A municipal court in a municipality having a basic law enforcement academy approved by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training pursuant to the criteria developed by the Council for training law enforcement officers may retain as an administrative fee two percent (2%) of any penalty assessment or other state fee imposed by state statute. The two percent (2%) administrative fee shall be deducted from the portion of the penalty assessment or other state fee retained by such municipality.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 258, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 404, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-112. Cancellation or denial of driving privileges for noncompliance with municipal court sentence.

A. As used in this section:
1. "Department" means the Department of Public Safety;
2. "Notification form" means a form prescribed by the Department which contains a statement from the court that the person has failed to satisfy the sentence of the court. It shall include the name, date of birth, physical description, and the driver license number, if any, of the person;
3. "Reinstatement form" means a form prescribed by the Department which contains a statement from the court that the person has satisfied the sentence of the court. It shall include sufficient information to identify the person to the Department;
4. "Sentence" means any order of the court to pay a fine, penalty assessment or costs or to carry out a term of community service or other remedial action.
B. When any person under the age of eighteen (18) years fails or refuses to satisfy a sentence of a municipal court, the court shall notify the Department. Upon receipt of the notification form from the court, the Department shall cancel or deny all driving privileges of the person without a hearing until the person satisfies the sentence of the court.
C. When the person fulfills the sentence of the court, the court or court clerk shall provide a reinstatement form to such person either directly or by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the last address given by the person to the court. The driving privileges of a person who furnishes a reinstatement form to the Department shall be granted or reinstated, if the person is otherwise eligible, in accordance with law. Upon such granting or reinstatement of driving privileges, the Department may remove any record of the denial or cancellation of driving privileges as provided for in this section from the file of the person and maintain an internal record of the denial or cancellation for fiscal or other purposes.
D. At the time of sentencing the person, the court may take custody of the driver's license of the person until the terms of the sentence are fulfilled. In such case, the court shall issue to the person a receipt for the license. Additionally, the court may notify the parents or other custodian of the person of the terms of the sentence or any notice to the Department.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 299, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 139, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-113. Liability for cost of medical care to defendant in custody of municipal officer.

When a defendant is in the custody of a municipal jail, the custodial municipality shall only be liable for the cost of medical care for conditions that are not preexisting prior to arrest and that arise due to acts or omissions of the municipality. Preexisting conditions are defined as those illnesses beginning or injuries sustained before a person is in the peaceable custody of the municipality’s officers.
An inmate receiving medical care for a preexisting condition or a condition not caused by the acts or omissions of the municipality shall be liable for payment of the cost of care, including but not limited to, medication, medical treatment, and transportation costs, for or relating to the condition requiring treatment.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 299, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 217, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-14-114. Municipal governing body - Rewards - Reward fund.

A. A municipal governing body is authorized to offer and pay a reward, from municipal funds, in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the arrest and conviction, or for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of any person stealing or defacing municipal road signs or other municipal owned property.
B. The municipal governing body may create and maintain a reward fund from which to pay the rewards provided for in subsection A of this section. The municipal governing body shall determine the amount and source of funds necessary to pay the rewards authorized in subsection A of this section.
C. Any person convicted of theft or defacing municipal road signs or other municipal owned property may, in lieu of other fines and penalties, be required to deposit like amount into the reward fund established pursuant to this section.
D. A municipal governing body shall not be required to provide rewards or create a reward fund pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 47, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-15-101. Initiative and Referendum - Powers.

The powers of initiative and referendum, reserved by the Oklahoma Constitution to the people, are reserved to the people of every municipal corporation with reference to all legislative authority which it may exercise and amendments to municipal charters.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-15-102. Procedure for initiative and referendum in municipalities.

The procedure in municipalities which do not provide by ordinance or charter for the manner of exercising the initiative and referendum powers shall be governed by the Oklahoma Constitution and general state law, except as otherwise provided in Sections 15-101 through 15-110 of this title. The duties required of the Governor by state law shall be performed by the mayor; the duties of the Secretary of State shall be performed by the municipal clerk; and the duties of the Attorney General shall be performed by the attorney for the municipality. The procedure for initiative and referendum as to municipal legislation shall be as nearly as practicable the same as those for measures relating to the people of the state at large.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-102, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-15-103. Petition - Form - Signatures - Time for filing.

A. The form of the petition for either initiative or referendum in a municipality shall be substantially as provided in Sections 1 and 2 of Title 34 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A true copy of each measure proposed by initiative and referendum shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality before it is circulated and signed by the registered voters.
B. Every petition for either the initiative or referendum shall be 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 most recent preceding general municipal election or biennial town meeting if the municipality is subject to the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act. The signatures to each petition shall be verified in the manner provided by law.
C. Signed copies of an initiative petition shall be submitted to the clerk within ninety (90) days after the initial filing of the measure with the clerk. Signed copies of a petition invoking a referendum upon any ordinance or resolution shall be submitted to the clerk within sixty (60) days after the passage of the ordinance or resolution. Amendments to municipal charters may be proposed by an initiative petition, and signed copies of such petition shall be submitted to the clerk not less than sixty (60) days before the election at which the amendments are to be voted upon.
D. For the purposes of this section, "total number of votes cast" shall mean the sum of the votes cast for all candidates in the race for the highest-ranking at-large municipal office appearing on a ballot. If no such office appeared on a ballot, then "total number of votes cast" shall be determined by using the sum of votes cast for or against the municipal question or proposition receiving the largest total number of votes on a ballot, provided that all voters registered and residing within the municipal limits were eligible to vote on such question or proposition.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-103, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 2016, c. 41, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2019, c. 149, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-15-104. Publication announcing the filing of petition - Protests.

A. When signed copies of a petition are timely filed with the clerk, the clerk shall make a physical count of the number of signatures appearing on the petitions. He shall then publish, in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, a notice of the filing and the apparent sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition. The notice shall also state that any qualified elector of the municipality may file a protest to the petition or an objection to the count made by the clerk.
B. A protest to the petition or the count of signatures shall be filed in the district court in the county in which the situs of the municipality is located within ten (10) days after the publication. Written notice of the protest shall be served upon the clerk and the parties who filed the petition. In the case of the filing of an objection to the count, notice shall also be served upon any party filing a protest. The district court shall fix a day, not less than ten (10) days after the filing of a protest, to hear testimony and arguments for and against the sufficiency of the petition. A protest filed by anyone, if abandoned by the party filing it, may be revived within five (5) days by any other qualified elector. After the hearing, the district court shall decide whether such petition is in form required by law.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-15-105. Ballot title.

A. The parties submitting a petition for either initiative or referendum shall also prepare and file a ballot title for the measure. The ballot title may be filed with the clerk prior to circulating the petition, but it must be submitted no later than the time that the signed copies of the petition are filed with the clerk. The ballot title shall contain the gist of the proposition couched in language that may be readily understood by persons not engaged in the practice of law. The ballot title shall contain language which clearly states that a "yes" vote is a vote in favor of the proposition, and a "no" vote is a vote against the proposition. The ballot title may not:
1. Exceed one hundred fifty (150) words;
2. Reflect partiality in its composition or contain any argument for or against the measure; or
3. Contain language whereby a "yes" vote is, in fact, a vote against the proposition and a "no" vote is, in fact, a vote in favor of the proposition.
B. The clerk shall immediately forward a copy of the proposition and ballot title to the municipal attorney. Within three (3) days after the filing of the ballot title, the attorney shall notify the clerk in writing whether or not the proposed ballot title is in legal form and in harmony with the law. If the ballot title is not in proper form, in the opinion of the attorney, he shall prepare and file a ballot title which does conform to the law within the three-day period.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-15-106. Appeal on question of ballot title - Procedure.

A qualified elector who is dissatisfied with the wording of a ballot title may appeal, within ten (10) days after the ballot title is filed with the clerk, to the district court in the county in which the situs of the municipality is located. The petition for appeal shall offer a substitute ballot title for the one from which the appeal is taken. Written notice of the appeal shall be served upon the clerk and upon the parties who filed the ballot title at least five (5) days before such appeal is heard by the court. The municipal attorney shall, and any interested citizen may, defend the ballot title from which the appeal is taken. After the hearing of the appeal, the district court may correct or amend the ballot title, or accept the substitute suggested, or may draft a new one which will conform with the law.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-106, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-15-107. Presentation of petition to mayor.

When a ballot title has been decided upon, either as approved by the municipal attorney or by the district court, the clerk shall notify the mayor in writing, and attach a copy of the petition and ballot title.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-107, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-15-108. Consideration of initiative petitions by governing body - Submission to voters.

When an initiative petition demands the enactment of an ordinance or resolution, the mayor shall present the petition to the municipal legislative body at its next meeting. If the petition is not granted more than thirty (30) days before the next general municipal election or biennial or special town meeting if the municipality is subject to the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act, the mayor shall submit the ordinance or act so petitioned to the registered voters of the municipality at the next general municipal election or biennial town meeting, whichever is appropriate.
Amended by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-15-109. Time for submission of measures to voters.

Whenever a referendum is demanded against any measure passed by the municipal governing body, or whenever an initiative petition demands an amendment to the municipal charter, the question shall be submitted to the registered voters of the municipality for their approval or rejection at a special election called by the municipal governing body for that purpose or at the next general election, general municipal election or biennial or special town meeting if the municipality is subject to the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-109, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1995, c. 3, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-15-110. Conflicting measures proposed by governing body.

Along with each initiative measure the municipal governing body may submit a competing bill or resolution. If conflicting ordinances or charter amendments are submitted to the registered voters, and two or more of such conflicting measures are approved by the registered voters, then the measure which receives the greatest number of affirmative votes shall be paramount in all particulars as to which there is a conflict, even though such measure may not have received the greatest majority.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-110, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-16-101. Notice of municipal elections.

The governing body of a municipality shall give notice of a general municipal election or a special election by publishing the resolution calling for the election. The resolution shall: contain the facts described in Section 13-102 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
The resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at least ten (10) days before the beginning of the filing period for a general municipal election, or at least ten (10) days before the date of a special election. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, the notice shall be given by posting a copy of the resolution in at least five (5) public places in the municipality.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 16-101, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 545, § 24, eff. July 1, 2005.