2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 62. Public Finance › §62-57.311. Attorney General to examine proceedings of Commission, resolutions passed and action taken in sale of bonds - Execution and filing of Attorney General's certificate - Facsimile of certificate to appear on bonds - Jurisdiction of litigation - Signatures and certificate required on bonds - Registration of bonds - Seals.

A. Within ten (10) days after the sale or sales of said bonds, the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma shall examine all of the proceedings of the Commission and all resolutions passed and actions taken by it in connection with the authorization and issuance and sale of such bonds and shall, if the Attorney General finds such bond proceedings and sale to be constitutional and lawful, execute his or her certificate and file the same of record in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma, which said certificate shall read substantially as follows: "I have examined all proceedings had in connection with the issuance of the State of Oklahoma Building Bonds of 1992, Series ___, in the aggregate principal amount of ____________________________dated _____, authorized and sold pursuant to the constitutional amendment identified as House Joint Resolution No. 1076 of the 2nd Session of the 43rd Oklahoma Legislature and laws of the State of Oklahoma enacted pursuant thereto, and find said proceedings and sale to be constitutional, lawful and regular in all particulars and that said bonds will be valid legal general obligations of the State of Oklahoma. Unless suit thereon shall be brought in the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma within thirty (30) days from the date of this certificate, said bonds shall be incontestable for all purposes. Date _____, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma." The procedure above enacted shall be followed after the sale of each series of bonds, and the above certificate shall be executed by the Attorney General in the same form and manner, and shall specify the series and the sum. Upon the filing of such certificate, bonds issued pursuant to proceedings so examined by the Attorney General shall be incontestable for all purposes upon the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of such certificate, unless suit is brought in the Supreme Court of Oklahoma prior to the expiration of said period as provided herein.
B. A facsimile of the Attorney General's certificate shall appear on each bond issued. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction over any litigation involving the validity of any bonds issued under this act. All bonds shall bear the signature of the Governor and the Secretary of State and shall bear the certificate required by Section 29 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. Such bonds shall also be registered by the Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma or by a market registrar as determined by the Commission and a statement of such registration shall appear on the back of each bond. The Commission may, by resolution, prescribe that the seal of the State of Oklahoma, or the seals of any of the officers thereof, and any or all signatures required to appear on the bonds may be facsimile seals and signatures.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 350, § 12.