Oklahoma § 19-872 - Petition

§ 19-872. Petition

A petition shall be filed with the board of county commissioners

signed by a majority of the holders of title to lands in the

proposed district desiring to be embraced in such district, which

petition shall set forth the name of the proposed district, the

boundaries of the proposed district, and shall pray that the same be

organized into a sewer improvement district under the provisions of

this act. The petition must be accompanied by a map of the proposed

district, such map showing the boundaries of said district, and the

approximate proposed location of sewer line or lines, and the sewage

treatment plant, if any. The map shall be drawn to a scale of not

less than two (2) inches to the mile. The petitioners must

accompany the petition with a good and sufficient bond, to be

approved by the board of county commissioners in double the amount

of the probable cost of organizing such district, conditioned that

the bondsmen will pay all costs in case said organization shall not

be effected. Such petition shall be filed with the county clerk.

Notice shall be published one time at least ten (10) days before the

time at which such petition will be considered in some newspaper

printed and published in the county, stating the time when the

petition will be considered by the board of county commissioners,

and that all persons interested may appear and be heard. Such

notice, when published, shall contain therein a brief substance of

the contents of the petition. The board of county commissioners

shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all contests

and objections to the creation of such district and all matters

pertaining to the same, and at the time set for said hearing the

same, the board may amend the plan for such improvement district by

excluding from within its boundaries any lands which it may deem

will not be benefited by the formation of such district, or by

including other lands as a part of such district, upon the

application of the owner filed at or prior to said hearing. At such

hearing said board shall also determine whether or not the formation

of such improvement district as originally presented or in a

modified form will be conducive or beneficial to the public health

and if said board determines that it will, then said board shall

make an order establishing such sewer improvement district subject

to the result of an election to be held therein and said board shall

give notice of an election to be held in such proposed improvement

district for the purpose of determining whether or not the same

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

shall be organized under the provisions of this act. Such notice

shall describe the boundaries as established and shall designate a

name for such proposed district and said notice shall be published

for at least two (2) weeks prior to said election in some newspaper

of general circulation in the county. Such notice shall require the

electors to cast ballots which contain the words: "Sewer

Improvement District _______ Yes", or "Sewer Improvement District

________ No", or words equivalent thereto. All persons, resident of

such proposed district, who are qualified electors in their

respective precincts, shall be qualified to vote on the proposition.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 217, § 2, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947. Amended

by Laws 1949, p. 180, § 1, emerg. eff. May 12, 1949.