Oklahoma § 19-901.2 - Petition - Map - Notice, hearing and order - Name Calling election

§ 19-901.2. Petition - Map - Notice, hearing and order - Name Calling election

The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the

proposed boundaries of such district and shall be accompanied by a

map of such proposed district, drawn to a scale of not less than one

(1) inch to the mile. The petitioners shall accompany such petition

with a good and sufficient bond, the amount and sureties of which

shall be approved by the board of county commissioners, the sum of

which is sufficient to cover the costs of the publications and of

the election for the organization of the district will be paid in

the event that such organization shall not be authorized or

effected.

Such petition shall be filed with the county clerk of such

county who shall present it to the board of county commissioners at

their next regular or special meeting. Upon the presentation of

such petition, the board of county commissioners shall set the same

for hearing at a time not less than twenty (20) days nor more than

forty (40) days from the date of presentation and shall direct the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

county clerk to give notice of such hearing by publication in a

newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such

proposed district is located. Such notice shall be published for

two (2) consecutive weeks next preceding the date of such hearing.

Such notice shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district,

shall state the time and place of the hearing, and shall state that

any person may appear and protest the organization of the district

or the proposed boundaries thereof.

The board of county commissioners shall hold the hearing

described in said notice, and it shall have jurisdiction to hear and

determine all protests to the creation of such district and all

matters pertaining to the same. It may amend the plan of such

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 thereof upon application of the

owners of such land; provided, however, it shall not exclude from

such district any lands which are completely surrounded by lands

which are included in the proposed district.

At the conclusion of such hearing, the board of county

commissioners shall make an order determining the boundaries of the

proposed district, particularly describing them, and shall determine

whether the formation of such district will be conducive to the

public safety of the area incorporated therein. If said board

determines that such district will be conducive to the public safety

of the area incorporated therein, then said board shall give such

proposed district a name and shall call an election of the qualified

electors in the territory comprising such proposed district on the

question of whether said district shall be organized.

Added by Laws 1949, p. 153, § 2. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 397, § 1,

eff. July 1, 1992.