Oklahoma § 19-902.21 - Election of district directors - Qualifications Notice

§ 19-902.21. Election of district directors - Qualifications Notice

Directors of a rural road improvement district shall be the

owners of real property in and residents of the district or, if

there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property

in the district. At the time of making its order organizing the

district, the board of county commissioners shall set a first

meeting of property owners of the district and direct the manner of

giving notice by publication thereof. The owners of property within

the district present at such meeting shall elect nine (9) directors

who shall hold their office until the second Saturday in January of

each even-numbered year, at which time their successors shall be

elected. The property owners present at the first meeting shall

adopt the bylaws of the district.

Subsequent elections for directors of the district may be held

at a mass meeting or convention of the owners of real property in

and residents of the district, or if there are no residents of the

district, the owners of real property in the district, who are

qualified to vote. The voting shall be by secret ballot. At the

first regular election after organization of the district called for

the purpose of electing members of the board of directors, the three

qualified persons receiving the highest number of votes for member

of board of directors of the district shall hold their respective

offices for a term of six (6) years. The three qualified persons

receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for four

(4) years, and the three qualified persons having the next highest

number of votes shall be elected for two (2) years. Each two (2)

years thereafter, there shall be elected for a term of six (6) years

three members of the board of directors. Notice of the mass meeting

or convention called for the purpose of electing directors of a

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

rural road improvement district shall be given by publishing notice

of the meeting stating the time, place and agenda in a newspaper of

general circulation in the county in which such district is located

once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks next preceding the date

of the election, and by posting the notice in three public places in

the district for at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the

election. The notice shall list the offices to be filled and the

questions to be voted on, if any.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 291, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994. Amended

by Laws 1997, c. 218, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.