Oklahoma § 70-4403 - Election - Order - Appointment of governing board Annexation of territory

§ 70-4403. Election - Order - Appointment of governing board Annexation of territory

(a) If, after considering any such application, the State

Regents determine as result of a survey that there is a need for a

junior college in the community and that a junior college meeting

the criteria and standards fixed by the State Regents can be

maintained in the community, they shall issue a proclamation calling

an election to be held in the community, to allow legal voters

residing in the community to vote on the question of whether a

junior college shall be established and maintained in the community.

The State Election Board shall cause such election to be held in the

same manner as elections on state questions and shall certify the

results to the State Regents; and if a majority of the legal voters

residing in the community, voting on the question, shall have voted

in favor of establishing and maintaining the proposed junior

college, the State Regents shall issue an order authorizing the

junior college, designating the name by which it shall be known and

describing the boundaries of the community in which the junior

college will be established and maintained as set forth in the

application. Thereupon the Governor shall appoint four members of

the governing board of the junior college hereinafter provided for,

by and with the advice and consent of the State Senate, such

appointments to be to Position No. 1, Position No. 2, Position No.

3, and Position No. 4, respectively, which four members so appointed

by the Governor shall appoint three other members of the governing

board, to Position No. 5, Position No. 6, and Position No. 7,

respectively.

(b) The territory comprising a county, municipality or school

district, or any part thereof, may, upon petition of the governing

board of the county, municipality or school district, or upon

petition of not less than ten percent (10%) of the legal voters

residing therein, be annexed to an adjoining community or school

district maintaining or authorized to maintain a community junior

college, if (1) the State Regents determine that the annexation is

feasible, and (2) the annexation is approved by the legal voters in

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools

the territory proposed to be annexed, as hereinafter provided. The

petition shall be filed with the State Regents, which shall

thereupon cause a study to be made as to the feasibility of the

proposed annexation, and if the State Regents determine that it is

feasible, they shall issue a proclamation calling an election to be

held in such territory, to allow legal voters in the territory to

vote on the question of whether the territory shall be annexed to

such community or school district maintaining or authorized to

maintain a community junior college. The State Election Board shall

cause such election to be held in the same manner as elections on

state questions, and certify the results to the State Regents; and

if a majority of the legal voters residing in such territory, voting

on the question, shall have voted in favor of annexing the territory

to such community or school district, the State Regents shall issue

an order annexing the territory to such community or school district

maintaining or authorized to maintain a community junior college,

and give notice thereof to the board of trustees of the college.

Laws 1967, c. 100, § 2 (Section 1403); Laws 1968, c. 166, § 1.