Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-13-102
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Procedure for adopting charters - Petition or governing
Official statutory text
body resolution.
The mayor of an incorporated municipality shall issue an order
calling for an election on the question of whether or not the
municipality shall frame a charter for its own government and elect
a board of freeholders to prepare the charter when:
1. A petition signed by not less then twenty-five percent (25%)
of the registered voters of the municipality, as shown by the
preceding general election, is filed with the governing body; or
2. The governing body, by resolution, so directs.
The order calling for the election shall be issued within ten (10)
days after a petition has been filed with the governing body or
within ten (10) days after the date of the governing body
resolution.
The mayor of an incorporated municipality shall issue an order
calling for an election on the question of whether or not the
municipality shall frame a charter for its own government and elect
a board of freeholders to prepare the charter when:
1. A petition signed by not less then twenty-five percent (25%)
of the registered voters of the municipality, as shown by the
preceding general election, is filed with the governing body; or
2. The governing body, by resolution, so directs.
The order calling for the election shall be issued within ten (10)
days after a petition has been filed with the governing body or
within ten (10) days after the date of the governing body
resolution.
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