Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-13-114
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Special charter provisions relating to abandonment of
Official statutory text
municipal charters.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 77
Where a municipality has adopted a charter containing a special
provision to the effect that at the expiration of a specified period
after the adoption of the charter the governing body may submit to
the registered voters of the municipality the question of whether or
not the charter shall be abandoned and the municipality governed
under a statutory form of government, and the specified time has
expired and the governing body has failed to submit the question,
then the question shall be submitted to the registered voters at the
next election which may be held in the municipality. The secretary
of the county election board shall submit the question substantially
in the language of the charter provision. If a majority of the
votes cast, as certified by the secretary of the county election
board, are in favor of abandoning the charter and adopting a
statutory form, the results of the election shall be certified to
the Governor in the manner provided for revocation of charters.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 77
Where a municipality has adopted a charter containing a special
provision to the effect that at the expiration of a specified period
after the adoption of the charter the governing body may submit to
the registered voters of the municipality the question of whether or
not the charter shall be abandoned and the municipality governed
under a statutory form of government, and the specified time has
expired and the governing body has failed to submit the question,
then the question shall be submitted to the registered voters at the
next election which may be held in the municipality. The secretary
of the county election board shall submit the question substantially
in the language of the charter provision. If a majority of the
votes cast, as certified by the secretary of the county election
board, are in favor of abandoning the charter and adopting a
statutory form, the results of the election shall be certified to
the Governor in the manner provided for revocation of charters.
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