Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-14-103
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Effective date of municipal ordinances - Emergency
Official statutory text
measures.
Every ordinance except an emergency ordinance shall go into
effect thirty (30) days after its final passage unless it specifies
a later date. An emergency measure necessary for the immediate
preservation of peace, health, or safety shall go into effect upon
its final passage unless it specifies a later date. Such an
emergency measure must state in a separate section the reasons why
it is necessary that the measure become effective immediately. The
question of emergency must be ruled upon separately and approved by
the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths (3/4) of all the
members of the governing body of the municipality.
Every ordinance except an emergency ordinance shall go into
effect thirty (30) days after its final passage unless it specifies
a later date. An emergency measure necessary for the immediate
preservation of peace, health, or safety shall go into effect upon
its final passage unless it specifies a later date. Such an
emergency measure must state in a separate section the reasons why
it is necessary that the measure become effective immediately. The
question of emergency must be ruled upon separately and approved by
the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths (3/4) of all the
members of the governing body of the municipality.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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