Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-36-301
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Issuance of negotiable coupon bonds
Official statutory text
The municipal governing body may, after the expiration of thirty
(30) days from the publication of the assessing ordinance, within
which period the whole of any assessment may be paid without
interest, provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds to pay all
or any part of the cost of the street improvement. The bonds shall
be in the aggregate amount of the assessments then remaining unpaid,
bearing the date of thirty (30) days after the publication of the
assessing ordinance, and be of such denominations as the governing
body and the contractor shall determine. The bonds shall in no
event become a liability of the municipality issuing the bonds. The
bonds shall be payable on or before the first of October next
succeeding the September 1 on which the last installment of
assessments shall mature. The interest on the bonds shall be at the
rate of not to exceed twelve percent (12%) per annum, payable on
October 1 following the due date of the first installment of
assessments, and semiannually thereafter, until maturity, and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 340
fifteen percent (15%) per annum after maturity. The bonds shall be
designated as Street Improvement Bonds and shall:
1. Recite the street or streets or part of streets, or other
public places, for the improvement of which they have been issued;
2. State that they are payable, in cash, from the assessments
which have been levied upon the lots and tracts of land benefited by
the improvement and from the accumulation of the interest and
penalty on the assessment;
3. Designate the place, either within or without Oklahoma,
where the bonds and interest shall be payable;
4. Be signed by the mayor and attested by the municipal clerk;
and
5. Contain an impression of the corporate seal of the
municipality thereon.
Facsimile of the signatures of the mayor and municipal clerk may be
used as provided in the Registered Public Obligations Act of
Oklahoma. The bonds shall be issued in series, and the bonds of
each series shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number
One, and the bonds of each series shall be payable, in cash, in
their numerical order.
(30) days from the publication of the assessing ordinance, within
which period the whole of any assessment may be paid without
interest, provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds to pay all
or any part of the cost of the street improvement. The bonds shall
be in the aggregate amount of the assessments then remaining unpaid,
bearing the date of thirty (30) days after the publication of the
assessing ordinance, and be of such denominations as the governing
body and the contractor shall determine. The bonds shall in no
event become a liability of the municipality issuing the bonds. The
bonds shall be payable on or before the first of October next
succeeding the September 1 on which the last installment of
assessments shall mature. The interest on the bonds shall be at the
rate of not to exceed twelve percent (12%) per annum, payable on
October 1 following the due date of the first installment of
assessments, and semiannually thereafter, until maturity, and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 340
fifteen percent (15%) per annum after maturity. The bonds shall be
designated as Street Improvement Bonds and shall:
1. Recite the street or streets or part of streets, or other
public places, for the improvement of which they have been issued;
2. State that they are payable, in cash, from the assessments
which have been levied upon the lots and tracts of land benefited by
the improvement and from the accumulation of the interest and
penalty on the assessment;
3. Designate the place, either within or without Oklahoma,
where the bonds and interest shall be payable;
4. Be signed by the mayor and attested by the municipal clerk;
and
5. Contain an impression of the corporate seal of the
municipality thereon.
Facsimile of the signatures of the mayor and municipal clerk may be
used as provided in the Registered Public Obligations Act of
Oklahoma. The bonds shall be issued in series, and the bonds of
each series shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number
One, and the bonds of each series shall be payable, in cash, in
their numerical order.
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