Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-36-401
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Widening streets - Acquisition of real estate - Payment
Official statutory text
of cost.
A municipality may acquire by condemnation, in the manner
provided by law, or by purchase or gift, the necessary real estate
or interest therein for the purpose of laying out, opening,
extending, widening or straightening any street, boulevard, alley,
park or public square within the municipality. The governing body
may provide for the payment of the costs of the real estate in
accordance with Sections 36-401 through 36-414 of this title and may
purchase the real estate from the capital outlay account for streets
and alleys. Whenever the governing body deems it to be in the best
interest of the municipality to pay the cost of the real estate from
moneys on hand, it may authorize by resolution the payment for the
real estate from the appropriate fund or funds of the municipality,
after transferring the funds to the street and alley account.
A municipality may acquire by condemnation, in the manner
provided by law, or by purchase or gift, the necessary real estate
or interest therein for the purpose of laying out, opening,
extending, widening or straightening any street, boulevard, alley,
park or public square within the municipality. The governing body
may provide for the payment of the costs of the real estate in
accordance with Sections 36-401 through 36-414 of this title and may
purchase the real estate from the capital outlay account for streets
and alleys. Whenever the governing body deems it to be in the best
interest of the municipality to pay the cost of the real estate from
moneys on hand, it may authorize by resolution the payment for the
real estate from the appropriate fund or funds of the municipality,
after transferring the funds to the street and alley account.
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